Author: claimsbot

1. A mouth guard comprising:
an upper U-shaped portion having an inner wall and outer wall, said inner and outer walls connected to each other by a base forming a channel between said inner and outer walls;
a lower U-shaped portion having an inner wall and outer wall, said inner and outer walls connected to each other by a base forming a channel between said inner and outer walls said upper U-shaped portion connected to said lower U-shaped by two points located at the back of each of said upper and lower portions.
2. The mouth guard according to claim 1 further comprising a flavoring material.
3. The mouth guard according to claim 3 wherein said flavoring material is impregnated within the material from which said mouth guard is constructed.
4. The mouth guard according to claim 4 wherein said flavoring material that is impregnated within the material from which said mouth guard is constructed is in the form of flavor crystals.
5. The mouth guard according to claim 1 further comprising a least one pocket formed in at least one of said inner walls, outer walls or said base, said pocket sized and shaped to receive a flavoring agent capsule; and
at least one duct extending from said pocket to an inner surface of said mouth guard whereby defining a passageway for said flavoring agent to flow from said pocket containing said flavoring agent to the mouth of the user when sufficient force is placed on said flavoring agent capsule by the user.
6. The mouth guard according to claim 1 further comprising an opening formed in said pockets, whereby providing a passageway for said flavoring agent capsule to be replaced.
7. A mouth guard comprising:
a first U-shaped structure having an inner wall and outer wall, said inner and outer walls connected to each other by a base forming a channel between said inner and outer walls designed for the upper teeth of a user;
a second U-shaped structure having an inner wall and outer wall, said inner and outer walls connected to each other by a base forming a channel between said inner and outer walls designed for the lower teeth of a user;
said first U-shaped structure being connected to said second U-shaped structure so that the channel of the first U-shaped structure fits on the user’s upper teeth while the second U-shaped structure fits on the user’s lower teeth and the mouth guard is removed from the user’s mouth as a single unit; and
a plurality of flexible extensions projecting away from said base within said channel of said first U-shaped structure and said second U-shaped structure whereby at least a portion of said plurality of flexible extensions are formable to the dentition of the user.
8. The mouth guard according to claim 8 wherein said plurality of flexible extensions comprises at least one elastomeric material.
9. The mouth guard according to claim 9 further comprising a flavoring material.
10. The mouth guard according to claim 9 wherein said flavoring material is impregnated within the material from which said mouth guard is constructed.
11. The mouth guard according to claim 11 wherein said flavoring material that is impregnated within the material from which said mouth guard is constructed is in the form of flavor crystals.
12. The mouth guard according to claim 8 further comprising a least one pocket formed in at least one of said inner walls, outer walls or said base, said pocket sized and shaped to receive a flavoring agent capsule; and
at least one duct extending from said pocket to an inner surface of said mouth guard whereby defining a passageway for said flavoring agent to flow from said pocket containing said flavoring agent to the mouth of the user when sufficient force is placed on said flavoring agent capsule by the user.
13. The mouth guard according to claim 8 further comprising an opening formed in said pockets, whereby providing a passageway for said flavoring agent capsule to be replaced.
14. The mouth guard according to claim 8 further comprising a tether attached to said mouth guard whereby providing for a quick way to remove said mouth guard from a user’s mouth.
15. The mouth guard according to claim 10 wherein the flavoring agent is selected from the group consisting of mint flavoring, sweet flavoring, vanilla flavoring, bubblegum flavoring, sour flavoring, electrolyte containing flavoring, caffeine containing flavoring and cola flavoring.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for providing an electrochemical cell, comprising the steps of:
a) providing an anode comprising lithium;
b) providing a cathode comprising a solid cathode active material contacted to a conductive current collector comprising titanium provided with a coating selected from the group consisting of gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and mixtures thereof; and
c) activating the anode and the cathode with an electrolyte.
2. The method of claim 1 including providing the coating having a thickness of about 20 \u03bcinches to about 100 \u03bcinches.
3. The method of claim 1 including providing the cathode active material comprising fluorinated carbon.
4. The method of claim 3 including providing the lithium and the fluorinated carbon being present in an anode-to-cathode capacity ratio in a range of about 1.03 to about 1.05 (based on a gram amount of active material) and further including providing the electrolyte and the fluorinated carbon being present in an electrolyte-to-cathode weight ratio of about 0.938 to about 0.73 (based on a gram amount of cathode active material).
5. The method of claim 1 including providing the cathode active material being present in the cathode at an amount of about 80% to about 98%, by weight, remainder being selected from the group consisting of a binder material, a conductive additive, and mixtures thereof.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the binder material is a fluoro-resin powder.
7. The method of claim 5 including selecting the conductive additive from the group consisting of carbon, graphite power, acetylene black and a metallic powder selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, nickel, stainless steel, and mixtures thereof.
8. The method of claim 1 including further providing the anode comprising a current collector selected from the group consisting of titanium, nickel, copper, tungsten and tantalum.
9. The method of claim 1 including providing the electrolyte with a lithium salt selected from the group consisting of LiPF6, LiBF4, LiAsF6, LiSbF6, LiClO4, LiO2, LiAlCl4, LiGaCl4, LiC(SO2CF3)3, LiN(SO2CF3)2, LiSCN, LiO3SCF3, LiC6F5SO3, LiO2CCF3, LiSO6F, LiB(C6H5)4, LiCF3SO3, and mixtures thereof.
10. The method of claim 1 including providing the electrolyte comprising at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrofuran, methyl acetate, diglyme, trigylme, tetragylme, dimethyl carbonate, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, 1-ethoxy,2-methoxyethane, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl acetamide, \u03b3-valerolactone, \u03b3-butyrolactone, N-methyl-pyrrolidinone, and mixtures thereof.
11. The method of claim 1 including housing the cell in a conductive casing selected from the group consisting of titanium, stainless steel, mild steel, nickel, nickel-plated mild steel, and aluminum.
12. The method of claim 1 including contacting the lithium to a nickel current collector and providing the cathode comprising fluorinated cathode active material contacted to a titanium current collector provided with the coating having a thickness of about 50 \u03bcinches and further activating the anode and the cathode with the electrolyte comprising LiBF4 in \u03b3-butyrolactone.
13. The method of claim 1 including sputter coating the current collector.
14. A method for providing an electrochemical cell, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a casing;
b) providing an anode comprising lithium;
c) providing a cathode active material selected from the group consisting of fluorinated carbon, silver vanadium oxide, copper silver vanadium oxide, manganese dioxide, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, copper oxide, titanium disulfide, copper sulfide, iron sulfide, iron disulfide, copper vanadium oxide, and mixtures thereof;
d) coating a titanium current collector with one of gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium and ruthenium, and mixtures thereof;
e) contacting the cathode active material to the coated titanium current collector to provide a cathode;
f) operatively associating the anode with the cathode housed inside the casing; and
g) activating the anode and the cathode with an electrolyte filled into the casing.
15. The method of claim 14 including providing the cathode active material as fluorinated carbon present in an anode-to-cathode capacity ratio in a range of about 1.03 to about 1.05 (based on a gram amount of active material) and providing the electrolyte and the fluorinated carbon present in an electrolyte-to-cathode weight ratio of about 0.938 to about 0.73 (based on a gram amount of cathode active material).
16. The method of claim 14 including providing the coating having a thickness of about 20 \u03bcinches to about 100 \u03bcinches.
17. The method of claim 14 including coating the gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium and ruthenium on the current collector by a technique selected from the group of sputtering, painting, dipping, air atomization spraying, electrolysis, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, ultrasonic air atomization, flame spraying, electrical heating thermal spraying, plasma spraying, and combinations thereof.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein the anode further includes a current collector and selecting the anode current collector from the group consisting of titanium, nickel, copper, tungsten, and tantalum.
19. The method of claim 14 including providing the anode comprising lithium contacted to a nickel current collector and the cathode comprising fluorinated cathode active material contacted to a titanium current collector coated with one of gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and mixtures thereof and activating the anode and the cathode with the electrolyte comprising 1.0 M LiBF4 in \u03b3-butyrolactone.
20. A method for providing an electrochemical cell, comprising the steps of:
a) providing an anode comprising lithium contacted to a nickel current collector;
b) providing a cathode comprising fluorinated carbon contacted to a titanium current collector provided with a coating selected from the group consisting of gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and mixtures thereof, wherein the coating has a thickness of about 20 \u03bcinches to about 100 \u03bcinches; and
c) activating the anode and the cathode with an electrolyte comprising LiBF4 in \u03b3-butyrolactone.

1. A -web-fed press comprising:
a reel carrier;
a plurality of printing units arranged one after another for printing a printing material with a static printed image;
a folder superstructure arranged after the printing units, said folder superstructure including a cutting device and turner bars;
a folding unit arranged after the folder superstructure; and
an imprinting unit for individualizing the static printed image with changing text andor image constituents, said imprinting unit being integrated into the web-fed press between said cutting device and said turner bars.
2. The web-fed press according to claim 1, wherein the imprinting unit is assigned only to a partial web of the printing material that is divided by the cutting device.
3. The web-fed press according to claim 1, wherein the imprinting unit comprises a digital printing device that operates with rewritable and erasable printing forms in accordance with the direct imaging principle.
4. The web-fed press according to claim 1, wherein the imprinting unit comprises two form cylinders, two rubber-covered cylinders and an impression cylinder, each of the rubber-covered cylinders interacting with a respective one of the,two form cylinders and with the impression cylinder.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A detachable cartridge for a lens-fitted photographic film cartridge including a film element, said detachable cartridge comprising:
a rounded bracket adapted for receiving a film element;
a winding housing extending from the rounded bracket; and
guide tracks extending between said rounded bracket and said film element.
2. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an opaque cover overlying said guide tracks.
3. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a spool rotatably mounted to said winding housing, said spool adapted for engaging the film element.
4. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 3 wherein the spool comprises an outer surface, said detachable cartridge further comprising a spring element adapted for engaging the film element to said outer surface.
5. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 3 further comprising a crank handle coupled to said spool for rotational movement thereof.
6. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 5 wherein said crank handle comprises a head, said spool comprises a body, said head adapted for reciprocal movement within said body between an extended position and a retracted position.
7. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 5 wherein said head comprises a keyway, said body comprises a ledge, said head received in said keyway when said crank handle is in said extended position.
8. A detachable cartridge in accordance with claim 1 wherein said guide tracks are flat.
9. A lens-fitted photographic film package comprising:
a body;
a lens element within said body;
a film element housing;
a detachable film cartridge within said film element housing;
a film element within said detachable film cartridge; and
a rear door attached to said body and enclosing said detachable film cartridge.
10. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 9 wherein said lens element comprises a first lens and a second lens.
11. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 9 wherein said film element housing comprises a film element chamber and a winding chamber.
12. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 11 wherein said detachable cartridge comprises a rounded bracket adapted to receive said film element, said rounded bracket received in said film element chamber when said detachable cartridge is installed in said film element housing.
13. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 11 wherein said detachable cartridge comprises a winding housing, said winding housing received in said winding chamber when said detachable cartridge is installed in said film element housing.
14. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 13, said detachable cartridge further comprising a spool rotatably mounted within said winding housing.
15. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 14 wherein said spool comprises a cylindrical body, said detachable cartridge further comprising a crank handle mounted within said body for reciprocal movement between an extended position and a retracted position.
16. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 9 further comprising a shutter and a shutter activating mechanism.
17. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 16 wherein said film element includes a film cartridge, said film element pre-wound from said film cartridge into said detachable film cartridge, said film element advanced into said film cartridge by said shutter activating mechanism.
18. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 15 further comprising a frame counter system.
19. A lens-fitted photographic film package in accordance with claim 9 further comprising a removable battery cover attached to said film element housing, said battery cover preventing said rear door from opening when said rear door is closed and said battery cover is attached.
20. A method for loading a detachable cartridge of a lens-fitted photographic film package with a film element, the detachable cartridge including film element including an opaque cover and guide tracks extending between a rounded bracket and a winding housing, the winding housing including a spool, the film element including a cartridge and a filmstrip therein, said method comprising the steps of:
inserting the film cartridge into the rounded bracket;
feeding the filmstrip from the cartridge through the guide tracks and into the winding housing; and
winding the filmstrip around the spool.