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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4635731 | Impulse tool A rotary impulse device for an air motor or electric motor drive designed to produce an adjustable output torque is provided. The driven output shaft or impulse member has a cam surface driven by a driver which is axially or radially movable in a driving ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4497197 | Pneumatic hydraulic hand-held power unit A pneumatic hydraulic hand-held riveting tool having a pneumatic operative means arranged to generate pressure upon a hydraulic fluid whereby a rivet set plunger is brought into contact with a rivet to be set without deformation of the rivet, and being fu... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4477096 | Socket retainer An elastic ring for maintaining a pin in a hole formed in a socket and work drive shaft of a rotary tool. The ring has integral fingers which project into the ends of the hole so that the pin cannot dislodge the ring by centrifugal force when the tool is ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4467565 | Rotary and orbital sander A rotary orbital sander including a motor housing enclosing a motor, a drive shaft rotatable by the motor, which drive shaft has an off-set projecting portion, a pinion gear housing affixed to the motor housing, a carrier supported upon the shaft off-set ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4413396 | Microprocessor control yield point tightening system A method for tightening a fastener to yield point wherein areas under a torque-angle curve--each of said areas including a constant abscissa--are successively measured. A decrease of area in a subsequently measured area, indicates that yield point of the ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4403532 | Ratchet nutrunner with audible torque signal A pneumatically powered hand-held torque wrench having a handle portion which can be forced out of axial alignment with a work engaging end of the tool by manual force applied to the handle portion of the tool, whereby an enclosed torque tube will operate... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4400785 | Microprocessor monitoring system for fastener tightening A method for monitoring torque and angle developed upon a fastener during fastener run-up and setting, which method utilizes successive area measurements under a torque-angle curve, said areas being compared at predetermined torque levels to provide an in... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4347902 | Rotary impact wrench clutch This invention relates to an impact wrench clutch mechanism having a single roller element extending longitudinally between a motor driven coupling and an anvil. A hammer enclosing the roller member, has a single longitudinal pocket, engaged by the roller... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4278103 | Overspeed control means for pneumatic tools An overspeed control means for pneumatic tools which includes a split ring valve slidably arranged in a circumferential groove formed in a cage member affixed to the rotor shaft of the tool. When the cage member exceeds a predetermined rotational speed, t... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4267747 | Safety lever A safety throttle lever for use on hand-held tools which lever has two operational modes, the first a tool non-operating mode, the second a tool operating mode. Cam-like means are arranged to restrict and guide the lever into the second operational mode w... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4265108 | Pneumatic nut runner with torque indicator A pneumatically powered hand-held torque wrench having a dial gage arranged on the handle portion of the wrench to display the amount of torque exerted upon a fastener by the tool. A pointer indicates the tool maximum torque attained during tool operation... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265265 | Pneumatic tool governor A pneumatic tool governor having a body rotatable with the rotor of the tool, the body being provided with holes for passage of motive fluid to the motor of the tool, and a centrifugally responsive valve element pivotally mounted upon the governor body so... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4244245 | Fastener tension control system A method and apparatus for controlling final tension on a fastener being run up and set. An efficiency factor is developed and utilized for attaining predetermined final tension on a fastener, or a group of similar fasteners, being operated upon. The effi... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4227867 | Globoid-worm compressor with single piece housing An air compressor of the globoid-worm type having a rotor formed with a plurality of threads in meshing relation with two oppositely arranged star pinions. The rotor and star pinions are arranged in a single piece housing which incorporates all openings a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4179250 | Thread construction for rotary worm compression-expansion machines A rotary worm fluid working machine in which a casing enclosed rotor, cooperable with one or more rotary pinions, is provided with a plurality of spiral thread grooves each having convergent side surfaces so that teeth on the pinion wheel enter the thread... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4171188 | Rotary air compressors with intake valve control and lubrication system A rotary air compressor system of the screw type having an intake valve designed to have a closed condition at start-up, and having intake valve controls for effecting an initial lubrication and cooling of the compressor at start-up and a reduced strain o... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4168723 | Pressure relief valve A pressure relief valve for attachment to a tank, such as used on an electrical transformer, which valve will release excessive gas pressure developed in the tank because of transformer malfunction. The valve has a cap which uncovers a signal indicating p... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4157836 | Keys for manually operated work-holding chucks A key for a drill chuck, the key having resilient means whereby it is ejected automatically from the chuck, and a spindle formed for rotatable support of the resilient means.... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4157121 | Hydraulic powered rock drill A rock drill having a hydraulic pressure reservoir formed by the drill housing, and an anvil rotation mechanism enclosed in the housing. A piston of substantial length and a mechanical hydro-operated valve means, provide favorable pulse duration and low i... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4147219 | Two-speed offset nutrunner A two-speed pneumatically powered rotary nut runner having an auxiliary motor, and a main motor axially offset from the auxiliary motor and being drivingly connected thereto by a reduction gear cage. An output spindle is provided for engagement with a dri... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4114701 | Drill rod table bushing arrangement A drill rod table bushing arrangement which supresses drill steel whip while drilling under high thrust loads, and also prevents drill cuttings from accumulating on the drill table. A power operated ball wedge is operative to engage a drill rod, while hig... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4084487 | Pulse motor in a nut runner A non-impacting nut running pneumatic tool in which torque pulses are transmitted by an oscillating air motor through a one-way clutch and reduction gearing to the work. A torque responsive cam clutch member responds to a predetermined delivered torque to... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4072198 | Hydraulic rock drill An hydraulic rock drill having an hydraulically reciprocable hammer piston arranged to pound an anvil carrying a drill string. A sleeve type shiftable valve periodically engaged by the piston to effect alternate application to and relief of pressurized hy... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4071092 | Pneumatic screwdriver with torque responsive shut-off A pneumatically powered tool for setting of threaded fasteners, having an axially movable clutch assembly and a fastener drive spindle both of which are coupled for rotary motion to effect fastener run-up. Upon attainment of a predetermined torque load on... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4061039 | Locomotive speed recorder system A locomotive speed recorder system having a gear train drive operable off the drive wheel of a locomotive, in which system a pneumatically operable cam bar is provided for disengaging the gear train drive so as to de-activate the recorder during dead-head... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4044625 | Vibration isolating hand grip for shank of a percussive chisel A hand grip in the form of a sleeve unit having a body of elastomeric material provided with an internal cavity filled with a fluent material; and having an axial through hole adapted to slidably receive the shank of a chisel of a percussive tool, the han... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4042062 | Air pulse noise damper for a pneumatic tool A pneumatic tool having an exhaust air noise attenuating system in which air exhausting from a rotary air vane motor is caused to pass in order through an exhaust port, past a flexible leaf damper overlying the exhaust port into a wave modulating chamber ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4039219 | Automatic safety latch lift hook unit A lift hook unit is described having a hook element swiveled to a supporting yoke; the hook element has a safety latch which is automatically movable from a normal open position to a closed position upon loading of the hook and is automatically returnable... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4033129 | Hydraulic feed control system for rotary drill An hydraulic feed control system for feeding or retracting a rotary rock drill relative to the work in a selected one of four modes; namely, standard feed; regeneration feed; standard retract; and rapid retract. The system includes an hydraulic circuit co... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4019589 | Pulse motor nut runner A non-impacting nut running pneumatic tool in which torque pulses are transmitted by an oscillating air motor through a one-way clutch and reduction gearing to the work. A torque responsive cam clutch member responds to a pre-determined delivered torque t... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4016940 | Pneumatic nut runner having a directional valve and an air regulator A nut running pneumatically powered tool, such as an impact wrench, having in a handle portion a group of valves including a throttle valve for admitting air to the tool, a manually adjustable directional valve for selectively directing the air to either ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3989113 | Pneumatic tool having a reverse air control valve with an integral regulator A nut running air tool improved with a back and forth manually slidable control valve located between a throttle valve and an air motor, the control valve having a forward position allowing full volume air flow to the motor and maximum forward torque outp... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3987692 | Tube nut wrench A tube nut wrench having a slotted end for application of a socket member of the wrench laterally to a side of a tube so as to receive the latter into the socket and to allow the socket to be moved axially to receive the tube nut for setting the latter. A... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3982609 | Air line lubricator A lubricator for feeding oil from a reservoir into a live air stream passing through a supply line to a pneumatic tool. The lubricator includes a passage of uniform diameter connectible at opposite ends into the supply line, and has within the passage in ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3976390 | Means for controlling flow instability in centrifugal compressors A centrifugal air compressor having first and second stages together with means for recirculation, at a predetermined low level of flow, air of compression from the second stage simultaneously to the inlet passage of the rotor of the first stage and to th... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3973362 | Sanding shoe A sanding shoe attachable to a reciprocable carrier in a hand-held portable sanding machine, the shoe having bulbous ends over which ends of sandpaper applied to a cushioned bottom of the shoe are extended and clamped between a pair of jaws in over-center... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3970110 | Safety inlet air valve control arrangement for air powered hand held tool Safety air valve control arrangement for feeding inlet air to the motor of a rotary hand held tool, such as an impact wrench, and guarding against accidental feeding of such air, as when the tool is carelessly rested or dropped, the control arrangement co... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967664 | Power driven screw driver with a screw holding nosepiece A power driven screw driving tool having a screw holding nosepiece detachably mounted to its end, the nosepiece having slidable sleeve members cooperable with ball elements to obtain an initial locked condition of a screw entered into the nosepiece for po... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3951217 | Impact air wrench having a two position pressure regulator A pneumatically powered impact wrench having a two position pressure regulator located in a back cap of the housing between a reverse valve and a reversible air driven motor, the regulator being adapted in a selected first position to cause application of... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3945442 | Hydraulic rock drill with stroke responsive advance A rock drill having a control valve hydraulically operable to effect feed of oil from a bulk reservoir alternately to opposite ends of a power piston carrying a drill string to reciprocate the piston; having a motor for rotating the piston as the latter r... | 03/23/1976 |
