Bizarre Patents
A sealed crustless sandwich for providing a convenient sandwich without an outer crust which can be stored for long periods of time without a central filling from leaking outwardly.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6762906 | Disk drive for removable disk cartridges and receivable into a PCMCIA port of a computer A disk drive device includes a protective case having an upper case and a lower case. The disk drive device has a form such that the disk drive device can be inserted into and removed from a PCMCIA port of a computer. The disk drive device has an output connector lo... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6747844 | Disk drive If a floppy disk (200) is inserted into a disk drive unit, a link member (52) rotates due to the movement of the floppy disk (200), and a slide piece (61) recedes from under a projecting piece (131) of an upper head support arm ( | 06/08/2004 |
| 6644875 | Printing device Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the sto... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6452741 | Magnetic recording device with deformation-proof element A frame plate (19) is mounted to the inside of a case (4) of a magnetic recording device. (1), and a disk drive motor and a head body (5) are mounted to the frame plate (19). A member (88) for preventing the deformation of the case is provided between the... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6021097 | Electronic watch provided with an electrical generator An analog-type electronic watch with an electrical generating apparatus, this watch having a load compensation function means, and completing avoiding the adverse influence of magnetic noise which accompanying electrical generation operation. This watch h... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5986311 | Semiconductor device having recrystallized source/drain regions A gate oxide film is formed on a thin-film SOI substrate or on a single crystalline silicon substrate and a gate is formed on the gate oxide film. The surfaces of a single crystalline silicon at diffusion layer regions on opposite sides of the gate are cl... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5626425 | Electronic thermometer with audible temperature rise indicator An electronic thermometer for measuring body temperature has a temperature sensor for detecting a sensed temperature and for producing an output indicative of the sensed temperature and a temperature rise detector for detecting whether the sensed temperat... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5313691 | Buckle for watch bands A buckle for a watch band has a housing connected to the watch band, a pair of push plates provided in the housing so as to be moved in a lateral direction, and a pair of springs for urging the push plates. A pair of stopper pins are provided for stopping... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5013169 | Print head having reduced noise and vibration characteristics An improved print head for a dot matrix printer is provided. The printing is performed by wires projecting from said print head. The movement of the wires is controlled by the movement of armatures which contact an armature base. The construction of the b... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4785297 | Driver circuit for matrix type display device A drive circuit for producing scanning pulses to successively select row or column conductors of a matrix display device of the type having an active element provided for each display element in the matrix, the drive circuit comprising a shift register ma... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4746915 | Drive circuit for matrix display device A drive circuit for sequentially driving electrodes of a matrix display device such as a liquid crystal display panel comprises a shift register divided into a plurality of groups of shift register stages and means for selectively applying a first clock s... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4744139 | Apparatus for automatically adjusting the worktable of an electronic components insertion machine An apparatus for automatically fixing a printed circuit board to a predetermined position on a worktable of an automatic electronic components insertion machine having a non-shiftably arranged reference positioning pin and a shiftable positioning pin whic... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4679043 | Method of driving liquid crystal matrix display A drive method for a liquid crystal matrix display panel whereby the display is driven as two or more separate regions, with each region being successively driven by row and column drive signals to display video data in a row-by-row manner during a drive ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4642620 | Matrix display device In a matrix display device, non-linear resistance elements are coupled to each display element for controlling selective activation of display elements in response to drive signals, with each non-linear resistance element comprising sets of rectifying ele... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4635127 | Drive method for active matrix display device A method of driving an "active matrix" display device which is driven by scanning signals to sequentially store and display image signal data by successive rows of picture elements, incorporating for example liquid crystal display elements, whereby the im... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4633242 | Row conductor scanning drive circuit for matrix display panel A row conductor drive circuit for a matrix display device, to be formed directly upon one substrate of a display panel, is divided into a number of circuit sections connected in series each comprising at least two shift registers. Only one shift register ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4626841 | Method of driving matrix display device A method of driving a matrix display device in which each display element (e.g. a liquid crystal display element) is connected in series with a non-linear resistance element, utilizing row scanning signals which vary periodically between 4 different poten... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4589097 | Non-volatile memory circuit having a common write and erase terminal A non-volatile memory circuit comprising a plurality of semiconductor non-volatile memory elements, with erasure of data stored in all of these elements, enabling of selective write-in to all of the elements and read-out of stored data being controlled by... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4579639 | Method of sensing the amount of a thin film deposited during an ion plating process A method of sensing the amount of a thin film deposited during an ion plating process, based upon either fixing the value of voltage applied to a plasma-generating probe and measuring the current which flows through the probe into the plasma, this current... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4574633 | Apparatus for detecting tool damage in automatically controlled machine tool An apparatus for detecting damage to the cutting tool fitted in a machine tool controlled by automatic machining control circuit means such as a microprocessor, which acts to sense the level of acoustic emission generated by the machine tool during machin... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573261 | Automatic assembling machine An automatic assembly machine having multiple assembling heads in which a multiplicity of parts are assembled on a principal part at different positions, characterized by comprising a movable table carrying the principal part, and a plurality of assemblin... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4563748 | Temperature measuring system A temperature measuring system which includes a CR oscillator circuit and a logarithmic transformation circuit. The CR oscillator circuit employs at least a thermistor as the resistance element for forming a time constant with a capacitor which serves as ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4550324 | Ink transfer thermal printer An ink transfer type of dot printer utilizes thermo-sensitive ink which is solid at normal temperatures, with selected portions of the ink being liquified by heating and transferred onto recording paper. Such a printer can be of contact or of non-contact ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4536993 | Grinding machine A grinding machine comprising a tool mounting head which is movable vertically between a pair of guide columns on which guide surfaces are provided for guiding the head. A plurality of workpieces are mounted on corresponding holding jigs which are mounted... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4536093 | Electronic timepiece with system for synchronizing hands An electronic timepiece having hands incorporates a correction system whereby the user can rapidly and easily check that the operations of the hands are synchronized, and can adjust the state of synchronization if necessary, by initiating an operating mod... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4526476 | Correction system for hands display type of electronic timepiece A correction system for a hands display type of electronic timepiece which can display a plurality of types of time information such as an alarm time and the current time by a single set of hands, with changeover between display of the different types of ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4516120 | Display device A display device incorporating an electrochromic display cell is provided with means whereby each segment electrode of the electrochromic display cell can be set into a completely electrically isolated state after a condition of coloration of a correspond... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4513282 | Liquid crystal matrix display device A liquid crystal display device is disclosed which possesses many of the advantages of a dot matrix type of display, with respect to flexibility of changing character or symbol position and size, together with the advantages of a limited number of externa... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4509421 | Printer head for a dot line printer A printer head of improved design for a dot line printer, for high speed data printout. The printer head features independent magnetic circuits for driving each of the printer needles which form printed dots, with the magnetic circuits acting on armatures... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4503606 | Automatic assembling machine An automatic assembly machine having multiple assembling heads in which a multiplicity of parts are assembled on a principal part at different positions, characterized by comprising a movable table carrying the principal part, and a plurality of assemblin... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4504048 | Micro-adjustable displacement and rotation setting apparatus An apparatus is disclosed which enables a controlled member (e.g. a workpiece retaining member in a jig) to be adjusted in position by extremely small amounts of linear displacement or angular rotation, with a very high degree of accuracy and static and d... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4502204 | Method of manufacturing insulated gate thin film field effect transistors A method of manufacturing insulated gate thin film field effect transistors is disclosed in which first and second closely adjacent anodic oxidation electrodes are formed on an electrically insulating substrate, and a semiconducting layer is formed on the... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4502382 | Head for impact type of dot line printer A head for an impact type of dot line printer comprising an array of printer wires mounted on leaf springs for forming dots on a printing paper, selectively controlled for impact on the paper by signals applied to corresponding magnetic flux circuit paths... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4496248 | Structure for a watch case made of cemented carbide A structure of a watch case, which comprises a watchglass, a case band member composed of a cemented carbide alloy and having a flange formed at an upper portion thereof and an annular surface formed at a lower portion of the flange, a watchglass supporti... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487099 | Electro-acoustic transducer drive circuit for producing damped waveform envelope musical notes An electro-acoustic transducer drive circuit for driving a device such as a miniature piezoelectric buzzer to emit musical notes, the notes having a damped waveform envelope whose shape is controlled by digital signals. The notes are formed by mutually in... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483230 | Illumination level/musical tone converter An illumination level/musical tone converter is described which is suitable for incorporation into a miniature electronic device such as an electronic wristwatch, whereby the pitch of musical notes emitted by an acoustic output device can be varied as des... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4478524 | Arrangement of analog-type electronic wristwatch An analog-type electronic wristwatch structure comprising a main plate having a central area and first to third areas surrounding the central area. A wheel train mechanism is disposed in the central area, and a time correction mechanism is disposed in the... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477797 | Data input device for electronic device A data input device for inputting data in the form of patterns to an electronic device such as an electronic timepiece is disclosed. Data input is performed by tracing out patterns, each representing a character, numeral or symbol, such as to successively... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4477195 | Arrangement of analog-type electronic wristwatch An analog-type electronic wristwatch structure, in which a main plate is made of an insulating material and has one side including a first area formed with a cutout, and second and third areas. A wheel train bridge is secured to one side of said main plat... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4473303 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece is provided with a temperature compensation system which combines precise control of the timebase oscillator circuit frequency over a narrow temperature range with control of the frequency divider circuit operation to provide relat... | 09/25/1984 |
