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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 |
| 5876815 | Oil and grease resistant paper products and process for producing the products A laminate product having both improved grease, oil, wax and solvent repellency and improved glueability and printability properties. The laminate comprises a substrate, at least one layer of a fluorine containing polymer moiety on at least one surface of... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5861081 | Paper towel with dual level diagonal infundibulate striae of slitted elongate hexagonal bosses A paper toweling which provides a combination of strength, bulk and absorbency while presenting an attractive appearance. Included are a single ply paper towel having areas of light and heavy embossing perforations which form diamond shaped islands of hea... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5791509 | Uniform stacking cup lid A thin walled lid formed of a thermoplastic material having a generally circular center portion and an outer rim portion which fits over the cup bead and includes an integral peripheral skirt which makes up the outer side wall of the lid is disclosed. Loc... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784801 | Paper drying machine for drying a paper web in a paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus including a first rotatable drum, wherein the first rotatable drum has an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter and a second rotatable drum having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A fabric sheet for carrying a paper web... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5766709 | Insulated stock material and containers and methods of making the same An insulating container comprising a container body having at least one side wall and a bottom wall with the side wall including a base layer, an insulating layer on at least a portion of the base layer and a printed pattern, mineral oil application or co... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5755654 | Method and apparatus for pinch perforating multiply web material A method and apparatus for pinch perforating multi-ply web material to increase the perforation ply bond and/or perforation ply bond retention by pinching the multiple plies of web material together and then perforating the material using an anvil and per... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5729914 | Preconditioned paperboard containers and method and apparatus for making the same Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727458 | Method and apparatus for contour multi-level embossing with perforation bonding in selected spaced locations An embossing apparatus and method which provides a better embossed appearance and eliminates undesired roughness on the backside of the web material. Two plies are multilevel embossed between rigid engraved rolls and backup rolls, which may be either engr... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5704566 | Paper towel roll with variegated perforations A roll of paper toweling is dispensed from the opening of a dispenser due to a manual pulling force applied to the toweling. The toweling is separated into a plurality of toweling segments by a plurality of spaced tear lines, the tear lines being straight... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5695607 | Soft-single ply tissue having very low sidedness A one-ply paper tissue product and a method of making a one-ply paper product combining high strength and softness along with low sidedness. The paper tissue product exhibits a sidedness parameter of less than 0.3 preferably, less than 0.225, a tensile mo... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690788 | Biaxially undulatory tissue and creping process using undulatory blade The present invention relates to biaxially undulatory single-ply and multi-ply tissues, single-ply and multi-ply towels, single-ply and multi-ply napkins and other personal care and cleaning products as well as novel creping blades and novel processes for... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690250 | Folded paper napkin for dispensing from a paper napkin dispenser A folded paper napkin includes four paper sheet panels interconnected by fold lines. The folded paper napkin is for dispensing from a paper napkin dispenser having a dispenser opening. A grasping tab is presented to the user at the dispenser opening to re... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685954 | Biaxially undulatory tissue and creping process using undulatory blade The present invention relates to biaxially undulatory single-ply and multi-ply tissues, single-ply and multi-ply towels, single-ply and multi-ply napkins and other personal care and cleaning products as well as novel creping blades and novel processes for... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5674361 | Apparatus for adjusting creping blade load and maintaining creping blade angle of a doctor blade A creping system includes a Yankee dryer rotatable about its axis, a blade support mechanism which includes (a) a pair of guide rails, (b) a fixed attitude linear bearing engaging and translatable along each of the guide rails, each fixed attitude linear ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669576 | Apparatus for supporting coreless rolls in toilet tissue dispenser A support spindle adapts a toilet tissue dispenser cabinet designed for use with conventional toilet tissue rolls having cores for use with coreless toilet tissue rolls. The support spindle includes a roll stop which is used to position a coreless roll at... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5666744 | Infrared paper drying machine and method for drying a paper web in an infrared paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus and method therefor including an infrared drying unit and a vacuum unit, wherein the infrared drying unit emits infrared radiation in a direction toward the vacuum unit. A fabric sheet for carrying a paper web is provided, wherein... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5656134 | Biaxially undulatory tissue and creping process using undulatory blade The present invention relates to biaxially undulatory single-ply and multi-ply tissues, single-ply and multi-ply towels, single-ply and multi-ply napkins and other personal care and cleaning products as well as novel creping blades and novel processes for... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5645244 | Dispenser apparatus for dispensing paper sheet material Dispenser apparatus for dispensing paper sheet material from one or more paper rolls includes a housing having a bottom opening communicating with the interior of the housing. A paper roll support is located at the bottom opening partially closing the bot... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5641524 | Method and apparatus for vacuum/pressure thermoforming An apparatus for plug-assisted thermoforming of a cup or other hollow article has a concave well or cone region machined into its top with a series of small holes drilled near the deepest part of the well and connected to a port inside the plug which is c... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5636452 | Paper drying machine and method for drying a paper web in a paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus including a first rotatable drum, wherein the first rotatable drum has an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter and a second rotatable drum having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A fabric sheet for carrying a paper web... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5630526 | Sheet material dispensing system A system for dispensing individual sheet material segments from a roll of sheet material in which the sheet material is separated into individual segments by perforated tear lines. The sheet material roll is continually positioned on support rollers with ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5624053 | Drink-thru cup lid A disposable drink-thru lid for a drinking cup including an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the drinking cup, an annular trough provided about an inner periphery of the annular mounting portion as well as an annular side wall extending upw... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5620776 | Embossed tissue product with a plurality of emboss elements An embossed tissue having improved bulk and puffiness while being non-nesting by having a lattice pattern and at least two signature bosses. More particularly, one of the signature bosses is defined by embossments having a lower portion which is continuou... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5609728 | Method and apparatus for transferring a web from a forming wire to a transferring felt in a paper making machine A method and apparatus for transferring a web from a forming fabric in a forming section of a paper making machine to a transfer felt or fabric is disclosed including directing the web carrying forming fabric in a substantially longitudinal direction adja... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5597639 | High softness embossed tissue The perceived softness of embossed tissue can be increased greatly while avoiding nesting when a particular pattern is embossed into the tissue. This pattern combines relatively shallow stitchlike bosses with deeper more sharply defined signature bosses. ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5571224 | Preconditioned paperboard containers and method and apparatus for making the same Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5569358 | Imprinting felt and method of using the same The felt disclosed is a base fabric which is covered with a low level of batting and which is treated with a polymer. A papermaking machine and method of using the machine which employs a felt that simultaneously imprints and dewaters a wet paper web as t... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5560945 | Perforated package of a composite integral sheet material A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite m... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5544808 | Preconditioned paperboard containers Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542598 | Carton having a perforated access opening A carton and blank for forming such carton are disclosed including a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls extended upwardly from the bottom wall to the top wall. An access opening is preferably formed in the top wall, but may be formed in ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5523338 | Synthetic hectorite coated flexible film A novel two-part coating composition and method for its production are disclosed. The novel coating composition comprises one part including a synthetic hectorite clay and a peptizer such as tetrasodium pyrophosphate. The other comprises a hydrophilic air... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503712 | Screening system for fractionating and sizing woodchips A flow management system and process for providing controlled separation and sizing of an incoming flow of wood chips. A flow management screen is provided in the form of a horizontal disk screen having a variable speed drive, with the drive controlled ba... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503477 | Single gusseted bag An elongated serving, storing and heating bag for a food product of the type having a folded shell construction such as a taco, burrito, hot dog or the like is disclosed. The bag is in the form of an open ended bag of paper-like material having a dead fol... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5490902 | Strength control embossing and paper product produced thereby A method and apparatus for embossing paper products, such as paper towels or toilet tissue, in which the tensile strength extending in the machine direction is modified such that after embossing, the tensile strength in the machine direction is more nearl... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5489364 | Method for adjusting creping blade load and maintaining creping blade angle of a doctor blade A creping system includes a Yankee dryer rotatable about its axis, a blade support mechanism which includes (a) a pair of guide rails, (b) a fixed attitude linear bearing engaging and translatable along each of the guide rails, each fixed attitude linear ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5481171 | Method and apparatus for symmetrical current starting of polyphase induction motors A motor starter minimizes transient asymmetrical current to an A.C. induction motor during start-up. Desired timing of closing each phase is calculated using the reactance/resistance ratio (X/R) of the motor and calculated capacitive (XC) and i... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5472402 | Preconditioned paperboard containers and method and apparatus for making the same Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5463843 | Bulk package wrapping and securing system A system of wrapping and securing together the components of a bulk package including a bottom tray element and a top cap element with an integral web of plastic material. The plastic material, while in a rope-like configuration, is looped about only a si... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460286 | Beverage cup lid having an annular flange extension for increased cap retention force, and method of manufacture A beverage cup lid is disclosed that comprises a circular closure panel, circumscribed by a side wall that terminates in a resilient, restricted diameter edge for capturing a brim of a beverage cup, and a frustro-conical skirt connected around the restric... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5429867 | Synthetic hectorite coated flexible film A coated polyolefin film and method for its production is disclosed. The coating comprises a synthetic fluid hectorite, a peptizer such as sodium tetrapyrophosphate and a hydrophilic air curable epoxy resin. Food pouches made from said film are also discl... | 07/04/1995 |
