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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056047 | Printing apparatus and method for printing on two printing mediums with substantially perpendicular transportation paths A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6584660 | Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device A method for making a piezoelectric device wherein residual stresses in the piezoelectric transducer element of the piezoelectric device are relieved by forming a groove or grooves extending into a thick-walled region of the peripheral wall of a ceramic s... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6441537 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator having at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive film A piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator including a ceramic substrate, and at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit formed on at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate, each piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit... | 08/27/2002 |
| 5967678 | Tape printing device and tape cartridge used therein The present invention provides a tape printing device for printing a desirable series of characters on a tape and cutting the tape to a label of a desirable length, and also a tape cartridge used in the tape printing device. The tape cartridge has a chara... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5934812 | Tape printing device and tape cartridge used therein The present invention provides a tape printing device for printing a desirable series of characters on a tape and cutting the tape to a label of a desirable length, and also a tape cartridge used in the tape printing device. The tape cartridge has a chara... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5852456 | Plate assembly suitable for ink-jet-type printing head A plate assembly for ink-jet-type printing head assures a smooth ink flow and prohibits fluctuation in ink discharge quantity and speed to realize a satisfactory printing quality. A plurality of plates are bonded each other by using a thermoplastic-resin ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5682148 | Paging system with message numbering prior to transmission A paging system repeatedly broadcast each message and associates a sequential message number with each paging message. The message number in each message serves two functions. First, the message number is used to determine if the same message was previous... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5463626 | Wireless facsimile computer slate A radio paging network transmits non-paging data, such as facsimile images, to lap top computer receivers by formatting the data into a series of packets and interleaving these packets, on a space available basis, into the paging signal.... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5309153 | Adaptive on-off control for radio receiver A paging system using synchronized transmission protocol and pagers active during monitor intervals to receive data transmitted during corresponding message intervals is provided with adaptive on-off radio receiver control for reducing monitor interval du... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5301358 | Automatic antenna tuning method and apparatus A wristwatch paging receiver is provided with an antenna matching network that automatically retunes the network at the beginning of a listening interval. During the retuning operation, a control signal is applied to a variable tuning element in the match... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5296093 | Process for removal of residues remaining after etching polysilicon layer in formation of integrated circuit structure The invention comprises an improvement in the process wherein a polysilicon layer, which is formed over a step on an integrated circuit structure and masked with a photoresist, is anisotropically etched to remove the exposed portions of the polysilicon la... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5263194 | Zero if radio receiver for intermittent operation A radio receiver for use with a time slot paging system which receives intermittent data includes a direct coupled zero IF receiver circuit with at least one automatic gain control (AGC) amplifier stage. DC offset errors are removed from the AGC amplifier... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5168271 | Paging and time keeping system with transmission of time slot identification used for synchronization A wide area paging system is disclosed in which paging messages input to the system in one local area can be broadcast to a receiver in any other local area without necessarily broadcasting the message in all areas. A local area clearinghouse in each area... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5166932 | Wireless facsimile computer slate A radio paging network transmits non-paging data, such as facsimile images, to lap top computer receivers by formatting the data into a series of packets and interleaving these packets, on a space available basis, into the paging signal.... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5150954 | Pager watch system utilizing time slot communication A method and apparatus for transmitting paging and absolute time information to, and receiving such information at, a remote portable electronic timepiece and pager unit during a short time slot assigned to the pager unit is disclosed. In the pager unit, ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5146617 | Harmonic noise minimization in a radio receiver by selectively optimizing ic's which produce harmonics in the radio's frequency range An electronic circuit, such as the type which may be found in a watch pager receiver, which contains both analog and digital circuitry, includes harmonic noise minimization circuitry. The minimization circuitry is constructed using standard cell designs w... | 09/08/1992 |
