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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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| 20080128953 | Workpiece dividing method utilizing laser beam A workpiece dividing method comprising applying a laser beam from one surface side of a workpiece permeable to the laser beam. The laser beam applied from the one surface side of the workpiece is focused onto the other surface of the workpiece or its vicinity to deterio... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20070019057 | Image forming apparatus Such an image forming device is supplied as can prevent uneven density of images and enhance image quality, including an LED array control unit that controls driving of an LED print head and a selective-information-data feeding unit that feeds information data correspon... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070003752 | Grain for providing cell growth The present invention relates to an irregularly shaped grain for providing ingrowth and growth of connective tissue as well as growth of other cell types leading to cluster of cells, tissues and parts of organs. Said grain includes multiple pores that are continuous thr... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060191621 | Electrical cable having a surface with reduced coefficient of friction The present invention includes a cable having reduced surface friction and the method of manufacture thereof including steps in which a conductor wire is coated with a first plastic material and with a mixture of a second plastic material and lubricating material and th... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060191639 | Substrate holding structure and substrate processing device The object of the present invention is to prevent damage due to thermal stress induced into a substrate holding table in a substrate holding structure for holding a substrate to be processed. In the substrate holding structure having the substrate holding table arranged... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060193760 | Apparatus and method for endoscope soaking basins The present invention provides an endoscope cleaning apparatus with a circulation system for disinfecting an endoscope. The circulation system includes a pump housing, a pump disposed within the pump housing, and wherein the circulation system pumps the liquid chemical ... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060193980 | Method for forming film The present invention relates to a method of forming a metal-nitride film onto a surface of an object to be processed in a processing container in which a vacuum can be created. The method of the invention includes: a step of continuously supplying an inert gas into a p... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060191144 | A BUSH CUTTING MACHINE A bush cutting machine comprises a main body, a driven shaft rotatably supported in the main body and having two opposite ends, a cutter member operatively provided to one end of the main body, a power source operatively connected to the other end of the main body for g... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060191139 | Developing roller and manufacturing method thereof A developing roller 20 included in a developing device 1 and a photoconductor drum 100 are located adjacently to or in contact with each other. A toner absorbed on the surface of the developing roller 20 moves to the photoconductor drum 10... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060191559 | Pipeline cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus useful for cleaning the interior of a pipeline contains: (A) a platform of a dimension sufficient to be inserted through an opening in the pipeline, the platform containing one or more portions; (B) a fluid interruptor having one or more parts to pr... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060193664 | Original transporting apparatus An original transporting apparatus 10 is comprised of an original setting section 11 equipped with an original guide 11a that regulates originals in the width direction, a first transporting mechanism 12 that picks up an original place... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060185296 | Solid structure A prefabricated solid structure provided with a frame including struts arranged in a rectangular shape as viewed on a plane, side beams and upper side beams horizontally extending to couple the struts together, and inner side beams coupling the side beams. The frame is ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060188384 | High strength steel A steel composition that includes: about 0.25-0.37% by weight Carbon; about 1.20-1.55% by weight Manganese; about 0.1-0.15% by weight Vanadium; about 0.20-0.40% by weight Nickel; about 0.20-0.50% by weight Silicon; about 0.30-0.45% by weight Copper; about 0.017-0.025% b... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060188289 | Full-color image forming apparatus In image formation of a black-line image, the image is developed with black toner, and in addition parts of the black-line image corresponding to an intersection between at least two black lines and a middle portion of a black line are developed with toner of at least o... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060186638 | Exercise equipment support unit and method for mounting the same A support unit for attachment to a vehicle receiver hitch comprising (i) a mount shank receivable in an end of the receiver tube of a common receiver hitch; (ii) a device on said mount shank for applying tension or force between said mount shank and said receiver tube; ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060187337 | Position detection apparatus, position detection method, testing apparatus, and camera module manufacturing apparatus There is provided a position detection apparatus for detecting position of an image pickup device that outputs an output signal corresponding to intensity of detected light, having a light source for generating light, an illumination lens for illuminating the light gene... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060189103 | Solution treatment apparatus and solution treatment method In the present invention, a plurality of exhaust paths connected to a plurality of cup bodies surrounding substrate holding portions respectively are joined together for common use, and the openings of exhaust rate adjustment sections provided on the exhaust paths are a... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060189721 | Epoxy resin composition, process for providing latency to the composition and semiconductor device An epoxy resin composition which comprises an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B), a curing accelerator (C) and a component retarding curing of the epoxy resin (D) which is at least one component selected from components (a), (b) and (c) represented by general formulae ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060184600 | Residue number system arithmetic operating system, scaling operator, scaling operation method and program and recording medium of the same There is provided a scaling operator for calculating a quotient in a first residue format obtained by dividing an input number in the first residue format by a second modulus in a residue number system for representing numbers by the first residue format of a set of res... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060179644 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing motor coil The present invention provides a process and an apparatus for the preparation of a motor coil by which a longitudinally wound motor coil, so called, can be easily prepared. First, a molded product 10 comprising a column part 11, and a fin part 12 pr... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060180677 | Agricultural compositions which enhance performance of pesticides applied through drift reducing nozzles A spray composition for applying to soil, plants or other agricultural substrate containing of at least one member selected from the group consisting of block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. An adjuvant can be a concentrate composition which can be dilu... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060183340 | Coating and developing apparatus and coating and developing method A coating and developing apparatus comprises a process block which includes a unit block for coating-film formation which applies a resist, and a unit block for development which performs a developing process, and is separately provided with a coating-film-formation-uni... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060180321 | Control apparatus for a fire pump, operation display apparatus for a fire pump and operation mode control apparatus for a fire pump In a fire pump adapted to force out the water, which is pumped from a water source, from a nozzle provided at a front end portion of a delivery hose, a nozzle control unit 8 adapted to control the fire pump remotely is provided in the vicinity of the nozzle. The ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060183240 | Substrate processing apparatus The prevent invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method which can process hydrophobic wafers with a fluid mixing nozzle. The substrate processing apparatus comprises processing liquid supply means ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060181779 | Optical articles and sol-gel for their manufacture An optical article, having an almost complete isotropy and dimensions equal to or lower than 500 μm, is prepared by a sol-gel procedure comprising a preliminary step wherein the mould is filled cold with a sol containing the desired oxide precursors, sol gelation, gel ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060180136 | Tape expansion apparatus A tape expansion apparatus for expanding a holding tape, which is mounted on an annular frame and to which a wafer having a plurality of areas sectioned by a plurality of dividing lines is affixed, comprising a frame holding means for holding the annular frame; a plural... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060182220 | Efficient measurement of diffuse X-ray reflections A method for inspection of a sample having a surface layer. The method includes acquiring a first reflectance spectrum of the sample while irradiating the sample with a collimated beam of X-rays, and processing the first reflectance spectrum to measure a diffuse reflect... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060179629 | Assembly plant and assembly method for vehicle Supplying work for many parts supplied for vehicle assembly is progressed toward one radiation center, and the supplied parts are assembled into one vehicle on a rotary-type assembly bed provided at the radiation center. ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060174851 | Slant engine A slant engine for a utility engine which a cylinder is attached to the crankcase with slanted with respect to the a rotational direction of a crankshaft, comprises a reservoir oil tank formed outside of the crankcase at lower portion for reserving lubricant, a communic... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060176022 | Battery management apparatus When impedance calculating conditions are satisfied after a system is started, the impedance of a battery is calculated using the current of the battery, a time variation in open circuit voltage thereof, a time variation in terminal voltage thereof, a time variation in ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060178529 | Process for the production of 2-hydroxy-4-methythiobutyric acid ammonium salt The invention relates to a process for the production of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid ammonium salt from 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile, and to the use of the 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid ammonium salt produced by this process. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060178098 | Machining apparatus A machining apparatus, comprising: a mounting member to be rotationally driven; a tool support member mounted on the mounting member; and a fixing member, fixed to the mounting member, for fixing the tool support member to the mounting member. The mounting member has a ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060179063 | Method and system for reducing dependent eligibility fraud in healthcare programs The present invention provides a system and method for reducing fraud in a healthcare benefits plan using a predictive model to identify those subscribers having a high probability of maintaining an ineligible dependent under the plan. The predictive model may be develo... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060177912 | Nucleotide sequences which code for the dep34 gene The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide having a polynucleotide sequence which codes for the dep34 gene, and a host-vector system having a coryneform host bacterium in which the dep34 gene is present in attenuated form and a vector which carries at least the... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060171191 | Memory architecture of display device and memory writing method for the same A memory architecture of display device comprises a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells arranged as a plurality of cell rows and a plurality of cell columns, and a data latch circuit having a plurality of latch units for storing a plurality of bits; whe... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060171726 | Copying machine, device and process for use in copying machine for notifying original left behind A copying machine disclosed in the present invention comprises: a discharge tray for receiving a discharged sheet; a platen cover that is manually opened and closed; an opened/closed state detecting sensor for detecting whether the platen cover is in an opened or closed... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060173951 | System and method for transfer, control, and synchronization of data The present invention provides both a system and method for conducting remote online and offline real-time transactions on a handheld device. ... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060171727 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt that is formed of an endless belt; a plurality of image forming units that are so arranged as to be aligned in a transfer belt conveyance direction; a plurality of toner supply containers that are detachably fitted, o... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060172442 | Semiconductor production system and semiconductor production process A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a treating unit that treats a substrate to manufacture thereon a semiconductor device; a fluid supplying channel for supplying a fluid required for a treatment of the substrate to the ... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060162780 | Pressure reduction process device, pressure reduction process method, and pressure regulation valve The object of the present invention is to provide a low pressure processing system having no possibility of leakage at a valve provided in an exhaust passage when the valve is closed, and capable of reducing a load of maintenance work. An exhaust pipe 3 connected... | 07/27/2006 |
