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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 |
| 6312726 | Gastric remaining preparation, swollen molding, and production process A gastric remaining preparation having a configuration entirely different from that of the conventional ones. It comprises a swollen molding having a mesh-like cross-section and an apparent density of less than 1, containing an acid-resistant polymer comp... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6252643 | Liquid crystal display having only one common line extending along substrate edge A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, a plurality of row terminals and common electrode terminals arranged on one side of two adjacent sides of the first substrate, a plurality of ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6175440 | Laser beam display A laser beam display includes at least a first and second plurality of laser beam sources, each of which may preferably be an array of semiconductor lasers, providing a plurality of laser beams in an optical path so as to reflect off of reflective facets ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6169169 | PNA probes for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Specific peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes for detecting a sexual transmitted disease caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis comprising N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine units in amide linkage with the glycine nitrogen connected to naturally occur... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169075 | Cytostatic agents Compounds of formula 1 ##STR1## wherein R4 is an ester or thioester group, and R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification are inhibitors of rapidly dividing tumour cells.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167520 | System and method for protecting a client during runtime from hostile downloadables A system and method examine execution or interpretation of a Downloadable for operations deemed suspicious or hostile, and respond accordingly. The system includes security rules defining suspicious actions and security policies defining the appropriate r... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161999 | Toggle bolt device An improved fixed positionable toggle bolt device for fastening objects to a substrate comprising a metal anchor member having a nut portion and a selectively frangible positioning and holding assembly engaged with the metal member. The assembly comprises... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6160423 | High speed source synchronous signaling for interfacing VLSI CMOS circuits to transmission lines A system of the present invention uses small swing differential source synchronous voltage and timing reference (SSVTR and /SSVTR) signals to compare single-ended signals of the same slew rate generated at the same time from the same integrated circuit fo... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6151606 | System and method for using a workspace data manager to access, manipulate and synchronize network data A system includes a communications module for downloading workspace data from a remote site, an application program interface coupled to the communications module for communicating with a workspace data manager to enable manipulation of the downloaded wor... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6143633 | In-situ diffusion of dopant impurities during dendritic web growth of crystal ribbon A dendritic web formation process and apparatus for diffusing dopant impurities into a growing dendritic crystal web to produce photovoltaic cells. A solid dopant diffusion source is arranged in a holder mounted in a vertical thermal element either within... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6140566 | Music tone generating method by waveform synthesis with advance parameter computation Musical tones are produced according to song data basically by three steps. The first step converts the song data sequentially into control parameters. The control parameters are written into a parameter memory. Then, the second step generates waveform da... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135650 | Method and system for wrapper routine optimization Program routines normally requiring windowed register allocation using conventional assembly code generation in a compiler are examined for eligibility for a wrapper routine optimization procedure in which wrapper routine assembly code instructions are ge... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134804 | Total restraint drying The present invention relates to the dryer section of a paper machine consisting of a number dryer groups having dryer cylinders and one reversal role between each two dryers within a dryer group. The dryer section may have top felted or bottom felted dry... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134050 | Laser beam mixer A laser beam mixer combines two or more input laser beams in a coaxial manner to provide an output beam. At least one of the input beams is altered in cross-sectional profile, for example, to an annular cross-sectional shape. Another input beam is placed ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131188 | System and method for reducing the occurrence of window use overflow Program routines normally requiring windowed register allocation using conventional assembly code generation in a compiler are examined for eligibility for a wrapper routine optimization procedure in which wrapper routine assembly code instructions are ge... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6131116 | System and method for globally accessing computer services A system for communicating through a computer network. The system includes a communications engine for establishing a communications link with a server, a browser, coupled to the communications engine, for receiving applet information corresponding to a s... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6130768 | Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus A scanning image forming lens in an optical scanning apparatus for optically scanning a surface to be scanned at a constant velocity by deflecting a luminous flux formed as a linear image in a direction corresponding to a main scanning direction by an opt... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127625 | Transmission conduit and method of installation of same A tubular channeling unit including a grounded external metal sheathing and an internal longitudinal cavity, and method for laying such a tubular channeling unit by suspension on a high voltage aerial power line system including at least two towers suppor... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6127617 | Effector differently controlling harmonics and noises to improve sound field effect A music apparatus is constructed for producing a music sound while applying thereto a desired sound field effect according to a control parameter. In the music apparatus, a source device provides an input music sound composed of at least two sound compone... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125941 | Fire blanket A blanket for smothering fires or protecting items from fire, comprised of a wettable polymer capable of high volume water retention, a water reservoir and heat activatable valves or water source to permit water to flow from the reservoir to wet the polym... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6124523 | Encapsulated stent An encapsulated stent including a stent or structural support layer sandwiched between two biocompatible flexible layers. One preferred embodiment has a stent cover which includes a tubular shaped stent that is concentrically retained between two tubular ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6125421 | Independent multichannel memory architecture An independent memory architecture is provided which includes a plurality of multi-line channels each capable of carrying either data or address information to a plurality of independent memory clusters. The channels operate independently to access and st... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6114405 | Ultraviolet radiation-curable light-modulating film for a light valve, and method of making same A method for preparing a film suitable for use as the light-modulating unit of an SPD light valve, which film comprises a cross-linked polymer matrix having droplets of a liquid light valve suspension distributed in the cross-linked polymer matrix. The li... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111174 | Released key velocity estimator, method used therein and information storage medium storing program sequence for it An automatic player piano has a released key velocity estimator for modifying the constant released key velocity of a piece of music data information to a target released key velocity; a memory stores relation between the target key velocity estimator and... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111343 | Piezoelectric resonator and electronic component including same A piezoelectric resonator includes a base member including a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes. The adjacent piezoelectric layers are polarized in different directions with an internal electrode disposed therebetween. A g... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111480 | Piezoelectric resonator and method of adjusting resonant frequency thereof A piezoelectric resonator having a small spurious resonance and a large difference .increment.F between the resonant frequency and the antiresonant frequency is constructed that a resonant frequency or antiresonant frequency can be easily and accurately a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108429 | Speaker adapted for use as a center woofer in 3-dimensional sound system A speaker has a substantially reduced overall size while producing a complete low frequency sound range at high output amplitude. The speaker includes a main body having open sections at both ends thereof. A sounding body pinched by ringed first dampers i... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108186 | Game machine having communication terminals It is an object to provide a game machine having communication terminals wherein an integrated circuit portion is reliably protected from static electricity or a surge voltage input through the communication terminals without using communication terminals... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6107727 | Thickness extensional vibration mode piezoelectric resonator A thickness extensional piezoelectric resonator includes a substantially rectangular piezoelectric strip, first and second excitation electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric strip, and an internal electrode disposed inside the piezoelect... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104424 | Foldable eye contact components for a dual mode display The present invention permits a dual mode use of a display screen of which in one mode the display screen is accessible and in the second mode has placed in front of the display screen videoconferencing eye contact components. The invention utilizes a uni... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103165 | Molding processes and apparatus and a molded product To provide a molding apparatus and a molding process which enable a primary product molded in a primary mold to be held in a secondary mold stably, so that the primary product may not be displaced by a synthetic resin material injected into the secondary ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6097134 | Piezoelectric resonator and electronic component including same A piezoelectric resonator having a small spurious resonance and a large difference ƊF between the resonant frequency and the antiresonant frequency has a compact size and an external electrode has a structure which prevents damage or breaking of the exte... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6096786 | Immunopotentiatory agent and physiologically acceptable salts thereof The present invention relates to the use of 4-(2-formyl-3-hydroxyphenoxymethyl) benzoic acid or physiologically acceptable salts thereof as an immunopotentiatory agent, compositions containing such a compound and their manufacture, combinations of such a ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6096027 | Bag enclosed stent loading apparatus An apparatus for loading a stent onto or into a catheter. A flexible sterile sleeve is provided to encase the stent as it is pulled through a loading device. The loading device is a simple design utilizing a tapered passageway. The passageway has first di... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095923 | Propeller shaft A propeller shaft comprises two torque transmission members, a viscous fluid damper and a torsion bar which are arranged in parallel between the torque transmission members, and a stopper for restricting the maximum torsion angle of the torsion bar. Thus,... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093996 | Surface mounting type piezoelectric element A surface mounting type piezoelectric component includes an insulating substrate, an external electrode disposed on the insulating substrate, and a piezoelectric element including an electrode. The piezoelectric element is fixed to the insulating substrat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6093401 | Natural color concentrates and antimicrobial nutraceutial from plants An active coloring concentrate can be prepared from the juice of cranberries and blueberries by treating juice or homogenate with an appropriate binding matrix. Assorted ion exchange resins such as cholestyramine are effective binding matrices, but the cu... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6093244 | Silicon ribbon growth dendrite thickness control system A method and system for controlling the thickness of a pair of dendrites in a dendritic silicon web growth process to improve dendritic silicon web production. An image of each dendrite in a web emerging from a silicon melt in a furnace is produced by a p... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092299 | Vacuum processing apparatus A present vacuum treating apparatus comprises a process chamber for subjecting an object to a predetermined process in a predetermined vacuum state, a stage located in the process chamber and on which the object is placed, a lamp unit provided at the lowe... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092786 | Gate valve Provided is a gate valve for opening and closing an aperture formed in a body of a chamber and designed so that an object is loaded into or unloaded from the chamber, comprising a lift mechanism provided on a side portion of the chamber body, a supporting... | 07/25/2000 |
