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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 |
| 4973035 | Stacking and compacting device for photographic prints A device for stacking and compacting photographic prints, and inserting stacks of prints into envelopes, includes a selector for directing individual prints along separate paths, according to their characterisitcs, toward a multiple stacking chamber at th... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4972666 | Grass cutting machine with tip-up box Grass cutting machine with tip-up box comprising a frame (1) mounted on wheels (2) and supporting a horizontal shaft (3) provided with rotating blades (4) and a box (8), movable from a lower position for collecting the cut grass to an upper position for d... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4968377 | Method and apparatus for shaping cylindrical electrical parts A process for transforming a cylindrical electrical part into a component having at least one flat surface, suitable for use as a surface mounted device.... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4960021 | Meat slicer An apparatus for slicing meat into strips comprises a conveyor for transporting the meat beneath an array of spaced rotary cutting blades, which float upon their driveshaft, their spacing being maintained only by a stack of pressure wheels mounted on a fr... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4957680 | Process of molding seal rings The seal ring is molded by positioning a frame or reinforcement in one part of an opened mold, and positioning a low friction material disc on a clamping surface of the same part of the mold. The mold is closed with a second part so that between 30% and 7... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4957467 | Device for primary separation of grain in a combine harvester for cereals A device for primary separation of grain and straw in a combine harvester for cereals, the combine comprising a chassis and wheels and, going from the front towards the rear relative to the longitudinal direction of combine displacement: a mower; a mown c... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4951413 | Trolling line depressor A troll line depressor includes a pair of triangular wings with a dihedral angle of about 100 degrees therebetween. A rigid bridle connected between the upper and lower ends of the depressor provides a sliding connection for a ring at the end of a towing ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4938395 | Mouthpiece for bottles and the like A mouthpiece is designed to facilitate direct human consumption of liquid from a narrow-necked container, such as a bottle having a mouth defined by a peripheral rim that in use is enclosed by the lips of the consumer. The mouthpiece comprises a tubular b... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937918 | Inline breast deboner A method and apparatus for producing boneless chicken breasts maximizes the amount of meat retained by the breast when the wing is removed from the breast, by permitting the wing to rotate with respect to the breast as the final wing cut is made while the... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936780 | Touch sensor alpha-numeric blocks A series of educational blocks for teaching children the correct sounds of each letter of the English language as well as rudimentry words. Touching or depressing a surface of the block provided with particular indicia thereon would produce a sound corres... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4936288 | Exhaust device for kitchen hood, air purifier and the like, and hood comprising such a device This invention relates to an exhaust device for a kitchen hood, air purif and the like. It consists of a rigid flat disk (1), of a material impermeable to the gas flow, driven in rotation around its central axis by a drive means, said disk comprising on ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4935673 | Variable impedance electronic ballast for a gas discharge device A parallel RC network sensitive to the impedance of a gas discharge device is provided in the electronic ballast of this device along with a series connected inductive coil. As the impedance through the device changes, the oscillator frequency of the ball... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930382 | Method and apparatus for cutting planar pieces into patterned shapes A convenient method and simple apparatus for cutting one or more layers of planar material, such as fabric into uniform, geometric shapes, involving the use of relatively small, thin geometrically shaped magnetic templates. The method and apparatus is par... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4924666 | Machine for harvesting berries, and particularly, grapes The invention relates to a machine for harvesting berries, and particularly, grapes, comprising a straddling frame (1) on which are mounted two sets of shaking elements (4a, 4b), each on one side of the median plane of the machine, said shaking elements c... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4921605 | Apparatus to depollute bodies of water An apparatus to clean or depollute surfaces or layers of water. The apparatus has at least one channel (12) which withdraws a stream of water at the front of the apparatus and discharges the water at the rear of the apparatus after cleaning or depollution... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4919425 | Shooting and training aid for basketball players A training and shooting aid for basketball players to eliminate and prevent interference by the guide arm and guide hand when shooting a basketball. The training and shooting aid includes a pair of adjustable interconnected stretchable sleeves adapted to ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4913293 | Container of flexible material A container (10) of flexible material comprises a wall (16) having a row of serrations (18) therein extending diagonally of a corner thereof and an internal sheet (19) which is adhesively secured to an inner surface of the wall (16) by peelable pressure s... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4903506 | Ice cube maker In a commercial ice cube making device, an accelerated freezing and harvest cycle is effected by employing parallel adjacent rectangular channel ways which are individually directly connected to intake and outflow manifolds, thereby producing even absorpt... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4902046 | Connector with quick release under load Connector for quick release under load, particularly for pipes for transporting fluids such as hydrocarbons, characterized by the fact that it comprises, between two opposite structural elements (1, 2) or between two parts of an element connecting the two... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4898492 | Pressure closing device for joining the edges of plastic sheets The invention relates to a pressure closing device for joining the edges of plastic sheets, comprising a shaped strip fastened by heat-sealing in the vicinity of each of the edges to be joined, each of the strips comprising a hooking element able to work ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4895294 | Method and apparatus for controlling solder flow in metallic members A method and apparatus for controlling the flow of solder and heat in metallic members. The apparatus includes a housing for receiving a portion of the metallic member in which the flow of solder and heat is to be controlled. A second portion of the metal... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4891761 | Method for accurately updating positional information provided on a digital map A method and system for updating a digitized map. An operator-controlled vehicle provided with an onboard computer and a navigational transmitter unit is dispatched to a location provided on the map near to an unknown location. The vehicle would then trav... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4884485 | Plate cutting device capable of being used to cut a plate along a curve A plate cutting device is provided which is capable of being used to cut a plate along a curve. It is a design directed to the disadvantages such as labor-consumption, awkwardness, incapability of cutting along a curve, and incapability of cutting a large... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884285 | (DS) transmitter A communication system for connecting a telephone switching office to a data processing center is described. A telephone trunk line from the switching office carries data which is digitally encoded and may be in a compressed format, for example mu-law PCM... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4881090 | Method and apparatus for identifying negatives in photographic laboratories A method and apparatus for identifying negatives in photographic laboratories, characterized in that in the finishing station (1), after a tab (5) has been applied to the continuous strip of negatives (7) but before inserting the tabbed strip cut into por... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4872623 | Film roll holder with drum brake A holder for dispensing stretch film from a roll comprises a cylindrical body and an arbor rotatably supported on the body. A flexible grip having internal ribs covers the body and the arbor, so that one can, by applying finger pressure to the grip, brake... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4868711 | Multilayered ceramic capacitor A multilayered ceramic capacitor includes glass melted layers and adhering layers containing conductive patters in which the combination of two or more different species of dielectric materials are used for ceramic layers in the stack of the multilayered ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4859181 | Method and apparatus for measuring relative jaw movement A process and apparatus for three-dimensional determination of the relative movement between the upper and lower human jaws by affixing at least one reference element to each of the jaws, one of the reference elements having four spatially staggered refer... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4857783 | Brushless direct current motor incorporating a magnetically influenced switch A brushless direct current (DC) motor operating on the interaction of a permanent magnet rotor with an electromagnetic torque-inducing stator coil. Current applied to an electromagnetic torque-inducing stator coil is controlled by a magnetically influence... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4848195 | Spanner-wrench A spanner wrench for tightening, or loosening, of pipe coupling assemblies, particularly in tight quarters. The wrench comprises a semi-cylindrical base, an arcuate aligner, and a handle that is secured to the base for applying rotational torque to the to... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4845588 | Tubular capacitor An electrical capacitor comprises a dielectric sleeve having a first conductive outer coating, and a core with a second conductive outer surface secured within the sleeve. One end of the core is enlarged, and provides a contact surface for the second cond... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843786 | Enclosure conditioned housing system A continuous building basement wall and floor cavity, formed by the foundation wall and floor enclosure on the outside, and an attached inner air and vapor barrier structure, insulated as appropriate, is drained and ventilated to inhibit and prevent soil ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4842445 | Covering structure intended especially to be placed on a conduit or the like laid on the ocean floor The invention relates to a structure for covering of submarine elements of elongated shape, in particular conduits laid on the ocean floor. It comprises at least one closed flattened tubular element (1), the element or each of the elements comprising at least ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842390 | Fiber optic device for angioplasty A fiber optic device for the transmission and lateral irradiation of laser energy, particularly for angioplasty, comprising at least one optical fiber (1), to the inlet end of which there is coupled a laser source (4) and to the outlet end of which, after... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4841795 | Double-rotatable universal head for machine tools A universal head for fitting to a machine tool slide comprises a spindle head supporting a spindle and a head carrier interposed between the spindle head and the slide in order to transmit torque from the machine tool drive shaft to the spindle. The carri... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4837950 | End loading motor scraper An earthmover having a bowl for transporting earth includes an elevating loading apparatus pivotally attached to the bowl. The loading apparatus can be raised or lowered with respect to the bowl; in addition, the bowl can be tilted about the longitudinal ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836099 | Device for pickling meat by mixing under vacuum A device for pickling meat by mixing under vacuum comprises a tank (1) suitable for being rotated on its longitudinal axis by drive means (7,8), the tank being provided at one of its ends with an opening (4) for filling/emptying suitable for being closed ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4835656 | Multi-layered ceramic capacitor A multi-layered ceramic capacitor characterized by a structure containing glass material layers imposed between adjacent ceramic layers and conductive layers which sandwich the glass material therebetween. The conductive electrode layers and/or glass mate... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4834688 | Article of clothing A surface of an article of clothing is provided with a transparent pouch for holding a liquid representative of a beverage. The article has indicia thereon whereby the indicia is visible through the pouch.... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4834153 | Automatic drilling and dowelling apparatus For automatically drilling boreholes within halving joints and frame portions of lattice windows, ejecting glue into said boreholes and inserting dowels, units are proposed, which consist of three dowel inserting devices and three associated glue injectin... | 05/30/1989 |
