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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 |
| 4185427 | Double cylinder over-center aerial device An aerial device includes a boom support structure, a boom pivotally secured to the support structure, and first and second boom lift hydraulic actuators. The first and second boom lift hydraulic actuators are operated in tandem to raise, lower, and hold ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4173830 | Dryer for mesh baskets A dryer for automated washing and drying of mesh or perforated bottom trays such as those used for bakery goods, which includes a source of air under relatively low pressure and has a means to direct air at a relatively high velocity through the mesh or o... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4171643 | Vortex shedding flowmeter construction A vortex flowmeter having a flow obstruction body or vortex forming bar formed in a manner to provide enhanced generation of vortices across a wide range of Reynolds numbers of the fluid being measured. The bar includes projections adjacent the lateral ed... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4168699 | Sampling catheter A sampling catheter having an outer tube of resilient material with a normally closed distal end and an inner flexible tube which is longer than the outer tube and which is normally held in retracted position with respect to the distal end of the outer tu... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4162660 | Dirty air filter indicator A dirty filter indicator for use with an air filter for an internal combustion engine, the filter comprising a replacement for an ordinary wingnut used to hold the outer cover of the air cleaner in position. The replacement nut has a bypass passage throug... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161735 | Detachable antenna mount An antenna mount for an antenna, such as the antenna of a citizen band (CB) radio, is adapted to be rapidly clamped to an outwardly extending member such as a rear view mirror support bar of a truck. The mount includes first and second metal plates having... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4143566 | Semiautomatic strip feed control The present invention is a strip feed control which is particularly useful in photographic systems such as film and paper cutters, film notchers, and printers. The photographic strip material is fed by a predetermined feed length during each operating cyc... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4121088 | Electrically heated air data sensing device A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistance heater assembly is used in combination with an angle of attack vane to provide automatic means for maintaining the temperature of the vane at a level which will de-ice the vane. The heater assembly is em... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4117828 | Solar collector A solar collector having a housing and a plurality of substantially parallel heat absorbing vanes mounted in the housing immediately beneath a radiation transparent upper wall in such a manner as to form a plurality of relatively narrow channels through w... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117392 | SCR controller having input pulses mechanically generated by a signal source A controller for controlling SCR's used for supplying power to loads, which provides digital control of the phase angle of the firing signal for SCR's during rapidly changing frequency of applied power. The digital control is based upon clocking signals w... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116140 | Press wheel depth control for grain drill furrow openers A depth control for grain drills, planters or the like utilizing a press wheel which can be adjusted to control the depth of each individual furrow opener to insure uniform depth of planting across the width of wide machines presently in use.... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4111624 | Dough piece imprinter and controls therefore Imprinters or stampers for imprinting or stamping numerals, letters or symbols into the top of pieces of dough prior to baking, which includes means for individually sensing each piece of dough to insure that the imprinting device is properly timed for im... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4110012 | Rear view mirror system with elliptically curved mirror and flat mirror A rear view mirror for vehicles such as automobiles and trucks, which provides a periscope-like rear view utilizing only two mirror surfaces. One of the mirrors is a substantially planar mirror, and the second of the mirrors is a curved part elliptical mi... | 08/29/1978 |
