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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 |
| 7592173 | Operationally enhanced bioreactor Biofilm on glass beads deposited within a bottom portion of a vertically elongated bioreactor housing for possible experimental evaluation through a testing port in the housing which is also provided with inlet ports for aeration and infeed of nutrients with liquid.... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7517191 | Operational maintenance of air-conditioning installations An assembled pump compressor arrangement of an air-conditioning system having a housing enclosing an impeller with a thrust collar positioned thereon. The arrangement includes a tool for applying torque to the impeller having an outer cylindrical element and a plura... | 04/14/2009 |
| H2228 | Temperature compensated fluid conductivity piping measurement A conductivity sensor positioned in-line between two pipe sections within a cylindrical collar portion of a measurement assembly measures the electrical conductivity of fluid under flow through a passage therein to generate a conductivity data signal, while a separa... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441308 | Watertight door hinge support Watertight closure of an opening within a wall, under manually controlled displacement of a door panel, is enhanced by pivotal mounting of the door panel on the wall by vertically spaced hinge assemblies each of which is more readily assembled from a minimal number ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436090 | Direct drive hybrid rotary motor A rotary motor shaft extends through a rheological brake unit through which variable braking resistance to rotation of the motor shaft is applied while it undergoes rotation in response to torque mechanically applied thereto in sequence through a peripheral gear by ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432821 | Fiber optic measurement of bearing surface wear A propeller shaft is supported on the stern end of a ship hull by a bearing within which optic fiber cables are embedded in close spaced relation to the outer cylindrical surface of a bearing supported portion of the propeller shaft for a monitoring wear thereof wit... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430866 | Air-independent fuel combustion energy conversion A metallic fuel mixture including solidic powders such as silicon, aluminum and magnesium together with an oxidant, and steam and hydrogen are fed into a combustor to undergo combustion therein. The combustor is positioned within a steam chamber enclosure filled wit... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7374668 | Valve automated in-situ cleaning system for oil water separator An oil/water separator tank having intake, discharge and vent fittings is conditioned for in-situ cleaning of the oil separator plate stacks positioned therein by selective opening of manual valves connected to each of such fittings. When so conditioned by opening o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7340918 | Magnetostrictive drive of refrigeration systems A liquid-phase cooling device of a refrigeration system has an outer tubular housing enclosing a heat exchanger through which a mixture gases and liquid constituting a working fluid media is heated and cooled while undergoing compression and expansion within a cavit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328879 | Equipment installation support on foundation A bearing washer is inserted into a horizontally elongated recess formed within the top flat surface of an upper tapered wedge of a support assembly through which equipment is adjustably positioned on a foundation. The upper wedge is vertically and horizontally adju... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324016 | Navigational indicating system for rotary wing aircraft Red, green and white colored lights are emitted from navigation orientation indicating light emitting devices mounted within a helicopter rotor blade near its tip. The light emissions from such devices are under control to respectively indicate passage of the rotor ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322786 | Mobile loader for transfer of containers between delivery vehicles and marine terminal cranes A mobile loader is driven to a dockside location underlying the spreader bar of a marine terminal crane. A delivery vehicle such as a train or a truck is driven into the loader at such dockside location so that containers maybe transferred between the delivery vehic... | 01/29/2008 |
| H2206 | Tactile side-slip corrective yaw control for aircraft Side-slip of an aircraft during flight is detected through a pair of pressure sensors fixedly mounted on opposite lateral sides of the aircraft fuselage. Pressure measurement signals at said sensors are fed to electronic circuitry within the aircraft for generating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301641 | Fiber optic smoke detector A passive sensor housing has an air gap formed therein between a collimating lens and a lens focused mirror reflecting optical light signals transmitted through the lens into the air gap within which smoke is received through screened openings in the housing. The op... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290738 | Dual jet emerging lift augmentation system for airfoils and hydrofoils Separate upper and lower plenums within an aircraft airfoil or a sea hydrofoil conduct fluid under different pressures to nozzle slots from which jets emerge to augment lift in accordance with different travel conditions. Lift is induced by nozzle slot emergence of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284570 | Electrically powered valve for controlling, monitoring and evaluating fluid flow Controlled flow of liquid is conducted between aligned inlet and outlet pipe sections through a valve housing within which a solid valve element is sealed and supported for electrically powered displacement between a fully open position establishing unrestricted flo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278514 | Acoustic noise filter An acoustic filter is provided with a single flow chamber for exposure of a flexible rubber layer to liquid undergoing flow through the flow chamber with noise producing acoustic energy therein. The flexible rubber layer is supported on a cylindrical drum with slant... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7214306 | Elevated potential deposition of rhenium on graphite substrates from a ReO/HOsolution A method of depositing rhenium onto a substrate comprising dissolving rhenium oxide in a hydrogen peroxide solution, immersing a negative and a positive electrode into the solution, immersing a substrate to be coated with rhenium into the solution next to the negati... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198001 | Underwater inspection measurement survey A platform assembly of circular plates are yieldably held positioned by a support mounted on an underwater vehicle propelled under remote control within seawater to a location below an underwater surface such as the bottom of a ship hull, for surface measurement sur... | 04/03/2007 |
| H2178 | Bi-level dual hoisting container transport crane Containers are transported by movement of upper and lower trolleys along vertically spaced travel paths established by laterally spaced rails formed in a boom supported in a horizontal position by suspension cables attached to a frame assembly through which the boom... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163138 | Friction stirred introduction of particles into a metallic substrate for surface durability treatment An axially elongated cylindrical tool has a protrusion at a lower end thereof which is inserted into a metallic work piece substrate under pressure during rotation of the tool and displacement thereof in one direction. Mixing of a matrix of metal and particles by th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163107 | Oil/water separator with enhanced in-situ cleaning In-situ cleaning of the bilgewater processing plates of stacks within a treatment tank chamber of a 50-gpm oil/water separator is performed by an injected chemical cleaning agent dispersed by diverted flow of pressurized air introduced into the tank chamber below th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7149150 | Underwater surveillance system A plurality of sensing modules are deployed by positioning thereof in spaced relation to each other on a seafloor surface at a shallow depth to establish a targeted seawater zone within which certain conditions are detected, such as those produced by the presence of... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148600 | Electrical current transferring and brush pressure exerting interlocking slip ring assembly An annular stator holder within a homopolar motor housing is positioned within magnetic fields established by magnet coils positioned in surrounding relation to brushes in sliding contact with the motor rotor. Also enclosed within the stator holder is a slip ring pr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144282 | Contoured rudder maneuvering of waterjet propelled sea craft The stern hull portion of a surface ship or underwater sea craft is provided with a waterjet propulsion unit having an outlet end from which a discharge propelling waterjet emerges underwater and undergoes flow beyond the stern end of the hull between a pair of twin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139223 | Deep water surveillance system An elongated optical fiber is vertically positioned within seawater in a deep-depth targeted zone by vertical suspension thereof from a floating buoy. Electrode sensor arrays are positioned in vertically spaced relation to each other on the optical fiber for generat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138743 | Solid and liquid hybrid current transferring brush The moving slip ring surface of electrical machinery transfers electrical current by contact thereof with liquid metal directly or through the tips of a plurality of closely spaced brushes positioned along the bottom of a housing under pressure within which the liqu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138941 | In-situ calibration of radar frequency measurement Frequency calibration of a bi-static type of radar system is performed by positioning radar transmitter and receiver in spaced relation to each other over a targeted seawater surface from which radar radiation along a forward radiation scattering path is reflected t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136324 | Pressure equalizing fluidborne sound projector A solid metallic piston of a fluidborne sound projector is provided with a plurality of parallel spaced fluid passages extending between opposite axial end faces of the piston so as to equalize fluid pressures exerted thereon within a chamber enclosed within an end ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124698 | Auxiliary facilities for the maneuvering of submerged water jet propelled sea craft The hull of a submerged sea craft adjacent its stern end is provided with auxiliary facilities for controlled maneuvering operations under low speed conditions, including steering, stopping and negative thrust backing performed independently of main propulsion of th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122117 | Self-cleaning composite deck drain A self-cleaning composite deck drain apparatus which includes a removable top part having a top grating surface for receiving waste liquid and a trap for catching particulate matter from the liquid at a lower end. The drain apparatus further includes a bottom part h... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111523 | Rotational power transmitting drive component with improved acoustic and assembly characteristics A structural power transmitting component embodies a shaft and a gear or pulley held threadedly positioned on the shaft by four nuts while interconnected by a torque transmitting wedge and key. The shaft is especially configured to establish structural interrelation... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111809 | Aircraft excessive fuel dumping ejection parallel to flight direction Excessive fuel is dumped by ejection under a pressurized outflow velocity from an aircraft during flight as jets in a direction parallel to air stream flow relative to the aircraft, from a rearwardly facing exit opening of a fuel jettison device mounted on the lower... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108782 | Marine vessel onboard wastewater treatment system Shipboard wastewater undergoes treatment within an automatic system based on membrane bioreactor technology. Bacteria that are naturally present in the raw waste stream break down during treatment and consume organic material in the wastewater. Membranes in a biorea... | 09/19/2006 |
| H2168 | Arrangement and construction of an element bundling module Elongated processing elements are anchored at opposite ends thereof between holding discs retained within rigid seal rings enclosing a chamber within a cylindrical module housing, through which a flow of contaminate-laden bilgewater is conducted. Such discs are form... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101237 | Propellor blade adjustment system for propulsion through fluid environments under changing conditions The stern end of a seawater hull has a rotor hub with propeller blades thereon. The rotor hub is rotated for propulsion of the hull by means of a propeller shaft extending through a sealed compartment within the hull. Such sealed compartment and an electrically powe... | 09/05/2006 |
| H2163 | Guided thrust maneuvered shipboard crane A floating object is attached to a shipboard hoisting crane through its attachment device under high seawave conditions, by maintaining alignment of the crane attachment device under maneuvering thrust control with a location on the floating object during lowering o... | 08/01/2006 |
| H2159 | Guidance of treatment devices on target surfaces A pair of vertical guide supports are slidably received in horizontally spaced rails removably mounted on a vertical target surface to be treated, such as the hull of a ship. A rack support interconnects the vertical guide supports and is vertically displaceable rel... | 07/04/2006 |
| H2162 | Container conveyor load transfer A wheel supported conveyor having a central platform crane section disposed between opposite end crane sections is positioned in underlying relation to a container holding spreader of a dockside terminal crane for transfer of containers to and from the chassis of tr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068027 | System for measurement of metallic debris in fluid A debris sensor arrangement is positioned within an enclosed body of fluid for detecting the presence of metallic debris particles therein. Debris detection involves exposure of cantilever beams to the fluid when magnetized within an electromagnetic field to attract... | 06/27/2006 |
