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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 |
| 8069861 | Method and apparatus for preparing a finished tobacco product including special form casings and sheet configurations A finished tobacco product is formed by a set of pre-rolled sheets. In one embodiment a form casing is used which includes at least two portions—a non-smokable portion along with a container portion which includes tobacco filler material. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7481226 | Method and device for analyzing cigarette smoking A method for analysing cigarette smoking, which includes equipping a smoker with a portable assembly including a cigarette holder equipped with a detector to detect smoking-related parameters and a processor connected to the detectors. The processing module includes... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7404405 | Portable hookah system and hookah containment device Disclosed is a hookah containment device that allows a user to smoke a prepared hookah while engaging in foot traffic. A portable hookah system includes a hookah and the hookah containment device tailored to mate with the hookah in a fashion to vertically stabilize ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387129 | Device to avoid auto-extinguishing of cigars A device that sucks small quantities of air through a lit cigar in order to maintain sufficient oxygen flow to prevent the cigar from going out. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7350523 | Tobacco smoking pipe A cigar shaped tobacco smoking pipe having a draw piece (14) with a band (12) adapted by proper sizing or screw thread to receive either end of a bowl piece (16). A bore (18) communicates with a smoking cavity (20), a chamber (1... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7125309 | Smart smoke unit A smoke generating unit for a model train that varies the rate of smoke produce in response to changes in the load on the model train. The smoke generating unit includes a housing, a smoke element and a motor driven fan. The housing can be formed of two sub-housings... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100618 | Sensory smoking simulator The Sensory Smoking Simulator (5) performs by means of suction to draw smoke (33) from a cigarette (21a), only a small amount of which is smelled by the user (39). It is a main body (40) that includes an air motor (12... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100420 | Cigarette monitoring A cigarette monitoring device capable of monitoring individual smoking behaviour and particularly smoke deliveries and of communicating this and other information to a remote location and/or the consumer. The device comprises a cigarette monitoring means, fluid-flow... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7053342 | Electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling heaters thereof An electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling heaters thereof, in which the heaters operate according to power-ON periods and power-OFF periods set in view of a temperature of the heaters, consumption of unnecessary power is reduced, and variations of heat... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6929012 | Process for the isolation of a major harmful oxidant from cigarette smoke The components of cigarette smoke, known until now, do not explain the overwhelming hazardous effects of smoking; this invention describes the isolation, identification and procedures for determination of the structure, properties and assay of a relatively stable ma... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6814083 | Apparatus for measuring smoking topography A portable smoking topography apparatus for providing smoking topographical information, comprises a smoking material holder adapted to receive a smoking material; a smoking material detection sensor mounted on the smoking material holder and detecting presence or a... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6782891 | Process for the isolation of a major harmful oxidant from cigarette smoke The components of cigarette smoke, known until now, do not explain the overwhelming hazardous effects of smoking; this invention describes the isolation, identification and procedures for determination of the structure, properties and assay of a relatively stable ma... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6715494 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A method of using a two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed comprising applying a material from which vapor is to be extracted over the surface of a lower screen member. The method further comprises forming a vaporization c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698435 | Folding smoking pipe A foldable smoking pipe is constructed from a flat blank of metal, small enough to fit in a wallet, that can be folded into a functional smoking pipe with an integrated bowl, screen, and stem. The stem is formed by multiple flat panels folded to create a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6601586 | Pipe with improved cutting edge A smoker's pipe comprises a tubular member having a tobacco-retaining concavity at the front end. A plurality of evenly spaced cutting teeth form the edge of the concavity, such that a supply of tobacco can be cut for retention in the concavity. An openin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6446426 | Miniature pulsed heat source A miniature heat source capable of being used in a hand-held device for delivering a metered pulse of fuel to a combustion chamber where it is converted into a pulsed amount of heat. For example, the heat source apparatus can be used in a hand-held cigare... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431176 | Tobacco smoke containment apparatus and method therefor A tobacco smoke containment apparatus and method therefor having the characteristics of limiting the exhaust of harmful smoke particles as well as reducing the overall risk of accidental fire by containing a smoking tobacco product inside a closed recepta... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418936 | Tobacco pipe A tobacco pipe (10) having a hollow stem (12) threaded to a manifold (20) on top of which a turret (30) is rotatably mounted. Turret (30) is of greater weight than that of manifold (20), so that any one of a plurality of turret magazines (33) remains stat... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6395236 | System for tobacco smoke neutralization A non-aerosol, non-wick pump spray system consisting of an emulsion of triethylene glycol in a range of about 0.5% to about 6.0% in distilled water, a surfactant such as sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate, and a suitable fragrance.... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6354301 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed. The two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake comprises a lower chamber member having a bowl portion formed therein to hold materials from wh... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6345625 | Filter for secondary smoke and smoking articles incorporating the same Secondary smoke is harmful to passive smokers. A filter sleeve (1) comprises a sleeve (10) with a downstream portion (11) adapted for receiving inhale smoke into an inhalation flow path (13), an upstream portion (12) adapted for inhalation of said inhale ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6341609 | Cigarette holder A cigarette holder utilizing the components of a rifle cartridge is disclosed. The rifle cartridge includes a tubular cartridge case having a bullet received therein at one end thereof. An elongated member is secured to the base of the bullet and extends ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6318376 | Filter tip structure for cigarette A cigarette filter tip structure includes a cigarette holder, and a filter base mounted on the bottom of the cigarette holder. The cigarette holder includes a compartment defined therein and having a bottom formed with a shoulder, the compartment having a... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6260554 | Pipe A self-extinguishing pipe is described for use with tobacco or other smoking material. The pipe is made in two parts, a body and an endpiece, and holds a filter internally. The endpiece includes a reservoir for the tobacco or other smoking material at one... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6202651 | Smoking articles This invention provides a smoking article (1) having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article (1) according to the invention may comprise segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material (5) interconnected by segments of... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196232 | Magnetic smoking pipe The smoking pipe of the present invention generally includes a base and a mouthpiece. The base includes a bowl for placement of loose tobacco and also includes a channel that extends from the bowl out the front of the base. The base further includes a per... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6164287 | Smoking method A smoking article which employs tobacco as a source of smoke and flavor, but which does not burn the tobacco; the smoking article including a tobacco tablet, a heat conductor in contact with the tablet and a source of heat which heats the conductor in con... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161551 | Automatic smoking machine In an automatic smoking machine for automatically attaching holders and tobacco rolls to smoking mouths of a smoking apparatus body by means of a robot apparatus, arranged in front of the smoking apparatus body, a holder tray supplying mechanism and a rol... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6158530 | Hand-held smoker's device for sidestream smoke control A cigarette combustion unit for the use in a hand-held cigarette smoke filtering device for filtering sidestream smoke emitted from a cigarette burning in the unit comprising: i) an elongate closed combustion chamber for a burning cigarette, a lower wall ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6148826 | Glass bat A device for smoking combustible materials includes a tubular body member constructed entirely of heat-resistant glass material. The device has an internal bore with an integrally formed venturi that separates the bore into a smoke chamber and a loading c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6095153 | Vaporization of volatile materials Vaporization of volatile materials while avoiding combustion and denaturation of such material provide an alternative to combustion as means of volatilizing bioactive and flavor compounds to make such compounds available for inhalation without generating ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6073632 | Compact spherical portable water pipe for use with a standard beverage bottle A smoking pipe formed of a spherical body having a top cavity for receiving combustibles, a shank tube receiving cavity, and a mouthpiece tube receiving cavity. An air passage connects the shank tube receiving cavity and the top cavity, and an air passage... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6006757 | Cigarette holder A cigarette holder completely encloses the lit end of a cigarette providing purification for both sidestream smoke and mainstream smoke. It has two concentric tubes with the lit cigarette placed in the inner tube and purifying agent placed in the volume b... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5967148 | Lighter actuation system A cigarette identifier system comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector located across an opening of a cigarette receiver, wherein the sensor registers changes in the transmission of the infrared beam across the opening so as to detect the d... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5915387 | Cigarette for electrical smoking system A novel cigarette adapted for use in an electrical cigarette system comprising a tobacco rod having filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions and being arranged so that electrical heater elements may overlap the filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions. Th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5850840 | Methods for measurement and treatment predicated on the presence of advanced glycosylation endproducts in tobacco and its combustion byproducts Methods are provided for measuring the accumulation of advanced glycosylation endproducts (AGEs), and for lowering the accumulation of advanced glycosylation endproducts, which are predicated on the discovery that such AGEs and their precedent glycotoxins... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5819756 | Smoking or inhalation device A device for smoking tobacco or another smoking product or for inhaling aerosols released by corresponding substances when they are heated. The substances that constitutes the smoking product is shredded, granulated or otherwise crushed. The smoking produ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5819750 | Divot repair cigar clip and cutter tool A golfer's tool includes a body, a pair of prongs, a cutter, and a clip. The pair of prongs extend from one end of the body and are used in repairing ball marks. The cutter includes a slidable blade within the body and a central passage extending through ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816262 | Divot tool cigar holder device A divot tool and cigar holder device having a first member with an indentation formed at one end and a second member pivotally connected to the first member with an indentation formed at one end. The indentations of the first and second members are suitab... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5617881 | Rod formed smoking product A rod-like smoking product with a strand-like filler rod of comminuted smoking tobacco and which is enclosed by a mantle of reconstituted tobacco sheets. At least one of these tobacco sheets is essentially obtained from 75 to 100% by weight of tobacco-inh... | 04/08/1997 |
