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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 |
| 7275405 | Straight drawing machine Rectilinear drawing machine for drawing material, especially bars, pipes or sections, with at least two movable drawing cars which are driven on a path, one run being assigned to each drawing car, and the runs can be fixed in a variable manner. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7229380 | Power transmission device and plate-material feeding apparatus incorporating thereinto the same A power transmission device is capable of correctly adjusting relative positions of two shafts in a direction of rotation even when the shafts are rotationally driven, and comprises a hollow, outer shaft, to one end of which a drive gear is fixed, an inner shaft, to... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7134369 | Pick-off attachment for a multi-spindle machine A multi-spindle machine system includes a pick-off attachment. The pick-off attachment enables a more compact and stronger pick-off spindle. The shorter pick-off spindle is able to pick off longer work pieces. High speed bearings and oil lubrication enable the pick-... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7017789 | Stapler cartridge and stapler apparatus comprising the same A staple storage unit includes return prevention members that prevent a staple positioned for driving from moving back toward the staple storage portion of the staple storage unit. A plurality of staple abutting portions 105a and 105b are... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6948541 | System for handling components at a component mounting machine System for handling components in connection with circuit board assembly in a component mounting machine. The system comprises a number of component tapes provided on component tape reels, and a number of tape guides arranged for receiving component tapes of a given... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6920722 | Elongated truss boom structures for space applications An elongated truss boom structure is adapted to be flattened and coiled to a stowed configuration. The truss boom includes longerons, battens, and diagonals A fixed ladder shaped structure is formed by a plurality of fixedly coupled battens which interconnect two ad... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913181 | Stapler cartridge and stapler apparatus comprising the same A staple cartridge that sequentially draws out rolled staple band material from the staple storage portion includes regulating device that touches the stacked surface of the rolled staple band to regulate the widening and unraveling of the stacked surface. The regul... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6684675 | Drawing machine An apparatus for drawing a strand has a frame extending in a longitudinal direction, a pair of substantially identical linear motors each having a primary fixed on the frame, and a movable secondary slidable along the respective primary in the direction. ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6624381 | Device for supplying strip flexible material to a work station A device for supplying a work station with a strip flexible material unwound from a reel including a transfer plate, driven in a translation motion with a longitudinal horizontal axis, by displacing between a first position for loading the material strip ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6446479 | Apparatus for handling forging machines A handling apparatus for forging machines, especially for advancing a wire intended for the manufacture of screws, rivets and the like includes a first cam, keyed on a first motor-driven rotary shaft, cooperating with a first angularly orientable lever, a... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6405915 | Feed mechanism for a machine A machine (70) for receiving a continuous strip (10) of elongated products (12) mutually attached end to end includes a frame (82) and is arranged for incrementally feeding the strip of products and performing a manufacturing operation therewith. Each two... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6213369 | Material feeding apparatus A material feeding apparatus has gripper apparatuses which perform clamping and unclamping operations of a material by means of a stationary gripper and a movable gripper, and a sliding block which can support the first gripper apparatus and oscillate in ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6196783 | Tape feeders and systems using the same A tape feeder 200 includes a sprocket 201 having a plurality of teeth 202 for engaging holes of a tape. A pawl 205 engages selected teeth of sprocket 201. A first lever 203 is coupled to pawl 205 and a second lever 204 is coupled to first lever 203 and a ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6092709 | Machine for advancing a sheet metal strip in measured increments A machine for advancing a strip of sheet metal in measured increments includes a main frame and subframes supported on transverse ways on the main frame so that the subframes may be moved toward and away from each other to vary the spacing between them. T... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6038765 | Process and device for connecting a cord made of filaments to a drilled hole or sheath A cord (3) which consists of a plurality or a bundle of individual filaments (2), especially individual wires, can be inserted into an opening (4) with a stripped or bare end (1), even if the filaments (2) are spread out at this end (1). The cord is grasp... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6019268 | Method for fabricating plastic cards A method to fabricate plastic cards is disclosed. A substrate tape is perforated with evenly spaced holes, and when placed in a working station, positioning pins engage into the holes. The spacing between two sets of pins is then slightly increased thereb... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5975395 | Feeding apparatus A cover-tape feeding apparatus for feeding a peeled portion of a cover tape of a carrier tape which includes an accommodating tape having, at a predetermined pocket pitch, pockets accommodating electric components, respectively, and the cover tape attache... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5724847 | Integrated wire feed and draw apparatus Apparatus for feeding and optionally drawing wire to a forging machine or the like. The apparatus is a compact unit that conserves floor space and offers manufacturing economies by permitting the use of common components whether or not the optional drawin... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5622329 | Terminal band feeding device having efficient partitioning tape disposal which limits tension in the terminal band A terminal band feeding apparatus has a feeding reel on which spirally wound are (i) a terminal band having terminal blanks in a chain manner and (ii) a partitioning tape for preventing the terminal blanks from becoming entangled with one another. By pull... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5505360 | Movable gripping jaw with conveyor support for a web A feeding device for feeding thin and delicate web material towards a work station, particularly a forming press, includes a longitudinal support and guide member for the web and a step-feed assembly for feeding the web onto the support and guide member a... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5449106 | Terminal strip feed mechanism for a terminal insertion machine An intermittent terminal feed mechanism is provide in a machine for attaching terminals to electrical conductors. The terminals are fed, in strip form, along a feed track to a workstation by the intermittent feed mechanism that retracts away from the stri... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5421505 | Solder wire dispensing device A gun-shaped solder-dispensing device dispenses adequate and controlled lengths of solder wire for use in soldering plumbing joints and like tasks. The shape makes it easy to dispense solder and hold it to a heated workpiece all with one hand. The device ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5350101 | Device for advancing a rotatable tube A stock feeder has a housing for supporting both the stock and an advancer which coaxially extends through the housing and is formed as a collet which, when clamped, grips the stock and holds the advancer in a fixed relationship with the stock. At the ext... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5311937 | Extractor for an injection pipe An apparatus is provided for automatically extracting a grout injection pipe through which grout is injected into fragile ground for improving the same. An extractor for an injection pipe has an extracting main body including a chucking element for chucki... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5181412 | Apparatus bending hollow profiles into spacer frames for insulating glass Apparatus for bending hollow profiles 3 into spacer frames for insulating glass panes, the hollow profile 3 being advanced by a gripper 2 displaceable along a conveyor 4. The magnitude of the stepwise advance of the hollow profile 3 corresponds to the len... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5177992 | Device for feeding thin-web frame A thin-web frame feeding device for intermittently feeding a thin-web frame at a predetermined pitch along a guide rail has first and second shafts supported by bearing stands for synchronized axial sliding motion in the same direction and for rotation in... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5167358 | Material loading apparatus for material working machines A material loading apparatus for material working machines comprises loading slide elements for stepwise conveying one of a wire and strip material guided in a main guide along a guidance direction. The loading slide elements having a controlled slide-mou... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5139337 | Method and apparatus for the linear transport of materials in roll and sheet form In a method and apparatus for linear transport of sheet and web material by piezotranslators, the longitudinal displacement is measured by an optical interferometer and the interferometer output is utilized to control the longitudinally acting piezotransl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5102026 | Apparatus for an intermittent feeding of a webshaped workpiece A pair of arms is hingedly connected to a rocker. These arms support the pressing bar. At their opposite ends the arms are pivotably mounted such to the casing of the appratus that in one position thereof the axis of rotation of the lower feeding roller c... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5052606 | Tape automated bonding feeder A hitch feeder for a TAB tape is described which comprises: a stationary jas assembly having opposing jaws for gripping edges of the tape when closed, and not gripping the edges when open; a movable gripping assembly which includes a lower movable gripper... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4844444 | Roll feed apparatus A roll feed apparatus has first and second rolls for gripping a plate when rotated in first directions and moving from each other when rotated in second directions, and first and second brake pieces for fixing the plate during rotation in the second direc... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4819850 | Material feeding apparatus A material feeding apparatus for intermittently feeding a sheet or rod material in a predetermined length has a first gripper device having a first fixed gripper and a first movable gripper for cooperation with each other in clamping and unclamping a mate... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4789418 | Tape machine A high speed tape machine for applying tape to carton assemblies is disclosed. The tape machine includes spaced sidewalls and a tape assembly for supporting a roll of tape depending from the sidewalls. A stripper cylinder having a reciprocating stripper r... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4770331 | Sheet forming machine An improved sheet forming machine and method of making same are provided wherein such machine employs a first set of clamp assemblies and associated moving devices for serially moving the sheet or sheet material along fixed parallel rails through a succes... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4753381 | Stock feed apparatus A fluid operated stock feed apparatus for intermittently advancing stock along a feed path. The feed apparatus includes a stationary body having fluid operated stock holding clamps mounted thereon. A stock feed head is mounted for reciprocation relative t... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4737331 | Method and apparatus for feeding and severing connected articles Clamps mounted on a reciprocal frame grip a web of connected molded fibrous articles and move toward a cutter a distance equal to one article length, thereby presenting to the cutter the connecting portion between adjacent articles and also pulling the ne... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4726293 | Wrinkle-preventing passive roller system for printing machines A wrinkle-preventing mechanism for a high-speed printer, in which the web constituting the printing medium passes between skewed image and pressure cylinders while being subjected thereby to a high pressure, includes a flat-surfaced, rigid pressure pad un... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4722256 | Method and apparatus for gripping and cutting a lamination film A gripper mechanism having at least two vacuum grippers which are horizontally displaceable and fixable along a cross strut of the gripper mechanism. The gripper mechanism is vertically movable up and down and includes a blow pipe which extends over the w... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4694982 | Side by side air feeder for advancing stock to a power press and the like A pneumatic feeder is disclosed having twin feed slides axially reciprocable in side by side relation along parallel axes for intermittently advancing strip stock to a downstream machine for further processing. Each feed slide has clamps which serve to ad... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4688709 | Wire solder feeder device A hand-held device for advancing a strip of solder or like material includes a body having a receiving end, a nose-like advancing end, and an intermediate pair of upstanding brackets. A swing arm pivotally mounted to the brackets pivotally mounts a spring... | 08/25/1987 |
