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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 |
| 6708966 | Adjustable C-clamp A C-clamp including a two-member back with a first member telescoping from a second member to a selective position where it is releasably secured. A securing mechanism, such as a cross pin or a ratchet a pawl in a rack on the first member, releasably secures the mem... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6698734 | Clamp assembly The present invention discloses a clamp assembly having a pair of clamp handles and a clipping member or a poking member, and the clamp handles use an extendible clamp wire set to control the clipping member or the poking member, so that the tool can be e... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691992 | Tool for building and repairing walls A tool for positioning and installing paneling sections, such as drywall sections, on underlying walls. The tool is initially secured to a wall, and comprises a vertical surface parallel to the wall and a downwardly angled surface. These surfaces, togethe... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685176 | Clamp pad and bar clamp assembly A clamp pad is provided for being selectively mounted to each jaw of a bar clamp assembly. The clamp pad can be easily mounted to the clamp jaw and radially locked in place with respect to the bar clamp assembly. In an embodiment of the invention, the cla... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676120 | Bar clamp having ergonomic handle The present invention generally relates to a handle assembly for a hand operable bar clamp having a fixed jaw, a movable jaw and a drive for translating the movable jaw towards the fixed jaw. The assembly includes a handgrip and a trigger handle. The hand... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6665919 | Windshield wiper arm puller An apparatus for removal of a windshield wiper arm or bracket and blade assembly from a threaded stud or shaft includes gripping jaws which are held in position by a cam that engages and pivots the arms into a desired gripping position. The apparatus furt... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658711 | Hose fitting insertion apparatus Apparatus for rapid insertion of hose fittings into the ends of hoses, having a hand-controlled fitting installation mechanism movable along a travel bar, the mechanism having a vertical paid used to push the hose fitting into the end of the hose; a separ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655670 | Transmission mechanism for clamping device A clamping device has a transmission mechanism that includes two operating handles connected to a scaled rod extended through and connected to a movable jaw of the clamping device. Each of the operating handles has one set of front and rear push members m... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648313 | Clamping article and method In an article and method for clamping a plurality of objects together, the article includes a body portion, comprised of spring wire, formed in a generally C-shape. The body portion comprises a pair of side portions, an intermediate portion extending betw... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648315 | Clamping device having indirect driving mechanism A clamping device includes a rod slidably received in a channel of a housing, a catch plate and a release panel slidably engaged onto the rod and biased to be released and engaged onto the rod. A hand grip is pivotally secured to the housing, a pawl is ro... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648314 | Eccentric clamp clip A clamp has a first clamping jaw support (2) which can be displaced along a slide bar (1) and fixed thereon by applying a tilting moment. The clamping jaw support has a first clamping jaw (3), certain areas of which lie at a distance from the slide bar (1... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644636 | Clamp adapter An adapter for modifying a spring clamp for use as an edge clamp. The adapter is essentially a flexible intermediate section with pockets attached at each end. Each pocket slips over one of the jaws of the spring clamp. When the clamp is forced open, the ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641122 | Lever clamp In order to provide a lever clamp which is straightforward and cost-effective to produce and comprises a slide rail, a fixed arm, which is arranged on the slide arm, and a slide arm, which can be displaced on the slide rail and on which a lever element is... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6601838 | Clamp for use in wood framing A clamp or locking pliers of this invention are intended for positioning aligning a first wooden framing member transversely relative to a second wooden framing member prior to attachment of the first wooden framing member to the second wooden framing mem... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601837 | Clamping device In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail which is guided for displacement in its longitudinal direction and an actuating device which comprises a gripping element, by means of which the clamping rail can be displaced, which has a great e... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6585243 | Quick-action bar clamp A quick-action bar clamp comprises a body, a slide bar, clamp mechanism, a drive assembly and a pawl assembly. The slide bar has a series of teeth along one edge and is movably mounted in the body. The clamp mechanism includes a stationary jaw mounted on ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578837 | Clamping tool, especially a clamping clip, clamping rod or clamping bench A clamping tool having a first jaw connected to a pull/push rod and a fixed second jaw connected to a housing which includes a handle disposed opposite the second jaw and arranged along side a grip provided on the housing. Displacement of the handle towar... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575442 | Clamping device In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail (14) guided for displacement and an actuating device (12) which comprises a gripping element (77), by means of which the clamping rail (14) can be displaced, which can be used universally it is su... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568667 | Quick setup apparatus for bar clamp operated with one hand A bar clamp of the type operated with one hand to advance a movable jaw toward a fixed jaw to clamp workpieces and having a holding brake with release mechanism is modified according to the invention to provide a quick set up apparatus. The modified bar c... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564703 | Structure of clip A clip is constructed to include two pivoted clip elements, a torsional spring provided between the clip elements and adapted to hold the clip elements in the open position, a toothed rod member and a pres control structure provided inside the clip elemen... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6536752 | Stud clamp A stud clamp is provided that attaches across a first stud providing a stationary brace for a second perpendicular stud to be connected to the first, thereby facilitating the toe-nailing process. The stud clamp is adjustable to fit variety of stud widths ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530565 | Bar clamp extension The present invention relates to an accessory for use with bar clamps, and more specifically, to a bar clamp attachment for extending a bar clamp to a plurality of working lengths. The bar clamp extension of the present invention generally comprises an ex... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520495 | Clamping device with flexible arm An apparatus for clamping an object includes a clamp with a first gripping element and a second gripping element that is connected by a pivot rod and includes a resilient element to maintain the clamp in closed position in the absence of applied pressure,... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6473955 | Pulling gun for deploying expanding anchors An improved pulling gun to provide a parallel and linear pulling force for pulling out screws of various sizes from bulged screw cartridges smoothly without reduced defects. The pulling gun includes a lever and a handle having respectively an upper sectio... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6474632 | Driving mechanism for plank clamp A driving mechanism for plank clamp includes a gear set and a rack mounted on a clamp main body to mesh with each other, a first sleeve tightly mounted on a rotary shaft of the gear set, and a coupling arm mounted on a shank of the first sleeve. When the ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473953 | Wire gripper and method of installing decorative wire strings A wire gripper device has upper and lower gripper members. The upper gripper member is movably engaged to the lower gripper member to alternate between closed and open positions. Moreover, the lower gripper member has a lower gripper section. A lower notc... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6450489 | Work clamp for woodworking machines A work clamp for wood-working machines, includes a guide bar, a fixed clamping plate fixedly mounted on the guide bar, a movable clamping plate slidably mounted on the guide bar and moved relative to the fixed clamping plate to hold down workpiece with th... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438854 | Center line marking apparatus A center line marking apparatus for marking holes or bores in beams for running pipe or electrical wiring through the beams. The center line marking apparatus includes a clamping assembly for clamping to a beam such as a joist; and also includes a first e... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6421900 | Automatic nutplate die An automatic nutplate die (70) that is used to align a plurality of rivet punches (116, 118) with rivets (24) being used to secure a nutplate (22) to a part (26) by a rivet squeezer (62). The nutplate die (70) includes a nutplate platen (74) and a punch p... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412767 | Clamping jaw A method of attaching a clamping jaw to a support element comprising a stop element having the steps of positioning a stop element within a channel formed in the clamping jaw and blocking a first end of the channel and a second end of the channel so that ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412158 | Combined tools for removing and installing valve keepers in an internal combustion engine A combination tool system, comprising a hand-held, valve keeper remove/install tool and an engine head clamping support device. Both the hand-held tool and the clamping support device are used together, and include special extraction and installation mech... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6386530 | Quick action clamp A bar clamp operates by squeezing a handle to close a jaw. The improvements of the present invention include: low actuation force, two speed action to provide both high speed closing and high force clamping, a removable bar to allow different length bars ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6386532 | Clamp squeeze apparatus and method A clamp squeeze apparatus and method for squeezing a pair of handles of a hand clamp to open a jaw of the hand clamp, is provided. The clamp squeeze apparatus includes a body, a handle, a pair of squeeze jaws and a fluid pressure device. The handle is con... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382611 | Apparatus for installing and removing animal guards An implement capable of being mounted for limited articulation on a pole for installation of a guard on an elevated transformer from ground level in which the implement comprises a jaws biased toward one another to grippingly engage a guard of the type ha... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382608 | Adjustable clamping and spreading bar clamp or bench vice An adjustable clamping and spreading bar clamp or bench vice includes a fixed jaw and a movable jaw opposing the fixed jaw, where the fixed jaw and the movable jaw each include two jaw pads facing in opposite directions. The movable jaw connects at one en... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367787 | Hand clamp A hand clamp includes a slide bar having a first jaw coupled to an end. A body having a jaw slidably receives the slide bar with the jaws in opposition. A drive assembly moves the slide bar in a single direction and includes a cavity formed in the body th... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6347791 | Full face pad A full face clamp pad having an engagement surface, a first wall attached to and extending away from the engagement surface, a second wall attached to and extending away from the engagement surface, a third wall attached to and extending away from the eng... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6338475 | Bar clamp A bar clamp having a first jaw assembly, a second jaw assembly and a bar. The first and second jaw assemblies are mounted on the bar which is movable relative to the second jaw assembly. A trigger is operatively associated with the bar and is adapted to b... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336386 | Plier device having an adjustable opening A plier device includes two longitudinal elements pivotally secured together with a middle pivot shaft, and each having a handle member and a jaw member. A ratchet device is disposed in one of the longitudinal elements. A follower is rotatably disposed in... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6302386 | Full face pad A full face clamp pad having an engagement surface and a receiving element attached to the engagement surface, wherein the receiving element defines a closed opening that faces the engagement surface. The engagement surface and the receiving element defin... | 10/16/2001 |
