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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 |
| 7396012 | Flexible paper path using multidirectional path modules A modular flexible media handling apparatus includes an input module (28) through which flexible media enters the apparatus, at least one main path module (28, 30, 32, 34) through which flexible media passes along a main path (24), at least one ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7331573 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet treating apparatus for treating a sheet having an image formed thereon is provided, which includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting the sheet upward, a sheet post-treating portion having an intermediate treatment tray, provided to execute post-tr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7278634 | Device for controlling printed products A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7210682 | Sheet distributor, image recorder, and a sheet distributing method The invention provides a sheet distributor and a sheet distributing method. The sheet distributor with which supplied sheets of a specified length are distributed to a plurality of lines of sheets, has a transport unit which keeps transporting each supplied sheet in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185754 | Conveyor A conveyor (10) that delivers product to a plurality of transverse conveyors of chutes (11). The conveyor (10) includes conveyor segments (12) along which the product is conveyed. Product is removed from the conveyor (10) by the la... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6988724 | Sheet-fed printing apparatus A sheet-fed printing apparatus includes a delivery section covered with a discharge section cover formed with an opening sized to allow a printed sheet to pass through. Successive printed sheets released from a chain delivery collide against a pair of first sheet-tr... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6941848 | Procedure for the production of a bar notch A bar notch (3) in the side of a side member (1) and a shaping cut (4) at the end of a cross member (2) for the bar jointing of a side member (1) with a member (2) in workpieces of wood, plastics or MDF—medium density fibe... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6364312 | Method and arrangement for removing air inclusions when forming stacks from sheets A method and arrangement are provided for removing air inclusions between sheets in a stack when forming the stack from sheets fed successively by a sheet feeder to the stack to be formed and deposited thereon in a sheet feeding region. Air out is suction... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6203002 | Apparatus and method for sorting mail An apparatus and method for sorting mail is disclosed. A mail bin receives individual mail pieces in vertical orientation from the discharge end of a feed belt assembly. The feed belt assembly includes at least one brush roll positioned at the discharge e... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6010129 | Sheet stack ejector mechanism for sheet sorter A sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins arranged in a vertical direction each of which receives a plurality of sheets discharged from an image recording apparatus and forms thereon a stack of sheets. A sheet transfer mechanism transfers the sheets dis... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5984304 | Method and device for processing of sheet material Individual sheets of a sheet material to be treated which arrive in an arrival sequence, are distributed on two or more adjacently located conveying tracks. The sheets are conveyed along the conveying tracks through a processing station and are sorted the... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947463 | Method and apparatus of storing sheet-like products on rolls A method for storing sheet-like products comprising the steps of providing a continuous stream of products, winding up a first and a further section of the products to form a first and a further roll, respectively, and unwinding the products from the firs... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5737987 | Plural mode stacking system for slit sheets In a reproduction system with an output sheet stacking tray system and a slitter with selectable sheet slitting positions in which printed sheets being outputted by the reproduction system may be selectably slit (or not) in their sheet output direction in... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5617956 | Apparatus for sorting and stacking sheet material The invention relates to a banknote processing machine wherein the bank notes located in the transport path, after being tested and classified, are delivered from the transport path by means of suitably controlled switches. Deflecting means following the ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5618036 | Printer with distribution stations having U-shaped sheet guide A printer (1) and portable stations (2 and 3) when located side-by-side form a guide (1a, 2a, and 3a) for paper sheets sent out by printer 1. The paper is moved upward into U-shaped guide 1a by pinch rollers (6 and 7) and then moved laterally by pinch rol... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5538242 | Signature aiming device A folder apparatus is disclosed which has at least one lead-in tape mechanism having a left lead-in tape and left exit roller and a corresponding right lead-in tape and right exit roller, the right and left lead-in tapes forming a signature passage for de... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5501449 | Sorting apparatus and sorting and processing apparatus A sorting apparatus for use with a processor for media sheets. The processor has a top discharge and a service opening adjoining the discharge. The sorting apparatus has a body mounted on the processing apparatus. The body pivots about an axis of rotation... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5485992 | Folder apparatus A folder apparatus is disclosed which has at least two side-by-side lead-in tape mechanisms having a left lead-in tape and left exit roller and a corresponding right lead-in tape and right exit roller, the right and left lead-in tapes forming a signature ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5449168 | Sorting apparatus and sorting and processing apparatus A sorting apparatus for use with a processor for media sheets. The processor has a top discharge and a service opening adjoining the discharge. The sorting apparatus has a body mounted on the processing apparatus. The body pivots about an axis of rotation... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5441254 | Apparatus for manipulating sheets or webs of paper Apparatus for manipulating streams of discrete sheets or webs of coherent sheets has a frame for a carriage which supports several tools for depression, alignment, orientation, stoppage, severing, flexing and/or other manipulation of sheets. At least some... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5441252 | Method for separating and stacking lanes of sheets The instant invention provides a method for reliably separating a selected sheet from a spaced array of sheets transported on a conveyor. The invention continuously maintains vacuum on the conveyors, and uses selectively activated jets directed at the und... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5356131 | Apparatus for transferring paper napkins or similar products from the production machine to stacker means The apparatus for transferring individual articles (M) in sheet form and placing them in stacks (P1, P2) of pre-determined numbers includes a conveyor (17, 23) which picks up the articles from a delivery system (11) by gripping them along their edges. Alo... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5282612 | Plural compartment cartridge for flexible bills A cartridge for holding flexible bills in first and second stacks, comprises a cuboid housing having first and second openings on oppositely located walls thereof, a mechanism for opening and closing the first and second openings, and pressure plates disp... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5238240 | Method and apparatus for quick change-over from either a dual delivery trimmer apparatus to a single delivery trimmer apparatus or vice versa Conveyors for selectively conveying product delivered thereto either along a pair of side-by-side delivery lanes or a single delivery lane adjacent the pair of side-by-side lanes, the conveyors conveying product to output devices, such as stackers. One of... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5178383 | Method of separating sheets A method for in-plane separation of side-by-side parallel sheet articles that are transported along mutually-laterally-adjacent, in-plane paths, the method comprising: feeding unconnected sheet articles parallel to one another to mutually divergent belt a... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5022638 | Envelope transporting aligning and stacking module A module for transporting, aligning, diverting and stacking a plurality of envelopes. The module includes: a housing frame; a registration wall secured to the housing frame; a fixed transport panel secured to the housing frame; a pivotable, envelope diver... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4962919 | Bill handler A bill handling apparatus which has a bill discharge outlet (13) for discharging instructed kinds of and instructed number of bills and which is to be shared between two tellers respectively located on the right and left sides thereof is provided with at ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4865310 | Stacker-sorter arrangement for sheet part pieces A sorter-stacker arrangement for sheet part pieces (17) such as are produced by a punch press (18), in which part pieces are unloaded onto a sorter table (50) in a located position against any one of a row of stops (52), and conveyed along an X-axis as by... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4832327 | Sheet conveyer Sheet conveyer intended to take charge of and convey part sheets (2', 2", 2"') obtained from a main sheet by dividing this into a predetermined number of parts and delivering it out of a cutter simultaneously and side by side. The conveyer includes a numb... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4819931 | Sorting apparatus A compact sorting machine inverts recorded sheets into a face-down attitude and discharges them into individual trays. When a recorded sheet is sent from a feed opening, this sheet is transported on a transport path located below entrances of a plurality ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4775141 | Sheet stacking device with adjustable guide bands The present invention provides a sheet stacking device capable of being easily adjusted to accomodate sheets of different format sizes. The device presents an automatically lowerable lift table, and in the zone of the upper stack end a face-side sheet fee... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4772010 | Guide mechanism for paper sheets in an elevator type sorter A paper sheet guide mechanism is provided for use in a sorter of the elevator type. Paper sheets are conveyed from an input through the paper sorter along a conveyor belt and are successively deflected by an elevator for distribution on corresponding pape... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4768773 | Apparatus and method for the stacking and storing of workpieces A system for the stacking and storing of workpieces particularly from a sewing machine comprises a movable carrier with two receiving compartments for the workpieces to be stacked, two storage channels spaced from each other by the width of a receiving co... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4728090 | Banknote distributing and dispensing machine Two dispensing port mechanisms are arranged in parallel in a banknote distributing and dispensing machine. A distributing mechanism is provided to be selectively arranged at either one of two dispensing port mechanisms. A transmission mechanism is provide... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4705376 | Process and apparatus for treating objects forming separate series In a production line for photographic copies the individual sheets leaving the copy portion of the production line are distributed over a plurality of output conveyors and transported in accordance to a predetermined distribution pattern through a subsequ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4565130 | Apparatus for producing stacks of printed products provided with a cover sheet A stacking device having at least two stacking wells supplied from above is arranged subsequent to a delivery conveyor for printed products. A deposition apparatus for depositing one cover sheet on each completed stack is also provided. In order not to ha... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4523671 | Apparatus for multiple lane stacking Selected products moving along an input path are diverted to one of a plurality of output paths for stacking. A rotating drum is positioned between the input path and the output paths, and a plurality of vacuum pucks are mounted on the drum for transverse... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4484736 | Device for stacking sheets of paper In the changing of the dimensions of sheets of paper to be stacked by a paper stacking apparatus including a conveying station, adjustable upper tapes moving about reflection rollers, separating shoes, ejector rolls, separating plates and stopper boards, ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4480742 | Method and apparatus for conveying and spreading material A spreading conveyor comprising an endless air-permeable laterally stretchable spreading band, endless air-permeable supporting band means within the path of the spreading band, and a suction box within the loop of the suction band and having a perforated... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4423995 | Arrangement for automatic changeover between ream and skid loading in a continuous sheeter A continous sheeting machine is formed with a sheet collection area for the accumulation and stacking of sheets into either ream or skid loads. Separate lift table and discharge means are provided for the respective ream collection or skid loading operati... | 01/03/1984 |
