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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 |
| 7180698 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus according to the present invention includes a cylinder for recording information to and/or reproducing information from a magnetic tape; a chassis section having a first chassis surface having the cylinder provided the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7133261 | Tape head having a support plate with contoured surface A tape recording head is provided comprising a support plate having a contoured surface with an opening in the contoured surface which allows head chips to protrude far enough to allow proper head tape contact for recording. The support plate is fixed on a coarse ac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130152 | High track density magnetic recording head Closer spacing of elements for writing multiple tracks onto a magnetic media increases the areal density of stored information. A thin film multiple track recording head includes recording gaps in a plane parallel with the head substrate. This configuration allows f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6297935 | Connecting device for use in a head drum assembly A head drum assembly for use in a tape recorder includes a holder of a general circular shape having a center hole through which a flange is fitted, a plurality of bosses on top thereof. Each of the bosses is provided with an assembling hole. The head dru... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6108168 | Tension stabilizer insert for data cartridge A stabilizer insert is attached to a magnetic tape cartridge, where the cartridge includes a magnetic tape, a bay portion where the magnetic tape is exposed to the outside of the tape cartridge so that a read/write device can physically contact the tape. ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6097573 | Magnetic information recorder/reproducer A magnetic information recorder/reproducer can reduce the possibility of breakage of parts and thus lessen the need for maintenance. A resilient member for pressing a magnetic medium against a magnetic head has a resilient, hard guide layer provided on on... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5999381 | Head drum assembly with vibration absorbing element A head drum assembly for a tape recorder includes a stationary drum, a rotary drum, a magnetic head installed in the rotary drum for scanning a traveling magnetic tape, and at least one vibration absorbing unit installed in the stationary drum for absorbi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5978188 | Multitrack tape device using a movable magnetic head with a planar surface and including a tape supporting device A tape recorder and/or a playback device for a multitrack tape utilizes a magnetic head having active parts for recording and/or reading microtracks with the active parts being arranged in a two-dimensional matrix within a substantially planar surface of ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5923507 | Magnetic head-to-medium backer device A head-to-medium backer device (37) includes a rigid frame (38) supporting an elastically deformable leaf spring (40) for engaging a magnetic medium (16) to urge the medium into contact with a magnetic head (14). The rigid frame supports a pair of attachm... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5903787 | Magnetic head apparatus with gimbaled load pad A gimbaled load pad mounting arrangement in which a rigid load pad is detachably mounted on the spherical end of a spring-loaded mounting shaft. The load pad is provided on the side with flexible retention hooks with finger portions that engage the unders... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5764456 | Apparatus for backing a magnetic medium in contact with a magnetic read/write head A recording head apparatus includes a first rigid frame (80); a magnetic head (14) supported by the first frame; a head-to-medium backer device (18; 37) including a second rigid frame (24; 38) supporting an elastically deformable leaf spring (20; 40) for ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5760994 | Recording or reproducing apparatus A recording or reproducing apparatus having a rotary drum which is provided with heads and an impedance roller which suppresses the vibrations of a tape wrapped around the rotary drum is arranged to have the impedance roller located between the rotary dru... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5598310 | Magnetic head-to-media backer assembly A magnetic head-to-media backer assembly for urging a magnetic media into contact with a magnetic head having, a magnetic head mounting backer plate with first and second locating pins and a plate mounting hole extending through the plate for accommodatin... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5589771 | Magnetic media head dynamic testing apparatus and method which operate by deforming a localized portion of magnetic media toward the head element A method and apparatus (10, 410) for testing magnetic media read/write head components such as a head element bar (46) and a slider assembly (546). The component to be tested is held in a head bar holding assembly (44) or an alternate head holding assembl... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5576916 | Magnetic head-to-media backer device A magnetic head-to-media backer device for holding a spring member, the spring member being adapted to urge a flexible magnetic media into contact with a magnetic head, is described, in which the device has a frame for holding the spring member therein, t... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5561573 | Method of assembling a tape cassette and securing a plate spring and shield plate therein A method of assembling a magnetic tape cassette, and a cassette are provided in which a magnetic shield plate and a plate spring having a pad attached thereto are incorporated very easily into upper and lower cassette halves and are free from chattering. ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5529831 | Thin film device A thin film device comprising a substrate which is magnetic and has insulation property at least on the surface, coils formed spirally in a planar configuration on the substrate, a first interlayer insulation film formed to a portion excepting for the ter... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5450265 | Tape cleaning apparatus of a tape recorder using tapeguide mechanism during record and playback mode A tape cleaning apparatus for a tape recorder includes a cleaning member fixed on one side of the tape running path and a cleaning roller for pressing the tape toward the cleaning member. The tape recorder adopting such cleaning apparatus can remove forei... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5285324 | Magnetic head-to-recording medium support apparatus A magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus includes a plurality of magnetic reading and/or recording elements to read and/or record information from/on a flexible magnetic recording material and a flexible plate having several cut-outs arranged to defi... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5274522 | Magnetic head-to-media backer device A magnetic head-to-media backer device comprising an elastically deformable reed-like backer member adapted to urge a flexible magnetic media into contact with a magnetic head, is characterized in that a rigid frame has a cavity defined at least by a pair... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5036411 | Magnetic tape transport mechanism which absorbs magnetic tape oscillations and vibrations in the vicinity of a rotational drum A magnetic tape transport apparatus including a rotary drum having a plurality of magnetic heads and spaced-apart tape entry and tape exit points; a tape path forming device including two combinations each having one guide roller and one inclined pole dis... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4860967 | Magnetic-tape cassette and tape-pressure member for use in such a cassette In a magnetic-tape cassette the housing comprises a peripheral wall (7) with an opening (7a) for the passage of a magnetic head (27). The cassette is provided with a tape-pressure (19) comprising a pressure element (22) which near the opening (7a) lies ag... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4825317 | Mechanism for damping tape vibrations in a magnetic tape recorder A mechanism for use with a magnetic tape recorder having a tape drive composed of take-up and take-off reels, of buffer chambers allocated thereto, and a single tape capstan arranged between the buffer chambers and next to a write/read head. The tape caps... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4796135 | Two layered tape pad for a magnetic tape cassette In a magnetic recording tape cassette, a tape pad to be urged in contact with a magnetic head of a tape-recorder with the intervention of a magnetic tape is secured to a resilient metal strip. The tape pad is composed of at least one layer of a porous syn... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4731687 | Tape cartridge A partition wall and a pair of side ribs are disposed in the front portion of a tape cartridge with a gap substantially equal to a thickness of a magnetic shielding plate so as to support the magnetic shielding plate by the partition wall and the side rib... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4669020 | Cassette pressure pad improvement An improved pressure pad construction for a cassette is provided, comprising a soft foam material properly dimensioned to fit snugly between the magnetic shield plate and the tape and between the cassette sides, which in one form includes a bracket which ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4663687 | Magnetic tape drive with improved tape to head compliance Tape-to-head compliance in a bidirectional magnetic tape drive is substantially improved in both directions by pivotally mounting the pressure pads. Friction between the moving tape and the pressure pads causes the pads to rotate slightly, the leading por... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4638392 | Magnetic head pressure pad device A magnetic head of a magnetic head device has a head guide which has a groove in its side surface. A support table has a recess in which the lower portion of the head guide is fitted. Screws are screwed upward from the bottom of the support table and exte... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4620255 | Tape cartridge static eliminator Static electric charge build-up is eliminated in tape cassettes having a housing with a take-off spool and a take-up spool for magnetic tape mounted in the housing. First and second tape guide support pins are mounted in the housing on the take-off spool ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4544976 | Pad provided in the interior of a videotape cassette A pad which is to be provided in the interior of a videotape cassette according to this invention is in the form of a hollow cylinder. When fitted in place in the interior of a videotape cassette, the cylindrical pad is yieldingly deformed to produce a re... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4544975 | Pad assembly for tape cassette In a magnetic recording tape cassette, a pad supporting member which supports a tape pad for backing the recording tape against the magnetic head of a recording/reproducing system comprises upper and lower halves. Each half includes a pad supporting porti... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4460932 | Method for setting heads of a cassette tape recorder and a mechanism for its practice A method for setting magnetic head of a cassette tape recorder includes biasing a head lever and a pinch roller lever to move in a direction toward a tape of a tape cassette, and interrupting the movement of the head lever and the pinch roller lever by st... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4379517 | Magnetic tape running system A magnetic-tape running system for a video tape recorder having inclined pins and/or guide rollers having distant flanges. The pins and the guide rollers are inclined at suitable angles in the front and back directions and left and right directions so tha... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4376962 | Automatic threading magnetic tape recording apparatus, particularly video tape recorder To insure maintenance of a fixed position of tape which is being withdrawn from a cassette and looped in a predetermined tape path, a pressing engagement head (23) with a friction surface (24) presses the tape (4) against the scanning device (1) during wi... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4358807 | Tape cassette In the cassette disclosed, a cassette housing with magnetic tape has openings at the front surface thereof for receiving a magnetic head, a pinch roller and the like. A pair of tape pad springs for pressing against the head of the openings are integrally ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4337493 | Magnetic recording tape cartridge The present invention is directed to a magnetic recording tape cartridge having a tape chamber for containing a recording tape, the intermediate portion of the recording tape being adapted to advance along a predetermined path defined along a plurality of... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4330802 | Magnetic cassette tape record and play apparatus A magnetic cassette tape record and play apparatus wherein the magnetic head thereof is fixed, comprises a push member cooperating with an operation button and which is so disposed as to abut against a pad spring received in a tape cassette. When the tape... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4320429 | Pressure device for flexible recording media in cartridges using a universal joint mounting A pressure device for flexible recording media, especially those contained in cartridges, which comprises a rigid member provided with a resilient pad, which member, secured to a pivoted lever, is located in front of the write/read area of the scanning he... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4286300 | Tape cassette In the cassette disclosed, a cassette housing with magnetic tape has openings at the front surface thereof for receiving a magnetic head, a pinch roller and the like. A pair of tape pad springs for pressing against the head of the openings are integrally ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4200895 | Scanning head structure for wide band magnetic record/reproducing tape and method of its manufacture To provide for accurate relocation of two cylindrical halves of a scanning head after diassembly, for example for replacement of scanning transducers, a cylindrical element is located adjacent a support block having a surface approximately matching the su... | 04/29/1980 |
