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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 |
| 7083731 | Precious metal scavenging from a liquid medium with a functionalised polymer fiber A method for the recovery of a metal from a liquid medium containing the metal I solution or in finely divided insoluble from comprises contacting the medium with a functionalized polymer fiber capable of binding the metal and recovering the metal from the fiber. Th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6626978 | Method for dressing materials A material benefication process and device for dressing a material comprising noble metals including platinum group metals. The device includes a reactor vessel with an inlet and an outlet for the processing medium. The material to be processed and a hold... | 09/30/2003 |
| 5279644 | Fire refining precious metals asay method A new environmentally safe fire refining precious metal assay method is provided wherein bismuth oxide is used with a special flux composition as the precious metal collector and the cupelling procedure is performed in a controlled temperature range.... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5238485 | Method for the assay and recovery of precious metals Complex ores of the precious metals which also contain iron spinels and similar compounds are assayed and their precious metals content is extracted by subjecting the ores or concentrates thereof together with an iron-embrittling agent to a pyrometallurgi... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5238662 | Processes for recovering precious metals Disclosed is a process for recovering precious metals using a combination of smelting and an effective utilization of molten salt chlorination. More specifically, disclosed is a process including the steps of (i) contacting, for example, a matte with a ch... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5102632 | Two-step method for recovering dispersed noble metals A two-stage method of recovering the noble metal content of a mixture of noble metals, for example, platinum, palladium, and rhodium, this mixture being, for example, comprises on or throughout a pellet or on or throughout a ceramic monolith of a spent ca... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5074910 | Process for recovering precious metals from sulfide ores The present invention is a process to recover precious metals from sulfide ores. It involves chlorinating a mixture of an ore concentrate and salt to form a liquid melt. The salt preferably contains potassium chloride. This chlorination is carried out at ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4657586 | Submerged combustion in molten materials A process for heating a molten material by injecting oxygen and a fuel into a molten bath of the material at a bath temperature above the spontaneous combustion temperature of the fuel, at least a portion of the fuel forming a shroud around the oxygen, an... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4451290 | Recovery of platinum group metals from scrap and residues A process for the recovery of platinum group metals, Ag and Au from a precious metal containing residue which includes the platinum group metals, Ag and Au together with Fe, Cu, Ni, Se and Te, the process comprising the following steps: (a) smelting the p... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4448604 | Recovery of precious metals from leach residues This invention relates to the recovery of platinum group metals and Au and Ag from high sulphur content base metal sulphide ore residues and also to the separation of Ag from the other precious metals referred to. The process for the recovery of platinum group... | 05/15/1984 |
| 3951648 | Process for recovering palladium, more particularly from alumina containing catalysts Process for recovering palladium from a catalyst having a palladium content of less than 5 %, comprising contacting said catalyst with a gaseous chlorinated organic compound at a temperature sufficient for vaporizing the palladium and cooling the gaseous ... | 04/20/1976 |
