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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6202550 | Printer and method for printing indicia on a compact disk using a plurality of ink jet or laser rotatable print heads A printer and method for printing indicia on a disk. According to an embodiment of the invention, a printer comprises a plurality of elongate print heads arranged orthogonally with respect to each other about a center axis defined between the print heads.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5654614 | Single-motor setting and printing postage meter A self-contained postage meter does not have a base separable from a main body. The single secure housing contains everything that would be in the main body of a prior art postage meter and everything that would be in a prior art meter base. Despite conta... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5113759 | Latch mechanism for small-size printer A latch mechanism for a small-size printer capable of performing a printing operation with a desired type on a rotatable type drum being held at a print position by impacting a hammer towards the type drum across a recording paper loaded therebetween. The... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4678352 | Receiving arrangement for a multiple type carrier for an impact printer In a system including a cassette containing a print wheel arranged to cooperate with holding devices provided in an impact printer having a rotatable setting shaft to which the print wheel can be releasably fastened for rotation therewith, the cassette is... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4560294 | Printer with multiple type groups A printer comprises paper feed means for feeding a sheet of print paper in a prescribed direction, a plurality of type groups arranged in tiers along the prescribed direction and each having a set of types, a hammer assembly shiftable across the tiers of ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4534665 | Serial printer A multicolor serial printer has a color switching means interposed between an end of a carriage and type wheels having a group of first-color printing types and a group of second-color printing types. The color switching means has first-color and second c... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4455937 | Printing device A printing device of serial type capable of printing characters and symbols in a plurality of different colors on a recording sheet, which is provided with a plurality of character wheels for different colors supported on one and same rotational shaft, ea... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4437777 | Printer having plural type wheel assembly In a printer for desk calculators etc., return control means is disposed in order to control return means for resetting a carriage as well as a hammer to a starting position. When a type wheel has been shifted to a specified position in a carry direction ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4436031 | Serial printer A serial printer having a carriage adapted to be shifted in the direction perpendicular to the direction of feed of a printing paper, hammer means opposing to the carriage across the thickness of the printing paper and adapted to be shifted as a unit with... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4426167 | Serial printer having two carriages carrying respective type wheels and movable independently A serial printer of the type having a carriage carrying a type head and adapted to be column-shifted by a cooperation between a rack and a screw member. The printer comprises a rotary shaft adapted to be driven by a suitable power source, a first and seco... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4420267 | Serial printer A serial printer of the type in which a column shift of a carriage carrying a type wheel is effected through a mutual engagement between the rack and the screw member. A first and a second screw members are splined to a common shaft adapted to be driven b... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4416557 | Serial printer A serial printer for use in portable electronic calculators and the like. The printer includes a single printing head having a plurality of characters divided into two groups circumferentially disposed therearound in a predetermined pattern. A selecting m... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4414893 | Serial printer A serial printer suitable for use in desk-top calculators or the like. The serial printer has a rotary shaft rotatable together with two type wheels. The power supply to the rotary shaft is made by a motor which operates continuously only in one rotationa... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4411539 | Print element with plural type layers of varying thickness A print element for a printer having a multiplicity of type members arranged in a plurality of layers are supported on a support member or support members and one of said type members is brought to a predetermined printing position in which the type membe... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4406551 | Electric numbering machine An electric numbering machine which continuously prints a number of large figures by use of a single figure wheel, is compact in size, and reduces the printing operation time. A case of the machine is provided therein with a shaft interposed between a pai... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4398460 | Printer A printer having plural type font wheels for function symbols of different colors and plural type font wheels for numerals of different colors fitted on a rotary shaft, wherein the plural type font wheels for numerals are displaced along the shaft for eac... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4383773 | Serial printer A serial printer for use in portable electronic calculators and the like. The printer includes a single printing head having a plurality of characters divided into two groups circumferentially disposed therearound in a predetermined pattern. A first selec... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4380195 | Type setting device for printers A type setting device for printers, comprising a drive motor, a drive gear mounted on a rotary shaft and rotated by the drive motor, a type wheel having a plurality of type elements and rotatably mounted on the rotary shaft, a first spring clutch interpos... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4352576 | Serial printer having a single drive motor A printer having clutches for selectively transmitting the driving power from a single motor to a rotary shaft for rotating the type wheels and to a hammer drive shaft for driving a hammer is described. The clutches are under the control of a single contr... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4337697 | Serial printer A printer for printing function symbols and numerals, characterized by comprising a type wheel for printing numerals which can rotate with a rotary shaft and which can move in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, a type wheel for printing function sym... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4328747 | Character ring-selecting type printer A character ring-selecting type printer for printing m laterally spaced columns includes less than m character rings with lateral spacing between adjacent character rings. The character rings are translated in unison to enable one character ring to print ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4310256 | Printers In an extra-small sized printer of the so called serial type, which prints one character every time a type wheel is shifted by a distance corresponding to one character in the direction of the line of typing, the simplification of a driving source as well... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4244291 | Printer with a fixed and an axially movable character ring A serial printer includes two character rings having raised characters disposed therearound. Both rings rotate on a common axis for selection of characters for printing. One character ring is laterally fixed relative to the common axis; the other characte... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4230039 | Drum printer with helically arranged type sets A printing apparatus includes a type drum the outer circumferential surface of which has a first set of type including a plurality of type faces arranged in a counter-clockwise spiral and a second set of type including a plurality of type faces arranged i... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4209262 | Print wheel loading apparatus For use in an impact printer having a movable carriage, a motor supported by the carriage and including a rotatable shaft, and a drive coupling member affixed to an end of the shaft, apparatus is provided for loading a print wheel contained in a cartridge... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4093059 | Character slug construction An impact printing element in the shape of a wheel is constructed by molding a thermoplastic character slug onto the tips of metal spokes or beams extending radially outward from a center section. The thermoplastic is bulk filled to give the slugs toleran... | 06/06/1978 |
