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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 |
| 7371285 | Motorized chamber lid A semiconductor processing chamber having a motorized lid is provided. In one embodiment, the semiconductor processing chamber generally includes a chamber body having sidewalls and a bottom defining an interior volume. A lid assembly is coupled to the chamber body ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7290648 | Device for moving a heavy load Arrangement for moving a heavy load wherein the arrangement includes at least one actuating unit. The at least one actuating unit utilizes a support for supporting the heavy load. A plurality of jacks are coupled to the support. A first movable element is adapted to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7245358 | Substrate support system The present invention includes a substrate support system that features a chuck body having a body surface with a pin extending therefrom having a contact surface lying in a plane, with the pin being movably coupled to the chuck body to move with respect to the plan... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7185755 | Slat conveyor having conveying slats and lifting/holding slats A conveyor comprises laterally spaced apart lifting/holding slats (12) and laterally spaced apart conveying slats (10) between the lifting/holding slats (12). The conveying slats (10) are advanced in a first direction for conveying a load... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7161663 | Lithographic apparatus In an immersion-type lithographic apparatus, in which a surface of a substrate is immersed in liquid during an exposure operation, the substrate is held against a substrate table. On completion of the exposure operation, the substrate is lifted clear of the substrat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7104393 | Bearings for reciprocating floor conveyor A bearing for a reciprocating floor conveyor. The reciprocating floor conveyor includes a plurality of sub-deck guide beams and a plurality of floor slats. The bearing includes a load carrying top having an upper surface to receive at least one floor slat thereon an... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083041 | Slat conveyor having conveying slats and lifting slats An inflatable bladder (50) is positioned between the top (24) of a lower slat (22) and the top (36) of an upper slat (20). An air supply/exhaust conduit (52) extends upwardly from a transverse manifold (76) to the inf... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6971832 | Magnetically coupled linear delivery system transferring wafers between a cassette and a processing reactor A wafer load lock and linear delivery system including within a load lock vacuum chamber a paddle cantilevered from a trolley traveling on a single rail extending on a lateral side of the wafer end of the paddle while it is retracted into the load lock chamber. The ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935828 | Wafer load lock and magnetically coupled linear delivery system A wafer load lock and linear delivery system including within a load lock vacuum chamber a paddle cantilevered from a trolley traveling on a single rail extending on a lateral side of the wafer end of the paddle while it is retracted into the load lock chamber. The ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6705457 | Transport device and method of transporting to-be-processed elements through a high-temperature zone A transport device for transporting to-be-processed elements through a high-temperature zone and a corresponding method is described. The transport device operates according to the walking beam principle, with thin, elongated carrier elements made of a flexible mate... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675956 | Slat conveyor with lifting slats and conveying slats A slat conveyor includes both lifting slats (10) and conveying slats (12). Longitudinal movement of drive members (34) move lifting blocks (32) up lifting ramps (30). The tops of the lifting slats (10) rest on the lifting blocks (32) and the lifting slats... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6439375 | Reciprocating floor conveyor for conveying palletized loads or the like A reciprocating floor conveyor (10) including a support frame (12), and a conveyor floor (14), which is comprised of a plurality of laterally spaced-apart conveyor slats (16), a plurality of laterally spaced-apart holding slats (18), and a series of divid... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427322 | Registration mechanism and method A registration mechanism has a datum unit and a bolster movable toward and away from the datum unit. First, second, and third pins are mounted to the bolster. At least one spring resiliently biases the pins outward from the bolster. A pallet is supported ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6374988 | Accumulating conveyor for elongated stock An accumulating conveyor for elongated stock, such as tubes, rods, bars and similar articles. At least three independently operable conveyor banks are arranged for sequentially transferring elongated stock from one bank to the next. Each conveyor bank inc... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364093 | Walking beam conveyor and method A walking beam conveyor for the intermittent movement of articles along a transport path is disclosed. Fixed holders are positioned along the transport path to receive the articles to be advanced, providing at least two actuating stations at spaced apart ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354431 | Dark box-transfer apparatus and manufacturing system A transfer apparatus has a table having a sequence of datum units. A transporter is aligned with the table. The transporter is incrementally advanceable past each datum unit. The transporter can carry pallets. A rigid bolster, that moves separately from t... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6247579 | Substrate transfer apparatus and method of substrate transfer A substrate transfer apparatus, for minimizing flexion or bending when transferring a large-sized angular substrate or plate, wherein transfer arms are constructed with holding portions extending in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction and fu... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6227848 | Vertical continuous oven The continues oven for baking planar works according to the present invention comprises an oven main body, a work lifting unit for conveying works upward inside the oven main body in a sequential manner; a work lowering unit for conveying works downward i... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6095317 | Apparatus for transporting workpiece holders in circulation The apparatus for transporting workpiece holders in circulation between a charging station (16), a work station (22) and a discharge station (26) has a carriage (20) with two sockets (36, 38) for workpiece holders (12) to be placed on it from above. The c... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5906484 | Vertical continuous oven The continuous oven for baking planar works according to the present invention comprises an oven main body, a work lifting unit for conveying works upward inside the oven main body in a sequential manner; a work lowering unit for conveying works downward ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5816798 | Conveying apparatus and continuous furnace equipped therewith A conveying apparatus for a continuous furnace comprises at least one conveying-beam pair and at least one retaining-beam pair, which are located opposite one another in each case with the conveyable object between them, and which makes it possible to cho... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5613595 | Automatic slope fruit feeding machine used with a fruit grading machine This invention relates to an automatic fruit feeding machine mainly including a fixed carrier assemblage and a movable carrier assemblage which is driven by a driving device to continuously move upward and forward relative to the fixed carrier assemblage,... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5588522 | Reciprocating floor conveyor for conveying palletized loads or the like A reciprocating floor conveyor (10) including a support frame (12), and a conveyor floor (14), which is comprised of a plurality of laterally spaced-apart conveyor slats (16), a plurality of laterally spaced-apart holding slats (18), and a series of divid... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5487253 | Device for conveying and processing packs for liquids In a device for conveying and processing packs for liquids, a feed conveyer is provided. The device further includes processing stations, including processing stations for filling and closing of the packs, arranged sequentially, the feed conveyor feeding ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5374157 | Apparatus for moving sawlogs or tree stems between stations The disclosure describes an apparatus to move, individually and at a controlled rate, sawlogs and tree stems from a first multiple feeding station to a second station situated at a higher level than that of the first station; it comprises a frame and two ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5263573 | Drive connector for reciprocating conveyor A reciprocating conveyor includes a plurality of groups of reciprocating slats supported on a main frame, each group of slats being connected to a separate drive beam by releasable clamp bolts extending through laterally elongated openings in the drive be... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5242046 | Clean surface conveyor with flexible sheath A mechanical conveyor system is provided with an exposed flexible membrane surface for use in clean room environments. The conveyor system may be one of varied subassemblies which transfer articles on the conveyor by small orbital motions. The exposed fle... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5203256 | Continuous fermenting chamber for dough products A continuous operation apparatus for fermenting dough products disposed on carriers which are conveyed stepwise through a fermenting chamber by vertical and horizontal conveyors. In order to obtain maximum space utilization and product density in the ferm... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5073081 | Automatic self-contained stacking machine The present invention comprises devices for receiving a plurality of elongated workpieces, devices for automatically raising the workpieces, devices for forming a single layer of a predetermined number of workpieces, devices for controlling the height and... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4953687 | Method and apparatus for automatically transferring and accumulating groups of flaccid articles An apparatus for transferring groups of pantyhose from loading stations to an unloading station with intermediate accumulating stations inbetween. An endless conveyor belt advances the pantyhose groups from either of the unloading stations to the next emp... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4887706 | Accumulation and storage system for palletized loads An accumulation and storage system, preferably for palletized loads, utilizes a SAILRAIL (trade mark) air support system for guiding and supporting an elongated deck during reciprocal movement thereof. Alongside each edge of the deck is a pallet lifting/l... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4754863 | Workpiece conveyor A workpiece conveyor for conveying a workpiece between presses is disclosed. The workpiece conveyor comprises first, second and third stations disposed between the presses, a reversing mechanism disposed at the first station and equipped with a pair of ri... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4730720 | Device for transporting cans The device for transporting fiber sliver cans employs pairs of rails for supporting a can during travel in a non-linear path. The pairs of rails are moved relative to each other in an endless path so that a can is supported on only one pair of rails durin... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4714153 | Device for transporting cans The can transporting device transports the cans by using rails which are driven synchronously by crank drives. In one embodiment, the cans rest on a floorplate while the rails are moved so as to transport the cans in a forward step-wise manner along the f... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4711342 | Conveyor transfer apparatus for foundry use and method of conveyor transfer A conveyor transfer system is used in a foundry to transfer an article between first and second article-travel-paths. The system includes a first conveyor which has a pair of beams defining the first article-travel-path. One of the beams is movable in a v... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4609137 | Unit for assembly of a motor vehicle body element A unit for assembly of an approximately plane, large-sized motor vehicle body element of the type including a plurality of work stations (P1-P6) between which the element is successively transferred by a lengthwise transfer device (12), wherein at each wo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4583634 | Step-type production line and method of operating same A production line for working on a succession of workpieces has a transporter or conveyor defining a longitudinal path for carrying and displacing the succession of workpieces in longitudinal stop-and-go steps through a succession of stations generally lo... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4558984 | Wafer lifting and holding apparatus An automatic sputtering apparatus for coating semiconductor wafers uses shuttle wafer carriers and elevators to handle wafers within the apparatus. The wafer carrier has a hole in the center. One side of the wafer carrier is opened, thereby forming a thro... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4534695 | Wafer transport system A transport apparatus (10) for moving semiconductor wafers (12) between a cassette (15) and a process station (16), and from the process station to another cassette (17). A horizontally movable input shuttle (20) has three wafer holding elements (30, 32, ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4518078 | Wafer transport system A wafer transport system for use in in-line sputtering systems having a first magnet exterior to a process chamber and a second magnet in the process chamber connected to wafer support arms carrying wafers such that the magnetic coupling between the magne... | 05/21/1985 |
