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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 |
| 7051988 | Brace for concrete forms A brace for securing concrete form members to a casting surface. First and second leg members are spaced to form an angle. A bridging member extends between opposing ends of the leg members and a strut extends between the joined ends of the leg members and the bridg... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6910834 | Mine prop A mine prop is comprised of an elongate tube having a slenderness ratio that would generally allow buckling or kneeling of the elongate tube when exposed to a sufficient axial force. A plurality of elongate support members having a length less than the elongate tube... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6543733 | Water trough support apparatus A water trough support apparatus for supporting a water trough on a flight of stairs, in particular. The water trough support apparatus includes an adjustable leg assembly; and also includes a platform support member being adjustably mounted upon the leg ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6394707 | Yieldable mine roof support A mine roof support designed to extend vertically in a mine passageway. The support includes a containment structure having at least two telescoping containment members freely telescopically movable relative to one another, and a filler material introduci... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6056480 | Support for underground mining and tunnel construction There is a support for underground mining and tunnel construction, comprising an outer tube and an inner tube, which can be pushed into each other in a telescoping manner. A piston acted upon by a hydraulic pressure medium is located in the outer tube. Th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5921718 | Prop for use in underground mining or tunnel construction An extending prop for underground and tunnel construction, comprising, an outer tube having a closed bottom end, an inner tube telescopically slidable in the outer tube and having a closed top end, and a mechanical locking device adapted to fix the relati... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5413436 | Support column A support column for underground mining has a hollow lower column component and a hollow upper column component. The upper column component is slidingly mounted in the lower column component. The bottom of the upper column component is a plate member. The... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5308196 | Yieldable confined core mine roof support A yieldable confined core mine roof support including a container and a filler placed within the container. The container is yieldable and the filler is compressible. The combination of a filler within a container produces a mine roof support which is yie... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5273378 | Support column Support column for underground mining and tunnel construction, composed of a load-bearing outer shell and a core of a substance which is to be introduced in the flowable state and is capable of hardening. The upper column component can be slid out of the ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5165824 | Elongated shoring device An elongate shoring device capable of supporting a high longitudinal loading with the ability to yield uniformly in a direction along the longitudinal dimension of the shoring device when the longitudinal loading on the shoring device exceeds a preset mag... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5143340 | Load support A support between the floor (22) and the roof (24) of e.g. a mine stope, is made by using an inflatable container comprising an inner bag (10), received in an outer bag (12). An inlet valve (14) extends through both bags as does a relatively higher pressu... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4726714 | Self adjusting structure support A self-adjusting support or structure including a cylindrical column having a top portion attachable to the structure and having a bearing plate partly closing the bottom with the column nesting within a casing that stands on the ground, the column being ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4405262 | Method for erection of a temporary bridge, and a pile means therefor A method for the erection of a temporary bridge, etc. and a pile means to be used for carrying out the same are disclosed which are characterized in that a pile member as one of the pile means having a metalic pipe form with an open upper end and a closed... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4284293 | Adjustable stand An adjustable stand comprising a hollow cylindrical reservoir (11) mounted on a base (12), a hollow cylindrical piston (10) slidable in the reservoir to define therewith a chamber (16) of variable volume, a closure disk (20) at one end of the piston to di... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4167361 | Temporary mine roof prop The base member of a mine roof prop is provided with a closed lower chamber and an adjoining open-top upper chamber in which the lower end of a post is slidably mounted, with means at the upper end of the post for engaging a mine roof. A body of liquid is... | 09/11/1979 |
