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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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| 8146242 | Methods and systems for manufacturing a family of aircraft wings and other composite structures Methods and systems for manufacturing composite aircraft wings and other structures are disclosed herein. A tool assembly for use in manufacturing composite laminates in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a tool plate carried by a movable suppo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7730608 | Hinge feeder A hinge feeder for feeding open hinges at a predetermined orientation to a receiver ready for use by an automatic door hinger. A dispenser is provided to hold a stack of closed hinges. The orientation of the top end and hinge joint of each hinge is sensed and the hi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7380336 | Gripping system The present application discloses gripping systems and various uses thereof. As one example, a gripping system including a gripping jaw and an extensible bar is disclosed. The gripping jaw includes two opposing members that are operable to grasp a gripped object bet... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363703 | Device for fitting electric wires with sleeves A sleeve-fitter includes a sleeve module, a fitting module, a control and a base module. The fitting module and control are part of the base module. In operation, a centering pin and a round hole cooperate when the sleeve module is in contact with the base module an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7320172 | Apparatus for positioning inserts in a receptacle An apparatus for positioning inserts in a rotating receptacle. The apparatus includes a magazine for holding a plurality of inserts. An insertion arm is provided for positioning inserts within the receptacle. The insertion arm has a first end and a second end, where... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7236844 | Web accessible real time system and software for agile and lean manufacturing The present invention is directed to Lean and Agile methods and their applications to manufacturing operations on production floors. A web assessable, modular, user modifiable, and graphically-enriched system and software is disclosed in this document. It provides r... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231717 | Method of assembling a door A method of assembling of a door comprising the steps of providing a door inner panel having an outer face and an inner face, at least one functional component of the door, an anti intrusion beam and a door outer panel. The functional component is assembled onto and... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7185411 | Method and apparatus for forming fine gauge and monofilament single and double-armed sutures An apparatus for forming armed sutures has a swaging station for receiving, holding and swaging needles that are deposited therein. A linear motor drives a suture insertion gripper, which pulls suture from a supply reel and inserts a cut end thereof into a needle he... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7162320 | Assembly line quality control Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an assembly line, comprising the steps of providing an article assembly line; designating, on the assembly line, an upstream processing station and a downstream processing station; delivering a first article to the upstrea... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155797 | Continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels A continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels comprises a continuous expanding device for expanding a raw material of a core and a main body of a continuous manufacturing system of composite aluminum panels. The continuous expanding device consists... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143494 | Method and apparatus for assembling exterior automotive vehicle body components onto an automotive vehicle body The present invention generally relates to a method and programmable apparatus for the assembly of body components to an automotive body that has undergone a progressive series of framing and welding steps so as to produce a structurally rigid body frame, termed a b... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131177 | Gasket insertion apparatus and method A gasket singulation apparatus for separating one gasket from a web-connected stack of gaskets includes a mandrel for receiving the web-connected stack and an arrangement of cylinders which are used to support the web-connected stack of gaskets and to pull one gaske... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111389 | Apparatus for adhering a clamp to a hose An apparatus for attaching a clamp to a hose assembly, preferably automatic or semi-automatic, incorporates precisely located mounting devices for receiving clamp tooling, cooperating hose guiding and positioning tooling which can support a unique hose assembly and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100271 | Automotive vehicle framing system A vehicle framing system for framing an automotive vehicle body from a plurality of separate body components wherein the body components each include a reference surface. The system includes an assembly station having spaced-apart frame members positioned so that, w... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093352 | Apparatus for assembling swash plate with pistons in a swash plate compressor An apparatus for assembling a swash plate with pistons in a swash plate compressor of the present invention can automatically assemble the swash plate with double or single head pistons and shoes thereby improving workability and productivity. In the assembling appa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055240 | Positioning apparatus for precisely locating a part or other article Horizontal guide rails are mounted on a base and receive linear bearings mounted on the bottom of a tower which carries vertical guide rails receiving linear bearings mounted on a vertical carriage plate. Linear bearings are mounted on the carriage plate and support... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043815 | Method for applying flowable materials Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for applying melt flowable materials to components of articles of manufacture. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein are concerned with formation of appropriate flowable materials, control over the manner in which the flo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007358 | Mechanism for feeding loops into a clip attachment apparatus An improved mechanism feeds loops or ties into clip attachment apparatus such as a clipper. The loops preferably have tie portions, the carrier may be a tape, and the loops should be in substantially equidistant series on the carrier. The carrier passes around rolle... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971175 | Assembly line and method for vehicle body manufacturing A vehicle body assembly line (10) and method for assembling vehicle bodies utilizes electromagnetic gauging apparatus (44) to generate production gauge data of an assembly of formed sheet metal components, and an electrical controller (38) compa... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948236 | Side panel assembly line A car side panel assembly line capable of increasing a productivity by shortening an operation time and having a set station ST2, a welding station ST3, and a next operation station ST4 disposed in series in this order, comprising a set carriage... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6925707 | Assembly machine for the automatic production of structural elements for false ceilings An assembly machine forms structural elements for false ceilings. Structural elements are cut to size and sent to two series of lateral stations. A press forms inserts which are applied to the ends of the structural elements. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918175 | Supply module for feeding electrical components to an automatic placement device A supply module for feeding electrical components to an automatic component-mounting machine has a locking element which is a piezoceramic bending transducer that extends in the longitudinal direction of the supply module along a supply path for the components. A fr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6892448 | Automated roll packing apparatus An apparatus for fully automated roll packing of compressible mattress spring assemblies, including a radially collapsible mandrel for easy removal of finished rolls. In-fed spring assemblies are precompressed prior to winding on the mandrel, which is mounted to a p... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6865800 | Production of laminated veneer support beams A billet of veneer sheets is constructed using parallel sheet conveying conveyors for simultaneous building of partial fans that are combined and transferred to the trailing end of the billet. Encoders, detectors and computer controls control the conveyors for preci... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6832425 | Gasket singulation and insertion apparatus and methods A gasket singulation apparatus for separating one gasket from a web-connected stack of gaskets includes a mandrel for receiving the web-connected stack and an arrangement of cylinders which are used to support the web-connected stack of gaskets and to pull one gaske... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6745460 | Laminating preformed muntin bars An exemplary embodiment of the invention concerns a process for forming two tone muntin bars. Method and apparatus of the invention uses an elongated preformed muntin bar member that has a treated portion of an exposed surface of the muntin bar member. An elongated ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742245 | Apparatus for assembly of roof panel structures A portable roof panel structure assembly mechanism that may be transported to a construction site and that is used to automatically assemble roof panel structures at the site. The assembly mechanism includes a purlin feeder, subpurlin clamping mechanisms and feeders... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6725520 | Method and device for producing single or multi-layer, fiber-reinforced flat products The invention relates to a method for producing multi-layer flat products (26). Said flat products preferably comprise a core (1) of solid material, laminated with a number of layers which are processed in a sequence of work steps into the final produc... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718607 | Equipment for fixing an elastic clamp band A method and an implementation equipment for fixing an elastic clamp band (1) to the lugs (5) particularly adapted for re-current mounting of a flexible connection pipe (12) on a pipe system (13). An automatic dispenser (2) of clam... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708397 | Inlay station with alignment assemblies and transfer tubes In a soft contact lens manufacturing process, an injection molding machine (IMM) produces many thermoplastic injection molded front curve (FC) and back curve (BC) mold parts, each of which mold parts is subsequently used only once to mold a single soft contact lens.... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6691405 | Box assembling apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of different electric/electronic parts in a box An apparatus is provided to simplify the construction of an assembling apparatus and shorten a tact time thereof for inserting a plurality of fuse into a box. In a fuse box assembling apparatus 1, fuses are fed one by one through outlets 2a of parts feedi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6675467 | Automotive manufacturing system A method and system for the manufacture of an assembly, such as an automobile body-in-white or sub-assembly, that comprises a plurality of components is disclosed. Selected from the plurality of components are components which can form an initial rigid st... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655000 | Lot management production method and product carrying container A lot management production method in which the lot size is reduced in order to respond to an order for small volume of large variety, without increasing the intermediate inventory and reducing lead-time, however without reducing the productivity of a pro... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651306 | Apparatus and method for fabricating flat trusses A truss manufacturing apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a conveyor for moving upper and lower chords thru a series of assembly stations of the apparatus. A board is inserted between the chords at one station and secured in place forming a trimm... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647616 | Bump bonding unit with tray storage and transport apparatuses A bump bonding unit is disclosed including a novel storage, transport, and feed system for allocating trays that hold IC chips to various operations of the bump bonding unit. The bump bonding unit includes fist and second tray storage and feed apparatuses... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6612011 | Flexible work station A flexible work station (1) and an operating method for processing, especially the joining and geometric welding of two or more different types of components (4, 5). The work station (1) has a component feed device (6, 7), one or more flexible processing ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6591488 | Production system A production system includes a shuttle (2) for moving a work (W) on a predetermined track (1), a storeroom (3) for storing components of a plurality of types to be assembled to the work, and a plurality of assembly stations (4) arranged along the track be... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588098 | Method for manufacturing an electronic device package A system for manufacturing electronic device packages includes a conveyor with an adhesive work surface to support a predetermined array of external connectors for flip-chip bonding of dies thereto. After assembly, the dies with associated external connec... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6502301 | Manufacturing plant and system for manufacturing rigid bodies A manufacturing plant for manufacturing rigid bodies comprised of a plurality of parts to be assembled by at least two operators having hierarchical skill levels selected from alignment types ranging from Or to P selected from an alignment tran... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499212 | Device and process for joining fitting parts on hollow profiles by means of fluid high internal pressure A device and method for joining fitting parts provided with a passage opening on hollow profiles through partial expansion of the hollow profiles at the location of the fitting parts is provided. The fitting parts are slid on with the passage openings and... | 12/31/2002 |
