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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 |
| 7744140 | Gripping device A mooring connector or pipeline recovery tool comprising a mandrel (10) around which is concentrically disposed a ball cage (11) having balls (12) protruding therefrom so that relative longitudinal movement of the mandrel (10) and ball ca... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7360812 | Automatic device, equipment and methods for handling objects An automatic device for handling objects comprises gripper blades attached to a guide, an actuator connected to an external connection transporting the device, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism alternately changes the state of the pickup device betw... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7314343 | Miniature manipulator for servicing the interior of nuclear steam generator tubes A manipulator for servicing tubes extending through a tube sheet having three major components: a base member, a block member, and a foot member. The base member has a holder for supporting tooling or inspection devices. The base member also has at least one gripper... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7284778 | Device for carrying preforms comprising improved gripping means A device for carrying a preform in a temperature condition oven, including a gripping device provided with gripping claws, which enclose an outer surface of the neck of the preform. An inner core is provided that penetrates axially inside the neck over a distance su... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278618 | Active camming device The present invention relates to a dual stem active camming device including a plurality of compression springs independently coupled to a plurality of cam lobes. The compression springs are positioned between the trigger and the clip-in point of the cam to protect ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278536 | Molded plastic conveyor chain member for processing poultry A conveyor chain for poultry processing is formed of injection molded regular links in serially connected relationship, and has at intervals a special link adapted to receive a threaded stud for a chicken carcass-supporting cone or other structure. The special link ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275726 | Active camming device surface The present invention relates to an active camming device including a plurality of non-flat camming surfaces. In accordance with the present invention, the opposing camming surfaces are shaped to include substantially concave and convex surfaces respectively. In one... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7232167 | Cam-action pipe puller A cam-operated pipe puller for pulling and extracting a pipe through a conduit wherein the pipe puller has members for grasping the inner sides of the pipe and apparatus attached to the grasping members for holding the grasping members in a retained position as they... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229110 | Bottle loading and unloading tool with extendable arms A device for grabbing bottles comprises a frame, a first set of gripping heads, shoulder pads, extendable arms, a second set of gripping heads. The frame has a first and a second parallel elongated support structure. The first set of gripping heads is mounted on the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222902 | Spool handling device A spool handling device (10) for engaging and disengaging a spool (5) having, a base (14), a spindle (15) supported by the base and adapted to receive the spool, a latch assembly (74) pivotally mounted relative to the base and incl... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7066822 | Multidirectional amusement device A multidirectional amusement device is shown having a support structure extending above a support surface. A ride vehicle is secured to the support structure with support lines and is allowed to move freely beneath the support towers. A retraction tower receives a t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6955223 | Blow out preventer handling system A process to transport a blow out preventer for a drilling rig having a drawworks wherein the blow out preventer is transported between a storage area and a use position over a wellbore. The process includes the steps of connecting an upper connector end of an elong... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6874515 | Substrate dual-side processing apparatus A substrate dual-side processing apparatus has a processor to apply a specific process to a front surface and a rear surface of a substrate, a reversing unit to reverse the substrate and a substrate-transfer mechanism to transfer the substrate between the processor ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6435582 | Object manipulator and manipulation system An object manipulation system is provided including a plurality of objects arranged in an object plane, an X-Y positioner, and an object manipulator. The X-Y positioner is arranged to move within an X-Y plane displaced from and parallel to the object plan... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6412846 | Gripper with four gripper jaws which can be moved in radially outward direction A gripper, has a frame for movably guiding four radially movable gripper jaws in four shafts which extend radially outwards. An arbor is disposed centrally between longitudinal carriers of the frame in parallel relationship thereto, whereby the arbor, at ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6109857 | Stackable tray for holding, displaying, and transporting a plurality of containers and lifting device and method of handling directed thereto A method of handling containers, for instance beverage containers, such as bottles, flasks, cans, etc. that shall be distributed to retailers in shallow trays suitable for display purposes. The trays are constructed to enable several container-loaded tray... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6082796 | Device to grip and manipulate bobbins of textile thread Device to grip and manipulate bobbins of textile thread, used to grip, move and transport cops (10) after the textile thread has been wound on, the cops (10) having an inner cavity (10c) and flanges (10b) at the ends, the device being suitable to cooperat... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6017071 | Swiveling hoist assembly A hoist assembly having a swiveling head with a pivoting shackle. A lift swivel is captured by a housing and is rotatable relative to the housing. A shackle assembly including a hoist ring is fastened to the lift swivel. A lift bolt is threaded into the h... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6010171 | Apparatus for lifting objects having a hollow cylindrical core with remote power-actuated release Prior lifting probes automatically release from the core of the paper roll as soon as the roll is placed on a surface and the lifting pressure from the cable is released. In some situations that can be undesirable, since some adjustment or juggling of the... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5955858 | Mechanically clamping robot wrist The present invention generally provides a robot that can transfer a workpiece, such as a silicon wafer, at increased speeds and accelerations/decelerations. More particularly, the present invention provides a robot wrist for mechanically clamping a workp... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5698030 | Compact disc coating and handling system A compact disc coating apparatus includes a first station for dispensing a quantity of lacquer on the disc surface and for spinning the disc to distribute a coating of lacquer over the disc surface, a second station, and a transfer assembly. The transfer ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5561890 | Intelligent cam-driven clamp A clamping arrangement employs a rotatable element, such as a ball, driven by a cam to apply a biasing force to an article desired to be clamped. The ball is contained within a housing having first and second through-holes arranged substantially orthogona... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5559843 | Device for mounting and extracting a locking sleeve of a guide tube in a dismountable end nozzle of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly The lower part (31) of the pole (10) carries an expansible bush (40) engaged and fixed on the outer surface of the part (31) by one of the ends (41) of the bush and comprising longitudinally extending slots defining resiliently bendable strips. A group of... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5558381 | Carrier opener system The carrier opener system has a channel and guide pins for retaining and accurately positioning a carrier which has a component captured therein. A driver moves from a first to a second position and moves a carriage from a first to a second position where... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5520399 | Chuck assembly There is disclosed a chuck assembly for engaging the inner surface of a hollow substrate comprising: (a) a fluid impermeable elastic membrane including a substrate engaging portion, wherein the inner surface of the membrane defines an interior space; and ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5503446 | Device for gripping and handling objects A device for gripping and handling objects with a hole, such as compact discs, comprises a hollow carrier to be placed against the object at the hole, which carrier has an extremity directed toward the object which extremity is internally provided with at... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5471738 | Robotic system for inserting cylinder liners into internal combustion engine cylinder blocks A robotic system for inserting cylinder liners into the cylinder block from an internal combustion engine includes an articulated robot arm for cycling an end effector between a dunnage unloading position and a cylinder insertion position. The end effecto... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5439264 | Apparatus for lifting objects having a hollow cylindrical core Prior lifting probes are heavy and awkward to manipulate and operate, and require that the paper roll be destroyed if the probe is jammed in the core of the roll. The present invention allows the main body of the device to be removed if the probe jams to ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5439235 | Apparatus for coupling concentric cylindrical members through the selective radial enlargement of one of the coupling components An apparatus for coupling concentric cylindrical members through the selective radial enlargement of one of the coupling components comprising a fixed collar having a cylindrical interior bore of a common diameter and with an exterior cross section of var... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5382131 | Tool for manipulating heavy objects A carriage supported tool for manipulating a heavy object including a mobile carriage assembly having a carriage supported on wheels, an elongated operating arm, and an elongated clamp-assembly support boom. Both the boom and the arm are attached to the c... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5379330 | Inner filter removal tool An improved tool for removing the highly contaminated inner filter from a control rod drive during a maintenance operation. The tool may also be used to install the inner filter by pushing the inner filter on and locking the spring clip onto flats of the ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5366340 | Robotic end effector An end effector for a robotic assembly for acquiring and manipulating articles having a substantially cylindrical aperture therein. The end effector has a cylindrical gripping portion having radially expandable fingers and a collar portion adapted to bear... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5347697 | Tool for assembling a tire lift mechanism An improved tire lift mechanism is disclosed in which a drive tube selectively rotates a driven shaft to raise and lower a cable fixed to a spare tire. The drive tube is connected to the driven shaft through a connection formed of a plurality of circumfer... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5195794 | Compact disk lifting device A lifting device for lifting and releasing a compact disk. The lifting device including a pair of fins extended by a plunger and retracted by an O-ring contacting the fins at their outer edge.... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5190334 | Powered clamp with parallel jaws An improved clamping mechanism for removably clamping an object having at least two jaws that clampingly engage surfaces upon the object. This clamping mechanism utilizes a housing that has a chamber and a plurality of passages that lead radially from the... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5180274 | Wheel handling apparatus A wheel handling apparatus has an upright frame movably supporting a carrier connected to a wheel holder and a power unit for operating the wheel holder. A winch mounted on the carrier is used to move the carrier along the frame. The wheel holder has a bo... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5178429 | Pipeline recovery head A recovery head for use in retrieving a submerged pipeline to the water surface. The recovery head includes a center of gravity arm attached to one end of the recovery head by a connecting pin. The center of gravity arm maintains the recovery head in a le... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5158331 | Preloaded latching device A latching device which is lever operated sequentially to actuate a set of collet fingers to provide a radial expansion and to actuate a force mechanism to provide a compressive gripping force for attaching first and second devices to one another. The lat... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5138754 | Double gripper tube puller A tool for axially removing a defect-containing length portion from a steam generator tubesheet primary side grips the tube length portion on both sides of the defect by radially outwardly moving gripper structure in the form of expanding ferrules (16,20)... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5120492 | Device for extracting a blocking sleeve from a removable guide tube of a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor The device comprises a pole fastened to a handling and lifting apparatus arranged above the pool in which the fuel assembly is placed under water. The pole has at least one lower end part (32), the diameter of which is less than the inside diameter of the... | 06/09/1992 |
