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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6388844 | Head base shift mechanism in cassette tape recorder of automatic reverse tape Disclosed is a head base shift mechanism in an auto-reverse cassette tape recorder comprising a motor (2); a chassis (1) with a pair of capstans (41), (41') rotatable in forward and reverse directions; a head base (15) slidably mounted on the chassis and ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6335839 | Magnetic head device including a playback head and a recording head maintaining contact with a film A magnetic head device for reading and recording information from a magnetic recording section of a photographic film has a recording head and a playback head. The playback head and recording head are adjacently positioned by a head base plate. The head b... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5721652 | Roll stabilized, nesting VEE, magnetic head assembly for magnetics-on-film A magnetic read/write head suspension assembly and support roller particularly for use for recording and reading information on a magnetics-on-film (MOF) layer outside the image area of photographic filmstrips. The filmstrip is pressed against the support... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5555043 | Magnetics-on-film image area recording head and suspension system A photographic still camera for receiving an elongated filmstrip having a cross-film curvature and having a substantially transparent magnetic layer deposited on the film surface and for recording or reproducing information on or from the magnetic layer i... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555044 | Magnetics-on-film image area recording head suspension system A photographic still camera for receiving an elongated filmstrip having a cross-film curvature and having a substantially transparent magnetic layer deposited on the film surface and recording or reproducing information on or from the magnetic layer in th... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5377052 | Actuator assembly for servo-controlled magnetic tape head An actuator assembly is provided for controlling the position of a multi-track, magneto-resistive transducer to index across tracks in a track seek mode and to rapidly adjust the position of the transducer in a servo controlled track following mode. The a... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5227937 | Side-stiffened flexural pantographic mount for positioning a magnetic transducing head assembly A flexural pantographic mount for use in a helical scan magnetic tape transport employing a closed loop servo system having a specified frequency bandwidth is disclosed. The mount includes a fixed body and a moveable body such as a magnetic transducing he... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5047883 | Pantograph head mount having double leaves integral with a rigid tip structure A pantographic head mount includes a pair of generally parallel flexible arms each solidly based at an inboard end and solidly affixed at an outboard end to a rigid structure that carries a magnetic head and is driven by an electromagnetic motor positione... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4750067 | Head positioning mechanism for data cartridge recorder A head positioning add mechanism for a multitrack data cartridge recorder including a stepper motor, a lead screw driven by the stepper motor and a head mounting slide engaged with the lead screw by a partial female thread for incrementally moving a recor... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4587412 | Magnetic sensor for tray acceptor A magnetic reading head is provided in a tray acceptor for determining the presence of magnetic characteristics in a paper tendered as a valid currency or note. Fundamentally, the invention comprises a spring assembly, receiving a magnetic reading head, w... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4118745 | Single lever operated cassette tape recorder A cassette tape recorder is provided in which a stop, a record, a playback and a rewind mode can be established by using a single operation lever. The lever is supported for angular movement about a pivot on a baseplate which is secured within an enclosur... | 10/03/1978 |
