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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 |
| 7809253 | Compact air drying system A fully integrated drying or heating system utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. A solid cartridge heater is enclosed within a heater cavity of a block. The block includes a separate air cavity in heat transfer communication with the heater through a solid po... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7664379 | Fan heater A fan heater including a housing through which air is able to flow in a longitudinal direction, a blower to propel the air and at least one heating element mounted elastically in the housing by means of a fixing element. Moreover the heating element is a PTC element... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664378 | Fan heater A fan heater includes a heater body, an electric unit, a plurality of fan assemblies, and a heating element. Each of the fan assemblies is mounted with the adjacent fan assembly to form a fan unit within the receiving cavity, wherein the fan unit is operatively coup... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7361868 | Electrical heating device, especially for motor vehicles This disclosure relates to an electrical heating device, especially for motor vehicles, including a closed frame (2) which include rails (3, 4) and cross rails (5, 6), heating elements (7) which include elements made of electrically condu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355146 | Heating unit A heating unit for a vehicle features a radial fan (100) having a housing (110), which housing has an air inlet (116) and an air exit opening (118). The heating unit has an air-directing device (140) that guides an air flow in a pr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335856 | Apparatus and method of detecting igniter type The invention includes an apparatus and method of determining the type of igniter for a burner at each stage of a boiler. The apparatus includes a controller operable to detect whether a first type of igniter or a second type of igniter is installed in the burner ba... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326883 | Low noise fan heater A housing and a base formed integrally with the housing or attached thereto. An array of louvres is attached to or formed integrally with the housing. An electric motor-driven fan is located within the housing and blows air toward the louvres. An electric heating el... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309395 | System for forming composite polymer dielectric film A system for depositing a composite polymer dielectric film on a substrate is disclosed, wherein the composite polymer dielectric film includes a low dielectric constant polymer layer disposed between a first silane-containing layer and a second silane-containing la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7248004 | Cooling fan, in particular for motor vehicles A radiator blower, in particular for motor vehicles, is indicated that comprises a plurality of individual fans (11, 12), each having an electrical drive motor (13, 14), and a plurality of switches (S1, S2, S3), each capable of bei... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231140 | System for removing snow and ice from a surface A system for removing snow and ice from a surface that includes a fan and a heating element contained within a hollow cavity open at one end, and a hollow duct positioned above the hollow cavity. The hollow duct is open at both ends; one end is positioned directly a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7203416 | Ventilating and heating apparatus with heater shielded by tapered discharge duct The invention provides a ventilating and heating apparatus for installation in a building structure. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a main housing in which is located a ventilating fan assembly and a heater fan assembly having a heater and a discharge d... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195010 | Space heater Disclosed is a space heater, with an air cleaning function, that monitors combustion at a burner, and prevents the halting of combustion due to the erroneous detection of a combustion abnormality. According to the present invention, a space heater includes: a heatin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190887 | Portable thermal-stratifying space heater and powerplant package A portable room heater is provided comprising an upright enclosure defining an inlet at a lower end of the enclosure, an outlet at an upper end of the enclosure, and a passageway fluidly connecting the inlet and the outlet. The portable room heater further comprises... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180039 | Heater with burnout protection A heater is provided that has a temperature sensing control system which can be used for both temperature control and over-temperature protection against element burnout. The temperature control system is comprised of an inlet temperature sensing assembly positioned... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177534 | System and method for controlling heating and ventilating systems A system and method for controlling a heating and ventilating system is provided. The method includes determining a demand for heat and creating an air flow. In addition, the method includes sensing an outlet discharge temperature of the air flow and increasing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7119308 | Forced-air heater control system and method The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant from the heating element(s). The control system, in this embodiment, tak... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109447 | Control system for cooking appliance employing convection and radiant cooking A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a convection fan and at least one heating device. A... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088913 | Baseboard/upright heater assembly A multi-purpose electric heater that can be configured as a baseboard heater or an upright heater is provided. The heater preferably includes a pair of elongate housings that are coupled to a base in a manner that allows them to be moved between horizontal and uprig... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7050707 | Heater device for desiccant rotor dehumidifier A heater device applied in a desiccant rotor dehumidifier for supplying regeneration hot air to the desiccant rotor comprises a metal case having an air inlet and an air outlet; heating elements supported by insulative material and mounted adjacent to the desiccant ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038171 | Household electric appliances A household electric appliance including a heating part and titanium oxide particles to be activated by heating, the heating part being a heating device inherently possessed by the household electric appliance and/or an additional heating device not inherently posse... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039300 | Identification of electric heater capacity An electric heater is provided with an identifying resistor associated with a connection between the heater and a fan control. When the electric heater is connected to the control, the identifying resistor provides information with regard to the capacity of the part... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026584 | Electric heater with housing The present invention relates to a novel constructional principle for electric heaters, wherein the functions of frame and resilient means are separated from one another. As a frame for an electric heater, a housing is used that consists of two half-shells. Position... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012223 | Forced-air heater control system and method The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant from the heating element(s). The control system, in this embodiment, tak... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6973260 | Portable electric heater with vertical heated air outlet A portable electric heater producing a vertically oriented, heated exhaust air stream at an elevation above a support surface is provided. A base contacting the support surface and supporting an elongate housing in a substantially vertical position from the support ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959144 | Air heater with expansion containing electric heater arranged in stages Providing a hot air heater and an expansion in the air blowing passage of the hot air heater and suppressing increases in air trunk resistance even if electric heaters are arranged in this expansion in a plurality of stages prevents increases in the rotation speed o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950606 | Air conditioning apparatus with blower and electric heater in common housing Air conditioning apparatus is provided in which an air blower and an electric heater assembly are located in a common housing with the heater assembly projecting into the housing from a wall thereof in transverse relationship to the blower. This configuration elimin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940051 | Electric circuit for portable heater A heater effectively uses a current controlled fan motor in series with a resistance heating arrangement. The fan motor preferably is wound with a gauge of wire to appropriate for the relatively high current provided to the fan motor. This arrangement is effectively... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6901213 | Electric heater An electric heater includes a casing having a receiving compartment and an air outlet communicating the receiving compartment to outside and a plurality of radiant conductive fins spacedly supported in the receiving compartment to define an air heating channel betwe... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6897416 | Air current interruption detection responsive to consumed PTC heater power A heating system with PTC heating elements heats a medium that flows. In order to avoid unnecessary heating up of the PTC elements when the streaming fails, the required heat output that is to be generated by the PTC elements is compared to the electrical power actu... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6873790 | Laminar air flow, low temperature air heaters using thick or thin film resistors An elongate heating element that includes an insulative substrate and a resistive coating that heats to a predetermined temperature when an electrical current is passed through the coating. The insulative material forming the substrate is preferably a ceramic such a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6760543 | Heated air circulator with uniform exhaust airflow An apparatus for providing thermal energy comprising a housing defining a first interior space and a second interior space; at least one electric heating element positioned within the first interior space; and an air circulator positioned within the second interior ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748163 | Electric heater with dual overheat limits An electric heater comprises a housing with an air inlet area, an air outlet area, an electric heating element disposed between the inlet area and outlet area, a fan that moves air through the heater, a first high-temperature limit switch mounted on the housing in t... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6744976 | Hot airflow generation device A hot airflow generation device supplies hot airflows toward a heat-shrinkage film wrapping around an article for heating and shrinking the film to form a package on the article. The hot airflow generation device includes a casing defining a channel through which th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737615 | Heat conductor coil for heating a flowing gaseous medium and electrical resistance heating element A heat conductor coil for heating a flowing gaseous medium is configured to be attached to a support configuration and has a heat conductor wound in windings following an ascending line of a coil to form the heat conductor coil, wherein the ascending line of the coi... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6674049 | Storage drum heater A storage drum heater has an elongated housing and is typically used in a vertical orientation between storage drums arranged on a pallet. In one embodiment, the housing has closed ends and vertical sides that intersect four vertical, diagonal surfaces at... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6647203 | Air handler power distribution system A power distribution system for an air handler is reconfigureable by way of selectively connectable plug-in connectors. The air handler includes a blower associated with a first plug-in connector that is selectively connectable to a second plug-in connect... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6624397 | Electric circuit for portable heater A heater effectively uses a current controlled fan motor in series with a resistance heating arrangement. The fan motor preferably is wound with a gauge of wire to appropriate for the relatively high current provided to the fan motor. This arrangement is ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6560892 | Air blowing tool for heat-shrinkable packing material An air blowing tool includes a connecting pipe (1) and an air blowing head (2). The air blowing head includes an inner wall (22) and an outer wall (21). An annular passage (24) is defined between the inner and outer walls. The inner wall encloses and defi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546645 | Air blowing tool for heat-shrinkable packing material An air blowing tool includes a connecting pipe (1) and an air blowing head (2). The air blowing head includes an inner wall (22), and an outer wall (21). An annular passage (24) is defined between the inner and outer walls. The inner wall encloses and def... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6516140 | Furnace with integral grille An electric furnace comprising an integral front panel containing a plurality of louvers. The interior of the furnace contains a flow channel to direct air towards the top of the furnace. At least some of the louvers will direct air into the flow channel.... | 02/04/2003 |
