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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 |
| 7333124 | Thermal printer In a thermal head, a heating element array is formed in a head substrate. Both ends of the head substrate are attached to a pair of support plates by a bolt. Plural pins protruding toward the head substrate are provided in the support plate. A gap is formed between ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7258501 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge including a frame, supply shaft connecting member, and take-up shaft connecting members is provided. The supply shaft connecting members connect a supply shaft to the frame, and the take-up shaft connecting members connect a take-up shaft to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7198352 | Inkjet printer cradle with cartridge stabilizing mechanism An inkjet printer cradle including a body defining a recess dimensioned to locate a removable inkjet cartridge, a retainer arranged to retain said cartridge within the recess, and one or more resilient members arranged to hold the cartridge fast with the retainer an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7063410 | Ink jet apparatus A drop emitting apparatus including an ink jet printhead; a plurality of on-board ink reservoirs for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead; a plurality of remote ink containers; a plurality of ink supply conduits fluidically connected between the remote ink contain... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994423 | Printer carriage interlock for ink cassette An interlock arrangement for selectively removably mounting an ink cassette in the chute of a printer carriage comprises an ink cassette including a notch or recess and an interlock clip selectively connectable to a side of a printer carriage chute and cooperates wi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932457 | Apparatus provided with carriage An apparatus provided with a carriage is guided and supported by at least two guide members, a guide shaft and a guide rail, arranged to be parallel to each other to enable the carriage to reciprocate. The guide members are arranged apart from each other substantial... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6871933 | Ink jet print head identification circuit and method An identification circuit for identifying the type of an ink jet print head and method thereof is disclosed. A reset signal and at least a clock signal are provided. A count value is reset if the identification circuit receives a reset signal. The count value is cou... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6702489 | Inking apparatus with multi-positioning capability An inking apparatus including an inking head which is manually adjustable in the X, Y and Z directions to facilitate quick and easy positioning of an inking probe in proximity to a defective die on a semiconductor wafer to ink and mark the die for exclusi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6685298 | Method and apparatus for preventing theft of replaceable printing components The present disclosure relates a marking engine for use in a marking machine. The marking engine is responsive to control signals for selectively depositing marking material on media. The marking engine includes a housing associated with the marking engin... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6644876 | Method and apparatus for printer cartridge identification A cartridge identification system for identifying a characteristic of a cartridge inserted in a printer. The cartridge identification system comprises an identification circuit which is triggered by an electrical connection between a printed circuit board... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6568785 | Integrated ink jet print head identification system An apparatus provides identification information related to at least one ink jet print head in an ink jet printer. The apparatus includes a printer controller for providing a first identification data string comprising n number of bits, at least one of wh... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568783 | Recognition circuit for an ink jet printer A recognition circuit for an ink jet printer has a plurality of heating cells. Each of the heating cells has a heating element coupled with a power line and a switch coupled with an address line. When voltages are applied to the power line and the address... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6494630 | Datum structure for compact print cartridge A datum arrangement on the replaceable semi-permanent compact print cartridge includes three x-datums, one y-datum and two z-datums to assure proper seating of the print cartridge in the carriage as well as proper electric and fluidic interconnections.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6406120 | Postage meter machine with protected print head In a postage meter machine that has a printing unit with a replaceable print head, a print head for such a postage meter machine and a method for the authentication of such a print head, a number of manipulation possibilities are precluded, such as refill... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398335 | Magnetic connection of ink-jet printer components A component, such as an ink cartridge, is provided with magnetic members. A corresponding component in the printer system, such as a carriage, is also provided with magnetic members so that magnetic attraction between the two components provides or enhanc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6332663 | Methods and apparatus for marking images and obtaining image data using a single marking engine platform A marking/image pick-up engine includes a platform on which a plurality of marking cartridges may be mounted. At least one of the marking cartridges may be interchanged with an image pick-up cartridge. Scanning, marking, and at least one self-diagnostic f... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6283651 | Mounting arrangement for a print head in a printer The invention relates to an arrangement for mounting a print head in a printer. The arrangement comprises a frame (1) to which a feeder device feeds a material to be printed which the printer will print on by means of a print head (3), movably arranged ad... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6123470 | Wireless self-propelling print-head A printer head includes a wireless print head provided with a memory buffer for storing data corresponding to at least one line of data. The print head is also provided with a motor and runs along a guide means in a self-propelled manner, the print head f... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6079891 | Printer device for printing a strip medium A printer device for printing on a strip medium, the device comprising a body (1), a carriage (5) movable in translation along a guide (2) secured to the body (1) and carrying a pivoting print head (7), and resilient means (9) disposed between the carriag... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6012861 | Character wheel and method of manufacturing same, and character wheel band and ring usable for character wheel and method of manufacturing same A character wheel, particularly for a numbering machine, including a character wheel disc having a plurality of printing portion mounting surfaces formed at an interval from each other in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the c... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6000869 | Technique for controlling the position of a driving motor and a print head A device for accurately controlling the positions of a driving motor and a print head and enhancing print quality by sensing the position of the driving motor by occurring pulses from a timer at shorter intervals than predetermined step units and synchron... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5871292 | Cooperating mechanical sub-assemblies for a drum-based wide format digital color print engine This invention relates to an improved wide format color digital print engine, and in particular to a cooperating group of print engine sub-assemblies comprising a sealable enclosure defining electronics and printing sub-spaces within the enclosure and sup... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5829893 | Portable printing device A printing device includes a casing housing a sheet-feed mechanism for transporting a print medium and a carriage transporting mechanism for reciprocally moving a carriage in a main scanning direction. A print unit having a print head is detachably attach... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5825392 | Recording device having detachable printing head A head holder incorporating a thermal printing head is detachably mounted in a printing position defined in a thermal transfer printer by use of guide means. The head holder secured by the guide means is vertically moved by means for vertically moving the... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810489 | Printing type printer The present invention is intended to facilitate the replacement of printing types and to eliminate mistakes in the replacement thereof. A printing type wheel 2 and a stock wheel 3 are coaxially arranged. The printing type wheel 2 is provided with an attac... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5711619 | Printing apparatus In a printing apparatus of the type in which a printing head is detachable to a carriage, a detecting circuit is provided for detecting whether or not a printing head 8 is mounted on a carriage. A CPU 2 included in the printing apparatus supervises the ou... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5495802 | Print block cassette for franking machine print drum A print block cassette for franking machine print drums comprises a support having a block support side, longitudinal guide and support members perpendicular to the block support side and engaged in bosses on the support and a plurality of separate print ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5492424 | Carriage-connecting device in a serial printer A serial printer is disclosed in which a serial printer body is connected to a carriage via a cable. The carriage is driven by electric power supplied through the cable, and signals are also transmitted between the serial printer body and the carriage thr... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492421 | Transfer printer A transfer printer comprises a printer body having first and second support frames separated from and opposing to each other. A printing portion includes a platen roller supported by the first and second support frame, and a line thermal head having one e... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5480241 | Type disk A type disk for a typewriter, having a hub which can be plugged over a drive shaft of the typewriter and a catch, which can be moved to or fro relative to the hub, and is carried by an outrigger connected integrally to the hub and capable of being deflect... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5473984 | Dynamically adjustable printhead assembly An adjustable printhead-carrying yoke for a printer which permits dynamic adjusting of the printhead's fore and aft and skew positions. There is a fixed yoke portion carried by the printer and a movable yoke portion carrying the printhead. There is also f... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5403102 | LED head fixture and LED head using the same With the aid of a fixture, a lens holder for holding on the top surface thereof a lens array radiating outwardly a light emitted from an array of LED elements is secured to a support plate for supporting the lens holder on the top surface thereof. The fix... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5295751 | Printer having elastic wheel cassette holders A printer comprises a platen, a guide shaft extended in parallel to the platen, a carriage supported on and guided by the guide shaft for sliding movement along the platen, a wheel holder including a motor holder holding a print wheel driving motor and su... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5289210 | Image recording apparatus There is disclosed an image recording apparatus with a detachable recording head. The head is equipped with a non-volatile memory which contains data representing the recording characteristics of the head and data (check sum or parity data) enabling to id... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5241325 | Print cartridge cam actuator linkage Apparatus and techniques are disclosed for aligning the operation of the ink jet printhead cartridges of a multiple printhead ink jet swath printer that includes a print carriage that is movable along a horizontal carriage scan axis, (b) first and second ... | 08/31/1993 |
