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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6808259 | Controlling media curl in print-zone In an inkjet printing apparatus an inkjet printhead has a plurality of inkjet nozzles which eject ink onto media located within a print-zone. A drive shaft is located upstream of the printhead and is incrementally rotated to advance the media. The drive shaft has a ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6318919 | Pressure device for printers In a pressure device for a printer comprising a support element which can be fixed to a frame of the printer and a flexible plate fixed to the support element in order to press a printing substrate against a platen in the vicinity of a printing line, the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5564847 | Media handling in an ink-jet printer having guide ribs Described herein is a printer having a printhead which traverses laterally across a sheetlike print medium and which thereby defines a laterally-extending print zone across the print medium. A paper transport mechanism in the printer has drive rollers and... | 10/15/1996 |
| 4960337 | Ribbon mask for a printer A dot matrix printer having a platen, a carriage, and a print head mounted on the carriage. A paper guide is secured to the carriage. A ribbon mask made of a resilient plate is attached to the paper guide. A cantilevered resilient plate is formed in the r... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4904098 | Flexible print ribbon shield A print wheel impact printer in a document encoder comprises a flexible shield (38) made from laminar polyester sheet, the shield (38) having a shielding portion (40) at either end of which is provided a folded portion (44), each folded portion (44) being... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4874264 | Selective magnetic attachment of a print head to a drive belt A hybrid printer includes at least one impact type print head and at least one non-impact type print head, which are selectively used to print not only graphic information but also character information. For example, the impact type print head may be a ty... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4801223 | Mask structure for type belt of printer A printer having a platen, a type belt having a plurality of types arranged oppositely to the platen and projected at an interval on a belt body thereof, a carriage for placing a hammer member for pressing the desired type of the type belt movably arrange... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4760785 | Printer with rotating hammers A printer provided with a plurality of printing type wheels, which have printing types at their periphery and can be selectively stopped at the printing position and a hammer disposed so as to be opposite to said printing type wheels, which can push recor... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4757760 | Wire mask for a dot printer head apparatus A printing head apparatus for a dot printer including a frame and at least one printing wire unit which is secured to the frame. The printing wire unit has an electromagnetic actuator and a printing spring with one stationary end and a printing wire attac... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4747718 | Automatic cut-sheet feeder for printers An automatic cut-sheet feeder incorporated in a printer includes an upper sheet guide having an ink ribbon replacement recess defining a clearance between the upper sheet guide and a print head of the printer for thereby allowing an ink ribbon cassette to... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4712935 | Blank document guard in a check writing machine A guard is used to close the gap between the print ribbon and a check supported by the platen in a check writing machine. The guard inhibits paper or metal shims from entering the gap to receive the check amount and payee data thereby protecting the print... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4623139 | Paper transporting mechanism of a printer A paper transporting mechanism is disclosed in connection with a printer having a printing head mounted on a carriage reciprocatingly moved transversely of a printing paper to be printed by the printing head and a platen arranged opposite to the printing ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4569606 | Printer apparatus Apparatus to support an inked ribbon cartridge and/or daisywheel motor and assembly. The cartridge has a paper shield integral therewith that is notched to expose the ribbon to the paper, whereby a daisywheel petal carrying a type font may be struck by a ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4497588 | Printing or typing apparatus with a rotating platen as well as guide devices for the paper Printing apparatus with a roller platen and a plastic strip for holding paper against the roller platen even if insufficient paper is fed through to reach the usual guide rollers. The plastic strip is arranged in a closed loop and is connected to the prin... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4410291 | Antinoise device for impact serial printers A serial printer is disclosed where the printing is performed by a printing head (22) mounted on a carriage (21) movable along the printing line, a transparent leaf (36) mounted on the carriage presses the printing support (25) (paper) against a platen (2... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4359937 | Dot matrix printer A dot matrix printer is provided which has a row of hammer elements having horizontal impactor bars aligned at upper and lower levels and in partial overlapping relation with adjacent impactor bars. A row of print elements is also provided which alternate... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4348125 | Paper guide mechanism of printer A paper guide mechanism for use with a printer of the type, in which a rolled paper inserted into an inlet opening and introduced by a guide into a printing portion and in which the paper is guided by a guide, after it has been printed, until it is discha... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4165188 | Ribbon mask and guide for dot matrix impact printers A ribbon mask for a wire or stylus-type dot matrix print head is carried with the print head, positioned between the print ribbon and the printing surface, and has a forwardly-angled integral flange extending from along a portion of the top of the main bo... | 08/21/1979 |
