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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 |
| 7300706 | High-carbon steel wire with nickel sub coating A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The w... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7175687 | Advanced erosion-corrosion resistant boride cermets A cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and binder phase (RS) wherein, P is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group IV, Group V, Group VI elements, Q is boride, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163754 | Sprocket wheel having a metallurgically bonded coating and method for producing same A sprocket has a base steel member including an outer toothed profile surface, at least a portion of the outer toothed profile surface having a wear and corrosion resistant coating disposed thereon; the coating comprising an alloy, the alloy comprising at least 60 w... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7048172 | Viscous fluid transfer apparatus and transfer method, electronic component mounting apparatus and mounting method, and semiconductor device A squeegee unit having a stirring squeegee and a leveling squeegee fixed thereto is rocked with the reciprocating operation of a transfer unit moving mechanism to cause the stirring squeegee and the leveling squeegee to approach the pan surface of a transfer unit on... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6969691 | Doctor blade for removing water A doctor blade for removing water from a mating member, such as a grooved elastic belt in the press part of a papermaking machine, comprises a resin-impregnated fibrous laminate, in which at least a part of the warp of a base material in the laminate, which comes in... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957759 | Viscous fluid transfer apparatus and transfer method, electronic component mounting apparatus and mounting method, and semiconductor device A squeegee unit having a stirring squeegee and a leveling squeegee fixed thereto is rocked with the reciprocating operation of a transfer unit moving mechanism to cause the stirring squeegee and the leveling squeegee to approach the pan surface of a transfer unit on... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6911228 | Process for manufacturing a toilet training article A process for manufacturing a toilet training article in the form of a toilet training pad containing an astringent agent or source thereof is disclosed. The toilet training pad, which may be an insertable pad or integrated directly into an undergarment, contains an... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6881434 | Process for making sutures having improved knot tensile strength A process for improving the knot tensile strength of a braided suture while maintaining its first throw holding characteristics includes the steps of applying a biocompatible co-polymer to the braided suture and then heating the suture to a temperature above the flo... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6711925 | Process for manufacturing a conductive wire suitable for use in semiconductor packages In a process for manufacturing a conductive wire that is suitable for use in semiconductor packages, a core wire of an extensible metal other than gold is first prepared to have a diameter ranging from 300 μm to 500 μm. Thereafter, a gold-containing outer layer ha... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6565925 | Method and device for producing coated metal strands, especially steel strips A method for producing coated strands of metal includes guiding a metal strand through the bottom of a vessel filled with a molten mass of the same or different composition as the metal strip, wherein the residence time of the metal strand is selected as ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6515254 | Method for the surface treatment of a tribological coating A method for surface working a tribological coating of a supereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy or an aluminum-silicon composite material with a coating structure includes machining the surface dry, without lubricant, in a one-step process, with a cutting t... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6395335 | Apparatus and method for printing solder paste A filling squeegee and a scraping squeegee are provided in a printing apparatus. The filling squeegee is moved without contacting a surface of a mask in order to fill a solder paste into openings of the mask. Unnecessary solder paste on the surface of the... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6379754 | Method for thermal coating of bearing layers When bearing layers are producing by thermal coating the coating flame causes oxidation of a part of the coating material. To reduce this oxide formation and especially to lower the formation of oxide clusters in the layer a gas stream is projected next t... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6376018 | Method for the production of unsupported thin film particles A method and an apparatus for producing unsupported thin film particles are provided. The apparatus includes: (a) a vacuum chamber; (b) a rotatable drum disposed within the vacuum chamber; (c) means within the vacuum chamber for depositing a surface coati... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6306523 | Method of manufacturing porous electrode wire for electric discharge machining and structure of the electrode wire The present invention relates to a porous electrode wire for use in electrical discharge machining and the method of manufacturing the same. The wire improves the machining speed at least 15% compared with a conventional zinc coated wire, which results fr... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6294222 | Method of attaching a substantially uniform distribution of particulates to individual exposed surfaces of a substrate A method of attaching a substantially uniform distribution of particulates to individual exposed surfaces of a matrix of fibrous material. The method includes the following steps: 1) electrically charging a matrix of fibrous material having individual exp... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6256883 | Method of producing nozzle plate for use in ink jet printer A method of producing a nozzle plate for use in an ink jet head includes the steps of (a) stretching a predetermined number of resin lines, each having a cross section corresponding in shape to each nozzle hole to be formed in an ink jet head, in the same... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6180167 | Method of providing a wear-resistant overlay on a metal sealing gasket A flat metal sealing gasket is made as follows: on an unhardened spring steel plate having an aperture and a bead surrounding the aperture, a sinterable powder is deposited along the bead in a desired shape and thickness. Thereafter a sufficiently high te... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6139831 | Apparatus and method for immobilizing molecules onto a substrate Apparatus and method for immobilizing molecules, particularly biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, or hormones onto a substrate such as glass or silica; patterns of immobilization can be made resulting in addressable, discrete a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6057027 | Method of making peripheral low inductance interconnects with reduced contamination A method for making a circuit device having at least one peripheral interconnect for electrically connecting the device to another circuit device on a motherboard, includes forming at least one opening in a substrate, the opening having an inner surface e... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5965193 | Process for preparing a ceramic electronic circuit board and process for preparing aluminum or aluminum alloy bonded ceramic material Molten aluminum and a ceramic substrate are held in direct contact with each other and thereafter cooled to have the aluminum joined directly to the ceramic substrate. This method is capable of consistent and easy production of aluminum-ceramics composite... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5871815 | Antistatic film and method of manufacturing the same An antistatic film comprising a chemically adsorbed film of straight chain molecules each containing a conductive group and provided on a chargeable substrate via covalent bonds each containing a Si group, said chemically adsorbed film having a conductivi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5750199 | Apparatus and method for mounting soldering balls onto surfaces of electronic components An absorber head picks up a plurality of soldering balls from a container, and is shifted horizontally toward a substrate. In the midway of this shift movement, the absorber head is stopped just above a flux storage and then lowered to soak the soldering ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5736191 | Microridge abrasion for selective metalization A process for selective metalization for electrically isolating areas of a substrate is disclosed. The process employs placing microridges onto a surface, the microridge protruding from the plane formed by the surface. The surface, including the microridg... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5720102 | Method for making a drive line slip joint assembly A method for making a drive line slip joint assembly of the type having a slip yoke and a yoke shaft, the yoke shaft telescopically engaging an internal bore through one end of the slip yoke, the yoke shaft having an externally splined portion with spline... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5409741 | Method for metallizing surfaces by means of metal powders The method for metallizing the surface of dielectric materials according to the invention comprises a first step wherein a metal powder, the size of the grains of which is comprised between 10 and 5000 nm, is deposited and then incorporated into the surfa... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5405654 | Self-cleaning chemical vapor deposition apparatus and method A self-cleaning chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus and method allow CVD reactors to operate long periods of time without manual removal of extraneous materials such as soot and fuzz. The apparatus is made self-cleaning by superposing a scraping mem... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5336527 | Method of covering substrate surface with sintered layer and powdery raw material used for the method A method of covering a substrate surface with a sintered layer comprises the step of loading a powdery raw material in a region of forming a sintered layer on the surface of a substrate, and the step of sintering the loaded powdery raw material so as to f... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5196238 | Method for forming a cermet porous ceramic compact and heating the metal so that it melts and flows into the pores of the ceramic A method of infiltrating a porous ceramic compact with a molten metal to form a cermet is disclosed. A solid-phase metal is disposed on a surface of a porous ceramic compact. The surface of the porous ceramic compact is at an angle to the horizontal which... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4987000 | Mechanical plating process This invention concerns a mechanical plating process comprising: shaving metal off from a pure metal or alloy block and plating an object to be plated with the shaved off metal by the use of at least a single metal brush, wherein the metal block and the m... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4937930 | Method for forming a defect-free surface on a porous ceramic substrate A process for hermetically sealing defects in a porous ceramic substrate comprising the steps of evaporating or sputtering a malleable metal layer onto the defective porous ceramic surface, swaging or smearing the malleable metal layer over the defects an... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4851267 | Method of forming wear-resistant material A method of coating a metal article comprising the steps of mixing a slurry of carbides or borides of metals selected from the group consisting of metals belonging to groups IVB and VIB of the periodic table, an organic binder and an organic solvent and t... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4745002 | Electrical conductors for cable Method of making copper clad conductor by impinging of copper particles upon a heated steel wire to cause adhesion of the particles to the wire, by coalescence, building up the particles to form a coating and then drawing the coated wire to the required d... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4670971 | Manufacture of armature winding conductors A method of manufacturing an armature winding conductor including fusing brazing alloy onto the surface of the conductor, and, ensuring that the dimensions of the conductor, in the region carrying the alloy, are such that the conductor can pass through th... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4607782 | Method and apparatus for soldering electrical components to circuit boards An apparatus and method for soldering miniaturized electrical components to the surface of PC boards. A layer of solder paste is provided, into which the contact portions of electrical component leads are pressed. The component with solder paste adhering ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4578287 | Process for producing graphite fiber/aluminum-magnesium matrix composites A method of treating a commercially available ion plated graphite/aluminum composite with suitable hydroscopic liquid selected from the group consisting of methylene chloride, toluene, xylene and where such liquid treatment results in capillary action in ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4537801 | Coating method and apparatus In a coating method, a web is run along a stationary metering member having a curved smooth surface at the upper end in such a manner that the web is in contact with the smooth surface, a solution which is substantially the same in composition as a coatin... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4432723 | Multilamp photoflash unit with improved quick-disconnect switch An improved quick-disconnect switch for use in a multilamp photoflash unit containing a plurality of flashlamps and circuit means for sequentially igniting the flashlamps, in which the switch is adapted to automatically by-pass a flashlamp having an impro... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4427469 | Methods of and apparatus for controlling plastic-to-conductor adhesion of plastic-insulated, tinned conductors A tinned conductor is advanced through each of a plurality of successively smaller die openings in a drawing apparatus to reduce the diameter of the tinned conductor after which it is annealed. After the tinned conductor has been annealed, it is moved thr... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4407221 | Coating of wire A method for wiping coated wire or strip which emerges vertically from a bath of molten metal, wherein the coated wire or strip, passes vertically through a pad wiping zone located above and spaced apart from the bath of molten metal. A pad wiping assembl... | 10/04/1983 |
