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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 |
| 8176821 | Machine for processing sheets with cutouts of folds transverse to their forward moving direction The invention concerns a machine comprising driving means (14, 16, 18) for driving sheets in a drive direction (F) through a processing zone (T), and processing means including a tool (53, 53′) and a counter tool (56), respectively, borne by a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7594460 | Method of controling biasing force before and during chopping A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and a biasing system for forcing the backup roll and the blade roll together at a desired force during set up and operation. The ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7328550 | Method for packaging articles using pre-perforated heat shrink film A method for enclosing articles in heat-shrink film and for perforating or slitting the heat shrink film. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7263921 | Air distribution assembly and rotary cutting apparatus provided with such an air distribution assembly A rotary cutter includes a hollow rotary mantle having a cutter arbor on an outer periphery thereof, through holes extending radially through the mantle, and an air distribution mechanism. The air distribution mechanism includes first and second parts. The first par... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7171885 | System for fixing rotary cutting dies in machines for die cutting laminar material System for fixing rotary die cutters in die cutting machines for cutting laminar material includes a fixing means between the die (1) and a die-holder surface or cylinder (2) around which the die (1) is arranged, wherein the a fixing element inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7134371 | Apparatus for guiding continuous fibers The present invention is directed towards an apparatus for guiding continuous materials. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus comprises first and second conveyors, each comprising a continuous conveyor belt carried by a set of pulleys including a drive ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7090120 | Sheet punching device and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet punching device that cuts holes in a sheet while punches are entering die holes, in which a plurality of punch trains along each of which a plurality of punches are aligned on a rotating shaft in parallel with the rotating shaft are disposed in the rotation ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7028598 | Apparatus for longitudinally perforating a web of paper in a rotary printing press A rotary printing press has a folding station where the printed web is perforated both transversely and longitudinally in order to expedite subsequent folding thereof into signatures. In order to incorporate a longitudinal perforator into the folding station without... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011007 | Apparatus for cutting and creating notches and apertures in sheet-type work material In an apparatus for cutting pattern pieces and creating apertures in sheet-type work material a frame has a support surface mounted thereon for carrying at least one layer of the work material. A carriage is coupled to the frame for movement back-and-forth there alo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6941849 | Device for adjusting the phase of perforating devices as a function of the folding mode A device for perforating material webs by perforating tools accommodated on perforating cylinders and capable of producing perforations on copies in an exactly correct position with respect to cross-folds formed in the copies, the perforation position being adjustab... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6925923 | Rotary cutting die mounting system A clamping mechanism for securing a cutting die board to a rotary support cylinder, including a double-acting pressure cylinder having a piston rod coupled to a clamping bolt which cooperates with a keyhole-shaped slot formed through the cutting die board, and an ar... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6764295 | Rotary cutter A rotary cutter is provided for cutting elongated extruded strips of a food dough product or the like on a conveyor into individual strip pieces of selected length and having angular cut ends simulating the overall appearance of French fry strips cut from whole pota... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6736040 | Perforator device for ribbons of paper in re-reeling machines A perforator device for ribbons of paper in re-reeling machines is applied to a re-reeling machine (10) which mounts a roller (11) that turns and carries a plurality of smooth perforating blades (13) mounted on helical seats, and a counter-rolle... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6604444 | Low maintenance cutting rubber The present invention is related to an apparatus for cutting webs of material (1) and includes a cutting cylinder (8) having at least one knife assembly (12, 13) assigned to its circumference (9). A supporting element (23) is assigned to said cutting cyli... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6526725 | Apparatus and method for attaching straws to containers A straw application machine for automatically applying drinking straws, wrapped in protective cover, to beverage containers at very high speeds. The machine comprises a guide roller which presses each straw of a web of parallel straws into a slotted straw... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6308605 | Crosscutter for web materials A crosscutter for web materials, particularly paper, has a cutter shaft (13), which comprises a light metal cutter block (19) and a steel shaft end (14). The latter comprises a bearing (12) and drive (17)-receiving spigot and a flange (16), which is conne... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6250189 | Rotary die cutter Novel apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a sheet material by a rotary die cutter. A die shaft has an outer circumference and at least two die shaft bores having coaxial counterbores. The counterbores relieve stresses imposed by a die cutting i... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6105479 | Variable diameter cutter roller or glue spreading roller A variable-diameter knife roll is provided with a knife extending parallel to the axis of the roll placed generally radially on a diametral plane, such knife being mounted on a knife carrier able to be adjusted radially outwardly and inwardly. In order to... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6008562 | Rotor section containment with steel punched star A rotor assembly for a synchronous reluctance machine has a plurality of steel punched star-shaped supports secured along a shaft at spaced locations for retaining a plurality of laminated rotor sections. The star-shaped supports have four equiangularly s... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5901619 | Method for manufacturing rotary cutting tool and rotary cutting tool A method for manufacturing a rotary cutting tool for fabricating a sheet having transverse slits. The rotary cutting tool has a cylindrical body having generally longitudinally extending grooves, and cutting blades. The cutting blades are first fitted in ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894773 | System for forming and cutting a mineral fiber tow A system is provided for forming a continuous mineral fiber wool tow and cutting the tow into discrete lengths. The system comprises a conveying apparatus for pulling a mineral fiber wool tow from a mineral fiber pack at a first location and transporting ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5875699 | Cutting die mounting system An alignment and mounting system for steel rule cutting dies and the like includes multiple elements: registration pins for ensuring proper disposition of the cutting dies on the cutting drum relative to the bolt pattern of the cutting drum, alignment gui... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5857392 | Cutting device for cutting continuous webs The present invention relates to a cutting device for cutting continuous webs, whereby a draw roller (29) with pulling surfaces (42) and a rotating cutting means (33) are rotatable by separate drive units (28 and 32 respectively) so that the speed of rota... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5840345 | Dough transport device The present invention provides a dough transport device having an improved dough pump, an improved manifold for dividing dough, and a rotational cutter for cutting dough into pieces of uniform shape and size. The auger dough pump operates using a auger wh... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5806395 | Method and apparatus for removing an edge fin from metal rim reinforcing strips Method and apparatus for removing an edge fin produced on a workpiece surface during the production of metal rim reinforcement strips. The edge fin is removed after the rim is clamped in the longitudinal direction by cutting a lateral incision into the ed... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5791219 | Signature perforating device A signature perforating device includes a perforating cylinder and a cooperating counter perforating cylinder. The perforating cylinder carries a perforating blade strip which is formed by a number of perforating blade elements. These elements are held in... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5782156 | Flexible die and supporting cylinder An improved flexible die and cylinder for mounting such die. The flexible die consists of a substantially planar, flexible, sheet of metal which has been etched to form a cutting edge. The ends of the die include a plurality of spaced holes for mounting t... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5638733 | Rotary die cutter unit with rapid die connection A rotary die cutter unit with rapid die connection has a die equipped with connecting bars, and a die-holding cylinder. The die-holding cylinder has longitudinal grooves with openings receiving the bars when connecting the die to the die-holding cylinder.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5419224 | Device for the controlled removal of pieces of waste material A device for the controlled removal of pieces of waste material is provided. The device has a non-rotatable cylinder shaft having an outer surface; a cylinder jacket having an inner surface and an outer surface and having at least one through-hole extendi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5349759 | Slicing guide marker A slicing guide marker for marking impressionable food products with an elongated cantilever arm rotatably attached to a support shaft. The cantilever arm having a marking roller adjacent one end and a counterweight slidably carried by the arm. The markin... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5334126 | Controlled perforation apparatus for folding machines Apparatus for use with paper folding or other machines which applies a line of perforations on the paper sheets at selected locations and for controlled distances while the paper sheet is travelling through the machine.... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5197681 | Apparatus for safe high speed slicing/shaving of a food product A slicing/shaving machine particularly adapted for high speed slicing/shaving or food products in which at least one slicing/shaving blade defines a slicing/shaving edge of a generally arcuate configuration. The blade is carried by a slicing/shaving drum ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5156075 | Chip removal apparatus for rotary cutters of web printing presses Apparatus for removing and disposing of scrap paper chips impaled on a roller rotating away from the cutting region of a rotary cutter has a pneumatic baffle plate located a distance of 3/8 to 11/2 inches away from the roller, defining a narrow flow chann... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5142957 | Rotary cutter A device including at least one elongate slot having an elongate blade or vane secured therein, in which the slot when viewed in transverse cross section is curved and the blade or vane is resilient and normally flat in its unstressed condition out of sai... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5121588 | Device for use with a packaging machine for continuous singulating of a packaging container chain A device for use with a packaging machine for continuous singulating of a packaging container chain. A frame is provided having a circular shape to guide a packaging container chain along a predetermined circular track. The container chain includes a plur... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5083517 | Sod planting machine A machine for cutting large pieces of sod into smaller, generally square blocks suitable for planting, comprising a cutting mechanism for cutting the large pieces of sod into smaller, generally square pieces of sod which are of generally equivalent size a... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5063839 | Cutting die for forming a plurality of thin uniformly bakeable edible assortments A cutting die includes a plurality of cutters arranged for cutting an ordered array of different size dough pieces from a sheet of dough. The dough pieces are cut from the sheet such that the array of different size dough pieces has a substantially unifor... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5003854 | Device for fastening a die on a tool carrier cylinder of a rotary machine A device for fastening a die, such as a semi-cylindrical element on a tool carrying cylinder, which includes each of the dies having parallel extending ribs provided either with oblique surface portions or an oblique surface, the carrier is provided with ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4377098 | Apparatus for simultaneous severing of plural moving parallel rods Apparatus for simultaneously severing plural parallel filter rods which issue from an extruder and move axially at the same speed has a knife mounted on a holder which is rotatable about an axis extending in parallelism with the axes of the rods. The knif... | 03/22/1983 |
