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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5149950 | Hand-held laser scanning head having detachable handle portion A portable laser diode scanning head, aimable at each symbol to be read, emits and receives non-readily-visible laser light, and is equipped with a trigger-actuated aiming light arrangement for visually locating and tracking each symbol. A compact laser d... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5146068 | System for authenticating an authorized user of an IC card An IC card which has a timer circuit that shuts off the IC card within a predetermined time interval is used with a terminal which resets the timer circuit in the IC card in response to any terminal operations. This prevents the IC card from shutting itse... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5146067 | Prepayment metering system using encoded purchase cards from multiple locations A prepayment system for dispensing utilities using mag-stripe cards is disclosed wherein an accounting computer in a central office is used in conjunction with point-of-sale machines for encrypting a value message which is written onto the mag-stripe of a... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5144118 | Bar code scanning system with multiple decoding microprocessors A system for scanning bar code labels and for providing data related thereto includes scanning means for optically scanning bar code labels and providing an electrical, binary scan signal in response thereto. The scanning means includes a scanner and a sc... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5144120 | Mirrorless scanners with movable laser, optical and sensor components In bar code symbol scanning systems employing laser, optical and sensor components, a mirrorless scanner arrangement mounts one or more of these components on a drive for repetitive reciprocating movement either about an axis or in a plane to effect scann... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142129 | Passbook transport mechanism A passbook transporting or conveying mechanism has front gripping rollers for gripping the passbook in unprinted areas thereof and for moving the passbook to a printing station. The front gripping rollers are caused to be moved along guide rods in a rearw... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5142130 | Bar code reading system and bar code reading apparatus with start margin detection circuitry A bar code reading system produces a binary signal from an analog signal containing a bar code signal, and demodulates the binary signal into numerals. The bar code reading system includes an amplitude increase detector for detecting when the amplitude of... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5140142 | Laser beam bar code reading apparatus and method A bar code reading arrangement. A laser beam is scanned across a bar code which may be on a remote surface. Two detectors receive light reflected from the bar code, and convert it to an electrical signal. The detectors are laterally spaced on opposite sid... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5140141 | Bar-code reader with reading zone indicator A bar-code reader for reading bar codes on articles or commodities in supermarkets or retail stores has a scanning unit mounted on a vertically movable support post assembly and including a scanning system which emits a scanning light beam and detects lig... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5140144 | Scan board module for laser scanners A scan board module includes a printed circuit board on which optical and scanning components are mounted in an optically-aligned relationship. The module is mountable in hand-held heads and protected from damage due to external shock by shock mounts, or ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5138142 | IC card with improved power supply switching circuitry An IC card has its internal load divided into a plurality of load circuits through which substantially equal currents flow. A power supply switching circuit is provided for each of the load circuits. The switching circuits switch the power supply for the ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5132525 | Portable laser diode scanning head with aiming beam A portable laser diode scanning head, aimable at each symbol to be read, emits and receives non-readily-visible laser light, and is equipped with a trigger-actuated aiming, light arrangement for visually locating and tracking each symbol. A compact laser ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5132524 | Multi directional laser scanner An multi directional laser scanner apparatus has a frame along with a plurality of lasers removably mounted in circular fashion to the frame for producing a plurality of light beams. A multi-faceted rotating mirror assembly is rotatably mounted to the fra... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5130520 | Narrow-bodied, single- and twin-windowed portable laser scanning head for reading bar code symbols A narrow-bodied, single- and twin-windowed, hand-held, laser scanning head for reading bar code symbols includes at least one window mounted at the rear region of the head, and through which either the incident beam going to the symbol and/or the reflecte... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5128524 | Data carrier reader apparatus for selective data track reading A data terminal having a card reader assembly for reading a data card having at least a pair of magnetic stripes formed thereon at adjacent ones of at least three defined magnetic data track locations thereon. The terminal includes a read head having two ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5128523 | Microcontrolled reader for smart cards Reader for smart cards comprising a supply for the circuits of the card, a means of controlling information exchanges between the card and the reader and an input for digital signals from a pay-television system. The means of control comprises a first mic... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5126541 | Integrated circuit card An IC card including a processor, a first memory for storing therein a system program which runs on the processor and which is associated with a basic operation of the IC card, a second memory for storing therein an application program which runs on the p... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5126542 | Dynamically variable machine readable binary code and method for reading and producing thereof A machine readable binary code which is dynamically variable in size, format and density of information is provided. The binary code is formed as a matrix having a perimeter and data contained therein. The perimeter is provided with density indicia for in... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5126543 | Integrated hand microphone with barcode reader and dictation controls A combined microphone bar code sensor includes a hand-held housing and a microphone input mechanism provided in the housing for receiving voice signals and for generating electrical audio signals in response thereto. The microphone bar code sensor also in... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5124539 | Scan pattern generators for bar code symbol readers Multiple scan line pattern generators including scan patterns composed of intersecting lines are superimposed over bar code symbols to be read. At least one of the scan lines is automatically moved closer to and further away from a reader to perform a zoo... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5124536 | Dynamically variable machine readable binary code and method for reading and producing thereof A machine readable binary code which is dynamically variable in size, format and density of information is provided. The binary code is formed as a matrix having a perimeter and data contained therein. The perimeter is provided with density indicia for in... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5109153 | Flash imaging and voidable articles Voidable articles are made with an identification code and a radiant energy responsive material coated over said code. The material is invisible and remains unactivated in ambient light but obscures the identification code upon being exposed to radiant en... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5107099 | Magnetic card reader and method Apparatus and method wherein a credit card sized memory card having a magnetic storage medium thereon can be inserted into an operative position adjacent to a read/write head, and the card and head can be moved relative to each other to permit the head to... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5107100 | Portable scanner with on-board keyboard, display, transceiver and printer A scanning head includes a keyboard and a display respectively mounted at rear and front regions of the head. An outgoing laser beam exits a window positioned between the keyboard and the display, and travels over the display. A transceiver and a printer ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105073 | Credit card reader extender A credit card reader extender comprising an elongate generally rectangular body having a top side, a bottom side, a central portion and two end portions. The central portion has a generally rectangular opening therethrough extending from the bottom side t... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5105070 | Bar code scanning apparatus with rotating housing member A portable bar code scanner includes a support member and a housing member rotatably mounted on the support member and having a pair of sloping supporting surfaces oriented at an angle to each other and a floor portion on which is mounted a reflecting mir... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103080 | Digitizer signal processing circuit for a bar code A signal processor digitizer circuit is disclosed for reading bar code symbols by detecting the times at which a scanning light spot moves from a space onto a bar code symbol or moved from a bar code signal onto a space. The novel signal processor digitiz... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101096 | Optical recording sheet and method and apparatus for reproducing the same An optical recording sheet includes a plurality of data columns consisting of optical recording dots arranged in a matrix shape and column markers corresponding to the data columns. The data columns and the column markers of the optical recording sheet ar... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5097118 | Portable electronic apparatus for writing and reading data to and from an external device and performing data memory allocation A memory section of an IC card is divided into a plurality of areas. Identification data is induvidually assigned to each area. The IC card has a first means for selecting a physically identical area based on at least two identification data. The IC card ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5091618 | IC card reader/writer The present invention relates to an IC card reader/writer into which an IC card can be easily inserted and having connection reliability of contact points thereof. According to the present invention, there is provided an IC card reader/writer including an... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5089694 | Card reader device having automatic means for clamping the card to be read and for automatically ejecting the card at the end of the card reading and writing operations A card reader system for reading a fare card containing data, the card being adapted for insertion into the reader; the operation is such that the card is held in a fixed position while it is being read and while other operations such as erase, write, and... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5088085 | Magneto-optic disk unit having means for preventing erroneous insertion of disk cartridge A magneto-optic disk unit includes a cartridge holder having an insertion opening, an inside surface and first and second surfaces, an erroneous insertion preventing mechanism having at one end a stopper portion for prohibiting erroneous insertion of a ma... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5083013 | System for remote information interchange between a portable object and a station The station, in particular a terminal, comprises an oscillator (OS) having a feedback loop (1) and a station inductor element (L10) suitable for conferring a working frequency to the oscillator which varies relative to a rest frequency. The station also i... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5081342 | Universal digital code processor A universal digital code processor device (10) for the processing of scanner digital input data including bar code data is disclosed. The device is flexible and universal in nature in that it can provide inputs to both a fixed program decoder (20) for the... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5075538 | Portable laser diode scanning head A portable laser diode scanning head, aimable at each symbol to be read, emits and receives non-readily-visible laser light, and is equipped with a trigger-actuated aiming light arrangement for visually locating and tracking each symbol. A compact laser d... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5073702 | Multiple beam bar code scanner A bar code scanner includes a source of a scanning light beam which is intercepted by a beam splitter which divides the laser beam into two secondary light beams. Each secondary light beam is projected through a focusing lens which focuses each beam at a ... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5073703 | Apparatus for encoding electrical identification devices by means of selectively fusible links Key-like portable electronic identification devices and other electronic devices adapted to be inserted into mating electrical receptacles. The bodies of the devices in their preferred embodiments are formed of plastic molded around a printed circuit subs... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5073928 | Cordless telephone system having an automatic answering device A cordless telephone system comprising a master set, a slave set, and a charger includes terminals for connecting the slave set and the charger so that communication of speech signals and control signals can be conducted. The charger includes an automatic... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5073700 | Mark sense detector with variable threshold A mark sense detector with a threshold detector having a weighted and variable threshold discriminates reflective variations on an illuminated surface such as a hand-marked lottery entry card having a plurality of tracks with potential reflective variatio... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5072101 | Computer security system with key-receiving socket A security system is provided for controlling access to information stored in a target memory in which an access key carries a random access binary memory which is electronically programmable, electronically alterable, directly electronically readable and... | 12/10/1991 |
