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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 |
| 5275208 | Flexible hose construction and method of making the same A flexible hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the flexible hose construction comprising an inner corrugated hose made of polymeric material and having a plurality of outwardly convex projections with recesses therebetween and ex... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275209 | Hose including an aluminum alloy A reinforced hose including at least one of a pressure-resistant reinforcement, a tensile-strength reinforcement and/or an inner carcass. At least one of the pressure-resistant reinforcement, the tensile-strength reinforcement and the inner carcass have a... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275210 | Nose guide for a heddle frame A nose guide including a fastening mechanism for attaching the nose guide to a harness frame on a weaving loom. The fastening mechanism includes a pair of elongated straps and a pair of bosses carried on the inner surfaces of the straps which are provided... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275211 | Electromagnetically activated jacquard control arrangement An electromagnetically activated jacquard control arrangement comprising a plurality of control elements each combined with a lifter element (16) and each provided with an electromagnet (19) with an armature (21). There is further provided a lifter plate ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275212 | Aerosol filling method A process for preparing a medicinal aerosol formulation containing a propellant that is gaseous at standard temperature and pressure and filling the formulation into a metered dose aerosol canister. The process involves mixing the propellant and the drug ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275213 | Fuel filling and venting device A liquid fuel tank filling and venting device including a hollow body member containing a chamber, an inlet opening for supplying fuel downwardly into the chamber, a fuel outlet opening for supplying fuel from the chamber, and an overflow opening connecte... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275214 | Apparatus for unloading pressurized fluid An apparatus for unloading fluid, preferably pressurized gas, from containers in a controlled manner that protects the immediate area from exposure to the container contents. The device consists of an unloading housing, which is enclosed within at least o... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275215 | Vacuum fill system The present invention is a vacuum fill system for deaerating flowable materials for storage in a container. The vacuum fill system in general has a hollow, cylindrical container connected to a plurality of valves, slide gate valves and a vacuum pump in or... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275216 | Liquid overflow shut-off valve An add-on liquid overflow shut-off valve for a tank. The device is used to ensure that a holding tank is not overfilled and provides a fail safe way to prevent spillage when pumping into a holding tank. The device provides a warning indicator when the hol... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275217 | One-piece wallet to carry bills on outside An inside-out wallet designed to carry currency completely exposed on the outside face of the wallet, allowing for easy access to currency with pockets to carry credit cards. The wallet can be folded and conveniently and comfortably carried in a front poc... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275218 | Precure tread for a new tire, and retread tires A precure tread for a tire has surface grooves facing a tread face, rear grooves facing a crown portion of a base tire, and a passage for communication between the rear grooves to atmosphere. The groove bottom of the rear grooves is located at a higher le... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275219 | Environmentally interactive automatic closing system for blinds and other louvered window coverings A louvered window covering, such as a vertical or horizontal venetian blind, is provided with a thermal actuator to automatically rotate slats forming the louvered window covering between open and closed positions. The actuator includes at least one memor... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275220 | Visual privacy system for open plan furniture arrangement A system for providing temporary visual privacy across an interval in a modular open plan furniture arrangement. A horizontally retractable panel is situated at one side of the interval. The retractable panel is provided with means for drawing the panel c... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275221 | Guide rod for window decorations or shading systems The invention relates to a guide rod for a fabric for window decoration or shading system, wherein the fabric can be gathered essentially perpendicularly to the guide rod. The rod comprises a pair of sliding pins (2), telescopingly mounted at each end of ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275222 | Cord lock and release system for blinds A cord lock and release system for use in a window blind assembly. The system has a stationary member and a movable member. The movable member is positioned so that at least one lift cord can move across a portion of the movable member when the movable me... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275223 | Support roller provided with roll-up mechanism for rolling doors, gates and the like A support roller having a one-piece construction which can be cut to size to fit any sized doorway, with an outer perimeter of the support roller or flanges mounted on the support roller having a predetermined configuration to permit a rolling door, gate ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275224 | Corner bracket for a fabric support track assembly A corner bracket is provided for use with a fabric supporting track assembly of a type adapted for installation of a fabric wall covering onto a wall. The corner bracket has a generally triangular configuration defining a generally L-shaped corner piece h... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275225 | Swag support A swag support comprising an elongated tubular rod and a longitudinal slot at the rear side of the rod. Each swag holder includes a head portion mounted in the slot in the rod; an arm portion extending upwardly from the head and a C-shaped front portion t... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275226 | Method and apparatus for casting A porous preform is placed in a nonporous mold chamber of a pressure vessel. A material is placed in a crucible of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is evacuated through a snorkel fluidically connected to the mold chamber and extending therefrom ou... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275227 | Casting process for the production of castings by directional or monocrystalline solidification A process for the production of castings by directional or monocrystalline solidification is carried out in a vacuum casting plant which, apart from a conventional cooling plate, has no additional heating devices for the casting mold. The unidirectional h... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275228 | Process and apparatus for production of single-crystal turbine blades A process and apparatus for the production of a single-crystal article, such as a turbine blade, by casting a molten metal into a casting mold with a single crystal seed crystal at the bottom of the casting mold. The casting mold is heated and vacuum-puri... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275229 | Magnetic suspension melting apparatus Apparatus for inductively melting a quantity of metal without a container includes a first induction coil having a plurality of turns defining a volume for receiving a quantity of metal, the first induction coil being adapted to exert a force on the metal... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275230 | Regenerative preheater and method for operating the same A regenerative preheater includes a heat accumulator and a catalyst through which a raw gas containing a harmful component can flow and through which a clean gas can flow in alternation. A first admission point for a gaseous reagent is disposed upstream o... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275231 | Cooling system for an automotive engine A cooling system for an automotive engine has a first passage provided between an outlet of a water jacket of the engine and an inlet of a radiator, a second passage provided between an outlet of the radiator and an inlet of the water jacket, and a first ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275232 | Dual manifold heat pipe evaporator An improved evaporator section for a dual manifold heat pipe. Both the upper and lower manifolds can have surfaces exposed to the heat source which evaporate the working fluid. The tubes in the tube bank between the manifolds have openings in their lower ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275233 | Apparatus for removing moisture from a hot compressed gas An apparatus for removing moisture from a hot compressed gas before the gas is delivered to a work tool. The apparatus includes a unitary rigid structure composed of a central core, with a header mounted on each side of the core. The central core includes... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275234 | Split resistant tubular heat transfer member The improved split resistant tubular heat transfer member of the present invention is directed to an elongated tube having a substantially circular transverse cross-section. The elongated tube hereof has an outer surface and an inner surface, and further ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275235 | Panel heat exchanger A panel heat exchanger formed from thermoplastic polymer compositions and having a mesh structure between outer walls of the heat exchanger is disclosed. The thermoplastic polymer of the sheet is preferably polyamide. The mesh structure may be in the form... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275236 | Connecting tube for a heat exchanger fluid header, and a fluid header having such a connecting tube A connecting tube for a fluid header of a heat exchanger, especially a tubular header for a condenser of an air conditioning installation for a motor vehicle, comprises a cylindrical tubular body delimited by a metallic wall and extended by a flattened tu... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275237 | Liquid filled hot plate for precise temperature control A liquid filled hot plate used in integrated circuit fabrication baking processes. The hot plate uses heated liquid which is pumped throughout a circulatory system, for heating the hot plate. The hot plate has a cavity which has symmetrical parallel parti... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275238 | Downhole pump assembly A downhole pump assembly is provided for use in a fluid production line, the assembly comprising a pump disposed around a fixed central conduit for connection in said production line to provide direct access for monitoring means through the pump.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275239 | Anchoring device for tubing string A device anchors a tubing string within a stationary well casing against rotation in a predetermined angular direction. A housing is installed in-line in the tubing string. Anchoring mechanisms are spaced circumferentially about the housing. Each anchorin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275240 | Method and apparatus for preventing casing damage due to formation compaction A method and apparatus for preventing casing damage due to high axial loading in a well as a result of compaction of the surrounding earth formations. The method consists of providing specially sized and located grooves on both the inside and outside diam... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275241 | Circulating valve apparatus and drill stem test method allowing selective fluid communication between an above packer annulus and a rathole A test string section for a well comprises a circulating valve (40) including a mandrel (60), a rupture disk (68), and a series of ports (56). The valve is arranged above a packer. A second port (50) is arranged on a pipe section (44) below the packer and... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275242 | Repositioned running method for well tubulars Weighted segments are repositioned during the running of tubulars into a deviated portion of the well. One method of repositioning adds separate weights to the top of a tubular string, runs the separate weight partially "down" the well, removes the weight... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275243 | Dry powder and liquid method and apparatus for extinguishing fire A method and apparatus for extinguishing fires by simultaneously applying a spray of dry powder and liquid/liquid-foam, including a nozzle for the simultaneous spray of powder and liquid/liquid-foam, wherein the velocity of the powder stream can be adjust... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275244 | Apparatus and process for extinguishing fires with a noncombustible fluid in liquid and gaseous states The present invention provides an apparatus and process to extinguish fires in oil wells by encircling the nucleus of the fire by creating a barrier of isolation of the fuel. The apparatus expands gases in the gaseous and liquid states and directs such ga... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275245 | Device to facilitate creating foxholes with explosives and method of making the same A device for facilitating creation of foxholes, and method for making the same, include a tool with a bucket auger having a hollow elongated body with openings along its length. Cutting blades are formed or attached at a distal end of the body and a conne... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275246 | Drill string bridge coupler and actuator A bridge coupling for connecting between a drill pipe and an upper tubular member, such as a kelly cock safety valve in a drill rig and an actuator mechanism for the coupling. The bridge coupling permits rapid and accurate coupling at lower torque levels ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275247 | Powertrain-driven electromagnetic rear steering system A rear steering system in which a rotary mechanical input obtained from one of the rear wheels is controllably applied to a rear steering rack through an electromagnetic clutch apparatus operated by an electronic control unit. The rotary mechanical input ... | 01/04/1994 |
