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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 |
| 6148802 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine, especially of an automobile An internal combustion engine especially for a motor vehicle is described which is provided with an injection valve (11) with which fuel from a tank (3) can be injected directly into a combustion chamber either in a first mode of operation (S) during a co... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148803 | Leakage diagnosing device for fuel evaporated gas purge system A leakage diagnosing apparatus for an evaporated gas purge system, which executes purge system leakage diagnosis based on a detected pressure change amount and an introduced pressure which is introduced into a part of the purge system including at least a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148804 | Duty cycling feature for the proportional purge solenoid to improve low flow resolution A method of controlling a proportional purge solenoid is provided to improve low flow resolution. The method includes looking-up a primary duty cycle corresponding to purge current in a three-dimensional surface by using purge flow and vacuum level as inp... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148805 | Engine with hydraulic fuel injection and EGR valve using a single high pressure pump An engine system comprises a hydraulically actuated fuel injection system and an EGR valve circuit connected via a fluid flow passage that provides hydraulic fluid to both the fuel injection system and to the EGR valve circuit. The hydraulically actuated ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148806 | Valve unit Disclosed is a subunit for a machine driven by an internal combustion engine, in which the components are integrated in a module and wherein means have been provided to connect the module to the internal combustion engine.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148807 | Crankcase fluid processing system for automotive engine A crankcase fluid processing system for a reciprocating automotive internal combustion engine includes a fluid collector pan for closing the lower ends of the cylinder block into separate bays and an evacuation valve for each of the bays, with the valves ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148808 | Individual cylinder fuel control having adaptive transport delay index An improved individual cylinder fuel control method based on sampled readings of a single oxygen sensor responsive to the combined exhaust gas flow of several engine cylinders. The oxygen sensor output is sampled in synchronism with the engine firing even... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148809 | Oxygen sensor controlled continuous flow fuel system A continuous flow fuel system includes an oxygen sensor for analyzing the exhaust gases of an engine. The output from the oxygen sensor, representing the oxygen content in the exhaust gases, is transmitted to an electronic control module, which in turn co... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148810 | Cutting/Breaking apparatus A tile cutter has a base molding of plastic material, which defines a surface for reception of a tile to be cut/broken, and spaced upstanding ends. Cutting/breaking forces applied during use are resisted/absorbed by a steel bar extending between the upsta... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148811 | Combined burner and grate A combined burner and grate structure for use in connection with a gas range includes one or more burner elements. Each burner element has one or more fuel inlets, one or more fuel outlets disposed on one or more side surfaces, and a top surface. A horizo... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148812 | Cooking unit, such as a stove, for cooking food Unit with at least one plate made of a material, which material is permeable to thermal radiation, such as glass ceramic, glass, ceramic or a similar material, as a surface for cooking, frying and/or keeping warm. The unit with at least one plate is on a ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148813 | Telescoping oven rack assembly A telescoping rack assembly for an oven cavity includes a rack extendable upon a primary rack frame which, in turn, is mounted for sliding movement relative to the oven cavity. Therefore, with this arrangement, multiple extensions for the rack is availabl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148814 | Method and system for patient monitoring and respiratory assistance control through mechanical ventilation by the use of deterministic protocols A method and system for managing mechanical ventilation of patients with respiratory disorders is described. The main objective of the system is to generate executable instructions for patient care which take into account a large number of parameters of p... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148815 | Electronic medication chronolog device An electronic medication chronolog device adapted for attachment to various shapes and sizes of conventional pressurized inhalant packages. The packages include in common an actuator housing with one end having a mouthpiece and an opposite end having an o... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148816 | Ventilator for intensified breathing and valve in patient conduit of apparatus for intensified breathing The invention relates to a ventilator for intensified breathing, whereby a restrictor valve for an over-pressure in the system, a valve allowing breathing from the atmosphere and a directional valve for inhalation are combined to provide a single safety v... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148817 | Multi-part headband and respirator mask assembly and process for making same A multi-part headband attachable to a face mask blank and a method of attaching the same. The multi-part headband has a unit length corresponding to the distance between the attachment locations as measured along a surface of the face mask blank or along ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148818 | Helically-reinforced tubes An endotracheal tube has a wall of PVC and a reinforcement filament of a harder plastics wound with a canted helical form so that adjacent turns of the filament slope at angles of 70° and 80° respectively in the plane of curvature of the tube.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148819 | Method and kit for adhering a prophylactic to the male glans penis A method and a kit for adhering a glans cap, or micro-condom, to the glans of the penis. The kit contains a liquid adhesive and an applicator, a liquid solvent and an applicator, and a glans cap having a minimum of a reservoir, a pre-applied adhesive coat... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148820 | Apparatus for inhibiting nocturnal drying of the oral cavity The present invention relates to an apparatus for inhibiting nocturnal drying of the oral cavity from breathing through a person's mouth. More particularly, the invention is directed to an apparatus comprising an air permeable cover, an elastic strap atta... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148821 | Selective nonlinear attenuating earplug The present invention presents a selective nonlinear attenuating earplug. The earplug is tunable by the wearer and permits the wearer to select the performance of the earplug. The earplug of the present invention can function either in a selective attenua... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148822 | Proprioceptive sole or pedal device containing crystals for treatment of statural disorders The present invention relates to an article such as a sole or a shoe adapted to contact the sole of a foot, which incorporates at least one unoriented mineral which is capable of developing a color in the wavelength range between about 400 nm and 900 nm a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148823 | Method of and system for controlling magnetic elements in the body using a gapped toroid magnet A system for controlling a magnetic element within a selected region of a patient's body includes a magnet assembly comprising first and second mutually attracting, opposed magnet faces separated by a gap; and a magnet support for supporting the magnet as... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148824 | Method for moving a portion of a paralyzed limb A method of moving a portion of a limb which has been partially paralyzed, comprises implanting a biasing device in the body of a person having a limb which is at least partially paralyzed, and attaching one end of the biasing device to a first portion of... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148825 | Method of using a dedicated internal shunt and stent for the inferior vena cava Disclosed is a method of diverting blood from the adult retro hepatic Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) and the shunting of renal and infra renal IVC blood to the right atrium when desired during surgery on the liver, its vessels, or the retro hepatic IVC. The dev... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148826 | Glass bat A device for smoking combustible materials includes a tubular body member constructed entirely of heat-resistant glass material. The device has an internal bore with an integrally formed venturi that separates the bore into a smoke chamber and a loading c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148827 | Adjustable cigar ashtray An adjustable cigar ashtray having a body including a base and at least first and second, opposing, side walls, and a slidable bridge member mounted between the first and second side walls, wherein the bridge member is slidable along a predefined path sub... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148828 | Cosmetic device for dispensing a wiping material A device for dispensing a wiping material suitable for use as a make-up applicator or a make-up remover. The cosmetic device includes an elongated casing having a wiping tip protruding from one end thereof. A slidable ribbon of wiping material is covering... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148829 | Hair treatment device and method A method of treating a tress of hair including waving of the tress of hair includes the steps of inserting the tress of hair with a required formation into a hollow device and then while retained in hollow device the tress of hair is treated with a chemic... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148830 | Tear resistant, multiblock copolymer gels and articles Novel gels and articles are formed from an intimate melt blend admixture of one or more of a linear or star-shaped multiblock copolymers having two or more midblock polymer chains and high levels of a plasticizing oil. The gels can be transparent and have a no... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148831 | Method for cleaning a web A method for cleaning a web by removing dust and other particles therefrom in which a blowing is directed at a web to cause the separation of dust from the web and a suction effect is applied to the web to remove the dust separated from the web. A vortex ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148832 | Method and apparatus for in-situ cleaning of polysilicon-coated quartz furnaces An apparatus for in-situ cleaning of polysilicon-coated quartz furnaces are presented. Traditionally, disassembling and reassembling the furnace is required to clean the quartz. This procedure requires approximately four days of down time which can be ver... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148833 | Continuous cleaning megasonic tank with reduced duty cycle transducers A sonic tank for cleaning substrates is provided. The tank has two or more upwardly angled walls. Arrays of one or more transducers are positioned along at least two of the two or more angled walls. The transducer arrays are alternately energized maintain... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148834 | Modular tent platform system A modular tent platform system for elevating a tent structure from a ground surface to enhance comfort within the tent structure and prevent saturation of the tent structure due to ground moisture, runoff, or precipitation includes substantially planar su... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148835 | Temporary housing frame A temporary housing frame is provided including a plurality of supporting columns. A first link member formed from equal length rod member connects two adjacent supporting columns. A second link member connects between the other supporting columns and is ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148836 | Hunter's portable instant blind A portable, light weight blind, for use by a hunter, photographer or an individual observing wildlife, that is suspended on a horizontal rod when in a fully set up configuration. The rod is shaped in order to form a screw at a first end and a crank handle... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148837 | Automatic pneumatic pressure control apparatus and method of controlling same When a reference signal is changed stepwise, a switch is open, and a pneumatic device with a dead time starts being actuated in a PD control mode. After elapse of the dead time, when a controlled variable changes and a position detector produces an output... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148838 | Automated processing liquid drain system The present invention discloses an automated processing liquid drain system that utilizes a series of processing liquid drain tanks and at least two waste collection tanks that are in fluid communication with the processing liquid drain tanks such that wh... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148839 | Apparatus and method for injecting liquid additives into agricultural and industrial water supplies An apparatus and method for injecting a liquid product or chemical into a main water supply line used for agricultural or industrial purposes. A pressure regulating bypass valve has an inlet side connected to an outlet line of a multi-ganged, diaphragm pu... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148840 | Locking mechanism for a valve operating device The valve operating device comprises in a housing a valve operating member, which is movable in a compartment in the housing and at its underside has a generally cone-shaped recess, and an operating rod, which is in engagement with the recess with one end... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148841 | High pressure gas valve A post valve for use with a source of high pressure gas is disclosed. The post valve includes a body having an inlet aperture extending therethrough. The body further includes an outlet aperture in fluid communication with the inlet aperture. A stem havin... | 11/21/2000 |
