Abstract: A control panel of the present invention includes a base and a mount mounted on the base and loaded with a display and devices to be operated by the operator of the apparatus. The base includes a support portion for supporting the mount. The support portion supports the front edge portion of the mount by causing it to slidably contact the front edge portion of the support portion in substantially the front-and-rear direction and supports the rear wall of the mount with its rear wall such that the rear wall of the mount is movable in the up-and-down direction and can be fixed in position in the same direction. The angle of the top of the mount is therefore variable without resorting to extra members for angular movement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printer having a paper transporting cylinder and a housing provided with a panel having a paper output slit. The printer also has a device for protecting against the penetration of dust and spray water. According to the invention, the device includes a wedge which, in a first position, closes the paper output slit when the printer is not in use, and, in a second position, opens the paper output slit when the printer is in use in such a way that paper can pass though the paper output slit. The invention also has a drive for displacing the closing wedge from the first position to the second position and back.

Abstract: A dust cover for a computer keyboard has a rectangular plastic body and two cords. The dust cover can fit any computer keyboard and provide a convenient and reliable way to press keys on the keyboard while simultaneously protecting the keyboard from pathogens and other contaminants.

Abstract: A portable keyboard includes a selected number of standard-size keys in a reduced size housing having a removable cover that both protects the keyboard during transit and can be removed and used to support the portable keyboard in selected positions to aid in its use. The reduced size housing and standard-size keys are configured, sized, dimensioned to be operated with a minimum number of errors and to be stored in a portable computer carrying case when not in use.

Abstract: A protective cover or envelope for a keyboard array that prevents entry of contaminants such as water, foodstuffs, chemical compounds, including medical or pharmaceutical compositions in the form of fluids or solids, dust and the like into the interior of the keyboard assembly from the keypad top deck. A membrane of a resilient, substantially transparent, material, such as an elastomeric polyolefin, is used to form a one-piece cover that extends over the keyboard array and preferably at least a portion of the obverse face of the keyboard assembly and acts to drape or enshroud the keyboard assembly on its upper face or deck. Preferably the elastomeric cover is an envelope-like membrane structure of generally uniform thickness and is constructed in a shape that when stretched to receive the keyboard, it covers the top portion of the key array as well as extending at least partially down the side walls of the keyboard and is in proximate contact with the top deck of the keyboard assembly.

Abstract: A computer case having a pull bar structure for removing a front panel has a pull bar slidably mounted on the bottom wall of the case. The front wall of the case is provided with a front panel. To remove or to mount the front panel, only one side panel has to be taken off first. The pull bar is then pulled so as to decouple a bulged fixing dot on a pressing end thereof with a fixing hole on a fixing member of the front panel. A computer case having a pull bar structure therefore simplifies the process of removing the front panel and saves a significant amount of time.

Abstract: A flexible guide for paper sheets exiting the outlet slot of office equipment. The flexible paper guide is easily attachable to a variety of office equipment, which, ordinarily, do not have sheet paper guides. After being attached to the desired office equipment surface, the flexible guide extends over a roll of unprinted material keeping the unused material clean and preventing the printed material from re-coiling and re-entering the material inlet slot. The flexible paper guide has an attachment layer for fastening the guide to the upper surface of the desired office equipment, and is made from a flexible material. The flexible material causes the flexible and tensioned guide to bend, which produces a low angle between the plane of the flexible material guide and the plane of the upper surface of the equipment.

Abstract: A shield for protecting a keyboard assembly includes a one-piece resiliently flexible membrane having a generally planar base overlaying a deck portion of the keyboard assembly, and one or more raised bubbles formed in the membrane and configured to envelope an entire key array or separate or combined key clusters of the keyboard assembly. In a particularly preferred form, a raised bubble enveloping an alpha-numeric and format/command key cluster includes grooves configured to surround and form-fit only alphabetical, numeric, punctuation and symbol keys of the cluster. Thus, a shield adapted for use on the keyboard assembly selected from numerous keyboard assemblies having different key configurations is attained.

Abstract: Disposable transparent covers for a computer keyboard that are adapted to be left on the keyboard for short periods of time so as to protect against diseases when the keyboard is being manipulated by laboratory and/or dental technicians and to protect against accumulations of dust and dirt that might incapacitate a computer. Preferably, the covers come in a package and are replaced after each patient. The covers may be detachably secured to the keyboard or generally envelopes same.

Abstract: A protective device for dispensing devices, such as printers, used in a relatively hostile environment. The protective device includes a dispenser which is mounted adjacent the document feed path opening of the dispensing devices. The dispenser covers the document feed path opening to minimize penetration of grease, oil, moisture or other contaminants into the internal mechanism of the dispensing device. An access opening in the dispenser allows easy retrieval of documents produced from the dispensing device. The top portion of the dispenser acts as a guide for the guiding of the dispensed document through the access opening. The dispenser can be formed as part of a separate enclosure, formed as part of the dispensing device cover assembly or provided as a separate accessory which can be mounted on the dispensing device cover assembly.

Abstract: A cabinet having a compartment disposed in an interior of the cabinet to house an electrical component. The compartment located at the base of the cabinet having Teflon rails and a stop. The compartment for holding a battery pack therein. The battery pack being slidably received into, and removed from the compartment. The battery pack engaging the stop of the cabinet, preventing the battery pack from being removed in a single sliding movement. The battery pack positioned at the base of the cabinet frame to lower its center of gravity, thus increasing the stability of the cabinet. The battery pack held firmly within the compartment during transportation of the cabinet by guide pins and finger screws.

Abstract: An apparatus that dispenses disposable sanitary keyboard covers of a flexible transparent plastic film that is drawn across a key array and provides a sanitary cover that allows full use of the keyboard. When a subsequent user uses the keyboard, a new length of plastic film is drawn, and the old length of film is discarded. The apparatus includes a frame having a first tray holding a dispensing reel of plastic film at one end, and at the other end a second tray holding a take-up reel in a first embodiment, or rollers that direct the film to a slot in the outer wall of the tray with a cutting blade adjacent to the slot in a second embodiment.

Abstract: This invention is a protective cover for a keyboard or other control panel with attachment means, using different options as preferred for specific equipment. The cover can be separately obtained and secured to the housing or chassis of various equipment. The purpose of the cover is to allow owners of equipment with control panels and keyboards, including touch pads, to separately purchase a protective cover that can be secured to the equipment. The cover is for protection against inadvertent key or button depression, settling of dust, spattering of liquid, and other adverse effects.The invention consists of (1) a lid, also referred to as a plate in this disclosure, and (2) a frame that is attachable to the housing of keyboards by adhesive regions on the bottom of the frame or other means as described in this patent. Adhesive regions can consist of peel-off adhesive, suction cups, stick-on VELCRO regions, snaps, and the like. Other means include spring-loaded clamps that fit snugly onto the chassis.

Abstract: A dust cover assembly for a computer keyboard includes a shell body which is attached to a longitudinal side of the keyboard. A slit is longitudinally formed on a peripheral upperside of the shell body. A hollow spindle is rotatably mounted in the shell body. A plug is fitted in a first end of the spindle. A flexible screen has a first end attached to the spindle and has a distal end with an elongated slat mounted thereon. A first cap member is attached to a first end of the shell body. A rod has a first end securely fitted in the first cap member and has a second end mounted in the spindle through the plug. A torsional spring is rotatably mounted around the rod and has a first end securely attached to the plug to rotate therewith and a second end fixed to the second end of the rod. A second hollow cap member is attached to a second end of the shell body and has a slot formed in an upper side thereof.

Abstract: A cover and wrist rest for a keyboard, such as for computers, is provided so that in one position it can provide a closed compartment suitable for storing computer diskettes, pens, pencils, and the like and also provide support for a user's wrist and in another position it can cover the keys of the keyboard to prevent damage to the keys and unwanted material from entering the space between the keys.

Abstract: A foam keyboard and wrist-support and keyboard dust-cover apparatus which comprises a foldable, flat-sheet, generally rectangular, flexible foam sheet material comprised of a plurality of separate foam sections singly die cut from a foam sheet material, to form a plurality of foam sections having short, uncut foam hinges connecting each of the foam sections and adapted to be moved between a wrist-support position in front of a keyboard, with a plurality of the foam sections stackably folded on top of each other, to form a wrist-support pad, and with at least one foam section beneath the front portion of the keyboard, to retain the wrist-support keyboard pad in position, and a keyboard dust-cover protecting position, wherein the stacked, folded, foam support pad is then extended, to form a protective dust cover over the face of the keyboard, and a method of preparing a foam keyboard wrist-support and keyboard dust-cover apparatus which comprises die cutting, in a single die-cutting operation, a generally recta

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for facilitating manual feeding of business forms into business forms handling equipment to bypass the automatic feeder, primarily in the production of mailers from forms having pressure sensitive adhesive strips. Mounted at the interface between the conveyor and folder of the handling equipment is a transparent plastic plate having a slot with forms guides, and a forms centering scale adjacent the slot. A finger opening in, and an upstanding finger tab on, the quadrate plate may be provided to allow it to be lifted out of place covering the interface area between the conveyor and folder. An interlock engaging projection is provided on the plate for stopping operation of the equipment when it is removed. One may bypass the automatic feeding of the conveyor by manually inserting forms into the slot guided by the forms guides.

Abstract: A printer is provided with a band 44 attached to the printhead 54 to move to-and-fro across the line of printing, and around rollers (98,110) allowing it to pass beneath a printing support bed 12 so that introduced documents and documents being printed are restrained from excessive separation from the printing support bed 12. The band 44 is supported in association with the printhead 54 by non-return cylinders 58,64 capable only of uni-directional rotation. Each cylinder 58,64 is provided with a rotary spring 76 which takes up any excess length developing in the band 44. Spring loaded rollers 98,110 at either end of the printing path support the band 44. Electrical indication is provided when one, the other or both of the cylinders 58,64 cease to take up excess length and when one, the other or both of the spring loaded rollers 98,110 also cease to take up excess length in the band 44.

Abstract: The present arrangement includes a plurality of support members each having a slot therein and wherein each slot is substantially equal to the thickness of a viewing member (an overlay piece). The viewing member is formed to not reflect light, that is to have a light anti-relection characteristic and is disposed between a viewer and the item to be viewed. The support members are slipped slotwise over the edges of the overlay piece and provide supports to hold the overlay piece on the item to be viewed and permit removable therefrom without interfering with the view of the item to be viewed. In one embodiment the overlay member is movably mounted through the support members.

Abstract: A printhead cartridge and carriage assembly (10) for use with ink-jet printers is disclosed. The assembly is provided with means (56) for ensuring that an ink-jet cartridge (20) is securely locked in place in a cartridge carrier (12), means (78, 78a, 80, 80a, 82, 82a) for ensuring that cartridge is registered in a given, fixed, repeatable position each time, means (128) for ensuring that the cartridge is spaced from the printing medium (40) a minimum, fixed distance, means (100) on the carriage for maintaining this fixed distance, and interconnect means (84) for connecting a printhead assembly (34) on the cartridge with a microprocessor for controlling the pattern of ink drop ejection. The assembly further includes a preloader assembly (106) for preventing backward rotational pivoting of the carriage about a slider rod (44) associated with a platen (46) of the printer and for urging the carriage toward the medium on the platen.

Abstract: A sheet presser mechanism for use in a recorder comprises a platen rotatable about its own axis, a drawing instrument directed toward the platen and movable axially thereof, a pair of spaced support members movable toward and away from the platen, a pair of presser roller units rotatably supported on the support members, respectively, and positioned respectively at axial ends of the platen. The presser rollers have shafts parallel to the platen and normally held resiliently against the platen, and a paper presser bar is spaced from the presser rollers in a circumferential direction of the platen so as to extend parallel to the platen. A pivot lever with a cover thereon supports the paper presser bar for moving the latter away from the platen, and a pair of presser members are actuatable in response to turning movement of the pivot lever to move the paper presser bar away from the platen for pushing the support members to move the presser rollers away from the platen.

Abstract: A device for opening and closing a data carrier exit slit. The device includes a mobile door disposed at the level of the slit so as to cover it and a mechanism for raising and lowering the door, so that the door occupies a raised position in which the slit is open, thus allowing the carrier to leave and a lowered position in which the slit is sealingly closed, thus preventing the carrier from leaving.

Abstract: The device disclosed is a combination sound hood and glare suppressing visor for use on office machines such as typewriters, to contain machine operating noise while at the same time retaining visibility of the document being printed.The device is moveable away from the paper opening of the typewriter or office machine to allow access to the printing region of the typewriter and, upon the removal of the device from the printing region, the glare shield is lowered or collapsed controllably to remove obstructions to operator access of the printing zone. As the sound hood is replaced over the paper aperture of the typewriter or printer, the glare shield is again erected to its preset position to suppress glare from overhead and back lighting illumination. The visor is adjustable to present substantially an edge view thereof, thereby minimizing operator distraction. The sound hood may be pivotally raised to a vertical or past vertical position to give access to the printing element or the typing zone.