An ink jet printer having selectively two distinct working positions (P1, P2), respectively a vertical working position (P1) and a horizontal working position (P2), comprising an external casing provided with a first and a second side, both flat, with a common edge and reciprocally inclined at an obtuse angle; a feeding tray for accommodating at the entrance the sheets to be fed to the printer; and a collecting tray, arranged to the front of the feeding tray, for collecting the sheets at the out...

A lock with changeable warding positions wherein a rotationally indexable warding member selectively enables one of a multiple of keys for operation of the lock.

A method is provided for determining edge positions by evaluating digitized electrical signals which are obtained when scanning at least one light-dark structure by means of photoreceivers. The method is characterized in that the regions of four adjacent photoreceivers (i; i+1; i+2; i+3), in the middle of which is located an edge to be determined, are first determined from the signals Y.sub.i, in that the type of edge, light edge, dark edge or dark-light edge or white-black transition or black-w...

A digitizer for use as an input device for a computer system is provided. The digitizer is of the passive type, having a coordinate board for use as an input board which does not include any power sources or active circuit elements. In the coordinate board there is configured a plurality of resonant loop coils along each of two coordinate axes, whose resonant frequencies are mutually different. A position indicating device, exemplified by a hand-held pointer, includes an antenna coil electromagn...

A lock apparatus including a shackle having first and second joined leg portions and a cross member pivotally connected to the first leg portion for pivotal rotation relative to the shackle, about a pivotal axis. The cross member has an opening for receiving a portion of the second leg portion therein when the lock is in a closed position and a bolt connected to the cross member is operable to selectively releasably engage the second leg portion when the lock is in the closed position. The appar...

A sorter for receiving sheets supplied from a sheet supply machine is formed of a sheet distributing section for distributing sheets supplied from the sheet supply machine, a plurality of bins situated near the sheet distributing section for receiving the sheets from the sheet distributing section, and a positioning device for positioning the bins to a home position, a sheet receiving position and a sheet taking position. The bins are arranged adjacent to each other and are movable relative to t...

A position detecting method detects each position of a photosensitive substrate when executing shots of circuit patterns so that the circuit patterns are further superposed on the photosensitive substrate already formed with the circuit patterns. The method comprises the steps of performing a shot of a circuit pattern of a reticle in superposition on liquid crystal pixel segments already formed on a glass plate, registering, in a memory, a circuit pattern as a reference image in the liquid cryst...

An apparatus to enable one's position to be easily found on a traditional map having its own coordinate system distinct from a wide area coordinate system, data is associated with the map from which the relationship--between the map coordinate system and the wide area coordinate system can be determined. The apparatus has a reader for reading the data associated with the map, a memory for storing the read data, a GPS receiver for receiving transmissions from GPS satellites and determining the po...

A toy comprising a plurality of hollow tubular segments, each of which segments is angled. The segments are arranged in abutting end-to-end relationship to form an endless structure. The segments are held together elastically. Each segment is rotatable in respect to abutting segments. The toy is thus capable of being twisted into a large number of different positions.

An apparatus for turning upright any can in a conveyor system which happens to fall over on the conveyor to thereby enable the automatically functioning filling, sealing and labelling apparatus to handle the can in its expected upright position, thereby avoiding spilling or other malfunction of the system. The apparatus includes means cooperative with the conveyor system whereby fallen cans are grasped at the top rim and pulled upright as the conveyor system pushes cans along the conveyor. The c...