We claim:
1. A plastic sealing apparatus for forming an elongated seal within the plastic web, said plastic sealing apparatus comprising a rigid support structure having a first wall member and a second wall member, upper and lower seal bar units secured to said wall members and extending in spaced aligned relation, said seal bar units defining a plastic web path therebetween, a first of said upper and lower seal bar units being mounted for movement and defining a movable seal bar unit for movement into sealing engagement with the second of said seal bar units, said second seal bar insert mounted for forming a substantially stationary seal bar unit, comprising the improvement including:
a drive system mounted to said support structure and coupled to said movable seal bar unit for moving said movable seal bar unit into said sealing engagement with said web and pressing said web into engagement with the opposed stationary seal bar unit,
a plurality of laterally spaced fluidic cylinder units coupled to said support structure and coupled to said substantially stationary seal bar unit, each said fluidic cylinder unit including a cylinder having a front wall and a back wall, said back wall being fixed to said support structure, a piston within said cylinder having a piston rod extending from the front wall and coupled to said substantially stationary seal bar unit, said fluidic cylinder units having a fluidic input for receiving of fluid within said cylinder between said piston and said back wall of said cylinder, and a second piston rod secured to said piston and projecting outwardly through said back wall of said cylinder unit, and,
an adjustable unit secured to said second piston rod for varying the position of said second piston rod and said piston relative to said back wall and thereby varying the position of said first piston rod and said substantially stationary seal bar unit in position relative to said moveable seal bar unit, each said fluidic cylinder unit providing for the spacing of the seal bar unit in a non-operative position and in an adjustable operative position and functioning as a cushioning unit to allow some slight penetration and lost of motion during the sealing engagement of the moveable seal bar unit and the substantially stationary seal bar unit.
2. The plastic sealing apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least two of said cylinder units having the pistons fixed to said stationary seal bar unit.
3. The plastic sealing apparatus of claim 2 wherein the pistons of additional fluidic cylinder units engage and support said stationary seal bar unit.
4. The plastic sealing apparatus of claim 1 wherein said substantially stationary seal bar unit includes a seal bar, a rigid support beam aligned with and secured to the said seal bar, and wherein said second piston rod is connected to said rigid support beam.
5. The plastic sealing apparatus of claim 1 where said first piston member is secured to said support structure and includes a bottom support member, each cylinder of each of said cylinder units being secured fixedly to said bottom support member, said second piston rod extending upwardly through an opening in said support member and having an outer exposed end, an adjustable stop assembly secured to said exposed end for selectively positioning said stop assembly relative to said bottom support member and for controlling the positioning movement of said piston and thereby selectively varying the operative position of said seal bar unit.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 including a bearing member located within said bottom support member, said second positioning rod extending through said bearing member, said stop assembly including a tubular stop member telescoped over said second piston rod and abutting the bottom support member and said bearing member, the outer end of said second piston rod including a threaded portion, a threaded cap member rotatably secured on said threaded member and having an axially projecting portion extending through said tubular stop member and configured to move into engagement with said stop member upon predetermined outward movement of the piston and said piston rod to precisely locate the position of said seal bar unit in the sealing position.
7. The plastic forming apparatus of claim 6 wherein said threaded nut member includes means to lock the nut in predetermined orientation on said threaded rod.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said tubular stop member has a base portion abutting said support member and a reduced tapered portion extending therefrom to an outer reduced diameter tubular portion, and said threaded stop member being a cup shaped member having a base threaded onto said rod and an upwardly projecting skirt telescoped over said outer reduced diameter tubular portion, said base being spaced from said reduced diameter tubular portion and establishing interengagement of the base with said outer reduced diameter tubular portion and moving into engagement therewith upon the predetermined outward movement of the piston and thereby establishing said precise location of the position of the seal bar unit in the sealing position.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of said cylinder units is constructed to include a fluid supply between the piston and said bottom wall to establish a cushion support of the substantially stationary seal bar unit in the retracted position of said cylinder unit.
10. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said pistons of said additional cylinder units include pads abutting the bottom side of said stationary seal bar unit.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said stationary seal bar unit includes a support beam having a bottom wall, said pistons fixed to said stationary seal bar units each secured by a threaded projection and coupling next to said bottom wall, and additional cylinder units include a pad secured to the end of the piston and abutting said bottom wall.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-29. (canceled)
30. A method for displaying representations of a group on a screen of an electronic device, the method comprising:
classifying data into a plurality of groups;
generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups, wherein the first visual representation includes a shape having a periphery;
generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of the one group; and
displaying the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations on the screen, wherein the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the data includes data relating to a heart of a patient.
32. The method of claim 30, wherein the data includes patient ECG data.
33. The method of claim 32, further comprising analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein classifying the data is based on one of a severity and a recency of detected arrhythmic events.
35. The method of claim 30, wherein generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups includes generating a plurality of first visual representations, each of the plurality of first visual representations corresponding to a respective group of the plurality of groups.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations is displayed on the screen at a position spaced from another first visual representation.
38. The method of claim 33, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.
39. The method of claim 30, wherein the first visual representation includes an indication relating to members in the one group.
40. The method of claim 39, wherein the indication includes a numeral corresponding to a number of members in the one group.
41. The method of claim 33, wherein each of the plurality of second visualizations includes an indication relating to arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member of the one group.
42. The method of claim 41, wherein the indication includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.
43. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
generating and displaying indicia relating to a status of a data collection device.
44. The method of claim 43, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status of the data collection device changes.
45. A system for displaying representations of a group, the system comprising:
a data storage device storing instructions for displaying the representations;
a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising:
classifying data into a plurality of groups;
generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups, wherein the first visual representation includes a shape having a periphery;
generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of the one group; and
a display device configured to display the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations such that the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.
46. The system of claim 45, wherein the data includes patient ECG data.
47. The system of claim 46, further comprising analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events; and wherein classifying the data into a plurality groups includes sorting the detected arrhythmic events based on one of a severity and a recency.
48. The system of claim 45, wherein generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups includes generating a plurality of first visual representations, each of the plurality of first visual representations corresponding to a respective group of the plurality of groups, and wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.
49. The system of claim 47, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.
50. The method of claim 45, wherein the first visual representation includes a numeral disposed within the periphery of the shape, the numeral corresponding to a number of members in the one group.
51. The method of claim 47, wherein each of the plurality of second visual representations includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.
52. The method of claim 45, wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate and display indicia relating to a status of a data collection device, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status of the data collection device changes.
53. A handheld device for displaying representations of a group, the handheld device comprising:
a memory device storing instructions for displaying the representations on the handheld device;
a processor configured to execute instructions for:
generating a plurality of first visual representations corresponding to a plurality of groups based on classification of data, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a shape having a periphery;
for each of the plurality of first visual representations, generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of a respective group of data; and
a display unit configured to display the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations such that the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.
54. The handheld device of claim 53, wherein the data includes patient ECG data, the processor is further configured to analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events, and classification of data includes sorting the detected arrhythmic events based on one of a severity and a recency.
55. The handheld device of claim 54, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.
56. The handheld device of claim 54, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.
57. The handheld device of claim 53, wherein each first visual representation includes a numeral disposed within the periphery of the shape, the numeral corresponding to a number of members in the corresponding group.
58. The handheld device of claim 54, wherein each of the plurality of second visualizations includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.
59. The method of claim 53, wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate and display indicia relating to a status of a data collection device, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status of the data collection device changes.