1. A steam humidifier, comprising:
(i) a housing;
(ii) a tank;
(iii) a heater for heating water in the tank to generate steam; and
(iv) a steam tube having a fluid passageway defined by rigid walls, wherein the steam tube is releasably securable to the tank by, at least in part, rotating the steam tube relative to the tank, and when secured to the tank, the steam tube extends out from the housing.
2. The steam humidifier of claim 1, wherein the housing includes one or more features for mounting the housing to a duct of an HVAC system such that the steam tube extends out from the housing and into an interior of the duct.
3. The steam humidifier of claim 1, further including a sealing element for providing a fluid tight seal between the steam tube and the tank when the steam tube is releasably secured to the tank.
4. The steam humidifier of claim 1, wherein the steam tube and tank are releasably securable together in the field by hand without any tools.
5. The steam humidifier of claim 1, wherein the tank includes a reduced cross-sectional area on top of the tank, where the steam tube is releasably securable to the reduced cross-sectional area.
6. The steam humidifier of claim 5, wherein the reduced cross-sectional area includes a dome shaped portion.
7. A steam humidifier, comprising:
(i) a tank for heating water to generate steam; and
(ii) a steam tube having a fluid passageway defined by rigid walls, the steam tube and the tank being configured to be releasably securable together in the field, wherein the steam tube is securable to the tank by, at least in part, rotating the steam tube relative to the tank and when releasably secured together, the steam tube directs steam from the tank, through the fluid passageway, and towards a duct of an HVAC system.
8. The steam humidifier of claim 7, wherein the steam humidifier includes a housing, and at least part of the steam tube extends out external of the housing when the steam tube is secured to the tank.
9. The steam humidifier of claim 8, wherein the housing includes one or more features for mounting the housing to a duct such that the steam tube extends out from the housing and into an interior of the duct.
10. The steam humidifier of claim 7, further including a sealing element for providing a fluid tight seal between the steam tube and the tank when the steam tube is releasably secured to the tank.
11. The steam humidifier of claim 7, wherein the steam tube and tank are releasably securable together in the field by hand without any tools.
12. The steam humidifier of claim 7, wherein the tank includes a reduced cross-sectional area on top of the tank, where the steam tube is releasably securable to the reduced cross-sectional area.
13. The steam humidifier of claim 12, wherein the reduced cross-sectional area includes a dome shaped portion.
14. A method of assembling a steam humidifier, the method comprising:
(i) obtaining a steam tube having a fluid passageway defined by rigid walls;
(ii) obtaining a tank for heating water to generate steam, the tank including a steam tube receiver, the steam tube and the tank being configured to be rotatably securable together in the field;
(iii) aligning the steam tube with the steam tube receiver of the tank; and
(iv) rotating the steam tube relative to the steam tube receiver to releasably secure the steam tube relative to the tank such that when secured together, the steam tube directs steam from the tank, through the fluid passageway, and towards a duct of an HVAC system.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising mounting the steam humidifier to a duct of an HVAC system.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising cutting a hole in the duct of the HVAC system to receive the steam tube before mounting the steam humidifier to a duct of the HVAC system.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising inserting the steam tube though the hole in the duct of the HVAC system when mounting the steam humidifier to the duct.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising activating the steam humidifier to produce steam.
19. The method of claim 14, further comprising rotating the steam tube relative to the steam tube receiver to release the steam tube from the tank.
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. An object processing device including a display unit configured to display an image containing a plurality of objects, an input unit configured to be able to detect input from a user indicating a position on the display unit and formed integrally with the display unit and a selection receiving unit configured to receive selection input of one or more objects displayed on the display unit based on input detected by the input unit, comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect instruction input different from selection input of objects by the selection receiving unit; and
an execution unit configured to, when instruction input detected by the detection unit is specified instruction input, execute specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input on non-selected objects being objects other than the object of which selection input is performing by the user among the plurality of objects displayed by the display unit.
2. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect an event including a direction parameter with respect to a state of the object processing device, and detects an event having a specified direction parameter as the instruction input.
3. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect an event including direction and size parameters with respect to a state of the object processing device, and detects an event having specified direction and size parameters as the instruction input.
4. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect a time period when a specified operation is performed on the object processing device, and detects a specified operating time period related to the operation as the instruction input.
5. The object processing device according to claim 2, wherein
the detection unit can detect a detected value from a gyro sensor included in the object processing device, and detects a specified detected value as the instruction input.
6. The object processing device according to claim 2, wherein
the detection unit can detect a detected value from an acceleration sensor included in the object processing device, and detects a specified detected value as the instruction input.
7. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect a user’s voice, and detects a specified keyword included in the voice as the instruction input.
8. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit detects specified input by a user detected by the input unit as the instruction input.
9. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the execution unit executes any one of processing of randomly changing positions of the non-selected objects on the display unit, processing of deleting the non-selected objects, and processing of moving the non-selected objects to another page different from a page where the non-selected objects are displayed, as the specified processing.
10. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the execution unit executes first processing on the non-selected objects and executes second processing different from the first processing on selected objects being objects selected by the selection accepting unit.
11. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect first instruction input and second instruction input different from the first instruction input as instruction input for processing on objects, and
when the first instruction input is detected by the detection unit, the execution unit executes first processing on the non-selected objects, and when the second instruction input is detected by the detection unit, the execution unit executes second processing different from the first processing on the non-selected objects.
12. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the detection unit can detect first instruction input and second instruction input different from the first instruction input as instruction input for processing on objects, and
when the first instruction input is detected by the detection unit, the execution unit executes first processing on the non-selected objects, and when the second instruction input is detected by the detection unit, the execution unit executes second processing different from or identical to the first processing on selected objects being objects selected by the selection accepting unit.
13. The object processing device according to claim 11, wherein
the detection unit detects an event including a direction parameter with respect to a state of the object processing device, detects an event having a first direction parameter as the first instruction input, and detects an event having a second direction parameter different from the first direction as the second instruction input.
14. The object processing device according to claim 11, wherein
the detection unit can detect a time period when a specified operation is performed on the object processing device, and when the detected operating time period corresponds to a preset first time range, detects the detected operation as the first instruction input, and when the detected operating time period corresponds to a preset second time range, detects the detected operation as the second instruction input.
15. The object processing device according to claim 10, wherein
the execution unit executes any one of processing of randomly changing positions of the objects to be processed on the display unit, processing of deleting the objects to be processed, and processing of moving the objects to be processed to another page different from a page where the objects are displayed, as each of the first processing and the second processing.
16. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein
an inter-object distance indicating a degree of similarity of attributes can be calculated for each pair of objects based on a relationship between attributes of each of the plurality of objects,
the detection unit can detect instruction input with an input value of a certain level as instruction input for processing on objects, and
the execution unit executes specified processing on a non-selected object where the inter-object distance from a selected object being an object selected by the selection accepting unit corresponds to an inter-object distance associated in advance with the input value accompanying the instruction input.
17. An object processing method in an object processing device including a display unit configured to display an image containing a plurality of objects, an input unit configured to be able to detect input from a user indicating a position on the display unit and formed integrally with the display unit and a selection receiving unit configured to receive selection input of one or more objects displayed on the display unit based on input detected by the input unit, the method comprising:
a detection step of detecting instruction input different from selection input of objects by the selection receiving unit; and
an execution step of, when instruction input detected in the detection step is specified instruction input, executing specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input on non-selected objects being objects other than the object of which selection input is performing by the user among the plurality of objects displayed by the display unit.
18. (canceled)