1. A coating material dispensing system including a coating dispenser, a high-magnitude potential supply to provide charge to the dispenser, supply valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, a first purge valve having an input port, an output port and a control port, a conduit coupling the output port of a first one of the supply valves to a common point in a fluid circuit, a conduit coupling the output port of a second one of the supply valves to the common point, a conduit coupling the output port of the first purge valve to the common point, and a conduit coupling the common point to the coating dispenser to provide fluid from one of: the output port of said first one of the supply valves; the output port of said second one of the supply valves; and the output port of the first purge valve, to the coating dispenser, the common point coupled to ground.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the circuit includes two manifolds, each including a valve for each different type of coating material to be dispensed through that respective manifold, each manifold including an output port coupled to an input port of a respective one of the supply valves.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the circuit includes second purge valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, a container for receiving fluid purged from the circuit, the circuit including two manifolds, each including a valve for each different type of coating material to be dispensed through that respective manifold, each manifold including an output port coupled to an input port of a respective one of the second purge valves, an output port of each of the second purge valves being coupled to the container for receiving fluid purged from the circuit.
4. A coating material dispensing system including a coating dispenser having a terminal for coupling to a high-magnitude potential supply for providing electrical charge to the coating material as the coating material is dispensed by the dispenser, supply valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, first purge valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, a second purge valve having an input port, an output port and a control port, and means for coupling: the output port of a first one of the supply valves to a common point in a fluid circuit; the output port of a second one of the supply valves to the common point; the output port of the second purge valve to the common point; and, the common point to the coating dispenser, the common point also coupled to ground.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the means for coupling: the output port of a first one of the supply valves to a common point in the circuit; the output port of a second one of the supply valves to the common point; the output port of the second purge valve to the common point; and, for coupling the common point to the coating dispenser comprises: a conduit for coupling the output port of the first one of the supply valves to the common point in the circuit; a conduit for coupling the output port of the second one of the supply valves to the common point; a conduit for coupling the output port of the second purge valve to the common point; and, a conduit for coupling the common point to the coating dispenser.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the circuit includes two manifolds, each including a valve for each different type of coating material to be dispensed through that respective manifold, each manifold including an output port coupled to an input port of a respective one of the supply valves.
7. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the circuit includes a container for receiving fluid purged from the circuit, the circuit including two manifolds, each including a valve for each different type of coating material to be dispensed through that respective manifold, each manifold including an output port coupled to an input port of a respective one of the first purge valves, an output port of each of the purge valves being coupled to the container for receiving fluid purged from the circuit.
8. A method for dispensing coating material, the method including providing a coating dispenser, coupling the coating dispenser to a high-magnitude potential supply to provide charge to the dispenser, providing supply valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, providing first purge valves having respective input ports, respective output ports, and respective control ports, providing a second purge valve having an input port, an output port and a control port, and coupling: the output port of a first one of the supply valves to a common point in a fluid circuit; the output port of a second one of the supply valves to the common point; the output port of the second purge valve to the common point; and, the common point to the coating dispenser, and coupling the common point to ground.
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. A method of conducting a search on an electronic device having a display, a central processing unit (\u201cCPU\u201d) that is configured with a media player and at least one user interface, the method being used for finding and displaying results including content that is text, audio, video andor audio-video, comprising:
(a) inputting a search string of text on the electronic device using the at least one user interface;
(b) performing a search by the CPU using the search string on content accessible to the electronic device wherein the content comprises (i) text-based content, (ii) audio-based content, (iii) video-based content, andor (iv) audio-video based content;
(c) finding search results using the CPU wherein each of the search results includes the search string or a string of text similar to the search string in the content and wherein the content includes either: (i) text-based content with the search string or a string of text similar to the search string; or (ii) audio-based content, video-based content or audio-video based content where the content includes the search string or a string of text similar to the search string;
(d) providing a list of the search results to the user on the display of the electronic device;
(e) inputting a command on the at least one user interface to the CPU of the electronic device to select a result from the list that has content that is not text;
(f) opening a media player by the CPU on the display of the electronic device to play one of: (i) audio content, (ii) video content, or (iii) audio-video content, upon a particular search result having content being selected by the user from the list of search results, the media player being automatically opened, auto-populated with the content selected by the user, and queued to begin play at a start of an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising showing a marker for at least one location of the search text or a string of text similar to the search string on an indicator at a point in the content corresponding to an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising indicating an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string at each location where the search string or a string of text similar to the search string appears in a transcript of text of the content.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the content is queued to begin play at an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the search string or a string of text similar to the search string is indicated to a user by one or more of the following: a) highlighting the text; b) italicizing the text; c) underlining the text; d) coloring the text; e) changing the font or size of the text; andor f) bolding the text.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein upon opening a search result of content, the media player is auto-populated with a textual transcript synchronized to the content with the content queued to the start of an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the content includes a record of words that may be specified in a textual transcript and is a type from the group comprising: (i) audio content including words that are presented through speech, including but not limited to words that are spoken or sung; (ii) video content including sign language or other visual cues that have defined meaning, including but not limited to American Sign Language; (iii) supplemental text; or (iv) visual images of a recognizable person, place or thing that may be described or represented by text.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic device is connected to a network, and further wherein the search is performed on content on the network.
9. A device for searching content to find and display results comprising:
(a) a central processing unit (\u201cCPU\u201d);
(b) a display connected to the CPU for displaying information;
(c) at least one user interface connected to the CPU for inputting instructions to the CPU, including inputting a search string of text;
(d) a communications port connected to the CPU through which a source of content is accessible by the CPU over a network to which the device is connected, the content comprising (i) text-based content, (ii) audio-based content, (iii) video-based content, andor (iv) audio-video based content;
(e) a search application operable on the device by a user through the at least one user interface that is executed by the CPU to search for the search string or a string of text similar to the search string embedded in the content and to present search results of content on the display, wherein the content in each of the search results includes either: (i) text-based content with the search string or a string of text similar to the search string; or (ii) audio-based content, video-based content or audio-video based content where the content includes the search string or a string of text similar to the search string; and
(f) a media player application operable on the device by a user through the user interface that is executed by the CPU upon selection of content that is not text based to play one of: (i) audio-based content, (ii) video-based content, or (iii) audio-video based content, upon a particular search result having content being selected by the user from the list of search results, the media player being automatically opened, auto-populated with the content selected by the user, and queued to begin play at a start of an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the search string or a string of text similar to the search string is indexed to at least one location on a progress indicator with a marker at a point in the content corresponding to an occurrence of the search text string or a string of text similar to the search string.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein a textual transcript of the content is displayed with the search string or a string of text similar to the search string indicated to a user at each occurrence in the textual transcript.
12. The system of claim 9 wherein the content is queued to begin play at an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
13. The system of claim 11 wherein the search string or a string of text similar to the search string is indicated to a user on the display by one or more of the following: a) highlighting the text; b) italicizing the text; c) underlining the text; d) coloring the text; e) changing the font or size of the text; andor f) bolding the text.
14. The system of claim 11 wherein upon opening a search result of content, the media player is auto-populated with a textual transcript synchronized to the content with the content queued to a start of an occurrence of the search string or a string of text similar to the search string.
15. The system of claim 11 wherein the content includes a record of words that may be specified in a textual transcript and is a type from the group comprising: (i) audio content including words that are presented through speech, including but not limited to words that are spoken or sung; (ii) video content including sign language or other visual cues that have defined meaning, including but to limited to American Sign Language; (iii) supplemental text; or (iv) visual images of a recognizable person, place or thing that may be described or represented by text.
16. The device of claim 9 wherein the device is connected to a network, and further wherein the search is performed on content on the network.