1. A method for facilitating an input to an electronic device, the method comprising:
presenting a menu item for selection while the electronic device is in a first orientation, wherein the menu item corresponds to an application;
detecting a first instance and a second instance associated with the application that are running or active when the electronic device is in the first orientation, the first instance being different than the second instance;
displaying only the first instance of the application when the electronic device is in the first orientation;
detecting that the electronic device in a second orientation different than the first orientation; and
displaying a first icon representative of the first instance and a second icon representative of the second instance in response to detecting the electronic device moving from the first orientation to the second orientation when the first instance of the application is displayed in the first orientation.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first orientation comprises the electronic device being in a portrait orientation and the second orientation comprises the electronic device being in a landscape orientation.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a cursor location when the first application is in a single application dedicated level and the electronic device is in the first orientation.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying the first and second icons representative of the first and second instances when the cursor is detected in a first location or field input of the first instance of the application when the electronic device is in the first orientation prior to the electronic device being moved to the second orientation.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a signal provided by an accelerometer to determine if the electronic device is in the first orientation or a vertical orientation and in the second orientation or a horizontal orientation.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the application comprises an internet browser application and the first and second icons presented when the electronic device is in the second orientation are representative of respective first and second active web pages of the internet browser application.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application comprises an instant message application and the first and second icons presented when the electronic device is in the second orientation are representative of respective first and second active instant messages.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the application comprises an email application and the first and second icons presented when the electronic device is in the second orientation are representative of respective first and second active email messages.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling selection of the first and second icons representative of the respective first and second instances when the electronic device is in the second orientation.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising identifying selection of the second icon representative of the second instance when the electronic device is in the second orientation.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising detecting the electronic device being rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation after selection of the second icon when the electronic device is in the second orientation.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying only the second instance in a single application dedicated level in response to detecting the electronic device being rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a third icon representative of a second application when the electronic device is in the second orientation, wherein the second application is active but not displayed when the electronic device is in the first orientation.
14. A method for facilitating an input to an electronic device comprising:
detecting a first application and a second application that are running or active when the electronic device is in a portrait orientation;
displaying only the first application when the electronic device is in a portrait orientation; and
displaying for selection a first icon representative of the first application and a second icon representative of the second application in response to detecting a housing of the electronic device being moved from the portrait orientation to a landscape orientation when the first application is displayed in the portrait orientation.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein detecting whether the housing of the electronic device is in the portrait orientation or the landscape orientation comprises processing a signal provided by an accelerometer to detect whether the housing is rotated.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining a state of the first application when the electronic device is in the portrait orientation.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein determining the state of an application comprises determining whether the first application being presented is in a single application dedicated level when the electronic device is in the portrait orientation.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting whether a cursor is in a \u201ctext\u201d field and detecting whether the cursor is in a \u201cto sender\u201d field when the first application is in the single application dedicated level prior to displaying the first and second icons representative of the respective first and second applications in response to detecting the electronic device being moved to the landscape orientation.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying the first and second icons representative of the first and second applications when the cursor is detected in the \u201ctext\u201d field when the first application is displayed in the portrait orientation.
20. The method of claim 14, further comprising enabling selection between the first icon representative of the first application and the second icon representative of the second application when the electronic device is in the landscape orientation.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising identifying the second icon representative of the second application selected when the housing is in the landscape orientation.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising displaying only the second application in a single application dedicated level in response to detecting the housing being moved from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation, wherein the first application is running or active and not displayed when the housing is moved from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation.
23. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a third icon representative of a first instance associated with the first application that is active and running and a fourth icon representative associated with a second instance of the first application that is active and running when the first icon representative of the first application is highlighted or selected when the electronic device is in the landscape orientation.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising displaying a fifth icon representative of a third instance associated with the second application that is active and running and a sixth icon representative of a fourth instance associated with the second application that is active and running when the second icon representative of the second application is highlighted or selected when the electronic device is in the landscape orientation.
25. The method of claim 14, further comprising identifying a selection of sixth icon representative of the fourth instance of the second application and displaying the fourth instance of the second application in a single application dedicated level in response to detecting the electronic device from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation.
26. The method of claim 23, further comprising displaying the first and second icons representative of the respective first and second applications on a first row and displaying the third, fourth, fifth and sixth icons representative of the respective first, second, third and fourth instances on a second row different than the first row.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising displaying only the third and fourth icons representative of the respective first and second instances in the second row when the first icon representative of the first application is selected or highlighted when the electronic device is in the landscape orientation.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising displaying only the fifth and sixth icons in the second row representative of the respective third and fourth instances when the second icon representative of the second application is selected or highlighted when the electronic device is in the landscape orientation.
29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:
present a menu item for selection when an electronic device is in a first orientation, wherein the menu item corresponds to an application;
detect a first instance and a second instance associated with the application that are running or active when the electronic device is in the first orientation;
display only the first instance of the application when the electronic device is in the first orientation;
detect the electronic device in a second orientation different than the first orientation; and
display a first icon representative of the first instance and a second icon representative of the second instance in response to detecting the electronic device moving from the first orientation to the second orientation when the first instance of the application is displayed in the first orientation.
30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 29 comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to detect the first orientation of the electronic device and detect the second orientation of the electronic device.
31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 29 comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to detect proximity of cursor location when the application is in a single application dedicated level and the electronic device is in the first orientation.
32. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 31 comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to display the first icon and the second icon in response to detecting the cursor being in a first location or input field when the electronic device is in the first orientation prior to detecting movement of the electronic to the second orientation.
33. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 29 comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to identify selection of the second icon representative of the second instance when the electronic device is in the second orientation and detect the electronic device being rotated to the first orientation after selection of the second icon while the electronic device is in the second orientation.
34. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 33 comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to display the second instance in a single application dedicated level in response to detecting the electronic device being moved to the first orientation after identifying selection of the second icon when the electronic device is in the second orientation.
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 reaction apparatus comprising a heat exchanger 5 and a reactor 1 with a heater 2, which are enclosed in an outer casing 6, the top of the heat exchanger 5 being connected to the reactor 1, the other end part of the heat exchanger 5 and the bottom of the outer casing 6 being fixed to each other by a flange 4, and a double piping 7 for introducing a gas to be treated and discharging the treated gas being connected to the other end part of the heat exchanger 5, such that the gas passes through the heat exchanger 5, the reactor 1 and the heat exchanger 5 in this order during the process from introducing gas through one of the inner tube and the outer tube in the double piping to discharging the gas through the other tube.
2. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger 5 is a shell and tube-type heat exchanger.
3. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer casing 6 has an eyebolt fixing part 9 on the ceiling part, thereby the outer casing 6 is detachable.
4. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reactor 1 has fins 13 in the inside thereof.
5. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fins 13 are provided inside the inner tube 7a in the double piping 7 andor between the inner tube 7a and the outer tube 7b in the double piping 7.
6. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, comprising a mechanism where the gas to be treated is introduced through the inner tube 7a and discharged through the outer tube 7b.
7. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the outer tube 7b of the double piping 7 has a heat radiating plate.
8. The reaction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reaction apparatus is adapted to be installed horizontally and the reactor 1 with a heater 2 and the heat exchanger 5 are placed horizontally with respect to each other.
9. A reaction method comprising passing a gas to be treated sequentially into one tube of the inner tube 7a and the outer tube 7b in a double piping 7, a heat exchanger 5, a reactor 1 with a heater 2, the heat exchanger 5 and the other tube in the double piping 7 in this order and heating the gas to be treated by the heater 2 before the gas to be treated is introduced into the reactor 1, thereby adjusting the temperature difference in the gas flow direction inside the reactor 1.
10. The reaction method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the gas to be treated is introduced through the inner tube 7a of the double piping 7 and discharged through the outer tube 7b.
11. The reaction method as claimed in claim 9 or 10, wherein the temperature difference is adjusted to 50\xb0 C. or less.