1. Holding device having a carbon brush retained therein,
the holding device comprising a spring element segment having a U- of L-shaped bend therein and a carrier segment in which the carbon brush is retained, an end of the spring element segment being connected to an end of the carrier segment,
the carrier segment comprising a support area for the carbon brush including holding segments cut free from the carrier segment and bent outwardly from a plane defined by the carrier segment,
wherein the carbon brush comprises a substantially planar rear surface which lies flat against the support area of the carrier segment without protruding therethrough, with the holding segments extending along side surfaces or edges of the carbon brush.
2. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein at least one protruding holding segment stretches along each side surface of the carbon brush from the carrier segment of the holding device.
3. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein two holding segments each stretch along narrow sides of the carbon brush and along broad sides of the carbon brush to the holding segment.
4. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein at least one holding segment runs along each edge of the carbon brush.
5. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein the holding segments secure the carbon brush with clamps.
6. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein the carbon brush is either a block carbon brush or a hammer carbon brush.
7. Holding device constructed and arranged for having a carbon brush with a substantially planar rear surface retained therein,
the holding device comprising a spring element segment having a U- of L-shaped bend therein and a carrier segment constructed and arranged to retain the carbon brush, an end of the spring element segment being connected to an end of the carrier segment,
the carrier segment comprising a support area for the carbon brush including holding segments cut free from the carrier segment and bent outwardly from a plane defined by the carrier segment,
wherein the support area of the carrier segment is constructed and arranged to receive the substantially planar rear surface of the carbon brush lying flat thereagainst, without protruding therethrough, with the holding segments extending along side surfaces or edges of the carbon brush.
8. Holding device according to claim 7, wherein the holding segments extend along sides of a rectangle, with two holding segments extending along shorter sides of the rectangle, and two holding segments extending along longer sides of the rectangle.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of retrieving thesaurus data in XML stored on a computer system, comprising the steps of:
(a) identifying the thesaurus term of interest to a user;
(b) retrieving a unique identifier associated with said term;
(c) constructing a folder path in a hierarchical folder system used to store the thesaurus data on the computer system;
(d) locating a folder containing thesaurus data associated with said unique identifier;
(e) retrieving thesaurus data associated with said unique identifier from said folder;
(f) rendering the thesaurus data on a display device of the computer system.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said identifying step is accomplished using a graphical user interface on a computer system wherein thesaurus terms are displayed.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said thesaurus terms are displayed in a hierarchical format.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein said thesaurus terms are displayed in an alphabetical format.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said unique identifier comprises a node number.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said unique identifier comprises a record number.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of constructing said folder path comprises the steps of:
(a) converting said node number into a string of fixed length by padding said node number with leading zeros, and
(b) dividing said string into a fixed number of parts of two digits each, wherein each of said two digits comprises a sub-folder name.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said thesaurus data comprises an XML file.