1. An artificial floral assembly comprising
(a) a stem backbone comprising wire, polyethylene sheet material, cloth reinforced adhesive tape, caulking, and fabric, and
(b) a flower bloom comprising a plurality of loops of wire, the wire loops joined together at a center point, fabric covering the wire loops, and strands of wire dangling from the center point, the dangling wire strands connected to the stem backbone.
2. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 1 wherein the fabric of the stem backbone comprises chenille fabric and the fabric of the flower bloom comprises closed end stretch nylon tube material.
3. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 1, further comprising a leaf structure comprising fabric, adhesive material, and wires, the wires connected to the center point of the flower bloom.
4. An artificial floral assembly comprising
(a) a flower bloom comprising a plurality of wire rings, end sections of wire protruding from the wire rings, the end sections of wire twisted together into a strand of wire, a center point of the end sections of wire twisted together, fabric covering the wire rings, and a knot of fabric in the center point,
(b) a leaf structure comprising fabric and wires, the wires twisted together,
(c) means for connecting the strand of wire of the flower bloom to the twisted wires of the leaf,
(d) a stem backbone comprising wire, adhesive material, plastic material, tape, and fabric,
(e) means for connecting the stem backbone to the strand of wire of the flower bloom, and
(f) means for connecting the stem backbone to the twisted wires of the leaf.
5. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 4 wherein the
(a) the adhesive material of the stem backbone is caulking,
(b) the tape of the stem backbone is cloth reinforced adhesive tape, and
(c) the fabric of the stem backbone is chenille fabric.
6. A process for producing an artificial floral assembly, the process steps comprising
(a) making a leaf structure, the steps of making the leaf structure comprising
1. creating a wire frame of two pieces of wire,
2. cutting a strip of a first fabric, comprising a first section and a second section,
3. streaming adhesive material onto the first section of the first fabric,
4. aligning the wire frames along the first section of the first fabric,
5. folding the second section of the first fabric over the first section of the first fabric,
6. letting the first fabric set for 1 to 24 hours, and
7. cutting the first fabric into shapes of leaves with exposed wires;
(b) making a leaf subassembly, the steps of making the leaf subassembly comprising
1. taking a plurality of leaves with exposed wire and twisting sections of exposed wire,
2. wrapping a second fabric around twisted sections of exposed wire,
3. spreading the adhesive material over the second fabric covering twisted sections of exposed wire,
4. wrapping a third fabric over the adhesive material, and
5. letting the leaf structure set for 1 to 24 hours;
(c) making a flower bloom, the steps of making the flower bloom comprising
1. forming a plurality of rings of wire, with a center point connecting the rings, and with dangling wire strands falling below the center point,
2. separating the plurality of rings of wire so that each of the wire rings is positioned around the center point,
3. covering each of the wire rings with a fourth fabric, the fourth fabric having an end area,
4. connecting the end areas of the fourth fabric covering each of the wire rings, and
5. painting the fourth fabric; and
(d) making a stem backbone, the steps comprising
1. cutting wire into segments, the segments comprising many locations,
2. wrapping a flower bloom around one location of the wire segment,
3. wrapping a leaf around a second location of the wire segment,
4. wrapping plastic material around the wire segment,
5. wrapping tape around the plastic material covering the wire segment,
6. placing the adhesive material over the tape along the wire segment,
7. wrapping a fifth fabric over the adhesive material, and
8. letting the wire segment set for 1 to 24 hours.
7. A process as in claim 6, wherein the adhesive material is caulking.
8. A process as in claim 6, wherein the tape is cloth reinforced adhesive tape.
9. A process as in claim 6, wherein the fourth fabric covering the wire rings is a closed end stretch nylon tube material.
10. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 1 wherein the stem backbone further comprises electrical wiring, the electrical wiring attached to a section of the wire.
11. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 10 wherein the stem backbone further comprises a wall plug, the wall plug attached to a section of the electrical wiring.
12. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 11 wherein the stem backbone further comprises a lampholder further comprising a lampholder base, lampholder extension, and outer casing, the lampholder connected to the electrical wiring.
13. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 1 further comprising a mount, the mount comprising a tab, wherein the dangling wire strands are connected to the tab.
14. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 1 further comprising a mount, the mount comprising a circumference, wherein the dangling wire strands are wound around the circumference of the mount.
15. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 14 further comprising caulking and fabric, the caulking placed over the wire strands and the fabric placed over the caulking.
16. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 4 wherein the stem backbone further comprises electrical wiring, the electrical wiring attached to a section of the wire.
17. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 16 wherein the stem backbone further comprises a wall plug, the wall plug attached to a section of the electrical wiring.
18. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 17 wherein the stem backbone further comprises a lampholder further comprising a lampholder base, lampholder extension, and outer casing, the lampholder connected to the electrical wiring.
19. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 4 further comprising a mount, the mount comprising a circumference, wherein the dangling wire strands are wound around the circumference of the mount.
20. An artificial floral assembly as in claim 19 further comprising caulking and fabric, the caulking placed over the wire strands and the fabric placed over the caulking.
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 industrial controller for use in an industrial control system, the control system having one or more clients configured to send queries to the controller via a network, the controller comprising:
a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to store an industrial control program, the program having a plurality of data items associated with the industrial control system, the memory being further configured to store at least one of names or tags, the at least one of names or tags being related to said data items; and
a communications interface configured to:
receive from a client a query of the at least one of names or tags; provide to the client the at least one of names or tags; receive from a client a quantity of aggregation components that are configured to aggregate data items related to at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory, wherein an aggregation component is configured to aggregate data items associated with the aggregation component into a single communications packet, wherein the quantity is selected for transmission of a minimum number of communications packets based upon an amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory and a data limit per communications packet; and transmit one or more communications packet that encapsulates the data items with related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags.
2. The controller of claim 1, wherein the data items comprise input data associated with an input module, the input module being configured to interface at a device level with an industrial device.
3. The controller of claim 2, wherein the data items comprise output data associated with at least one of another controller or an output module, the output module being configured to interface at a device level with an industrial device.
4. The controller of claim 3, wherein the data items further comprise input data associated with an input module that interfaces at a device level with an industrial device.
5. The controller of claim 1, wherein the aggregation component is a data object having a data buffer, the data buffer comprising at least a subset of the data items, and wherein the aggregated data packet comprises a length and the data items in the data buffer.
6. The controller of claim 1, wherein the communications interface is further configured to receive a command from the client to remove the aggregation component from the controller.
7. The controller of claim 1, wherein the communications interface is further configured to receive a second aggregation component from a client.
8. The controller of claim 1, wherein the industrial controller is configured to remove an aggregation component on loss of connection with a client greater than a predetermined amount of time.
9. A method to facilitate data communications in an industrial control network, comprising:
storing an industrial control program in a memory of an industrial controller, the industrial control program having associated data items;
storing in the memory of the industrial controller at least one of names, tags or handles that correspond to the data items;
installing in the industrial controller a quantity of aggregation components that are configured to aggregate data items related to at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory, wherein an aggregation component is configured to aggregate data items associated with the aggregation component into a single communications packet, wherein the quantity is selected for transmission of a minimum number of communications packets based upon an amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory and a data limit per communications packet; and
aggregating the data items into one or more communications packet.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the one or more communications packet to a client via the industrial control network.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein an aggregation component is a data object stored in the memory of the industrial controller.
12. The method of claim 9, further comprising installing one or more additional aggregation components to the industrial controller based upon an increase in the amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory.
13. The method of claim 9, further comprising removing one or more aggregation components from the industrial controller based upon a decrease in the amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein the data items comprise output data associated with at least one of another controller or an output module, the output module being configured to interface at a device level with an industrial device.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the data items further comprise input data associated with an input module that interfaces at a device level with an industrial device.
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon to facilitate data communications in an industrial control network, comprising:
storing an industrial control program in a memory of an industrial controller, the industrial control program having associated data items;
storing in the memory of the industrial controller at least one of names, tags, or handles that correspond to the data items;
installing in the industrial controller a quantity of aggregation components that are configured to aggregate data items related to at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory, wherein an aggregation component is further configured to aggregate data items associated with the aggregation component into a single communications packet, wherein the quantity is selected for transmission of a minimum number of communications packets based upon an amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory and a data limit per communications packet; and
aggregating the data items into one or more communications packet.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising communicating the one or more communications packet to a client via the industrial control network.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein an aggregation component is a data object stored in the memory of the industrial controller.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising installing one or more additional aggregation components to the industrial controller based upon an increase in the amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising removing one or more aggregation components from the industrial controller based upon a decrease in the amount of the data items related to the at least a subset of the at least one of names or tags in said memory.