Author: claimsbot

1. An ice separator, comprising:
a first airflow deflection surface that is continuously curved and has an introduction region arranged on a front edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
a discharge region arranged on a rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow edge defined between the front edge and the rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow aperture extending from the inflow edge and downstream of the inflow edge, the inflow aperture having a surface that is offset from the first airflow deflection surface; and
a trapping pocket coupled to the inflow aperture so as to extend downstream of the inflow aperture,
wherein a front edge tangent of the first airflow deflection surface and a rear edge tangent of the first airflow deflection surface is adapted to form an angle of less than approximately 180\xb0 relative to each other, and
wherein the trapping pocket is arranged on a side of the first airflow deflection surface that faces away from a centre of curvature of the first airflow deflection surface.
2. The ice separator of claim 1, wherein the angle enclosed between the front edge tangent and the rear edge tangent is adapted to range from approximately 90\xb0 to approximately 135\xb0.
3. The ice separator of claim 1, further comprising a rounded leading edge that is arranged so as to be substantially flush on the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface.
4. The ice separator of claim 1, further comprising a second airflow deflection surface having a second front edge arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface.
5. The ice separator of claim 4, wherein the second airflow deflection surface is arranged so as to be mirror-inverted and symmetrical relative to the first airflow deflection surface.
6. The ice separator of claim 4, wherein a leading edge is arranged substantially flush against the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface and the front edge of the second airflow deflection surface.
7. The ice separator of claim 1, wherein the trapping pocket comprises an open-pore material.
8. The ice separator of claim 7, wherein the trapping pocket comprises a mesh fabric.
9. The ice separator of claim 1, wherein the first airflow deflection surface comprise an open-pore material.
10. The ice separator of claim 4, wherein the second airflow deflection surface comprises an open-pore material.
11. The ice separator of claim 1, wherein the ice separator is adapted to provide a sound-insulating deflection of airflows in air ducts.
12. An air distribution system, comprising:
a main air duct;
at least two secondary air ducts;
a sound-insulating air branching piece including a first airflow deflection surface that is continuously curved with an introduction region arranged on a front edge of the first airflow deflection surface, and a discharge region arranged on a rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow edge defined between the front edge and the rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow aperture extending from the inflow edge and downstream of the inflow edge, the inflow aperture having a surface that is offset from the first airflow deflection surface; and
a trapping pocket coupled to the inflow aperture so as to extend downstream of the inflow aperture,
wherein the sound-insulating air branching piece is arranged between the main air duct and the at least two secondary air ducts, and leads air from the main air duct to the at least two secondary air ducts,
wherein a front edge tangent and a rear edge tangent of the first airflow deflection surface is adapted to form an angle of less than approximately 180\xb0 relative to each other,
wherein the trapping pocket is arranged on one side of the first airflow deflection surface that faces away from a centre of curvature of the first airflow deflection surface, and
wherein the first airflow deflection surface comprises an open-pore material.
13. An aircraft, comprising
an air conditioning system comprising an air conditioning pack, a mixing chamber for mixing air from a cabin of the aircraft with fresh air;
an air distribution system comprising a main air duct, at least two secondary air ducts and a sound-insulating air branching piece;
an air branching piece arranged between the main air duct and the at least two secondary air ducts that leads air from the main air duct to the at least two secondary air ducts;
an ice separator comprising a first airflow deflection surface that is continuously curved with an introduction region arranged on a front edge of the first airflow deflection surface, and a discharge region arranged on a rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow edge defined between the front edge and the rear edge of the first airflow deflection surface;
an inflow aperture extending from the inflow edge and downstream of the inflow edge, the inflow aperture having a surface that is offset from the first airflow deflection surface; and
a trapping pocket coupled to the inflow aperture so as to extend downstream of the inflow aperture,
wherein a front edge tangent and a rear edge tangent of the first airflow deflection surface is adapted to form an angle of less than approximately 180\xb0 relative to each other,
wherein the trapping pocket is arranged on one side of the first airflow deflection surface that faces away from a centre of curvature of the first airflow deflection surface, and
wherein the first airflow deflection surface comprises an open-pore material.
14. The aircraft of claim 13, wherein the angle enclosed between the front edge tangent and the rear edge tangent is adapted to range from approximately 90\xb0 to approximately 135\xb0.
15. The aircraft of claim 13, further comprising a rounded leading edge that is arranged so as to be substantially flush on the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface.
16. The aircraft claim 13, further comprising a second airflow deflection surface having a second front edge arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface.
17. The aircraft of claim 16, wherein the second airflow deflection surface is arranged so as to be mirror-inverted and symmetrical relative to the first airflow deflection surface.
18. The aircraft of claim 16, wherein a leading edge is arranged substantially flush against the front edge of the first airflow deflection surface and the front edge of the second airflow deflection surface.
19. The aircraft of claim 15, wherein the trapping pocket comprises the open-pore material.
20. The aircraft of claim 19, wherein the trapping pocket comprises a mesh fabric.

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 apparatus for providing a protective layer on a work piece, comprising:
a support for positioning a work piece;
a work piece positioned on the support, the work piece comprising a semiconductor wafer including one or more integrated circuit features;
an applicator for locally applying a colloidal suspension of conductive material onto the work piece to form a local protective layer to protect an integrated circuit feature on the work piece during charged particle beam processing, the applicator applying the colloidal suspension of conductive material without touching the work piece surface to which the colloidal suspension of conductive material is applied;
a reservoir containing a colloidal suspension of conductive material, the colloidal suspension of conductive material having a particle size less than 100 nanometers, the reservoir being in fluidic communication with the applicator; and
a charged particle beam system for operating on the work piece, the charged particle beam system programmed to process a localized area of the work piece onto which the protective layer was formed;
a wafer cassette adapted for storing the work piece; and
a robot wafer handler adapted for removing the work piece from the wafer cassette and positioning the work piece under the applicator.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the applicator comprises an ink jet head.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 in which the ink jet head comprises a thermal ink jet head, a piezoelectric ink jet head, a continuous in jet head, or a thermal sublimation-type ink jet head.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the colloidal suspension of conductive material comprises a colloidal suspension that dries on the work piece to deposit a conductive protective layer.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the colloidal suspension of conductive material comprises a colloidal suspension of silver.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the applicator is capable of applying a drop of colloidal suspension of conductive material having a volume of less than 20 pL with a positional accuracy of 100 \u03bcm.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a camera for forming an image of the work piece surface; and
a computer executing a program for recognizing an image on the work piece and for aligning the ink jet head with a feature on the work piece.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the colloidal suspension of conductive material has a particle size less than 50 nanometers.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the colloidal suspension of conductive material has a particle size less than 10 nanometers.

1. A method performed by a data processor, the method comprising:
receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine;
establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine;
receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine;
authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine;
receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine; and
providing, to the client device, the received information.
2. The method of claim 1, which further includes receiving, from the client device, instructions for the dialysis machine, and providing, to the dialysis machine, the received instructions.
3. The method of claim 1, which further includes receiving a connection from a second dialysis machine;
receiving, from a second client device, a request to access the second dialysis machine;
authorizing the second client device to access the second dialysis machine;
receiving, from the second dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the second dialysis machine; and
providing, to the second client device, the information received from the second dialysis machine.
4. The method of claim 3, which includes assigning a proxy port for communication with each dialysis machine.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the client device and the second client device are the same device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein authorizing the client device includes using an access list stored on the data processor.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the access list is configured to allow updating of a set of client devices that are authorized to access the dialysis machine by updating, at the data processor, the access list stored on the data processor.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data processor is located remotely from the dialysis machine.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data processor is located at a clinic.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dialysis machine is located at a home of a patient.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a personal digital assistant.
12. A method performed on a data processor of a dialysis machine, the method comprising:
sending a request, to a server, to establish a network connection with the server;
receiving an access request from the server, the access request requesting access to the dialysis machine by the server;
providing a response to the access request;
providing data to the server comprising information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine.
13. The method of claim 11, which further includes receiving instructions from the server, and executing the received instructions.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the dialysis machine is located remotely from the server.
15. A system comprising:
a server;
a dialysis machine configured to connect to the server through a network;
a client device configured to connect to the server through the network; and
wherein the server is configured to maintain an access list to determine whether the client device is authorized to connect to the dialysis machine, and
the server is configured to provide a connection for transfer of data between the dialysis machine and the client device.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to
receive a request for a network connection from the dialysis machine;
establish the network connection with the dialysis machine;
receive, from the client device, a request to access the dialysis machine;
authorize the client device to access the dialysis machine;
receive, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine; and
provide, to the client device, the received information.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to
receive, from the client device, instructions for the dialysis machine; and
providing, to the dialysis machine, the received instructions.
18. The system of claim 15, which includes
a second dialysis machine; and
a second client device,
wherein the server is further configured to
receive a connection from the second dialysis machine;
receive, from the second client device, a request to access the second dialysis machine;
authorize the second client device to access the second dialysis machine;
receive, from the second dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the second dialysis machine; and
provide, to the second client device, the information received from the second dialysis machine.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the server is further configured to assign a proxy port for communication with each dialysis machine.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the client device and the second client device are the same device.
21. The system of claim 15, wherein the access control list is configured to allow an updating of a set of client devices that are authorized to access the dialysis machine by updating, at the server, the access list stored on the server.
22. The system of claim 15, wherein the data processor is located remotely from the dialysis machine.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the server is located at a clinic.
24. The system of claim 23, wherein the dialysis machine is located at a home of a patient.

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 nipple comprising a nipple head, a nipple body, a nipple neck, a mounting flange and a pressure adjusting valve,
wherein a cylindrical-inverted dome shaped nipple head, which is a tip of the nipple and is formed with a nipple duct at the center of the said nipple head; a hallowed-inverted cone shaped nipple body attached to a vertical-hallowed cylinder shaped nipple neck, which is mounted between the nipple body and the mounting flange; a flat ring shaped mounting flange extended from the nipple neck roundly and vertically; and an air cavity defined on the mounting flange, which is attached to the valve cavity of the pressure adjusting valve at the bottom of the mounting flange for allowing air to flow into liquid-containing bottle.
wherein the interior of the pressure adjusting valve is shaped a hallowed cylinder having closed-bottom end and the side wall of the pressure adjusting valve positioned over the closed-bottom end is formed with a slit at a part of periphery of said side wall of the pressure adjusting valve.
2. The nipple of claim 1, wherein at least one slit is formed at the part of periphery of the side wall of the pressure adjusting valve.
3. The nipple of claim 1, wherein the slit formed at the part of periphery of side wall of the pressure adjusting valve is a continuous slit.
4. The nipple of claim 1, wherein the slit formed at the part of periphery of side wall of the pressure adjusting valve is the spaced slits.
5. The nipple of claim 1, wherein the side wall is cut above and under the slit of the pressure adjusting valve and the cuts of slit are inwardly inclined toward each other so that interior surface of side wall is tightly closed and no space is formed within the interior surface of side wall.
6. The nipple of claim 1, wherein the nipple is made of elastic material.
7. The nipple of claim 2, wherein the slit formed at the part of periphery of side wall of the pressure adjusting valve is a continuous slit.
8. The nipple of claim 2, wherein slit formed at the part of periphery of side wall of the pressure adjusting valve is the spaced slits.
9. The nipple of any of claim 2, wherein side wall is cut above and under slit of the pressure adjusting valve and the cuts of slit are inwardly inclined toward each other so that interior surface of side wall is tightly closed and no space is formed within the interior surface of side wall.
10. The nipple of any of claim 3, wherein side wall is cut above and under slit of the pressure adjusting valve and the cuts of slit are inwardly inclined toward each other so that interior surface of side wall is tightly closed and no space is formed within the interior surface of side wall.
11. The nipple of any of claim 4, wherein side wall is cut above and under slit of the pressure adjusting valve and the cuts of slit are inwardly inclined toward each other so that interior surface of side wall is tightly closed and no space is formed within the interior surface of side wall.
12. The nipple of claim 2, wherein the nipple is made of elastic material.
13. The nipple of claim 3, wherein the nipple is made of elastic material.
14. The nipple of claim 4, wherein the nipple is made of elastic material.
15. The nipple of claim 5, wherein the nipple is made of elastic material.