Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
in a human subject having symptoms consistent with multiple sclerosis, administering a regimen of doses of human growth hormone of less than 0.5 mg. per day.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein administering the regimen of human growth hormone comprises subcutaneous injections of doses of human growth hormone.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the regimen for injections comprises twice daily.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising prior to administering a regimen of human growth hormone measuring the level of human growth hormone in a human subject’s blood to determine that the level of human growth hormone is below a predetermined physiological level for an adult human.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising measuring a level of supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone and thymus hormone to determine that at least one of the hormones is below a predetermined level for an adult human; and replenishing the level of the at least one supplemental hormone to a predetermined physiological level.
6. A method comprising:
measuring a sample of a human subject’s blood, the human subject having symptoms consistent with multiple sclerosis, to determine that the level of human growth hormone is below a predetermined physiological level for an adult human; and
replenishing the level of human growth hormone to the predetermined physiological level.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein replenishing the level of human growth hormone comprises subcutaneous injections of doses of human growth hormone.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein a replenishment regimen comprises injections twice daily.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising measuring a level of supplemental hormones in the human subject’s blood, the supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone and thymus hormone to determine that at least one of the hormones is below a predetermined level for an adult human; and
replenishing the level of the at least one supplemental hormone to a predetermined physiological level.
10. A kit for treating symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis comprising human growth hormone and at least one of the supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone, and thymus hormone, the kit for establishing a regimen for the replenishment of the human growth hormone and the at least one of the supplemental hormones to predetermined physiological levels.
11. The kit of claim 10, wherein the amount of human growth hormone is provided in intravenous unit form in doses of less than 0.5 mg per day.
12. The kit of claim 11, wherein the amount of human growth hormone is administered twice daily.
13. The kit of claim 10, wherein the sex hormone comprises at least one of testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen.

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 fixing temperature control method in an image forming apparatus which has medium thickness detecting means for detecting a thickness of print medium and forms an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising the steps of:
detecting the thickness of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation and detecting thicknesses of print media at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media, and
setting a target temperature of a fixing device on the basis of the thickness of said print medium that is used after said predetermined operation and the thicknesses of said print media detected at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined operation is an operation to attach a paper feed tray to said image forming apparatus.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said image forming apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays, said predetermined operation is an operation to change said paper feed trays which are used.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined interval set for printing said plurality of said print media is set on the basis of the number of print pages.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined interval is set on the basis of the number of rotations of a photosensitive drum.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a setting of said predetermined interval set for printing said plurality of said print media can be changed.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of setting said target temperature of said fixing device comprises setting said target temperature in accordance with an average value of the detected thickness of the print medium and the previously detected thickness of the print medium.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
detecting the thickness of said print medium every page, and;
ejecting said print medium without forming the image when a difference between the thickness of said print medium detected every page and the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is not changed until a print job is finished.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set by majority decision of ranks of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of an average value of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein a threshold value of the thickness of said print medium which is used for switching the target temperature of said fixing device to a low temperature and a threshold value of the thickness of said print medium which is used for switching the target temperature of said fixing device to a high temperature are different.
14. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
an average value of the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature and the detected thickness of said print medium is calculated;
when a difference between said average value and the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature exceeds a predetermined value, the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature is updated by said average value; and
the target temperature of said fixing device in a next print job is set on the basis of the updated thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature.
15. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
said image forming apparatus further has a plurality of paper feed trays and means which detects the thickness of the first print medium after the print media were set onto each of said paper feed trays and stores the detected thickness; and
the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of the thickness of said print medium stored for every paper feed tray in subsequent printing.
16. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a detection value of the thickness of said print medium is out of a predetermined range, the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of a preset initial value of the print medium thickness.
17. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising:
a medium thickness detecting section for detecting a thickness of print medium, which detects a thickness of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation, and detects a thickness of said print medium at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media;
a fixing device; and
a target temperature setting section which sets a target temperature of said fixing device on the basis of the thickness obtained after said predetermined operation and the thickness obtained at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein
a cleaning process is executed at a time other than an image forming period of time, and
said target temperature setting section sets the target temperature of said fixing device during which said cleaning process is executed.
19. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising:
a medium character detecting section for detecting a character of print medium, which detects a character of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation, and detects a character of said print medium at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media;
a fixing device; and
a target temperature setting section which sets a target temperature of said fixing device on the basis of the character obtained after said predetermined operation and the character obtained at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.

What is claimed is:

1. A dispenser drain attachments comprising:
a first one-piece structural part forming a threaded cap with a tapering drain socket, said first one-piece structural part being made of a material moldable in an injection-molding procedure;
a second one-piece structural part forming a drain tube having a double diaphragm for sealing said drain tube, said double diaphragm being located within said drain tube and having deformable diaphragm disks, said second one-piece structural part further including elastic gas bellows for dispensing a flowable media by alternately deforming said deformable diaphragm disks of said double diaphragm, said elastic gas bellows acting as one-way valves as a result of changed pressure conditions occurring when said elastic gas bellows is deformed via compression and release, said second one-piece structural part being made of a material moldable in an injection-molding procedure; and,
means for attaching said first one-piece structural part to said second one-piece structural part, said means for attaching being formed as an integral part of at least one of said first one-piece structural part or said second one-piece structural part;
said dispenser drain attachment consisting of said first one-piece structural part and said second one-piece structural part with each of said one-piece structural parts made via two-component injection molding.
2. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, wherein said tapered drain socket of said threaded cap of said first one-piece structural part has a perforated terminating element with an extension, with said double diaphragm of said second one-piece structural part being molded onto said extension.
3. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, wherein said double diaphragm is made of an elastic, injection-moldable rubber material.
4. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, further comprising a lateral receiving sleeve shaped on an outer side of said drain tube, said lateral receiving sleeve merges on one side into a film hinge, onto which a retaining ring with a collar is molded, said collar being capable of being tightly clipped into said lateral receiving sleeve.
5. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, wherein said drain socket of said first one-piece structural part and said drain tube of said second one-piece structural part are injection-molded from a polyolefin.
6. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 5, wherein said polyolefin is a member selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene and polyamide.
7. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, wherein said double diaphragm and said elastic gas bellows are injection-molded from a thermoplastic elastomer.
8. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, further comprising a collar molded around said drain socket on said threaded cap, said collar having a recess extending entirely around its inner wall, with a bulge extending entirely around an upper edge of a mouth of said drain tube and fitting into said recess.
9. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, further comprising a lateral receiving sleeve injection-molded onto an outer side and laterally on said drain tube comprising a bulging inner edge, with a retaining ring connected with said lateral receiving sleeve via a film hinge comprising a collar with a bulging outer edge, so that said retaining ring is clipable onto said lateral receiving sleeve in a sealing manner so that said collar of said retaining ring is able to fit tightly into said lateral receiving sleeve.
10. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 9, wherein said retaining ring is pivotable by 180 onto said lateral receiving sleeve and tightly clipped onto said lateral receiving sleeve.
11. The dispenser drain attachment according to claim 1, wherein said means for attaching said first one-piece structural part to said second one-piece structural part includes tightly plugging said first one-piece structural part with said second one-piece structural part.
12. A method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment, said dispenser drain attachment including:
a first one-piece structural part forming a threaded cap with a tapering drain socket, said first one-piece structural part being made of a material moldable in an injection-mold-ing procedure;
a second one-piece structural part forming a drain tube having a double diaphragm for sealing said drain tube, said double diaphragm being located within said drain tube and having deformable diaphragm disks, said second one-piece structural part further including elastic gas bellows for dispensing a flowable media by alternately deforming said deformable diaphragm disks of said double diaphragm, said elastic gas bellows acting as one-way valves as a result of changed pressure conditions occurring when said elastic gas bellows is deformed via compression and release, said second one-piece structural part being made of a material moldable in an injection-molding procedure; and,
means for attaching said first one-piece structural part to said second one-piece structural part, said means for attaching being formed as an integral part of at least one of said first one-piece structural part or said second one-piece structural part, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) a two-component injection-molding procedure for making said first one-piece structural part;
(b) a two-component injection-molding procedure for making said second one-piece structural part; and,
(c) attaching said first one-piece structural part to said second one-piece structural part to complete manufacture of said dispenser drain attachment.
13. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, wherein said attaching step is carried out by plugging said first one-piece structural part with said second one-piece structural part to form said dispenser drain attachment.
14. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, wherein said tapered drain socket of said threaded cap of said first one-piece structural part has a perforated terminating element with an extension, with said double diaphragm of said second one-piece structural part being molded onto said extension.
15. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, wherein said double diaphragm is made of an elastic, injection-moldable rubber material.
16. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, further comprising a lateral receiving sleeve shaped on an outer side of said drain tube, said lateral receiving sleeve merges on one side into a film hinge, onto which a retaining ring with a collar is molded, said collar being capable of being tightly clipped into said lateral receiving sleeve.
17. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, wherein said drain socket of said first one-piece structural part and said drain tube of said second one-piece structural part are injection-molded from a polyolefin.
18. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 17, wherein said polyolefin is a member selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene and polyamide.
19. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, wherein said double diaphragm and said elastic gas bellows are injection-molded from a thermoplastic elastomer.
20. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, further comprising a collar molded around said drain socket on said threaded cap, said collar having a recess extending entirely around its inner wall, with a bulge extending entirely around an upper edge of a mouth of said drain tube and fitting into said recess.
21. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 12, further comprising a lateral receiving sleeve injection-molded onto an outer side and laterally on said drain tube comprising a bulging inner edge, with a retaining ring connected with said lateral receiving sleeve via a film hinge comprising a collar with a bulging outer edge, so that said retaining ring is clipable onto said lateral receiving sleeve in a sealing manner so that said collar of said retaining ring is able to fit tightly into said lateral receiving sleeve.
22. The method for manufacturing a dispenser drain attachment according to claim 21, wherein said retaining ring is pivotable by 180 onto said lateral receiving sleeve and tightly clipped onto said lateral receiving sleeve.

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 semiconductor device, comprising:
a first well formed in a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate;
a second well formed in a predetermined region within the first well; and
a third well formed within the first well with the third well being spaced apart from the second well at a predetermined distance,
whereby a multiple well of the semiconductor substrate comprising the sequentially formed the first well and second well, and the sequentially formed first well and third well, is formed.
2. The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the first well is formed using an N-type impurity, and the second well and the third well are formed using a P-type impurity.
3. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of:
injecting a predetermined impurity ion into a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first well;
etching a predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate in which the first well is formed, forming a trench;
gap-filling the trench with a polysilicon layer;
forming an impurity region in a predetermined region within the first well so that the impurity region is connected to the polysilicon layer, forming a second well comprising the polysilicon layer and the impurity region; and
performing a predetermined impurity ion implantation process to form a third well in a predetermined region within the first well so that the third well is spaced apart from the second well at a predetermined distance.
4. The method of claim 3, comprising forming the first well by injecting an N-type impurity.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of performing an annealing process after forming the trench.
6. The method of claim 5, comprising performing the annealing process under a nitrogen atmosphere.
7. The method of claim 5, comprising performing the annealing process at a temperature of 850\xb0 C. to 1100\xb0 C. for 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
8. The method of claim 3, comprising doping the polysilicon layer with a P-type impurity.
9. The method of claim 3, comprising forming the impurity region is formed by injecting a P-type impurity and then performing an nitrogen annealing process so that the impurity region is connected to the bottom of the polysilicon layer.
10. The method of claim 3, comprising forming the third well by injecting a P-type impurity.