Author: claimsbot

1. A filter material for cleaning air and gases, the filter material comprising:
a fiber layer comprised exclusively of pulp fibers that, across partial areas, are connected to each other by a pressing action with compression of the pulp fibers in the compressed areas;
wherein the fiber layer and optional further layers arranged on flat sides of the fiber layer form a fiber web, wherein the fiber web is crimped and is laid with formation of passages extending in a longitudinal direction of a gas or air stream to be cleaned.
2. The filter material according to claim 1, wherein the pulp fibers in the compressed areas are pressed with heat application.
3. The filter material according to claim 1, wherein no adhesives and no binding agents are contained.
4. The filter material according to claim 1, comprising a first further layer arranged on a first flat side of the fiber layer.
5. The filter material according to claim 4, comprising a second further layer on a second flat side, wherein the first and second further layers are of the same material or of materials that differ from each other.
6. The filter material according to claim 5, wherein the first and second further layers are selected independent from each other from tissue, textile, nonwoven, or film material.
7. The filter material according to claim 1, having a weight per surface area between 15 gm2 and 600 gm2.
8. The filter material according to claim 7, having a weight per surface area between 20 gm2 and 200 gm2.
9. The filter material according to claim 1, containing one or several additives selected from the group consisting of adsorption agents, flavor additives and auxiliary substances.
10. The filter material according to claim 9, wherein the adsorption agents are selected from the group consisting of active carbon, zeolites, silicates, and SiO2.
11. A filter for cleaning gases andor air, the filter comprising a filter material according to claim 1.
12. A cigarette filter comprising a first filter material according to claim 1.
13. The cigarette filter according to claim 12, comprising an envelope layer that envelopes the first filter material.
14. The cigarette filter according to claim 12, comprising a second filter material attached to the first filter material at an end of the cigarette filter where smoke enters the cigarette filter.
15. The cigarette filter according to claim 14, wherein the second filter material is selected from active carbon, cellulose acetate, or paper.
16. The cigarette filter according to claim 12, comprising a further material, providing a visual termination of the cigarette filter, arranged at and end of the first filter material where smoke exits the cigarette filter.
17. The cigarette filter according to claim 12, wherein after composting for a duration of at most 12 weeks maximally 10% of an original dry weight of the cigarette filter is contained in a >2 mm screening fraction.

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 system permitting a search for information through hierarchically linked documents accessible via the Internet in which an individual document contains a reference link to a succeeding document, comprising:
an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item identifying an object associated with at least one of said hierarchically linked documents;
an Internet processor for searching and identifying a plurality of grandchild documents hierarchically and linearly linked to a corresponding plurality of child documents, said child documents being hierarchically and linearly linked to a parent document identified by said object and excluding non-hierarchically and non-linearly associated documents in response to user initiation of a hierarchical search; and
an output processor for processing data identifying said plurality of child documents for communication to a reproduction device.
2. A system according to claim 1, wherein
said object comprises at least one of a) an Internet URL, and b) an Internet address representative code.
3. A system according to claim 1, wherein
said Internet processor searches to find an object comprising at least one of, a) an entity name, b) a program identifier, c) a telephonefax number, d) a program broadcast channel, e) an application file, f) a text string and g) similar subject matter text determined from a text or search subject mapping database.
4. A system according to claim 1, wherein
said parent document, child document and grandchild document are multimedia documents associated with applications comprising at least two of, a) Internet web page browsing, b) Email, c) Internet telephony, d) telephony, e) fax, f) broadcast video, g) videophone, h) broadcast radio, i) broadcast audio, j) home control, and i) a word processing or spreadsheet application.
5. A system according to claim 1, including
a display menu generator producing a display menu enabling a user to select an information item to be searched, said selected information item comprising at least one of, a) an Internet URL, b) a telephonefax number, c) a video broadcast channel, d) an application file, and e) an Email address.
6. A system according to claim 1, wherein
said Internet processor identifies a plurality of child documents by employing a first user entered search information item and a second user entered search information item and a user selected search function comprising at least one of, a) a MUST FIND function and b) a MUST NOT ED function, for use with a search information item.
7. A method for searching for information through hierarchically linked documents accessible via the Internet in which an individual document contains a reference link to a succeeding document, comprising the activities of:
initiating generation of data representing a menu item permitting user entry of a search information item identifying an object associated with at least one of said hierarchically linked documents;
using reference links in individual documents to identify search results comprising a sequence of documents including a grandchild document hierarchically and linearly linked to a child document, said child document being hierarchically and linearly linked to a parent document identified by said object in response to user initiation of a hierarchical search;
excluding non-hierarchically and non-linearly associated documents from said search results; and
processing data representing said search results to be suitable for communication to a reproduction device.
8. A system according to claim 7, wherein
said step of identifying search results includes the step of employing a first user entered search information item and a second user entered search information item and a user selected search function comprising at least one of, a) a MUST FIND function and b) a MUST NOT FIND function, for use with a search information item.
9. A system permitting a search through a sequence of hierarchically linked documents accessible via the Internet in which an individual document contains a reference link to a succeeding document, comprising:
an interface processor for receiving user entered search information items; and
an Internet processor for, in response to user initiation of a hierarchical search,
identifying a sequence of documents including a grandchild document hierarchically linked to a child document, said child document being hierarchically linked to a parent document, using reference links in individual documents to identify succeeding documents in said sequence,
searching through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents containing a user entered first search information item,
excluding non-hierarchically associated documents, from said identified result documents,
excluding documents omitting a second user entered search information item, from said identified result documents and
providing data items identifying said result documents.
10. A system according to claim 9, wherein
said Internet processor excludes documents containing a third user entered search information item, from said identified result documents.
11. A system according to claim 9, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents containing a user entered Boolean search term including at least one of, (a) an AND operator and (b) an OR operator.
12. A system according to claim 10, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents containing a user entered Boolean search term including at least one of, (a) an AND operator and (b) an OR operator.
13. A system according to claim 9, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to HTML or SGML type documents, in response to a user entered search command.
14. A system according to claim 13, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to documents from a particular country, in response to a user entered search command.
15. A system according to claim 14, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to documents representing video, in response to a user entered search command.
16. A system according to claim 14, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to documents from at least one of, a) an area associated with an area code, b) an area associated with a zip code and (c) a geographic area, in response to a user entered search command.
17. A system according to claim 10, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to documents from a particular country, in response to a user entered search command.
18. A system according to claim 17, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents containing a user entered Boolean search term including at least one of, (a) an AND operator and (b) an OR operator.
19. A system according to claim 18, wherein
a search information item comprises at least one of a) an Internet URL, and b) an Internet address representative code.
20. A system according to claim 9, wherein
said Internet processor searches through said sequence of hierarchically linked documents to identify result documents restricted to documents from a particular directory including one or more of a) a telephone number directory, b) a fax number directory, c) an Email directory, d) a videophoneInternet-phone directory, e) an Internet URL directory, and f) a directory of currently available on-line Tnternet users.

What is claimed is:

1. An accelerometer comprising:
a substrate;
a mass having an outer periphery, a cavity defining an inner periphery, and a plurality of elongated fingers along a portion of the inner periphery;
mass support structures, positioned within the inner periphery and affixed to the substrate by at least one anchor positioned proximate to the mass’ center of mass, for supporting the mass above the substrate and allowing movement of the mass relative to the substrate; and
a plurality of elongated sensing fingers for sensing movement of the mass fingers relative to the sensing fingers, the sensing fingers positioned substantially alongside the mass fingers within the inner periphery and affixed to the substrate proximate to the at least one anchor such that mechanical stresses cause the mass fingers and the sensing fingers to move in substantially equal ways.
2. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein the mass support structures comprise:
a plurality of suspension springs; and
a plurality of support arms, wherein the suspension springs are disposed between the mass and the support arms, and wherein the support arms are affixed to the substrate.
3. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein the mass support structures are affixed to the substrate using a single anchor.
4. An accelerometer according to claim 3, wherein the single anchor is a substantially square anchor.
5. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein the mass support structures are affixed to the substrate using multiple anchors positioned substantially symmetrical about the mass’ center of mass.
6. An accelerometer according to claim 2, wherein the support arms are configured substantially in one of:
a cruciform configuration; and
an H configuration.
7. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein at least one elongated sensing finger is affixed to the substrate using a single elongated anchor in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchor.
8. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein at least one elongated sensing finger is affixed to the substrate using multiple anchors in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchors.
9. An accelerometer according to claim 1, wherein the mass support structures support the mass within the mass’ inner periphery toward the mass’ outer periphery.
10. A method for reducing offset in an accelerometer, the method comprising:
forming a mass having an outer periphery, a cavity defining an inner periphery, and a plurality of elongated finger structures along a portion of the inner periphery;
forming a plurality of mass support structures within the inner periphery of the mass;
forming a plurality of elongated sensing fingers substantially alongside the mass fingers within the inner periphery of the mass for sensing movement of the mass fingers relative to the sensing fingers;
affixing the mass support structures to a substrate by at least one anchor positioned proximate to the mass’ center of mass for supporting the mass above the substrate and allowing movement of the mass relative to the substrate; and
affixing the plurality of elongated sensing fingers to the substrate proximate to the at least one anchor such that mechanical stresses cause the mass fingers and the sensing fingers to move in substantially equal ways.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the mass support structures comprise:
a plurality of suspension springs; and
a plurality of support arms, wherein the suspension springs are disposed between the mass and the support arms, and wherein the support arms are affixed to the substrate.
12. A method according to claim 10, wherein affixing the mass support structures to the substrate comprises:
affixing the mass support structures to the substrate using a single anchor.
13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the single anchor is a substantially square anchor.
14. A method according to claim 10, wherein affixing the mass support structures to the substrate comprises:
affixing the mass support structures to the substrate using multiple anchors positioned substantially symmetrical about the mass’ center of mass.
15. A method according to claim 11, wherein the support arms are formed substantially in one of:
a cruciform configuration; and
an H configuration.
16. A method according to claim 10, wherein affixing the plurality of elongated sensing fingers to the substrate comprises:
affixing at least one elongated sensing finger to the substrate using a single elongated anchor in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchor.
17. A method according to claim 10, wherein affixing the plurality of elongated sensing fingers to the substrate comprises:
affixing at least one elongated sensing finger to the substrate using multiple anchors in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchors.
18. A method according to claim 10, wherein the mass support structures support the mass within the mass’ inner periphery toward the mass’ outer periphery.
19. An accelerometer comprising:
a substrate;
a mass having an outer periphery, a cavity defining an inner periphery, and a plurality of elongated fingers along a portion of the inner periphery;
mass support structures, positioned within the inner periphery and affixed to the substrate by at least one anchor positioned proximate to the mass’ center of mass, for supporting the mass above the substrate and allowing movement of the mass relative to the substrate; and
a plurality of elongated sensing fingers for sensing movement of the mass fingers relative to the sensing fingers, the sensing fingers positioned substantially alongside the mass fingers within the inner periphery and affixed to the mass support structures proximate to the at least one anchor such that mechanical stresses cause the mass fingers and the sensing fingers to move in substantially equal ways.
20. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein the sensing fingers are electrically decoupled from the mass support structures.
21. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein the mass support structures comprise:
a plurality of suspension springs; and
a plurality of support arms, wherein the suspension springs are disposed between the mass and the support arms, and wherein the support arms are affixed to the substrate.
22. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein the mass support structures are affixed to the substrate using a single anchor.
23. An accelerometer according to claim 22, wherein the single anchor is a substantially square anchor.
24. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein the mass support structures are affixed to the substrate using multiple anchors positioned substantially symmetrical about the mass’ center of mass.
25. An accelerometer according to claim 21, wherein the support arms are configured substantially in one of:
a cruciform configuration; and
an H configuration.
26. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein at least one elongated sensing finger is affixed to the substrate using a single elongated anchor in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchor.
27. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein at least one elongated sensing finger is affixed to the substrate using multiple anchors in order to reduce rotation of the elongated sensing finger about the anchors.
28. An accelerometer according to claim 19, wherein the mass support structures support the mass within the mass’ inner periphery toward the mass’ outer periphery.
29. An accelerometer comprising:
a frame having an outer periphery, a cavity defining an inner periphery, and a plurality of elongated sensing fingers along a portion of the inner periphery;
a mass, positioned within the inner periphery of the frame, having a plurality of elongated fingers positioned substantially alongside the sensing fingers; and
a plurality of suspension springs, positioned within the inner periphery of the frame, for coupling the mass to the frame and allowing movement of the mass relative to the frame.
30. An accelerometer according to claim 29, wherein the sensing fingers are electrically decoupled from the frame.
31. A micromachined apparatus comprising:
a substrate; and
at least one micromachined structure anchored to the substrate, wherein the at least one micromachined structure is subject to bending or twisting about the anchor point, and wherein the at least one micromachined structure is anchored to the substrate using one of an elongated anchor and multiple anchors in order to reduce the bending or twisting of the at least one micromachined structure about the anchor point.
32. A micromachined apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the micromachined apparatus is an accelerometer, and wherein the at least one micromachined structure comprises a fixed sensing finger.

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 light emitting device comprising:
a light emitting element emitting light with a peak wavelength of 420 nm or more and 445 nm or less;
a first phosphor emitting light with a peak wavelength of 485 nm or more and less than 530 nm;
a second phosphor emitting light with a peak wavelength of 530 nm or more and less than 580 nm; and
a third phosphor emitting light with a peak wavelength of 600 nm or more and less than 650 nm,
wherein the device emits light having an emission spectrum that has a local minimum value of light intensity between in the range of a wavelength of 450 nm or more and 470 nm or less, the local minimum value being 60% or less of a maximum value of light intensity at a longer wavelength side from the local minimum value, and the device emits light having a color temperature of 4600 K or higher and 5400 K or less.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second phosphors are oxynitride phosphors including silicon (Si), aluminum (Al) and strontium (Sr).
3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting element is a blue LED.
4. The device according to claim 1, wherein
the second phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 540 nm or more and 560 nm or less, and
the third phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 620 nm or more and 640 nm or less.
5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the local minimum value is 50% or less of the maximum value.
6. The device according to claim 2, wherein the third phosphor is an oxynitride phosphor including silicon (Si), aluminum (Al) and strontium (Sr).
7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting element emits light with a peak wavelength of 435 nm or less.
8. The device according to claim 1, wherein a chemical composition of the first phosphor is represented by a general formula (1),
(M1-x1Eux1)3y1Alz1Si16-z1Ou1Nw1\u2003\u2003(1)

in the general formula (1), M is Sr or M is Sr and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Ca and Mg,
x1, y1, z1, u1, and w1 satisfy a relationship below,
0<x1\u22661,
0.8\u2266y1\u22661.1,
2\u2266z1\u22663.5,
0<u1\u22662,
1.8\u2266z1\u2212u1,
22\u2266u1+w1\u226624.
9. The device according to claim 8, wherein a chemical composition of the second phosphor is represented by a general formula (2),
(M1-x2Cex2)2y2Alz2Si10-z2Ou2Nw2\u2003\u2003(2)

in the general formula (2), M is Sr or M is Sr and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Ca and Mg,
x2, y2, z2, u2, and w2 satisfy a relationship below,
0<x2\u22661,
0.8\u2266y2\u22661.1,
2\u2266z2\u22663.5,
0<u2\u22661
1.8\u2266z2\u2212u2,
0<w2,
13\u2266u2+w2\u226615.
10. The device according to claim 9, wherein a chemical composition of the third phosphor is represented by a general formula (3),
(M1-x3Eux3)2y3Alz3Si10-z3Ou3Nw3\u2003\u2003(3)

in the general formula (3), M is Sr or M is Sr and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Ca and Mg,
x3, y3, z3, u3, and w3 satisfy the relationship below,
0<x3\u22661,
0.8\u2266y3\u22661.1,
2\u2266z3\u22663.5,
0<u3\u22661
1.8\u2266z3\u2212u3,
0<w3,
13\u2266u3+w3\u226615.
11. The device according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting element is a blue LED.
12. The device according to claim 6, wherein the light emitting element is a blue LED.
13. The device according to claim 2, wherein
the second phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 540 nm or more and less than 560 nm, and
the third phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 620 nm or more and less than 640 nm.
14. The device according to claim 6, wherein
the second phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 540 nm or more and less than 560 nm, and
the third phosphor emits light with a wavelength of 620 nm or more and less than 640 nm.
15. The device according to claim 6, wherein the local minimum value is 50% or less of the maximum value.
16. The device according to claim 10, wherein the local minimum value is 50% or less of the maximum value.