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17. A method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder comprising administering a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof to a human or animal:
wherein ring Q represented by
represents
wherein
represents \u2014NH\u2014CH2\u2014, \u2014N\u2550CH\u2014, \u2014CH2\u2014NH\u2014 or \u2014CH\u2550N\u2014; and
the carbon-carbon bond

between the 3-position and 4-position of the heterocyclic skeleton containing Z and Y represents a single bond or a double bond;
the ring Q may have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, a halogenated lower alkyl group, an aryl group, an aryl lower alkyl group, an aryl lower alkoxy group, an arylcarbonyl group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkanoyl group, a lower alkanoyloxy group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, a carbamoyl group which may have a lower alkyl group, a carboxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, an amino group which may have a lower alkanoyl group, a nitro group, a hydroxy lower alkyl group, an amino lower alkyl group which may have a lower alkyl group, a thienyl group, a saturated 3- to 8-membered heteromonocyclic group containing 1 to 2 nitrogen atoms-substituted lower alkyl group and an oxo group;
R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and
A represents \u2014O-A1- (wherein A1 represents an alkylene group which may be substituted with a hydroxy group (wherein the one oxygen atom may replace a carbon of the alkylene chain) or a lower alkenylene group) or a lower alkylene group;
provided that when A represents a lower alkylene group, the ring Q represents a bicyclic group selected from the group consisting of:
wherein the carbon-carbon-bond
represents a single bond or a double bond.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the heterocyclic compound of the formula (1) is selected from the group consisting of:
(1) 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-1H-quinolin-2-one,
(2) 7-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-1H-quinolin-2-one,
(3) 7-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-ylpiperazin-1-yl)propoxy-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one,
(4) 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one,
(5) 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-1-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one and
(6) 6-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one;
or a salt thereof.
19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the heterocyclic compound of the formula (1) is selected from the group of:
(1) 7-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one
(2) 7-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one,
(3) 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one,
(4) 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoqunoinline-1-one,
(5) 7-3-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-2H-isoquinolin-1-one and
(6) 7-3-(4-benzo(b)thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)propoxy-2-methyl-2H-isoquinolin-1-one;
or a salt thereof.
20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the heterocyclic compound of formula (1) is 7-4-(4-benzobthiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy-1H-quinolin-2-one.

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 document handler comprising:
a document receptacle receiving document sheets for processing; and
a plurality of user guidance graphic elements disposed on the document receptacle, the plurality of user guidance graphic elements corresponding to a plurality of document loadings supported by the document handler, each user guidance graphic element including: (i) a sheet representation indicating a correct orientation of long and short edges of the document sheet for the corresponding loading and (ii) a symbol or image disposed in the sheet representation and having visually distinguishable up and down directions indicating correct up and down directions of the document sheet for the corresponding loading.
2. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements include elements for supported document loadings including a long-edge feed loading and a short-edge feed loading.
3. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements include elements for supported document loadings including a portrait document loading and a landscape document loading.
4. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements include elements for supported document loadings including a long-edge feed portrait document loading, a short-edge feed portrait document loading, a long-edge feed landscape document loading, and a short-edge feed landscape document loading.
5. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements are disposed on the document receptacle such that loaded document sheets block at least one of the user guidance graphic elements from view.
6. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the user guidance graphic elements have no even rotational symmetry.
7. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the user guidance graphic elements have bilateral symmetry.
8. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the user guidance graphic elements have neither bilateral symmetry nor even rotational symmetry.
9. The document handler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements are disposed on the document receptacle as at least one of:
a relief formed into a surface of the document receptacle,
a label adhered to a surface of the document receptacle, and
ink disposed on a surface of the document receptacle.
10. A document handler comprising:
a document receptacle receiving document sheets for processing; and
a user guidance graphic disposed on the document receptacle, the user guidance graphic including at least one guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading document sheets on the document receptacle.
11. The document handler as set forth in claim 10, wherein the user guidance graphic comprises:
a portrait user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading portrait document sheets on the document receptacle; and
a landscape user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading landscape document sheets on the document receptacle.
12. The document handler as set forth in claim 10, wherein the document handler is capable of supplying document sheets in either a long-edge feed orientation or a short-edge feed orientation, the user guidance graphic comprising:
a long-edge feed user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading document sheets for long-edge feeding; and
a short-edge feed user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading document sheets for short-edge-feeding.
13. The document handler as set forth in claim 10, wherein the document handler is capable of supplying document sheets in either a long-edge feed orientation or a short-edge feed orientation, the user guidance graphic comprising:
a long-edge-feed portrait user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading portrait document sheets for long-edge feeding;
a short-edge-feed portrait user guidance graphic element having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading portrait document sheets for short-edge-feeding;
a long-edge-feed landscape user guidance graphic element having visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading landscape document sheets for long-edge feeding; and
a short-edge-feed landscape user guidance graphic element having visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading landscape document sheets for short-edge-feeding.
14. The document handler as set forth in claim 10, wherein the at least one user guidance graphic element comprises:
a generally rectangular sheet representation aligned on the document receptacle to indicate one of a long edge document feed and a short edge document feed; and
an image or symbol having no even rotational symmetry and visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading document sheets in the long edge or short edge feed position indicated by the generally rectangular sheet representation.
15. The document handler as set forth in claim 14, wherein the image or symbol is selected from a group consisting of: (i) one or more letters and (ii) an image.
16. The document handler as set forth in claim 10, wherein the user guidance graphic is disposed on the document receptacle as at least one of:
a relief formed into a surface of the document receptacle,
a label adhered to a surface of the document receptacle, and
ink disposed on a surface of the document receptacle.
17. An electrostatographic system comprising:
a document receptacle;
at least one electrostatographic marking engine generating electrostatographically marked sheets corresponding to document sheets loaded on the document receptacle;
a finisher that binds the electrostatographically marked sheets; and
a user guidance graphic element disposed on the document receptacle, the user guidance graphic element having visually distinguishable up and down directions aligned on the document receptacle with correct up and down directions for loading the document sheets on the document receptacle such that the electrostatographically marked sheets are bound in a correct orientation by the finisher.
18. The electrostatographic system as set forth in claim 17, wherein the user guidance graphic element includes a plurality of user guidance graphic elements corresponding to a plurality of supported document sheet loadings.
19. The electrostatographic system as set forth in claim 18, wherein the plurality of user guidance graphic elements include elements for supported document loadings including at least two of:
a long-edge feed portrait document loading,
a short-edge feed portrait document loading,
a long-edge feed landscape document loading, and
a short-edge feed landscape document loading.
20. The electrostatographic system as set forth in claim 18, wherein the document receptacle is part of a duplex automatic document handler (DADH).
21. The electrostatographic system as set forth in claim 18, further comprising:
a touch-sensitive user interface for selecting one of the plurality of supported document sheet loadings, the touch-sensitive user interface displaying as selection indicators the plurality of user guidance graphic elements corresponding to the plurality of document sheet loadings.
22. The electrostatographic system as set forth in claim 17, wherein the user guidance graphic element comprises:
a sheet representation aligned on the document receptacle to indicate correct alignment of the long and short sheet edges of the document sheet; and
an image or symbol disposed in the sheet representation and having visually distinguishable up and down directions indicating correct up and down directions of the document sheet.

1. A substrate connector that conductively connects a terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external device with contact point patterns arrayed at a predetermined array pitch on one side of a circuit board, the connector comprising:
a connector main body that houses and retains pieces of the terminal fitting at an array pitch corresponding to the array pitch of the contact point patterns and having a leading end face butted against a surface of the circuit board on which the contact point patterns are arrayed, so as to bring leading end faces of the pieces of the terminal fitting with the contact point patterns; and
a connector receiving member that is attached to the circuit board and that holds the leading end face of the connector main body butted against the surface of the circuit board;
wherein the terminal fitting is provided with a spring piece that imparts a predetermined contact pressure to the contact point patterns by a predetermined elastic deformation upon contact with the corresponding contact point patterns and served as contact points to be contacted with the contact point patterns, and
the spring piece is formed integrally on the terminal main body by folding a strip-shaped plate piece continued from the one sidewall of the terminal main body such that a portion of the plate piece projects from the leading end of the terminal main body.
2. The substrate connector according to claim 1, wherein, when elastically deformed upon contact with the contact point patterns, the contact points of the terminal fitting are elastically displaced along a planar direction of the contact point patterns so as to slide over surfaces of the contact point patterns.
3. The substrate connector according to claim 1, wherein the spring piece is placed between a pair of sidewalls of the terminal fitting such that a portion of the spring piece projects from the leading end of the terminal main body;
a leading end of the portion of the spring piece that projects from the leading end of the terminal main body is served as the contact point; and
a portion of the spring piece situated in the terminal main body is served as a spring for elastically displacing the corresponding contact point in a direction opposite to a projecting direction.
4. The substrate connector according to claim 1, wherein the connector receiving member has a tubular section to which the connector main body fits and a boss provided projectingly on an exterior surface of the tubular section, and
wherein the connector main body includes a fitting control lever attached so as to be turnable and a cam groove that is formed in the fitting control lever and that draws the boss in a fitting direction of the connector main body by turning action of the fitting control lever, so as to connect the connector main body to the connector receiving member.

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. Method for preparing a compound having the general formula
R1-M1-AdzLiX\u2003\u2003(I)

by reacting a compound R1-A (III) with an element M1 in presence of LiX, wherein
R1 is a substituted or un-substituted C3-C24 aryl or C3-C24 heteroaryl containing one or more heteroatoms like B, O, N, S, Se, P or Si, a linear or branched substituted or un-substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl or C2-C20 alkynyl or a substituted or un-substituted C3-C20 cycloalkyl or a derivative thereof;
M1 is an element selected from Mn, Cu, Zn, Sn, In, La, Ce, Nd, Y, Li, Sm, Na, K and Bi;
A is a halogen selected from F, Cl, Br, I; or a sulphonate (RSO3\u2014) or a phosphonate (\u2014OP(O)(OR)2) wherein R is defined as R1,
d is 0 or 1;
z is >0; and
X is selected from the group consisting of F; Cl; Br; CN; SCN; NCO; Hal1Ok,

wherein k=3 or 4 and Hal1 is selected from Cl, Br and I; NO3; BF4; PF6; H; a carboxylate having the general formula RxCO2; a disilazide having the general formula (Rx3Si)2; a thiolate having the general formula SRx; an alcoholate having the general formula ORx; RxP(O)O2; or SCORx; an amine having the general formula RxNH; a dialkyl- or diarylamine having the general formula Rx2N, wherein Rx is defined as below or Rx2N represents a cyclic alkylamine; a phosphine having the general formula PRx2, wherein Rx is defined as below or PRx2 represents a cyclic phosphine; OjSRx, wherein j=2 or 3; or NOr, wherein r=2 or 3; and derivatives thereof; wherein Rx is a substituted or un-substituted C4-C24 aryl or a C3-C24 heteroaryl containing one or more heteroatoms like B, O, N, S, Se, P or Si; a linear or branched substituted or un-substituted C1-C20 alkyl; C2-C20 alkenyl or C2-C20 alkynyl; or a substituted or un-substituted C3-C20 cycloalkyl; or derivatives thereof; or H.
2. Method for preparing a compound having the general formula
R1m-M3-TnzLiX\u2003\u2003(II)

by reacting a compound R1-A (III) with a M3-containing compound in the presence of LiX and in the presence of an elementary metal M2 wherein
R1, z, A and X are defined as in claim 1;
T is defined as A or X in claim 1 and wherein X and T can be identical or different;
M3 is defined as M1 in claim 1 and additionally comprises Ti, Al, Mg, B, Si and S;
n is 0, 1, 2 or 3;
m is 1, 2 or 3;
M2 is a metal being selected from Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Mn and Zn and the moieties R1 can be identical or different, when m=2 or m=3.
3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the M3-containing compound is selected from metal-halogen compounds, metal-alkyl compounds, metal-aryl compounds, metal-alkoxy compounds or metal-aryloxy compounds.
4. Method according to claim 2 or 3 wherein the M3-containing compound is selected from MgBr2, MgCl2, B(OMe)3, B(iPrO)3, BF3, Et2AlCl, Si(OMe)4, SiCl4, MnCl2, SnCl2, ZnCl2, ZnBr2, TiCl(OiPr)3, Ti(OiPr)4, InCl3, LaCl3, CeCl3, SmCl3 and NdCl3.
5. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method is carried out in a solvent selected from cyclic, linear or branched mono- or polyethers, thioethers, amines, phosphines and derivatives thereof that contain one or more additional heteroatoms selected from O, N, S and P, preferably tetrahydrofurane (THF), 2-methyltetrahydrofurane, dibutylether, diethylether, tert-butylmethylether, dimethoxyethane, dioxanes, preferably 1,4-dioxane, triethylamine, ethyldiisopropylamine, dimethylsulfide, dibutylsulphide; cyclic and linear amides, preferably N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP), N-butyl-2-pyrrolidone (NBP), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC); cyclic, linear or branched alkanes andor alkenes wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by halogens, preferably dichlormethane, 1,2-dichlorethane, CCl4; derivatives of urea, preferably N,N\u2032-dimethylpropylene urea (DMPU), N,N,N\u2032N\u2032-tetramethyl urea; aromatic, heteroaromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbons, preferably benzene, toluene, xylene, pyridine, pentane, cyclohexane, hexane, heptane; hexamethylphosphorotriamide (HMPA), CS2; or combinations thereof.
6. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the elementary metal M1 or M2 is activated with a compound selected from the group consisting of copper salts, nickel salts, iron compounds, cobalt compounds, I2, C2H4Br2, Cl(CH2)2Br, t-BuOLi, BCl3, BF3, LiBH4, LiAlH4, NaAlH4, Et3Al, DIBAL-H, NaH2Al(OCH2CH2OCH3)Me3SiCl, Et2Zn, ICl and SnCl2.
7. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that M1 or M2 is Zn.
8. Method according to claim 2, characterised in that, when n 2, T2 is a bivalent anion selected from the group consisting of diamines, dialkoxides or dithiols.
9. Method according to claim 8 characterised in that the diamine has the general formula R\u2032NH\u2014R\u2014NHR\u2032, the dialkoxide has the general formula HO\u2014R\u2014OH and the dithiol has the general formula HS\u2014R\u2014SH, wherein R\u2032 and R are independently from each other selected from the same group as Rx, wherein R is a bivalent moiety and preferably CH3NHCH2CH2NHCH3, HOCH2CH2OH, binole, 1,2-diaminocyclohexane are used.
10. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that an amine, preferably an oligo- or polyamine, is added additionally.
11. Method according to claim 10 characterised in that the amine is added in an amount of from 0.05 to 3 equivalents, preferably from 0.15 to 1.5 equivalents, more preferably from 0.2 to 1 equivalents, in relation to the element M1 andor the metal M2.
12. Compound having the general formula
R1m-M3-TnzLiX\u2003\u2003(II)

wherein R1, z and X are defined as in claim 1 and n, m, T and M3 are defined as in claim 2, but M3 does not comprise Mg.
13. Solution of a compound having the general formula
R1m-M3-TnzLiX\u2003\u2003(II)

wherein R1, z and X are defined as in claim 1 and n, m, T and M3 are defined as in claim 2, but M3 does not comprise Mg in a solvent.
14. Solution according to claim 13 wherein the method is carried out in a solvent selected from cyclic, linear or branched mono- or polyethers, thioethers, amines, phosphines and derivatives thereof that contain one or more additional heteroatoms selected from O, N, S and P, preferably tetrahydrofurane (THF), 2-methyltetrahydrofurane, dibutylether, diethylether, tert-butylmethylether, dimethoxyethane, dioxanes, preferably 1,4-dioxane, triethylamine, ethyldiisopropylamine, dimethylsulfide, dibutylsulphide; cyclic and linear amides, preferably N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP), N-butyl-2-pyrrolidone (NBP), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC); cyclic, linear and branched alkanes andor alkenes wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by halogens, preferably dichlormethane, 1,2-dichlorethane, CCl4; derivatives of urea, preferably N,N\u2032-dimethylpropylene urea (DMPU), N,N,N\u2032N\u2032-tetramethyl urea; aromatic, heteroaromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbons, preferably benzene, toluene, xylene, pyridine, pentane, cyclohexane, hexane, heptane; hexamethylphosphorotriamide (HMPA), CS2; or combinations thereof.
15. Use of a compound having the general formula
R1m-M3-TnzLiX\u2003\u2003(II)

wherein R1, z and X are defined as in claim 1 and n, m, T and M3 are defined as in claim 2, but M3 does not comprise Mg in a reaction with an electrophile.
16. Product of a reaction of an electrophile with a compound having the general formula
R1m-M3-TnzLiX\u2003\u2003(II)

wherein R1, z and X are defined as in claim 1 and n, m, T and M3 are defined as in claim 2, but M3 does not comprise Mg.