Author: claimsbot

1. A flow path switching valve for switching a guide flow path for guiding a fluid material to a dispenser, comprising:
an injection chamber to which the fluid material pressurized by a compressed air is supplied, and an outer valve seating surface which is cylindrical and continuous from the injection chamber;
a partition member which is cylindrical and arranged on the inside of the outer valve seating surface in a radial direction, and partitions an internal space into a discharge chamber formed on the inside of the partition member and an annular feed chamber formed on the outside of the partition member;
an inner valve seating surface provided to the tip side portion of the partition member, wherein a valve chamber is formed between the inner valve seating surface and the outer valve seating surface;
a discharge control block formed with a control flow path which is connected to the feed chamber, wherein the volume of the control flow path is changed by a discharge rod; and
a valve element having a base portion which is arranged in the valve chamber, and opens and closes an inner flow path formed between the inner valve seating surface and the base portion of the valve element, and an annular flange portion which is integrally formed with the base portion, and opens and closes an outer flow path formed between the annular flange portion and the outer valve seating surface with elastic deformation,
wherein the flow path switching valve performs:
a filling operation in which the annular flange portion elastically deforms and separates from the outer valve seating surface to flow the fluid material into the control flow path from the injection chamber, and the base portion abuts on the inner valve seating surface to stop the flow of the fluid material to the discharge chamber;
a balance operation in which the elastic deformation of the annular flange portion is restored to be in contact with the outer valve seating surface and closes the outer flow path; and
a discharge operation in which when the discharge rod shrinks the volume in the control flow path and the pressure in the control flow path becomes higher than the pressure in the injection chamber, the base portion of the valve element separates from the inner valve seating surface, discharges the fluid material from the control flow path to the discharge chamber.
2. A discharge control apparatus for discharging a fluid material to a dispenser, the discharge control apparatus comprising:
an injection chamber to which the fluid material pressurized by a compressed air is supplied, and an outer valve seating surface which is cylindrical and continuous from the injection chamber;
a partition member which is cylindrical and arranged on the inside of the outer valve seating surface in a radial direction, and partitions an internal space into a discharge chamber formed on the inside of the partition member and an annular feed chamber formed on the outside of the partition member;
an inner valve seating surface provided to the tip side portion of the partition member, wherein a valve chamber is formed between the inner valve seating surface and the outer valve seating surface;
a discharge control block formed with a control flow path which is connected to the feed chamber, wherein the volume of the control flow path is changed by a discharge rod;
discharging means provided to the discharge control block to reciprocate the discharge rod; and
a valve element having a base portion which is arranged in the valve chamber, and opens and closes an inner flow path formed between the inner valve seating surface and the base portion of the valve element, and an annular flange portion which is integrally formed with the base portion, and opens and closes an outer flow path formed between the annular flange portion and the outer valve seating surface with elastic deformation,
wherein discharge control apparatus performs:
a filling operation in which the annular flange portion elastically deforms and separates from the outer valve seating surface to flow the fluid material into the control flow path from the injection chamber, and the base portion abuts on the inner valve seating surface to stop the flow of the fluid material to the discharge chamber;
a balance operation in which the elastic deformation of the annular flange portion is restored to be in contact with the outer valve seating surface and closes the outer flow path; and
a discharge operation in which when the discharge rod shrinks the volume in the control flow path and the pressure in the control flow path becomes higher than the pressure in the injection chamber, the base portion of the valve element separates from the inner valve seating surface, discharges the fluid material from the control flow path to the discharge chamber.
3. The discharge control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the discharging means has a driving case in which the discharge rod is accommodated reciprocably,
wherein the discharge rod is inserted into the control flow path with the discharge control block being arranged while allowing the control flow path filled with the fluid material to face in an upper direction, and the driving case is attached to the discharge control block with the fluid material being overflowed from the control flow path.
4. The discharge control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the discharging means has:
a driving rod for driving the discharge rod; and
a driving case in which the driving rod is accommodated and reciprocable in the axial direction,
wherein a stroke adjusting member for adjusting a stroke of the driving rod is provided in the driving case.

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 method for automatically reconfiguring an input interface, the method comprising:
with a physical computing device, analyzing input received through an input interface of said computing device;
with said physical computing device, determining a context based on said input; and
with said physical computing device, reconfiguring said input interface to comprise a key based on a domain associated with said context.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said context is a category of document selected from among a number of predetermined document categories.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said domain is a group of words selected from a number of databases based on said context.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said number of databases comprises a database that includes input previously entered by a user of said physical computing device that is sorted according to said predetermined document categories.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said domain is a group of words associated with a particular topic.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, generating a layout of said input interface comprising said key based on parameters of said computing device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said key invokes a widget.
8. The method of claim 1, in which said key comprises a drop down menu.
9. A computing system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to said processor;
in which said processor is configured to:
analyze input received through an input interface of a computing device;
determine a context based on said input; and
reconfigure said input interface to comprise a key based on a domain associated with said context.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein said context is a category of document selected from among a number of predetermined document categories.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein said domain is a group of words selected from a number of databases based on said context.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein said domain is a group of words associated with a particular topic that corresponds to said context.
13. The system of claim 9, in which said input interface further comprises a key based on input history of said device.
14. The system of claim 9, in which analyzing said input received through said input interface comprises using a Natural Language Processing (NLP) monitor.
15. The system of claim 9, in which said computing system comprises a mobile device.
16. The system of claim 9, in which said key comprises a drop down menu.
17. A computer program product for providing an automatically reconfigurable context based input interface, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to analyze input received through an input interface of a computing device;
computer readable program code configured to determine a context based on said input; and
computer readable program code configured to reconfigure said input interface to include a key based on a domain associated with said context.
18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein:
said context is a category of document selected from among a number of predetermined document categories; and
said domain is a group of words selected from a number of databases based on said context.
19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein said domain is a group of words associated with a particular topic.
20. The system of claim 9, in which said key comprises one of a widget and a drop down menu.

1. A contact-less electric switch wherein
the switch turns ON an electric device in response of detecting waves wherein the waves are selected from the group consisting of air waves, sound waves, and water waves.
2. The contact-less electric switch of claim 1 comprises,
a detector comprising a microphone wherein the microphone detecting the waves;
controlling circuits receiving electrical signals generated by the detector in response of the detection of the waves; and
the controlling circuits generate voltage signals in response of receiving the electrical signals.
3. The contact-less electric switch of claim 2 wherein
the voltage signals control flowing or terminating electric current flow.
4. The contact-less electric switch of claim 3 wherein
the controlling circuits connect to the electric device wherein the electric device is turned ON in response of receiving the electric current flow.
5. The contact-less electric switch of claim 2 wherein
the detector determines wave pressure in response of the detection of waves;
the detector generates the electrical signals when the wave pressure exceeds a pre-determined threshold.
6. The contact-less electric switch of claim 5 wherein
the voltage signals control flowing or terminating electric current flow.
7. The contact-less electric switch of claim 2 further comprises
a body, wherein the microphone is disposed inside the body.
8. The contact-less electric switch of claim 7 further comprises
a hole is formed on the body and adjacent to the microphone; and the microphone is connected with surroundings through the hole.
9. The contact-less electric switch according to claim 8, wherein
the diameter of the hole is less than 3 mm.
10. A contact-less electric switch wherein
the switch turns OFF an electric device in response of detecting waves wherein the waves are selected from the group consisting of air waves, sound waves, and water waves.
11. The contact-less electric switch of claim 10 comprises,
a detector comprising a microphone wherein the microphone detecting the waves;
controlling circuits receiving electrical signals generated by the detector in response of the detection of the waves; and
the controlling circuits generate voltage signals in response of receiving the electrical signals.
12. The contact-less electric switch of claim 11 wherein
the voltage signals control flowing or terminating electric current flow.
13. The contact-less electric switch of claim 12 wherein
the controlling circuits connect to the electric device wherein the electric device is turned OFF in response of receiving the electric current flow.
14. The contact-less electric switch of claim 11 wherein
the detector determines wave pressure in response of the detection of waves;
the detector generates the electrical signals when the wave pressure exceeds a pre-determined threshold.
15. The contact-less electric switch of claim 14 wherein
the voltage signals control flowing or terminating electric current flow.
16. The contact-less electric switch of claim 11 further comprises
a body, wherein the microphone is disposed inside the body.
17. The contact-less electric switch of claim 16 further comprises
a hole is formed on the body and adjacent to the microphone; and the microphone is connected with surroundings through the hole.
18. The contact-less electric switch according to claim 17, wherein the diameter of the hole is less than 3 mm.

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 note handling apparatus, comprising:
a transport belt;
at least one note storage component which is configured to receive notes from the transport belt and dispense notes to the transport belt; and
a note direction changer associated with said note storage component and presenting a rotating note guiding periphery, said note direction changer being configured to direct notes from the transport belt into the note storage component when the note guiding periphery is rotated in a first rotational direction and said note direction changer being configured to direct notes past the note storage component when the note guiding periphery is rotated in an opposite second rotational direction.
2. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second rotational direction of the note direction changer is reverse to the rotational direction of the transport belt.
3. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the note direction changer is farther configured to direct notes from the note storage component to the transport belt when the note guiding periphery is rotated in the first rotational direction.
4. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the note direction changer comprises a separate drive component for driving the note direction changer in said first and second rotational directions.
5. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the note direction changer comprises, along a rotational axis thereof a central portion having a first diameter and two lateral portions having a second, larger diameter.
6. The note handling apparatus of claim 5, wherein said transport belt has a note-carrying front side and a rear side, said rotational axis of the note direction changer being is located at the front side of the transport belt, and wherein said lateral portions of the note direction changer extend partly to said rear side of the transport belt.
7. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the note direction changer comprises a foam rubber drum forming said note guiding periphery.
8. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the note storage component comprises a note storage drum configured to rotate in both directions, and wherein notes are stored by rolling the notes between first and second film layers which are spooled on the storage drum.
9. The note handling apparatus of claim 8, wherein said first and second film layers present first and second film portions, respectively, which converge in a direction towards said note storage drum, and wherein said note direction changer is configured to direct notes from the transport belt towards said converging first and second film portions when the note guiding periphery is rotated in said first rotational direction.
10. The note handling apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of note storage components which are configured to receive notes from the transport belt and dispense notes to the transport belt; and
a plurality of rotatable note direction changers, each one associated with a respective one of said note storage components.
11. The note handling apparatus of claim 10, wherein said note storage components are arranged to store notes of different denominations.