Author: claimsbot

1. A method of processing documents comprising: providing a plurality of printers connected to a controller; transmitting a first document file to the controller; generating a first control file based on the first document file; printing a plurality of pages of the first document file; scanning the pages printed from the first document file to generate a first scan file; comparing the first control file and the first scan file to correlate the pages printed from the first document file with the first document file; transmitting a second document file to the controller, and wherein printing includes printing a plurality of pages of the first document file and a plurality of pages of the second document file with the printers; and
generating a second control file based on the second document file; scanning the pages printed from the second document file along with the scanning of the pages printed from the first document file in any order; comparing the second control file and the second scan file to correlate the pages printed from the second document file with the second document file; re-assembling the pages printed from the first document file and the pages printed from the second document file based upon the correlation between the pages printed from the first document file with the first document file and the correlation between the pages printed from the second document file with the second document file.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first document file comprises a multi-page document, and wherein printing includes printing at least one of the pages on a first printer and at least another page on a second printer.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a plurality of printers includes providing at least two different types of printers.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the first control file includes generating a first control file portion for each of the pages printed from the first document file, and wherein generating the first scan file includes generating a first scan file portion for each of the pages printed from the first document file.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the comparing includes, for each first scan file portion, seeking the closest match among the first control file portions.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein generating a control file portion includes generating a compressed representation of at least a portion of the corresponding page.
7. The method of claim 1 including collecting multiple printed documents from the printers and feeding them into a scanner in a single batch.
8. A method of processing documents comprising:
providing a plurality of printers connected to a controller;
transmitting a document file to the controller;
generating a control file based on the document file;
printing a document based on the document file;
scanning the document to generate a scan file;
comparing the control file and the scan file to correlate the printed document with the document file; and
wherein the scanning and comparing include sequentially scanning each printed page, identifying a page position of each printed page within the document file based upon the comparison between the control file and the scan file, and moving the printed page to a selected location for reassembly with other pages from the document, the selected location being associated with the page position of the printed page.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the document file is for a multi-page document, and wherein printing includes printing at least one of the pages on a first printer and at least another page on a second printer.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein providing a plurality of printers includes providing at least two different types of printers.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the control file includes generating a control file portion for each page to be printed, and wherein generating the scan file includes generating a scan file portion for each printed page.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the comparing includes for each scan file portion seeking the closest match among the control file portions.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein generating a control file portion includes generating a compressed representation of at least a portion of the corresponding page.
14. The method of claim 8, including collecting multiple printed documents from the printers and feeding them into a scanner in a single batch.
15. A method of printing a plurality of documents comprising:
generating a page file for each page of each document;
generating a control file for each page file;
operating a plurality of printers to generate printed pages;
scanning the printed pages to generate a scan file; and
for each scan file, identifying the corresponding control file to permit the printed pages to be segregated into properly sequenced separate documents.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein generating the scan file includes employing pattern recognition.
17. The method of claim 15 including transferring the printed pages to a scanner, including collecting the pages from the printers in any order.
18. The method of claim 15 wherein scanning includes scanning the pages from all the printers in a common scanner facility.
19. The method of claim 15 including limiting printing only to the pages of the printed documents, such that cover sheets identifying print jobs are not required.
20. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the documents has pages printed by different printers.
21. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the printers prints different documents.
22. The method of claim 15 including selecting which printer prints which pages based on a criterion other than maintaining sequential printing of pages in a document.
23. The method of claim 15 including transmitting the control files to a common controller connected to the printers and the scanners.
24. A document processing facility comprising;
a plurality of printers;
a common controller connected to the printers;
a scanner connected to the controller and operable to scan documents printed by the printers;
a sorter connected to the scanner; and
control means for generating control files based on a print data file, for generating a scan file based on scanning a printed page, and for comparing the scan file with the control file to identify the portion of the print data file to which the printed page corresponds.
25. The facility of claim 24 wherein the controller is operable to compare a scan file generated by the scanner with printer control files based on print data.
26. The facility of claim 24 wherein the controller includes data compression means for generating a control file based upon, and smaller than, a print data file.
27. The facility of claim 24 including at least two different printer types.
28. The facility of claim 27 wherein the printers differ based on a type selected from a group of types including color capability, speed, pigment chemistry, media capability, media size, and print engine configuration.

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. Backrest of an automobile vehicle seat including:
a framework having a front side and a rear side,
a padding,
a padding cover covering the padding and a front face and sides of the backrest,
a screen for a rear face of the backrest, and
a rigid back panel shield frame,
wherein the back panel shield frame is a frame with at least two lateral sides, a bottom side, and a central opening,
the back panel shield frame is attached to the rear side of the framework of the backrest so as to cover lateral edges of the framework and a bottom part of the rear side of the framework of the backrest,
the back panel shield frame includes towards an inner edge at least one groove adapted to accommodate and hold an edge of the padding cover and an edge of the screen, and
the padding cover covers at least a portion of the back panel shield frame.
2. Backrest in accordance with claim 1,
wherein the back panel shield frame is a closed frame that is formed by the two lateral sides, the bottom side, and a top side, the groove running continuously around these four sides,
the screen is attached around its complete periphery in the groove, and
the edge of the padding cover is also attached around its complete periphery in the groove.
3. Backrest in accordance with claim 2, wherein the edge of the padding cover includes flaps which extend beyond the padding and cover the sides and rear face of the back panel shield frame.
4. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the edges of the screen andor the padding cover include elastic clips which can be inserted into corresponding holes made in the bottom of the groove.
5. Backrest in accordance with claim 4, wherein the clips are made from a profiled strip with an arrow-shaped section sewn onto the edge of the padding cover andor of the screen.
6. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein a suspension mat is attached to the back panel shield frame.
7. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the back panel shield frame includes, on at least one lateral side, a counterform for an inflatable protective cushion.
8. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the back panel shield frame is made of a recycled plastic material.
9. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the back panel shield frame includes:
two lateral sides to ensure the shape of the lateral edges of the rear of the backrest, and
a bottom side to ensure the shape of the bottom of the backrest and to allow the attachment of the lower edge of the screen and of a lower flap extending from the front face of the padding cover and passing under the lower edge of the backrest.
10. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the padding cover covers all the external surfaces of the padding and includes a plurality of flaps that extend beyond the edges of the padding so as to cover the sides and rear face of the back panel shield frame.
11. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:
a suspension mat attached to the framework;
wherein the screen is attached to the back panel shield frame so as to be located on behind and some distance from the suspension mat, and so as not to contact the framework.
12. Backrest in accordance with claim 1, wherein the framework is a closed frame including an upper crossmember, two lateral uprights, a lower crossmember, and a central opening.
13. Backrest in accordance with claim 12, wherein lower ends of the lateral uprights accommodate backrest-to-seat pan hinge mechanisms.
14. An automobile vehicle including at least one seat comprising the backrest in accordance with claim 1.
15. A seat comprising:
a backrest; and
a seat pan hinged to the backrest,
wherein the backrest includes:
a framework having a front side and a rear side,
a padding,
a padding cover covering the padding and a front face and sides of the backrest,
a screen for a rear face of the backrest, and
a rigid back panel shield frames,
wherein the back panel shield frame is a frame with at least two lateral sides, a bottom side, and a central opening,
the back panel shield frame is attached to the rear side of the framework of the backrest so as to cover lateral edges of the framework and a bottom part of the rear side of the framework of the backrest,
the back panel shield frame includes towards an inner edge at least one groove adapted to accommodate and hold an edge of the padding cover and an edge of the screen, and
the padding cover covers at least a portion of the back panel shield frame.
16. The seat in accordance with claim 15,
wherein the back panel shield frame of the backrest is a closed frame that is formed by the two lateral sides, the bottom side, and a top side, the groove running continuously around these four sides,
the screen of the backrest is attached around its complete periphery in the groove, and
the edge of the padding cover of the backrest is also attached around its complete periphery in the groove.
17. The seat in accordance with claim 15, wherein the edges of the screen of the backrest andor the padding cover of the backrest include elastic clips which can be inserted into corresponding holes made in the bottom of the groove.
18. The seat in accordance with claim 15, wherein the padding cover of the backrest covers all the external surfaces of the padding and includes a plurality of flaps that extend beyond the edges of the padding so as to cover the sides and rear face of the back panel shield frame.
19. The seat in accordance with claim 15, wherein the framework of the backrest is a closed frame including an upper crossmember, two lateral uprights, a lower crossmember, and a central opening.
20. An automobile vehicle including at least one seat in accordance with claim 15.

1. A method for adjusting a movable component of a vehicle using at least one adjustment device operated by external force, comprising:
providing an adjustment drive, a control device that controls the adjustment drive, and an operating device including a transmission device and a screen associated therewith;
manually actuating the operating device by changing the position of the screen relative to the transmission device to produce at least one characterised control signal associated with an adjustment direction, that is transmitted from the transmission device through an air interface and to the control device and the adjustment drive; and
supplying the operating device with energy through the air interface.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission device is screened at least in one adjustment direction.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the changing includes moving the transmission device with respect to the screen which is in fixed position.
4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the screen is a movable screen which is moveable by the manual actuation of the operating device relative to the transmission device and the changing includes moving the screen relative to the transmission device.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the providing further includes the operating device including a plurality of the transmission devices and each adjustment direction is associated with a corresponding transmission device.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the operating device further includes an operating element connected to a transmission device of the plurality of transmission devices, or the screen.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment direction is determined, at least in part, by a direction code in the control signal.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment direction is determined, at least in part, by a transmission frequency of the control signal.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manually actuating further comprises the characterised control signal including time data therein.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the characterized control signal is transmitted during a transmission period and the time data is a code or transmission period which characterises at least one part of a period of the actuation.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the adjustment drive is controlled at least during the transmission period.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the time data includes at least one of start information which characterises a beginning of the manual actuation, and end information which characterises the end of the manual actuation.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the transmission of the control signal is interrupted during an interruption period during the manually actuating, and the time data is determined from the interruption period of the control signal.
14. The method according to one of claims 9 to 13, wherein an operating mode for adjusting the adjustment drive is determined from evaluating the time data through the control device.
15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manually actuating includes actuating an operating element and takes place during an actuation period, and an operating mode for adjusting the adjustment device is determined from an evaluation of the actuation period.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein operating mode data associated with the operating mode, is transmitted from the operating device to the control device, the control device controls the adjustment drive according to the operating mode data, and the control signal is transmitted according to the operating mode and independently of operating duration.
17. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the control signals is transmitted cyclically, a number of cycles including transmitted cycles and non-transmitted cycles is evaluated by the control device, and an adjustment of the adjustment device is automatically controlled based on a predetermined number of cycles.
18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising evaluating a further predetermined number of cycles to verify the validity of the control signal.
19. The method according to claim 1, wherein the movable component comprises a window pane, and during emergency operation the control device interprets each characterized control signal to automatically open the window pane.
20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising cable-linked operating signals, and controlling the control device using the cable-linked operating signals during normal operation, and during emergency operation, the control device is controlled by the characterized control signals transmitted through the air interface.
21. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control signal is coded with an automatic code.
22. The method according to claim 1, wherein each characterized control signal is transmitted by way of an absorption modulation of a first magnetic alternating field transmitted by the control device, the operating device including a receiver circuit for absorption modulation and in which absorption of the first magnetic alternating field is changed, and the control device evaluates the change of the absorption of the first magnetic alternating field.
23. The method according to claim 1, wherein each characterized control signal is transmitted by a first electromagnetic radio alternating field transmitted from the operating device to the control device, and a second electromagnetic radio alternating field is transmitted to the operating device, the second electromagnetic radio alternating field being independent of the first electromagnetic radio alternating field.
24. An adjustment device operated by external force for adjusting a movable component of a motor vehicle, comprising:
an adjustment drive,
a control device that controls the adjustment drive,
an operating device including a first transmission device and through whose manual actuation the control device is controlled by the operating device, and
a second transmission device included as part of the control device and for the remote transmission through an air interface of a control signal associated with an adjustment direction and responsive to the manual actuation of the operating device,
wherein the operating device receives energy supplied through the air interface, and includes a screen that is positionable relative to the first transmission device by manual actuation of the operating device.
25. The adjustment device according to claim 24, wherein the operating device includes at least one button that includes a switching state that can be transferred to the first transmission device.
26. The adjustment device according to claim 24, wherein the operating device includes at least one button that includes a switching state that can be transferred to the screen.
27. The adjustment device according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the first transmission device has, for at least one adjustment direction, a transmission receiver module that is positionable relative to the screen.
28. The adjustment device according to claim 27, wherein the transmission receiver module is moveable relative to the screen.
29. The adjustment device according to claim 27, wherein the transmission receiver module is a transponder.
30. The adjustment device according to claim 27, wherein the transmission receiver module is an inter digital converter with a transmission receiver antenna.
31. The adjustment device according to claim 24, wherein the operating device can be supplied with energy from an energy converter.
32. The method according to claim 3, wherein the changing includes moving the transmission device into a first position screened by the screen from transmitting and out of said first position.
33. The method according to claim 13, wherein the adjustment drive is controlled at least during the interruption period.
34. The adjustment device according to claim 28, wherein the transmission receiver module can be moved into or out of a position whereby transmission is screened by the screen.

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 rack for driers, comprising:
a support having a top hole;
a post assembly including a first tube which is connected to the top hole;
an inlet unit having an upright sleeve which is mounted to the first tube, a screw threadably extends through a threaded hole defined in the upright sleeve, two threaded holes defined in two ends of the inlet unit, two seal nuts connected with the threaded holes, a threaded hole defined in a front end of the inlet unit, a connection member connected with the threaded hole, an inlet hose connected with the connection member, two threaded holes defined in a top of the inlet unit, and two connection members connected with the threaded holes;
a rotatable unit having a vertical sleeve in a Y-axis direction so as to be mounted to the post assembly and a threaded hole defined through the vertical sleeve so that a screw threadably extends through the threaded hole of the rotatable unit and contacts against the post assembly;
a drier base including a horizontal sleeve which is mounted to a horizontal tube connected to the post assembly, a vertical sleeve connected to the horizontal sleeve, a threaded hole defined in a top of the vertical sleeve, a connection member threadably connected to the threaded hole in the top of the vertical sleeve, a drier connected with the connection member, the horizontal sleeve including a threaded hole in the Y-axis direction, a screw threadably extending through the threaded hole of the horizontal sleeve so as to fix the drier base to the horizontal tube, a connection portion extending radially from the vertical sleeve, a threaded hole defined in a distal end of the connection portion, and a connection member threadably connected with the threaded hole of the connection portion, the threaded hole of the connection portion in the distal end of the connection portion communicating with the threaded hole in the top of the vertical sleeve; and
a spiral hose having one end connected with the connection member on the inlet unit and the other end of the spiral hose connected with the connection member on the vertical sleeve of the drier base.
2. The rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein a top end of the first tube is connected with a second tube.
3. The rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein a threaded hole is defined in the top end of the first tube and the second tube includes a threaded hole in a lower end thereof, a connection member is threadably connected between the two respective threaded holes and of the first and second tubes.
4. The rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein a threaded end extends from a lower end of the second tube and is threadably connected with a threaded hole in the top end of the first tube.
5. The rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vertical sleeve of the rotatable unit includes an extension tube extending radially therefrom, wherein the extension tube has a insertion section, a threaded hole defined in a distal end of the extension tube and an adjusting member threadably connected with the threaded hole of the extension tube.
6. The rack as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rotatable unit includes a horizontal sleeve which has a connection sleeve mounted to the insertion section, and a horizontal sleeve is connected to the connection sleeve and through which the horizontal tube extends, the horizontal sleeve includes a threaded hole, and a screw threadably connected to the threaded hole of the horizontal sleeve to fix the horizontal tube.
7. The rack as claimed in claim 6, wherein a threaded hole is defined in an underside of the connection sleeve and a screw is threadably connected to the threaded hole of the connection sleeve to contact against the insertion section.
8. The rack as claimed in claim 5, wherein a length of the connection sleeve is longer than a length of the insertion section so that the adjusting member contacts against an end surface of the connection sleeve.