Author: claimsbot

1. A fluid regulator, comprising:
a valve body having a main passageway defining an orifice to fluidly couple an inlet and an outlet, wherein the main passageway defines an inlet volume boundary between the inlet and the orifice and an outlet volume boundary between the orifice and the outlet, and a portion of the outlet volume boundary being defined by at least a portion of an inner wall of the valve body adjacent the orifice;
a valve plug disposed within the passageway such that the inner wall substantially surrounds an outer surface of the valve plug to substantially prevent fluid flow between the inner wall and the outer surface of the valve plug and toward a sensing chamber of the fluid regulator;
a secondary fluid passage formed in a portion of a perimeter of the inner wall of the valve body to increase fluid flow toward the sensing chamber of the fluid regulator when a fluid flows across the orifice; and
a stem guide, the stem guide being spaced away from the inner wall.
2. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary fluid passage is adjacent the orifice and upstream from the outlet.
3. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary passage reduces a boost effect of the fluid regulator by creating a droop effect when a process fluid flows through the main passageway.
4. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary fluid passage comprises a longitudinal gap formed within the inner wall between the orifice and a throat of the valve body.
5. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 4, wherein the gap extends over at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the inner wall.
6. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 4, wherein the gap defines two opposing ends of the inner wall, and wherein the opposing ends are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the orifice.
7. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 6, wherein the opposing ends are spaced apart by an angle between about 5 degrees and 180 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the orifice.
8. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 6, wherein the opposing ends are spaced apart by an angle of about 100 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the orifice.
9. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary passage comprises one or more relief ports formed in the inner wall to allow fluid flow between the inner wall and the outer surface of the valve plug via the one or more relief ports and toward a throat of the valve body.
10. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 9, wherein the one or more relief ports are at least partially disposed over the portion of the perimeter of the inner wall.
11. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 10, wherein the one or more relief ports are radially spaced relative to a longitudinal axis of the orifice.
12. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 11, wherein the one or more relief ports are spaced equally about the longitudinal axis of the orifice.
13. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 10, wherein the one or more relief ports have substantially similar profiles and shapes to provide substantially similar flow rates between the orifice and the throat.
14. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the second fluid passage comprises a gap extending between two opposing ends of the inner wall.
15. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the second fluid passage is formed by a recess in the inner wall of the valve body.
16. A fluid regulator as defined in claim 1, wherein the inner wall comprises a side inner wall of the valve body extending between the orifice and the stem guide.
17. A fluid valve body comprising:
a first passageway integrally formed with the valve body to define an orifice that fluidly couples an inlet of the passageway to an outlet of the passageway, a portion of the first passageway defined by an inner wall of the valve body downstream from the orifice; and
a second passageway formed by a recess in the inner wall of the valve body such that the recess extends between opposing ends of the inner wall, the second passageway to increase a fluid flow rate between the orifice and a throat area of the valve body that is to be in fluid communication with a sensing chamber of an actuator when the valve body is coupled to the actuator, wherein the inner wall has an inner surface to be in close proximity to an outer surface of a valve plug when the valve plug is disposed within the first passageway such that the inner wall and the valve plug direct a fluid flow toward the outlet and restrict fluid flow between the outer surface of the valve plug and the inner surface of the inner wall and the second passageway allows fluid flow between the outer surface of the valve plug and the throat area of the valve body.
18. A fluid valve body of claim 17, wherein the first passageway restricts fluid communication between the orifice and the throat area when the valve plug is disposed within the first passageway adjacent the orifice.
19. A fluid valve body of claim 18, wherein the second passageway allows fluid communication between the orifice and the throat area when the valve plug is disposed within the first passageway adjacent the orifice.
20. A fluid valve body of claim 17, wherein the inner wall has a C-shaped cross-section.
21. A fluid valve body of claim 17, wherein the inner wall comprises a cylindrical side wall and the recess forms a gap in the cylindrical side wall.
22. A valve body for use with fluid regulators, comprising:
means for controlling fluid flow through a passageway of the valve body, the means for controlling fluid flow being slidably disposed adjacent an inner wall of the passageway defined by the valve body such that the inner wall and the means for controlling fluid flow direct fluid through an orifice of the passageway toward an outlet of the valve body and restrict fluid flow toward a throat area of the passageway, the inner wall being downstream from the orifice and defining a perimeter; and
means for directing fluid flowing through the orifice toward the throat area when the fluid flows across the orifice at a relatively high velocity, wherein the means for directing fluid flowing through the orifice and toward the throat area is formed via a recessed gap along a portion of the perimeter of the inner wall of the passageway of the valve body such that the means for directing fluid extends between opposing ends of the inner wall.

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 building component comprising a central structure covered by a layer of cement mortar comprising from 5% to 95% of cement, from 10% to 70% of fine inert mineral fillers having a particle size less than 700 microns, chemical additives comprising from 0.1% to 25% of unsaturated copolymer resins, from 0.05% to 2.5% of fluidifying additives and from 0.005% to 1% of thixotropic additives pertaining to the cellulose class, wherein all the specified percentages are by weight and referred to the total weight of the cement mortar, and a reinforcement structure embedded in the cement mortar layer, wherein said reinforcement structure is formed of polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre.
2. The building component as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said unsaturated copolymer resins, said fluidifying additives, said thixotropic additives, or combinations thereof are added to the mortar mix as a liquid mixture or in powder form.
3. The building component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre has the CAS No. 60857-81-0.
4. The building component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reinforcement structure is a textile structure.
5. The building component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reinforcement structure is a mesh.
6. The building component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fluidifying additives are selected from the group consisting of a polymer based on polycondensed lignin, a polymer based on betanaphthalene, a polymer based on melamine-formaldehyde sulphonates, and a polymer based on modified polyacrylate chains.
7. A method of reinforcing a building structure, comprising forming on the building structure to be reinforced a layer of covering cement mortar comprising from 5% to 95% of cement, from 10% to 70% of fine inert mineral fillers having a particle size less than 700 microns, chemical additives comprising from 0.1% to 25% of unsaturated copolymer resins, from 0.05% to 2.5% of fluidifying additives and from 0.005% to 1% of thixotropic additives pertaining to the cellulose class, wherein all the specified percentages are by weight and referred to the total weight of the cement mortar, and embedding a reinforcement structure in the cement mortar layer, wherein the reinforcement structure is formed of polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one of said unsaturated copolymer resins, said fluidifying additives, said thixotropic additives, or combinations thereof are added to the mortar mix as a liquid mixture or in powder form.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre has the CAS No. 60857-81-0.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said reinforcement structure is a textile structure.
11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said reinforcement structure is a mesh.
12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said fluidifying additives are selected from the group consisting of a polymer based on polycondensed lignin, a polymer based on betanaphthalene, a polymer based on melamine-formaldehyde sulphonates, and a polymer based on modified polyacrylate chains.
13. A method for reinforcing a structure comprising embedding a polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre into the structure formed with a cement mortar comprising from 5% to 95% of cement, from 10% to 70% of fine inert mineral fillers having a particle size less than 700 microns, chemical additives comprising from 0.1% to 25% of unsaturated copolymer resins, from 0.05% to 2.5% of fluidifying additives and from 0.005% to 1% of thixotropic additives pertaining to the cellulose class, wherein all the specified percentages are by weight and referred to the total weight of the cement mortar.
14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least one of said unsaturated copolymer resins, said fluidifying additives, said thixotropic additives, or combinations thereof are added to the mortar mix as a liquid mixture or in powder form.
15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said polybenz(1,2-D:5,4-D\u2032)bisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylen fibre has the CAS No. 60857-81-0.

1. A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body; and
a plurality of fluid ejecting heads that can eject fluid onto a fluid ejection target medium;
wherein at least one of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads can move in a predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium so as to change the relative positions of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads as viewed in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium.
2. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a movable guiding section that can move so as to determine the position of the fluid ejection target medium as viewed in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium; wherein the above-mentioned at least one of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads that can move in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium moves together with the movable guiding section.
3. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein one edge of the fluid ejection target medium as viewed in the direction of the width of the fluid ejection target medium is taken as a guide basis; and the movable guiding section can move in such a manner that the movable guiding section guides the other opposite edge of the fluid ejection target medium as viewed in the width direction of the fluid ejection target medium.
4. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of caps that are used for capping the plurality of fluid ejecting heads, respectively, wherein the cap that corresponds to, or the caps that correspond to, the above-mentioned at least one of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads that can move in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium can move together with the above-mentioned at least one of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads.
5. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a detecting section that can detect the position of the above-mentioned at least one movable fluid ejecting head as viewed in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium; and a controlling section that identifies an overlapping area at which the plurality of fluid ejecting heads overlap each other or one another as viewed in the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium in a fluid ejectable range on the basis of the detection result of the detecting section and then controls the operation of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads in such a manner that overlapping two or more fluid ejecting heads eject fluid in the identified overlapping area while shifting fluid landing positions on the fluid ejection target medium therebetween or thereamong.
6. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controlling section switches over fluid ejecting heads for ejection of fluid at the identified overlapping area at each time when the fluid ejection target media are changed over.
7. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a driving section that moves the above-mentioned at least one movable fluid ejecting head in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium, wherein the detecting section can detect the movement position of the movable guiding section; and the controlling section controls the driving operation of the driving section on the basis of the detection result of the detecting section so as to move the above-mentioned at least one movable fluid ejecting head to a position that is in accordance with the width of the fluid ejection target medium.
8. A fluid ejection control method that is used by a fluid ejecting apparatus, the fluid ejecting apparatus having a plurality of fluid ejecting heads that can eject fluid onto a fluid ejection target medium, at least one of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads being able to move in a predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium so as to change the relative positions of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads as viewed in the predetermined direction that intersects the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium, the fluid ejection control method comprising:
moving the above-mentioned at least one movable fluid ejecting head to a position so as to position all nozzles inside the maximum fluid ejectable range that is determined by the size of the fluid ejection target medium; and
controlling, if there is an overlapping area at which the fluid ejectable ranges of the plurality of fluid ejecting heads overlap each other or one another as viewed in the transport direction of the fluid ejection target medium, the plurality of fluid ejecting heads in such a manner that overlapping two or more fluid ejecting heads eject fluid in the overlapping area while shifting fluid landing positions on the fluid ejection target medium therebetween or thereamong.

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 display device comprising:
a pair of substrates; a display medium interposed between the pair of substrates; and a pixel having a reflective region for performing reflective display and a transmissive region for performing transmissive display,
wherein the display device includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode on one of the pair of substrates,
a voltage is applied to the display medium through the pixel electrode and the common electrode,
each of the pixel electrode and the common electrode is provided with a slit,
the common electrode is provided with the slit in the reflective region and the transmissive region, and
the pixel electrode comprises a first portion in the reflective region and a second portion in the transmissive region, wherein the first portion of the pixel electrode in the reflective region comprises a plurality of slits defined in the pixel electrode, and the second portion of the pixel electrode in the transmissive region does not include a plurality of slits defined therein, so that the pixel electrode does not include a plurality of slits in the tranmissive region of the pixel.
2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode is formed over the entire transmissive region.
3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode has a comb-tooth shape in the reflective region.
4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode is entirely surrounded by the common electrode.
5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode has a rectangular shape.
6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode has a rectangular shape having at least one bent part.
7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode has a zig-zag shape.
8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode has a circular arc shape.
9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the pixel electrode has a meandering shape.
10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the common electrode has a comb-tooth shape.
11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode is entirely surrounded by the common electrode.
12. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has a rectangular shape.
13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has a rectangular shape having at least one bent part.
14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has a zig-zag shape.
15. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has a circular arc shape.
16. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has a meandering shape.
17. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the slit of the common electrode has substantially the same shape as a shape of the slit of the pixel electrode.
18. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a width of the slit of the common electrode in the reflective region is larger than a width of the slit of the common electrode in the transmissive region.
19. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a shield electrode is arranged between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the reflective region.
20. The display device according to claim 19, wherein the shield electrode is connected to ground.