Author: claimsbot

1. A method utilizing plural vestibular-parameter data communication devices for assisting in the computer-aided, substantially real-time diagnoses and treatments of vestibular disorders comprising
selecting for use plural ones of such devices,
anchoring selected devices to a head-wearable frame structure in conditions thereon of relative positional stability both with respect to the frame structure and with respect to one another, each such selected device being adapted to engage in at least one of the activities including (a) delivering to, and (b) receiving from, a subject’s head vestibular-relevant parameter data,
securing the frame structure, bearing the anchored devices, to the head of a subject in a manner causing the secured frame structure to operate as a unit with the subject’s head, and
establishing operative data-flow connections between the devices and a computing structure.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the devices are selected from a list including (a) an electronic video image-collecting device, (b) a linear accelerometer, (c) an angular accelerometer, (d) a sound deliverer, (e) an air-pressure modifier directly coupleable to the ear, (f) fluid-flow structure directly coupleable to the ear, (g) light-emitting structure, (h) visual image-presenting structure, (i) an inclinometer, (j) evoked-potential electrode structure, (k) galvanic stimulus structure, (l) caloric stimulus structure, and (m) vibration-generating structure.
3. A method for preparing nystagmus-activity data for useful analysis regarding the desired diagnosis and prospective treatment of a subject’s related vestibular disorder comprising
collecting from a subject data relative to the subject’s observable nystagmus behavior,
acquiring, during said collecting, acceleration data generated by accompanying subject movement, and
utilizing such acquired acceleration data, differentiating physiologic and pathologic components of the collected nystagmus data, thus to isolate these two components recognizably from one another, and
following said differentiating, making available the recognizably isolated pathologic component for use respecting the desired diagnosis and prospective treatment.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said collecting and acquiring are performed by relevant data sensors which are affixed in non-relative-motion stability conditions effectively to the subject’s head.
5. The method of claim 4 which further includes applying, via the subject’s head, selected vestibular-activity stimuli during said collecting and acquiring steps.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said applying is performed utilizing selected stimulators which are affixed in non-relative-motion stability conditions effectively to the subject’s head.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein the data sensors include a linear accelerometer, an angular accelerometer, and an electronic video image-collecting device which observes subject eye movement.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the data sensors include a linear accelerometer, an angular accelerometer, and an electronic video image-collecting device which observes subject eye movement.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the data sensors and stimulators, in addition to including the mentioned accelerometers and electronic video image-collecting device, are additionally drawn from a list including (a) a sound deliverer, (b) an air-pressure modifier directly coupleable to the ear, (c) fluid-flow structure directly coupleable to the ear, (d) light-emitting structure, (e) visual image-presenting structure, (f) an inclinometer, (g) evoked-potential electrode structure, (h) galvanic stimulus structure, (i) caloric stimulus structure, and (j) vibration-generating structure.
10. The method of claim 9 which further comprises utilizing the mentioned electronic video image-collecting device to observe nystagmus behavior while simultaneously delivering selected liquid to the ear employing the mentioned fluid-flow structure.
11. The method of claim 10 which additionally involves providing a controller for controlling the delivery of liquid to the ear by the fluid-flow structure, and utilizing data derived from observations made by electronic video image-collecting device of simultaneously observable nystagmus behavior to affect the controlling operation of the controller.

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 rechargeable battery comprising:
an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a case containing the electrode assembly; and
a cap assembly coupled to the case, the cap assembly comprising a cap plate, the cap plate having a short circuit opening, a first tab electrically coupled to the first electrode, the first tab being at an exterior of the case, and a deformable plate covering the short circuit opening, the deformable plate comprising a first portion and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion, the deformable plate being configured to form an electrical path between the first electrode and the second electrode by directly or indirectly contacting, the first tab when deformed.
2. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the cap assembly further comprises a first terminal electrically coupled to the first electrode and mounted on the cap plate, wherein the first tab is electrically connected to the first terminal.
3. The rechargeable battery of claim 2, wherein the first tab has an opening through which the first terminal protrudes from an interior to an exterior of the case.
4. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the cap assembly further comprises an insulating member between the first tab and the cap plate for electrically insulating the first tab from the cap plate, wherein the insulating member includes an opening to accommodate upward deformation of the deformable plate.
5. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the first tab comprises a protrusion which is at least partially inserted into the short circuit opening.
6. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the second electrode is electrically coupled to the cap plate.
7. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the deformable plate is curved to protrude toward an inside of the case.
8. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the deformable plate is configured to break and open at the second portion in response to an increase in pressure inside the case.
9. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the first tab has a vent hole.
10. The rechargeable battery of claim 9, wherein a diameter of the vent hole decreases from the interior of the case toward the exterior of the case.
11. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, further comprising a middle member between the first tab and the deformable plate and attached to the deformable plate.
12. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, further comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a second tab, the first tab being connected to the first terminal and the second tab being connected to the second terminal, the deformable plate being configured to deform and electrically contact the first tab and the second tab in response to an increase in pressure inside the case.
13. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the second portion is at the center of the deformable plate.
14. The rechargeable battery of claim 1, wherein the second portion comprises a notch.
15. A rechargeable battery comprising:
an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a case containing the electrode assembly; and
a cap assembly coupled to the case, the cap assembly comprising a cap plate, the cap plate having a short circuit opening, a first tab electrically coupled to the first electrode, the first tab being external to the case, and a deformable plate covering the short circuit opening, the deformable plate being configured to deform and break to allow gas to exit the case, the deformable plate being configured to form an electrical path between the first electrode and the second electrode by directly or indirectly contacting, the first tab when deformed.
16. The rechargeable battery of claim 15, wherein the cap plate has a vent hole configured to allow gas to exit the case when the deformable plate breaks.
17. A rechargeable battery comprising:
an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a case containing the electrode assembly; and
a cap assembly coupled to the case, the cap assembly comprising a cap plate, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first tab electrically coupled to the first electrode and connected to the first terminal, a second tab connected to the second terminal, and a deformable plate comprising a first portion and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion, the deformable plate being configured to deform and electrically contact the first tab and the second tab in response to an increase in pressure inside the case,
wherein the cap plate has a short circuit opening, and wherein a first end of the first tab is connected to the first terminal and a second end of the first tab is in the short circuit opening and a first end of the second tab is connected to the second terminal and a second end of the second tab is in the short circuit opening.

1. A computer implemented method of generation of digitized advertisement content by extraction of visual content from a representation of a completed webpage rendering, the method comprising:
a. Receiving a document containing a webpage content, wherein the document is sufficient to enable a web browser to direct a computational device to render an instantiation of a webpage;
b. Generating a representation of a completed visual rendering of the document (\u201cthe representation\u201d);
c. Extracting an information from the representation; and
d. Including the information extracted in element c in a resultant digitized advertisement document (\u201cadvertisement\u201d), wherein the advertisement is sufficient to enable the web browser to direct a computational device to visually render the information.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
a. Receiving a second document, the second document containing additional web page content sufficient in combination with the previously received document to enable the web browser to generate an expanded representation of the webpage;
b. Generating the expanded representation;
c. Extracting an alternate information from the expanded representation; and
d. Including the alternate information extracted in element c in the advertisement, wherein the advertisement is sufficient to enable the web browser to direct a computational device to visually render the information and the alternate information.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the webpage content is received from a second source external to the webserver.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is sent in response to a webpage download request.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a wait time is interposed between an initiation of generating the representation and the extracting the information.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is evaluated according to a qualitative criterion.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the qualitative criterion comprises a font size indication of the information.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the qualitative criterion comprises a screen position indication of the information within the representation.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the qualitative criterion comprises a proximity indication of the information to at least one other display position of another information within the representation.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the qualitative criterion comprises an indicated brightness value associated with the information.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement provides a hyperlink comprising a universal resource locator.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement provides a hyperlink to a webserver.
13. A computer implemented method of generation of digitized advertisement content by extraction of visual content from a representation of a completed webpage rendering as affected by emulated user interaction, the method comprising:
a. Receiving a digitized document, wherein the digitized document is sufficient to enable a web browser to direct a computational device to visually render at least a portion of a webpage;
b. Generating a representation of a completed visual rendering of the document (\u201cthe representation\u201d);
c. Emulating a first user interaction with the representation to generate a first resultant representation of a visual rendering of the document in accordance with a response of the web browser to the first user interaction with the representation;
d. Extracting an information from the first resultant representation; and
e. Including the information extracted in element c in a resultant digitized advertisement document (\u201cadvertisement\u201d), wherein the advertisement is sufficient to enable the web browser to direct a computational device to visually render the information.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
a. Receiving a second document, the second document containing additional information sufficient to enable the web browser to generate an expanded representation of the webpage;
b. Emulating a second user interaction with the expanded representation to generate a second resultant representation of a completed visual rendering of the document and the second document in accordance with a response of the web browser to the second user interaction with the expanded representation;
c. Extracting an alternate information from the second resultant representation; and
d. Including the information extracted in element c in the advertisement.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the information is received from a second source external to a source of the webpage content.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the emulated first user interaction is a scrolling command.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the information is received after the initiation of the emulated scrolling command.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the information is received from a second source external to the webserver and in response to the instantiation of the emulated scrolling command.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the emulated first user interaction is a pop up window closure command.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein a wait time is interposed between an initiation of the generation of the representation and the emulation of the first user interaction.

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 roller assembly for a pellet mill, the assembly comprising:
a hollow cylinder having a central bore and two end faces facing opposite directions, at least one end face including an annular seal feature;
a first seal device including an annular seal feature adapted to form a seal with the annular seal feature of the at least one end face; and
a second seal device including a seal feature adapted to form a seal with the other end face.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein one of the annular seal feature of the at least one end face and the annular seal feature of the first seal device is an annular groove.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the other one of the annular seal feature of the at least one end face and the annular seal feature of the first seal device is an annular protrusion disposed in the annular groove.
4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one end face further includes a second annular seal feature, and wherein the first seal device further includes a second annular seal feature adapted to form a second seal with the second annular seal feature of the at least one end face.
5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the second seal device further includes a second seal feature adapted to form a second seal with the other end face of the hollow cylinder.
6. A roller assembly for a pellet mill, the assembly comprising:
a roller having a bore, the roller including an axially facing surface at an open end of the bore; and
a collar at the open end of the bore, the collar including a collar body, a flange protruding radially outward from the collar body, and a seal portion protruding axially from the flange and into the axially facing surface of the roller.
7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the collar body includes a radially outward facing surface, the flange protruding radially outward from the radially outward facing surface, and wherein the roller includes a radially inward facing surface spaced apart from the radially outward facing surface of the collar body.
8. The assembly of claim 7, further comprising a seal member disposed between and in sealing contact with the radially outward facing surface of the collar body and the radially inward facing surface of the roller.
9. The assembly of claim 6, further comprising a seal member, wherein the roller, the collar body, and the flange of the collar enclose the seal member.
10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein the seal member is sealed from the exterior of the roller by the seal portion of the collar.
11. The assembly of claim 6, further comprising a bearing and a seal member, the bearing disposed in the bore of the roller, the seal member disposed on the collar body, wherein the roller includes a bearing portion and an end portion, the bearing portion surrounding the bearing, the end portion surrounding the seal member and receiving the seal portion of the flange.
12. The assembly of claim 6, further comprising a second collar at a second open end of the bore of the roller, the second collar including collar body, a flange protruding radially outward from the collar body of the second collar, and a seal portion protruding axially from the flange of the second collar and into an axially facing surface at the second open end.
13. The assembly of claim 6, further comprising:
a second collar at a second open end of the bore of the roller; and
a bearing between the two collars.
14. The assembly of claim 13, further comprising a support shaft, the two collars mounted on the support shaft and restraining the roller from axial movement relative to the shaft, the bearing enclosed by the two collars, the roller, and the support shaft.
15. A roller assembly for a pellet mill, the assembly comprising:
a central support;
a bearing on the central support;
a roller on the bearing, the roller adapted to rotate around the central support, the roller including an end face having a ring-shaped feature; and
a seal device including a seal element in a sealing relationship with the ring-shaped feature of the roller end face.
16. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the seal device further includes a second seal element in sliding contact with the roller.
17. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the end face includes a second ring-shaped feature in sliding contact with the seal device.
18. The assembly of claim 15, further comprising a second seal device including a seal element, wherein the roller includes a second end face, the second end face including a ring-shaped feature in a sealing relationship with the seal element of the second seal device.
19. The assembly of claim 18, wherein the second seal device further includes a second seal element and the second end face of the roller includes a second ring-shaped feature in sliding contact with the second seal element of the second seal device.
20. The assembly of claim 18, wherein the bearing is disposed between the two seal devices.