Author: claimsbot

1. A cluster mill, in particular a six-high cluster mill, comprising an axial displacing and holding device for displaceably supported intermediate rolls andor working rolls, wherein chocks are slidably displaced in rolling mill stands in a direction of a roll separating force, and wherein the intermediate rolls andor working rolls, together with their respective chocks, are displaceable in axial opposite directions by hydraulic piston-cylinder units acting in a direction of roll axes, with both piston rods being pivotally connected by a respective main traverse,
characterized in that
moving beams (1a), which are arranged on opposite sides of the roll chock (7), are supported in a rolling mill stand housing post (1) by a respective connecting traverse (2), that the connecting traverses (2) are pivotally connected to the middle of the main traverse (4), wherein the piston rods (5a) of the piston-cylinder units (5) are pivotally connected to ends (4a, 4b) of the main traverse (4), and wherein each piston-cylinder unit (5) is controlled according to path by a displacement sensor (10).
2. A cluster mill according to claim 1,
characterized in that
on a drive side, between the moving beams (1a), in the roll chock (7), a locking block (8) for locking the roll (11) is arranged.
3. A cluster mill according to claim 2,
characterized in that
a tightening member (9) connects the roll chock (7) with the locking block (8).
4. A cluster mill according to claim 2,
characterized in that
the connecting traverse (2) is connected with the locking block (8) by an axially acting, tightening disc (12) arranged in an interior of the connecting traverse (2) in the middle thereof.
5. A cluster mill according to claim 4,
characterized in that
the tightening disc (12) is operated by a hydraulic tightening device (9a).
6. A cluster mill according to claim 1,
characterized in that
a length of the displacement path (13) is calculated as a mean value of two displacement paths (13) determined by associated displacement sensors (10).
7. A cluster mill according to claim 6,
characterized in that
the calculated mean value of the displacement paths (13), which was determined by the two displacement sensor (10), is communicated to respective automatic control circuits of the piston-cylinder units (5).

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A broadcast receiver comprising:
a highlight scene detecting unit detecting a highlight scene of a broadcasted program;
a store unit storing at least said detected highlight scene of said program into a storage device;
a CM detecting unit detecting a CM (commercial message) broadcast program; and
a reproducing control unit reproducing said highlight scene stored in said storage device while said CM program is broadcasted.
2. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said CM detecting unit includes:
a CM start detecting unit detecting a commencement of said CM broadcast; and
when said CM broadcast is commenced, the reproduction of said highlight scene is commenced.
3. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
the reproduced highlight scene is provided with an audience instead of said CM broadcast program.
4. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
the reproduced highlight scene is provided with an audience in conjunction with said CM broadcast program.
5. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said highlight scene detecting unit detects the highlight scene based upon an index indicative of the highlight scene contained in broadcast data of said broadcast program.
6. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said highlight scene detecting unit detects the highlight scene in response to an instruction issued from the audience.
7. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration at any time; and
in such a case that when the reproduction of the highlight scene has not yet accomplished by the CM broadcast is ended, said reproducing control unit reproduces such broadcast data, that appeared just after said CM broadcast ended, after the reproduction of said highlight scene has been completed.
8. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 7 wherein:
in such a case that when the broadcast data is reproduced, a next CM broadcast is commenced, if a time difference between a broadcast time instant and a reproduction time instant exceeds broadcast time of the next CM broadcast program, said reproducing control unit continues to reproduce said broadcast data without executing the reproduction of said highlight scene.
9. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said reproducing control unit reproduces a program digest constructed of a plurality of highlight scenes as said highlight scene.
10. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration at any time; and
when the CM broadcast is commenced, said reproducing control unit reproduces, as said highlight scene, a broadcast data portion which is stored in said storage device and is defined as from a time instant when the CM broadcast is started and until a preselected time duration is retraced.
11. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto a plurality of highlight scenes to which importance degrees are allocated respectively; and
said reproducing control unit reproduces a highlight scene at a speed corresponding to an importance degree thereof.
12. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said reproducing control unit reproduces a still image as the highlight scene.
13. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said broadcast program contains first speech (voice) and second speech (voice); and
said broadcast receiver is further comprised of:
speech control means for providing any one of said first speech and said second speech when the broadcast program is provided in connection with a broadcast time instant; and also for providing the other speech between said first speech and said second speech when the highlight scene is reproduced.
14. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said reproducing control unit reproduces such a highlight scene having a length which is made coincident with broadcast time of a CM program inserted into the broadcast program.
15. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said broadcast receiver is further comprised of:
a highlight scene classifying unit classifying the highlight scenes stored in said storage device into plural sorts of classifications; and
said reproducing control unit reads out such a highlight scene having a sort corresponding to a taste of an audience with having a top priority from said storage device to reproduce the read highlight scene in such a case that the CM broadcast is commenced.
16. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:
a display control unit displaying at the same time, both an image of broadcast data in response to a broadcast time instant and an image of a reproduced highlight scene on a single display screen.
17. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 16 wherein:
said display control unit changes any one of sizes and display positions with respect to said display screen as to both a display area for said image of the broadcast data and a display area for said image of the highlight scene in the case that the CM broadcast is ended.
18. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 2 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto any one of a single set and plural sets of highlight scenes; and
said broadcast receiver is further comprised of:
an index providing unit providing an index used to select a desirable highlight scene when the CM broadcast is commenced.
19. A broadcast receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said reproducing control unit reproduces any one of the highlight scene and a digest constituted of plural highlight scenes of a certain broadcast program during a time period defined after said certain broadcast program is ended and until a next broadcast program is commenced.
20. A broadcast control method comprising:
detecting a highlight scene of a broadcasted program;
storing at least said detected highlight scene of said program into a storage device;
detecting a CM (commercial message) broadcast program; and
reproducing said highlight scene stored in said storage device while said CM program is broadcasted.
21. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
detecting a commencement of said CM broadcast; and
commencing the reproduction of said highlight scene when said CM broadcast is commenced.
22. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
providing the reproduced highlight scene with an audience instead of said CM broadcast program.
23. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
providing the reproduced highlight scene with an audience in conjunction with said CM broadcast program.
24. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
detecting the highlight scene based upon an index indicative of the highlight scene contained in broadcast data of said broadcast program.
25. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
detecting the highlight scene in response to an instruction issued from the audience.
26. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 22 further comprising:
storing a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration at any time into said storage device; and
reproducing such broadcast data appeared just after said CM broadcast is ended after the reproduction of said highlight scene has been completed in such a case that when the CM broadcast is ended and the reproduction of the highlight scene has not yet accomplished.
27. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 26 further comprising:
commencing a next CM broadcast if a time difference between a broadcast time instant and a reproduction time instant exceeds broadcast time of the next CM broadcast program in such a case that when the broadcast data is reproduced, and
continuing the reproduction of said broadcast data without executing the reproduction of said highlight scene.
28. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 wherein:
said highlight scene is a program digest constructed of a plurality of highlight scenes.
29. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
storing a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration at any time into said storage device; and
reproducing a broadcast data portion which is stored in said storage device, and is defined from a time instant when the CM broadcast is started and until a preselected time duration is retraced when the CM broadcast is commenced, as said highlight scene.
30. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
storing a plurality of highlight scenes to which importance degrees are allocated respectively into said storage device; and
reproducing a highlight scene at a speed corresponding to an importance degree thereof.
31. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
reproducing a still image as the highlight scene.
32. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 wherein:
said broadcast program contains first speech (voice) and second speech (voice); and
any one of said first speech and said second speech is provided when the broadcast program is provided in connection with a broadcast time instant; and also the other speech between said first speech and said second speech is provided when the highlight scene is reproduced.
33. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 wherein:
said highlight scene owns a length which is made coincident with broadcast time of a CM program inserted into the broadcast program.
34. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
classifying the highlight scenes stored in said storage device into plural sorts of classifications;
reading such a highlight scene having a sort corresponding to a taste of an audience with a top priority from said storage device in such a case that the CM broadcast is commenced; and
reproducing the read highlight scene.
35. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 23 further comprising:
simultaneously displaying both an image of broadcast data in response to a broadcast time instant and an image of a reproduced highlight scene on a single display screen.
36. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 35 further comprising:
changing any one of sizes and display positions with respect to said display screen as to both a display area for said image of the broadcast data and a display area for said image of the highlight scene in the case that the CM broadcast is ended.
37. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
storing any one of a single set and plural sets of highlight scenes into said storage device; and
providing an index used to select a desirable highlight scene with the audience when the CM broadcast is commenced.
38. A broadcast control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprising:
reproducing any one of the highlight scene and a digest constituted of plural highlight scenes of a certain broadcast program during a time period defined after said certain broadcast program is ended and until a next broadcast program is commenced.
39. A recording medium for recording thereon a program used to cause a computer to execute:
a step for detecting a highlight scene of a broadcasted program;
a step for storing at least said detected highlight scene of said program into a storage device;
a step for detecting a CM (commercial message) broadcast program; and
a step for reproducing said highlight scene stored in said storage device while said CM program is broadcasted.
40. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said CM broadcast detecting step detects a commencement of the CM broadcast; and
said program is further comprised of:
a step for starting the reproduction of said highlight scene when said CM broadcast is commenced.
41. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program is further comprised of a step for providing the reproduced highlight scene with an audience instead of said CM broadcast program.
42. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program is further comprised of a step for providing the reproduced highlight scene with an audience in conjunction with said CM broadcast program.
43. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
in said highlight scene detecting step, the highlight scene is detected based upon an index indicative of the highlight scene contained in broadcast data of said broadcast program.
44. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
in said highlight scene detecting step, the highlight scene is detected in response to an instruction issued from the audience.
45. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 41 wherein:
said program causes said storage device to temporarily store thereinto a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration; and
in such a case that when the CM broadcast is ended, the reproduction of the highlight scene has not yet accomplished, said program reproduces such broadcast data appeared just after said CM broadcast is ended after the reproduction of said highlight scene is reproduced.
46. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 45 wherein:
in such a case that when the broadcast data is reproduced, a next CM broadcast is commenced, if a time difference between a broadcast time instant and a reproduction time instant exceeds broadcast time of the next CM broadcast program, said program continues to reproduce said broadcast data without executing the reproduction of said highlight scene.
47. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program reproduces a program digest constructed of a plurality of highlight scenes as said highlight scene.
48. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto a data portion of the broadcast data corresponding to a predetermined time duration at any time; and
when the CM broadcast is commenced, said program reproduces as said highlight scene, a broadcast data portion which is stored in said storage device, and is defined from a time instant when the CM broadcast is started and until a preselected time duration is retraced.
49. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto a plurality of highlight scenes to which importance degrees are allocated respectively; and
said program reproduces a highlight scene at a speed corresponding to an importance degree thereof.
50. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program reproduces a still image as the highlight scene.
51. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said broadcast program contains first speech (voice) and second speech (voice); and
said program provides any one of said first speech and said second speech when the broadcast program is provided in connection with a broadcast time instant; and also provides the other speech between said first speech and said second speech when the highlight scene is reproduced.
52. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program contains such a highlight scene having a length which is made coincident with broadcast time of a CM program inserted into the broadcast program.
53. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program is further comprised of:
a step for classifying the highlight scenes stored in said storage device into plural sorts of classifications; and
said program reads out such a highlight scene having a sort corresponding to a taste of an audience with having a top priority from said storage device to reproduce the read highlight in such a case that the CM broadcast is commenced.
54. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 42 wherein:
a step for displaying at the same time, both an image of broadcast data in response to a broadcast time instant and an image of a reproduced highlight scene on a single display screen.
55. A computer readable recording method as claimed in claim 54 wherein:
said program changes any one of sizes and display positions with respect to said display screen as to both a display area for said image of the broadcast data and a display area for said image of the highlight scene in the case that the CM broadcast is ended.
56. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said storage device stores thereinto any one of a single set and plural sets of highlight scenes; and
said program is further comprised of:
a step for providing an index used to select a desirable highlight scene when the CM broadcast is commenced.
57. A computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 39 wherein:
said program reproduces any one of the highlight scene and a digest constituted by plural highlight scenes of a certain broadcast program during a time period defined after said certain broadcast program is ended and until a next broadcast program is commenced.

1. A gastric bander staple device comprising:
a. a housing having a first end and a second end and an interior housing channel;
b. a slidable tube for slidable reception within the interior housing channel, the slidable tube having a first end, a second end, an exterior surface and an interior surface forming an open tube channel within the slidable tube;
c. at least one suction port comprising an opening from the exterior surface of the slidable tube to the tube channel;
d. a constriction band surrounding the exterior surface of the slidable tube,
e. a plurality of staples removably positioned adjacent the exterior surface of the slidable tube and held in place by the constriction band; and
f. an anvil removably positioned on the first end of the slidable tube, the anvil including a first upper surface and a second lower surface, wherein the second lower surface has a shape substantially similar to the first end of the slidable tube, the anvil further including a guide edge for the plurality of staples.
2. The staple device of claim 1 wherein the first end of the housing comprises a staple ring.
3. The staple device of claim 2 wherein the staple ring comprises outwardly extending staple grooves.
4. The staple device of claim 1 wherein the slidable tube includes a plurality of staple grooves, each staple groove adapted to removably receive a staple.
5. The staple device of claim 4 wherein each staple groove includes a plurality of suction ports.
6. The staple device of claim 1 wherein each staple of the plurality of staples has an elongated shaft having a first and second end, wherein each end extends from the shaft at an approximately 90 degree angle, wherein further the shaft has a thinner area at a point on the shaft to facilitate flexure and bending of the staple.
7. The staple device of claim 1 wherein the guide edge of the anvil comprises a beveled edge between the first upper surface and the second lower surface of the anvil, wherein the beveled edge includes outwardly extending staple grooves, wherein the anvil further includes a notch.
8. The staple device of claim 1 further comprising a cable rotatably connected to the second lower surface of the anvil, wherein the cable further includes a compression spring for rotating the anvil.
9. The staple device of claim 8 further comprising means to extend and constrict the cable.
10. The staple device of claim 9 wherein the means to extend and constrict the cable is an operations handle comprising a mechanism for extending and constricting the cable.
11. An articulated shaft having a proximal and a distal end comprising a plurality of adjacent links, wherein each link is pivotally attached to an adjacent link in a manner to allow limited pivoting movement of the shaft in both an X and a Y axis,
a. wherein each link comprises an outer surface, an inner surface forming an interior passageway, an upper first surface comprising an arched protrusion including a pair of outwardly extending lips, and a lower second surface comprising an arched notch comprising a pair of inwardly depending edges wherein the pair of outwardly extending lips of the upper first surface are formed to receive the pair of inwardly depending edges of the next adjacent link in a snap fit fashion to connect each adjacent link in a manner allowing limited pivoting movement of the connected adjacent links in both an X and a Y axis, and
b. wherein the articulated shaft further comprises a cable having a proximal and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the cable is connected to a stopper mechanism at the proximal end of the articulated shaft and the distal end is connected to a means for extending or constricting the cable, wherein the constriction of the cable prevents pivotal movement of adjacent links with respect to each other and the extension of the cable allows pivotal movement of adjacent links.
12. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the upper first surface is beveled to assist in the pivotal movement of each adjacent link.
13. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the lower second surface is beveled to assist in the pivotal movement of each adjacent link.
14. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the upper first surface and the lower second surface are both beveled to assist in the pivotal movement of each adjacent link.
15. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the upper first surface is defined by a roughened or knurled surface to assist in prevention of pivotal movement of adjacent links when the cable is constricted.
16. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the lower second surface is defined by a roughened or knurled surface to assist in prevention of pivotal movement of adjacent links when the cable is constricted.
17. The articulated shaft of claim 11 wherein the upper first surface and the lower second surface are defined by a roughened or knurled surface to assist in prevention of pivotal movement of adjacent links when the cable is constricted.
18. A non-surgical gastric bander comprising:
a. a staple device including
i. a housing having a first end and a second end and an interior housing channel, wherein the first end of the housing comprises a staple ring comprising outwardly extending staple grooves;
ii. a slidable tube for slidable reception within the interior housing channel and having a first end, a second end, an exterior surface and an interior surface forming an open tube channel within the slidable tube, wherein the slidable tube includes a plurality of staple grooves, each staple groove adapted to removably receive a staple;
iii. at least one suction port comprising an opening from the exterior surface of the slidable tube to the tube channel;
iv. a constriction band surrounding the exterior surface of the slidable tube;
v. a plurality of staples removably positioned adjacent the exterior surface of the slidable tube and held in place by the constriction band; and
vi. an anvil removably positioned on the first end of the slidable tube, the anvil including a first upper surface and a second lower surface, wherein the second lower surface has a shape substantially similar to the first end of the slidable tube, the anvil further including a guide edge for the plurality of staples;

b. an elongated, articulated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is connected to the first end of the housing, the articulated shaft being surrounded by an air impervious membrane;
c. an operations handle connected to the distal end of the articulated shaft, the operations handle comprising a suction port for attachment to a gas suction device;
d. a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is connected to the anvil and the distal end is connected to the operation handle; and
e. means within the operations handle for extending and constricting the cable.
19. The non-surgical gastric bander of claim 18 wherein each staple groove includes a plurality of suction ports.
20. The non-surgical gastric bander of claim 18 wherein each staple of the plurality of staples has an elongated shaft having a first and second end, wherein each end extends from the shaft at an approximately 90 degree angle, wherein further the shaft has a thinner area at a point on the shaft to facilitate flexure and bending of the staple.
21. The non-surgical gastric bander of claim 18 wherein the guide edge of the anvil comprises a beveled edge between the first upper surface and the second lower surface of the anvil, wherein the beveled edge includes outwardly extending staple grooves, wherein the anvil further includes a notch on the beveled edge.
22. The non-surgical gastric bander of claim 18 wherein the articulated shaft comprises a plurality of adjacent links, wherein each link is pivotally attached to an adjacent link in a manner to allow limited pivoting movement of the shaft in both an X and a Y axis,
a. wherein each link comprises an outer surface, an inner surface forming an interior passageway, an upper first surface comprising an arched protrusion including a pair of outwardly extending lips, and a lower second surface comprising an arched notch comprising a pair of inwardly depending edges wherein the pair of outwardly extending lips of the upper first surface are formed to receive the pair of inwardly depending edges of the next adjacent link in a snap fit fashion to connect each adjacent link in a manner allowing limited pivoting movement of the connected adjacent links in both an X and a Y axis, and
b. wherein the articulated shaft further comprises a cable having a proximal and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the cable is connected to a stopper mechanism at the proximal end of the articulated shaft and the distal end is connected to a means for extending or constricting the cable, wherein the constriction of the cable prevents pivotal movement of adjacent links with respect to each other and the extension of the cable allows pivotal movement of adjacent links.
23. The non-surgical gastric bander of claim 22 wherein the upper first surface andor the lower second surface of each link is beveled to assist in the pivotal movement of each adjacent link.
24. The articulated shaft of claim 22 wherein the upper first surface and lower second surface of each link are defined by a roughened or knurled surface to assist in prevention of pivotal movement of adjacent links when the cable is constricted.

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 plasma display panel comprising:
a pair of substrates that are bonded along a sealing line formed adjacent to an edge of an overlapping region where the pair of substrates overlap while opposing each other;
a display region that includes discharge cells divided by barrier ribs formed within the overlapping region between the pair of substrates, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells and electrodes provided to correspond to each of the discharge cells to display an image; and
a non-display region formed outside the display region,
wherein the non-display region includes a dummy region having dummy barrier ribs and a margin region formed between the dummy region and the sealing line,
wherein the margin region is smaller than the dummy region.
2. The plasma display panel of claim 1, wherein the margin region has a width C that is greater than a maximum error range in forming the sealing line and is equal to or smaller than 140% of the maximum error range.
3. The plasma display panel of claim 1, wherein the width C is 1.5 mm<C\u22662 mm.
4. The plasma display panel of claim 1, wherein the dummy barrier rib has the same pattern as the barrier rib.
5. The plasma display panel of claim 4, wherein the sealing line is formed of glass frit.
6. A plasma display panel comprising:
a pair of substrates that are bonded along a sealing line formed adjacent to an edge of a region where the pair of substrates overlap while opposing each other;
a display region that includes discharge cells divided by barrier ribs formed within an overlapping region between the pair of substrates, phosphor layers formed in the respective discharge cells and electrodes provided to correspond to the respective discharge cells so as to display an image; and
a non-display region formed outside the display region,
wherein the non-display region includes dummy barrier ribs each having one end connected to the display region,
wherein each other end of the dummy barrier ribs and the sealing line define a gap, and
wherein the gap is greater than a maximum error range in forming the sealing line and is equal to or smaller than 140% of the maximum error range.
7. The plasma display panel of claim 6, wherein the non-display region includes a dummy region, which is formed outside the display region and has dummy barrier ribs.
8. The plasma display panel of claim 7, wherein the dummy barrier ribs have a same pattern as the barrier ribs.
9. The plasma display panel of claim 7, wherein the non-display region has a margin region having a width C corresponding to the gap formed between the dummy barrier rib and the sealing line.
10. The plasma display panel of claim 9, wherein the width C is 1.5 mm<C\u22662 mm.