Author: claimsbot

1. A locking device for an enclosure having a base and a cover mounted on the base, the locking device comprising:
a locking module comprising at least one locking member, the at least one locking member comprising a pivot portion for pivotably engaging with the base, a clasping portion extending from an end of the pivot portion, and a supporting portion extending from the other end of the pivot portion; and
a locking structure abutting the supporting portion of the at least one locking member to rotate the clasping portion to engage with the cover, whereby the cover is fixed on the base.
2. The locking device of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member connecting the at least one locking member and the base, wherein when the locking structure disengages with the supporting portion, the elastic member forces the clasping portion to disengage with the cover.
3. The locking device of claim 1, further comprising a number of supporting recesses defined in the base, and a number of barbs extending from the cover for matching with the supporting recesses of the base.
4. The locking device of claim 1, further comprising an additional locking member comprising a pivot portion for pivotably engaging with the base, a clasping portion extending from an end of the pivot portion for engaging the cover, and an inserting portion extending from the other end of the pivot portion to engage with the at least one locking member.
5. The locking device of claim 1, wherein the locking structure is a lock for engaging the cover and the base.
6. The locking device of claim 1, further comprising an additional locking module engaging with the cover, the additional locking module comprising a resisting portion to engage with the clasping portion of the at least one locking member.
7. The locking device of claim 6, wherein the additional locking module comprises a main body, an operation portion extending through the cover and connected with the main body, and a flexible member abutting between the main body and the cover.
8. An electronic enclosure, comprising:
a base with a number of supporting recesses defined therein;
a cover mounted on the base, the cover comprising a number of barbs for matching with the supporting recesses of the base;
a locking module comprising a first locking member and a second locking member, the first locking member comprising a pivot portion pivotably engaging with the base, a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the second locking member comprising a pivot portion pivotably engaging with the base, a first end engaged with the first end of the first locking member and a second end opposite to the first end of the second locking member; and
a locking structure abutting the first end of the first locking member to rotate the second ends of the first and second locking members to engage with the first locking module, whereby the cover is fixed on the base.
9. The electronic enclosure of claim 8, wherein a pressing portion extending from a bottom of the first end of the first locking member, an inserting portion extending from first end of the second locking member to engage with the pressing portion of the first locking member.
10. The electronic enclosure of claim 8, wherein the base comprises a baffle and a supporting plate extending from a top edge of the baffle, the first and second locking members are pivotably engaged with the baffle.
11. The electronic enclosure of claim 10, wherein the first locking member extends a supporting portion from the first end thereof to insert into the baffle, the locking structure extending through the supporting plate and abutting the supporting portion of the first locking member.
12. The electronic enclosure of claim 10, wherein the second locking member extends a supporting portion to insert into the baffle, an elastic member connecting the supporting portion of the second locking member and the baffle.
13. An electronic enclosure, comprising:
a base with a number of supporting recesses defined therein;
a cover mounted on the base, the cover comprising a number of barbs for matching with the supporting recesses of the base;
a first locking module engaged on the cover;
a second locking module comprising at least one locking member, the at least one locking member comprising a pivot portion for pivotably engaging with the base, a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; and
a locking structure abutting the first end of the at least one locking member to rotate the second end to engage with the first locking module, whereby the cover is fixed on the base.
14. The electronic enclosure of claim 13, wherein the second locking module further comprises an elastic member connecting the at least one locking member and the base, when the locking structure disengages with the first end of the at least one locking member, the elastic member forces the clasping portion to disengage with the cover.
15. The electronic enclosure of claim 13, wherein the second locking module comprising an additional locking member, the additional locking member comprising a pivot portion for pivotably engaging with the base, a first end engaging with the at least one locking member, and a second end engaging with the first locking module.
16. The electronic enclosure of claim 13, wherein the locking structure is a lock for engaging with the cover and the base.
17. The electronic enclosure of claim 13, wherein the first locking module comprises a main body to engage with the clasping portion of the at least one locking member, an operation portion extending through the cover and connected with the main body, and a flexible member abutting between the main body and the cover.

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 liquid material discharging apparatus comprising:
a liquid chamber which communicates with a discharging port and to which a liquid material is supplied, the liquid chamber having a side wall;
a plunger whose rear end portion has a piston and whose front portion moves forward and rearward inside the liquid chamber, the front portion being thinner than the liquid chamber such that the front portion does not contact the side wall of the liquid chamber;
an elastic body which applies a biasing force to the plunger; and
a pressurizing chamber in which the piston is arranged and to which compressed gas is supplied,
wherein the liquid material is discharged through the discharging port by causing the plunger to move forward,
wherein the elastic body biases the plunger in a rearward movement direction,
wherein the compressed gas supplied to the pressurizing chamber applies a driving force to the piston to cause the plunger to move forward, and the air pressure of the pressurizing chamber can be adjusted, and
wherein a lateral surface of the plunger does not contact the side wall of the liquid chamber when the plunger is advanced.
2. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:
a stroke adjustment mechanism which comes into contact with the piston and adjusts the most rearward movement position of the piston.
3. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a biasing force adjustment mechanism which includes a moving member holding the elastic body by opposing the piston and a position adjustment mechanism adjusting a position of the moving member, and which adjusts a biasing force of the elastic body.
4. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a flow valve which controls a flow rate of the compressed gas ejected from the pressurizing chamber.
5. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the pressurizing chamber is divided into two air-tight spaces by the piston; and
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a flow valve which controls a flow rate of gas flowing in the pressurizing chamber when the piston rises.
6. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a nozzle member in which the liquid chamber is arranged; and
a body in which the pressurizing chamber is arranged and to which the nozzle member is fixed.
7. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a pressure intensifier which intensifies a pressure of the compressed gas to be supplied to the pressurizing chamber; and
a pressure regulator which reduces a pressure of the compressed gas whose pressure is intensified by the pressure intensifier, to be a desired pressure, and which supplies the compressed gas to the pressurizing chamber.
8. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein a buffer tank is disposed in a flow path which allows the pressure intensifier and the pressurizing chamber to communicate with each other.
9. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a position determining mechanism which includes a contact portion disposed in the plunger and a position determining member opposing the contact portion, and which determines the most forward movement position of the plunger.
10. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the contact portion comprises a convex member disposed in a forward movement direction of the piston, and the position determining member comprises a wall surface opposing the piston of the pressurizing chamber.
11. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:
a distance adjustment mechanism which adjusts a distance between the position determining member and the pressurizing chamber.
12. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 11,
wherein the contact portion comprises a convex member disposed in a forward movement direction of the piston.
13. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 12,
wherein the plunger has a rod portion connecting the piston and the front portion, and the contact portion is disposed in the rod portion.
14. A liquid material discharge method of using a liquid material discharging apparatus that includes a liquid chamber which communicates with a discharging port and to which a liquid material is supplied, the liquid chamber having a side wall; a plunger whose rear end portion has a piston and whose front portion moves forward and rearward inside the liquid chamber, the front portion being thinner than the liquid chamber such that the front portion does not contact the side wall of the liquid chamber; an elastic body which applies a biasing force to the plunger; and a pressurizing chamber in which the piston is arranged and to which compressed gas is supplied, the method comprising:
a filling process of causing the plunger to move in a rearward movement direction by ejecting the compressed gas inside the pressurizing chamber; and
a discharging process of causing the plunger to move forward at a desired speed by supplying the compressed gas which is adjusted to have a desired pressure to the pressurizing chamber,
wherein in the discharging process, a lateral surface of the plunger does not contact the side wall of the liquid chamber when the plunger is advanced.
15. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a flow valve which controls a flow rate of the compressed gas ejected from the pressurizing chamber; and
wherein the filling process comprises a process of controlling the flow rate of the compressed gas ejected from the pressurizing chamber.
16. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the pressurizing chamber is divided into two air-tight spaces by the piston; and
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a flow valve which controls a flow rate of gas flowing in the pressurizing chamber when the piston rises; and
wherein the filling process comprises a process of controlling the flow rate of the gas flowing into the pressurizing chamber.
17. The liquid material discharging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a liquid feeding path which establishes a constant connection between the liquid chamber and a storage container.
18. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a liquid feeding path which establishes a constant connection between the liquid chamber and a storage container.
19. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a nozzle member in which the liquid chamber is arranged; and a body in which the pressurizing chamber is arranged and to which the nozzle member is fixed.
20. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a position determining mechanism which includes a contact portion disposed in the plunger and a position determining member opposing the contact portion, and which determines the most forward movement position of the plunger; and
wherein the liquid material is discharged in a droplet state after applying inertia force to the liquid material by causing the plunger to move forward in a state where the front portion of the plunger and an inner wall of the liquid chamber are not in contact with each other.
21. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 20,
wherein the discharging process comprises:
a process of extruding the liquid material having an amount required for forming a desired droplet from the discharging port by causing the plunger to move forward to the most forward movement position where the plunger is not in contact with the liquid chamber; and
a process of forming a very small amount of droplets after dividing the liquid material extruded from the discharging port by subsequently causing the plunger to move rearward.
22. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 14,
wherein the liquid material discharge apparatus further includes a pressure intensifier which intensifies a pressure of the compressed gas to be supplied to the pressurizing chamber, and a pressure regulator which reduces a pressure of the compressed gas whose pressure is intensified by the pressure intensifier, to be a desired pressure, and which supplies the compressed gas to the pressurizing chamber; and
wherein the discharging process comprises a process of supplying the compressed gas whose pressure has been regulated.
23. The liquid material discharge method according to claim 22,
wherein a buffer tank is disposed in a flow path which allows the pressure intensifier and the pressurizing chamber to communicate with each other.

1. A method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display is generated on a viewing screen for at least one parameter of the system as follows:
logging of a variation with time of the values of the parameter concerned,
determination of a base value for the parameter concerned,
determination of an instantaneous deviation between the base value and the current parameter value or a current mean value of a specified group, containing the current parameter value, of consecutive parameter values,
creation of a baseline representing the base value,
display of the baseline on the viewing screen in such a way that the baseline extends horizontally on the viewing screen and with a specified length,
creation of a continuous curve that represents the variation with time of the parameter values for a specified time period and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the continuous curve on the viewing screen in such a way that the continuous curve’s time axis extends horizontally on the viewing screen and that the continuous curve on the viewing screen essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline,
creation of a deviation bar that represents the instantaneous deviation and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the deviation bar on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar extends vertically on the viewing screen from the level of the baseline, wherein the datum-line display has a trend arrow that is generated as follows:
determination of the trend of the value variation with time in the current parameter value,
creation of the trend arrow, which represents the trend,
display of the trend arrow on the viewing screen and wherein the trend arrow is displayed on the viewing screen in such a way that the trend arrow points upward in the case of a positive instantaneous slope and points downward in the case of a negative instantaneous slope.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trend arrow is displayed on the viewing screen in such a way that the trend arrow is disposed adjacently to one end of the continuous curve on the viewing screen.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trend arrow is disposed between the continuous curve and the deviation bar on the viewing screen, or in that the trend arrow is disposed on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar is situated between the trend arrow and the continuous curve.
4. A method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display is generated on a viewing screen for at least one parameter of the system as follows:
logging of a variation with time of the values of the parameter concerned,
determination of a base value for the parameter concerned,
determination of an instantaneous deviation between the base value and the current parameter value or a current mean value of a specified group, containing the current parameter value, of consecutive parameter values,
creation of a baseline representing the base value,
display of the baseline on the viewing screen in such a way that the baseline extends horizontally on the viewing screen and with a specified length,
creation of a continuous curve that represents the variation with time of the parameter values for a specified time period and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the continuous curve on the viewing screen in such a way that the continuous curve’s time axis extends horizontally on the viewing screen and that the continuous curve on the viewing screen essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline,
creation of a deviation bar that represents the instantaneous deviation and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the deviation bar on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar extends vertically on the viewing screen from the level of the baseline, wherein the datum-line display has a trend arrow that is generated as follows:
determination of the trend of the value variation with time in the current parameter value,
creation of the trend arrow, which represents the trend,
display of the trend arrow on the viewing screen and wherein the orientation of the trend arrow depends on the value of the instantaneous slope.
5. A method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display is generated on a viewing screen for at least one parameter of the system as follows:
logging of a variation with time of the values of the parameter concerned,
determination of a base value for the parameter concerned,
determination of an instantaneous deviation between the base value and the current parameter value or a current mean value of a specified group, containing the current parameter value, of consecutive parameter values,
creation of a baseline representing the base value,
display of the baseline on the viewing screen in such a way that the baseline extends horizontally on the viewing screen and with a specified length,
creation of a continuous curve that represents the variation with time of the parameter values for a specified time period and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the continuous curve on the viewing screen in such a way that the continuous curve’s time axis extends horizontally on the viewing screen and that the continuous curve on the viewing screen essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline,
creation of a deviation bar that represents the instantaneous deviation and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the deviation bar on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar extends vertically on the viewing screen from the level of the baseline, wherein the datum-line display has a trend arrow that is generated as follows:
determination of the trend of the value variation with time in the current parameter value,
creation of the trend arrow, which represents the trend,
display of the trend arrow on the viewing screen and wherein the trend arrow points in the vertical direction at one end of the continuous curve if the instantaneous slope has the value zero or is in a specified interval containing the value zero.
6. A method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display is generated on a viewing screen for at least one parameter of the system as follows:
logging of a variation with time of the values of the parameter concerned,
determination of a base value for the parameter concerned,
determination of an instantaneous deviation between the base value and the current parameter value or a current mean value of a specified group, containing the current parameter value, of consecutive parameter values,
creation of a baseline representing the base value,
display of the baseline on the viewing screen in such a way that the baseline extends horizontally on the viewing screen and with a specified length,
creation of a continuous curve that represents the variation with time of the parameter values for a specified time period and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the continuous curve on the viewing screen in such a way that the continuous curve’s time axis extends horizontally on the viewing screen and that the continuous curve on the viewing screen essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline,
creation of a deviation bar that represents the instantaneous deviation and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the deviation bar on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar extends vertically on the viewing screen from the level of the baseline and wherein the display of the continuous curve can be deactivated.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6,
wherein the datum-line display has a rectangular window whose top side and bottom side extend parallel to the baseline and have the same geometrical spacing in the vertical direction from the baseline,
wherein a specified upper limit value for the parameter concerned is assigned to the top side,
wherein a specified lower limit value for the parameter concerned is assigned to the bottom side,
wherein the continuous curve and the deviation bar are, in addition, normalized with respect to the upper limit value and the lower limit value.
8. A method as claimed in claim 7,
wherein an upper limit-value line representing the upper limit value is created and is displayed on the viewing screen in such a way that it essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline on the top side of the rectangular window,
wherein a lower limit-value line representing the lower limit value is created and is displayed on the viewing screen in such a way that it essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline on the bottom side of the rectangular window.
9. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the limit values have different numerical spacings from the base value although the top side and the bottom side have the same geometrical spacing from the baseline on the viewing screen.
10. A method as claimed in claim 7,
wherein the top sides of the rectangular windows of horizontally adjacent datum-line displays are disposed coaxially in alignment with one another on the viewing screen,
wherein the bottom sides of the rectangular windows of horizontally adjacent datum-line displays are disposed coaxially in alignment with one another on the viewing screen.
11. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the continuous curve does not cover the current parameter value, but those parameter values that precede the current parameter value in a specified time period.
12. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a separate datum-line display is generated in each case for a plurality of different parameters in such a way that a plurality of datum-line displays are disposed horizontally next to one another on the viewing screen and in that the baselines of horizontally adjacent datum-line displays are disposed coaxially in alignment with one another on the viewing screen.
13. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one parameter can be selected from a plurality of different parameters of the system for which parameter or parameters a datum-line display is generated in each case.
14. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the system to be monitored is a patient.
15. A method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display is generated on a viewing screen for at least one parameter of the system as follows:
logging of a variation with time of the values of the parameter concerned,
determination of a base value for the parameter concerned,
determination of an instantaneous deviation between the base value and the current parameter value or a current mean value of a specified group, containing the current parameter value, of consecutive parameter values,
creation of a baseline representing the base value,
display of the baseline on the viewing screen in such a way that the baseline extends horizontally on the viewing screen and with a specified length,
creation of a continuous curve that represents the variation with time of the parameter values for a specified time period and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the continuous curve on the viewing screen in such a way that the continuous curve’s time axis extends horizontally on the viewing screen and that the continuous curve on the viewing screen essentially extends over the entire length of the baseline,
creation of a deviation bar that represents the instantaneous deviation and is normalized with respect to the baseline,
display of the deviation bar on the viewing screen in such a way that the deviation bar extends vertically on the viewing screen from the level of the baseline and wherein the deviation bar extends on the viewing screen adjacently to the more recent end of the continuous curve.

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

1. A method for forming nanowires, the method comprising:
hydrothermally treating a chemical precursor composition in a hydrothermal treating solvent to form the nanowires, wherein the chemical precursor composition comprises a source of manganese cations and a source of counter cations, and wherein the nanowires comprise ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
forming a suspension of the nanowires; and
contacting the suspension of the nanowires with a substrate at a temperature and for a time effective to self-assemble a film comprising the nanowires.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising removing the substrate from the film to form a free standing membrane comprising the nanowires.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the source of manganese cations comprises a manganese salt with an anion comprising a sulfate, persulfate, sulfide, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, halide, perchlorate, carbonate, acetate, alkoxide, permanganate, dichromate, formate, chromate, oxalate, acetate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing anions, or hydrates of one of the foregoing salts.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the source of counter cations comprises a counter cation salt with an anion comprising a sulfate, persulfate, sulfide, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, halide, perchlorate, carbonate, acetate, alkoxide, permanganate, dichromate, formate, chromate, oxalate, acetate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing anions, or a hydrate of one of the foregoing salts.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein a counter cation is a cation of H, Li, K, Rb, Cs, Ba, Mg, Ca, Pb, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Ag, W, Zr, Ti, Cd, Zn, Ln, ammonium, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing cations.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the chemical precursor composition further comprises a source of framework substituting cations, wherein a framework substituting cation comprises a cation of H, Li, K, Rb, Cs, Ba, Mg, Ca, Pb, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Ag, W, Zr, Ti, Cd, Zn, Ln, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing cations.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrothermally treating comprises heating in a sealed reaction vessel at about 150\xb0 C. to about 350\xb0 C. for greater than about 12 hours.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising isolating the nanowires by filtration.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising subjecting the nanowires to an ion exchange step, wherein a portion or all of the counter cations are replaced with different counter cations.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the nanowires have substantially uniform average diameters of about 5 nanometers to about 100 nanometers and have average lengths of greater than about 10 micrometers.
12. The method of claim 2, wherein the contacting occurs at about 50\xb0 C. to about 150\xb0 C. for greater than about 3 hours.
13. The method of claim 3, wherein an average thickness of the film or membrane is about 1 rmicrometer to about 10 millimeters.
14. The method of claim 3, further comprising annealing the membrane at about 80\xb0 C. to about 200\xb0 C. for greater than about 1 hour.
15. A nanowire formed by the method of claim 1.
16. A single crystal ultra-long nanowire comprising an ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieve, wherein the single crystal ultra-long nanowire has an average length greater than about 10 micrometers and an average diameter of about 5 nanometers to about 100 nanometers.
17. The single crystal ultra-long nanowire of claim 16, further comprising a counter cation, wherein the counter cation comprises a cation of H, Li, K, Rb, Cs, Ba, Mg, Ca, Pb, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Ag, W, Zr, Ti, Cd, Zn, Ln, ammonium, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing cations.
18. The single crystal ultra-long nanowire of claim 16, further comprising a framework substituting cation, wherein the framework substituting cation comprises a cation of H, Li, K, Rb, Cs, Ba, Mg, Ca, Pb, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Ag, W, Zr, Ti, Cd, Zn, Ln, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing cations.
19. The single crystal ultra-long nanowire of claim 16, wherein the nanowire comprises micropores, mesopores, macropores, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing pores.
20. The single crystal ultra-long nanowire of claim 19, further comprising a foreign material not integral to the nanowire framework embedded within at least one of the pores of the nanowire.