Author: claimsbot

1. A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member, characterized in that particles containing at least flux are injected to a surface of a substrate made of aluminum or its alloy at a temperature lower than a melting point of the flux by 30\xb0 C. or more to collide against the surface at an average speed of 100 msec or higher to cause mechanical adhesion of the particles to the surface.
2. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein an average particle size of the injection flux particles is 3 to 25 \u03bcm.
3. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein an average collision speed of the flux particles is 100 to 500 msec.
4. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein an average particle size x (\u03bcm) of the injection flux particles and an average collision speed y (msec) thereof fall within a range satisfying x\u22673, y\u2267150, y\u226720x\u2212140, x\u226620, y\u2266450, and y\u22668.33x+325.
5. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the particles containing at least flux are injected at a temperature lower than the melting point of the flux by 50 to 150\xb0 C.
6. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein a moisture content of the flux particles is 2% or less.
7. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the flux is fluoride series flux.
8. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 7, wherein the flux contains at least one of KAlF4 and CsF.
9. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the particles containing at least flux is a compound of flux particles and brazing particles.
10. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the particles containing at least flux is a compound of flux particles and Zn particles.
11. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the particles containing at least flux is a compound of flux particles, brazing particles, and Zn particles.
12. The method of manufacturing a heat exchanger member as recited in claim 1, wherein the substrate is an extruded member.
13. A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger in which tubes and fins are stacked alternately and header tanks are connected to the tubes to form a provisionally assembled core portion, and the provisionally assembled core portion is heated to thereby braze the tubes and the fins, and the tubes and the header tanks, characterized in that
using a member in which particles containing at least flux mechanically are adhered on a surface of a substrate made of aluminum or its alloy by injecting the particles to the surface at a temperature lower than a melting point of the flux by 30\xb0 C. or more to collide at an average speed of 100 msec or higher, as any one of the tube, the fin, and the header tank, and
brazing is performed by melting the adhered flux by heating for the brazing to activate the surface of the substrate by the molten flux.
14. A heat exchanger member characterized in that particles containing at least flux is mechanically adhered on an outer surface of a substrate made of aluminum or aluminum alloy.
15. The heat exchanger member as recited in claim 14, wherein an adhered amount of the flux particles is 0.3 to 30 gm2.
16. The heat exchanger member as recited in claim 14, wherein the heat exchanger member is one of a tube, a header tank, and a flange.

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 piezoelectric element formed by alternately stacking substantially rectangular piezoelectric layers and internal electrode layers,
wherein the internal electrode layers are positive electrode layers and negative electrode layers which are alternately arranged in a stacking direction with each of the piezoelectric layers interposed between an associated one of the positive electrode layers and an associated one of the negative electrode layers,
the positive electrode layers include a first positive electrode layer provided on a principle surface of one of the piezoelectric layers and a second positive electrode layer provided on a principle surface of different one of the piezoelectric layers from the one of the piezoelectric layers in which the first positive electrode layer is provided,
the negative electrode layers include a first negative electrode layer provided on a principle surface of one of the piezoelectric layers and a second negative electrode layer provided on a principle surface of different one of the piezoelectric layers from the one of the piezoelectric layers in which the first negative electrode layer is provided,
each of the first positive electrode layer and the first negative electrode layer includes four divided electrodes provided in four areas, respectively, the four areas being obtained by dividing a principle surface of an associated one of the piezoelectric layers into two areas in a lengthwise direction and two areas in a widthwise direction, and a connecting electrode for connecting a pair of the divided electrodes formed on diagonally opposite two of the four areas along a first diagonal direction on the principle surface of the associated one of the piezoelectric layers, and
each of the second positive electrode layer and the second negative electrode layer includes four divided electrodes provided in the four areas, respectively, and a connecting electrode for connecting a pair of the divided electrodes formed on diagonally opposite two of the four areas along a second diagonal direction on the principle surface of the associated one of the piezoelectric layers.
2. The piezoelectric element of claim 1, wherein the internal electrode layers are provided in the manner that the first positive electrode layer, the first negative electrode layer, the second positive electrode layer and the second negative electrode layer are arranged in this order in the stacking direction with each of the piezoelectric layers interposed between associated ones of the electrode layers.
3. The piezoelectric element of claim 1, wherein each outermost layer of the piezoelectric element in the stacking direction is one of the piezoelectric layers.
4. A vibratory actuator comprising:
the piezoelectric element of claim 1;
a driver element provided on the piezoelectric element; and
a movable body supported by the driver element,
wherein power is supplied to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to make composite vibration of stretching vibration and bending vibration so that the driver element makes a substantially elliptical motion due to the composite vibration, thereby moving the movable body.
5. A drive unit comprising:
a vibratory actuator including a plurality of piezoelectric elements, driver elements provided on the piezoelectric elements and a single movable body supported by the driver elements of the piezoelectric elements; and
a control unit for supplying a first voltage and a second voltage having a same frequency as a frequency of the first voltage and a shifted phase relative to a phase of the first voltage to each of the piezoelectric elements to cause each of the piezoelectric elements to make composite vibration of stretching vibration and bending vibration so that the driver element makes a substantially elliptical motion due to the composite vibration, thereby moving the movable body,
wherein the vibratory actuator includes first through nth piezoelectric elements, where n is an arbitrary integer of 2 or more, as the plurality of piezoelectric elements,
each of the piezoelectric elements is formed by alternately stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrode layers,
the internal electrode layers are positive electrode layers and negative electrode layers which are alternately arranged in a stacking direction with each of the piezoelectric layers interposed between an associated one of the positive electrode layers and an associated one of the negative electrode layers,
each of the positive electrode layers includes first positive electrodes and second positive electrodes,
each of the negative electrode layers includes first negative electrodes provided so that each of the first negative electrodes is opposed to an associated one of the first positive electrodes with an associated one of the piezoelectric layers interposed therebetween and the first voltage is supplied between each of the first negative electrodes and an associated one of the first positive electrodes and second negative electrodes provided so that each of the second negative electrodes is opposed to an associated one of the second positive electrodes with an associated one of the piezoelectric layers interposed therebetween, the second voltage is supplied between each of the second negative electrodes and an associated one of the second positive electrodes and the second negative electrodes are not electrically connected to the first negative electrodes,
a first negative electrode of an ith piezoelectric element, where i=1, . . . and i=n\u22121, and a first positive electrode of an (i+1)th piezoelectric element are electrically connected to each other, and
a second negative electrode of the ith piezoelectric element and a second positive electrode of the (i+1)th piezoelectric element are electrically connected to each other.
6. The drive unit of claim 5, wherein the control unit is so configured to set respective frequencies of the first and second voltages to be higher than highest one of respective resonance frequencies of the piezoelectric elements.
7. The drive unit of claim 5, wherein the control unit is so configured to set respective frequencies of the first and second voltages to be lower than lowest one of respective antiresonance frequencies the piezoelectric elements.
8. The drive unit of claim 5, wherein the control unit detects at least one of a current and a voltage between the first negative electrode of the ith piezoelectric element and the first positive electrode of the (i+1)th piezoelectric element and at least one of a current and a voltage between the second negative electrode of the ith piezoelectric element and the second positive electrode of the (i+1)th piezoelectric element and changes the respective frequencies of the first and second voltages, based on values obtained by the detection.

1. A method for use by a backup manager, the method comprising:
initiating a backup procedure, and in response to initiating the backup procedure:
identifying a storage object to be backed up, wherein the storage object is stored in a file system at a first host;
generating a backup version of the storage object;
determining whether the storage object has an associated extensibility record, wherein the extensibility record comprises a first reparse point including a first tag and a first data field, wherein the first tag indicates the first reparse point is of a first type which is for use by the file system at the first host;
in response to determining that the storage object has an associated extensibility record:
generating an encoded version of the first reparse point;
generating a second reparse point including a second tag and a second data field, wherein the second reparse point is associated with the backup version of the storage object, and wherein the second tag indicates the second reparse point is of a second type which is for use by the backup manager, the second type being different from the first type;
storing both the encoded version of the first reparse point and data from the first data field within the second data field of the second reparse point;
storing the backup version of the storage object; and
storing the second reparse point;
restoring the storage object from the backup version, wherein said restoring comprises regenerating the extensibility record from the encoded version.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the encoded version comprises an alternate named stream of an object included within a file system.
3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the extensibility record includes an identification of an original location of at least a portion of the storage object.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the extensibility record includes configuration information associated with at least one of a volume mount point and a directory junction.
5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the extensibility record includes a pointer to a portion of the storage object stored within a second storage object.
6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the extensibility record is accessible via an invocation of a system call provided by an operating system.
7. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores program instructions computer-executable by the processor to implement a backup manager configured to:
initiate a backup procedure, and in response to initiating the backup procedure:
identify a storage object to be backed up, wherein the storage object is stored in a file system at a first host;
generate a backup version of a storage object;
determine whether the storage object has an associated extensibility record, wherein the extensibility record comprises a first reparse point including a first tag and a first data field, wherein the first tag indicates the first reparse point is of a first type which is for use by the file system at the first host;
in response to determining that the storage object has an associated extensibility record:
generate an encoded version of the first reparse point;
generate a second reparse point including a second tag and a second data field, wherein the second reparse point is associated with the backup version of the storage object, and wherein the second tag indicates the second reparse point is of a second type which is for use by the backup manager, the second type being different from the first type; and
store both the encoded version of the first reparse point and data from the first data field within the second data field of the second reparse point;
store the backup version of the storage object; and
store the second reparse point;
wherein the backup manager is further configured to restore the storage object from the backup version, wherein said restoring comprises regenerating the extensibility record from the encoded version.
8. A computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions, wherein the instructions are computer-executable to implement a backup manager configured to:
initiate a backup procedure, and in response to initiating the backup procedure:
identify a storage object to be backed up, wherein the storage object is stored in a file system at a first host;
generate a backup version of a storage object;
determine whether the storage object has an associated extensibility record, wherein the extensibility record comprises a first reparse point including a first tag and a first data field, wherein the first tag indicates the first reparse point is of a first type which is for use by the file system at the first host; and
in response to determining that the storage object has an associated extensibility record:
generate an encoded version of the first reparse point;
generate a second reparse point including a second tag and a second data field, wherein the second reparse point is associated with the backup version of the storage object, and wherein the second tag indicates the second reparse point is of a second type which is for use by the backup manager, the second type being different from the first type; and
store both the encoded version of the first reparse point and data from the first data field within the second data field of the second reparse point;
store the backup version of the storage object; and
store the second reparse point;
wherein the backup manager is further configured to restore the storage object from the backup version, wherein said restoring comprises regenerating the extensibility record from the encoding.
9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second reparse point is stored with the backup version of the storage object.
10. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the second reparse point is stored with the backup version of the storage object.
11. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the second reparse point is stored with the backup version of the storage object.

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 kit for a portable hydrotherapy system comprises:
a vessel for containing water, said vessel having an open top;
opposing wheels being installed on opposing sides of and proximate at least one end of said vessel;
said vessel including an inwardly projecting circumferential ledge from interior sidewalls, said ledge being below the open top of said vessel;
a removable motorized water circulator system adapted for mounting on a portion of a wall of said vessel at one end thereof; and
a tray insert configured for retaining components of said water circulator system during transport or storage of said kit, said tray having an uppermost projecting circumferential lip dimensioned for permitting bottom portions thereof to rest on a portion of said ledge of said vessel, for retaining said tray insert within said vessel.
2. The kit of claim 1, further including:
a lid for closing off the open top of said vessel, said lid being configured to include a bottom portion dimensioned to have a frictional fit between interior sidewalls of said vessel and rest upon top portions of the lip of said tray insert, and exposed portions of said ledge.
3. The kit of claim 1, wherein said vessel is thermally insulated.
4. The kit of claim 3, wherein said vessel includes plastic foam thermal insulating material.
5. The kit of claim 3, wherein said vessel includes hollow rigid plastic wall and bottom portions with thermal insulating material sandwiched therebetween.
6. The kit of claim 5, wherein said thermal insulating material is plastic foam.
7. The kit of claim 1, further including a collapsible handle mounted upon an exterior surface of another end of said vessel opposing said one end.
8. The kit of claim 7, wherein said handle consists of plastic material.
9. The kit of claim 1, wherein said ledge includes an uppermost section for receiving a bottom portion of said lid, and a lowermost portion for receiving a bottom portion of the lip of tray insert.
10. The kit of claim 1, wherein said vessel further includes a drain plug installed in a bottom side portion thereof.
11. The kit of claim 10, wherein said drain plug consists of plastic material.
12. The kit of claim 1, further including:
a battery powered power supply adapted for mounting on either one of interior and exterior side portions of said vessel, when not in use, and being removable for providing remote power to said water circulator system.
13. The kit of claim 1, wherein said lid includes a top portion larger than its bottom portion, the top portion having the same dimensions as the outer circumference of said vessel.
14. The kit of claim 13, wherein said lid consists of plastic material.
15. The kit of claim 1, wherein said lid consists of plastic material.
16. A kit for a portable hydrotherapy system comprises:
a vessel for containing water, said vessel having an open top;
opposing wheels being installed on opposing sides of and proximate at least one end of said vessel;
said vessel including an inwardly projecting circumferential ledge from interior sidewalls, said ledge being below the open top of said vessel;
a removable motorized water circulator system adapted for mounting on a portion of a wall of said vessel at one end thereof;
a tray insert configured for retaining components of said water circulator system during transport or storage of said kit, said tray having an uppermost projecting circumferential lip dimensioned for permitting bottom portions thereof to rest on a portion of said ledge of said vessel, for retaining said tray insert within said vessel; and
a lid for closing off the open top of said vessel, said lid being configured to include a bottom portion dimensioned to have a frictional fit between interior sidewalls of said vessel and rest upon top portions of the lip of said tray insert, and exposed portions of said ledge.
17. The kit of claim 16, wherein said vessel is thermally insulated.
18. The kit of claim 16, further including a collapsible handle mounted upon an exterior surface of another end of said vessel opposing said one end.
19. The kit of claim 18, wherein said vessel, said lid, and said handle each consist of plastic material.
20. The kit of claim 16, wherein said ledge includes an uppermost section for receiving a bottom portion of said lid, and a lowermost portion for receiving a bottom portion of the lip of tray insert.
21. The kit of claim 16, wherein said vessel further includes a drain plug installed in a bottom side portion thereof.
22. The kit of claim 21, wherein said drain plug consists of plastic material, and includes a living hinge to retain it with said vessel lever unplugged for draining water from said vessel.
23. The kit of claim 16, further including:
a battery powered power supply adapted for mounting on either one of interior and exterior side portions of said vessel, when not in use, and being removable for providing remote power to said water circulator system.
24. The kit of claim 16, wherein said lid includes a top portion larger than its bottom portion, the top portion having the same dimensions as the outer circumference of said vessel.