All The Claims

1. A lamp assembly comprising:
at least two lamps, each of the lamps including:
a lamp body including a fluorescent layer formed on an inner surface of the lamp body and a discharge gas layer in the lamp body;
a first electrode for providing the lamp body with a first discharge voltage; and
a second electrode for providing the lamp body with a second discharge voltage; and

a first board, coupled to the first electrode, for providing the first electrode with the first discharge voltage.
2. The lamp assembly of claim 1, wherein the first board comprises:
a first insulated body;
at least one first conductive pattern electrically connected to the first electrode of each of the lamps; and
at least two first through-holes formed on the first insulated body, each of the first through-holes receiving the first electrode of each of the lamps.
3. The lamp assembly of claim 2, further comprising:
a first connector installed on the first conductive pattern; and
a first terminal, coupled to the first conductive pattern through the first connector, for receiving the first discharge voltage.
4. The lamp assembly of claim 3, wherein the first terminal is connected to an inverter for generating the first discharge voltage.
5. The lamp assembly of claim 2, wherein the first electrode received in each of the first through-holes and the first conductive pattern are soldered and electrically connected to each other.
6. The lamp assembly of claim 1, further comprising a first lamp holder for preventing the first electrode from moving, an end of the first lamp holder being connected to the first board.
7. The lamp assembly of claim 1, further comprising a second board, coupled to the second electrode, for providing the second electrode with the second discharge voltage.
8. The lamp assembly of claim 7, wherein the second board comprises:
a second insulated body;
at least one second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second electrode of each of the lamps; and
at least two second through-holes formed on the second insulated body, each of the second through-holes receiving the second electrode of each of the lamps.
9. The lamp assembly of claim 8, further comprising:
a second connector installed on the second conductive pattern; and
a second terminal, coupled to the second conductive pattern, for receiving the second discharge voltage.
10. The lamp assembly of claim 9, wherein the second terminal is connected to an inverter for providing the second terminal with the second discharge voltage.
11. The lamp assembly of claim 8, wherein the second electrode received in each of the second through-holes and the second conductive pattern are soldered and electrically connected to each other.
12. The lamp assembly of claim 7, further comprising a second lamp holder for preventing the second electrode from moving, an end of the second lamp holder being connected to the second board.
13. The lamp assembly of claim 1, wherein the number of the lamps is four.
14. A light supplying apparatus comprising:
a receiving container including a bottom face, a first side wall, a second side wall facing the first side wall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall facing the third side wall, each of the sidewalls being extended from an edge of the bottom face to form a receiving space;
first and second lamp assembly-fixing members disposed on the bottom face of the receiving container, the first lamp assembly-fixing member being adjacent to the first sidewall, the second lamp assembly-fixing member being adjacent to the second sidewall, the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members having a bar shape, and first and second recesses being formed on upper faces of the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members, the upper faces being opposite to the bottom face of the receiving container;
a reflection member partially inserted into a slot of the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members and being opposite to the bottom face of the receiving container;
a lamp assembly, including:
first and second boards, the first and second boards being inserted into the first and second recesses of the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members, respectively; and
a lamp having first and second electrodes, the first and second electrodes being connected with the first and second boards, respectively; and

first and second insulated members for covering the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members, respectively, and for insulating the first and second boards.
15. The light supplying apparatus of claim 14, further comprising first and second optical sheet-fixing members disposed on the bottom face of the receiving container, the first optical sheet-fixing member being adjacent to the third sidewall, the second optical sheet-fixing member being adjacent to the fourth sidewall, the first and second optical sheet-fixing members having a bar shape.
16. The light supplying apparatus of claim 15, wherein each of the first and second optical sheet-fixing members has a first stepped portion, and the first stepped portion is extended in a longitudinal direction of each of the first and second optical sheet-fixing members, to receive at least one optical sheet.
17. The light supplying apparatus of claim 14, wherein a plurality of engaging holes is formed on the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members.
18. The light supplying apparatus of claim 14, wherein each of the first and second lamp assembly-fixing members is engaged with the reflection member by a screw.
19. The light supplying apparatus of claim 14, further comprising first and second connectors, installed at the first and second boards, for receiving a first discharge voltage and a second discharge voltage, respectively.
20. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a light supplying member, including:
a lamp assembly for generating a first light; and
a receiving container having a bottom face for receiving the lamp assembly, and a plurality of sidewalls;

a light distribution-changing member, including:
an optical sheet for changing optical distribution of the first light to produce a second light;
a first optical sheet-fixing member for receiving an edge of a bottom face of the optical sheet;
a second optical sheet-fixing member having first and second faces, the first face pressing an edge of an upper face of the optical sheet, and the second face being bent down to be connected one of the sidewalls of the receiving container; and
a first engaging member for engaging the first optical sheet-fixing member with the second optical sheet-fixing member;

a second engaging member for engaging one of the sidewalls of the receiving container with the second face of the second optical sheet-fixing member;
a display unit, including:
a liquid crystal display panel, disposed on the first face of the second optical sheet-fixing member to be opposite to the optical sheet, for changing the second light into a third light having image information; and
a fixing member for fixing the liquid crystal display panel, the fixing member having a third face and a fourth face, the third face pressing an edge of the liquid crystal display panel, and the fourth face being bent to be connected to one of the sidewalls of the receiving container;

a third engaging member for engaging the first face of the second optical sheet-fixing member with the third face of the fixing member; and
a fourth engaging member for engaging one of the sidewalls of the receiving container, with the second face of the second optical sheet-fixing member and the fourth face of the fixing member.

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

1-41. (canceled)
42. A greenhouse comprising a frame provided with columns and with parallel, equally spaced girders supported by said columns, as well as a roof supported by said columns and with at least one wall, said greenhouse comprising a screen device along the roof andor along a wall, which screen device comprises at least one screen which is connected, via first connecting means, to a girder on a first longitudinal side, and which is connected, via second connecting means, to a front bar extending parallel to the girders on a second longitudinal side opposite said first longitudinal side, which front bar is movable in a direction transversely to its longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position, said second connecting means comprising a lace element connected to the screen near a longitudinal edge of the screen and a lace chamber associated with the front bar, which lace chamber extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the front bar, in which lace chamber the lace element is retained, which lace chamber has a passage extending parallel to the front bar for inserting the lace element into the lace chamber from an end face of the front bar, through which passage the screen extends in use, wherein said lace element is strip-shaped.
43. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein said lace chamber has an at least substantially rectangular cross-section.
44. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the transverse direction of the strip-shaped lace element includes an angle with the part of the screen that joins the lace element in the closed position of the front bar.
45. A greenhouse according to claim 44, wherein said angle is smaller than or equal to 90 degrees.
46. A greenhouse according to claim 45, wherein said angle ranges between 30 and 70 degrees.
47. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the strip-shaped lace element and the lace chamber have at least one flat or at any rate flattened longitudinal side.
48. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the lace chamber has at least one flat or at any rate flattened longitudinal side.
49. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the strip-shaped lace element has an at least substantially diamond-shaped or Z-shaped cross-section.
50. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein said passage is located in or at least near a corner of the cross-section of the lace chamber.
51. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the lace chamber forms part of an extruded first chamber section member made of plastic material.
52. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the lace chamber forms part of a rolled first chamber section member made of a metal.
53. A greenhouse according to claim 51, wherein the first chamber section member is connected to the front bar via first further connecting means, preferably of the snap-type.
54. A greenhouse according to claim 51, wherein the front bar is built up of a number of interconnected front bar parts positioned in line with each other, wherein the first chamber section member is made in one piece and the length of the first chamber section member is greater than the length of the individual front bar parts.
55. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the strip-shaped lace element forms an integral part of the screen.
56. A greenhouse according to claim 55, wherein the strip-shaped lace element is woven or knitted into the screen.
57. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the screen comprises parallel, flexible foil parts extending in the longitudinal direction of the screen, the width of which foil parts is at least substantially the same as the width of the strip-shaped lace element.
58. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the screen comprises parallel, flexible foil parts extending in the longitudinal direction of the screen, the width of which foil parts is smaller than the width of the strip-shaped lace element.
59. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the proportion between the width and the thickness of the strip shape of the strip-shaped lace element is minimally three, preferably minimally five.
60. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein the width of the strip shape of the strip-shaped lace element is at least 3 mm.
61. A greenhouse according to claim 42, wherein said first connecting means comprise a further strip-shaped lace element which is connected to the screen near a longitudinal edge of the screen, as well as a further lace chamber associated with the girder, which extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the girder, in which further lace chamber said further strip-shaped lace element is retained, which further lace chamber has a further passage extending parallel to said girder for inserting said further strip-shaped lace element into said further lace chamber from an end face of the girder, through which further passage the screen extends in use.
62. A greenhouse according to claim 61, wherein said strip-shaped lace element and said further strip-shaped lace element are identical in shape.
63. A screen device for use with a greenhouse, the greenhouse comprising a frame provided with columns and with parallel, equally spaced girders supported by said columns, as well as a roof supported by said columns and with at least one wall, wherein said screen device is along the roof andor along a wall, said screen device comprising:
at least one screen which is connected, via first connecting means, to a girder on a first longitudinal side, and which is connected, via second connecting means, to a front bar extending parallel to the girders on a second longitudinal side opposite said first longitudinal side, which front bar is movable in a direction transversely to its longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position, said second connecting means comprising a lace element connected to the screen near a longitudinal edge of the screen and a lace chamber associated with the front bar, which lace chamber extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the front bar, in which lace chamber the lace element is retained, which lace chamber has a passage extending parallel to the front bar for inserting the lace element into the lace chamber from an end face of the front bar, through which passage the screen extends in use, wherein said lace element is strip-shaped.
64. A screen for use with a greenhouse, the greenhouse comprising a frame provided with columns and with parallel, equally spaced girders supported by said columns, as well as a roof supported by said columns and with at least one wall, said greenhouse comprising a screen device along the roof andor along a wall, which screen device comprises at least one screen which is connected, via first connecting means, to a girder on a first longitudinal side, and which is connected, via second connecting means, to a front bar extending parallel to the girders on a second longitudinal side opposite said first longitudinal side, which front bar is movable in a direction transversely to its longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position, said second connecting means comprising a lace element connected to the screen near a longitudinal edge of the screen and a lace chamber associated with the front bar, which lace chamber extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the front bar, in which lace chamber the lace element is retained, which lace chamber has a passage extending parallel to the front bar for inserting the lace element into the lace chamber from an end face of the front bar, through which passage the screen extends in use, wherein said lace element is strip-shaped.
65. A screen according to claim 64, wherein the screen is provided with a strip-shaped lace element only on two longitudinal sites.
66. A screen according to claim 64, wherein the strip-shaped element forms an integral part of the screen.
67. A method for effecting a connection between the screen and the front bar in a greenhouse, wherein the greenhouse comprises a frame provided with columns and with parallel, equally spaced girders supported by said columns, as well as a roof supported by said columns and with at least one wall, said greenhouse further comprising a screen device along the roof andor along a wall, which screen device comprises at least one screen which is connected, via first connecting means, to a girder on a first longitudinal side, and which is connected, via second connecting means, to a front bar extending parallel to the girders on a second longitudinal side opposite said first longitudinal side, which front bar is movable in a direction transversely to its longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position, said second connecting means comprising a lace element connected to the screen near a longitudinal edge of the screen and a lace chamber associated with the front bar, which lace chamber extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the front bar, in which lace chamber the lace element is retained, which lace chamber has a passage extending parallel to the front bar for inserting the lace element into the lace chamber from an end face of the front bar, through which passage the screen extends in use, wherein said lace element is strip-shaped, said method comprising:
inserting the strip-shaped lace element into the lace chamber from an end face of the front bar.

1. An implant for spacing apart vertebral members comprising:
a body including an exterior surface and an interior region, the exterior surface including opposing contact surfaces configured to contact against the vertebral members when the body is inserted into a patient;
a relief cut contained within the body and extending from the exterior surface inward to a terminal end that is disposed between the opposing contact surfaces; the relief cut having a superior side and an inferior side connected by the terminal end;
first and second shims positioned in the relief cut and each slidably engaged with the relief cut;
a stiffness of the implant being adjustable from a first stiffness with the relief cut being empty, a second stiffness with the first shim positioned in the relief cut, and a third stiffness with both the first and second shims positioned in the relief cut;
a height of the implant with the first and second shims positioned in the relief cut is not greater than a distance between the opposing contact surfaces;
wherein the relief cut is sized to simultaneously receive both the first and second shims;
wherein, if the first and second shims are removed from the relief cut, the superior and inferior sides of the relief cut directly face each other.
2. The implant of claim 1, wherein the body is sized to fit within the intervertebral space and the exterior surface is shaped to contact the vertebral members.
3. The implant of claim 1, wherein the body is shaped to fit within an interspinous space and contact spinous processes of the vertebral members.
4. The implant of claim 1, further comprising an aperture that extends through the interior region of the body between inferior and superior sides.
5. The implant of claim 1 wherein the first and second shims have different stiffnesses.
6. The implant of claim 1, further comprising locking means for securing the first and second shims within the body.
7. The implant of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second shims extend outward from body when the shims are positioned in the relief cut.
8. The implant of claim 1, wherein the relief cut extends completely through the body.
9. The implant of claim 1, wherein the body and at least one of the first and second shims are constructed of different materials.
10. The implant of claim 1, wherein at least one of the shims is constructed of a resorbable material.
11. An implant for spacing apart vertebral members comprising:
a body including an exterior surface and an interior region and a central axis; the body also including a superior face and an inferior face; the central axis extending from the superior face to the inferior face;
first and second relief cuts each contained within the body and extending from the exterior surface inward into the interior region in different directions; wherein the first and second relief cuts are positioned within the interior region of the body between the superior and inferior faces of the body; wherein the first and second relief cuts overlap when viewed along the central axis;
a pair of shims, each shim being discrete from the body and including at least one surface for slidably engaging a side of one of the relief cuts to enable sliding the shim from outside the body to a position in the relief cut;
wherein insertion of one of the shims into the first relief cut causes a first stiffness in the implant that affects a first type of vertebral motion, insertion of the pair of shims into the first relief cut causes a greater second stiffness in the implant that affects the first type of vertebral motion, and insertion of one of the shims into the second relief cut causes a stiffness in the implant that affects a second type of vertebral motion;
the first relief cut having superior and inferior sides connected by a terminal end;
wherein, if the shims are removed from the first relief cut, the superior and inferior sides of the first relief cut directly face each other.
12. The implant of claim 11, wherein the first and second relief cuts extend into the interior region of the body in substantially opposing directions.
13. The implant of claim 11, wherein the first and second relief cuts include different shapes.
14. The implant of claim 11, wherein the first and second relief cuts include a substantially common shape.
15. The implant of claim 11, wherein each of the first and second relief cuts include inferior and superior sides formed by the interior region of the body.
16. The implant of claim 11, further including a first locking means for locking the shim in the first relief cut, and a second locking means for locking the shim in the second relief cut.
17. The implant of claim 11, wherein the shim is constructed of a resorbable material.
18. An implant for spacing apart vertebral members comprising:
a body including an exterior surface and an interior region; the body further comprising a central bore extending along a central axis from a superior surface of the body to an inferior surface of the body;
a plurality of relief cuts contained within the body, each extending from the exterior surface inward into the interior region and having a superior side and an inferior side connected by a terminal end; at least a first one of the plurality of relief cuts extending into the interior region from a first side of the body; at least a second one of the plurality of relief cuts extending into the interior region from an opposite second side of the body; wherein the first and second of the plurality of relief cuts are disposed in an overlapping arrangement between inferior and superior sides of the body when viewed along the central axis;
a plurality of shims discrete from the body, each including a defined shape and sized to be positioned in one of the plurality of relief cuts; at least one of the shims including a side for being slidably engaged with the wall of the first one of the relief cuts;
a stiffness of the implant being adjustable from a minimum stiffness with each of the plurality of relief cuts being empty, to a first intermediate stiffness with one of the plurality of relief cuts containing one of the plurality of shims and another of the plurality of relief cuts being empty, to a second intermediate stiffness with one of the plurality of relief cuts containing at least two of the plurality of shims and another of the plurality of relief cuts being empty, to a maximum stiffness with each of the plurality of relief cuts containing at least one of the plurality of shims;
a height of the implant when one of the plurality of shims is positioned in one of the plurality of relief cuts is not greater than a height of the body;
wherein, if the shims are removed from one of the plurality of relief cuts, the superior and inferior sides of the relief cut directly face each other.
19. The implant of claim 18 wherein the plurality of relief cuts result in a first section of the body having a first spring rate, and a second section of the body having a second spring rate.

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, comprising:
receiving, at a publication server from a first message source, an indication of the presence of a first message from a first client device different from the first message source, the first message including a first specification file and a first network address associated with a first print data file;
retrieving, by the publication server, the first print data file from a storage location separate from the publication server and associated with the first network address; and
processing the first specification file and the first print data file using a raster image processor.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first specification file comprises a first Job Definition Format (JDF) file.
3. The method of claim 1, further including:
monitoring the first message source associated with the first client device; and
when the first message is present in the first message source, requesting the first message.
4. The method of claim 1, further including:
receiving an indication of the presence of a second message from a second client device, the second message including a second specification file and a second network address associated with a second print data file;
retrieving the second print data file from the second network address; and
processing the second specification file and the second print data file using the raster image processor.
5. The method of claim 4, further including
monitoring a second message source associated with the second client device; and
when the second message is present in the second message source, requesting the second message.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first specification file includes a binding instruction.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the first message includes receiving the indication of the first message via a firewall between the publication server and the first client device, the firewall configured to prevent receipt of messages from the first client device.
8. A method, comprising:
monitoring a first message source associated with the first client device;
receiving an indication of the presence of a first message from a first client device, the first message including a first network address associated with a first specification file and a first print data file;
retrieving, at the publication server from a storage location separate from the publication server, the first specification file and the first print data file from the first network address; and
processing the first specification file and the first print data file using a raster image processor.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first message comprises a first email message and the first specification file comprises a first Job Definition Format (JDF) file.
10. The method of claim 8, further including:
receiving an indication of the presence of a second message from a second client device, the second message including a second network address associated with a second specification file and a second print data file;
retrieving the second specification file and the second print data file from the second network address; and
processing the second specification file and the second print data file by the raster image processor.
11. The method of claim 8, further including:
receiving an indication of an authentication of the first client device; and
sending, in response to the receiving, an email address to the first client device, the email address configured to receive the first message.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the indication of the authentication is of an authentication token or an authorized username and password pair.
13. A method, comprising:
determining that a first message is available from a message source;
receiving the first message from the message source, the first message including a specification file and an address associated with a location of a data file, the specification file including at least one specification;
retrieving the data file from the address;
processing the specification file and the data file by a printing device configured to (1) generate a raster image based upon the data file and (2) print the raster image based on the at least one specification; and
sending a second message to the message source, the second message including print job confirmation information.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the message source is one of a web form, a file transfer protocol folder, a hot folder, or a hypertext transfer protocol folder.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one specification is a folding instruction.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the raster image includes a first page and a second page, and the at least one specification includes a first specification and a second specification, the first specification includes a first paper color for the first page and the second specification includes a second paper color, different from the first paper color, for the second page.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the specification file is a Job Definition Format (JDF) file.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein processing the specification file and the data file includes defining a printable document file based on the specification file and the data file, and processing the printable document file by the raster image processor.
19. A method, comprising:
defining a specification file relating to a print job; and
sending, from a client device, a job request message including the specification file and a network address associated with a print data file, the job request message includes an instruction (1) to monitor a message source and (2) to retrieve the specification file from the first network address.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the network address corresponds to a network location of one of a file transfer protocol folder, a hot folder, or a hypertext transfer protocol folder.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the specification file is a Job Definition Format (JDF) file.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the data file is a portable document format (PDF) file.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein the job request message comprises an email message.
24. A method, comprising:
defining a specification file relating to a print job; and
sending, from a client device, a job request message including a first network address associated with the specification file and a second network address associated with a print data file, the job request includes an instruction (1) to monitor a message source and (2) to retrieve the specification file from the first network address.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first network address corresponds to a network location of one of a file transfer protocol folder, a hot folder, or a hypertext transfer protocol folder.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein the second network address is the same as the first network address.
27. The method of claim 24, wherein the specification file is a Job Definition Format (JDF) file.
28. The method of claim 24, wherein the data file is a portable document format (PDF) file.
29. The method of claim 24, wherein the job request message comprises an email message.