All The Claims

1. Single-pipe connector piece (1) for the installation of a metering device for a flowing medium in a pipeline, having an inlet-side connector element (2) and an outlet-side connector element (3) and having a connector element (4) for the metering device, characterized in that the single-pipe connector piece (1) consists, at least in the medium-conducting regions, of non-metallic materials such as, for example, plastic.
2. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the non-metallic material is a plastic that is resistant to temperatures up to approximately 90 C.
3. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the non-metallic material is a fibre-reinforced material.
4. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that fibre inserts (17) are provided, at least in some portions.
5. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises a threaded insert (11) made from metal, in particular brass.
6. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises a threaded insert (18) made from rigid plastic.
7. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the connector element (4) for the metering device, which is in the form of a cartridge meter, comprises a seal (13) for separating the housing, in particular the brass sleeve of the metering device, from the flowing medium.
8. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises an internal thread (8).
9. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises an external thread (14), especially of conical shape.
10. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that at least one thread (8, 14) is formed as a plastic thread, in particular a plastic trapezoidal thread.
11. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises a bayonet connection or suitable securing elements for a bayonet connection.
12. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) is formed as a flanged connection, in particular provided with a securing device against axial displacement, such as, for example, a shackle, a securing screw, a snap ring or the like.
13. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) is formed as a plug connection, in particular provided with a securing device against axial displacement, such as, for example, a shackle, a securing screw, a snap ring or the like.
14. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the pipe-side part of the plug connection has an internal shape adapted to the piping.
15. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that reinforcing ribs (10) are provided on the outside.
16. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that at least one connector element (2, 3, 4) comprises on the outside a peripheral reinforcing element, in particular in the shape of a regular cylinder.
17. Single-pipe connector piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that at least one connector element is connected to the single-pipe connector piece via means for neutralizing the connecting force, in particular screwing force, in particular a snap ring or the like.

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 managing escalating resources needs of a job submitted in a grid environment, comprising:
enabling a grid environment comprising a plurality of computing systems each comprising at least one resource and communicatively connected over a network to share each said at least one resource through at least one grid service implemented within an open grid services architecture;
organizing, by a grid management system, said at least one resource into a hierarchy of discrete sets of resources comprising a plurality of local resources, a plurality of capacity on demand resources, and a plurality of external grid resources;
receiving a plurality of separate job requests from a plurality of client systems over said network at a grid management system;
submitting a particular job from among said plurality of jobs received at a said grid management system from a particular client system from among said plurality of client systems to a virtual organization comprising a first selection of said plurality of local resources from among said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources;
monitoring a performance level of said virtual organization handling said particular job;
comparing said performance level of said virtual organization with a performance requirement for said particular job;
responsive to a performance level of said virtual organization not meeting a required performance level for said particular job, querying said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources in an order designated by said hierarchy from among said second selection of capacity on demand resources and said third selection of external grid resources to meet said required performance level for said particular job; and
responsive to identifying at least one available additional resource from said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources, adding said at least one available additional resource to said virtual organization of said resources handling said particular job within said grid environment, such that escalating resource needs of said particular job in said grid environment are managed by hierarchically adding resources from discrete sets of resources within said grid environment to said virtual organization of said resources already handling said particular job.
2. The method according to claim 1 for managing escalating resource needs of a job submitted in a grid environment wherein submitting a particular job from among said plurality of jobs received at a said grid management system from a particular client system from among said plurality of client systems to a virtual organization comprising a first selection of said plurality of local resources from among said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources further comprises:
submitting said particular job to said virtual organization comprising said first selection of resources comprising at least one from among resources locally accessible to said particular client system initiating said job and resources accessible within an enterprise within which said particular client system operates.
3. The method according to claim 1 for managing escalating resource needs of a job submitted in a grid environment, wherein said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources is particularly specified for said particular job.
4. The method according to claim 1 for managing escalating resource needs of a job submitted in a grid environment, further comprising:
responsive to said performance level of said virtual organization of said first selection of resources not meeting said required performance level for said particular job, determining whether said particular job qualifies for additional resources; and
only querying said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources for available resources if said particular job qualifies for additional resources.
5. The method according to claim 1 for managing escalating resource needs of a job submitted in a grid environment, further comprising:
responsive to said performance level of said virtual organization of said first selection of resources not meeting said required performance level for said particular job, determining whether said particular job qualifies for at least one capacity on demand resource; and
responsive to said capacity on demand resource being identified as said at least one available additional resource from said hierarchy of discrete sets of resources, activating said capacity on demand resource by paying a fee in return for an electronic key which unlocks use of said capacity on demand resource.
6. The method according to claim 5 for managing escalating resource needs of a job submitted in a grid environment, further comprising:
deallocating said capacity on demand resource when not needed for said particular job.

1. A computer-implemented method for performing a search, the method comprising the steps of:
in response to a query that includes one or more keywords, generating a result set identifying a plurality of results that match the query;
analyzing the result set to identify at least one additional keyword missing from the query that would narrow the result set; and
narrowing the result set based upon the additional keyword.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
removing from the result set those results matching the additional keyword.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
removing from the result set those results not matching the additional keyword.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional keyword matches a first portion of the results and does not match a second portion of the results.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first portion is approximately 50%.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second portion is approximately 50%.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
outputting at least a portion of the result set;
outputting the additional keyword; and
receiving input from a user indicating whether to include or exclude some of the results from the result set based on the additional keyword.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
identifying a second additional keyword missing from the query that would narrow the result set; and
narrowing the result set based upon the second additional keyword.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
identifying a first plurality of keywords omitted from the query wherein inclusion of each of the first plurality of keywords in the query would result in narrowing the result set by a respective first percentage.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
ranking the first plurality of keywords based at least in part on the proximity of the respective first percentage to 50%; and
outputting a ranked list of the first plurality of keywords.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the results comprises a web page.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein each web page identified by the result set is indexed by a search engine.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
receiving instructions to either include or exclude results matching the additional keyword; and
formulating a new search query based on the received instructions;
wherein narrowing the result set includes executing the new search query to generate a new result set.
14. A computer-implemented method for performing a search, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a search query comprising one or more keywords;
returning search results by executing the search query, the search results identifying a plurality of web pages;
analyzing the search results to identify an additional keyword missing from the one or more keywords; and
narrowing the number of web pages identified by search results based on the additional keyword.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of:
removing from the search results those web pages matching the additional keyword.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of:
removing from the search results those web pages not matching the additional keyword.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional keyword matches a first portion of the web pages and does not match a remaining portion of the web pages.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of analyzing further includes the step of:
determining if including the additional keyword in the search query would eliminate a first portion of the web pages from the search results.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first portion is substantially between 40% to 60%.
20. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of analyzing further includes the step of:
determining if omitting, from the search results, web pages that match the additional keyword would eliminate a first portion of the web pages from the search results.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first portion is substantially between 40% to 60%.
22. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of analyzing further includes the step of:
determining if the additional keyword has a historical relationship with another keyword in the search query.
23. An apparatus comprising:
at least one microprocessor;
a memory coupled with the at least one microprocessor; and
program code residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the program code configured to:
in response to a query that includes one or more keywords, generate a result set identifying a plurality of results that match the query;
analyze the result set to identify at least one additional keyword missing from the query that would narrow the result set; and
narrow the result set based upon the additional keyword.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the program code is further configured to narrow the result set by removing from the result set those results matching the additional keyword.
25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the program code is further configured to narrow the result set by removing from the result set those results not matching the additional keyword.
26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the additional keyword matches a first portion of the results and does not match a second portion of the results.
27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the program code is further configured to output at least a portion of the result set, output the additional keyword, and receive input from a user indicating whether to include or exclude some of the results from the result set based on the additional keyword.
28. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the program code is further configured to identify a first plurality of keywords omitted from the query wherein inclusion of each of the first plurality of keywords in the query would result in narrowing the result set by a respective first percentage.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the program code is further configured to rank the first plurality of keywords based at least in part on the proximity of the respective first percentage to 50%, and to output a ranked list of the first plurality of keywords.
30. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein each of the results comprises a web page.
31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein each web page identified in the result set is indexed by a search engine.
32. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the program code is further configured to receive instructions to either include or exclude results matching the additional keyword, and to formulate a new search query based on the received instructions, and wherein the program code is configured to narrow the result set by executing the new search query to generate a new result set.
33. A program product, comprising:
program code configured upon execution to:
in response to a query that includes one or more keywords, generate a result set identifying a plurality of results that match the query;
analyze the result set to identify at least one additional keyword missing from the query that would narrow the result set; and
narrow the result set based upon the additional keyword; and a computer readable signal bearing medium bearing the program code.
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 viscometer comprised of:
a) a bob which is substantially symmetrically shaped corresponding to an axis,
b) a sleeve around said bob, said sleeve driven to rotate along said axis,
c) a testing fluid covering said bob,
d) a plurality of off-centered unobstructed holes inside of said bob along the direction of said axis, running from one end of said bob to the other end of said bob, wherein each of said plurality of off-centered unobstructed holes extends the entire length of the external wall of said bob,
e) means to measure the torque applied on said bob.
2. A viscometer according to claim 1 further comprised of a space above said testing fluid.
3. A viscometer according to claim 2, wherein said space is filled with a pressurization gas.
4. A viscometer according to claim 2, wherein said space is filled with atmospheric air.
5. A viscometer according to claim 2, wherein said space is a vacuum.
6. A viscometer according to claim 1, wherein said bob has a cylindrical shape.
7. A viscometer according to claim 1, wherein said bob has a truncated cone shape.
8. A viscometer according to claim 1, wherein said off-centered unobstructed holes have a cylindrical shape.
9. A viscometer according to claim 1, wherein said off-centered unobstructed holes have an oblong shape.
10. A viscometer comprised of:
a) a bob which is driven to rotate corresponding to an axis,
b) a stationary sleeve around said bob,
c) a testing fluid covering said bob,
d) a plurality of off-centered unobstructed holes inside of said bob along the direction of said axis, running from one end of said bob to the other end of said bob, wherein each of said plurality of off-centered unobstructed holes extends the entire length of the external wall of said bob.
e) means to measure the torque applied on said bob.
11. A viscometer according to claim 10 further comprised of a space above said testing fluid.
12. A viscometer according to claim 11, wherein said space is filled with a pressurization gas.
13. A viscometer according to claim 11, wherein said space is filled with atmospheric air.
14. A viscometer according to claim 11, wherein said space is a vacuum.
15. A viscometer according to claim 10, wherein said bob has a cylindrical shape.
16. A viscometer according to claim 10, wherein said bob has a truncated cone shape.
17. A viscometer according to claim 10, wherein said off-centered unobstructed holes have a cylindrical shape.
18. A viscometer according to claim 10, wherein said off-centered unobstructed holes have an oblong shape.