All The Claims

1. A sprinkler wedge comprising:
a basically unitary main body having a distal and proximal end and a length therebetween, the main body having a generally wedge shape with the larger portion of the wedge toward said proximal end;
a handle assembly attached at said proximal end of said main body;
a forked tip arranged toward said distal end of said main body, said forked tip including at least two tines and a space therebetween; and
a groove arranged on a top surface of said main body;
wherein said main body is sized and shaped to pass through a central opening of a fire sprinkler head between two frame arms;
and wherein said forked tip and said groove are immobile relative to each other.
2. The sprinkler wedge of claim 1 wherein said top surface has a convex shape.
3. The sprinkler wedge of claim 2 wherein a base of said wedge is flat.
4. The sprinkler wedge of claim 1 wherein said handle assembly comprises a handle arranged perpendicular to said length of said main body and a neck connecting said handle to said main body.
5. The sprinkler wedge of claim 4 wherein said handle is cylindrical in shape.
6. The sprinkler wedge of claim 4 wherein a reinforcing bar is placed interior to said handle, said neck and said main body.
7. The sprinkler wedge of claim 1 wherein said groove is sized and shaped to slide over a screw head of a screw connecting a deflector plate to said two frame arms.
8. A method of inhibiting water flow from an open sprinkler head, the method comprising:
providing a sprinkler head having a water stream exiting a discharge port and impacting a deflector plate;
providing a sprinkler wedge, said wedge including;
a basically unitary wedge shaped main body;
a handle assembly at a proximal end of said main body;
a forked tip at a distal end of said main body, said forked tip including at least two tines with a space therebetween; and
a groove arranged on a top surface of said main body;
wherein said forked tip and said groove are immobile relative to each other;

grasping said handle;
placing said forked tip at said sprinkler head such that said water stream passes between said tines;
pushing said main body into said water stream until said main body is stably in contact with said sprinkler head and said water stream is at least partially blocked by said wedge.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein in said step of pushing, said groove passes over a screw head in said sprinkler head.
10. The sprinkler wedge of claim 1 wherein the sprinkler wedge is comprised of rubber.
11. The sprinkler wedge of claim 10 wherein the elastic properties of said rubber allow the wedge to form a tight seal with the sprinkler head discharge port.

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 glue-binding operating device, in applications in which movement must be created in two different devices with the aid of a single operating lever, characterized in that at least one drive sprocket has teeth for engaging adjacent press carrier and side-nipping device sprockets over only a specific segment of the drive sprocket, and is attached to a shaft of the operating lever, and further characterized in that the operating device moves a press carrier and a side-nipping device.
2. An operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the teeth of the drive sprocket extend to an area, in which the outermost teeth of the segment of the drive sprocket essentially engage with the teeth of the adjacent press carrier and side-nipping sprockets on either side of the drive sprocket.
3. An operating device according to claim 2, characterized in that the position of the outermost teeth of the drive sprocket in relation to the teeth of the adjacent press carrier and side-nipping sprockets is such that a contact transmitting power is created between the teeth of the drive sprocket and of the adjacent sprockets only by rotating the drive sprocket in one direction.
4. An operating device according to claim 3, characterized in that power transmitting contact between the drive sprocket and one adjacent sprocket arises when the drive sprocket is turned in the opposite direction to that creating contact between drive sprocket and the other adjacent sprocket.
5. An operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the device has one sprocket, with teeth only in a specific segment.
6. An operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the device drive sprocket has two sprocket segments, one of which is intended to engage with the side-nipping sprocket and the other with the press carrier sprocket.

1. A device for training behavior or subconscious learning, comprising:
a. an input unit;
b. a stimulating unit for impacting a user wearing said device with a stimulus;
c. said stimulus being given as feedback to a user action;
d. said stimulus forming a physical or emotional response within the user, said physical or emotional response being linked in time and place to said receiving of information, thus training or reinforcing, positively or negatively, the information or user action within the user’s brain.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the input unit receives the input from a sensor located on the device.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the input unit receives the input from another electronic device, including a computer, a smartphone, a sensor, or a tablet.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is the device administering an electric stimulus to the user.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is the device heating and cooling at a contact point with the user.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is administered in varying degrees of intensity.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is provided via a LED screen.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the stimulus is provided via a button on the device, or via a remote controlled device.

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 of operating a programmed computer system having a microprocessor in communication with a memory having data representing instructions for the microprocessor, the instructions including a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result stored in the memory, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, comprising:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types in the memory;
in the called method, sending instructions to the microprocessor for: (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating a second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, sending instructions to the microprocessor for (i) calling the called method, (ii) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iii) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a higher-level calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to process the second processing result from the second exception object.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to generate a third exception object of a third exception object type, the third exception object containing a third of the processing results, the generating of the third exception object resulting in a return to a higher-level calling method.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the third exception object type is the same as the second exception object type.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the third exception object type is different from the second exception object type.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second exception object types are explicitly declared as being generated by the called methods so as to enable a compiler to check whether each is detected and processed within the calling methods.
7. A computer system comprising:
an input-output interface;
a processor; and
a memory system coupled to the processor and to the input-output interface and encoded with instructions implementing a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, such that the called and calling methods, when performed on the processor, cause the computer system to perform the operations of:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types;
in the called method, (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, (i) calling the called method, (ii) in either the immediately preceding calling method or a higher level calling method: (iia) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iib) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.
8. A computer system according to claim 7, wherein a higher-level calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to process the second processing result from the second exception object.
9. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then to generate a third exception object of a third exception object type, the third exception object containing a third of the processing results, the generating of the third exception object resulting in a return to a higher-level calling method.
10. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the third exception object type is the same as the second exception object type.
11. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the third exception object type is different from the second exception object type.
12. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the first and second exception object types are explicitly declared as being generated by the called methods so as to enable a compiler to check whether each is detected and processed within the calling methods.
13. A computer program product having a computer-readable medium including computer program logic encoded thereon that when performed on a computer system provides a called method and one or more nested calling methods, the called and calling methods collectively providing a normal flow of instructions for obtaining a normal processing result, the normal processing result being the first of a plurality of processing results, wherein when the computer program logic is performed on a processor in the computer system, the computer program logic causes the processor to perform the operations of:
establishing distinct first and second exception object types;
in the called method, (i) performing an expected function within the normal flow of instructions, (ii) determining if a first result condition exists, and if so then generating a first exception object as an instance of the first exception object type, the first exception object containing the normal processing result, the generating of the first exception object resulting in a return to an immediately preceding one of the calling methods, and (iii) determining if a second result condition distinct from the first result condition exists, and if so then generating a second exception object of the second exception object type, the second exception object containing a second of the processing results, the generating of the second exception object resulting in a return to the immediately preceding calling method; and
among the one or more calling methods, (i) calling the called method, (ii) determining whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (iii) determining whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then processing the second processing result from the second exception object;
wherein the immediately preceding calling method is operative to: (i) determine whether an object of the first exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the normal processing result from the first exception object, and (ii) determine whether an object of the second exception object type has been generated by the called method, and if so then process the second processing result from the second exception object.