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Taylor continues to build an irresistible fantasy world in this grim sequel to her masterful Daughter of Smoke & Bone. The war between chimaera and seraphim is in full force, with Karou reluctantly playing an essential-and painful-role. Having realized her destiny, she is now living it; feeling alone, abandoned, and betrayed, she is harder of body and of heart. Alternately focusing on Karou and her estranged love interest, the seraphim Akiva, Taylor traces their parallel discouragement at the perpetuation of bloodshed between their peoples. Since the first book is, at heart, a love story and a journey of self-discovery, its fans may be surprised to find this one is primarily a war story, filled with battle scenes, killings, anger, and hatred. The occasional scenes with Karou's Czech friends Zuzana and Mik bring welcome moments of lightheartedness and humor. Taylor's dazzling writing and skill at creating suspense are strong as ever; fantasy lovers will gobble up this book with satisfaction, even if it offers less of the cross-genre appeal that made its predecessor so extraordinary. Ages 15-up. Agent: Jane Putch, Eyebait Licensing & Literary Management. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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text: Patent ReferencesTape cleaning machine Apparatus for splicing magnetic tape Patent #: 4698119 InventorsApplicationNo. 07/059413 filed on 06/08/1987US Classes:15/100, Photographic-film cleaners15/102, Sheet, bar, and plate cleaners15/97.1, Wiping156/502Means joining flexible indefinite length or endless bodies end-to-end (e.g., film, tape, belt splicers)ExaminersPrimary: Roberts, Edward L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG11B 23/113 (20060101)G11B 23/50 (20060101) G11B 23/20 (20060101) DescriptionThe present invention relates to a taperepair apparatus and more particularly relates to a device which permits the user to quickly advance an audio or video tape to a particular location for repair of the tape.Audio and video tapes are conventionally housed or packaged within a plastic cartridge or cassette which contains two reels rotatably mounted on a spool which engages a spindle on the tape machine. One end of the tape is connected to one of thereels and the opposite end connected to the other so that the tape may be wound in one direction for play and in the opposite direction for re-winding. It is not uncommon for tapes of this type to become twisted within the cassette during the play orre-winding operation or for a break to occur in the tape. In this event, the user must ordinarily repair the tape by manually advancing the tape to the location which requires repair. One reel of the cartridge must be wound to take up the tape as thetape is unwound from the opposite reel. This is usually done manually by inserting a pencil or other instrument into the spool of the reel. Obviously, this operation is laborious, time-consuming and can be extremely frustrating for the repair personwho often ends up with many feet of unraveled tape. In view of this, there exists a need for an effective apparatus which would allow the user to quickly advance a tape housed within a cassette to a particular location and which would extract a portion of the tape adjacent the repair location fromthe cassette to facilitate repair. Briefly, the present invention provides a tape repair apparatus having a housing defining a receptacle to receive the tape cassette. A pair of spindles are adapted to operatively engage the tape reels within the cassette. The spindles aredriven by reversing motors so that the tape within the cassette may be advanced or re-wound at the selection of the user. One or more rollers engage an exposed portion of the tape and upon actuation, advance in a direction generally perpendicular to thetape to withdraw or extract a section of the tape from the cassette housing. The withdrawn section of the tape can then be reviewed by the user and the appropriate splice or other repair can be made. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, asplicing bar is provided on the working surface as well as a cleaning roller which engages the tape when the extension roller is actuated. The repair unit includes appropriate controls for controlling the operation of the motor in either direction at afast or slow speed. A counter may also be provided for the convenience of the user. The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following description, claims and drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tape repair unit of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a conventional video cassette tape within the cartridge with the extending position of the tape being shown in dotted lines; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tape repair unit of the present invention with a video tape cartridge in position in the unit; FIG. 4 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3 with the tape-engaging rollers in an extended position with a segment of the tape extended for repair; FIG. 5 is a detail view illustrating the retracted and extended position of the tape roller; and FIG. 6 is a detail view illustrating the cleaning roller. Turning now to the drawings, the tape repair unit of the present invention is generally designated by the numeral 10 which is adapted to receive cassettes or cartridges 12 as shownin FIG. 2. Cassette or cartridge 12 is of a conventional type and has a generally rectangular housing 14 which supports a pair of reels 16 and 18 each mounted on spools 19 which have teeth which are engageable by spindles. The opposite ends of tape 20are attached to the reels. One or more sections of the tape 20 are exposed at recesses 22 and 24 in the cartridge so the tape may be engaged with heads for picking up the electromagnetic impulses on the tape. The present invention has application toboth audio and visual cassettes although for purposes of explanation, reference will be made to a conventional video-type tape such as that of the VHS or Beta format. In such instances, the tape cassette normally includes a cover 30 as best seen in FIG.3 which may be unlocked and pivoted to an open position exposing a longitudinally extending section or segment 25 of the tape. The cover 30 is released by latch 32 which conventionally is provided on the side of the cartridge as seen in FIG. 2. The tape repair unit has opposite side walls 40 and 41, front wall 42 and rear wall 43. A generally horizontally extending panel 44 extends between the side walls and forward portion of the panel 44 defines a working surface. The rear portionof panel 44 defines a tape-receiving section 46 to facilitate insertion of tapes. A tape receptacle or tray 48 is pivotally mounted between the opposite side walls 40 and 41. The tape tray is generally C-shaped having a back wall 50, a lower forwardlyextending lip 52 and a cover plate 54. The configuration of the tray allows insertion of the cartridge with the back edge of the cartridge engaging the wall 50 so that the tape is exposed to the user. Preferably cover plate 54 is transparent so thatthe tape may be viewed by the user through the cover 54. A pair of drive spindles 60, 62 extend vertically within the tape-receiving section 46 and are positioned to engage the teeth 16, 17 and 18. Preferably the spindles 60, 62 have radially extending projections 64 that engage the teeth in thespindles for positively driving the reels in one direction or other other. As is well known in the art, the spindles are driven by reversible electric motors so that the tape can be advanced in one direction and re-wound in the other at the selection of the user. Since these drive systems are well known in the art,detailed description is not believed necessary. The motors may be A.C. motors or may be D.C. motors in which case the power supplied by the power cord 65 would be rectified into D.C. current. The rotational direction of the spindles 62, 64 is controlled by switches 70, 72. The relative speed of operation of the spindles is controlled by switches 74 and 76. A stop switch 75 will stop the tape at any desired location. A conventionalcounter 78 is also provided on control panel 44 for the convenience of the user. The tape within the cassette is extracted or removed to a position convenient for repair by tape extractor roller assemblies 80 and 82 which extend perpendicularly from panel 44 and in the retracted position align with recesses 22 and 24. Asseen in FIG. 5, the roller assemblies each have a generally cylindrical roller member 84 rotative about a shaft 85. The lower end of shaft 85 is secured at the outer end of actuator arm 87. Roller assembly 80 is movable from a retracted position asshown in FIG. 1 to an extended position as shown in FIG. 4 along slot 95. A guide member 97 is provided at the underside of panel 44. Similarly, roller 82 is movable from a retracted position as shown in FIG. 1 to an extended position along slot 96 asshown in FIG. 4. Slot 95 is generally perpendicular with respect to tape segment 25 whereas slot 95 is angularly disposed. In the extended position, the roller assemblies engage the inner side of tape segment 25 and when actuated move the tape to anextracted position convenient for the user to make the appropriate repair. Latch pin 100 extends vertically from panel 44 and is adapted to align with latch 32 on the cassette 12. Thus, when the cassette 12 is placed in tray 48 and the tray pivoted to the closed position with the spindles 60, 62 engaging the aperturesin the reels, the pin 100 will engage latch 32 allowing cover 30 to release to the position shown in FIG. 3. Pin 102 serves to engage aperture 19 to release the reels. When cover 30 is open, a segment 25 of tape 20 extending longitudinally along theedge of the cassette is exposed. In this position, it will be noted that roller 80 is aligned with recess 24 in the cassette and similarly, roller 82 is aligned with recess 22 at the inner face of the tape section 25. Control members 105 and 106control the operation of solenoids 110 which are connected through an actuator arm 87 to rollers 80 and 82. Upon depression of control member 106, the actuator members 86 extend outwardly under the actuation of the solenoids 110 moving rollers 80 and 82forwardly in their respective slots 95 and 96. Since the rollers are positioned at the inside face of the tape, the tape is extended or extracted from the cassette as shown in FIG. 4. In the extended or extracted position, the tape is convenient to theoperator or user for repair and selective operation of the control members 70, 72, 74, 76 and 75, will allow the user to advance the tape to the desired location where a problem 115 exists. The operator can then work to correct the problem by untwistingthe tape or removing a section of tape and splicing the tape, if necessary. To facilitate splicing operations, a horizontal splicing bar 120 may be provided on panel 44 at a location adjacent the extended position of rollers 80 and 82. As best seen in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the splice bar consists of a generally horizontalbody having longitudinally extending edges 122 defining a longitudinally extending channel 124 which has a width closely approximating the width of the tape section 20. Transverse slots 126 and 127 are provided in edge sections 122 adjacent the oppositeends of the bar. Similarly, angular slots 128 are provided at an intermediate point which are angularly disposed with respect to the opposite edges of the bar. These slots accomodate a cutting tool and thus the tape may be placed in the central channelof the bar and cut either transversely or angularly with respect to the sides of the tape for splicing purposes. Tape or other adhesive as is conventionally used may be used to join the severed end sections to complete the splicing operation. An added feature of the present invention is the provision of auxiliary cleaning members for cleaning the tape surfaces. To this end, a pair of cleaning members 140 and 142 are provided adjacent rollers 82 and 80, respectively. These cleaningmembers are mounted adjacent the rollers 80 and 82 in the extended position so that the tape passes between the roller 80 and the cleaning member 140 and roller 82 and cleaning members 142 when the tape is moved to the extended or extracted position. Cleaning members 140 each have a generally cylindrical outer surface which is felt or similar material rotatively mounted on a vertically extending spindle shaft. As is known, a cleaning solution can be applied to the felt-like outer surface to assistin cleaning the tape as the tape passes in engagement with the surface of the cleaner. A more complete understanding of the present invention will be had from the following description of operation. Again, the description of operation is with respect to the device used as a unit for repairing and cleaning video tape cassettes. Avideo tape cassette such as a standard VHS cassette is placed in the tape tray or receptacle 48 with the cover 30 facing outwardly. The cover is manually pivoted downwardly and the control switch 106 actuated to move the rollers 80, 82 outwardly. Oncethe cassette is in position with the tray receptacle 48 in the down position, pin 100 will unlatch cover 30 and pin 102 will unlock the reels in the cassette. Rollers 80 and 82 are received within apertures 22 and 24 in the cartridge so that they arepositioned at the inner face of the tape 20. Upon actuation of switch 106, rollers 80 and 82 move outwardly in their slots causing the tape to be extracted or moved outwardly assuming the position shown in FIG. 4 with a segment 25 of the tape away from the cassette. This movement alsoserves to bring the tape into contact with cleaning rollers 140 and 142 which may be treated with a suitable fluid cleaner which is applied to the tape as the tape moves past these surfaces. The operator can then manipulate the appropriate control buttons, 70, 72, 74, 75 and 76, to cause the tape section 115 in need of repair to be brought into position intermediate rollers 80 and 82. The appropriate repair, that is untwisting oftape and splicing if necessary, can then be accomplished. Splicing is facilitated by placing the tape within the channel 120 of the tape splicer and removing the appropriate section, thereafter adhesively joining the severed sections together as isknown in the art. The counter 78 assists the user in locating the appropriate problem area on the tape. When the repair operation is completed, the rollers 80 and 82 may be retracted to the position shown in FIGS. 3 and the tape may be re-wound to a position ready for use. It is also within the scope of the present invention to provide release means as are well known in the art so that in the event the tape drive is left in an actuated position in either the forward or re-wind positions, the drive spindles 62 and64 will be stopped when the end of the tape is reached. This can be accomplished several ways. One conventional way is the use of an optical device which "reads" the transparent section of the tape at either end of the tape where the tape attaches tothe spools. When the optical device reads a clear section, the unit is switched to an "off" position. From the foregoing, it will be seen that the present invention provides an effective and simple device for affecting repairs to damage audio and video tapes. These tapes are expensive and the present invention will allow the owner to salvagetapes which otherwise would be discarded. The apparatus is usable by individuals and also commercial users such as video stores who often encounter problems with renters returning tapes in damaged condition. The device is simple to use and effectivefor its intended purpose. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to make various changes, alterations and modifications to the invention described herein. To the extend that these various alterations, modifications and changes do not depart from the spirit andscope of the appended claims, they are intended to be encompassed therein. |


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B7 - Doom E2m9 Remaster WIP
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Hello everyone! :D
I got a LOT of requests from people to finish my Doom E2M9 cover that was featured in an awesome flash vid. So like a month ago I began re-recording the entire song again to give people some closure on the piece.
I decided to only post a demo-y "WIP" version on NG, as the full version is going to be on my EP. Which will probably be a "Pay what you want" kinda thing, including donating nothing at all.
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Rated 5 / 5 stars January 12, 2012
Short and sweet
I'm loving the epic "feel" the lead brings; its nimble and pacy, but still heavy. Only thing I could wish for is more length...but hey, that's why they loop it!
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 11, 2012
1 minute and 37 seconds of pure awesome.
Headbanging obligatory.
Keep up the good work.
Rated 5 / 5 stars November 16, 2011
all 5iver
just wanted to see if you had finished the original... but a remaster is good too.
Rated 5 / 5 stars November 14, 2011
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highly reminicent of it at least to my ears which would have made good DooM music lol
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Story | Mar 23, 2012 | 6:08 AMThe Florida Derby is March 31 at Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino, and two events support Gulfstream's horse-racing charities. The Jockeys Race to the Bar will take place 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Sport of Kings Lounge at Gulfstream (901 S.... -
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NASCAR's Rick Hendrick breaks four ribs in plane incident
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Story | Oct 31, 2011 | 9:33 PMA Gulfstream jet carrying Rick Hendrick, one of NASCAR's most successful team owners, his wife Linda and two pilots ran off a runway in Key West, Fla., on Monday night but "there were no serious injuries," Hendrick Motorsports said. The...... -
NASCAR's Rick Hendrick breaks collarbone, rib in hard landing
Story | Nov 1, 2011 | 4:33 PMNASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick suffered a broken clavicle and rib, and his wife Linda had cuts and bruises, in the hard landing of their team's business jet Monday night in Key West, Fla., Hendrick Motorsports said in an updated...... -
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Story | Oct 27, 2011 | 4:33 PMRep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, and Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, have filed their destination casino bill that is sure to bring plenty of lobbyists and campaign donations to the state capital. The bill, which will be one of the most hotly contested... -
Question of the Day: Who is going to win the Kentucky Derby?
Story | May 5, 2011 | 4:33 PMWriters from around the Tribune Co. discuss Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Check back throughout the day for more responses, and feel free to weigh in with a comment of your own. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times Anyone who thinks they have...... -
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Boston bombing investigators reportedly have found female DNA evidence on one of the pressure cookers used in the attack, but there could be a number of explanations for that.
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Investigators have found female DNA on a piece of one of the pressure cookers used as bombs in the Boston Marathon attacks, but it's unclear whether the new evidence points to a third suspect, officials briefed on the probe told The Wall Street Journal.
The DNA does not conclusively indicate that the bombing suspects – brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – had an accomplice who helped to either build the bombs or dispose of the evidence. Officials said that the DNA could have come from a store clerk who handled the materials, or from a spectator at the bombing site.
But investigators are using the DNA evidence, as well as a fingerprint found on a bomb fragment, to identify several potential associates, including Katherine Russell, the widow of deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two senior law enforcement officials told The New York Times.


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John Ratzenberger has filed for a restraining order against his 45-year-old ex girlfriend -- claiming she's capable of violence because she listens to country music.
The former "Cheers" star laid it all out in legal papers filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, saying his ex "indicated that it is common in many country western songs for women to set the cars of their former boyfriends on fire."
He continues, "That statement insinuates that she may have the capacity to perpetuate this act or similar violent conduct."
Ratz also claims he is "deeply disturbed by the harrassing and intimidating phone calls, emails and text messages."
John also accuses his ex of contacting his friends, family and business associates and making "false and defamatory statements" about him.
John is asking the judge to keep the chick 100 yards from himself, his house, his job -- and of course, his vehicle.
Haha, lol, I wonder what he'd think she's capable of if she listened to rap or hip hop. That's funny
"it is common in many country western songs for women to set the cars of their former boyfriends
on fire"
say whaaaaaat?
He must be really good in bed to get her that obsessed. Now I need to go poke my mind's eye out.
I live next to a Country and Western bar and I wondered why my car was aways being set on fire.
Now I know.
OMG. After I read that line, I have been laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes!! I never heard anything soooooo stupid in my life!! Yeah, listening to Kenny Chesney is really going to make me want to set someone's car on fire!!! Are people truly this stupid??? Sounds like John may be more and more like his Cheers character Cliff!!!
Excuse me, I've got to go back to laughing my head off again!! lol
Better watch out, when& his mafia pass this hate crime law country music singers may be going to jail.


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Grammy-nominated world musician Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon is bringing her Indian roots and musical talents to the world with the release of Soul March, out now. Recorded in India and the United States, the album was composed solely by Tandon who says her "goals are very simple: to share with as many as I can. People write to me and they say, 'I've listened to your CD 20 times,' or, 'My mother died and every day for six months she listened to the CD.' I feel that some broader purpose was served."
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This Jalapeño Cheese Corn Bread is studded with plenty of goodies: whole pieces of corn, bits of jalapeño pepper and melted Monterey Jack cheese throughout make it a colorful and festive solution.
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This is a very flavorful cornbread. I cut down on the jalapeno a little because I thought that it might be too spicy. However, I think I am going to make it with the full recipe. It is a simple, delicious dish that goes well with just about anything!
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I made some little adjustments like extra milk and oil instead of water,a cream style corn instead of the whole ones, garlic salt instead of regular and no sugar. This cornbread was the best I've ever tasted. It's now officially on the "FEEL GOOD" food list.We are definitely hooked.
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Instead of adding whole corn, cream style corn is good with sharp cheddar cheese, My mother and I bake this cornbread. It is also good with greens.
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Pay a visit to the nice park...
Pay a visit to the nice park in the area around the Petrin Tower. A visit to the suburbs of Prague. This is where most tourist don't go. It is a huge concrete jungle and in some way I found it fascinating!
John Lennon Wall
Royal Gardens and Summer Palace
Wenceslas Square
Somewhere you can still smoke indoors.
Hi, I will visit prague in the coming Saturday. Once I arrived at the Prague airport (I think it will be Terminal 2, since I will change my flight in Paris) I need to change some local currency. I found that there are some exchange offices and only 1 bank there. Should I go to the bank to do that in order to have a low commission or a better rate? What about in town, should I exchange my money in banks? Are they open on Saturdays? Thanks a lot for your help!
I suggest that you withdraw cash from an ATM in the arrivals area that's just enough to pay the taxi or bus to the city. Then when you get to the city, you can exchange currency at several money changer stands along the major streets as banks will be closed.
why not change your money before you travel? I always do and the rates are just as good as in Prague.
In most cases it is best to change at home.
You can use ATM - rate will be very good, but before the trip check with your bank at home about charges abroad - they can be quite high in some cases.
There is exchange in front of luggage belts in Terminal 2, but change just small amount there - rates are rip-off.
There are many exchange offices in the central part of the (any bigger) city. They are better deal compared with the banks, but you have to shop around and check if there is no commission fee (some offices advertise better rate but charge the "operation").
Pay a visit to the nice park in the area around the Petrin Tower. A visit to the suburbs of Prague. This is where most tourist don't go. It is a huge concrete jungle and in some way I found it fascinating!
Situated in Lesser Town is ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH is among the leading baroque constructions in Europe and is usually defined as being the most beautiful building of Czech baroque. A number of excellent Baroque artists contributed to the spectacular decor. Rare materials decorated with gilding and rich linings of artificial marble is present in the entire church.
The church is dominated by the Main nave. Its vault is covered by a fresco by Jan Lukas Kracker, depicting the life of St. Nicholas and dates back to 1760.
The late baroque organ was built by Tomas Schwarz during 1745 -46.
In Prague, it is common practice to put your money when paying in a little dish type object that is sitting on the counter. You rarely place money directly into a persons hands. I have seen this practice in other European countries, but never in the US. Just something to be aware of!
My fin. director has told me story about Lennon Wall in Prague.That story was so interesting and FUN, that i have diceded to watch it too. Ohhh, i spend a lot of time to find "HIM"...my friends were not glad, alrady about that idea.But I all time told them over and over again...we MUST watch that Wall, cause really, russ story "in search the Lennon Wall in the Middle of night"..was soo SUPER....But, when we have fined Wall..there was NOT Lennon...oahh somebody has painted cover..
That was TRAGEDY for me....
(map to the Staropramen Brewery) One of the beaten path is the TV Tower outside of the city center.It's a mistake to see. There's a much better view from the tower of the Old Town Hall or the Cathedral.
Go to VYSEHRAD! It's an old castle south from the city center where you still can drink an Urquell for 14 Kcs!
See, how to make a good beer in the STAROPRAMEN PIVOVAR. A 70 minutes guided tour with tasting costs 100 Kcs! I haven't been there, so write me back please, if it was a good tip!
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AbstractStudies in the 1960s implied that bacteriophage T4 tightly couples DNA replication to genetic recombination. This contradicted the prevailing wisdom of the time, which staunchly supported recombination as a simple cut-and-paste process. More-recent investigations have shown how recombination triggers DNA synthesis and why the coupling of these two processes is important. Results from T4 were instrumental in our understanding of many important replication and recombination proteins, including the newly recognized replication/recombination mediator proteins. Recombination-dependent DNA replication is crucial to the T4 life cycle as it is the major mode of DNA replication and is also central to the repair of DNA breaks and other damage.
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SummaryNatural transformation is a mechanism for genetic exchange in many bacterial genera. It proceeds through the uptake of exogenous DNA and subsequent homology-dependent integration into the genome. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, this integration requires the ubiquitous recombinase, RecA, and DprA, a protein of unknown function widely conserved in bacteria. To unravel the role of DprA, we have studied the properties of the purified S. pneumoniae protein and its Bacillus subtilis ortholog (Smf). We report that DprA and Smf bind cooperatively to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and that these proteins both self-interact and interact with RecA. We demonstrate that DprA-RecA-ssDNA filaments are produced and that these filaments catalyze the homology-dependent formation of joint molecules. Finally, we show that while the Escherichia coli ssDNA-binding protein SSB limits access of RecA to ssDNA, DprA lowers this barrier. We propose that DprA is a new member of the recombination-mediator protein family, dedicated to natural bacterial transformation.
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SummaryGenetic evidence suggests that the RecF, RecO, and RecR (RecFOR) proteins participate in a common step of DNA recombination and repair, yet the biochemical event requiring collaboration of all three proteins is unknown. Here, we show that the concerted action of the RecFOR complex directs the loading of RecA protein specifically onto gapped DNA that is coated with single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein, thereby accelerating DNA strand exchange. The RecFOR complex recognizes the junction between the ssDNA and dsDNA regions and requires a base-paired 5′ terminus at the junction. Thus, the RecFOR complex is a structure-specific mediator that targets recombinational repair to ssDNA-dsDNA junctions. This reaction reconstitutes the initial steps of recombinational gapped DNA repair and uncovers an event also common to the repair of ssDNA-tailed intermediates of dsDNA-break repair. We propose that the behavior of the RecFOR proteins is mimicked by functional counterparts that exist in all organisms.
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Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Volume 24, Issue 10, 385-389, 1 October 1999
RMPs: recombination/replication mediator proteins
Hans T.H Beerninka and Scott W Morricalb,
a Dept of Biochemistry and Center for X-ray Crystallography, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA
b Dept of Biochemistry, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Vermont Cancer Center, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA
Enzymes for DNA replication and recombination need to gain access to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) but ssDNA-binding proteins (SSBs) present an obstacle to the formation of enzyme–ssDNA replication and recombination complexes. A specialized class of SSBs, which we designate as recombination/replication mediator proteins (RMPs), promotes enzyme– ssDNA assembly by overcoming SSB inhibition. RMPs exhibit strong conservation of function across divergent species, and display species-specific interactions with SSB and enzymes to neutralize the SSB barrier to enzyme–ssDNA assembly.


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text: Patent References 3803658 Apparatus for cleaning submerged surfaces Vacuum head for swimming pool cleaning system Suction cleaners Patent #: 4536908 InventorsApplicationNo. 052699 filed on 04/27/1993US Classes:15/1.7SUBMERGED CLEANERS WITH AMBIENT FLOW GUIDESExaminersPrimary: Roberts, Edward L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassE04H 003/20DescriptionThe invention relates to an automatic swimming pool cleaner and, in particular, to a suction head of a swimming pool cleaner, to be used in a water-filled swimming pool and which is adapted to be connected to a suction pump which causes a flow of water through the suction head.A suction head for a swimming pool cleaner system is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4 275 474 (Woodard) which comprises a housing open at its lower side and to whose upper side a connecting sleeve is mounted for connecting a suction hose in turn connected to a suction pump. Brush bristles extend vertically downwardly from the lower edge of the housing. A pole is furthermore attached to the upper side of the suction head which is intended for handling the suction head. This suction head can be handled like an ordinary broom or a vacuum cleaner nozzle. It is not capable of moving automatically across the bottom of the swimming pool to be cleaned, but must be manually guided by means of the pole. A cleaning device for a water-filled swimming pool is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4 351 077 which consists of a disc of flexible plastic material and a housing attached at its upper side in the center of and obliquely inclined against the disc, a connecting sleeve for connection of the end of a suction hose being mounted to the upper end of said housing. A flap valve pivotally mounted in the housing creates a pulsating motion when a water flow caused by a suction pump connected to the other end of said suction hose passes through said housing, said pulsating motion causing the cleaning device to move about the bottom and wall surfaces of the swimming pool in a random fashion. The object of the invention is a suction head which moves automatically in a random fashion through a swimming pool when a suction flow of water is caused to pass through said suction head. An additional object of the invention is to provide a suction head which can change its direction of movement automatically. A further object of the invention is to provide a suction head which reliably cleans a swimming pool bottom and side walls. A still further object of the invention is to provide a suction head which can easily and rapidly disassembled for cleaning and maintenance purposes and re-assembled without the aid of complex tools. These and further objects of the present invention are accomplished by a suction head for a swimming pool cleaner comprising a housing open at its lower side and comprising there a lower edge to which flexible brush bristles are affixed and which has a connecting sleeve at its upper side adapted for rotatably connecting one end of a suction hose to the housing, said connecting sleeve opening into a downwardly open chamber formed in the housing, in which chamber a vibratory element is pivotally mounted in a swivelling axis and automatically vibrates back and forth when a flow of water is drawn past it through said chamber by the effect of a suction pump connected to the other end of said suction hose. The resulting vibrations of the vibratory element cause the entire suction head to vibrate, including the flexible bristles which project downwardly from the housing and whose free ends end in a common plane and which are inclined in a specific common direction so that they enclose an angle deviating from the vertical onto the plane defined by their free ends. During operation the vibratory movement of the suction head is imparted to the obliquely disposed bristles which bend and straighten repetitively, so that the bristles produce a pushing force acting on the suction head moving it across the surface engaged by the bristles and to be cleaned. At the same time, the bristles also lift off dirt from the surface to be cleaned, said dirt being sucked through the suction head and away through the suction hose into a filter by the effect of the water flow sucked through the housing. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, at least one foot is displaceably mounted eccentrically in the housing, said foot being movable vertically with respect to the plane defined by the free ends of the bristles. A foot driving mechanism is located in the housing and is driven by the suction flow passing through the housing by means of the vibratory element, said foot driving mechanism acting on the at least one foot in a manner that its lower end can be advanced downwardly beyond the plane defined by the free ends of the bristles and can be upwardly returned. In this manner the suction head is temporarily lifted off from the surface to be cleaned one-sidedly by said at least one foot during operation. Where two feet are mounted in the housing, they are disposed on either side of the center of said suction head and are operated in an alternating manner so that the suction head is temporarily partially lifted off from the surface to be cleaned in an alternating manner on either side. The result of this partially lifting off the suction head is that the suction head is rotated about an axis extending vertically to the surface to be cleaned. This effect is brought about by said foot lifting off in increasing number of bristles from the surface to be cleaned so that they become inactive, whereas the bristles still in contact with the surface to be cleaned push the suction head one-sidedly. Thus, a change of orientation of the suction head results therefrom so that after the return of the foot in its retracted or upper position the suction head will again move off straighly, but in a different direction. In the preferred embodiment, the at least one foot is formed by a brush support to whose lower side brush bristles are attached which are inclined in opposite fashion to the inclination of the bristles attached to the lower edge of the housing. The bristles on the brush support also perform a bending and straightening movement under the effect of thre load force of the suction head when downwardly displaced and, thus, brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned. In this downwardly displaced position, under the vibrating movement of the suction head the bristles of the support do not brake, but even cause a thrust which is opposite to the thrust of the bristles attached to the lower edge of the suction head housing. Thus, the combined thrusts of the bristles result in a rotational movement of the suction head about an axis which is vertical to the surface to be cleaned. The driving mechanism for the at least one foot is driven by the vibratory element and comprises transfer means which transfer the pivotal, back and forth going movement of the vibratory element into a unidirectional rotational movement and rotating cam means engaging said at least one foot and driven by said transfer means. A special advantage of the invention is that the suction head is operative with a flow of water passing through the suction head which is relatively weak as compared with the prior art and, nevertheless, achieves a good cleaning effect, since the movement of the bristles effects the lifting off of dirt from the surface to be cleaned. It must furthermore be noted that the suction head can also be used for cleaning the walls of a swimming pool. A further important advantage of the invention is that the flow of water is substantially continuous and uniform and does not pulsate, which makes for a less noisy operation. Further features of the invention, their advantages and their effects are explained in more detail in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the suction head according to the invention and an exploded view of details thereof contained in its housing; FIG. 1a shows a perspective view of a suction head similar to FIG. 1 but having two displaceable feet; FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the suction head of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 shows a top view of a suction head essentially corresponding to that of FIG. 1 but having a more rectangular shape when seen from above; FIG. 4 shows a lateral view of the suction head of FIG. 3 from the left; FIG. 5 shows a front view of the suction head of FIG. 1 as a vertical section along line V--V of FIG. 3; FIG. 5a shows a front view of the suction head of FIG. 1a as a vertical section similar to FIG. 5; FIG. 6 shows a lateral view through part of the suction head as a vertical view along the line VI--VI of FIG. 5; FIG. 6a shows a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 along the line VIa--VIa of FIG. 6; FIG. 7 shows details of the section through FIG. 5 along the line VII--VII of FIG. 5; FIG. 8 shows a cross-sectional view of the one-way clutch along line VIII--VIII of FIG. 8a; FIG. 8a shows a cross-sectional viw of the one-way clutch along line VIIIa--VIIIa of FIG. 8; FIG. 9 shows a section through FIG. 5 along the line IX--IX of FIG. 5; FIG. 9a shows a partial view of the lower portion of a modified embodiment of the suction head; FIG. 10 shows a detail of the foot driving meachanism from top with a speed reduction gear train. According to FIGS. 1 through 5a, the suction head housing 2, which has a dome-like prominence 3 enclosing a chamber at its upper side, to whose top a connecting sleeve 4 is rotatably mounted where a suction hose (not shown) is to be attached to operate the suction head 1. The dome-like prominence 3 comprises two parts, a lower part 5 integrally connected to the housing 2 and an upper part 6 detachably mounted thereto, both parts being joined together along a separating line 7. A collar of bristles 9 is exchangeably attached to the lower edge 8 of the housing 2. The free ends of the bristles 9 are in a common plane. The collar of bristles 9 is surrounded by a skirt 10 at the outside, which is also attached to the lower edge 8 of the housing 2 and is to suppress the flow of water through the gaps between the bristles 9. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 9a, a skirt 59 may be disposed inside of the collar of bristles 9 and may be integrally formed with the housing 2 or as a separate element attached thereto. The bristles 9 are inclined at a small angle of about 8 to 18 degrees against the vertical onto the plane defined by the free ends of the bristles 9. When viewed from the top, the housing 2 is of substantially rectangular design, but has in the represented example a slightly curved shape, the front side being convex and the rear side being concave, as seen in FIG. 1, or may be more rectangular, comprising rounded corners, the front side corners being greater than those on the rear side, as seen in FIG. 3. According to FIG. 5, a vibratory element 11 of crescent-like or airfoil-like cross-section is located in a chamber 32 enclosed by the dome-like prominence 3 and open at its lower side (cf. FIGS. 1 and 6). Said vibratory element 11 has a pivot axis 12 and its convex side points towards the connecting sleeve 4. As a means of sealing the vibratory element 11 to the adjacent side walls of chamber 32 from bypassing water and yet allowing sand or other small particles to escape so as not to score the walls of chamber 32 or the edges of vibratory element 11, soft bristles 58 of plastic or other suitable material are affixed to the side edges of the vibratory element 11. Those bristles 58 are mounted into frames 56 which are pressed into mating slots 57 in the vibratory element 11. The vibratory element 11 has a projection 13 of out-of-round cross-section at one side in the swivelling axis 12, which is octagonal in the represented example. Said projection extends through an opening 35 in a side wall 31 of chamber 32 into an adjacent gear chamber 33 formed in the dome-like prominence 3 of housing 2. A commercially available one-way clutch, 14, which has an inner race 15 with an inner opening of octagonal profile is fitted onto the projection 13 in the gear chamber 33. FIGS. 8 and 8a illustrate the various components of said one-way clutch 14 of which there are numerous ones available in the market. It comprises rollers 42 riding between an inner race 15 and a ramp 54 in an wedge body 51 disposed in an outer cylindrical casing 53. Leaf springs 52 hold the rollers 42 in a wedging manner so that when the inner race 15 is turning in one direction the outer casing 53 is driven thereby in the same direction, whereas when the driving direction reverses, the rollers 42 free themselves and the outer and inner components of the clutch may move independent of each other. To the outer casing 53, a wheel 16 is affixed, said wheel 16 having a gearwheel 17 of smaller diameter integrally connected thereto. Wheel 16 may be designed as a ratchet, as shown in FIG. 7 into which a flexible detent pawl 41 firmly attached to the upper part 6 of the dome-like prominence 3 engages, preventing wheel 16 to rotate in counter-clockwise direction as seen in FIG. 7. Three further gearwheels 18, 19 and 20 forming a stepdown gear train with the gearwheel 17, and a gearwheel 22 having a projecting tab 21 are also located in gear chamber 33. The vibratory element 11 along with one-way clutch 14 and gearwheel 17 and the gearwheels 19 and 22 are mounted on a common first axle shaft 23, while the gearwheels 18 and 20 are supported by a second axle shaft extending parallely to the first axle shaft 23. It is evident that the gearwheels 18, 19 and 20 have in each case two gear faces of two different diameters which are in mutual engagement and for engagement with the gearwheels 17 and 22, respectively, to form in this manner a 4-step reduction gear train with a high stepdown ratio. A spacer 25 can furthermore be recognized, which is disposed on the second axle shaft 24. A brush support 26 is also disposed in gear chamber 33 and is movable in vertical direction and supports at its lower end a brush with inclined bristles 27. The inclination of these bristles 27 is opposite to the inclination of the bristles 9 affixed to the housing. The brush support 26 has a lug 28 at its upper portion, said lug 28 being located in a partial section of the movement path of the projecting tab 21 of gearwheel 22 so that it can be pressed downwardly by said tab 21 against the biasing force of compression return springs 29 supported in the housing 2. Said return springs 29 bias the brush support in a rest position in which the free ends of its bristles 27 are situated in a plane which is upwardly offset from that defined by the bristles 9 attached to the housing 2 so that the bristles 27 are out of contact with the surface to be cleaned. As can be readily seen in FIG. 5, the rotary connecting sleeve 4 is mounted rotatably on the dome-like prominence 3 by means of a sealed rotary coupling 30. It can furthermore bee seen in FIG. 5 that chamber 32 formed in the dome-like prominence 3 is downwardly open and houses the vibratory element 11, the connecting sleeve 4 opening in said chamber 32, whereas gear chamber 33 separated from aforementioned chamber 32 by separating wall 31 is closed at its bottom by a bottom wall 34. Gear chamber 33 houses the one-way clutch 14 and all gearwheels which are components of a brush support driving mechanism, and it has an opening in bottom wall 34 to allow for the passage of the brush support 26 with attached bristles 27. The closing of gear chamber 33 effected by the bottom wall 34 prevents dirt from entering into the gear chamber 33 from below. FIG. 5 also shows that the separating line 7 between the upper part 6 and the lower part 5 of the dome-like prominence 3 lies in the same plane in which the axis of the axle shaft 23 lies. The axle shaft 24 for the gearwheels 18 and 20, which cannot be seen in FIG. 5, also lies in the same plane, see FIG. 7. At the plane of the separating line 7 between the lower part 5 and the upper part 6 of the dome-like prominence 3 corresponding bearing journals 36 and 37 are integrally formed with the lower part 5 and the upper part 6, respectively, to support the ends of the axle shafts 23 and 24. According to FIG. 6, the separating line 7 extends in a single plane. The lower part 5 has flexible clips 38 elongated upwardly beyond the separating line 7, which end in locking hooks 39 engaging into openings 40 formed in the upper part 6, said hooks retaining the upper part 6 in detachable fashion on the lower part 5. The clips 38 can be inwardly bent back by pressing the locking hooks 39 from the outside, whereby it becomes possible to detach the upper part 6 from the lower part 5. The vibratory element 11 and all components of the brush support driving mechanism and the brush support 26 become freely accessible from above in disengaged condition of the lower and upper parts 5 and 6 and can be dismounted without the aid of any further tools for cleaning and repair, if necessary. It is evident that the assembly of these elements is correspondingly simplified by this structure. For assembly the vibratory element 11 and the one-way clutch 14 must only be plugged together and the pre-assembled unit formed in this fashion is subsequently slipped onto axle shaft 23, then (ratchet) wheel 16 and the gearwheels 19 and 22 are slipped onto the same axle shaft 23. The gearwheels 18 and 20 and the spacer sleeve 25 are slipped onto the other axle shaft 24. After the brush support 26 together with its return springs 29 have been inserted into the gear chamber 33, the aforementioned pre-assembled subassemblies are placed into the lower part 5 by inserting the ends of the axle shafts 23 and 24 into the associated bearing shells 36. The upper part 6 of the dome-like prominence 3 is subsequently placed onto the lower part 5, whereby the bearing shells 37 formed at the upper part 6 engage the axle shaft ends, and the upper part 6 is locked to the lower part 5 by means of the locking hooks 39 locking in the openings 40. FIG. 6 also shows that the vibratory element 11 can be pivoted between two end positions which are drawn in dash-dotted fashion with 11a and 11b. According to FIG. 6, a flow path results in the one end position 11a, which passes the right hand side of the vibratory element 11 from the bottom to the top in FIG. 6, while in the other end position 11b a flow path results which passes the left hand side of the vibratory element 11. Due to the effect of the flow of water sucked through the suction head, the vibratory element 11 automatically vibrates to and fro between the two end positions 11a and 11b. It does not have a stable position of equilibrium due to the physical phenomena of its crescent-like shaping, whose concave surface points dowenwardly against the direction of the water flow sucked through the chamber 32. As the effective cross-sectional area of the flow path is not substantially varied by the pivotal movement of the vibratory element 11, no noticeable pulsations are generated in the water flow passing through the suction head. The to and fro movement of the vibratory element 11 is transferred into a unidirectional rotational movement by the one-way clutch 14 mounted to the vibratory element 11. Thus, gearwheel 22 is finally driven in one direction only. As is shown in the sectional representation in FIG. 9, the brush support 26 is guided vertically within the lower part 5 of the dome-like prominence 3. The helical compression return springs 29, which are each supported at the bottom on a lug 44 formed at the housing 2, bias the brush support upwardly. The gearwheel 22 of the brush support driving mechanism is located adjacent to the brush support 26, and the projecting tab 21 is formed on the side of the gearwheel facing said brush support 26. The latter is formed with a lug 28 which is situated in a partial section of the movement path of the tab 21 defined by rotation of the gearwheel 22. Thus, upon clockwise rotation of the gearwheel as seen in FIG. 9, the projecting tab 21 is aligned with the lug 28 and thereby presses the brush support 26 downwardly from the rest position represented in FIG. 9 so that the free ends of the bristles 27 attached to it are downwardly advanced beyond the plane defined by the free ends of the bristles 9 attached to the housing 2. In the position of the projecting tab 21 shown in dashed lines by 21a in FIG. 9 the tab 21 disengages from the lug 28 so that the brush support 26 is returned to its rest position by the action of the return springs 29. It can be seen that the lug 28 is in engagement with the projecting tab 21 across about 45° only of the movement path of said tab 21 so that, based on a full rotation of the gear-wheel 22, the brush support 26 is downwardly advanced during 1/8 only of the entire time of rotation of the gearwheel 22. The time during which the bristles 27 are downwardly advanced beyond the plane defined by the free ends of the bristles 9 is consequently only about 1/8 or somewhat less of the operating time of the suction head. The movement path of the suction head is substantially determined by the action caused by the bristles 9 attached to the housing, while a change in the direction of movement is caused in the aforementioned manner by the downward advance of the brush support 26 during relatively short intermediate periods. As may be seen from FIG. 1a, the suction head may be provided with another, second brush support 50 of similar design as the first brush support 26 explained above and having bristles 27 at its lower end. Said second brush support 50 is positioned symmetrically to the first brush support 26 with respect to the center of the suction head 1 defined by the connecting sleeve 4. An actuation wheel 49 similar to gearwheel 22 but not toothed and being likewise provided with a projecting tab 21 is associated to the second brush support 50. In this embodiment of the invention, the first axle shaft 23 is extended to the side opposite to gear chamber 33 and traverses another chamber 33a formed in the dome-like prominence 3 symmetrically with respect to gear chamber 33, said other chamber 33a housing the actuation wheel 49, the second brush support 50 and associated return springs 29. The gearwheel 22 driving the first brush support 26 by means of tab 21 and lug 28 is fixed to the axle shaft 23 for co-rotation therewith at one of its end portions, whereas the actuation wheel 49 associated to the second brush support 50 is fixed to the axle shaft 23 for co-rotation therewith at the other end portion thereof. Co-rotation of axle shaft 23 and wheels 22 and 49 may be established by out-of-round cross sections of the axle shaft end portions mounting said wheels 22 and 49 and of the respective mating central openings in wheels 22 and 49, so that simplified assembly of the components by slipping the wheels onto the axle shaft 23 is still possible. Other means to fix the axle shaft 23 to wheels 22 and 49 may be choosen as well, e.g. press pins and the like. Thus, rotational movement of gearwheel 22 is transmitted via axle shaft 23 to actuation wheel 49. As is shown in FIG. 1a, the tabs 21 at gearwheel 22 and actuation wheel 49 are offset with respect to each other by 180°. Thus, upon rotation of gearwheel 22, the brush supports 26 and 50 are alternately advanced downwardly. The suction head 1 is therefore partially lifted at one side and, after return of the respctive brush support in its rest postion, subsequently at the other side and so on. It is further possible to give the suction head a round shape or any other shape of monoplane configuration as the motion producing phenomenon is not affected by the bristle outline configuration. The components of the suction head, in particular the housing parts, the vibratory element and the wheels of the foot driving mechanism, the connecting sleeve and the brush support consist preferably of plastic material, whereas the axle shafts and rollers consist of stainless steel. During operation the suction head 1 is connected at its rotary connecting sleeve 4 to a suction hose which in turn is connected to the suction side of a water pump and it is placed into the swimming pool to be cleaned. Under the action of the flow of water created by the water pump and flowing through the chamber 32, the vibratory element 11 performs a vibrating motion. The result of this is that the force with which the suction head 1 rests on the surface to be cleaned is pulsating. And therefore, the bristles 9 are bent and straightened repetitively in the frequency of the pulsation. Thereby, the bristles cause the advance effect mentioned in the opening portion of this specification. The one-way clutch 14 transfers the to and fro going pivotal movement of the vibratory element 11 in a unidirectional rotation by which the gearwheel 22 is driven via gearwheels 17, 18, 19 and 20 to bring the tab(s) 21 in contact with the lug(s) 28 of the brush support(s) 26 (and 50) to advance it (them) gradually downwardly against the bias force of the return springs 29. Due to this, the suction head 1 is lifted at one side as is shown in FIG. 5 by line A. The bristles 9 represented on the lefthand side of FIG. 5, which are still in contact with the surface to be cleaned continue to produce their advance movement, while the bristles 9 represented at the righthand side lose their effect since they are no longer in contact with the surface to be cleaned. However, in lieu of this, the bristles 27 attached to the brush support 26 (or 50) produce an advance movement in the opposite direction which entails in cooperation with the still active bristles 9 that the suction head 1 rotates about an axis vertical to the surface to be cleaned. It is obvious that the same result, although with reduced effect, can be attained if the brush support 26 does not have bristles 27 but acts as a foot with a preferably high friction coefficient and can be brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned and brakes the movement of the suction head 1 at one side. By changing the gear train ratios the length of the periods of straight motion and the rotary motion may be varied with respect to each other. Various other modifications may be carried out in the described suction head without leaving the spirit of the present invention. Field of SearchSUBMERGED CLEANERS WITH AMBIENT FLOW GUIDES |


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