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In Bureaucratic Bungle, Background Checks Missed Sheriff's Killer, But Catch Plenty of Innocent People
poorly considered and largely unenforceable, it wouldn't have prevented December's Sandy Hook massacre. But the story behind the murder of Sheriff Eugene Crum of Mingo County, West Virginia, illustrates another problem with background checks: they rely on the efforts of government bureaucrats of the usual quality and competence to maintain and share records in an accurate and timely manner. Tennis Melvin Maynard passed a background check to buy the gun he used to kill Crum, despite being legally forbidden to purchase firearms, demonstrating that the system already doesn't work as advertised. Worse, background checks subject the rights of perfectly safe people to the same flawed process.
As Jacob Sullum has pointed out, the deal in the Senate expanding background checks to private-party firearms sales at gun shows or initiated through online ads, is not onlyAccording to the Associated Press:
Mingo County Prosecutor Michael Sparks said a breakdown in the reporting system enabled Tennis Melvin Maynard to purchase the gun used to kill Sheriff Eugene Crum on April 3 as the lawman ate lunch in a downtown Williamson parking lot.
"It appears the local dealer did what was legally required under the law," Sparks said. "The breakdown happened somewhere else. There was a delay in the reporting of the necessary information. Really, an inexcusable delay."
While Sparks wouldn't elaborate on why Maynard was barred from owning a gun, Maynard's father has said his son had mental problems and had previously been in an institution.
Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to certain individuals with a history of mental illness. States are required to share the names of mentally ill people with the national background-check system, which was established under the 1993 Brady Bill.
In West Virginia, such information is supposed to be automatically reported to the FBI, which conducts background checks through its Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg. CJIS Division spokesman Steve Fischer said the division doesn't comment on specific background checks.
So, the background check failed, because a bureaucracy moved at bureaucratic speed in transferring information from Point A to Point B. Astounding, that.
In and of itself, that would be a sad demonstration of the inability of background checks to live up to the advertising. But bureaucracies are as good at transmitting wrong or garbled information as they are bad at sharing good information. Politicians love touting the number of would-be gun buyers who are turned away by background checks, but they rarely mention how many of those denials are bureaucratic errors, and how many are ultimately reversed. From the Department of Justice itself (PDF):
The DENI Branch screened 76,142 NICS denials received from the FBI during 2010, and referred 4,732 denials (approximately 6%) within the established guidelines to field divisions. The referred cases were made up of 2,265 delayed denials (3% of all denials) and 2,467 standard denials (over 3%). The remaining denials (71,410, or nearly 94%) did not meet referral guidelines or were overturned or canceled. Overturns occurred after review by the DENI Branch or after the FBI received additional information. The FBI canceled a small number of denials in cases where a NICS check should not have been conducted.
The formal appeal rate was only 22.7 percent in 2010, by the way, with 21.1 percent of those appeals resulting in reversals. That means the rest of the "overturned or canceled" denials are being generated in-house. I suppose you could say that the system is working then, since it's catching errors, but it's a hell of a thing to have the exercise of an individual right in the hands of error-prone bureaucracies. Let's just hope that none of those denied would-be gun buyers who were referred for some sort of action represented uncaught bureaucratic errors.
Of course, one reason for denial is being an "unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance" — a point that could potentially disqualify 42 percent of Americans if ever taken seriously. Non-violent felonies that could carry sentences of more than one year are also disqualifying, which is a bit concerning in a country where laws are knee deep and even petty violations are increasingly tagged as felonies.
It shouldn't be any surprise that the people who have made the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Post Office what they are today have brought the same deft touch to firearms background checks. The result is that people disqualified from buying guns can slip through the gaps and, worse, people just trying to exercise their legitimate rights may be stopped and hassled.
It's possible that no legal measure could have put Sheriff Eugene Crum beyond the reach of violence. But background checks certainly didn't help him.
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It's always the bureaucracy's fault, isn't it, reason?
Politicians love touting the number of would-be gun buyers who are turned away by background checks
But known terrorists on the no-fly list can still buy scary black gunz capable of spraying thousands and thousands of rounds per minute, and each one of those bullets is autonomously capable of locating and targeting a CHILD.
What does "not meet referral guidelines" mean?
Tennis Melvin Maynard
With a name like that he was bound for fame.
There is a certain irony in West Virginia - that great state of pork carved off the federal golden calf by that lion of the Senate, Byrd [to wax Friedmanesque] - being the home to the NICS complex that failed to keep Maynard from buying that gun.
"had mental problems and had previously been in an institution."
Exhibited homicidal/sociopathic tendencies and was remanded to inpatient treatment, or had a difficult time when his girlfriend left him for his buddy and admitted feelings of depression to his high school teacher, who dutifully reported it?
This is the entire foundation of fact that he could not have possibly passed a NICS check? Pretty weak.
On the premise that the defendant is guilty, the NICS failure is irrelevant. Maybe Sparks wouldn't elaborate for fear of his future political platform being blown to smithereens.


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Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes
Frequently Asked Questions - Homeowners' Associations
Arbitration is a proceeding where a neutral third person, called an arbitrator, considers the facts and arguments presented by the parties and renders a decision. The following information is intended to address basic questions or concerns you may have about the laws governing Homeowners' Associations, Chapter 720, Florida Statutes. In no way should the following information be relied upon as or substituted for legal advice.
1. Is mediation for any homeowners' association disputes still available through the Division?
No. The Legislature amended section 720.311, Florida Statutes, to provide that parties to homeowners' association disputes may use private mediators to assist them in resolving their issues.Certified mediators may be selected by visiting the Supreme Court's website at www.flcourts.org/gen_public/adr/index.shtml.The private mediation program replaced the Division's mandatory HOA mediation program.
2. When is arbitration required?
Arbitration through the Division's Arbitration Program is required for all homeowners' association recall and election disputes, prior to filing a lawsuit.
3. What is the cost of arbitration for a homeowners' association recall or election dispute?
For homeowners' association recall and election disputes, the cost includes a $200 filing fee that must accompany the petition for arbitration, plus the Department's fee that is invoiced at the conclusion of the proceeding.The Department's fee will be an amount adequate to cover all costs and expenses incurred by the Department in conducting the arbitration proceeding.Please note, if you lose in arbitration, you may have to pay the other side's attorney's fees and costs.
4. Where do I find forms for homeowners' association recall and election arbitration disputes?
All HOA arbitration forms may be found at the Division's Homeowners' Association web page at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/lsc/homeowners.html. If you have any questions regarding what form to use or about the arbitration process in general, please contact the Division at 850.414.6867.
The arbitration forms may also be obtained by writing:
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1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1029
5. What is the new law requiring homeowners' associations to register with the State of Florida?
Effective July 1, 2013, section 720.303(13), Florida Statutes, requires the community association manager or management firm of a homeowners' association, which meets the definition of section 720.301(9), Florida Statutes, to report to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes by November 22, 2013, specific information. The association is responsible for reporting the required information to the Division when there is no community association manager or management firm. The report must include the association's: (1) Legal name; (2) Federal employer identification number; (3) Mailing and physical addresses; (4) Total number of parcels; and (5) Total amount of revenues and expenses from the association's annual budget. For developer controlled associations, the report must also include the developer's: 1) Legal name; (2) Mailing address; and (3) Total number of parcels owned on the date of reporting.
In accordance with section 720.303(13)(d), Florida Statutes, by October 1, 2013, the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes will have developed a web portal on its web page for homeowners' associations to register online. Registration will be through this web page only.
6. Has the law been amended to authorize the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to investigate complaints against homeowners' associations?
No. The Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, or any other governmental agency, does not have statutory authority to investigate complaints against homeowners' associations.
7. As a homeowners' association director am I required to take a board certification class?
Directors elected or appointed after July 1, 2013, to the board of a homeowners' association, which meets the definition of section 720.301(9), Florida Statutes, are required to either certify in writing to the secretary of the association that he or she has read the association's declaration of covenants, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and current written rules and policies; that he or she will work to uphold such documents and policies to the best of his or her ability; and that he or she will faithfully discharge his or her fiduciary responsibility to the association's members; or the director may submit to the association an educational certificate from a Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes' approved education provider attesting that the director has completed the educational curriculum. You may access a list of approved education providers at the Homeowners' Associations link on the Division's web page.


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The Board of Directors of the Taunton Town Centre Company has today decided that, following the result of the recent BID ballot, the Company has no viable option but to cease trading with immediate effect.
The ballot rejected by a narrow margin the Company's proposal for a Business Improvement District (BID). The Board respects this decision, which follows the rejection of an earlier BID proposal in 2012. This result leaves the Company with inadequate funding to operate effectively on behalf of the businesses of Taunton . The Board has taken this decision with great regret. The Company has been proud to work for the benefit of Taunton 's businesses since it was established in 2006, and before that as a Partnership.
The Board is deeply grateful for the support and co-operation it has received businesses and organisations in Taunton , notably its Members. The Board has been in touch with its Members separately. The Town Centre Company Chairman Guy Bottard said: "I have been a director of this company since its creation in 2006 and this is a very sad day for the directors and staff of the company, the employed staff in particular. My heartfelt thanks go to them all for all their hard work over the years. The demise of the Town Centre Company and the loss of the town centre management expertise built up within it will be missed by the businesses in the town. However being an eternal optimist I believe that when one door closes another always opens and that we should regard this as a new beginning. I am confident that given time somebody or some people will fill the void that is left behind by TTCC and they will continue to find ways of promoting Taunton throughout Somerset and beyond in order to attract business into our town
Plans to boost trade in Taunton during the next five years faced a setback this week as businesses reject proposals to invest up to £1.3m to improve prospects for trade in the county town.
The five year plan for recovery and improvement was put to the vote last month in a ballot of 500 businesses trading across Taunton but the results were not enough to secure the plans proposed by Taunton Town Centre Company on behalf of the business community.
The vote is based not only on numbers but on rateable values with the result missing narrowly on both counts. 48% of votes cast in the postal ballot were in favour representing just 46% of rateable value among the votes meaning that the proposals for a five year Business Improvement District for Taunton have been rejected.
An attempt to renew BID proposals 18 months ago similarly failed to win the vote in another very close ballot, despite the majority of businesses voting in favour at that time.
Taunton Town Centre Company put forward the most recent proposals during 2013 following extensive consultation with businesses, seeking a new focus for trade in the county town.
with its business membership and the wider business community Taunton Town Centre Company learned that firms face a
tough challenge in the next five years to counter the national trend of
declining footfall, shrinking demand for retail floor-space and increased
competition online. Many of the town's national retail businesses put their
support behind the new scheme including high street stalwart Boots the
"Through participation with local firms, Boots and other business members of the Town Centre Company put together a robust and comprehensive plan to focus on building footfall, reducing business costs and lobbying for improvements within the county town," said Adam Carbis, Manager at Boots.
"We all faced a difficult decision last month on whether to divert our scarce resources into new activities through the BID." he said.
Speaking about the future plans of the Taunton Town Centre Company, Chairman Guy Bottard was confident that the role of town centre management would continue. "The Company has gone through big changes in the last 18 months and is controlled by its business members. We will discuss our future plans with the company members in light of this week's ballot decision in order to take the Company forward.
"We all want the best for Taunton and will of course continue to work with town centre businesses, the private sector and local authorities to bring forward projects which protect and enhance the vibrancy and viability of the county town."
Taunton Footfall - January 2014 - Springboard National High St Index can be viewed here
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Taunton Town Centre Company has a new Chairman.
Guy Bottard has been appointed from within the company board which is made up of unpaid directors, giving their time free of charge. Directors are appointed to the company board by a vote among the company membership and are joined by one further director nominated from within Taunton Deane Borough Council. Guy succeeds fellow director, Francis Cornish, who remains on the board to take up the new office of Vice Chairman. Read more in 'About Us' section
TOWN CENTRE COMPANY APPOINTS NEW BOARDTaunton Town Centre Company Ltd has appointed a new board of directors.
The appointments were made by election at a General Meeting of the company held at the Library Meeting Room in Taunton last night (Tuesday 9 April 2013).
The company Directors (in alphabetical order by surname) appointed by the Membership are;
- Tim Ackland (Mr Miles)
- Guy Bottard (Future Law)
- Duncan Brown (Greenslade Taylor Hunt)
- Adam Carbis (Boots the Chemist)
- Francis Cornish (Independent)
- Brian Haimes (Scotsgrove Holdings)
- Nick Hancock (Albert Goodman)
- Phil Harding (Blackcat Records)
- Pat Mayhew (The Stitch Academy)
- Simon Willets (Combers)
This is the first time the company board has been elected by its members and it therefore has a new legitimacy. The election is part of a wider strategy to make the company more relevant to the traders of Taunton.
For latest news from Taunton Deane Borough Council click here
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A poor priest in a rundown parish in the South of France woke up one morning wealthy beyond measure. It was 1891, the parish Rennes-le-Château and Abbe Berenger Sauniere has mystified the world ever since. In the fifties, a fifteen-year-old girl escapes from her dull, English life to the sun-drenched cobbles of provincial Europe. When she falls in love with an ancient but otherwise unremarkable bourgeois town she falls, too, for its favourite son. Both relationships will last a lifetime. Over the years, the woman returns again and again to the town, and her lover. She meets strange and wonderful people – including Jean Cocteau and Umberto Eco – and hears tales of visions, a phenomenally wealthy priest, a fabulous garden and a beautiful Frenchwoman.The priest is Abbe Sauniere, of Rennes-le-Château. Solving the mysteries surrounding his discoveries and sudden wealth have formed the basis of the modern Grail phenomenon – from blockbuster novels and movies to historical analysis and high-profile court cases. Cast as the detective in her own story, and in a series of dramatic twists and turns, the woman finds herself at the heart of a world she barely knew existed. People she has known for over fifty years, members of a secret society set up to protect Abbe Sauniere's legacy, are asking her to act as their messenger. She must take some of their most important secrets, and make them known. This is her story, and their secrets revealed. Rich with photographs, letters and historical documents, it fills in key gaps in one of the most compelling mysteries of all time. It is also a page-turning, true-life adventure set in a beautiful and ancient city, where nothing is as it first appears.
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Authorities have identified a man whose body was found Saturday under a bridge near Cedar Rapids.
A hunter found the body of James W. Ralls, 47, around 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Squaw Creek, underneath a bridge on Mount Vernon Road, just west of Highway 13. His last known address was nearby in the Vernon Heights mobile home park at 7100 Mount Vernon Road SE, authorities said.
Authorities originally said the death was being considered as suspicious, but Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner said Monday there were no obvious signs of foul play in the case, and no suspects are being sought. He said an autopsy was scheduled for Monday at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Ankeny.
"There is nothing apparent, in speaking with investigators that would throw up any red flags (about Ralls' cause of death)," Gardner said. "We just don't know how and when he died right now."
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Jackson Township trustees met Tuesday and addressed the new hours that will be enforced in the township's parks.
Because the levy known as Issue 29 did not pass, the parks department recently put up signs in all parks to let residents know that they will be closed from dusk to dawn. The new hours will be strictly enforced by the Jackson Township Police Department.
Also, all lights in the township's parks will also be turned off at dusk, so walking paths will not be illuminated after dark. The department will save approximately $500 a month just by turning off the lights after dusk.
When asked if Jackson Township residents would be able to walk in the park after dark, trustee President James Walters answered by saying, "People are not allowed to walk in the parks after it gets dark because the parks now close at dusk."
The changes in park hours are a direct response to the Issue 29 failing on Nov. 6. Trustees said in an October public meeting that there would be drastic changes in the department if the levy did not pass. Fiscal Officer Randy Gonzalez said it would lose more than $1 million in funding from the state government.
Trustees are still working on the parks budget, as they know there will be more changes. Trustee John Pizzino said at last month's meeting that they will put a stand alone park levy on the next ballot.
"We will likely do a five-year levy," said Walters.
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Iron Man's Secret Origin Will Be Revealed This May
Marvel released a teaser for Kieron Gillen and Dale Eaglesham's new story that kicks off this May in the pages of Iron Man revealing the secret origin of Tony Stark. Other than a baby in a Mark 1 helmet, nothing is known. Since the image is the only thing that we have to go off of, speculation is rampant. Could Tony's father have been working on a suit of his own? Could that have been Tony's inspiration for the suit way back when in that cave? Is it a complete origin redo or just tweaks? Is Iron Baby now canon? We'll have to wait until May to find out.
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Intermediaries in Entrepot Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods
In this paper, we examine Hong Kong's role in intermediating trade between China and the rest of the world. Hong Kong traders distribute a large fraction of China's exports. Net of customs, insurance, and freight charges, re-exports of Chinese goods are much more expensive when they leave Hong Kong than when they enter. Hong Kong markups on re-exports of Chinese goods are higher for differentiated products, products with higher variance in export prices, and products sent to China for further processing. These results are consistent with the view that traders resolve informational problems in exchange. Additional results suggest that traders price discriminate across destination markets and use transfer pricing to shift income from high-tax countries to Hong Kong. Copyright 2004 Blackwell Publishing, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA, and 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK..Download Info
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US 5800769 A Abstract There is provided a method for forming a nonwoven electret fiber filter with a nonwoven web of electret fibers needle-punched to an open scrim support. The scrim support material has individual discrete open areas with an average cross-sectional area as viewed from the plane of the filter media of at least 0.25 mm.sup.2, preferably 1.0 mm.sup.2, and a pressure drop across the scrim support, without the filter web, of less than 1.5 mm H.sub.2 O measured at 98.4 meters/min gaseous face velocity. The resulting filter has enhanced lifetimes, a low pressure drop and high filtration efficiencies.
Claims(8) 1. A method for forming an electret nonwoven filter web comprising the steps of:
a) providing at least one nonwoven filter web; b) joining the at least one filter web to a reinforcement scrim said reinforcement scrim having discrete open areas where the average cross-sectional area in the plane of the filter of the open areas is at least 0.25 mm.sup.2 and said scrim having an overall pressure drop of less than 1.5 mm H.sub.2 O at 98.4 meters/min; c) needle punching the at least one filter web and reinforcement scrim to form a filter; and d) providing at least some of the filter fibers of the filter web with electret charges. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the electret charged fibers of the filter web are formed by fibrillation of an electrostatically charged film.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the electret charged fibers are charged while in the filter web.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the electret charged fibers are charged by a corona discharge.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the electret charged fibers are charged by tribo-charging.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the reinforcement scrim is an inner layer between two outer filter web layers.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one nonwoven filter web is formed by carding.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the electret charge fibers are a polypropylene polymer or copolymer fiber and the scrim reinforcement is a net of cross laminated fibers.
Description The present invention relates to an improvement over the invention disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,800, which describes a method of combining a fibrous web of fibrillated electret fibers and a support scrim by a needle-punching operation in a manner in which produces a filter media which is extremely uniform in its physical and performance characteristics. However, the present inventor was concerned not only in providing a filter media which had uniformity of properties as discussed in the above U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,800 but also one which would provide a high level of filtration efficiency at a relatively high gaseous face velocity over an extended lifetime. Particularly, of concern was providing a superior filter media for use in forming a high performance furnace filter, or a like general air-cleaning filter which must efficiently filter large volumes of air for as long a lifetime as practically possible. Preferably, the filter media should also perform well at high gaseous face velocities (e.g., greater than 250 m/min) such that it can be used either as a flat filter, or a pleated filter for enhanced performance. Unexpectedly it was found that by proper selection of the scrim support to which a fibrous filter web layer is joined by needle-punching a nonwoven fibrous filter media with electret fibers could be formed which had both high filtration performance at high gaseous face velocities and an extended lifetime. Specifically, the invention filter web scrim support should be an extremely open material having a large number of discrete open areas, which open areas pass through the scrim from one face to the opposite face. These discrete open areas should have an average cross-sectional area of at least 0.25 mm.sup.2, most preferably at least 1.0 mm.sup.2, however, the individual open areas can range in size from 0.1 mm.sup.2 up to 10 mm.sup.2 or larger. Preferably, the open areas have a non-tortuous path through the scrim most preferably the open areas extend directly from one face to the opposite face (e.g., as a column). Generally, the ratio of open area average pathlength through the scrim to the average scrim thickness is from 3 to 1, preferably from 2 to 1. The scrim open area can also be described in terms of an Effective Circular Diameter (ECD) which is the diameter of the largest circle that can fit into an individual discrete open area. The average ECD is generally at least 300 μm, preferably at least 500 μm. Despite the extremely open nature of the scrim support material, it should be reasonably strong, generally having a tensile strength of at least 50 kg/m, preferably at least 100 kg/m. The overall pressure drop of the scrim material should be relatively small in comparison to the pressure drop across the electret-charged filter web material (e.g., less than 50 percent preferably less than 30 percent of the filter web pressure drop) and generally will have a pressure-drop of less than 1.5 mm H.sub.2 O, preferably less than 1.0 mm H.sub.2 O, and most preferably less than 0.5 mm H.sub.2 O at 98.4 meters/min. The scrim material can be formed of any suitable material such as a thermoplastic polymer, ductile metal or the like. Preferably, the scrim is formed of thermoplastic fibers such as a scrim or netting material such as the cross-laminated polyethylene fibers sold under the trade name CLAF by Amoco. Other cross laminated fiberous webs could also be used with the lamination done by conventional techniques such as heat, sonics or adhesive lamination. If the final filter is to be pleated, the scrim is also preferably pleatable so that additional pleating layers need not be used, however, conventional pleatable layers can be used if desired. The fibrous filter web layer is a nonwoven fibrous web where at least a portion of the fibers forming the web are individually provided with an electrostatic charge, generally referred to as electret fibers. These electret fibers can be charged by known methods, e.g., by use of corona discharge electrodes or high-intensity electric fields or by tribo-charging (as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,850). The fibers can be charged during fiber formation, prior to or while forming the fibers into the filter web or subsequent to forming the filter web. The fibers forming the filter web can even be charged subsequent to being joined to the scrim support layer. The filter web can be formed by conventional nonwoven techniques including melt blowing, carding, Rando, spin bonding or the like, preferably the web is not consolidated (e.g., by hydroentanglement, heat or sonic bonding or the like) but can be if desired. The fibrous filter web layer or layers can have a total basis weight ranging from 10 to 400 grams/m.sup.2, preferably from 20 to 150 grams/m.sup.2 for furnace filter applications. Generally, the filter layer or layers have a combined total pressure-drop of less than about 10 mm H.sub.2 O, preferably less than 6 mm H.sub.2 O, at 98.4 meters/min. The pressure drop of the filter layer will generally be at least 1 mm H.sub.2 O. FIG. 1 represents an apparatus arrangement 1 for practicing the present invention method of manufacture. A nonwoven filter web layer 10 is supplied from a roll 2 which could also be the web former (e.g., a carding machine or other web forming device). Additionally, a second filter web layer could be taken off a second roll and joined to web 10. This allows for greater flexibility in the choice of basis weights. The scrim support 11 is fed from a supply roll 4 onto the fibrous filter web layer 10. However, the scrim support 11 could also be fed upstream of the supply roll 2 so that the fibrous filter web layer 10 is laid onto the scrim support 11. A second supply roll 2' can be used so that the scrim support 11 is a center layer between two outer nonwoven filter layers. This is shown in FIG. 1 by a second supply roll with substantially identical numbering (10' and 2'). Likewise, a second fibrous filter web layer could be taken off an adjacent supply roll and joined to web 10' to allow for adjustment in the basis weight. The two fibrous filter web layers 10 and 10' can be of differing basis weights. The fibrous filter web layer 10, or layers, and scrim support 11 are then fed to a needling station 5 where the filter web layer 10, or layers, is joined to the scrim support 11 by the action of the needles to form the filter media 12. The needles will preferably penetrate a top filter web layer first to transversely displace fibers securely down into the scrim support and promote the fiber interlocking with the scrim and with fibers of an underlying filter web layer 10'. The needles can be arranged to penetrate the filter media 12 composite from between about 10 to 300 penetrations per cm.sup.2. Higher needling densities tend to compact the filter media 12, increasing pressure loss through the filter media 12. Preferably, the needling is less than 75 penetrations per cm.sup.2. The needle-punched joined composite filter media 12 is then collected on take-up roll 6 for subsequent converting into individual filter units by conventional techniques. The filter webs are preferably charged by the method described in U.S. Pat. Reissue Nos. 30,782 and 31,285. The electret fibers forming the filter web are formed from an electrostatically charged film (e.g., by a corona discharge electrode) that has been fibrillated to provide electret fibers which have a substantially rectangular cross-section. However, the fibers forming the filter web can be charged by any known charging method such as those described in the Background of the Invention section above. The electret fibers are preferably formed from a dielectric film that is capable of being charged and preferably fibrillated. Suitable materials include polyolefins, such as polypropylene, linear low density polyethylene, poly-1-butene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polytrifluorochloroethylene, poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) or polyvinylchloride; aromatic polyarenes such as polystyrene; polycarbonates; polyesters; and copolymers and blends thereof. Preferred are polyolefins free of branched alkyl radicals and copolymers thereof. Particularly, preferred are polypropylene and polypropylene copolymers. Various functional additives known in the art can be blended with the dielectric polymers or copolymers such as poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 4,874,399, a fatty acid metal salt, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,789,504 or particulates, as per U.S. Pat. No. 4,456,648 as well as conventional stabilizers (e.g., heat or U.V. stabilizers), fillers, cross-linking agents or the like as long as they have minimal adverse impact on the electret charging capacity of the polymer in film or fiber forms. Additional porous layers, such as woven or nonwoven layers, can be attached to the filter such as reinforcing support scrims (e.g., a spunbond layer), prefilter layers, pleatable layers, cover webs and the like. However, these additional layers should be sufficiently open so as not to adversely effect the overall pressure-drop of the filter. These additional layers can be laminated to the filter by conventional means such as by adhesives point bonding or the like. The invention filter media can be used in any conventional air filter but is particularly useful in air filters used to filter large volumes of air such as furnace filters, automotive cabin filters and room air cleaner filters. The invention filter media can be incorporated into the filters in any conventional manner in either a flat form or pleated. Physical properties of various support scrims used in the examples are detailed in Table I and porosity characteristics are detailed in Table II. In these Tables, Sample A is CLAF (a cross laminated web of polyethylene fibers) HS-9107, B is CLAF 2S-1501, C is CLAF HS-1701 and D is LUTRASIL 10 gm/m.sup.2. The LUTRASIL scrim is available from Firma Karl Freudenberg, Kaiserbautern, Germany. The CLAF scrims are available from Amoco/Nisseke and all were metalized with aluminum. The CLAF scrims have lower initial pressure drops than the LUTRASIL (a nonwoven spun bond fiber scrim material) scrim even with significantly higher basis weight CLAF scrims. For Table I, the basis weights given are the average of five samples. The scrim thickness was determined by combining five samples, measuring the thickness using a "Parallel Plate Thickness Tester" using 0.1 grams/cm pressure and by dividing the measured value by 5. The pressure drop is determined by combining five samples, measuring the combined samples on the AFT Model 8110 (available from TSI, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.) automated filter testing machine through a sample area of 9.65 cm.sup.2 at a volumetric flow rate of 100 liters/min to yield a 98.4 meters/min face velocity. Tensile strengths are measured on an Instron model 1122 using a sample size of 2.54 cm by 17.8 cm at a crosshead speed of 288 cm/min. The scrims (A through D) webs were then analyzed using a video microscope and a Leica Quantamet Q-570 Image Analyzer to detail the properties of the scrim including the size and shape of the individual open areas and the fiber size and area using optical scanning techniques. For the non-metalized scrims transmitted light was used to highlight the open areas. For the metalized samples (A, B and C) reflected light was used. A sample area of 198.6 mm.sup.2 was scanned on the CLAF scrim materials while an area of 29.24 mm.sup.2 was scanned on the LUTRASIL material. Four areas on each sample were scanned and three samples of each support scrim where tested. The camera only measures those open areas that are in focus and therefore are in the same measurement plane. For each sample, the number of individual open areas or openings, the length, width, breath and perimeter of the openings were measured. From the measured values the average area of an opening, average aspect ratio and the Effective Circular Diameter were calculated. Table II reports for each scrim A through E the average number of openings and the average area (calculated value) of the individual openings as well as the average length, average breath, average perimeter, average aspect ratio (calculated value) and average Effective Circular Diameter (ECD) (calculated value). The CLAF scrims A through C and E (E is a non-metalized version of C) have a porosity characteristic that provides for up to 300 times more open area than the LUTRASIL scrim (D). Also, the Effective Cylinder Diameter, which is calculated from the area characteristics of each open area, also shows that the CLAF scrims have from 14 to 19 times larger Effective Cylinder Diameter than the LUTRASIL scrim. A scrim supported nonwoven electret-charged fibrous filter media, was made according to the process described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,800 (Counterexample 1D). It is made using the 10 gm/m.sup.2 spunbond scrim LUTRASIL (scrim D) (available from Karl Freudenberg, Kaiserlautern, Germany). The filter web used in the filter media contained approximately about 35 gm/m.sup.2 of fibrillated film electret fibers made according to U.S. Reissue Pat. Nos. 30,782 and 31,285. Further, three identical filters were made except that they used the CLAF scrims (made by Amoco/Nisseke and metalized with aluminum) (scrims A through C and examples 1A through 1C). These scrims were needled with a nominal 35 gm/m.sup.2 of the above fibrillated film electret fiber filter webs as described for the filter media prepared using the LUTRASIL scrim above. Filter media was taken from all samples lots for analysis and comparison. The results are set forth in Table III. The total basis weight of each example filter media was determined by weighing a disc with an area of 100 cm.sup.2 and converted to gm/m.sup.2. The average basis weight of the filter web portion of the samples was calculated by subtracting the scrim weight from the total measured basis weight of the filter media. The pressure drop and penetration are measured on the AFT Model 8110 tester, based on a test area with a diameter of 3.8 cm, measured at a test velocity of 100 liters/min (this produced a face velocity equivalent to about 98.4 m/min or 300 ft/min). The challenge air contains an NaCl aerosol. The challenge concentration was calibrated and measured to be 14.66 mg/m.sup.3. The "percent penetration" is the ratio of NaCl particle concentration measured downstream and upstream of the filter multiplied by 100. Each test, or test cycle, yields a "pressure drop" and "initial percent penetration" value. The AFT Model 8110 is then cycled continuously (challenged with the same concentration of NaCl particles) until a specific pressure drop (12.5 mm H.sub.2 O) is reached. The "Number of Cycles" it takes to reach this specific pressure-drop is considered to be a direct indication of the filter life. This pressure drop is selected as the end of the filter life (i.e., the "Number of Cycles"), since most furnace filter manufacturers consider a filter to need changing when the pressure drop reaches 12.5 mm H.sub.2 O at a face velocity of 59 m/min through a pleated filter, or 98.4 m/min through a flat media. The Quality Factor Q is defined mathematically by the expression: ##EQU1## where %P is the percent penetration, ΔP is the pressure drop in mm H.sub.2 O, and ln indicates the natural logarithm. This value is always positive and increases with reduced penetration. Conversely, as pressure drop increases Q is reduced. Q is generally an index which is independent of the basis weight. Thus, Q may be used to compare the filtration performance of webs of different basis weights. All the results are the average of three tested samples except for Example 1C which was the average of two samples. Table III shows that the CLAF scrim backed filters have a significantly lower initial pressure drop with comparable initial percent penetration as compared to the control filter (sample D). However, the CLAF backed filters have up to twice the filter life as calculated based on the number of cycles to an end of life pressure drop of 12.5 mm/H.sub.2 O. The CLAF backed filter webs also had higher Q value. TABLE I______________________________________ Scrim Scrim Scrim: Basis Weight Thickness Pressure Drop Tensile StrengthScrim (g/m.sup.2) (mm) (mm H.sub.2 0) (kg/m)______________________________________A 35.0 0.21 .093 297.8B 23.1 0.15 .031 196.2C 15.9 0.12 .050 123.9Counter- 10.0 0.08 1.04 22.4example D______________________________________ TABLE II______________________________________Open Perim-Area Length Breath eter Aspect ECD OpeningsScrim(mm.sup.2) (mm) (mm) (mm) Ratio (mm) Number______________________________________A 1.4 1.8 0.98 4.8 2.2 1.2 629B 2.0 2.1 1.2 5.8 2.2 1.5 511C 2.0 2.1 1.1 5.8 2.2 1.5 517D 0.008 0.26 0.034 0.22 2.3 0.085 785E 2.4 2.3 1.3 6.3 2.2 4.6 405______________________________________ TABLE III______________________________________ Initial Cycles Basis Weight Pressure Initial to 12.5 Filter Quality Drop PenetrationExamples mm H.sub.2 0 Web (g/m.sup.2) Factor (mm H.sub.2 0) (%)______________________________________1A 23.3 30.92 0.076 4.2 73.11B 27.0 31.96 0.083 3.6 74.71C 30 31.3 0.081 3.5 76.6Counter- 15.7 31.90 0.060 4.8 75.2example1D______________________________________ Filter media was made using a similar process, and tested, as described in Example 1 using scrims A through D and 40 gm/m.sup.2 of the same type of fibrillated film electret charged fiber filter web. The filter media was tested as in Example I above with the results presented in Table IV where each reported result is the average of five test samples. Table IV again shows that filter life can be substantially increased while pressure drop is decreased with a higher Q value when using support scrim with large individual open areas. TABLE IV______________________________________ Initial Cycles Basis Pressure Initial to 12.5 Weight Quality Drop PenetrationExamples mm H.sub.2 0 (g/m.sup.2) Factor (mm H.sub.2 0) (%)______________________________________2A 14.4 40.17 0.063 5.9 68.82B 17.8 40.10 0.076 4.9 69.02C 20.5 40.16 0.078 4.6 69.7Counter- 11.8 39.83 0.072 6.4 63.2example 2D______________________________________ A tribo-charged electret filter web was made following the procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,850. This web was made using the following fibers: 70% by weight 4 denier polypropylene; and 30% by weight 3 denier polyester, T-183 from Hoechst Celanese Corporation. This filter web was randomized, carded and needle-tacked to a scrim, according to the procedures detailed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,800, per the following descriptions: Scrim D with a 27.73 gm/m.sup.2 tribo-charged electret fiber web (Counterexample 3D); CLAF 2S-1601, 18 gm/m.sup.2 scrim, with a 28.75 gm/m.sup.2 tribo-charged electret fiber web (Example 3A); and CLAF 2S-1601, metalized 18 gm/m.sup.2 scrim with 5 gm/m.sup.2 aluminum, with a 29.64 gm/m.sup.2 tribo-charged electret fiber web (Example 3B). All the formed filter media was tested for filtration properties per the test detailed in Example I. Table V details the results from this example. The example filters (3A and 3B) had lower initial pressure drops, longer life cycles to an end of life pressure drop of 12.5 mm H.sub.2 O and higher overall Q values than that of the counterexample filter (3D) which used the lower basis weight but lower average opening area LUTRASIL scrim. The pressure drop improvement and life improvement are higher than those experienced in the Example I filter webs which is likely due to the support scrim basis weight and pressure drop being a higher percentage of the overall filter basis weight and pressure drop. The various modifications and alterations of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention, and this invention should not be restricted. TABLE V__________________________________________________________________________ Cycles Fiber Basis Scrim Initial Initial to 12.5 Weight Thickness Quality Pressure Drop PenetrationExample mm H.sub.2 0 (g/m2) (mm) Factor (mm H.sub.2 0) (%)__________________________________________________________________________3A 58.7 28.75 0.12 0.028 2.6 92.93B 50.7 29.64 0.12 0.028 3.1 91.5Counter- 23.3 27.73 0.06 0.026 4.0 90.2example 3D__________________________________________________________________________ FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a preferred process arrangement according to the invention method. The present invention relates to a process for forming an electret nonwoven filter and products of such a process. Nonwoven webs of electret fibers are typically formed of loosely associated electret-charged fibers. The filters can be electrostatically charged prior to, during, or after being formed into a nonwoven web. For example, post-formation charging is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,588,537 which charges a lofty nonwoven web which can be formed by a variety of methods including carding and melt blowing. The webs are charged while under compression and then permitted to return to their original loft. Fibers can also be charged while they are being formed as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,215,682 (Kubik et al.), where melt-blown fibers are bombarded by ions or electrons immediately after being extruded from melt-blowing orifices. The fibers solidify extremely rapidly in the atmosphere and are collected as a semi-coherent mass of entangled microfibers as the fiber web. The fiber webs are described as preferably open to provide a low pressure drop for liquid passing through a filter formed of the fibrous web. Fibers can also be charged as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,850. This patent describes blending different fibers together, which when properly selected will induce an electrostatic charge in the fibers as the fibrous web is formed. Other patents relating to charging fibers or fibrous webs include U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,904,174; 5,122,048; 5,401,446; and 4,592,815. A particularly effective method of forming a nonwoven electret fiber filter web is described in U.S. Reissue Pat. No. 30,782 (Van Turnout et al.). The electret fibers in this patent are formed from a corona charged film that is fibrillated to form the charged fibers. The charged fibers can then be formed into a nonwoven filter web by common methods such as carding or air laying. This charging method provides a particularly high density of injected charges in the finished fibers. However, problems are often encountered with forming webs from these precharged fibers. The fibers are generally quite large and uncrimped. They also have a resistance to bending. Due in part to these properties, the fibers resist formation into a uniform coherent web, particularly at low basis weights. This problem is partially addressed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,363,682, which proposes the use of such fibrillated fiber webs in face mask applications. In order to provide a more coherent web, as well as one that resists shedding fibers, this patent proposes a post-embossing treatment. This post-embossing welds the outer surface fibers together allegedly providing a more coherent and comfortable web for use as a face mask. However, this treatment will also tend to result in a more condensed web, which would increase pressure-loss across the filter web and decreases filter life. An improvement over the embossing treatment is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,230,800. This patent proposes needle-punching the fibrillated electret fiber filter webs (e.g., prepared via the Van Turnout et al. method) onto a scrim support. The result is a consolidated coherent fibrous filter composite material with improved uniformity and filtration performance. The present investigator was concerned with providing a nonwoven electret fiber filter with long filter lifetimes and low pressure drops without loss of filter performance, which filter material can be economically and simply manufactured and easily converted into the final filter form. A nonwoven electret fiber filter media and filter is obtained by forming the filter media using a nonwoven web of electret fibers on an open scrim support. An unsupported nonwoven fibrous filter web is placed onto the open, substantially non-extensible, scrim support material. The scrim support material has individual discrete open areas with an average cross-sectional area as viewed from the plane of the filter media of at least 0.25 mm.sup.2, preferably 1.0 mm.sup.2, and a pressure drop across the scrim support, without the filter web, of less than 1.5 mm H.sub.2 O measured at 98.4 meters/min face velocity. The unsupported fibrous filter web and the scrim support are joined to form the filter media by needle-punching the filter web and scrim support material to provide a highly uniform nonwoven fibrous filter media with enhanced lifetime and filtration performance. At least certain of the fibers forming the nonwoven fibrous filter web are provided with an electret charge. This is a division of application No. 08/606,810 filed Feb. 26, 1996. Patent Citations
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