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Fb. 6, 1940. c D N ELs 2,189,728
ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Filed July 13, 1957 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 6, 1940. c. D. DANIELS 2,189,728
' ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Filed July 13, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 J /ZL Feb. 6,1940. 7 c. D. DANIELS 2,189,728
ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE I Filed July 13, 1957 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 llllllaniels Feb. 6, 1940. c. D. DANIELS ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Filed July 13, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Feb. 6, 1940 UNITE STATES ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Charles D. Daniels, Mountainair, N. Mex., assignor of one-fourth Mountainair, N. Mex.
to Ralph Waldo Lidzey,
Application July 13, 1937, Serial No. 153,453
9 Claims.
This invention relates to the class of internal combustion engines and more particularly to a rotary two-cycle engine.
The invention has for its primary object to 8 provide a.novel two-cycle rotary engine in which an increased production of power can be obtained through the novel arrangement ofthe parts by means of which the application of the force of the fuel explosion is applied to bodies 9; traveling in an annular path and coupled rectly to the engine shaft through the fly wheel of the engine.
Another object of the invention is to provide a novel internal combustion engine of the rotary 1 type wherein the flywheel is coupled with the piston-vane or piston-vanes of the engine which receive the force of the ignited fuel mixture and wherein novel means is provided for keeping down the temperature of the engine by the provision of fan-blades on arms forming a part 4 of the fly wheel structure.
A further object of the invention is to provide in an engine of the character described a novel fuel mixture compressing mechanism and means for transferring the compressed fuel mixture from the compression chamber into the combustion chamber of the engine behind the traveling piston-Vane.
A still further object of the invention is to provide in a rotary engine having an annular cylinder and a piston-vane moving continuously in one direction therein, a novel combustion chamber partitioning element forming an abutment wall behind a piston-vane and cooperate 5 ing therewith to provide a fuel combustion charm ber together with novel means forming a part of the abutment for shutting off a fuel inlet passage as the traveling piston-vane is passing over the abutment.
40 Still another object of the invention is to provide in a rotary internal combustion engine of the character described and having an annular combustion chamber with a fuel mixture oompressing means, a novel valve unit interposed between the compressing means and the combustion chamber which is so constructed as to provide an intermediate compressed fuel mixture retaining compartment from which the fuel mixture may be transferred from the compression unit into the combustion chamber behind the piston-vane traveling therein. 1
The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accom- 55 panying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict con- .formity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material de- 5',
parture from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken through the center of an engine constructed in accordance with the present invention on a plane paralleling the engine crank shaft.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on 33 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view through a portion of the engine structure taken on the same plane as Fig. 3 but showing the parts in the position the line assumed prior to the ignition of a fuel charge in g the combustion chamber.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the .line 6-6 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 9 is a view in perspective of a portion H of the fuel inlet valve operating mechanism.
Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral I indicates the crank shaft of the present engine, the same being shown as having the two cranks 2 which are oppositely disposed or separated at 180 intervals. The numeral 3 generally designates the rotary portion of the engine which is broadly referred to 40 'as the flywheel while the numeral l generally designates the stationary portion of the structure. The stationary parts of the engine, by which is meant that portion of the structure which does not rotate around the crank shaft and which 45 has been generally designated by the numeral 4, will first be set forth. This part of the structure comprises a wheel-like unit having the divided hub portion 5 from which extend the radial spokes 5 and the outer or rim portion which is indicated generally by the numeral 'l and which is of substantial thickness and provided in its outer periphery with the continuous channel 8, which constitutes the combustion area, as hereinafter described. At diametrically opposite 5- points, the inner side of the rim 1 is provided with the bodies 9 which may be generally referred to as cylinder blocks and these cylinder blocks are connected with the two portions of the hub 5 by the spaced webs If! hereinafter referred to as the cylinder webs.
Forming an integral part of each cylinder block is a fuel mixture receiving chamber H which has entering through a wall thereof the fuel pipe 12 by means of which the properly carbureted fuel mixture is lead into the chamber H from where it passes into the compression cylinders as hereinafter described.
Each of the fuel mixture receiving chambers has a sleeve extending therethrough, as indicated at 13, in which a spark producing device I4 is secured, the electrode carrying end of the device being disposed in the opening l5 which leads into the annular combustion chamber 3 in close proximity to the central part of the cylinder block 9 through which the fuel passageway it passes into the chamber 8.
The numeral ll designates the crank-case or housing for the cranks 2 and this housing is preferably of cylindrical form, as shown in Fig. 1, and has its two ends closed by the plates I8, each of which carries the anti-friction unit l9 through which an end of the crank shaft l passes.
Integral with the crank-case I! and extending radially from diametrically opposite sides thereof are the compression cylinders 2!]. The crank-case H is adapted to be inserted between the two parts of the divided hub 5 with each of the cylinders 29 disposed between a pair of spaced webs ill. Each of the cylinders has its outer end closed by the head 2! and each head is cut out or recessed at 2V to receive the end of the cylinder and also a gasket 22 which is interposed to prevent leakage of compressed fuel from the cylinder past the head. As shown in Fig, 5, the cylinder head 2| has its top surface cut so that the head will form substantially a wedge between the outer end of the adjacent cylinder and the cylinder block 9 which it opposes and interposed between each cylinder head and the adjacent block 9 is a gasket 23 which also serves to prevent leakage of compressed fuel as the same is being prepared for transfer into the combustion chamber.
Each of the compressor cylinders 20 is covered over the surfaces lying between the webs ill, by flanged or ribbed plates 24. These plates are preferably formed of aluminum or some other suitable metal which will readily take up any heat developed in the cylinder and give it up to the surrounding atmosphere, and they are provided with suitable ears 25 for the reception of bolts 26 which pass transversely of and through the webs it so that the plates may be readily drawn into position against the sides of the cylinders. t will also be apparent that by the use of these bolts 26 and the plates 2A, the cylinders may be readily forced into position between the webs Hi and between the opposed blocks 9 and that simultaneously with this action, the heads 2! will be firmly forced into position by reason of the inclined formation of their top surfaces which conforms with a similar inclination given to the inner faces of the blocks against which the gaskets 23 press.
Each cylinder head 2% is provided with the compressed fuel mixture outlet passage 2? and with a fuel inlet passage 28 which is tapered in the proper manner to form a seat for a tappet valve 29. The outlet passage 2? of each cylinder head alines with the passage l6 which leads into the chamber 8 and this passage 16 is enlarged intermediate its ends to form the cylindrical chamber 38 which is longitudinally tapered as shown in Fig. 5 to receive the tapered oscillatable valve 3i. As shown in Fig. 5, this oscillatable valve is provided with a recess 30 cut into one side thus leaving at the opposite side the wall portion 32 which is adapted, when in one position, to cover the end of the passage H3 nearest the adjacent cylinder and in another position to lie between the ends and to one side of the passage l6 so as to provide a free path from the cylinder into the combustion chamber 8.
As shown in Fig. 5, the side walls of the bodies Q in which the oscillatable valves are mounted, are provided with openings 33 leading into the chamber 39 so as to receive the two ends of the oscillatable valve body, and these openings are closed by the plugs 34, one of which is centrally apertured to receive the stem 35 of the oscillatable valve, while the other has a depression 35 upon its inner face to receive the spring pressed ball 36 which is located within a pocket 3? in the large end of the oscillatable valve and bears against the expansion spring 38 therein. By this construction, the tapered oscillatable valve is normally pressed against the wall of the chamber in which it lies so as to maintain a tight contact therewith. Suitable anti-friction means may be placed around the ends of the oscillatable valves, as illustrated in Fig. 5, to facilitate the easy turning of the same by the mechanism hereinafter described.
Extending transversely through each of the fuel mixture chambers H, is a rock shaft 39 which carries within the chamber the tappet 40 which bears against the end of the stem 4| of the adjacent tappet valve 29. Exteriorly of the fuel chamber, the rock shaft 38 carries the outside tappet 42 with which is engaged the outer end of the tappet rod 43 which extends radially inwardly through the guide 44 carried by the crank housing. At the inner end the tappet rod 43 has a foot 45 which bears against the cam 45 which forms a part of or is carried by the engine crank shaft i.
Upon the opposite side of each fuel inlet passage !5 from the adjacent firing device or spark plug M, the inner or bottom wall of the combustion passage or chamber 8 is cut out or recessed as indicated at 4'! to receive the swinging abutment valve 48. This valve, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is in the form of an elongated curved plate which has a width equal to the width of the recess or passage 8. The seat recess 4'5 in which the valve 48 positions, extends across the fuel inlet passage 16 and at its opposite end it is cut out, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, to receive the hinge sleeve 49 which is formed transversely of the end of the abutment valve body and this hinge sleeve is retained in position by the hinge pin 50. The abutment valve extends the full length of the seat 4'! and formed integral with the valve upon the underface thereof is a relatively wide rib 5| which constitutes an abutment wall, as hereinafter described. This abutment wall is received in a similarly formed slot 52 in the adjacent cylinder block 9, and the portion of the abutment valve between the abutment wall and the adjacent end of the valve constitutes a closure lip which, when the valve is seated, overlies and closes the outer end of the passage Hi. This position of the abutment valve is illustrated in 4, each piston-vane will be pushing ahead of it the spent gases of a former explosion to di. the same through the exhaust ports m. ........:l1 are formed in. the bottom of the channel S at the rear of the gate valves 48.
Upon the upstroke of the compressor pistons, the intalzen fuel charge will be compressed, the tappet valve 28 having been closed and the oscillatable valves still being in the closed position. As the piston-vanes 62 ride onto their respective gate valves 23, the latter will be forced down into closed position where the forward ends will overlie close the outlet ends of the fuel passages l5 and the oscillatable valves will then be actuated into the open position shown in Fig. 3, so that the compressed fuel charge will move into the cut out central portion of the oscillatable valve and the compressor pistons will continue to move outwardly to maintain the proper compression of the mixture.
As the piston-vanes pass over the free ends of the gate valves as permitting the latter to rise to open position, the fuel charge within the oscillatable valves will pass into the area between the adjacent piston-vane and the adjacent abutment wall 5! and as the compressor pistons reach the limit of their compression strokes, the oscillatable valves will be turned to the closed position shown in Fig. l, and by this time the piston-vanes will have moved to positions where the adjacent spark-plugs will be exposed and by suitable mechanism (not shown) the necessary igniting spark will be created to set off the fuel mixture, and this will result in driving the piston-vane on in the manner described.
It will be noted that the compressor pistons and the piston-vanes are opposed and operate simultaneously, so that a power impulse will be imparted to the crank shaft I through the medium of the piston-vanes 62 connected at diametrically opposite sides of the same and thus the shaft will be driven smoothly. While only two pistonvanes and two compressor units have been shown, it is to be understood that an increased number of these groups may be employed as, for example, an engine may be constructed having two or four pairs of compressor units and piston-vanes as well as the one pair illustrated.
It will also be apparent that it will be possible to ignite the fuel mixture in the top of the compressor cylinders and then at the same time open the oscillatable valve so as to allow the ignited fuel charge to pass out through the valve and exert its pressure between the gate valve and the piston-vane while the oscillatable valve closes behind. the fire as the compressor piston passes over its center and starts back upon a fuel intake stroke. It will be noted that one of the several novel features of this motor resides in the fact that when the fuel mixture or gas is fired, one wall of the combustion chamber moves with and in the direction of the piston-vanes or the body moving hrough the combustion chamber against which the force of the explosion is applied so that a great deal more energy will be obtained than is obtained in the type of engine where the explosion driven piston is the only part which moves under the urge of the pressure created.
It is to be understood also that whereas the combustion chamber 8 has been illustrated and described as being of rectangular cross-section, this feature is not obligatory as the chamber may be oblong or it may be of circular or partially circular cross-section and also, while the particular construction has not been illustrated because of the fact that linings in such combustion chambers have been previously used, it is to be understood that the combustion chamber through which the piston-vanes move may have replaceable linings designed to take the wear created by the movement of the piston-vanes therethrough.
Nospecificmeanshasbeenillustratedforsupporting or mounting the stationary part of the present engine. There are shown, however, two bracket arms 83, Figs. 2 and 3, which may be attached in any suitable manner to or may form an integral part of any suitable supporting standard (not shown). These bracket arms 83 are coupled with the spokes t which form a part of the stationary portion of the engine and they extend laterally therefrom on the side of the engine opposite from the flywheel arms or blades 51.
What is claimed is:
1. An internal combustion engine of the character described, comprising a crank casing, a crank shaft extending through said casing, the shaft having cranks within the casing nd having ends projecting through opposite walls of the same, a pair of diametrically oppositely arranged radially extending compressor cylinders connected with the casing, a piston in each of said cylinders operatively coupled with a crank of said shaft, means forming a continuous annular combustion chamber encircling the casing and cylinders and arranged concentrically with the shaft, pair of piston-vanes arranged at opposite points in said combustion chamber, means for partitioning' said combustion chamber at timed intervals relative to the piston-vanes, for introducing fuel into said cylinders to be compressed by the pistons therein, valve controlled means for transferring compressed fuel from the outer end of each cylinder directly longitudinally of the cylinder into the combustion chamber between the partitioning means and an adjacent pistonvane, means for igniting the introduced fuel mixture and for exhausting the products of combustion therefrom, and means coupling the piston-vanes with. the crank shaft whereby the power movement imparted to the vanes will be transmitted to the shaft.
2. An internal combustion engine of the character described, comprising a stationary body consisting of a hub portion, spokes radiating from the hub and a rim encircling the hub and connected thereto by said spokes, said rim having a continuous peripheral passage in its outer surface, a pair of compressor units disposed within the area defined by said rim between the latter and the hub and each including a cylinder and piston, the cylinders extending radially from the hub and terminating adjacent the rim, a crank shaft extending through and coaxially with the hub and operatively coupled with said pistons to move the same radially outward simultaneously, a fly wheel secured to the shaft, a band encircling the rim and closing the outer side of said passage and operatively coupled with the fly wheel to rotate therewith, piston-vanes attached to said band and movable in said peripheral passage, the said vanes being diametr cally oppositely disposed to simultaneously position across the outer ends of said cylinders, means for partitioning said passage at timed intervals relative to the movable vanes and adjacent the outer ends of the cylinders, valve controlled means for transmitting compressed fuel from the cylinders simultaneously radially outwardly to the passage directly from the outer end of the cylinder between the partitioning means and the vanes, and means flywheelsecured upon the shaft at one side of the annular body, an annular band coupled with for igniting the fuel mixture introduced between the movable bodies and the partitioning means and for subsequently exhausting the products of combustion resulting from such'ignition.
, 3, A rotary engine, comprising an" annular.
body having a continuous peripheral passage eX- tending throughout its circumference, a shaft extending axially through theannular body, means for suppcrtingithe body on the shaft, a pair of blocksmounted upon the inner side of the annularbody at diametrically opposite points and each having a fuel passageway leading therethrough' radially of the body into said peripheral 'passage,,"an oscillatory valve in and controlling the passage of fuel through said passageway, a
the' fly" wheel and encirclingthe annular body and overlying and closing said passage, a pair of piston vanes slidably disposed in the passage and secured at diametrically opposite points to said band, an abutment valve adjacent each fuel passage and movable to a position to close said peripheral passage, means fortiming the closing of the peripheral passage by the abutment valves when a piston vane is disposed at the opposite side of the a'dj acent fuel passageway from the abutment valve,zrneans for opening saidoscilla- 'tory valvefor the introduction of compressed fuel between the abutment valve and the vane and subsequently shutting the oscillatory valve,
and means for igniting said introduced fuel mixture following shutting of the oscillatory valve and for subsequently discharging the productsof l combustion from the 'peripheral passage.
- 4. A rotary engine, comprising an annular body having a continuous peripheral passage extending throughout its circumference, a. shaft extending axially through the annular body, means for supporting-the body on the shaft, a pair of.
blocks mounted upon the inner side of the annular body at diametrically opposite points'and each having a fuel passageway leadingv therethrough radially of the body into said peripheral passage, an oscillatory valve in and controlling the passage of fuelthrough said passageway, a 'fiy wheel secured upon the shaft at one side of the annular body, an annular band coupled with the fly wheel and encircling the annular body,
I for the introduction of compressed fuel between the abutment valve and the vane and subsequently shutting the oscillatory valve, and means for igniting saicl'introduced fuel mixture following shutting of the oscillatory valve and for subsequently discharging the products of combustion from the peripheral passage, said abutment valve including an extension lip adapted to lie across and close said fuel passageway when a vane is moving past the abutment valve in vthe peripheral passage. 7 I
5. An internal combustion engine ofthe char- ;acter described, comprising an annular body havl ing a continuous encircling peripheral passage constituting a combustion chamber, a shaft extending axially through said annular body, means connecting the body with the shaft for the support of the body thereon, a pair of fuel mixture freceiving chambers disposed atdiametrically opposite points on the inner side of the annular body, a pair "of compressor units eachbeing disposed adjacent a chamber and adapted toireceive fuel mixture therefrom for compression, a valve controlled passageway leading from each compressor'unit radially of the body into the annular passageway, said compressor units being operati'vely coupled with said shaft to b'eiactuated."
thereby, an annular band encircling the annular body and overlying and closing said peripheral passage, means couplingthe annular band with saidishaft for rotation therewith, an abutment valve oscillatably mounted in the annular passage adjacent each fuel passageway and movable outwardly to partition the passage at one side of saidfuelpassageway, a pair of piston vanescar- 'ried by said band snugly fitting in and'movab le through the annular passage, means for'moving said. abutment valves to partitioning position after a vane haspassed thereover, means for effecting the timed opening and closing of the valves of said valve controlled-passageway after abutment valve 't'o'admit compressed fuel between the gate valve and the vane,means for bus'tion following ignition of the mixture.
6. In arotary engine, a stationary body having a continuous annular combustion chamber,
a band encircling and'for-ming an outer wallaof the combustion chamber and movable concenavane has passedacross the same and over an igniting-the introduced compressed'fuel mixture, 'and"means for exhausting the products of comtrically about the chamber, a shaft. extending through the body axially of said chamber,.a pair of diametrically oppositely related fuel'inlet passages opening through the bottom of the annular, chamber, means for supplying 1 fuel under compression to the, inlet end of each passage, a
valve os'cillatable on an axis extending acrosssaid fuel passage and controlling the flow' of'compressed fuel therethrough, an oscillatable abutment valve countersunk in the bottom of. the
passage and carrying a partitioning wall which -moves with the abutment valve to a position transversely of the chamber, a pair of, piston vanes each secured at diametrically oppositecombustion chamber adjacent each fuel inlet points to said band for movement continuously through the chamber, each of said vanes being formedto-jrfide over and depress the abutment valves,- means for raising each abutment Valve to partitioning position-after the passageof a piston vane past the same and past the adjacent fuel inlet passage, means for opening and subsequently closing the fuel passage valveimmediately following the passage of a vane therepast to introduce compressed fuel mixture between the vane and the'adjacent partitioning means, means for igniting compressed fuel mixture introduced between the vanes and partitioning means, means for exhausting products of combustion from the combustion chamber and arms coupling said piston vane carrying band with the shaft whereby the said body. v
7. A rotary engine, comprising a stationary structure consisting of a divided hub, spokes radiating from the divisions thereof andian an-' nular rim concentric with the hub and connecting the spokes, a pair of blocks integral with the inner side of the rim and at diametrically opposite points thereon, a pair of spaced webs exl the vanes, band and shaft will rotate relative to tending from each block radially inwardly and each connected with a division of the hub, a cylindrical crank case, a pair of piston cylinders integral with and extending radially from diametrically opposite sides of said case, said crank case being inserted between said hub divisions and each cylinder being inserted between a pair of webs with an outer end opposing a block, a combustion chamber formed in and encircling the periphery of said rim, a valved fuel passage leading through each block from within a cylinder into said channel, a crank shaft extending axially through sald casing, pistons in the cylinders coupled with the crank shaft, means for admiting fuel into the head end of each cylinder, a band encircling said rim and constituting a movable outer wall for said chamber, means coupling the band with the shaft for rotation therewith, a pair of piston vanes within the chamber coupled at diametrically opposite points with the band, means within the chamber adjacent each iuel passageway for partitioning the chamber relative to a vane, the vanes being adapted to pass over the said means, mechanism operating to open and close the valved passageways to admit compressed fuel into the chamber between a vane and partitioning means, exhaust means for the chamber for the removal of products of combustion therefrom, and means for igniting the fuel admitted between the vane and partitioning means.
8. A rotary internal combustion engine, comprising a wheel-like stator having a hub portion, spokes radiating therefrom and a rim portion connecting the spokes, said rim having an outwardly openingcontinuous circumferential channel, a pair of compressor cylinders radiating from opposite sides of said hub, a shaft passing through the hub and having a crank therein for each cylinder, a piston in each cylinder operativeiy connected with a crank, each cylinder terminating at its outer end in close proximity to the rim, a fuel passageway leading from the outer end of each cylinder through the bottom of said channel, an oscillatable valve extending across and controlling each passageway, a rotary band encircling the rim and closing the channel and coupled with said shaft to turn therewith, a piston-vane for each cylinder attached to the band and fitting snugly in the channel, means at one side of each passageway normally positioning the channel and adapted to be depressed by the vanes to permit passage thereof, control mechanism for the oscillatable valves which is so constructed and arranged that the valves will be turned from closed position to open the passageways while the vanes are moving across the passageways and closed after the vanes have cleared the passageways and fuel charges have entered the areas between the vanes and the channel partitioning means, means for igniting the charges in said areas, and means for exhausting the products of combustion from the channel.
9. A rotary engine, comprising a stationary structure consisting of an annular rim, a twopart hub disposed centrally of said rim, a pluraiity of spokes extending radially from the hub parts to the rim, a pair of block members integral with the inner side of the rim and at diametrically opposite points thereon and each having its inner-face directed toward the divisions between the hub parts, a pair of webs extending in spaced parallel relation from each block and each joining one of said hub parts, a cylindrical crank case, a pair of piston cylinders integral with and extending radially from diametrically opposite sides of said case, said crank case being inserted between said hub divisions and each cylinder being inserted between a pair of webs with an outer end opposing a block, a wedge-shaped head covering the outer end of each cylinder and contacting the inner face of the adjacent block, said wedge heads forming wedge connections between the cylinders and blocks when the cylinders are moved between the webs, a continuous annular combustion passage formed around the periphery of said rim, an annulus encircling the rim and covering said passage, a shaft passing through said hub and carrying crank arms coupling with pistons movable in said cylinders, said shaft being coupled with said annulus to rotate therewith, piston-vanes carried by the annulus and moving in the passage, a valved passage leading through each block from a cylinder into the first passage, partitioning means operating synchronously with the vanes and annulus to close the first passage at one side of the second-mentioned passage when a vane is arranged at the opposite side of the second passage from the partition means, timing mechanism for opening and closing said valved passages synchronously with the positioning of the vanes and partitioning valves as described, means for igniting a fuel charge in the first passage between the vanes and the partitioning valves, and means for exhausting the products of combustion from the combustion pas- Sage.
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You'll love this, Rake - Minnie in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch when he played with the cards. I'll get you some White Sox stuff later - couldn't pass this up though.
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You are something. But that's what true fans can do. Does that article have a date.
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No - no date but he played with the Cards from '61 to '63. Said he copied his batting stance from watching Musial.
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He was a great player, and the in flight of Latin players like Clemente, Cepeda, and others. His records above that Struan has posted put Minnie into baseballs elite. I wish you could have all watched him play. His swing was poetry.
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Struan, do you remember when WGN only broadcast the Sox and Cubs home games, and Jack Brickhouse did the play by play for both teams.
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Remember? Buzz, Jack Brickhouse made me a baseball fan. He carried the Cubs and WGN when they were never going anywhere (ever ) and made The Game live for me. He taught me (and thousands others ) and made me an avid student of The Game. B&W TV baseball to boot - a single camera behind home plate to cover the whole field. Jack's home run call is still instantly recognizable to any Chicagoan, even if they hadn't heard it live. Chris Beerman stole his "backbackback" call from Jack but couldn't pull off the "Hey! Hey!" When I was a kid I thought there were only three baseball announcers in the world - Jack, Mel Allen & Vin Scully.
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Who was the other guy in the booth with him? He also did the local news right before Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. Lloyd Pettit? I've been wracking my brain for the last couple of days and can't come up with it.
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Shell and its affiliates plan to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel one step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America by taking a final investment decision on two small-scale liquefaction units.
The two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions. This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations.
Natural gas is an abundant and cleaner-burning energy source in North America, and Shell is leveraging its LNG expertise and integrated strength to make LNG a viable fuel option for the commercial market, said Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company. "We are investing now in the infrastructure that will allow us to bring this innovative and cost-competitive fuel to our customers.
In the Gulf Coast Corridor, Shell plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit (0.25 million tons per annum) at its Shell Geismar Chemicals facility in Geismar, Louisiana, in the United States.
Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana.
To service oil and gas and other industrial customers in Texas and Louisiana, Shell is expanding its existing relationship with fuels and lubricants re-seller Martin Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Martin Resource Management Corporation (MRMC). MRMC and its publicly traded affiliate, Martin Midstream Partners LP will provide terminalling, storage, transportation and distribution of LNG.
Shell has a memorandum of understanding with Edison Chouest Offshore companies (ECO) to supply LNG fuel to marine vessels that operate in the Gulf of Mexico and to provide what is anticipated to be the first LNG barging and bunkering operation in North America at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The LNG transport barges will move the fuel from the Geismar production site to Port Fourchon where it will be bunkered into customer vessels.
In the Great Lakes Corridor, Shell plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit (0.25 million tons per annum) at its Shell Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Once operational, this project will supply LNG fuel to all five Great Lakes, their bordering US states and Canadian provinces and the St Lawrence Seaway. The Interlake Steamship Company is expected to be the first marine customer in this region, as it begins the conversion of its vessels.
Pending final regulatory permitting, these two new liquefaction units are expected to begin operations and production in about three years. Shell is also working to use LNG as a fuel in its own operations or to support its operations.
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Have you ever heard someone seriously say "the heart wants what the heart wants?" If you ever have, did you want to slap them? That is probably the appropriate reaction, although it might be wrong. We aren't supposed to hit people because that isn't nice.
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It's not exactly as if Ryan Kesler was totally anonymous coming into this season. Kesler really put himself on the hockey map last season when he starred for the U.S. Olympic team (scoring one of the best empty-net goals one can accomplish) and putting up a career-high 75 points.
That being said, the hockey world truly cannot afford to ignore him after he put together an epic set of performances against the Nashville Predators in Round 2. Kesler scored 11 points in that six-game series, averaging almost two points per contest. He didn't abandon his rugged defensive play and really hammed it up in Nashville, becoming a true villain for a franchise that hasn't had many notorious foes in their still-brief history.
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Pen to paper.Pen to paper, I write a thought
Single list of what has been taught
Lessons handed down by life
Leaving marks in me like a knife
Through blood, sweat, and tears
I have lost hope to my own fears
Yet on my knees I still build
Building what is left unfulfilled
Close to finish, but never done
I slave under the moon and sun
The cold is my sign that I live
Cold driven by fear, I survive
I keep moving, trying to move past
But I as start the unknown comes fast
Suffocating me till I yield to it
Taking from me, leaving my wrists slit
Blood pours forth as my ink
With each written word, makes link
A link tying me to this paper
As I write my last word, I am gone in a vapor
False DreamsAs we meet within the false sense of dreams
I hold past knowledge, about to bust at the seams
Emotions not felt for years come like new
I can say that you are truly rare and few
I stand cold and numb to this
I know the feeling of hatred and bliss
But I feel only nothing but remorse
Is this hell or heaven, a repeat or recourse
I fall to my knees as blood covers my hands
Heavy soul and body, as if covered in iron bands
As I stare at you, I stand up
You come to me silently and hand me a cup
Filled with blood and tears
From only what of love's taught fears
I drink hoping this will destroy the past
Everything grows dark suddenly and fast
Only to see your angelic face drift away
Encased by the night, left by the immortal day
I fall into the darkness of my own self hell
Nothing fills my core, as I hear only a single bell
I beg to know what is a dream and what is real
I want no more lies, just what is true, i want to feel
For so long I have numb myself to protect
Only to hold off the pain unti
As we dance in black upon starsAs we dance in black upon stars
Music and lights, ease the scars
staring not into the nothingness
but into your eyes full of happiness
above the earthly heaven
we beyond our ether seven
as space and time swirls around
we behold nothing but loves sound
hearts beat as one
to be bathed light of moon and sun
life stands still as we drift to the unknown
the last of light fading leaves your face
leaving only the darkness in its place
Yet like a flame your blue eyes shine
like emeralds, I know your mine
we drift, whispering love, to me you call
as like a shooting star together we free fall
The Green tree....The Green tree...
As a young woman sat beside a green tree
She said goodbye to a young man off to war
To meet near the tree, they swore
She always said my love will come back to me
She sat there unwavering for many of years
She would sing of her love to fight the fears
The locals were cruel and mocked her song
But she still she sang for him who her heart belong
As the years went on the woman sat there
From gold to a silver color changed her hair
She never wept nor gave up, as she sat under the tree
The locals told stories of how once was her beauty
The tree grew old and died, the woman still sat and wait
Still waiting for her most beloved, one and only mate
After years of waiting a song bird came with note
It told of her love and how he went down with the boat
She smiled as she closed her eyes as her life came to an end
She stood up and went to where the tree once stood for years then
Her chest grew and burst forth with limbs, branches, and a trunk of a green tree
Her time of waiting h
As we float in the love of ourAs we float in the love of ours
Time is lost in the hours
So close in our lovers hold
But to others, this is too bold
Close minds keep us in dark
Dirty looks as we sit in the park
Muttering hateful speech as we kiss
Making it anger instead of bliss
So let us sail to the moon
And return not too soon
Not until the world can love as one
Until then we will watch the moon and sun
Rise and fall over and over
So let us wish on this four leaf clover
And hope it grants our needed wish
To the black space with a silent swish.
VD poemTaunted by the past, I now live in fear
I am left dried and to weep not a tear
I hang my head ever so low
I carried on for one I didn't know
I stumbled like a drunk across her
At first with the pain I couldn't be sure
But slowly in secret I gained the strength
As my knowledge her grew in length
The past still I bear and carry with me
But with her I know I am free as I can be
With each passing trail of my soul
She was the glue to keep me whole
So calmed the storm within my head
She gave life to what I thought was dead
My heart beats with the sound of her voice
When i see her. I can do nothing be rejoice
I gained the courage to confront the past
As for the war isn't over, I still hold fast
With her at my side I shall never waver
For I can never repay the favor
The favor she did in saving my life
I can do only so much, so I made her my wife
Until death do us part and beyond
She shall be my love ever so fond
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply giv
Our WorldTonight we shall awake
And we'll feel better;
While scars dictate out a eulogy
Before icicle stars drip a lake
Of blood and ink.
And our life is scribed
And our destiny transcribed
Upon ozone highways of
A time swept letter.
Tonight we shall smile
And we'll be fine;
While bones taunt us in penury
Out of sync to heart's design:
Never will we blink.
And our strife is mystified
And our history pacified
Towards x-ray epitaphs on
A lunar forged shrine.
Tonight we shall glow
And we'll fly high;
As souls sing forth in melody
To harp string's of an angel's sigh,
But joy fades in a wink.
And we're alive
There's nothing we can't survive
And we're a mystery
To bandaged eyes living misery.
So let's set things right!
Let's burn out tonight!
Set the world alight
With the unity of our cries,
Never to let the flames burn low
Nor to allow our nightmares
Permission to fester and grow.
So let's set things right!
Tonight we shall awake
And even if it kills us;
The world. Our world.
Will be alright.
Blink.there's a future
I don't want
to plan,
past I don't
want to let go,
and a present full
of love,
of distance intimacy
I hold closest,
and people
who know
my story
because it runs
so deeply with their own.
and in the balance
of all of this
is where my story sits
blinking cursor-
Send HelpI'm stuck in the middle
Of this never ending
Body of water
Expecting someone
To throw me a life jacket
But all they're doing
Is throwing me anchors
The Word RoseAnd from the blue and cotton clouds,
Out forth I plucked for you -
A single word rose.
Notebook petals, blooming in the blood
Of scarlet love,
Dripping sweet melodies from high above
Showering us in an embracing flood.
It was a single word rose
And upon it was written your heart
In the form of a hundred rhymes
Playing out your song,
Your beautiful song
And nothing could let it fall apart.
And from the blue and cotton clouds,
Out forth I plucked for you -
A single word rose.
Poetic thorns, glaring through the gale
Of obsidian disgust,
Sneering dark voices of our innocent lust
Whispering to us of that word rose pale.
It was a single word rose
And within it was hidden my heart
In the form of a thousand crimes
Weeping all my sins,
All my blackest sins
But no one ever saw me fall apart.
And from the blue and cotton clouds,
Out forth I plucked for you -
A single word rose.
Word rose, oh where are you?
Word rose, ah shining in the blue,
You hide my secrets and
Cover yourself in her heart.
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Just the term "countergambit" itself is enough to set off a firestorm of controversy..... Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. Anyway, who cares? This Philidor line was probably analyzed to death in the 19th century, but it still makes for interesting games. Does white really have an advantage after 7...Be7 ? I don't know, but he didn't get away with it in this game:
3...f5?! was analysed heavily in the 19th century. With correct play by white it was found that white gets a large advantage in all lines.
Well, yeah, that's what I said. Except I used the phrase "analyzed to death". The point is, what is the 'correct play' for white? It seems to be sort of a toss up between 4.dxe5, 4.Nc3, 4.Bc4, etc. The most popular may be 4.dxe5, but finding the win OTB is the issue here. This thing still turns up once in a while in master-level games. I think the latest craze is 3...f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4.
Great game, well played.
This hilarious game was a five minute blitz against my friend, who, with all due respect to Morphy, thinks this 3...f5 idea is "a bunch a' hooey!". I thought I'd see what happens if black lets the h8 rook go and grabs the knight instead. I'm posting it because I get to use the term 'zwischenzug' (16...Ba5), one of my favorite words in the English language...... oops! pardon me, German language.
Who cares, this is just another piece of garbage defense for Black starting from 1. e4 e5. As White do you think I "prepare" for 2...d5? after 2. Nf3 -- no, I just play natural good moves and dominate opponents rated 250 points higher:
black played a blunder with KF1??? he should have just queened
And should we mention the quote natural moves gained equality for white after 7 moves. Congrats!
lol black's not supposed to take the bishop, it's actually not bad if white isn't prepared for it, I've beaten plenty of people with it.
And should we mention the quote natural moves gained equality for white after 7 moves. Congrats!
That's not equality, that's called a position where all the endgame chances are with White, and I proved that, you just have to look ahead to 9. Bf4 where Black either loses a pawn or, as in the game, accepts an isolated e-pawn. After 8. Nc3 my database shows White scoring over 85%; after 9. Bf4 my engine evaluates the position as +0.5. If that's what natural moves give me against garbage openings, I'll take that anyday. Indeed a nice starting point when the position transitions from the opening into the middlegame is to have reached a position where Carlsen couldn't beat you.
7....bf5 looks approximately equal to me. I looked ahead to b-f4 and saw that it was a 1 move threat although it does put the bishop on a good square.
So the story has changed from I play simple moves(and don't prepare for this) against this "garbage" and get an advantage to my enging only gives a slight pull(whatever that means, ..1-.3?. Which in my experience is generally VERY hard if impossible to take advantage of for the avg player.) for white after some natural moves for the black player as well. But, the positions suit you so you go into them(Sounds like you did prepare them with all the quotes of databases. Not arguing. Just saying thats the way it sounds)
Ah, okay. Your welcome. When I posted I was actually expecting myself to have overlooked something simple lol
In the line in post #12, black's 6...exd4 is probably not best. 6...e4 or 6...h6 is better, but black still has a difficult position. However, I think if you're gonna' play this crazy opening, after 4.Nc3, black should try 4...Nc6 or Nf6. I played a game with 4...Nf6 5.Bc4 d5!? 6.exd5 e4 7.Ng5 Bd6, and I actually got draw out of this mess!
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