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One of Australia's great wilderness areas, the north west boasts the Kimberley Region, known for its gorges, freshwater crocodiles, sea fossils and exotic birds and the beachside town of Broome. Often referred to as paradise, Broome's endless white beaches, including the 22 kilometre picture perfect Cable Beach, is a perennial favourite.
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The south west region boasts the Margaret River gourmet food and wine region as well as the ancient landmark of Wave Rock, believed to be 2.63 billion years in the making. The beachside town of Esperance is perfect for a coastal walk or a swim, and the Fitzgerald River and Cape Le Grand National Parks will leave you further in awe of this stunning region.
As well as being home to iconic Australian animals, such as red kangaroos and crocodiles, Western Australia has 141 of Australia's 207 mammal species, 439 reptile species, 1,600 fish species and more than 12,000 species of wildflowers – making it the largest collection of wildflowers in the world.Browse All Day Tours Browse Tour Packages
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The difference between Aussie Perth Tours and other tour providers is our ability to create a special and intimate experience by limiting the size of our tour groups. You won't be just another tourist when you choose from one of our extensive range of Western Australian tours. That's why we've been the choice for a number of high-profile international visitors, wishing to discover Australia's best kept secret.
- Our office is situated in Perth Central Business District (CBD) so as to be centrally located for ease of access for our customers. From any part of city you may travel on the free RED CAT (Central Area Transit ) Bus and be dropped off at the Carlton Hotel stop and walk just 50 metres to our office. We are also very close to the Perth Gold Mint.
- With friendly staff to assist you, you can always phone us on +61 08 9221 2400 or +61 08 9402 8000 after office hours if you cannot visit us at our office. Our Office staff are multilingual skilled and it enables us to offer our clients a flexibility of conversing in their native language, especially for Chinese or Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tagalog/Filipino, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi and Singhalese. Always ready to answer your queries in any way we can and quickly! As we believe in more personalized approach, our staff are well verse in handling client's case to case situation from booking to operation.
- Our Coach Captains are locally experienced Aussie drivers with a vast experience having lived locally here and are very safe and careful drivers who will keep you entertained throughout your journey while giving you the local information about Aussie tucker and foods, local wines, natural Aussie landscapes story and history, flora and fauna wildlife, local folklore and cultural identities. Clients will definitely have a fun, educational and quality time under the guide of our Coach Captains. We try and keep our information light and fun instead of it being totally deeply informative.
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Far from the charming charisma of the City of Perth, we'll help you to discover Western Australia's hidden gems. Experience your own outback adventure, marvel at never-ending stretches of deserted coastline, swim with the dolphins and sample exquisite world-class food and wine. If you're after a truly authentic Australian experience, call us to tailor your tour today.
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"We had 3 tours, Wave Rock (15/10) & Margaret River tour (18/10) with Mark and the Pinnacles (16/10) with Graham as our tour guide. We had a fantastic time, Mark & Graham are great tour guides and were a delight to travel with. We recommend Aussie Perth Tours to anyone wanting to do a small personal tour to these three locations. Our Hotel pickup's were always on time and nothing was too much trouble for our tour guides. Aussie Perth Tours are great Value for money and added to the enjoyment of our holiday in Perth. Visited October 2014"
"专门小包价旅游的公司,其专业程度让我都汗颜了,车上配有无线电随时调配,导游知识那是相当的丰富。当然有一等一的服务,价格肯定也是一等 一的啦。不过相比于去珀斯其他旅游公司,去尖峰石阵或是玛格丽特河确实是需要这个价格。建议如果要从他们家定,就多定几条,可以谈谈价格还能打折。 再说一下尖峰石阵。原本以为应该跟云南的石林差不多,但是完全不一样。石林是喀斯特地貌,石阵完全是在沙漠中的。气势要比石林差辣木一点点,但是绝对值得 去看。在去的路途上可以去一下Cervantes,小镇的海滩很漂亮,顺带说一下,此地盛产小龙虾。^_^."
"Penguin's Island (must visit) place in Perth and see those little penguins..they brought us there. We always wanted to see and touch kangaroos, wombat, and dingo and top of that is koala and..they help us to do all of it..we even fed them..we had wines and bits of chocolates at Swan Valley..good tutorial on wines by Mr Garry who had make the trip more lively..its a south to north journey and we did everything in one day. and very satisfied with the journey.for first time travelers to Perth, Aussie Perth Tours certainly a great choice."


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Linda spoke of the moment Bradley saw his first bike. Linda said: "He couldn't wait to get on it. But he took one look at the stabilisers and said 'I'm not riding it with those'."
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Linda still works as a secretary at St Augustine's Church of England school in Kilburn Park Road, where her son went to school, but often missed lessons to compete in junior races.
He started cycling competitively after watching Chris Boardman win Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992. He left school at 17 without completing his A-levels to devote himself to the sport. At 18 he won the World Junior Pursuit title in Cuba in 1988. Linda said: "When he saw that Chris Boardman race he said 'I'm going to win an Olympic gold medal'. And he did. I wish I'd had a bet on him. Bradley worked so hard. I used to ask him to take Christmas Day off but he would go out training anyway.
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Wiggins has moved with Cathy and their two children, Ben, three, and Isabella, one, to Lancashire, so he can train at the Manchester Velodrome.
Linda said: "Isabella knows it's her dad on TV but is a bit too young to understand what's going on. But Ben absolutely loves it. He already has a bike of his own and wants to be just like his dad."
As to whether her son, who already has an OBE, should be given a knighthood, she was unsure. She said: "I couldn't get a ticket to go and support him which was very disappointing. I've got my fingers crossed. It's going to be tough but I believe he can do it. Go on, Bradley.
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At least we can vouch for the quality of thoroughbred system sellers Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Nintendo's all-star brawler currently has a Metacritic of 92%, putting it on par with GameCube fan favourite Melee. Scores so far include 9.8 from both IGN and GamesBeat, plus an almost equally lofty 9.75 from GameInformer. Even Polygon enjoyed it, handing out 9.5. "Pound for pound, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has been the most fun I've had playing video games in 2014, and a well-polished crown jewel in the Wii U's library" they said.
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Commenters not ready to retire yet
Former Manitoba Public Insurance president and CEO Marilyn McLaren, who retired Feb. 21, will receive close to half a million dollars in compensation from the auto insurer in 2014 -- not including a $50,000 consulting contract with MPI, which was approved by the Selinger cabinet several weeks after her departure. Our readers offered these comments for free.
THINGS to do today-ish...
1. Quit high-paying job with Hydro, MPI or CoW.
2. Get gigantic golden handshake and a tiny bit of media hassle.
3. Take a couple of weeks off until everyone forgets.
4. Go right back to working where I was working as a high-paid consultant.
5. Laugh all the way to multiple banks.
-- hefty J
SDLqTHE corporation pays departing members of its management committee a retirement allowance equal to two weeks' salary for each year worked."
"All other MPI employees are entitled to one week of salary per year worked when they retire."
"Bob Brennan, the former president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro, received a retirement payment of $612,008.29 when he left after 47 years."
This is obscene. And so unnecessary. Why is there a buyout? They retired. They have a generous pension.
-- anonymity_personified
BEFORE everyone gets their knickers in knots, have a look at the retirement payouts for Great-West Life or other insurance companies... this pales in comparison. If you want qualified people heading a large Crown (or any) corporation, you have to pay them well or they will go elsewhere in the market. If you aren't prepared to pay them well, you get unqualified people running these organizations. By all accounts, Ms. McLaren did a pretty good job. Compare your rates with those in other provinces. Oh, and next time you pay $85 or $125 to watch a Jets' game, think about how obscene those salaries are!
-- parnell
MARILYN McLaren will receive $488,991.52 in salary, benefits and retirement allowance this year.
At least she worked for the corporaton for 35 years. I guess I can live with this, as it's been in place all along... not just created yesterday.
Bob Brennan received a retirement payment of $612,008.29 when he left.
At least he worked for the corporation for 47 years. Again, I guess I can live with this, as it is not something that was dreamt up in on a couple days' notice.
Phil Sheegl works for City of Winnipeg for 3.5 years; he leaves (quits) under a huge cloud of suspicion and he walks out the door with $500,000.
-- Larry Bud Melman
I don't like the "petty journalism" associated with publishing and mocking senior people's salaries in the paper. It should be a private matter between her and her board. This type of alarmist reporting stops high-quality people from entering these important positions.
As a result, we don't have our best-and-brightest in our public leadership roles. A seasoned insurance executive at this level can make a lot more than she did elsewhere and not be ridiculed in the paper when she retires after so many years of faithful service.
I am not an MPIC employee or her relative, just an admirer of her work from within Winnipeg's business community.
-- 23649217
SDLqTHE issue isn't so much the size of McLaren's retirement payment... but the fact she was hired weeks after her retirement as a consultant." The size of the retirement package is not something the NDP voted on to give her, it was in the contract. While we can disagree or agree, it doesn't matter. The federal government has started to eliminate these payments; federal public sector workers are no longer accumulating severance for a nice retirement package. I would think eventually the province will follow once they run out of options to tax the poop out of us -- whoops, don't want to give them any ideas.
The issue is overriding the rules to be hired back as a consultant, which is 12 months. I do enjoy all the NDP bashing going on though.
-- pegman123
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 11, 2014 A10
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I went to a chiefs game a long time ago and i remember the tailgating was unbelievable! we had a friend who lived down there and he drove us to the tailgate had a bbq and everything! This time around we are staying in a hotel near arrowhead and we were wondering how do we go abouts the tailgating if we dont have a vehicle… can we just walk to the lot with a case of beer? haha any help or suggestions would be very appreciated!
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I would like to point out a comment within their article related to Pioli's extension. PFT know's who those people are & so do I. Those people who "dislike Pioli", since he came to KC, because he didn't kiss their butts like former GM Peterson. They have done their best to crucify Pioli among a fan base that typically buys any thing media says or reports as gospel. Even though much of whats been reported has been false based upon ONLY hearsay, gossip, unreliable, & non credible sources. Clark Hunt made it perfectly clear to the KC Star, which they ran a story misleading fans yet again, even after Clark made it clear.."we don't discuss our contracts with the public"…including media.
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"Woodstock," magnificent movie that it is, doesn't hold any solutions for the problems of drugs and the generation gap. It wasn't set up to answer any questions, and doesn't need to. "The People Next Door" is a wholly different kind of movie, using good old narrative techniques to tell a story and incidentally to provide a lot of information about drugs along the way.
It's the best movie so far about parents, kids and drugs, and probably the best we're likely to get (considering Hollywood's recent tendency to exploit the drug culture for "youth movies"). To be sure, It has a lot of obvious gimmicks for telegraphing the generation gap. Wouldn't you know, for example, that the mother smokes too much, and that the father gets stoned on martinis and tries to choke a rock musician who's using pot?
Insights like these don't bring much to the party. But on the other hand, the parent-child relationship in "The People Next Door" rings fundamentally true, and shows up the similar relationship in "Joe" as a bundle of cliches and one-liners. (More and more, "Joe" seems to be not so much a movie, more of a great performance by Peter Boyle.)
The story this time involves an air-conditioning contractor (played very intelligently by Eli Wallach), his somewhat neurotic wife (Julie Harris), and their kids. The son is a rock musician and essentially a good guy. The daughter is one of those willowy blondes, the kind with tremendous beauty that is made almost ugly by narcissism. The girl gets acid from the clean-cut kid next door (he never uses drugs himself but is making a fortune as a dealer), and then tries heroin and STP and winds up running naked down the street and being institutionalized.
You get the feeling that she's only indirectly a victim of drugs; that her personality is so self-centered and unformed that any kind of "escape" would be too much to handle. Drugs are the current forms of youth freak-out; ergo, she's a drug victim. In the 1920s she would have been an alcoholic, splashing around in the Plaza Fountain with Zelda Fitzgerald. In her next reincarnation she'll doubtless go Hare Krishna, which is less destructive than drugs but more boring.
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Aug. l5, 1944. H G. MRNER 2,355,816
CLOSURE Filed June 18, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 6 INVENTOR Il M ATTORNEY Patented Aug. l5, 1944 cLosUaE Hans Georg Meiner; New York, N. Y.
Application June 18,1942, Serial No. 447,525 In Sweden September 13, 1939 2 Claims.
The invention relates to separable slide fasteners and more particularly to such fasteners for making a separable closure which is fluid tight and pressure resistant.
Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part hereinafter and in part will be obvious herefrom, or may be learned by practice with the invention, the same being realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the appended claims.
The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.
The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Of the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 6 is a detail in elevation of the permanent closing member shown near the bottom of Figs. 1 and 2.
In certain respects, this application is an improvement on my copending application Serial No. 326,337, led March 28, 1940, now Patent 2,306,488, granted December 29, 1942.
'I'he primary object of the invention is to provide a closure of the slide-operated type which will be suitable for use with lifesaving suits, rafts, water-proof provision bags and other containers wherein a separable closure is required to be liquid and gas tight, but which nevertheless must be readily and rapidly operable for emergency openings and closings. The invention therefore provides a separable fluid-tight closure wherein the joinable elements are formed of rubber and other resilient flexible material so constructed as to give a rapidly operable interlocking multiple contact closure wherein the joinder of the parts is so intimate and so compact that passage of fluids is inhibited and wherein certain elements of the closure tend to tighten and increase the resistance to passage of fluids under the fluid pressureof the fluid to be excluded. Coupled with this desirable and requisite tightness of closure, the invention provides slide means capable of very rapidly and easily closing the fastening by bringing together the separable elements thereof and', conversely, removing the restrictions against opening so that same may be rapidly reopened. Consequently, one important object of the invention is to provide a slide device capable of operating with the minimum of friction and resistance to movement in connection with relatively bulky and interlocking rubber closure members. Such members are ordinarily somewhat resistant to intermeshing particularly where a sturdy and effective interlocking construction is provided and the invention overcomes this diillculty by providing a very effective yet simple slide means which, as stated, is operable with the minimum of friction, thus requiring relatively little exertion on the part of the user. Moreover, the invention is designed to be capable of rapid and effective use under all conditions of weather and will not deteriorate by becoming stuck together or corroded or otherwise openatively impaired by prolonged use or' immersion in salt water, oil and other agencies.
It will be understood that the foregoing. general description and the following detailed description as well are exemplary and explanatory but are not restrictive of the invention. Referring now in detail to the present preferred embodiment of the invention, illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, the closure means of the invention is shown applied as a closure for any suitable container comprising the flat flexible membranes or sheets I and 2. Said membranes may comprise the main body of a bag or container for supplies carried on board ship and adapted to be floated in the water upon sinking of the vessel, for landing operations or the like. On the other hand said membranes may comprise the forward portions of a lifesaving suit of the general type disclosed and claimed in my prior copending application Serial No. 326,337, filed March 28, 1940, now Patent 2,306,- 488, granted December 29, 1942, or they may constitute the terminal body portions of any suitable container either large or small to which it is desired to apply the invention. It therefore will be understood that the invention as disclosed and claimed herein is of general application.
The closure is made up of two major exible vrubber bodies or strips 3 and 4 adapted to be operably engaged in interlocking longitudinal relationship. Each of said strips 3 and 4 extends throughout the length of the opening to be closed by the closure of the invention, is made of relatively thick but pliable and yieldable rubber, preferably vof about the consistency of automobile tire rubber or slightly softer. Each of said strips is therefore inherently ilexible throughout its length and thus is adapted to conform to the shape' of the container or of the contents thereof. The strip 4 (Fig. 3) is formed as a solid rubber body. having a fiat base portion 5 which tapers to a relatively thin side edge portion or strip 6. 'I'he at base 5 is adapted to be seated on and vulcanized to the oute'r surface of the membrane 2, while preferably an overlapping sealing strip 1 is contiguously sealed to the outer surface of membrane 2 and overlies the thinner portion 6 and is vulcanized thereto so as to form a strong and fluid-proof and flexible connection between the strip body 4 and the membrane 2. Similarly body strip member 31s permanently sealed and fastened to the membrane I by similar parts as will be clear from the drawings.
'I'he strip members 3 and 4 are adapted to be intermeshed and separably interlocked throughout their length and their adjacent surfaces are suitably formed for this purpose. As will appear from Figs. 3 and 4, the strip member 3 is the primary female member of the closure pair, its inner or meshing surface being formed with a groove or socket-like recess I which extends throughout the length of the member. The socket or groove I0 is formed by an upper node or ridge I I, the terminal edge of which is arcuate. A lower node or ridge I2 underlies the socket I0 and curves outwardly and upwardly from the interior thereof to provide an upper terminal edge I3. Said edge I3 and the opposite and adjacent terminal edge I4 of the node I I are spaced closer to each other than the maximum crosssectional diameter of the socket I0 so that said socket has a mouth or entrance smaller in crosssection than its interior section. The upper surface of the node II is reversely curved at I5 to form a rounded top for the member 3 which continues in a substantially uniform arc around the surface thereof to form a re-entrant groove I6 along the back edge of the member 3 and at about the same level as the lower portion of the socket I0. The tapered upper surface of the base member 5 extends into the groove I6 as shown. The lower surface I1 of the lower node I2 curves downwardly and rearwardly to terminate at a slight shoulder I8 formed in the at base of the portion 5.
The strip 4 constitutes the primary male member of the closure couple and its engaging or front face is provided throughout its length with protruding node 20 which is substantially circular in cross-section throughout about threefourths of its cross-sectional circumference and is shaped and positioned so as to fit very tightly into the socket portion I0 of the member 3. The rear or neck portion 2| of the node 20 is narrower than the major diameter of the node and thus is adapted to conform to and t tightly in the space between the edges I3 and I4 of the member 3.
The face of member 4 above the node 20 is re-entrantly grooved to form an. arcuate socket 22 which is adapted to receive and intimately engage the node portion II of the member 3. The portion of the member 4 above the socket 22 is tapered to form an overlapping and relatively thin lip portion 23 which overlies the upper grooved surface I5 of the member 3 to a substantial extent. It will be noted that the terminal edge of the lip member 23 is in substantially the same vertical plane as the terminal edge of the node member 20. The upper surface of the lip portion 23 is rearwardly and downwardly curved in an arc 24 roughlylcorresponding in shape to that 'of the surface I5 of member 3 and being reentrantly grooved at25 along the rear edge of the member 4, which groove merges with the rising surface of the tapered base 5 so as to form a groove identical in shape with and at the same level as the groove I6 of themember 3 but facing in the opposite direction, as will be clear from the drawings.
'I'he lower portion of the node 20 merges with a reversely curved grooved portion 26, the crosssectional outline of which corresponds intimately with the node I2 of the member 3. Below the groove 26 the member 4 curves inwardly and downwardly to form the relatively thin and ilexible lip portion 21, the base of which is co-extensive with the at base of portion 5. The inner edge of lip 21 extends so as to underlie the curved surface Il of the portion I2 of member 2 and abut against the shoulder I8 of member 3 when the strips are in their interlocked engagement, as will be clear from Figs. 4 and 5.
When the strips 3 and 4 are interengaged as described and shown, the central node'portion 20 is tightly interlocked within the receiving socket I0 of the member 3. That is, it is necessary to force the member 20 into the socket III between the constricting jaws I3 and I4 of the latter, the resiliency of the rubber permitting this action. At the same time the lower node I2 and the upper node II of the member 3 are recessed in the sockets 26 and 22 respectively of the member 4 so that a firm union and interlocking closure is afforded by these parts. In addition, however, the overlapping relatively thin" and pliable lip 23 embraces and overlies the en'- tire j oinder of the strips. This lip member theres fore forms an eiective seal to the entire closure or joint and, because of its thinness and relative pliability, it is adapted to be forced tightly against the upper surface I5 of member 3 when the closure is subjected to external iiuid force, as when the container formed by the membranes I and 2 is immersed in water or the like. That is, the Water pressure exerted against the surfaces of the submerged container tends to compress and thereby tighten the closure of the entire joint and especially to force the overlaying lip 23 tightly over and against the surface I5 and thereby effectively seal the entire joint. In a, similar manner the underlying, relatively thin tapered lip 21 performs a like function for the lower portion of the closure as will be obvious' from the foregoing taken in connection with the drawings. The sealing of said underlying lip 21 is especially useful with containers having an internal pressure, as with inflated rafts, bags and the like.
It will be noted that the engagement of node II in the socket 22 and node I2 in socket 26 are relatively easily separated by transverse movement as there is little or no interlocking action at these surfaces, the only true interlock being between the socket I0 and the node 20. This construction therefore greatly facilitates the sliding engagement and disengagement of the strip members, while at the same time the sealing actions of the flexible lip members 23 and 21 provides a unique sealing function in combination with the main interlock as above described.
The invention provides means for joining and closing together the strips 3 and 4 of the closure by slide action and one important feature of the invention is the construction oi slide-means which will reduce to a minimum the friction and resistance to such closuresunder all conditions of use of the device, while at the same time providing the maximum of tightness and compression of the engaging parts ofthe closure strips so as to provide and maintain an exceedingly tight, and therefore effective, sealing closure. For this purpose a rolling'and compressing action is preferably employed. As embodied the slide comprises a frame having a flat, generally rectangular metal base piece 30 which overlies and is spaced a short distance from the top of the outermost portion of the lip 23 of the strip member 4, said plate 30 thus lying parallel to the base and the face of the membranes I and 2. Each of the four corners of the plate 30 is apertured to receive a vertically-disposed pin 3| having an enlarged head 32 the base of which lies flush against the top of the plate. Said. pin extends downwardly from the plate a sufficient distance to serve as an axle or journal for a roller 33 which is rotatable thereon. Said roller has an upper cylindrical portion, the top of which underlies the bottom surface of the plate 30 and therebelow the surface of the roller'is curved as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, said curvature being such that the roller is circular in crosssection throughout but of diminishing radius nearly to its bottom portion where it again flares to terminate in a circular hub 35. Said hub has a rounded edge of a thickness such that it ts intimately into the groove 25 of the strip member 4 (or groove I6 of strip member 3 as the case may be) while the rear curved portions 24 and I5 of the strip members 4 and 3 respectively fit generally into the curved surfaces 34 of the rollers. It will be understood that each of the rollers 33 at the four corners of the plate 30 is identical in construction and that each of them is rotatable on its respective axle pin 3l as shown. The lower ends of said axle pins 3I are enlarged at 36 to be seated in conforming recesses at the base 35 of the rollers and thereby act to rotatably support said rollers as shown.
As will be clear from the drawings, movement of the slide 30 lengthwise of the strips 3 and 4 will cause the rollers to rotate due to the frictional engagement thereof with the outer or rear edges I5 and 24 of the strips 3 and 4 respectively. 'Ihe rollers thus exert a camming and squeezing action upon the strips to force them toward each other and into interlocking engagement as shown. The bottom hubs 35 of the rollers travel in the grooves I6 and 25 and thereby exert powerful clamping and compressing action upon the strips so as to cause 'the' interlocking nodes 20 and I2 and their respective socket portions to be forced quickly and rmly together. Due to the seating of the hubs 35 in said grooves, the slide is at all times intimately engaged with the strips 3 and 4 wherever it may be located along them and merely by pulling it lengthwise along said strips it forces the unengaged strips together as stated and shown. It will be recognized that by the utilization of rolling friction, a relatively great compressive force can be exerted upon the strips while at the same time assuring easy operation of the slide along the strips under any and all conditions. Moreover the provision of four such rollers, as shown, tends to maintain the movement of the slide rectilinear and even as it travels along the strips, thereby preventing any possibility of jamming or tilting or twisting of the slide out of its desired trackway, while the multiple rollers distribute the rolling friction and thereby reduce the force required.
It will 4further be understood that movement of the slide in one direction will effect closure and inter-engagement of the strips 3 and 4, i. e. in the direction toward the top of 'the breech in Figs. 1 and 2. However, a reverse or downward movement of the slide will not automatically separate the strips, but will merely make their separation possible by hand. Thus the closure of a suit, for instance, will remain water-tight until it is actually opened.
Means for facilitating sliding of the slide on the strips is provided and same is constructed so as to further reduce any possibility of the slide to tilt or assume an undesired angular position on the strips in either direction of movement therealong. As embodied a slide pull comprising a pair of looped cords 40 and 4I is provided, the ends of said cords being passed through a button or apertured handle member 42 and knottted at 43. The opposite ends of said cords are passed through longitudinal slides 45 and 46 respectively formed in the slide plate 30. Thus when it is desired to pull the slide upwardly to close the strips together, the cord loops will slide to the upper ends of the slots 45 and 46 and thepull will be exerted there substantially parallel to the plane of the slide 30 and the direction of desired movement. Conversely when it is desired to pull the slide downwardly in the opposite direction, the looped cords will slip to the bottom of the slots 45 and 46 and thus the pull will be exerted at the lower end of the slide and therefore more closely parallel to the desired plane of movement. In other words, no tilting action is imparted to the slide or carriage in either direction of movement thereof as would be the case if the point of application of the pulling force were xed at the center or ateither end of the slide. Hence binding or wedging of the slide on the strips is materially reduced by this feature ofl the invention.
The invention provides additional means for maintaining compact closure and security thereof throughout the length of the strips 3 and 4 over which the slide 30 has been moved in the closing direction. For this purpose a plurality of slide following members are provided, said members being adapted to be drawn after the slide 30 and to maintain the compactness of closure which has been effected thereby. Said following members 50 are preferably substantially U-shaped pieces of flat metal, the interior curvature of which conforms substantially to the exterior outline of the curved portions I5 and 24 of the strips 3 and 4 when the latter are interengaged. Inwardly disposed tongues 5I and 52 are provided near the ends of the arms of the member 5I] and extending into and traveling along the grooves I6 and 25 respectively, there acting to maintain the pressure and compacting force originally exerted by the hubs 35 of the rollers 33 of the slide.
Means are provided for drawing the followers 50 after the slide and for maintaining same in suitable spaced positions along the closed parts of the strips 3 and 4. As embodied each of the followers 50 is attached to flexible cords or chains along either side of the strips and as shown chains and 6| are provided for this purpose. Said chains preferably comprise links separated by small beads 62. Each arm of the spacer member 50 is apertured by a slot 53 the outer portion of which is narrow and which is enlarged terminally sealing material to overlie to permit passage of the link portion 80 of the chain but is too small to admit passage of the bead members 62 thereof. Thus any pull on the chains in either direction will cause the follower members 50 to slide along the strips. The chains atone end are ilxed to the slide plate 30, the lower ends Si thereof being downwardly anged at 86 to provide means for attachment of the ends of said chains. 'I'he anged portions I8 are apertured at 61 in form similar to the apertures 53, there to receive the end link and bead of the chain as shown. Thus when the slide is pulled upwardly, it pulls the chains 60 and 6I along with it and in so doing causes the followers 50 to be pulled along the strips to take up their spaced positions along the taut chains. Prefer-l ably, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the followers are provided in sets of pairs spaced by a single bead 62 thus providing a distribution of gripping actionat veach pair of said followers.
The bottom ends of the strips 3 and 4 are preferably maintained permanently interlocked together and for this purpose an arcuate or U- shaped band 'I0 is tightly gripped about the elevatedportions ofthe strips as shown in Figs. 1
and 2. The terminal ends li and 'l2 are tightly embedded into the grooves i6 and 25 respectively of the two strips so that said band 10 is l tightly iixed and stationary near the lower ends of said strips. The bottom ends of the chains and 6I are xed to said band 10 by ears 15 which extend vvtowardthe sides of said band and are provided with appropriate openings 'I6 to receive and hold I the ends of said chains as shown.
vIl. desired, the lower end of the strips below said gripping band 'I0 maybe encased in a suitable base 80 of rubber or other protecting and and nish the end oi the closure.
The invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific mechanisms shown and described but departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacricing its chief advantages.
What I claim is:
l. A fluid-tight closure including in combina- 10 tion apair of flexible strips of rubber or the like forming male' and female members of said closure, the female strip member having a groove, a projecting node on the male strip member shaped to be seated in said groove and to resilient- 15 1y interlock therewith, and relatively thin ilexuilzlle lips on the male member adapted to overlie and underlie the female member and provide a flexible seal for the interlocked closure when said members are joined, the under-side of each 20 said members being at and substantially coplanar with at sheet members respectively attached thereto.
2. A fluid-tight closure including in combination a pair of flexible strips of rubber or the like g5 forming male and female members of said closure,
the female strip member having a groove, a pro- .iecting node on the male strip member shaped tobe seated in said groove and to resiliently interlock therewith, and slide means having rollers 3u for engaging the outer edges of both strips and forcing them into interlocking engagement, said rollers being shaped to impart a cam forcing action to the strips to close same together, the outer edges ofsaid strips having grooves therein for re- 35 c'eiving and guiding said rollers.
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Anyone who's sorry to see Captain America going solo again after his time with The Avengers will also spot a few welcome familiar faces, including Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), who has nearly as large a role as Captain America himself in the trailer.
If the presence of Robert Redford wasn't enough of a tip-off, the trailer makes it clear that Captain America: The Winter Soldier will take a more staunchly political angle than most of the other Marvel franchises. As a man who grew up in the 1930s and 1940s, Captain America is having a difficult time adjusting to a world where the U.S. government is asking its agents to eliminate potential threats before they happen. A big-budget superhero movie with the political implications of Showtime's Homeland? If Marvel can actually pull it off, Captain America: The Winter Soldier could well turn out to be the best, brainiest superhero blockbuster it has ever released.
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