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St Regis Hotels Bottle Their Bloody Marvelous Bloody Mary Cocktail
Bloody Mary is looking pretty spry at 80 years old. The cocktail was born when a St. Regis New York Hotel bartender named Fernand "Pete" Petiot spiced up a tomato juice and vodka libation with celery salt, pepper, cayenne, lemon and Worcestershire sauce – reinventing his simple cocktail formerly enjoyed at Harry's Bar in Paris. The name "Bloody Mary," though, was deemed too vulgar for the hotel's elegant King Cole Bar patrons in 1934 and it was re-named the "Red Snapper."
To celebrate the 80th birthday of this most-ordered cocktail at The St Regis New York (it's so popular, in fact, that as Starwood opens new St Regis properties around the world, they introduce a local version of the cocktail in each destination), they've bottled the bevvie so that you can take it home with you and wake up to it the next morning (there are worse things you could do).
The Red Snapper Bloody Mary mix is bottled in a limited-edition bottle designed by renowned fashion illustrator, Bil Donovan, and produced by Arrowhead Farms, celeb event designer Bronson van Wyck's cocktail line. You can get it at the Arrowhead Farms online boutique for $28 starting Nov 26.
Now if you prefer to stay over at The St Regis New York and just enjoy a morning-after Bloody Mary cocktail on the premises (no judgment) a room will set you back $665 per night in January.
[Photos: St Regis Hotels & Resorts]
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The Best Western President in Times Square Will Turn into a Tryp by Wyndham Hotel
The Best Western President Hotel in Times Square used to be one of our favorite Best Western hotels ever with its purple hued decor, high design and free WiFi. We say "used to be" because the Wall Street Journal has reported that the hotel will soon change into a Tryp by Wyndham Hotel.
The owners of the hotel, Hampshire Hotels & Resort (who also own the Dream and Night brands, which are licensed by Wyndham), have modified their mortgage due to the increased competition in NYC which has seen the hotel occupancy rates rise but not the actually price of the rooms. (Sidenote: how is this possible? It seems like all NYC hotels are charging insanely higher prices these days.)
Anyways, Tryp is planning a renovation of the property that will make it more millennial-friendly.
It's planning a "multimillion-dollar" upgrade at the Times Square property which will include adding "lobbyfriend," a social networking system for hotel guests, and making the hotel's public spaces more inviting places to hang out, says Bill Hall, a senior vice president (of Wyndham.)
The rebranding should happen early next year. In the meantime, you can check out the Tryp Times Square South at 345 W. 35th St. where rates start around $400 a night on the weekends in December. Rates at the Best Western are about $430.
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This is What The World's Largest Pillow Fight Looks Like
This is what the Guinness World Record for the largest pillow fight looks like, thanks to Super 8, who hosted the party in celebration of its 40th birthday.
Former boybander Joey Fatone presided over the "fight", where involved 4,501 students from South Dakota State University walloping each other with Super 8-branded pillows. The site of the record-breaking event was SDSU's Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota where SDSU was playing their rival, University of South Dakota. South Dakota was the state where the first Super 8 hotel was constructed back in 1974. Today, Super 8 is a part of the Wyndham Hotel family.
Now we need to know, did the students get to keep the pillows?
[Photos: Super 8]
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Here's Where The Next AC Hotels by Marriott Will Open in The U.S.
Now that we've gone inside and all around the AC Hotel by Marriott in New Orleans (above), we can confidently say that we are extremely excited for more AC Hotels to open across the U.S. But also, selfishly, we're hoping that AC doesn't adopt a super aggressive expansion model. It's ok to take it nice and slow. Like a fine wine, and that's important to the Spanish heritage of the AC brand, right?
Nevertheless, there are several more AC Hotels in the works and their opening dates are coming up soon. Here's how it's looking right now:
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All Around The AC Hotel by Marriott in New Orleans
We already gave you a brief look at the rooms inside the first ever AC Hotel by Marriott in the U.S. and we had you salivating over the croissants flown in from France (well, the frozen dough was), but now it's time to take you all around the AC Hotel by Marriott New Orleans.
We like to let the pictures do most of the talking but here's what you need to know:
The History: The AC was built out of two historic buildings--The Cotton Exchange and The Security Homestead Association--although the buildings have been used as hotel for quite some time. The hotel, which is one block from Canal and two from Bourbon Street, suffered some severe damage after Hurricane Katrina, but it was kept mostly to the first two floors.
The layout of the lobby has changed a bit structurally, and of course, everything inside is brand-new but the hotel retains a historic set-up especially on the guest room floors which have smaller hallways and many twists and turns.
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The Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel Will Turn Into...
A B Hotel!
This is an interesting turn of events. The other day we reported that the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, formerly The Yankee Clipper, would stop being a Sheraton on December 1 but there was no clue as to who or what brand would go in its place. Now, we have an answer. A tipster tells us that the hotel will be a B Hotel. And indeed, it's been confirmed on the B Hotels website with an opening date of December 1.
You might remember the B brand opened its very first hotel in Fort Lauderdale, but that has now changed into a Sonesta Hotel. B went onto open a spot in Orlando as well as Savannah and they launched their b2 brand in Miami.
No doubt all the B programming will be installed in their FLL spot, including mood lighting, free WiFi and variety of amenities and services that all start with B. Hopefully they will let the Yankee Clipper's Wreck Bar and the Dos Caminos restaurant just "b."
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The Virgin Hotel Chicago Strips Down to Reveal Its Signage
It's really happening! Gone is the wraparound red construction board at Chicago's eagerly anticipated hotel and in its place, a real live Virgin. Er, marquee.
That's right. Signage just went up at the Virgin Hotel Chicago and it is looking good. Of course, the entrance is predictably Virgin with its red sign lettering and the Virgin logo on the plaque next to the door, but still looking good. We're also chuckling at the cheeky window signage which says, "Is the plural of cheese, cheese or cheeses? Either way I could use a glass of wine." So could we. And some cheeses while we're at it.
Additionally, signage went up for Miss Ricky's All American Diner at the hotel, and a special VIP with some giant red lips stopped by to admire it. Lovely. And slightly scary.
Rates for the hotel, which opens on January 15 start at $219 a night for a Chamber King room.
Congrats to Virgin. Now just make sure the T, E, and L are always lit up. Otherwise, you'll have a real oxymoron on your hands there.
[Photo: Virgin Hotel]
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Guy Fieri to Disturb The Peace at The Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort
Guy Fieri, the bleached-up Food Network chef and host of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", is killing it at his Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen & Bar at The Linq Hotel in Las Vegas. Seriously. We walked in on a random Tuesday morning and it was nearly full (the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.)
This was surprising, "fo' sho'," since Guy's New York restaurant didn't fare so well, at least not with the critics. But foodies and culinary snobs aside, Guy has a huge following. And if you're one of his fans, then you'll want to get a ticket to his interactive dinner at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain resort in Scottsdale on December 19.
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Revel Resort Remains Closed and Now, Ownerless
The luck has gone from bad to worse to slightly better and then back to worse for the now-closed Revel Resort & Casino on Atlantic City's boardwalk. The Canadian firm who announced last month they would buy the resort for a bargain $110 million has decided to drop the deal.
Toronto-based Brookfield US Holdings LLC has simply said that it "terminated the Revel acquisition." The Press of Atlantic City first reported the news and said the reason for the termination was because " bondholders refused to rework debt connected to construction of Revel's power plant." The power plant story is kind of a doozy. Read the Press' report to find out more.
So what does this mean for Revel? Well, a backup buyer was named at the bankruptcy auction, developer Glenn Straub. He even appealed the bankruptcy court decision to name Brookfield as owner. The good news is, he's still very interested but he doesn't seem keen to keep the aspect of Revel. Hey, something is better than nothing, right?
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Ace Hotel Los Angeles to Screen 'Inherent Vice' on December 1 (And Guests Get a Free Ticket)
The Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which opened nearly a year ago, is making seriously good use of the historic United Artists Theater that's adjacent to the property. In September, Coldplay hosted a special concert for their latest album release and now, a special preview of Paul Thomas Anderson's surf noir based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon.
The movie/book is set in 1970s Los Angeles and follows a private investigator/pothead named Doc through a series of strange criminal adventures. So it's only fitting that the movie will screen at the Ace DTLA with Anderson and actors Jena Malone and Joanna Newsom in attendance.
Even better, guests who are staying at the hotel that night will get a free ticket to the screening and custom vinyl records of the film score by Johnny Greenwood. Rooms are still open on December 1 for around $240 a night but if you use the promo code Doc, you'll get a medium room for just $200.
Expect to see more of "Inherent Vice" at the Ace in LA and also in New York and London as gallery exhibitions expanding on the "Inherent Vice" themes will open.
[Photo: Lindsey Best/Ace Hotel DTLA]
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You Can Now Book a Room at The 1 Hotel South Beach for March 1
The former Roney Plaza/Gansevoort South/The Perry Hotel in Miami is almost finished with its $100 million renovation to turn into the naturally glam 1 Hotel South Beach, but you can reserve a room today for stays starting on March 1.
Not surprisingly for a luxury hotel in season in Miami Beach, the rooms are ridiculously expensive, with a king room going for $665 a night. Want a balcony with your room? That will be $712 a night. Prefer an ocean view? That will be $855 a night.
But we have to admit, these are some seriously good-looking rooms. Gone is the high-sheen of The Gansevoort and in its place is a eco-luxe look with reclaimed wood on the walls, natural poured concrete in the floors, overstuffed pillow on the couches, and peekaboo bathrooms. Don't forget, Chef Tom Colicchio is opening his restaurant downstairs while upstairs is a pool deck with similarly eco-luxe style cabanas and seating.
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Killing Time Inside a Parlour Suite at The Cromwell Las Vegas
The other week we showed you different kind of jackpot in Las Vegas--the deep soaking tub inside a parlour suite at the new Cromwell Hotel. Today, allow us to show you around the rest of the suite.
The room decor at The Cromwell is eclectically detailed, mixing a lot of modern with a bit of faux-vintage items. But we were impressed with the luxury touches like the welcome beverages that are given to all guests (we chose sangria), the high-tech Toto Neorest toilet, the Eataly snacks in the pantry and the flat-iron at the vanity.
There was also morning coffee available on our floor at the elevator bank. (No almond milk or iced coffee though, #firstworldproblems.) We especially loved the bright pink Muk Hair toiletries, which left our skin and hair silky soft.


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Published: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 3:27 p.m.
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OCKLAWAHA - An Ocklawaha church was burglarized sometime over the weekend and food and cash was removed.
A deputy went to Calvary Baptist Church at 10515 S.E. 115th Ave and a church official said someone broke into the gym and stole $61.82 worth of candy and $5 in cash.
The deputy said the intruder broke a window and a door on the second floor of the gym and smashed another window on a door to the concession stand.
The church official believes the burglary occurred between 5:40 p.m. Sunday and 8:12 a.m. Monday.
Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Office at 732-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP, or visit www.ocalacrimestoppers.com.
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Updated: 11/13/2007 - The price for a gallon of diesel fuel soared to a new all-time record Monday across the United States and Tuesday morning in the Commonwealth.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - The price for a gallon of diesel fuel soared to a new all-time record Monday across the United States and Tuesday morning in the Commonwealth.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - Orange County police arrested a man after he called them to say that he had broken in to a house and that he had cut his hand breaking into the window.
Updated: 11/27/2007 - Millions from around the world are living out virtual fantasies in the online virtual world Second Life and the popularity has caught the attention of big business. But even though it may look like a game it's no place for kids.
Updated: 11/23/2007 - When the Lake Monticello Water Rescue Team is called to the scene, they become underwater investigators.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - Charlottesville Police have made two arrests in connection with the murder of Jayne McGowan
Updated: 11/13/2007 - The Virginia Cavaliers have a 9-2 record heading into their bye week and they ought to be headed for a pretty good bowl game. Now as demand reaches a fever pitch, local travel agents are scrambling to throw together bowl packages.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - One thing that gives you a leg up in just about any field of work is computer skill. A group of local students was honored Monday for their hard work and dedication to improving that skill.
Updated: 11/12/2007 - Twenty five percent of the homeless in America are veterans.
Updated: 11/12/2007 - Monday, Charlottesville Police made a plea for your help, to find a killer on the loose. This after a young woman was found murdered in her home on Friday.
Updated: 11/12/2007 - State police are investigating a fatal crash that killed a Madison County teacher.
Updated: 11/12/2007 - A helpful lesson in health care, from hmo's to co-pays, ways to navigate your way to a healthy life and a full wallet.
Posted: 11/11/2007 - Saturday the Charlottesville community celebrated the grand opening of a park downtown.
Updated: 11/12/2007 - Jayne McGowan's Nissan Sentra was found late Sunday afternoon. McGowan was found shot to death in her Charlottesville home Friday.
Updated: 11/10/2007 - We're learning more about Jayne McGowan through the co-workers who are just starting to cope with her death.
Updated: 11/13/2007 - After more than six hours in the woods, a missing 8 year-old boy was found late Saturday night.
Updated: 11/10/2007 - Charlottesville Police are looking for a gold Nissan Sentra in connection with Friday night's murder
Updated: 11/09/2007 - Stopping at gas stations to get directions is nothing new but come December the practice is about to get a high tech boost from Google. The company will now offer directions through gas pumps.
Updated: 11/10/2007 - Charlottesville residents in one neighborhood are upset over increased traffic and speeders on their street. Some say the city isn't doing enough to fix the growing problem.
Updated: 11/10/2007 - Charlottesville Officials are now calling an investigation into the death of a 26 year-old woman a murder investigation.
Posted: 11/09/2007 - Legislation introduced by several Virginia lawmakers Friday would exempt from federal taxation payments made from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy and their family members.
Updated: 11/09/2007 - Now that elections are over state politicians can prepare for the upcoming General Assembly session.
Posted: 11/09/2007 - Michael Vick has fired one of the attorneys representing him in his dogfighting case.
Updated: 11/09/2007 - Veteran's Day is this weekend, and for one Keswick couple, remembering our service men and women is a project to which they have dedicated their lives.
Posted: 11/09/2007 - A new survey to determine which states have the highest percentage of personalized, or vanity plates, found Virginia was the vainest state of all.
Updated: 11/09/2007 - A former New York City police chief that worked during Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani's stint as New York City's mayor is facing several corruption charges and could hurt Guiliani's campaign.


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Another frosty night is on tap for our area.
Another frosty night is on tap for our area, and a rain or snow shower is possible, mainly in the Poconos. Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy.
Friday will also be breezy and cool with highs in the lower 50s with a mix of clouds and sun.
Friday night could be the coldest night we have seen in five months.
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Regarding move descriptions, when I try to point to other areas in the rom for the descriptions, it will bring up other random text, no matter where I point it.
At first I just repointed the pointer table, and that worked just fine, but trying to add a new pointer at the end for the 355th move in the rom would never work. It would just pick a random thing of text, and if I changed another move, like Growl, to the description that I put in free space, it would pick another text even if it was the same offset as the custom move.
The only time any new description would work is if I put it after Psycho Boost without repointing all of the move descriptions, and when I tried repointing all the move descriptions, nothing works.
Is there another pointer that I have to set to get this to work right? I've been trying all sorts of different things, but I've run into this problem. After trying everything, I figured I should ask here. I got everything else to work, my new move does damage and it does everything that it should do, but I can't figure out what to do about move descriptions for the life of me.
Who needs a fancy signature full of crap?
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Through five games UCSB power forward Alan Williams was near unstoppable, posting averages of 26.8 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game for a team that blew out UNLV in Las Vegas last month. Entering Sunday's game against San Diego, the Gauchos were looking to build on the momentum gained from their home win over Cal last Friday night. Having Williams pick up two quick fouls didn't help UCSB, but that's where guard Michael Bryson came into play.
Bryson scored 11 of his game-high 21 points in the first half and Mitch Brewe, who was averaging 2.8 points per game entering Sunday, added seven to help the Gauchos take a four-point lead into the intermission. And in the game's final 20 minutes Williams had a greater impact on the action, accounting for 11 points and seven rebounds in the Gauchos' 72-61 win over the Toreros.
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The Chess-Master
This one likes to move the pieces of the board around, but without actually affecting them. His/her favorite haunts are Khitomer and Cure, where they can be seen using Tractor Beam Repulsors pushing around probes and assimilated KDF vessels without actually attacking them. But rarely, he/she can be witnessed in Infected, pushing Nanite spheres and probes towards the nodes by accident. First cousin to the Trap-Springer.
The Lonely Puppy
Follows a player with a specific job to do when it would be more prudent for them to fight elsewheres. Often seen at Khitomer and Cure, following the designated probe and Kang guardians to 'help' kill probes or to 'help' sit around guarding the Kang.
The Trap-Springer
This person's idea of helping usually involves firing Tractor Repulsors or Magnetometric bursts to shove trapped enemy vessels out of their ally's Tyken Rifts, Gravity Wells, and out of imminent harm from tricobalts and other attacks. "That'll learn 'em whatfor!"
The Silent Operative
See 'Chat? Disabled!' combined with 'I know this mission, I really do!'.
Collectivus Maximus
Chooses 'Need' out of habit. Clever CMs will wait for their teammates to finish their choices (usually 'Greed') before being the last to press 'Need'.
Terrifying Tortoise (a.k.a The Ent)
Witnessed twice with KDF carriers. They never let anyone rush them, and their motto is 'Don't be hasty'. They will perform in their own time, flying simply at impulse and coasting where the action is, often being the last to arrive to help. May sometimes cause extended Optional attempts that have a high chance of failing.
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A high density abrasive-containing foam product is made by impregnating a low density foam with a slurry of adhesive and abrasive, drying the same below the cure temperature of the adhesive and then laminating the dried and impregnated foam to a reinforcing backing by heat and pressure which both densifies the foam and effects the lamination using the abrasive binder adhesive to effect adhesion between the foam component and the backing component.
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United States Patent Zimmer, Jr. et al.
[451 Apr. 4, 1972 ABRASIVE FOAM LAMINATE William F. Zimmer, Jr., Paxton, Mass.; Harvey L. Chew, Latham, N.Y.
Assignee: Norton Company, Troy, NY.
Filed: Dec. 4, 1969 Appl. No.: 882,110
U.S. Cl... ....5l/40l, 51/295, 51/298 Int. Cl. ..B24d 11/00 Field of Search ..51/401, 402, 404, 407, 295, 51/296, 297, 298, 298.1, 299, 299.1
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS B enner et a1 .51/3 94 2,327,199 8/1943 Loeffler ..51/404X 3,252,775 5/1966 Tocci-Guilbert ..5l/296 Primary Examiner-Lester M. Swingle Attorney-Hugh E. Smith and Herbert 1... Gatewood [57] ABSTRACT 3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures ABRASIVE FOAM LAMINATE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
1. Field This invention deals with the production of an abrasive material wherein a flexible backing is provided to support a plurality of abrasive grains adhesively bonded therein. It further relates to the fine abrasive end of such field wherein finish of the workpiece abraded constitutes one of the important criteria for the performance of the abrasive material. The terms buffing" and polishing, while generally synonymous in common usage have definite and different meanings in the abrasive art. Buffing means the rearrangement of material on the surface of a workpiece, usually by friction, to produce a high finish. In contrast, polishing means the removal of material from a surface to correct minor surface imperfections. It is well accepted in the art that as the requirement for high finish goes up the ability to remove stock comes down. Therefore, the art has consistently used one type of relatively aggressive abrasive material for polishing and the desired stock removal and a different type of non-abrasive or only slightly abrasive material for buffing to a high finish.
2. Prior Art Abrasive products made on resilient backings of various types have been proposed for many years. Most of these seem to have been the outgrowth of the use of sponge material for cleaning purposes and generally have fallen into three categories: (1) a foam or sponge having a coating of abrasive particles on the exterior thereof; (2) a sheet of coated abrasive laminated to a sponge or foam backing; and (3) abrasive grain incorporated in the foamable material prior to foaming with the resultant in situ production of a foam containing abrasive grain substantially uniformly distributed throughout. These products have never gained good commercial acceptance except for some minor successes as kitchen scouring aids. Industrially, the best performing product for polishing purposes has not been a sponge or foam-backed material but rather one in which a layer of cork particles provided the resilient support required to obtain a reasonably good finish while the abrasive grain coated on the surface thereof gave a reasonable amount of stock removal. None of these prior art products have given satisfactory combined finish levels and stock removal rates to satisfy the needs of industry. Laminates of particulate bonded foam material and associated flexible reinforcing backing are disclosed and claimed in the copending application of George L. Haywood, Ser. No. 638,042, filed May 12, 1967, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,607,159. The present invention constitutes an improvement in the method of forming products of the general type disclosed in the aforementioned Haywood application and particularly relates to the formation of such products from an open celled or reticulate foam material in which the abrasive grain distribution is reasonably unifonn throughout. Accordingly, it is the object of this invention to provide a method for producing an abrasive material which gives superior finish and superior stock removal at one and the same time. It is a further object of the invention to provide a resilient foam-containing material of this type .which is capable of withstanding the rigorous operating conditions which have heretofore kept foam-backed abrasive products in the kitchen and out of industrial plant use to any extent.
SUMMARY In general, the present invention provides a resilient abrasive product having a high density to 30 pounds per cubic foot) open cell foam uniformly impregnated with an adhesively bonded abrasive grain content and adhered to a flexible reinforcing backing member. The process involved in making this product includes the steps of impregnating a low density (2 to 6 pounds per cubic foot) open, interconnected cell foam material with a slurry of abrasive and binder adhesive utilizing alternate applications of compressive force and release thereof to the foam to cause the slurry to thoroughly penetrate, followed by a drying of the impregnated foam at a temperature below the curing temperature of the binder adhesive to permit retention of the porous structure of the foam, and a subsequent densification-lamination step to increase the density of the foam and to firmly adhesively bond the same to a flexible reinforcing backing.
DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the material produced by the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, schematic representation of a portion of the cross-section of the material of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of the process used to produce the material of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS More specifically, and referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates the general appearance of the improved abrasive material of the present invention. The material 10 comprises a flexible reinforcing and supporting member 11 which may be paper, cloth, film, fibre or any of the backing materials conventionally used for coated abrasive manufacture. Superposed on and sharing an interface with said backing 11 to which it is adhered is a resilient structure 13 having a controlled density, compressibility and pore size as is more fully described below. Disposed on and preferably within the surface of structure 13 is a plurality of abrasive grains 14 bonded to structure 13 by an adhesive 12. Unseen in the scale of the drawing of FIG. 1, but shown clearly in the enlarged schematic view of FIG. 2, is the adhesion of structure 13 to backing 11 by the same adhesive 12 which serves to bind the abrasive grains to the external and internal surfaces of structure 13.
The resilient structure 13 may be formed of any solvent-resistant, durable organic open cell or reticulated foam or foamlike material having a finished density of from 10 to 30 pounds per cubic foot, a 25 percent compression deflection value as measured by ASTM 1961 1l47-62T (Test For compressibility And Recovery Of Gaskets) in the 10 to 30 pounds per square inch range, a porosity of from 55 to percent and an average pore or interstice opening diameter at the surface of from 0.006 to 0.020 inch. Such a pore size amounts to a count of from about 80 to 150 openings per linear inch. In the preferred embodiment the finished density ranges from 14 to 16 pounds per cubic foot and the pore size is the equivalent of plus or minus 10 openings per linear inch. While the thickness of the finished resilient structure may vary substantially dependent upon the use of the resultant abrasive product, it is preferably one-fourth inch or less in thickness with the optimum being about one-sixteenth inch thickness.
As indicated above, the finished density of the foam structure is required to be in the range of 10 to 30 pounds per cubic foot with definite porosity requirements. Generally, it can be stated that open cell or reticulated foams of this high density are not readily available commercially most of the commercial foams of this type ranging from 2 to 6 pounds per cubic foot which are far too soft and compressible for our purposes. Where available on an experimental basis, it has been found that the pore size of such high density foams is far too small to permit their use in the production of the desired product of this invention. Typical open, interconnected cell polyurethane foams are well known as, for example, described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,961,710. Accordingly, the present invention is concerned in part with the process whereby the desired final or finished high density foam structure is obtained from a starting material of much lower density as is described in detail below.
As previously indicated, the flexible backing member may be any of the conventional, readily available flexible backings known to the coated abrasive art. While conventional coated abrasive cloth backings are preferred, due to the ease with which they may be joined in the fabrication of belts, etc., it is possible to use many types of filamentary or fibrous materials such as papers, vulcanized fibres, films, foils, thin metal backings and the like as the end application use may dictate.
The resilient structure is bonded to the backing member through reactivation of the abrasive binder adhesive as described below. Preferably, the binder adhesive is solvent-resistant in order to prevent delamination when the product is used in wet grinding operations. Adhesion of the foam to the backing must be sufficient to withstand the shock, shear stress and abrasion encountered during use and should generally be in excess of 4.0 pounds per inch as measured by ASTM (1964) D-l876, T-Peel Test, or at least in excess of the value at which the foam cohesively fails when the foam-tobacking adhesion is measured by such test.
Since the primary usage of this material is in a combined polishing and buffing type operation, the abrasive grain is preferably on the fine side ranging from grit 220 down to grit 400 or finer. The type of abrasive grain does not appear critical and any of the abrasive material such as silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, garnet, flint, diamond, emery and the like or mixtures thereof conventionally used in the coated abrasive art may be used in the present product as desired.
ln contrast to conventional coated abrasives where an extremely hard, rigid binder is desired, the grit binder for use on this polishing and buffing material must be at least semi-flexible when cured and dried to its final stage. The adhesive should not be highly cohesive in the sense that it forms a film over the pores of the resilient structure. These pores must be left substantially open in the finished product. Generally, the grid binder is solvent resistant and the use of drying oilmodified phenolic, acrylic or epoxy resins is preferred. The adhesive grit binder is not applied in a separate layer as with conventional coated abrasives but is used to form a slurry with the abrasive grain and the mixture of grain and adhesive is applied by the process described below.
Referring now to FIG. 3 of the drawings, the starting point of the production of the abrasive article of the present invention is the provision of a sheet 30 (preferably in continuous form) of a low density, resilient, highly porous, open celled or reticulate foam material. Such foams may have an initial density of from 2 to 6 pounds per cubic foot and an initial porosity of 80 percent or more (by 80 percent porosity is meant that 80 percent of the volume of the specimen is void and only 20 percent is solid material. The porosity is determined by comparing the apparent volume of a specimen, i.e., its weight in air divided by its measured geometric volume, with its actual volume, i.e., that volume actually occupied by the solid parts of the structure). Preferably, the material is a polyester or polyether type polyurethane foam. Other foams such as open cell rubber or vinyl foams can be used if desired. The low density foam sheet 30 is passed into impregnating contact with a slurry 33 formed of adhesive 31 and abrasive grain 32, e.g., by immersion, as shown at 34. While contact is maintained between the foam sheet 30 and slurry 33, the foam sheet 30 is repeatedly pressed or squeezed as by rollers 35-36 and 37-38 with alternate release of pressure between squeezings as shown schematically in the drawing. This creates a pumping action whereby the slurry 33 is uniformly dispersed throughout the open cell structure of foam sheet 30. With proper control of viscosity, simple immersion in the slurry may be adequate in some instances but the alternate application and release of pressure is a preferred step. From the impregnating zone 34, the wet foam sheet 30 now containing a fairly uniform coating of adhesive 31 and abrasive grain 32 on all of its exterior and interior surfaces (as is more clearly seen in FIG. 2) passes to a drying zone 39. Preferably, the sheet 30 has excess slurry wiped from its external surfaces by wipers 40-41 as it passes to zone 39. Zone 39 must be maintained at-a temperature below the cure temperature of the binder adhe sive 31 and the drying cycle should be sufficiently long to permit most of the solvent to escape from the binder adhesive and for the adhesive to dry to a nontacky state. These conditions will obviously vary depending upon the choice of binder adhesive but it has been found that provision of a dwell time in zone 39 of 24 hours at ambient room temperature is generally adequate. From zone 39, the dried and impregnated sheet 30 now moves to a laminating zone 42 wherein it is mated with a supporting backing 43 of the type previously described. Rolls 44-45 are heated and generate the requisite curing temperature in sheet 30 to cure the adhesive binder 31 to an insoluble state. The spacing or gap-setting of rolls 44-45 is such asto compress sheet 30 to the desired final thickness, e.g., one-sixteenth inch. This combination of heat and pressure causes the adhesive 31, which is on the interface surface of member 30 next to backing 43, to adhere to backing 43 and to effectively laminate sheet 30 to backing 43. As shown, heated platens 46-47 may be provided, if necessary, to hold the temperature and pressure of sheet 30 at the required cure and laminating level until completion.
The resiliency of the finished product is at least 8 percent and preferably 9 percent or more as measured by ASTM D-l564-R, Resilience (Ball Rebound) Test. The deposited grain weight from slurry'33 is preferably about 6 pounds per sandpaper ream when using 400 grit silicon carbide, although grain weights as low as 2-3 pounds per sandpaper ream or as high as 9-10 pounds per sandpaper ream may be used if desired.
Following cure and lamination to the backing, the laminated product 30-43 is wound into rolls 48 for storage and is then ready for fabrication into belts, sheets, discs, rolls or other conventional forms.
The following specific example is illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention:
A 60 yard roll of 6 inch wide, three-fourths inch thick commercial polyurethane open cell foam- (poly-type) having a density of 2 pounds per cubic foot and an initial porosity of percent is fed through a slurry consisting of:
30.3% by weight 6.0% byweight 45.5% by weight I82; by weight The foam material is alternately subjected to squeezing and release during its passage through the slurry (4 cycles) with a pick up of 1,000 percent of its initial weight. The wet foam then passes through a pair of wipers which remove excess surface slurry and then is passed into a drying zone maintained at room temperature for a period of 18 hours. Upon removal from the zone the foam will be non-tacky to the touch and weighs about 600 percent of the initial foam weight. The height or thickness of the foam was only slightly reduced. The dried and impregnated foam material was then combined with a standard waterproof coated abrasive cloth backing material using heated rolls set to a 0.080 inch gap in conjunction with spaced heated platens (same gap setting). The temperature of the rolls and platens was held at 315 F. and the heating time of the laminate was 10 minutes. Upon removal from the laminating zone the product was air cooled to room temperature and wound into a jumbo storage roll. A number of discs were then cut from this material and used to polish the surface of acrylic test pieces. The resulting finish was excellent and showed none of the scratch pattern normal with a coated abrasive polishing belt.
A similar run was made in batch fashion using the same slurry as previously mentioned (made by adding the methyl cellulose to the acrylic latex with stirring to give a uniform blend followed by addition of the grain with rapid stirring and finally the addition of the water after the grain had been completely dispersed to give a uniform slurry). In this instance, a hard sheet of foam 6% inch X 4 inch X inch was used. The foam was 2 pounds per cubic inch polyurethane open cell foam. By hand squeezing, the foam was impregnated with the slurry, wiped off and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The dried and impregnated foam was then combined with a standard waterproof coated abrasive cloth backing in a heated press. The pressure was about p.s.i.- and the laminate was compressed to a total thickness of 0.08 inch. The temperature of the press was 315 F. and the dwell time slightly over minutes. The finished product was used as a hard sheet to polish oak floor tiles and was found to be superior to standard products in the finish produced.
The present invention permits the relatively uniform incorporation of abrasive grain within a foam structure of ultimate high density to provide a resilient, porous media which is supported by a reinforcing backing. The product density and dimensions are controlled by the application of pressure after impregnation and drying. Pressure without permitting the drying would cause the pores to be closed and would not produce the desired product. By virtue of this process, no separate laminating adhesive is required to bond the impregnated foam to the reinforcing support backing but the grit binder serves a dual purpose in this regard.
We claim:
1. An improved abrasive article which comprises an initially low density open cell foam sheet having a pore structure throughout of sufficient size to accommodate abrasive grains; abrasive grains positioned within said pore structure and bonded therein by an adhesive; said low density foam sheet containing said abrasive grains substantially uniformly distributed throughout said pore structure being compressed to a substantially higher than initial density and a flexible reinforcing backing bonded to such compressed foam sheet.
2. An article as in claim 1 wherein said densities range from 2 to 6 pounds per cubic foot for the initial low density up to 10 to 30 pounds per cubic foot for said higher density.
3. An article as in claim 1 wherein said foam sheet is bonded to said reinforcing backing by the same adhesive used to bond the abrasive grain to said foam sheet.
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