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The benefits of such reflection are many: gratitude improves mood, helps us feel closer to others, and lets us focus on the big picture.
But a recent study published in Psychological Science suggests a different practice -- one you might consider making a new Thanksgiving tradition. After you ask yourself, "What am I grateful for?", consider asking "What have I done recently that others might be grateful for?"
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan conducted two studies to compare the effects of these gratitude reflections on prosocial behavior. They wondered: Are people more likely to "pay it forward" after remembering what they have received from others, or savoring what they have done for others?
In the first study, participants were randomly assigned to write about one of these two topics for 15 mins a day, for four consecutive days. Researchers then gave participants an opportunity to volunteer for a good cause. Participants who had written about how they had helped others (the "benefactor" reflection) donated significantly more time than participants who had written about how they had been helped (the "beneficiary" reflection).


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Relay for Life supporters put on their dancing shoes this year instead of pitching tents to raise money and awareness in the fight against cancer at Lyons Township High School.
Cosponsors Tim Spitsberg and Brittany Sidoti and students decided to try a new venue April 25 to boost enthusiasm and participation, which had declined. The Relay for Life began 11 years ago as an overnight walk and camp out at Bennett Field in Western Springs and has raised more than $1 million.
Students formed teams, as in the overnight walking effort, or went solo on the dancer floor at the south campus fieldhouse in Western Springs. Pledges totaled about $20,000, Spitsberg said, despite fewer students than expected at the marathon.
Several factors combined to lower participation. April 25 had been scheduled as a day off for students, but classes were held instead to make up for a day canceled due to severe winter weather. As a result, sports teams held practices after school at the same time as the dance marathon, Spitsberg said.
Organizers also hadn't realized a marching band trip already had been scheduled the same day for musicians to march in the Disney World parade in Florida.
And the weather was beautiful, so only about 50 of the 75 students who registered online attended, Spitsberg said.
Organizers retained the traditional luminaria observance to honor loved ones who had lost a battle with cancer, as well as survivors. Paper bags lit by glow sticks lined a stage, as participants walked a lap around the fieldhouse in silence.
"One of the neat things about our kids is their willingness to put aside their interests and the momentary excitement and remember the deeper purpose why they're there," Spitsberg said. "We raised awareness that the fight against cancer isn't over, and we raised money for that fight."
Whether the dance marathon will continue or the event returns to the overnight walk is uncertain. Students and the cosponsors plan to decide by June 2.
"We'll be talking to the kids who came, others involved and the student council about what should be done next year," Spitsberg said. "Most of all we want kids to be excited about it."

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Posted: 10/15/2012 - The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded nearly $700 million in grants since 2009, making Texas home to the nation's biggest pot of cancer-research dollars
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Posted: 10/12/2012 - Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation's growing meningitis outbreak
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Located near Saint Mark's Square, Pensione Wildner Hotel is few metres away from Venice's Marco Polo airport. Saint Mark's Basilica and the Ducal Palace, San Zaccaria and Venice's Lido are some of the area attractions where guests can visit in Venice.
This property has 16 spacious guestrooms that are tastefully designed and come with fine amenities such as air conditioner, cable TV, hairdryer, heating, telephone, shower, wireless Internet access and private bathroom.
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Business delegates at Pensione Wildner Hotel Venice can avail access to internet services and faxing facility for their business needs. This property features tour desk for guests to explore local attractions such as boarding house, the island of San Servolo.
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Pensione Wildner Hotel Venice Guest Reviews (1)
good location and breakfast, but it offered two single bed put together rather than double bed
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so while in normal ToTH not stalk can he pounce or no?
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When Rengar reactivates Thrill of the Hunt, is there still a delay upon enter stealth?
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I'm not sure if it could be balanced well, but what if the Fury consumed by ulting reduced the cooldown of Rengar's non-ult abilities? Something like 0.5-1 seconds per point? So if you've used W or E recently and see someone you want to go on, you won't have to wait as long to make sure your roar/bola will be available once you initiate.
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Giving him an extra burst of move speed at the front of the ult for consuming stacks, that is for however long the delay is. Since the cost is frontloaded, giving a frontloaded boost seems to make sense. This bonus shouldn't scale with rank, the cost of building up 5 stacks of ferocity to use before you ult is definitely more significant early than later. So, assuming the delay between Hunt and Stalk is 3s, making the bonus MS 5% per stack consumed for 3s seems fair.
Other options would maybe be +25 leap range per stack for your leap out of ult.
Question: Say hunt lasts 15s, and stalk is like 5s. If I after 14s of Hunt use Stalk, do I get the same 5s of stealth as if I had pressed stalk again ASAP?
I know this might be going off track just a bit but I'd really like to know about some of the iterations you've been testing during the long silence. It'd be nice to get more insight into the process.
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Camino Real Acapulco Diamante
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Stretching across an 81-acre property next to Puerto Marques Bay, Camino Real Acapulco Diamante appeals to families craving seclusion. Don't worry, you're not marooned: Central Acapulco is just an 11-mile drive north around Acapulco Bay. Rooms are spacious and come equipped with marble floors, private balconies and air conditioning to keep things cool in the sweltering afternoon sun. Another way to beat the heat: Take a dip in one of the hotel's three pools. Overlooking the Pacific and shaded by towering palms, the pools (one of which is especially designed for kids) offer panoramic views of the bay. But while most guests praise the expansive pool area, some lament the hotel's small, private beach. If you're looking to lounge on a larger shoreline, consider booking a room closer to Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán, Acapulco's main street. You'll be closer to the city's top to-dos and enjoy access to a wider variety of eateries. Additionally, visitors found the food at Camino Real Acapulco Diamante's two restaurants and pool bar to be overpriced.
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and processing method for drying lumber, for example two-by-four studs in an environment in a kiln in a manner to avoid warping, including crook, bow, cup and twist. The lumber pieces are stacked in a normal manner with stickers for providing air flow between courses of the lumber pieces, and the stack is dried while a horizontal force is provided to the respective courses of lumber in the stack to hold the individual pieces of lumber in edge to edge contact throughout the drying, equalizing, conditioning and cooling process for first drying of lumber, redrying of lumber or in a treatment process for removing warp from previously dried lumber. A vertical force comprising a weight or other force generating device can be also applied to the stack of lumber to augment the overall reduction in warpage if so evidenced.
1. A device suitable for supporting a stack of individual lumber pieces in a lumber treatment operation causing the lumber pieces to shrink during the treatment operation, wherein the lumber pieces are arranged in a stack of courses, each course comprising a plurality of the individual lumber pieces positioned edge to edge, the device comprising:
a generally horizontal base member adapted to support the stack of courses;
a generally upstanding rigid and moveable member adapted to engage at least portions of outer edges on one side of the stack of courses;
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a horizontally extendible force generating member that engages the moveable member such that the moveable member is loaded with a substantially consistent selected horizontal force relative to and toward the reaction member, the force being applied to urge the movable member toward the reaction member continuously during the lumber treatment operation by extending the force generating member in a horizontal direction as a width of the lumber pieces shrink in order to maintain the substantially consistent selected force adapted to hold the lumber pieces in each course edge to edge continuously during the lumber treatment operation, the force being sufficient to prevent warpage in the lumber pieces during the lumber treatment operation.
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17. A method of reducing warp in individual lumber pieces having edge surfaces and side surfaces during a lumber treatment operation that causes a change in at least a width of the lumber pieces, the method comprising:
arranging the individual lumber pieces in a stack of courses of lumber pieces, wherein each course includes a plurality of the lumber pieces positioned edge surface to edge surface, with the edge surfaces facing in a direction laterally of a vertical direction; and
utilizing a horizontally extendible force generating member to maintain a substantially consistent clamping force on opposite lateral sides of the stack of courses generally perpendicular to the edge surfaces of the lumber pieces in each course to hold the lumber pieces edge surface to edge surface under the substantially consistent lateral clamping force during the entire lumber treatment operation by extending the force generating member in a horizontal direction to compensate for changes in dimensions of the lumber pieces in the courses of lumber pieces during the lumber treatment operation, wherein the clamping force is sufficient to prevent warpage of the lumber pieces during the lumber treatment operation.
18. The method of
19. A loading device for courses of individual lumber pieces having a width and having edges having a height, in a lumber treatment operation that causes the lumber pieces to shrink, wherein the lumber pieces are arranged with the edges of adjacent lumber pieces side by side in at least one course of lumber pieces having a plane transverse to a vertical direction, the device comprising:
a support for the at least one course;
a rigid load member engaging at least portions of an outer side edge of a lumber piece at a first side of the at least one course;
a rigid and moveable reaction member on a second opposite side of the at least one course and supporting a side of a lumber piece at an opposite side of the at least one course against loads applied by the load member; and
a laterally extendible force generator providing a clamping force to move the reaction member toward the load member, wherein the at least one course between the load member and reaction member is loaded in compression that is parallel to wide faces of the lumber pieces to maintain a substantially consistent selected force parallel to the plane of the at least one course to hold the lumber pieces in the at least one course edge to edge continuously under the selected force during the lumber treatment operation, the load member and the reaction member thereby moving together by extending the force generator in a horizontal direction as the lumber pieces shrink, wherein the clamping force is sufficient to prevent warpage during the lumber treatment operation.
20. The loading device of
21. The loading device of
This application refers to and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/561,424, filed Apr. 12, 2004, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a restraining and force applying device that is used during a drying process for lumber pieces to reduce warp, that is, reducing the amount of crook, twist, bow and cup, of the dried lumber pieces. The device applies horizontal force to clamp together the edge surfaces of the individual lumber pieces placed edge to edge in courses of lumber pieces, and maintains these clamping forces throughout the drying process and, if required, while the lumber cools. The horizontal force is parallel to the width face of the lumber, and thus to the plane of the course of lumber as opposed to vertical forces parallel to the narrower edge surfaces of lumber pieces and perpendicular to the plane of the lumber courses. A vertical force also can be applied during drying, if desired. The horizontal clamping force applied to the courses of stacked lumber pieces keeps the individual lumber pieces securely restrained and in tight edge to edge contact throughout the drying process. Under the forces applied, the lumber pieces are held straight so that the amount of warp (crook, twist, bow and cup) is significantly reduced or eliminated.
In the prior art, it has been known to vertically restrain stacks of lumber as the lumber is dried in a kiln, or by other means of drying, through the use of weights on the top of the stack, which provides a vertical downward force on the stack. The lumber is generally stacked in layers or courses with each course separated from the next overlying layer or course by spacers called "stickers". The stickers create passageways for air movement through the stack of lumber between the courses.
The vertical load now applied on a stack of dimension lumber, such as for two-by-four studs of eight-foot length, is an attempt to reduce the warp in the individual lumber pieces as the lumber is dried. However, the effectiveness of vertical loads has been less than satisfactory, with a great deal of crook and twist of the dimension lumber occurring both during drying and after release from the lumber stack. The application of dead weight on top of the lumber stacks during drying is usually in the form of concrete blocks or a panel of steel. Also, it has been known to apply loads using hydraulic rams, again, in a vertical direction.
The most serious and degrading forms of warp in dimension lumber are crook and twist. Crook is a deviation of the narrow edges of a piece of lumber from a straight line, while twist is the rise of a corner of the piece out of a horizontal plane from one end to the other. Grading rules for each size and grade of lumber mandate specified maximum amounts of crook and twist. Straighter lumber has the potential for meeting higher grades and thus increased value. Upgrading the lumber pieces to higher grades via warp reduction produces a substantial increase in both profitability of a mill and the assurance of better performance in subsequent use of the lumber.
Presently, any resistance to crook development in individual dimension lumber pieces, such as studs, relies upon the ability of top loading to increase the frictional resistance to movement between the lumber pieces in each of the courses of lumber and the stickers used to separate the courses. The effect on reducing crook with only vertical forces is marginal, particularly for those individual lumber pieces with lower than average thickness.
The present invention provides apparatus to maintain a lateral or horizontal force on a stack of lumber that keeps lumber pieces in unyielding edge to edge contact as the lumber is dried.
A restraint device is provided that corrects the problem of excessive warping, especially crook, of dimension lumber as the lumber is dried. Lumber pieces are placed side by side to create horizontal courses which are then loaded and held clamped edge to edge with a horizontal force, that is, a force parallel to the wide faces (width) of the lumber pieces. The force thus is perpendicular to the edge (narrow side) of each course and is sufficiently large to hold the pieces of lumber warp free as they are dried. Courses (horizontal layers) of individual lumber pieces are laid down, and the courses are separated vertically by stickers to provide a space for air flow between the courses. The space between courses has a plane and the clamping force is parallel to the plane of the air flow space and parallel to the lumber courses. The horizontal load is of a magnitude to provide a side or edge force resisting any crooking or slippage of the lumber pieces one upon another. The restraint system takes up or prevents the spaces between the edges of adjacent lumber pieces that occur in contemporary drying as a consequence of the unavoidable width shrinkage of individual lumber pieces.
Vertical forces from top loading are optional. Preventing crook on dimension lumber, for example two-by-fours, with the four inch or side dimension laid horizontally, for drying, and formed into courses with the edge surfaces (2 inch nominal) of adjacent lumber pieces in contact, requires restraining the boards from separating, as well as taking up the shrinkage by providing a substantial uniform, and continuous adequate level clamping force for edge loading as drying proceeds.
Various devices and designs can be utilized for providing an edge, generally horizontal load, which is defined as a load that acts substantially parallel to a wide side surface, or in other words, loads the courses with a force perpendicular to its narrowest dimension.
The general concept of the present invention is set forth in
The junction between the base channel 16 and upright channel 18 can be a permanent connection such as welding, or a bolted or otherwise rigid or semi-rigid connection that affords the ability to disassemble.
The force reaction bar or channel 20 is removable and has a body end projection or shaft 24 (
The loading assembly 28 comprises a pressure expandable, full vertical height, two section chamber. A base chamber 30 (
The pressure loading assembly 28 includes a telescoping outer chamber 32 that has an outer wall 32A that extends vertically, and a pair of side walls 32B that slide along the outside of the walls 30B of the base chamber 30, and the outer chamber 32 also has top and bottom walls to form an open sided box that slips over the base chamber 30.
A flexible membrane 34 closes the open side of the base chamber 30 and is sealed airtight to the side walls and the top and bottom walls of the base chamber to form a pressure tight internal chamber 37. A pressure fitting 36 is provided in the base wall 30A, and through the upright channel 18 and connected to a suitable, preferably controlled, fluid pressure source 38. When fluid under pressure is provided to chamber 37, the flexible sealing member 34 expands out pushing the outer chamber 32 against the lumber unit 12 of courses 11 of lumber pieces 13 with a horizontal force that is parallel to the wide face or width of the pieces of lumber and parallel to the plane of the lumber courses. Thus, the pressure loading assembly comprises a gaseous fluid actuator.
The quadrangle frame 10 as illustrated is one of a chosen or of a selected number of frames spaced along the length of the unit of lumber. For example, if the unit 12 consists of 100 inch long by 2 inch by 4 inch studs, a recommended number of quadrangle frames 10 is three, as shown in
Prior to the application of clamping force edgewise to each course of lumber pieces, the individual pieces in each course can be in modest edge to edge contact. The initial application of force will remove any possible length wise deviations of the narrow edges from a straight line, i.e., remove any pre-existing crook traceable back to growth stresses present in the tree. This converts each course during the drying process to an integrated slab similar to a flitch, forced to give up its moisture through the horizontal wide surfaces or width of each lumber piece into the air travel space provided by the stickers. The continuous edgewise clamping force from the loading assembly 28 on the upright bar 18 eliminates the opportunity for shrinkage-caused openings to develop between the individual lumber pieces, as in contemporary conventional drying. The edge to edge contact of the lumber pieces, accomplished under adequate force, also prevents any possible inherent differences in longitudinal shrinkage for the two narrow edges of each of the lumber pieces being translated into crook. With the lumber pieces held straight during drying, especially in the context of high temperature kiln drying that plasticizes the wood and promotes stress relief, the lumber pieces remain straight when the clamping force is removed at the end of drying.
Since the percent shrinkage values for commercial woods as a function of average moisture content are well known, the desired end point of drying is readily determinable by measuring the overall shrinkage of one or more courses 11 contained in the unit of restrained lumber by direct ruler type measurement or an automated device that registers readings at a remote location.
The magnitude of the continuous force applied to the unit of lumber during its drying depends on the initial air pressure in the chamber 37 and the changes in volume, pressure and temperature that the air undergoes during the overall drying process. The basic air pressure chamber 37 consists of the two enclosed telescoping members analogous to the two box sections employed for containing a two-pound block of brick formed cheese. The movable "box" 32 of the two sections that make up the pressure loading assembly 28 illustrated in
Each pressure chamber 37 of the three quadrangle frames 10 can be pressurized at a different level from the others, or all chambers 37 can be connected to a common pressure source and carry the same pressure.
The kiln drying of softwood dimension lumber is generally accomplished with the dry bulb temperature of the kiln atmosphere increasing steadily over a period of time to eventually arrive at a desired steady-state temperature that is maintained to the end of the drying process. Since the air pressure force applying assembly 28 is constructed primarily of steel, the temperature of the air it contains will come to and remain in close equilibrium with the dry bulb temperature of the kiln atmosphere in which it resides. In this context, there occurs an expansion or compression of the gas that conforms to the General Gas Law. According to this law, "the pressure of any given quantity of gas is proportional to the absolute temperature and inversely proportional to the volume". In practical application of the law, the following equations are instructive:
It is thus informative to illustrate performance of the General Gas Law in kiln drying a unit of green lumber to some final desired average moisture content. This illustration is in the context of defining the dimensions of the fixed box of 28 as having sidewall dimensions of 10 in. wide and 50 in. in height and the dimensions of its wall fixed to upright 18 being of 50 in. high and 3 in. wide.
With a lumber unit 12 in place and a given number of quadrangle frames 10 surrounding it, assume the chamber containing the rubber membrane is inflated to 20 psi at an ambient air temperature of 20° C. This forces the individual lumber pieces of the courses 11 tightly edge to edge and into uniformly straight pieces. As the temperature of the kiln atmosphere increases during continued operation, the temperature of the pressurized air maintains equilibrium with the dry bulb temperature of the kiln atmosphere. The steady increase in dry bulb temperature accompanied by a steady increase in the wet bulb depression produces an in-kiln air atmosphere conducive to rapid drying of the lumber. As the lumber pieces dry, the width of the lumber unit decreases due to shrinkage and in keeping the volume of the air contained in the diaphragm sided chamber 30 increases in accordance with the amount of lumber shrinkage.
At the initial 20° C. temperature and a pressure of 20 psi, the air chamber 37 volume is approximately 1500 cubic in., i.e., a chamber of 3×10×50 in. At a kiln air temperature of 50° C., the volume of 1500 cubic in. will increase to 1654 cubic in. if the initial air pressure of 20 psi remains constant.
In keeping with the General Gas Law,
However, in order for the pressure to remain constant, the increase in air volume due to shrinkage of the lumber must equal 154 in. If we assume the width of the lumber unit has decreased by 1 inch, the air volume will have increased by approximately the amount of 154 cubic in. (in3). This is shown as follows:
The original 1500 in3+(3 in.×50 in.×1 in.)=1500 in3+150 in3=1650 in3.
The increase in air volume thus depends upon the inherent shrinkage for the specific type and species of lumber and the fraction of that shrinkage being realized at the specific level of average MC of the lumber.
At a kiln air temperature of 50° C., it is likely that the absolute width shrinkage of an original 48 in. wide lumber unit is less than the 1.0 inch employed in the above calculation. Thus, the volume of the air is not increasing in accordance with a constant pressure and thereby the pressure at 50° C. is slightly higher than the central starting pressure of 20 psi. Further, in keeping with the well known relationships of wood shrinkage to average moisture content of the wood, it is probable that the air pressure in the chamber will remain slightly above its initial temperature during all or at least most of the kiln residence time of the restrained lumber. Maximum lumber shrinkage for the overall drying process is reached at the end of drying. Thus, it is of interest and need to evaluate the overall situation at the end point of the process. If the unit of lumber 12 illustrated in
Therefore, with a 48 in. width unit of lumber, a width shrinkage for the lumber unit of 5 percent, an assumed final average moisture content of 10 percent and the dimension of the pressurized air chamber as employed, the final air chamber pressure is nearly 1.5 psi greater than the initial pressure.
For units 12 of lumber wider than 4 feet, and especially in the context of high shrinkage values for the wood, the initial volume of pressurized air can be increased to accommodate its magnified increase in volume and thereby maintain at least constant or preferably somewhat increasing force on the lumber unit 12 throughout the drying process. For example, the volume of the air chamber 37 in
The required volumes of pressurized air are perhaps best obtained by employing a pressurized steel storage tank connected to the fixed chamber by appropriate hose connections and valves. The added pressurized storage capability should be designed and situated in the most efficient manner possible with respect to the unit of lumber under restraint.
A sequence of the right angle (L-shaped) subframes created by the joining of base channel 16 and upright channel 18, as shown in
Within the kiln atmosphere one or more steel storage tanks for providing additional air volume under pressure could be used to supplement the air volume capability inherent to the pressure creating assemblies 28 incorporated into each restraint quadrangle frame 10. The master storage pressure source tank or tanks would be connected to each of the individual air pressure chambers via an optimized line design and any required valving.
The pressure loading assembly 28 of
For example, an air cylinder or cylinders driven by an offsite air compressor, which is positioned between the vertically orientated channel 18 and a pressure bar resting on the full height of the vertical side face of the lumber unit. Again, a scissors-type of leveraged system, driven by gravity acting on a dead weight load or by an alternative force generator is also a candidate for impelling the above defined pressure bar.
The individual courses 11 of lumber pieces 13 are numbered the same, and can be supported on the bottom or base member 52 in the normal manner and separated with stickers 15. In this form of the invention, the pressure loading assemblies are indicated generally at 60, and include a pair (more can be used) of conventional pneumatic air springs 62, each of which is a fluid spring or actuator that is fixed at one end as at 64 to the upright member or first reaction bar 54, and the expandable or outer end of the airbags 62 are affixed as at 66 to a push bar 68 that is spaced from and positioned between the base channel 52 and the tie bar 58, but of sufficient length to engage all of the courses 11 of the lumber pieces 13. A fluid pressure source or tank 70 can be provided on and secured on the first reaction bar, and connected with suitable hoses 72 to the respective air spring 62. As shown, these are double chamber air springs, but other suitable fluid pressure cylinders could be substituted.
The action in this form of the invention is the same as previously explained, wherein the unit of lumber pieces having the stickers 15 between them can be stacked onto the subframe when the second reaction bar 56 has been removed, and then the second reaction bar 56 can be put into place and fastened with a tie bar, through suitable fasteners that are shown generally at 58A as bolts, and suitable fastening straps, so that the frame and lumber units are complete. The entire assembly can then be placed into a kiln with a forklift. Suitable spacers can be provided below the cross member 52 so that the forklift forks can be placed under the base channel or member 52.
It can be seen here that the use of the continuous pressure springs can be accomplished easily by using airbags and a movable push bar that provides a horizontal force that is parallel to the wide faces of lumber pieces for preventing crook and other distortions of the individual number of pieces.
Only selected courses of lumber are shown for convenience, but a full stack of lumber courses would be dried at a time. A quadrangle frame 63 having a base support 65, an upright reaction bar 65A, a removable second reaction assembly 67 is shown. The removable second reaction assembly 67 is removably secured to a tie bar 67A that connects to the top of reaction bar 65A. The removal of reaction assembly 67 opens the frame for loading lumber pieces on to base support 65. A full lumber unit is supported on the support 65. A plurality of the frames 63 can be used along the longitudinal length of lumber stack or unit 12.
The lateral or horizontal forces for clamping the narrow edges of the lumber pieces together are provided by loading push or force bars 71A and 71B. Scissor-type link force generators 73 are positioned on each of the lateral sides of the lumber stack 12 to actuate the push or force bars 71A and 71B.
The push bars 71A and 71B, as shown, are positioned to movably engage the individual lumber courses 11, to clamp the lumber pieces 13 edge to edge. The spacers or stickers 15 permit air circulation. The bars 71A and 71B have the scissor type force generators 73 pivotably connected thereto and spaced at desired vertical intervals, which can be selected according to the needs of the lumber and the force required.
The scissor type force generators 73 are each made up of a pair of links or arms 74A and 74B that are pivoted together at 74C, and the first art 74A of each force generator is pivoted to the respective upright frame members 65A and 67B. Upright frame member 67B is part of the removable reaction assembly 67. The second arm 74B of each force generator pivots on the respective force applying on push bar 71A and 71B.
In order to apply the horizontal clamping load, using the scissor force generators, a load-applying link 76 is pivoted at each of the pivots 74C, on all of the scissor force generators 73 utilized for applying the lateral forces on the lumber pieces. A suitable weight or mass 77 is attached to the interconnected links 76 on each side of the quadrangle frame 63 that will then apply a constant downward force tending to pivot the arms 74 and 74B, to cause the outer ends of the arms 74A and 74B to separate. A mechanical device (hydraulic cylinder, or a winch-like device that loaded the center pivots for example) can substitute for the suitable weight or mass 77 in generating the required downward force.
This force of separation of the ends of the links will apply a horizontal or lateral force onto the stack 12 of the lumber pieces 13 and the force will be substantially uniform as the lumber dries. The number of quadrangle frames 63 and push bars 71A and 71B used along the length of the stack or unit 20 of lumber can be selected as desired.
Additionally, the weight or mass 77 is mounted so that it will not touch the kiln floor, so that the horizontal force will be maintained throughout the drying process. The bars 71A and 71B can move inwardly to continue to apply lateral or horizontal clamping force.
By maintaining a lateral or horizontal clamping force on the unit of stickered lumber parallel to the plane of the courses of lumber, each of the individual lumber pieces 13 in each course is kept in edge to edge contact with the next adjacent lumber piece to prevent crook and other warp forms. A vertical force can be added to the lumber stack or unit by use of weight or other loading device to keep the wide side surfaces (width) in forced clamping contact with the stickers 15 as well, to further help prevent twisting and bowing. As the lumber pieces dry, the internal stresses that would tend to cause warping of some type are resisted by the lateral or horizontal forces, in particular, and thus warping is prevented.
In this form of the invention, the force reaction walls 82 as shown have tapered interior surface 82A and 82B, respectively, on opposite sides of the lumber stack or unit 12. A weighted, wedge shaped, ram car 88A or 88B is provided on each side of the lumber stack or unit between the side walls surfaces 82A and 82B and the pressure bars 84. The wedge ram cars 88A and 88B have wheels that are shown at 90A and 90B, respectively, that ride against the inwardly sloped surfaces 82A and 82B and also roll against the outer surfaces of the pressure bars 84. The weight of the wedge ram cars 88A and 88B acting as a wedge provides a lateral or horizontal clamping force. By selecting the spacing between the surfaces 82A and 82B and the pressure bars 84, and the angle of inclination of the surfaces 82A and 82B, the initial position of the ram cars in vertical direction can be controlled. The weighted wedge ram cars will move down as the lumber pieces dry and shrink to keep edge to edge contact of the lumber pieces 13 in each course 11 and resist any crook as the lumber pieces dry and cool. Mechanical advantage can be used to assist downward movement of the ram cars 88A and 88B and also for raising the ram cars when needed. The pressure bars 84 are selected so they will apply clamping pressure along their lengths. The ram bars can be elongated more than shown herein and can have several sets of which to apply the force at desired locations along the pressure bars.
A top pressure panel or bar 94 can be provided as well, to exert a vertical load on the stack of lumber in a normal manner.
The wedge ram cars 88A and 88B can be heavy enough to provide not only a lateral force because of the wedge-type wall surfaces 82A and 82B, but through optional elastic tension loading members 96, provide a controlled weight that is transferred by the elastic tension members so it is applied to the top loading pressure bar 94 while permitting a needed portion of the weight from the wedge ram cars to continue to provide lateral or horizontal force.
These forces in both horizontal and vertical directions can be selected as required. The tension members 96 can also be eliminated so that the wedge ram cars 88A and 88B only load the lumber stack in lateral or horizontal direction. The pressure panel 94 at the top can be loaded in a conventional manner using a dead weight or mechanical force.
In order to provide the lateral or horizontal force, any suitable force generator for moving members against the outer sides of the lumber stack can be used in generally any lumber drying circumstance. The force generators can be air bags, pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic cylinders, mechanical (helical) springs or screw tacks. The wedge type rams shown in
Concrete weighting as a top load also can be used to provide a vertical force to restrain the lumber pieces 13 from twisting, bowing and cupping during the drying process. Various other weights can be utilized. There can be one or several force applying bars, walls, panels or columns along the length of the stack. The stickers 15 (or spacers) form planar channels 15A for air flow between the courses of lumber pieces. The air channels 15A have planes parallel to the planes of the courses made up of the plurality of lumber pieces. The force applied is in direction parallel to the plane of the lumber courses and the plane of the air flow channel between courses. This means the clamping forces are parallel to the surfaces of the lumber that are exposed to the drying air.
The individual quadrangle frames can be closed by bolt on brackets, or welded at selected joints to form an enclosure for conventionally stacked and stickered lumber. The load applying bars and reaction bars are directly opposite each other and offset laterally from the stickers.
In all forms of the invention, the concept is to maintain a horizontal lateral force on the stack or unit of lumber parallel to the courses of lumber pieces to maintain unyielding edge to edge contact of the lumber pieces as the lumber is dried.
The force applying mechanism ensures that the lumber pieces in each course are forced tightly, edge to edge to prevent warp, especially the manifestation of crook during the drying process and subsequent cooling or other post-drying treatment, collectively called lumber treatment. Application of dead weight or other loading on the top of the lumber stack will assist the horizontal force provided by the horizontal pressure bar in eliminating twist and bow of the lumber pieces, but is not needed in all cases. The need for vertically oriented loading may be dependent upon the species of the lumber.
The quadrangle frames with lumber in place for continuous restraint during drying and post-drying treatments can be used in a stand alone manner. However, the frames may be configured to rest one on top of another for two or more units of lumber stacked in a kiln or elsewhere. For vertical stacking of units in particular, all structural members must be correctly sized and designed to ably withstand the forces expressed in the context of the conditions used to dry the lumber and complete the overall processing. To maximize trouble free repetitious use of the quadrangle frames, all members are best made of suitable steel with properly welded joints wherever permissible and treated for rust resistance.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Kristen van Ogtrop of Time magazine outlines the real Common Core our students should master in order to get a high school diploma. [Sept 29, 2014.]
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"I am proposing my own set of Common Core standards for teenagers. These will not help your children get into college, but they will help them become better people. And, none of them requires watching a video …
- Write a letter. An actual letter that does not begin with "Hey," is handwritten and on real paper.
- Learn to cook a good meal that can feed an entire family.
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How to Hard Reset your Samsung NOTE 3The Samsung Note 3 is an Android based smartphone which was unveiled to the world in 2013. This cell phone sports a 5.7" Full HD Super AMOLED screen, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The Note 3 came in 2 colours, White and Black. The Black has the leather backing where as the white came in a plastic backing.
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By Modernism I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change, in novelty for its own sake, in the idea that progress through time equates with cultural progress; in the cult of individuality, originality and self-expression.Dan Cruickshank
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Spawner v1.1 - PatchJul 24, 2013 Patch 2 comments
this fix a lot of errors and mistakes of the Recued Version, as the NULL.mdl, lasergun_balls.spr, lasergun_wallglow.spr and include a new client.dll that...
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If you want play some maps, after, you need some models,sprites and wads,
you need: NULL.mdl, lasergun_balls.spr and spawner.wad (for spw_spawnzone.bsp),
I work in a patch for fix it. however, you can copy some models and remplace the name for NULL(i recommend that find and copy the "shock_effect.mdl"), in the lasergun_balls.spr you can copy and remplace the name of Glow03.spr, in the spawner.wad, i need upload the wad...
Later of ths changes, you can run Spawner Rescued Version, remember that errors as this can appear in the game.
If appear news errors, please comment or send me a private message.
Appart, now i work in the new code for can upload the original Spawner v1.1
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this fix a lot of errors and mistakes of the Recued Version, as the NULL.mdl, lasergun_balls.spr, lasergun_wallglow.spr and include a new client.dll that...
it's the "rescued Version", read de description for more information
It's Spawner vWON Created by Antonio22222285. NOW you can have fun in this new version!
it's the First Version of "Spawner"!! Read Disription, Download This, and Have Fun with tgis mod!!
AMAZING! Really nice job man well done! Keep up the good work.
very thank you man :)
Could you add some HL:beta stuff like -> PanthEye ; Commander grunt ; Mr.friendly and other such?
Yes :)... for lucky, i added a Mr. Friendly for this new version, is the 1st of the models of "HL Beta Stuff" :)
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I could translate this to correct English!
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SPAWNER v1.1 READY!... BUT I ADD A NEW POST...please read, the post apears in 2 days (modDB say this).
sorry for my english, i try learn english :)
Do we will be able to create the osprey path( using path_corner ) or we can only spawn it?
just spawn an osprey motionless above you. I will soon be working on a tool to create path_corner (although I did, but I failed).
This is a cool mod men it amazing now you can fight not only with Xen creatures and human grunts you can fight with monsters and others enemies of the half life opposing force. Great work take your time to finish the version 1.1 or finish it quick.
Thanks!, I'm finishing a few last changes ...the bad, both for me and for yours, is that in some cases an error removed from play to you, is the amount of "buttons" that has the mod, and i can't remove this, is the soul of this mod :) ... I do not understand, but do not I want to risk and put the mod with all defects and complicate yours.
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