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This is not justice, it's tyranny.
Careful consideration and discretion must form the backbone of the law. The regulatory and statutory flesh on the bones is what is easily perceived and acted upon, but without the backbone the law is a cripple.
A perfect example - it appears to be a trend for DAs to now go after the VICTIMS of counterfeit check schemes. I know, personally, of two cases where someone is sent a counterfeit check in the mail as payment for goods/services. When the victim goes to negotiate the item, the bank, not knowing the circumstances, calls the police because of the counterfeit item.
The police show up, and now that they know the story, still charge the person. The DA takes the case to court. I spoke directly to an Assistant DA who told me, after I asked him if he knew this person was the VICTIM, not the fraudster. His response? Yes, he knew, and "It's awfully hard to get the charges to stick." To an innocent person? I hope so...it was an awfully bitter day for me as an American after that.
Cases like this are becoming more common, but you are providing only part of the facts. Criminals continually become better at gaming the system and this is an example. What typically occurs here is the person presenting the check returns the next day and attempts to close the account. The hope is that since the check has not yet cleared, the bank will simply honor the amount listed in the account and the person can walk away with a valid bank draft from a bogus check.
If the bank contacts the authorities, the person claims ignorance and says that they received this check from someone that they don't know and they had no idea that the check was fraudulent. In many cases the police will not press charges because the person does not have the mens re (yes, it is required for this crime).
However, when the same calamity befalls the same person over and over, the police begin to suspect that the 'victim' is persuading a fraud.
A typical fact pattern for a 'victim' that is charged in this is:
1. Victim attempted to close an account shortly after presenting a bad check
2. Victim has opened and closed multiple bank accounts at different banks within the past two years.
3. In each case, the victim closed an account shortly after presenting a bad check
Very good example of the types of laws that causes people to begin to disrespect the law. That's a slippery slope indeed, when people become cynical of laws.
Another one was the Federal protection of large sized grey wolves that the Federal government introduced into the US state of Idaho from the Canadian province of British Columbia. After a few years, the population was getting pretty large. Most people did not believe they needed protection anymore, especially ranchers. Even the sheriff of an Idaho county held a gun raffle to raise money for the sheriff's office called the SSS raffle, which stood for Shoot, Shovel, and Shutup. When the feds confronted him with this, he said no, the SSS stood for something else. Of course the prize was a high powered rifle and a shovel, so its clear what it was all about.
Because clearly, ranchers and local residents who've lived in areas with no wolves their entire lives know precisely how to define a healthy population. I wonder if the courts should apply the "get off my lawn" standard to other cases as well?
I get your point. For a few years now, the Federal government has agreed there can be a limited season on the wolves, so some can now be shot legally. Even when the Federal government agreed to allow a season, environmental groups sued and stopped the season for several years. The way the wolves were eliminated originally was through poisoning. It's probably impossible to eliminate them through hunting only. Same with coyotes. Its not our livestock, so its easy for us to judge. Also, note that these wolves are much larger than the original native wolves. See picture http://gothunts.com/another-wolf-bagged-in-salmon-idaho/
At that point, it becomes a civil dispute, and frankly I don't know enough about it to comment. I should note that the solution that the Idaho family you mentioned took - that is, bring a gun and shoot the animal that is actively threatening your family - is my preferred one. Wolves are magnificent beasts, but I'd rather have wolves that rightly fear humans rather than the other way around.
Your original point, which is that people that don't agree with a law don't tend to obey it (and likely lose respect for the corpus of the law) is debatably valid. I can't think of many examples; "soft" drug laws, e.g. for marijuana, seem to be one but I think it has aspects of youth rebellion to it. On the other hand, most of us, if confronted with a stop sign in the middle of the desert with no chance of anyone watching, would still stop.
And why would it enter the minds of the enviro-feds to bring charges in this case? Because envrironmentalism and charismatic animal fever have replaced rational thinking. Don't blame 'the government' - blame leftist green mania. The coastal waters of Massachusetts are now full to the brim with thousands of seals, but seals are protected by federal law - just because. There is no rational difference between a deer and a seal, but if you shoot a seal, you will certainly go to jail for years.
Of course I knew there would be at least one person saying 'blame the environmentalists!' May we please try to debate what might need doing without going black/white attacks on 'the other side?' There might be a natural predator for the seals which haven't overcome the previous thinning. Too many people have knee-jerk reactions to stories without determining the entire case.
This isn't the fault of environmentalists or leftists. Its the fault of politicians. Its the fault of a legal system that has thrown away common sense.
I'd go further and say that its the fault of a for profit prison system and "tough on crime" agenda that has infected our entire legal system to err in favor of incarceration and harshness.
This seems like a good place to link to your colleague's posts on jury nullification. The jury system is not just a defense against an innocent man being wrongly convicted. It should also protect all citizens against unjust laws. Unfortunately, this is yet another right that is under threat in America.
This would be a great issue for the current/next president to champion. First a pardon of this poor woman (I don't know if you can do it per-emptively). Next, a commission to review and eliminate these types of statutes. They are costly, time wasting actions that clog up the courts and make a mockery of the law.
With respect, the thing that you're missing is that the government will not fix this. The government does not want to fix this. The ability to jail people gives them power and they will not give it up.
The government considers the ability to jail people for 20 years for "crimes" like this a feature, not a bug.
Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon preemptively.
Thus we move away from a system based on law. Soon the state will be able to jail anyone it pleases, whenever it pleases, for whatever it pleases. Our liberty and rights are being washed down the drain. Can we, will we, stop this slide into hell?
No, we won't. For every rational, free thinking, strong minded individual with his/her eyes and ears open there are 10,000 zombies stuffing their gaping maws with high fructose corn syrup, masturbating to internet porno, and gossiping about Kim Kardashian. This society is gone; it's time to abandon ship. I think Latin America might be the move.
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Kitchen desk: 36" or 48" wide?
We've got a little over 4' in which to put a kitchen desk between a wall and a doorway. (I know kitchen desks are on their way out, etc etc, but we want one.) The desk will be for organizing, recipes, kids using laptops there, etc.
My question is how wide to make the desk section (the surface with space underneath). We could do a 3' wide desk area and a 12" drawer base, but that doesn't seem like a very big drawer base and adds a lot of cost. I'm leaning towards a 4' desk and hoping to fit two stools there (so two LOs could use it simultaneously). Any advice? Thanks!
We just did this. It's actually more of a counter with overhang so the kids can sit/talk/eat there. I planned to do 4 feet but the design just didn't allow for it. So we did a little over 3 feet instead. Both kids (ages 4 and 6) can sit there but it is a tight squeeze. Highly recommend 48 inches if you can swing it!
I would also go with the 4 feet if possible. We have a desk that is only 3 feet it is very tight and it has become our beverage center. Too small of a space for us or the kids so they use the kitchen table. I agree with DCkitchen13, 2 kids is an extremely tight squeeze even in 4 feet. If you are looking at a study area, the kitchen desk is not a long term solution.
it depends on what is at the sides of that 3 ft.
if there are cabinets on both sides, squeezing in the person, that person feels crammed in and the space will not be used. Try to mock up a 3 ft wide space blocked on both sides and see how you feel sitting there...
If it is a free standing furniture, then it has a different impact from the carved in 3 ft space.
If there is a window you can look out from it, it will be a welcome space. if you are looking at a blank wall, then it will not be as pleasant.
How we use a particular space has to be considered in its context.
BTW, most people will not sit at a kitchen desk to use their lap top. The whole point of the lap top is to take it to where it is pleasant; your couch, kitchen island etc.
We went with a 4 foot desk. I ended up getting a Pier One basket to keep underneath, in addition, to be able to quickly stash stuff. I don't know what people do with their mail with out a drop zone of some sort. This does end up being a drop zone, but it's nice that the mail doesn't end up on the working surfaces of my kitchen. The filing cabinet underneath has served to keep papers for the kids filed and easily accessible.
What's nice is that this desk area is adjacent to the tv in the kitchen and the kitchen table. We are able to pull up this extra chair to the table for a seventh person if so needed. It's got a great view to the outside which also adds to its appeal.
My cook books are kept up on the shelves to the right of the desk. Underneath there are additional baskets under the counter to the right for extra storage.
kaismom, I appreciate the perspective. It may be that we use it less than expected--but we want a desk nonetheless, if only as a command center, so we might as well make it as useful as possible. It is pretty open on both sides--on one side is a doorway, and on the other, the wall juts out about 28". When dealing with kitchen islands, the rule of thumb is 24" per stool, so I figured for kids, that would make 4' safe for two.
doonie, thanks for the picture--is your entire desk 4', or the desk part with the opening underneath? It looks like the entire thing is 4'. If so, do you know the size of the drawer base?


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Diagonal upper cabinet or easy reach?
I will be meeting with my cabinet designer soon and wanted to see what your thoughts are about for a few things. Should I make the corner cabinet a diagonal cabinet with glass doors or an easy reach cabinet? If I do the former, should the bottom cabinet and countertop also be at a diagonal?
The hutch cabinet on the far right will have regular doors (might do glass uppers) as it will store my everyday dishware. I was thinking of doing a diagonal cabinet with glass to lighten the space a bit and maybe store a few decorative items.
Thank you for your help!
This post was edited by lzhwong on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 16:04
I know that some people will advise against them, but I did a blind corner cabinet. I can put one large item that I almost never use (that is, I haven't used it, but don't want to get rid of it!--or I can leave much of that space empty) on each shelf back in the "blind" part, and a few more items just a little back from the door frame (in space that wouldn't be there if I didn't do the blind corner) that are easily accessible.
Which would visually balance out that space between the uppers and the window? I would try to do that as much as possible. It looks like what you have written up does that best. I think going straight into the wall would take away that upper balance as would a double.
Easy reach
(image from harlancabinets.com)
Possibly more often the doors are hooked together with a piano hinge like a corner base cabinet. Some examples in the thread below
Here is a link that might be useful: Upper cabinet layout
This post was edited by robotropolis on Fri, Mar 22, 13 at 1:30
I currently have 2 diagonal upper cabinets in my U-shaped kitchen, and I hate them. I don't know if they would be better with lazy susans, but as they stand now, they are huge black holes of wasted space.I can't see/find/reach anything in the back or sides of the bottom shelf, much less the upper ones.
If you are going to put in a glass door and use the space for something lovely (pretty instead of functional storage space), that would be fine. There is a thread here somewhere of a gorgeous upper corner with lazy susans on every shelf, and beautiful things displayed no matter how they were turned.
But if you are trying to make use of every square inch of space (as I am), I think easy reach cabinets are the way to go. For my space, where the closed end of the U is only 10 feet, I felt square corners would give a more open feel.
As for the base corner - what do you have planned there now? In my new kitchen, one corner will be a diagonal lazy susan; the other will be a dead corner with drawers on each side. I'll have easy reach uppers in both corners - even over the diagonal base. There are a lot of options for base corners, depending on your needs.
Here's a photo of an upper easy reach with a center hinge door:
and a lower with a super susan and a center hinge door:
What to do in the corner really gets to be a personal preference thing. I'm really glad we chose the easy reach because it doesn't cut across the diagonal which seems intrusive to me. I was also concerned about access to the stuff inside given the limited opening of a diagonal cabinet. I have found that we don't rotate the mugs and glasses as much as we should - we tend to keep picking the ones off the front row.
Something that might help you make up your mind about what you want is to go stand in the kitchen displays and open all the inside corner cabinets. You'll probably find that opening and closing them and envisioning getting your stuff in and out will demonstrate that you prefer one thing to another.
Think about what you want to store in there. The advantage of the diagonal corner is the added depth. I use mine with lazy susans for my spices. Wouldn't be able to do that with an easy reach. So, no glass doors, cuz it's functional but not particularly pretty. My lower is like the above picture with the centre hinge door. I don't think the lower has to be a diagonal too.
I was planning on doing a super susan for the bottom cabinet. Would it look funny if the top was a diagonal and the bottom was a 90 degree angle?
I read another discussion topic on GW that mentioned if you do a diagonal on the top, the bottom should also be a diagonal along with the countertop. Some have mentioned that it makes the space looked cramped. Here is an image of what it would look like.
If you have to have a corner cabinet, I like an easy reach on the top, because you can see everything in the cabinet right away, you won't have to go digging. Also you'll have more natural light on the counter under the cabinet. I have a diagonal cabinet which I make the most of. I store my big salad spinner there, the rest of the space is used for infrequently used items. You should think ahead in how you might use the space, and then decide.
I like a blind cabinet for the base because you gain more base cabinet space on the adjoining wall. Again, I just put infrequently used items in the blind area of the blind base cabinet. A diagonal base would make the countertop really deep and hard to reach for cleaning.
I don't like glass cabinets unless they are semi-transparent because they are either a maintenance headache or they are dirty all the time and you are force to put pretty things in them which is not always practical. Plus it just adds to the cost of the cabinet.
Had so-called Easy Reach cabs in my old kitchen, but decided on a diagonal w/ glass doors in the new one. I really like the significant extra capacity. Seasonal/occasional use stuff is kept at the back and highest shelves. My KD was totally against it, especially if the bottom cabs weren't diagonal as well - said it would look "funny". I checked out the combo in several real life kitchens before I decided, and I couldn't anything funny about them at all.
I went with the diagonal but no glass as this was one feature that I could not be totally linear.
The lower shelves are easy to reach. The upper shelves, I just used a basic turntable - I have to look at my notes, by one GW built her own turntables that are more space efficient than these - but for now, these work fine.
Close up of one of the shelves
Rotated around a bit
I also hide some interesting things in the corners - extra thermal style mugs that I hardly ever use.
Bellsmom installed the supersusans in her upper corner cab. She has a very good thread covering the install process (see below).
Here is a link that might be useful: Bellsmom wall corner susan thread
Personally, I prefer the 90-degree corner cabinets for both upper and base cabinets.
In my old kitchen, we had a diagonal upper cabinet and a 90-degree base cabinet w/a lazy susan. I disliked the upper and liked the lower.
Even at 5'10", most of the depth of that upper cabinet was inaccessible to me without climbing onto a chair. I could reach all of the bottom shelf, about 1/2-way into the second shelf, and only the very front of the top shelf. We needed all the space we had and really couldn't afford to relegate that much storage for seldom-used items. In addition, it was a bit intrusive - but it could be b/c I had a 90-degree base cabinet.
I really liked the lazy susan b/c it fit so much stuff (all my pots & pans, colanders, and several large serving pieces). In addition, everything was right in front for easy access - just spin the shelves until the item you want is right in front. The walls of the cabinet were contoured to fit the curve of the shelves and were so close that nothing bigger than a grain of rice could fall off the shelf. The door was attached to the shelves so it rotated into the cabinet when I opened it - no issues with doors banging other doors or needing extra filler so the door would open.
My mother has a lazy susan in a diagonal upper cabinet - I don't like it. Things are always falling off and items on the top shelf are too high to reach except the items on the outside of the shelf. The lazy susan is also quite a bit smaller than it could be - a wider one would have been better, I think.
My MIL has blind corners for both upper and base cabinets - and she and I both hate them! She does her best to not put anything in the "blind" part of each cabinet b/c it's such a pain to get at things. Even with the pullouts they have for the base cabinet, you have to be careful how you store things b/c if anything falls off, you can't push the pullout back in until you crawl inside the cabinet to retrieve the item (after a certain age, you need a small child/grandchild to do it for your!) When we cleaned out her cabinets one time, we found boxes of food in the upper blind cabinet that had expired years ago! She couldn't easily see or reach into the blind corner, so she didn't know the boxes were there.
In my new kitchen, I have two corners and had really wanted a lazy or super susan to store my small appliances (the other corner is a corner sink base that houses my prep sink). Both corners are open in the back. I made the "mistake" of thinking out loud about putting in a cabinet in the corner w/o a sink that faced outside the kitchen and about putting dog food, etc. in that cabinet. My husband immediately jumped on it and insisted we had to have it - and so I lost what I thought would be wonder appliance storage for me. *sigh* However, I do have to say that it really is the best use of a corner - it wastes very little space if you plan it right and the storage space is very accessible. It was the best use of space for us b/c now we have a place for the 6-gallon tin of dog food & 3-gallon tin of treats + a pullout for leashes, spare collars, pet meds, etc....all things doggy! The top drawer holds flashlights & batteries. My small appliances now reside in my pantry.
I don't have any corner upper cabinets as I just extended them out to the sides and I have no side walls on that side of the kitchen. If I did, though, I would opt for easy-reach as I, personally, think (1) they're the best use of space for an upper corner that has all the space that is not only accessible, but also visible, (2) they're less intrusive if you're working in the corner, and (3) I think it looks better.
For a corner base cabinet, I prefer a 90-degree cabinet as it adds 12" of counter frontage on each side of the corner. If you're short on counterspace or have an appliance butted up against the corner cabinet, it gives you more room to move around. Diagonal corners do give you added depth, but unless you plan to put a MW, TV, or similar in that corner, the deeper depth may not be usable (depending on how long your arms are).
Looking at the picture with the wider corner cabinet, I would not do it if you're short on storage or counterspace or, as is the case in the layout you posted at the beginning, it's against one or two windows. Corner cabinets take up a lot of wall space. A 33" cabinet, for example, needs approx 48" on each wall. That's 12" more than a standard corner cabinet - and those 12" can be incorporated into other cabinets to give you much more useful storage.
Since you do have a lot of counters & storage space (at least I think you do - if I'm reading your plan correctly), you could probably do it if it weren't for the placement of the window on the range wall - I think it's too close to the corner for that size cabinet.
Sorry this is so long! Good luck with your kitchen!
Thank you for all of your input! Like buel mentioned, I think my space is probably too small for a diagonal cabinet. I definitely don't want to eliminate any windows. I will probably do the easy reach upper cabinet and a lazy susan for the bottom cabinet. I will try and find a way to incorporate some glass into the uppers as I do like the lightness it brings to the kitchen. I don't have a lot of uppers so I don't think it will be too costly.
Thank you again to everyone who chimed in with their suggestions!
I have had both and prefer the easy reach cabinet that is in my current kitchen. One diagonal cabinet had a lazy susan (plastic on a pole) that was utterly useless. Had we stayed in the house we planned to remove it and put in glass shelves and redesign the door.
The lower cabinet in my current kitchen is a blind 90 degree corner with a mechanism that pulls out. It works, but I much prefer the lazy susan in my previous kitchen. I chose the blind corner more for symmetry than function.
As far as diagonal upper and 90 degree lower, that will look fine. My previous kitchen had this layout and it looked great.
I'm only 5'3" and I much prefer the diagonal upper. I have easy-reach below. True, I can't reach the back of the shelves, but at least I can reach the front! I'm planning a remodel now and I didn't even consider easy-reach. That would place all of the storage further back where I couldn't get to it. If there's an esthetic problem mixing and matching styles, I never noticed it. BTW, I use my trusty kitchen tongs to grab stuff in the back of the 2nd shelf. :) I can't reach anything on top shelves of any of my cabinets without a stepstool or a son/husband. Blame my short parents.
Thank you for all of your input! Like buel mentioned, I think my space is probably too small for a diagonal cabinet. I definitely don't want to eliminate any windows. I will probably do the easy reach upper cabinet and a lazy susan for the bottom cabinet. I will try and find a way to incorporate some glass into the uppers as I do like the lightness it brings to the kitchen. I don't have a lot of uppers so I don't think it will be too costly.
Thank you again to everyone who chimed in with their suggestions!
Hmm, that's odd. Don't know how that last post got posted. I certainly didn't post the same message twice.
I'm also short and now I worry that I won't be able to reach anything in the easy reach. My current kitchen has an L shaped corner cabinet so you can't put anything in the back corner. The part where the corner is located is difficult for me to reach. I think now it will just come down to price. Is the diagonal upper or easy reach cheaper? I have a feeling the diagonal will be more expensive since I would want to put glass in the front.
Anyone have a picture of glass in a diagonal upper cabinet?
Thanks again!
You can buy "D-shaped" super susans like the ones BellesMom created (no need for mad skillz as a woodworker). You need a 24"x24" diagonal corner cabinet and nominal 20" D-shaped susans. This brings the contents much nearer to you than a right-angled cabinet of the same dimensions.


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COLUMBUS — Wapakoneta Redskins sophomore Landon Hall won his 182-pound championship quarterfinal match Friday morning at the state wrestling tournament.
Hall will wrestle in the championship semifinals Friday evening, having now secured a place of sixth or better at state.
Wapakoneta's other two state qualifiers, Tyler Copeland (132) and Heath Newman (170), each lost their championship semifinal match Friday morning.
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Earlier this month, it was revealed that Florida's Republican governor Rick Scott had directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop using terms like "climate change" and "global warming" in any official correspondence or during meetings. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (...read more
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The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran a piece scathing Gore's claims (made mainly in both the film and book entitled 'An Inconvenient Truth').
The author, James M. Taylor, actually made up the quote he purportedly got from the paper on the Himalayas. He says that the scientists write: "'Glaciers are growing in the Himalayan Mountains, confounding global warming alarmists who recently claimed the glaciers were shrinking and that global warming was to blame.'" http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/450392,CST-EDT-REF30b.article
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A low cost video cassette has a base formed of a generally flat wall portion, with sloped converging front walls spaced inward from a front edge and with flat tape guiding walls extending upward from medial, generally rectangular projections of the base. Tape guide roller support pins are mounted on forward projections near lateral portions of the base. Tape reel guides are molded in the base. Integrally formed tape reel locks have operators extending into a groove formed in the plane of the base for receiving an actuator which extends into, but not beyond, the plane of the base. The rear wall has an upward-extending recess and a frangible anti-record tab extending downward within the recess. Rectangular openings are formed medially in the cover. Flaps are hinged to the openings. Cantilevered leaf springs connected along outer edges of the openings or to the flaps extend toward the base wall when the flaps close the openings to urge tape reels downward. A dust cover is connected to the short living springs. A spring connected to the cover and connected to another portion of the cassette holds the cover at a generally downward position. A latch integrally formed on a living hinge has an outward actuator-receiving portion for releasing the latch, and a parallel outward-extending latching portion for engaging an inner ledge on an inner end of a side wall of the dust wall. The latch has an upward extension for engaging an inner surface of the dust door and moving the latch outward as the dust door is closed.
1. A low cost integrally molded video cassette comprising a base, a rear wall connected to the base and extending upward from the base, a cover hinged to the top of the rear wall by an integrally formed living hinge, first and second springs integrally formed with the cover for pressing respective tape reels downward toward the base, wherein the base and cover are made of translucent material, and further comprising first and second opaque light screens connected to a forward portion of the base adjoining first and second side walls, respectively, for screening a tape signalling light from a video cassette recorder when the cassette is in use.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light screen comprises coatings on the translucent cassette body.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an opaque partial cylinder with open channels for enclosing a light source of the video cassette recorder and for screening all but a direct sensing light from the light source of the video cassette receiver in defined directions of light receivers.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an opaque cylinder with a closed top and open channels for enclosing a light source of the video cassette recorder and for screening all light except a direct sensing light from the light source of the video cassette recorder in defined directions of light receivers.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second screens comprise opaque screen walls which are snapped, pressed or welded into the cassette, and which have holes positioned to allow direct light from a sensing light source in the video cassette recorder to shine on light receivers in the recorder, but which screen out all other light.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light screens are selected from opaque light screening materials from a group consisting of label material, paints or pigments which are applied to the cassette for blocking out light, except for direct light from a light source in the video cassette recorder through a window in each screen in the direction of a corresponding sensing light receiver.
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/639,516, filed Jan. 10, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,114,092.
Video cassettes and video cassette players and recorders (VCR's) have wide popularity in the United States and throughout the world.
Many video cassettes are used over and over again, such as, for example, rental video cassettes. Other video cassettes have fewer uses, such as cassettes that are used for stored records that may be used only a few times, for example, less than ten.
Other cassettes have even fewer uses, for example, those that may be widely distributed for advertising. Single or small use cassettes must be made as inexpensive as possible so that the entire package of cassette, reels and recorded tape for holding low use products, such as advertising tapes, may be controlled.
Current cassettes contain a large number of parts, which require several separate manufacturing and assembly steps. A large number of materials go into making up those parts. When it becomes time to discard the cassettes, the products are often crushed and discarded in landfills. Recycling, because of the various materials, is too expensive and difficult.
A need exists for a cassette which is a high quality cassette and which may be quickly and easily made with few steps and which may be conveniently recycled.
The present invention seeks to overcome the problems of the prior art by providing a high quality cassette which is made at a low cost, and by providing a cassette which is made substantially of entirely the same materials and with few parts, so that the cassette may be made at a low cost and may be recycled usefully, simply by pulling out the tape.
A low cost video cassette of the present invention has a base formed of a generally flat wall portion, with sloped converging vertical front walls spaced inward from a front edge. Flat tape guiding walls extend upward from medial, generally rectangular projections of the base. Tape guide roller support pins are mounted on forward projections near lateral portions of the base. The vertical, inward and rearward sloping frontal wall are spaced from the tape handling area. The base further has tape reel guides molded in the base, and has integrally formed tape reel locks extending on pin-hinges oriented perpendicular to the base. The locks have operators extending into a groove formed in the plane of the base for receiving an actuator which extends into the plane of the base.
An upstanding rear wall is mounted along a rear edge of the base, and the rear wall has an upward-extending recess and a breakable anti-record tab extending downward within the recess along an outer plane of the rear wall.
A living hinge is formed at the top of the rear wall, and a cover extends forward from the living hinge. The cover has inward-extending alignment guides and grippers for cooperating with upward-extending features on the base. Rectangular openings are formed medially in the cover wall and extend inward from edge portions. Flaps are hinged to the openings parallel to the living hinge which attaches the cover to the rear wall. The flaps have connectors on free edges for connecting to opposite edges of the opening. Integrally formed, cantilevered leaf springs are connected along outer edges of the openings or to the flaps for extension toward the base wall. When the flaps close the openings the springs urge tape reels downward toward the base. The cover has forward-extending extensions with grippers for gripping complementary upper ends of roller-mounting pins to hold the cassette assembled. The cover has downward extensions near opposite edge portions and living springs at lower extremities of the downward extensions. A dust cover is connected to the short living springs for extending downward over the tape-guiding walls and roller-receiving pins for covering a tape-exposing area of the cassette. A spring connected to the cover and connected to another portion of the cassette holds the cover in a generally downward position. A latch integrally formed on a living hinge at the top of an upward extension from the base has an outward actuator-receiving portion for releasing the latch, and a parallel outward-extending latching portion for engaging an inner ledge on an inner end of a side wall of the dust wall. The latch has an upward extension for engaging an inner surface of the dust door and for moving the latch outward as the dust door is closed.
A preferred low cost video cassette has an integrally molded base. A rear wall is connected to the base and extends upward from the base. A cover is hinged to the top of the rear wall by an integrally formed living hinge. First and second springs are integrally formed with the cover for pressing tape reels downward toward the base. First and second elongated flaps are integrally formed with the cover, are hinged along one edge to the cover and are attachable along opposite edges to opposite edges of cover openings for overlying the springs and forcing the springs downward into engagement with the reel hubs.
Preferably the cover is formed with first and second rectangular openings, and the springs extend inward from outer edges of the openings. Preferred springs are hinged to lugs stepped downward from the openings. Preferably the cover further has a fulcrum bar for engaging the spring adjacent the spring hinge.
In one embodiment, a compound curved spring has one end connected to the hinge, has a bent central portion and has an opposite free end for contacting the reel.
In another embodiment, the spring is connected to the cover flap and is molded in profile on the cover flap for projecting downward into the cassette toward a reel.
A preferred base has a step approximately equal to the thickness of the base. Integrally molded oppositely extending reel locks are connected to the base. The reel locks have actuator sections extending into the step, whereby the reel lock actuators are contacted and moved by the operator as the brake release pin enters the shell wall.
A preferred tape door is connected to edges of the cover remote from the back wall by living hinges. A dust door latch is integrally molded on an upward extension from the base and is connected thereto by a living hinge for latching one side of the dust door and holding the dust door in a closed position. The latch further includes a return arm extending toward the dust door from the latch for contacting by the dust door as the dust door is returned to the closed position, and for forcing the latch outward into latching contact with an internal ridge on an inside of the dust door.
Preferably the dust door latch is pivoted laterally about a first hinge for selective engagement and disengagement with the dust door ridge. The return arm is spaced inward from the latch, and the latch and return arm are cantilevered forward from the hinge.
In a preferred embodiment, the base and cover are made of translucent material, and a light screen is connected to a forward portion of the base for screening tape signalling light when the VCR is in use. Preferably the light screen comprises opaque coatings on or pigments in or components added to the translucent cassette body.
In one embodiment, the screen comprises an opaque partial cylinder with a closed top and holes or covered channels which screen all but direct sensing light in a defined direction of light source receivers.
The preferred cassette further includes an opaque cylinder with a closed top and holes or covered channels which screen all light except direct sensing light in defined directions of light source receivers.
In one embodiment, the screens are first and second opaque screen walls which are snapped, pressed or welded into the cassette shell, and which have holes positioned to allow direct light from a sensing light source to shine on receivers, and which screen out all other light.
Another preferred light screen is selected from opaque light screening labels, paints or pigments which are applied to the cassette for blocking out light, except for direct light from a light source through a window in the screen in front of the sensing light receiver. The opaque materials are coated on, incorporated in or fitted into the cassette and are opaque to sensing light which may be outside of the visual light range.
Preferably a straight spring is connected at a first longitudinal end to a dust door, and extends for a distance inside the cover toward the back wall. A second end is secured beneath the cover for extending and compressing along the cover and tending to close the dust door.
In another embodiment, a spring is held in a pocket on the base and is connected to the cover for holding the cover downward.
Another preferred spring is secured to the cover.
One embodiment has downward extending ledges along opposite sides of a front edge of the cover opposite the living hinge to the rear wall, and a dust door connected to living hinges at lower extremities of the extensions. The extensions and the dust door living hinges form integral hinges attached only at opposite end portions of the front edge of the cover, and not in the middle of the cover.
In a preferred embodiment, a record tab recess formed in the rear wall extends upward from an opening in the bottom wall. A recording and blocking tab formed on the rear wall extends downward in the record tab opening to a position near the bottom wall.
In a preferred cassette, the base includes first and second tape guides and a forward wall extended inward from a front edge of the base. Generally rectangular projections extend forward from the front wall for guiding the tape.
Preferably the forward projections are generally rhombic projections with rectangular forward edges and rectangular tape guides extending upward from the forward edges positioned near the middle of the front wall. A generally triangular form lateral extension with an integrally formed upward extending tape guide pin receives and supports a tape guide ruler along one edge portion of the front wall. A forward, generally rectangular projection has at one corner thereof a second tape guide pin extending vertically upward therefrom for receiving a second tape guide roller. A recess along one edge receives a dust door latch.
The molding of the reel leafs require that there be openings molded in the cover of the cassette shell. These openings, if not covered, will allow contaminates into the cassette causing signal dropouts. The addition of the cover flaps allows there to be integrally molded hard covers to the openings which hinge and snap shut, sealing the cover of the cassette without the necessity of adding hard windows, clear film windows or other additional pieces. The cover flaps also allow the molding of "limp" reel leafs, which only become active springs when the cover flaps are shut.
"Limp" hinged leafs do not act as springs until activated by the closing of the cover flaps. In the compound spring version, the hinged leaf is pressed against the back of the window. In the straight ramped version, straight leafs are deflected or reinforced by a fulcrum in the form of a rib, ramp or bar molded on the inside of the cover flaps. Contoured reel leafs allow the spring force of the leafs to be increased with a minimum amount of additional plastic, and without the leafs bending in the center.
An alternate reel leaf spring design molds an attached reel leaf spring in profile to a cover flap, which pivots into position as the cover flaps are closed and snapped shut.
The reel lock retractor is molded so that the actuation of the reel locks is done within the shell wall thickness. The actuator pin does not contact the retractor through a hole in the shell.
Plastic springs can creep under load. The door latch incorporates a return arm on the latch which interfaces with the dust door. When the cassette is inserted into a VCR, a device releases the door latch and allows the dust door to be opened. If the cassette is left for a protracted period of time in the VCR, a plastic spring can creep under load and return slowly to its locking position or not at all. A return arm is connected to the door latch, which contacts the dust door in the closed position. The door latch relies on the flexibility of the return arm to provide the door latch spring force. Once the door latch is released and the door is opened by the machine, the pressure is relieved from the return arm so that the arm itself is not under load when in the VCR. When the door is closed, either by the door spring force or by the mechanical action of the VCR, the dust door contacts the return arm of the door latch and pivots the door latch back into the locking position.
VCR's utilize a special light source to sense the clear leader at the beginning and end of the tape. Transparent, translucent and certain colored cassette shells do not adequately screen out the light source light and can incorrectly trigger the light source receivers, telling the VCR that the tape is either at the beginning or end of tape.
There are marketing and design advantages to transparent, translucent and colored cassette shells which have not been available because of this design limitation.
The present invention provides light screening components and materials (including paints and pigments) which can be added to conventional as well as the low cost video cassette design and which will screen the light and allow the correct functioning of the light sensing features of the VCR. Partial or full opaque screening cylinders may be snapped, pressed, welded or formed in the cassette cover or base, or both.
The partial cylinder version for the low cost video cassette uses an opaque partial cylinder with a closed top and holes or covered channels which screen all but direct light in the defined direction of the light source receivers.
The full cylinder version, which can be used for both the low cost video cassettes of the present invention and conventional VHS cassettes, is comprised of an opaque cylinder design, with a closed top and holes or covered channels which screen all light source light except direct light in the defined direction of the light source receivers.
The side wall version, which can be used for both the present low cost video cassette and conventional VHS cassettes, employs the use of two opaque screening walls, which are snapped, pressed or welded into the cassette shell, and which have holes positioned in them to allow direct light from the light source to shine on the receivers, but which screen out all other "stray" light. Alternatively, opaque, light screening labels, paints, or pigments may be applied which block out light, except direct light from the light source through a small "window" in front of the light source receiver.
The straight wire version is a straight wire (spring steel or plastic) which is fixed under the dust door, which runs for a distance inside the cover, and whose opposite end is loosely held in position in proximity to the inside surface of the cover but is free to travel in the longitudinal direction as the door is opened and closed.
The internal coil version uses a coiled spring which snaps into a pocket in the base portion of the cassette. After the cover portion is closed, the free end of the coil spring latches onto a catch on the underside of the dust door.
The cassette incorporates a modified base profile eliminating unnecessary plastic, reducing the projected area of the molded part and reducing the mold clamping force required to mold the part.
The record tab area of the one piece low cost video shell allows the molding of the record tab without the need for side actions or swipe shutoffs.
An interrupted integral hinged door is attached only at the ends and not in the middle.
These and further and other objects and features of the invention are apparent in the disclosure, which includes the above and ongoing written specification, with the claims and the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a low cost video cassette made according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an opposite end elevation in inverted position.
FIG. 3 is a detail of a tape reel spring and cover flap.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional detail of the spring shown in FIGS. 3 and 5.
FIG. 5 is a bottom elevation of a spring and flap shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG. 6 is a detail of the spring and flap in molded position.
FIG. 7 is an edge view detail of the flap.
FIG. 8 is a detail of an alternate spring.
FIG. 9 is a detail of an alternate spring integrally molded with the flap.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional detail of the spring and flap shown in FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a schematic representation of a tape cassette showing a clear tape leader-sensing light path.
FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of the sensing light path in relation to a cassette of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a detail of a sensing light path and a light source.
FIG. 14 is a detail of a partial or full cylinder which surrounds the light source.
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the cylinder shown in FIG. 14 in relation to the cassette of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a detail of an opaque light screen within a translucent cassette.
FIG. 17 is an opposite view of an opaque light screen with a clear window.
FIG. 18 is a schematic perspective view of a translucent cassette with opaque light screens of the present invention.
FIG. 19 is a side elevation of the opaque light screen shown in FIG. 18.
FIG. 20 is an opposite side view of the translucent cassette with an opaque light screening material and clear open window of the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a detail of a preferred dust door cover latch.
FIG. 22 is a plan view of the dust door cover latch shown in FIG. 21.
FIG. 23 is a perspective view of the low cost video cassette of the present invention showing a dust door closing spring.
FIG. 24 is a schematic detail of an alternate dust door closing spring.
FIG. 25 is a detail of elements shown in FIG. 24.
FIG. 26 is an alternate form of dust door spring.
FIG. 27 shows alternate details of dust door springs.
FIG. 28 is a detail of a dust door hinge of the present invention.
FIG. 29 is a detail of a retractor pin operating within the wall thickness of the base to move reel brake retractors.
FIGS. 30 and 31 are cross-sectional and inverted rear elevational details of a record-preventing tab positioned in front of a record sensor arm well, which extends upward from a base of the cassette.
FIG. 32 shows a preferred base profile of the present invention.
FIG. 33 shows preferred dust door hinges of the present invention.
FIG. 34 is a frontal view of the reel lock and base step recess.
FIG. 35 is a perspective view of the base showing step and reel lock.
Referring to FIG. 1, a low cost video cassette is generally indicated by the numeral 1. The cassette has a base 3 and a cover 5. In the molded configuration as shown in FIG. 1, the cover surface is stepped upward from the base. A dust door 7 is integrally formed in a cover. Reel hub springs 9 are integrally formed in the cover, and locator pins 11 on stanchions 13 are also integrally formed in the cover. Also visible in FIG. 1 are the recessed front walls 15 and 17, and the forward extensions 19 which support the tape-guiding surfaces 21. Also apparent in the FIG. 1 elevation are the tap guide pins 23 and 25, which are mounted on forward-extending projections 27 and 29.
In the opposite elevational view shown in FIG. 2, which is inverted, the dust cover 7 is shown in the forward position. Cover flaps 31 extend from openings in the cover, and a record-preventing tab 33 extends downward along the rear wall 35 in a recess 37 formed upward from the base.
As shown in FIGS. 3-7, the cover 5 has a rectangular opening 39. A lug 41 extends inward from the outer edge of the opening, and a spring 43 is integrally formed on a living hinge 45 connected to the lug. The spring has a dished shape, as generally shown in FIG. 4. Flap 31 is hinged 38 along a longitudinal edge of the opening 39, and tabs 47 on the flaps engage complementary depressions in the walls to hold the flaps closed. As shown in FIG. 3, a fulcrum bar 49 on flap 31 urges spring 43 toward a tape reel.
FIG. 5 shows the spring 43 in the opening 39 with the flap 31 and fulcrum 49 in edge elevation.
FIG. 6 shows an edge elevation of the spring 43, the flap 31 with the fulcrum 49, and the tabs 47.
As shown in FIG. 7, the tabs 47 fit in complementary openings in the wall.
FIG. 8 shows a hinged compound spring 51 with a flat portion 53 which underlies the flap 31, and a bent portion 55 which presses against a reel hub.
FIGS. 3-6 and 8 show the molded position; FIG. 7 shows the operating position of a flap and spring.
FIG. 9 is an alternate form of flap 31' and spring 51', which is integrally molded in profile on the cover.
FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional representation of the flap 31' and spring 51' in closed position in the rectangular opening 39.
FIG. 11 shows the base of a standard cassette 53. When the cassette is loaded, a light source is inserted in cylindrical opening 55. Light beams 57 travel through windows in the outer walls 59 to impinge upon receivers when the light shines through clear leaders to indicate that the tape is near its end.
When a video cassette is made of translucent materials, interfering reflected light may erroneously be read by the sensors.
The cassette of the present invention has a partial cylindrical wall 61 in the front wall 63, and has an open frontal portion which may permit light scatter from the light source 65. The open frontal portion of the cassette 1 is shown in FIG. 15. The invention employs a partial or full cylinder with an opaque coating in the front wall, as shown in FIG. 14. The cylinder 67 has a closed top and lateral holes 69 or covered channels, which screen all light from the source except the direct light in the defined direction 57. Also as shown in FIGS. 16-20, the invention uses opaque coatings 71, or snap-in opaque walls with clear window openings 73. Any opaque light-screening material may be used.
As shown in FIG. 18, the screening material is on a side panel 75. FIG. 19 shows the supply side wall screen 75 with the window 73, and the FIG. 20 shows the take-up side screen 77 with the clear window 73.
Holding the dust cover 7 closed and releasing the dust cover 7 requires a latch mechanism. In standard cassettes, the latch mechanism uses a separate sliding part and a spring and guides, which add expense to the assembly operation, and which increase the complexity of materials used in the cassette preventing recycling. The present invention uses an integral latch mechanism 79, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22. A release recess 81 is formed with the side wall of the base. A top member 85 is cantilevered horizontally, and a living spring 87 joins a latch plate 89 to the cantilevered support 85. The latch plate carries a latch 91 and a latch release pad 93. Pressing inward on latch release pad 93 moves latch plate 89 inward and releases latch 91 from a corresponding vertical groove in the edge of the dust door. A portion of the latch plate 89 or the hinge 87 extends laterally from the support 85. A dust door return arm 95 is vertically formed on the projecting part of the latch plate 89 or the hinge 87. A the dust door 7 returns to a closed position, the inside of the dust door presses on the upper edge 97 of return arm 95, causing plate 89 to pivot outwardly, carrying latch 91 into engagement with the vertical latching groove on the dust door.
As shown in FIG. 23, the low cost video cassette 1 of the present invention has a tension spring 99, which is connected at one end 101 to an inside of the cover 5, and which is connected at the other end 103 to an inside of a dust door 7. The spring 99 tends to return the dust door to a closed position. One or more hold-downs 105 hold the end portions of a spring parallel to the door. The spring is free to bend in the center 107, such as to return the spring to a normal, curved condition.
As shown in FIG. 1, the base 3 has integrally formed tape reel pockets 109, and integrally formed brake levers 111 with brake teeth 113 on one end. The brake levers are supported on fixed pivots 115, and actuators 117 extend oppositely from the pivots so that spreading the actuators 117 releases the brake teeth 113 from engagement with reel teeth.
The rearwardly set front walls 15 and 17, and the projections 19 which support vertical tape guide faces 21, are clearly shown in FIG. 23. Forward-extending ledge 29 which supports tape guide roller 25, and forward extending triangular-shaped ledge 27 which supports tape guide 23, are also shown. Rollers 119 are assembled on guide pins 23, 25, 121 and 123 and freely turn thereon.
As shown in FIG. 24, the dust door 7 may be closed by a coil spring 125 fixed in a coil spring pocket 127 on a side wall 129. Free end 131 of the coil spring rests in a J-hook 133 connected to the door 7 for urging the door 7 downward into a closed position. In an alternate embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, a leaf spring 135, a coil spring 137, or a straight wire spring 139 may be fixed in or molded into an appropriate receiver 141 in the hinge 143 or the downward-extending portions 145 and 147 of the door mount and door respectively. FIG. 28 shows a side elevation of the dust door 7 mounting lug 145 and hinge 143.
FIG. 29 shows the brake actuators 117, which extend through the wall thickness of the base 3. A retractor pin or operator 151 extends only partially through the wall thickness into contact with the actuators to release the brake.
FIGS. 30 and 31 show a frangible anti-record tab 33 in a record groove 37, which opens downwardly in base 3. FIG. 31 shows the record tab 33 in its inverted molded position. The record tab 33 is parallel with the outer surface of the back wall 35 of the cassette.
As shown in FIGS. 32 and 33, the base has a modified profile with recessed front walls 15 and 17 and projections 19 which support the tape guide walls, and projections 27 and 29 which support the tape guide roller pins. As shown in FIG. 33, the preferred door hinges 143 are positioned at outward extremities of the door and are not positioned across the door. A shelf 161, which projects forward from the cover 5, has extensions 163 and 165 which have receivers for the tops of pins 23 and 25, which receive the tape guide rollers 119.
FIG. 32 also shows step 167 molded transversely into the base 3 proximal the actuators 171 of the reel locks. The reel locks are connected and molded to the base at fulcrums 169 connected to pivots 115 (not shown) between the actuators 117 and the brake levers 111.
FIGS. 34 and 35 further disclose the operation of the retractor pin 151 and step 167. The step 167 is a groove laterally molded into the base 3, thereby reducing the thickness 173 of the base 3 proximal the actuators 117 and locks. The actuators 117 have lower ends 18 which protrude into the base shell wall thickness 173 for contacting the operator 151 within the shell wall thickness 173. Insertion of the operator 151 into the lower actuator ends 118 causes the actuators 117 to move outward as prescribed by arrows 175. The outward movement 175 rotates the locks around fulcrum 169 and pivot 115 to cause an inward movement of brake levers 111 and brake teeth 113, thereby disengaging the teeth 113 from the reel (not shown).
FIG. 35 shows the molded step 167 shown in FIGS. 32 and 33.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, modifications and variations of the invention may be constructed without departing from the scope of the invention, which is defined in the following claims.
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