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How to overseed KBG
This post adresses how to integrate a new KBG cultivar into an existing KBG lawn or other existing established lawn.
If you want a lawn of pure KBG or want a KBG monostand, overseeding is not the route to take. You need to kill your existing lawn and renovate. You cannot convert an extabilshed lawn into a monostand or a fescue lawn into a KBG lawn by overseeding.
1. The new KBG seed needs every advantage to establish. This means that it will need good soil to seed contact and it will need to have little competition from the existing turf. You need to do considerable damage to the existing lawn to open access to the soil.
2. Scalp the existing lawn. Mow the lawn at the lowest level possible that does not "ground" the mower blade. Be aware, this will stess the current turf and may cause some existing turf loss.
3. Thatch the lawn. ( a verticutter/slit seeder can be used--depth of blades set at just below soil height). This will open up acess to the soil and open up the existing lawn to allow sunlight for the new seed.
4. Rake up the thatch/residue.
5. Spread the new KBG seed so that coverage is 1-3 lbs. per 1000 sp ft (1llb/k).
6. Make a pass with the verticutter/slitseeder set at 1/4" depth. If the lawn is sloped, make the pass at a 45 degree angle or parallel to the slope. If you are so inclined to accept additional damage to the existing lawn, make a second pass at a 45-90 degree angle to the first pass (depending on the sliope).
7. Apply a "starter" fertilizer. Optional: Apply Tenacity or apply Scott's Starter fertilizer with mesotrione to suppress weed germination. It is advised that waiting until the new seed has germinated befor applying a starter may reduce growth of the existing turf and reduce mowing.
8. Optional: Apply peat moss topdressing at a depth of no more than 1/4".
9. Water as recommended. (lightly 3-4 times a day until germination then as recommended on this site.)
- Keep existing turf cut. Mow carefully at 1" until new grass reaches same height as existing established turf. Carefully means 3 pt turns and soft walking without turning on heels or balls of feet.
This post was edited by grass1950 on Fri, Aug 30, 13 at 11:56
grass1950 - Have you had any luck with this approach? On another forum there was quite a bit of discussion about whether it was possible to overseed KBG into an established lawn, and the majority of folks said that it was a failure. While they got some germination, the KBG never managed to really establish itself in the existing turf.
I'm in the midst of a front yard overseed and I pretty much followed the steps exactly as you've outlined. I found that using the starter fert with Tenacity was a mistake as it helped the existing turf recover and grow rapidly, so in 2 weeks the existing turf was already 2-3 inches tall. In general, I've been pretty unimpressed with germination rates and it definitely seems like the TTTF and KBG seeds are being outcompeted by existing turf. I have a decent point of reference since I pretty much used the same approach in seeding a 3000 sq ft plot in the back where I had killed off the existing turf prior to seeding.
In the back plot, I see much much better germination and uniformity and it has left me pretty disappointed with the overseed in the front. The only thing I didn't do was topdress, but that is partly because I used the verticutting after seeding to pull the seed under the top soil by around 0.25" or so before I rolled over the lawn to improve seed to soil contact.
I know of the other site. You might want to ask those who report poor overseeding results if they aggresively slitseeded (to open the lawn up for overseeding and bury the seed) and kept the lawn mowed short. In order to be successful, the lawn needs to be pretty well destroyed by the verti-cutter. I wrote this for those people who refuse to do a kill and reno either because they are stubborn (like me) or can't bare to have a dead lawn for the 4-6 week fallow period.
I used this method to overseed my "established" new construction (2 year old) lawn and it worked quite well. I've also used it on other lawns with good results as far as integrating the new seed into the existing lawn. (I think I have pictures of my lawn still posted on that other site--handle there was nugrass2012)
As I mentioned, depending on how aggressive the slitseeding, some % of the existing turf is going to survive even with repeating the process (but that is the point of overseeding vs a reno), which I did a year later.
I am personally unhappy with not having a pure KBG lawn and a complete reno is the only method to get that.
I don't think you can get good results without keeping the lawn mowed short. The initial scalping will stunt the established turf and I kept the lawn mowed at 1 1/4" through germination with the mower set at a lower rpm to help reduce the vacuum.
I doubt that not topdressing had any effect on your results. Not keeping the lawn mowed short probably did.
How many passes did you make with the slit seeder?
Edit: Your observations concerning application of a starter fertilizer are well taken and I have edited my original post to reflect that.
This post was edited by grass1950 on Fri, Aug 30, 13 at 11:59
You know, GRASS1950, I've known who you are on the other forum for quite a while. And I chose to ignore the fact that you "borrow material" from the other site and represent it as your own - I found it very funny that someone that previously pointed at other people for being nothing but reposters of Google material would do it himself from another site. But since you've chosen to single me out, I'll take the bait.
I wonder if the folks here are aware that on a score-your-own-lawn poll, you gave your own lawn a 46 on a scale of 0-100. That you've posted that you didn't know the difference between sand and silt. I kind of think that advice about soil that comes from someone that knows the elementary things about what the primary topic is. By the way, all of this is from public postings that others are free to read. Why don't you post your ID that's on the other site, or give me an OK to do the same. Then people can draw their own conclusions and read about how other people did when they followed the advice given.
Let's chat for a moment about what evidence you DO find legitimate. Academic and university sources are clueless in your opinion. (PS: I think academics follow to "industrial" an approach myself). So are anecdotal experience from people with 25-40 years of experience with lawn care, even when accompanied by photographic evidence. So, what is it that is acceptable to you?
I make no bones about it that I think disturbing the soil is a big mistake. I personally lost a renovation to Poa Trivialis following core aeration. I still own a core aerator and it is outside my barn rusting away since it will never be used again.
This post was edited by andy10917 on Sun, Sep 1, 13 at 15:56
First of all, determining who was taking material from the other site and posting it as their own didn't involve the use of any IP Addresses or any other information like it. I wouldn't have access to IP Addresses anyway on GW to match it to. I matched up your claimed location and list of seeded cultivars, on both sites. Perfect match.
Thin skin? Maybe. I don't like someone taking material and representing it as a How-To guide, when they don't have a clue as to what to do if the reader of that material has problems. I'm not making a claim that what you're doing is any form of plagiarism, legally. I don't care about that. It doesn't change anything, though, about the fact that you're a simple copier of other people's approaches to lawn care and pretender to have the experience yourself.
I've been doing this for 43 years - long before there was a Google to become an instant solution-meister.
For those interested, here is the lawn that Grass1950 feels is 40/100. Grass1950, feel free to post your lawn, but please offer some evidence that the pictures are not a copy of someone else's lawn - if you'll do it with text material, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to do it with pictures too:
Let's make one thing perfectly clear - I didn't not make any attempts to annoy you or draw you into this thread. That was all your own doing - by posting such childishness as "For Andrew" with an edit to a post when your previous attempts at goading were ignored. I have been just fine with ignoring you.
You can try to deflect with items like the fact that I can see IP Addresses as much as you like - the absolute truth is that no such information would have been useful at all. You have posted the cultivars used in both sites, and anyone is capable of matching them up.
As far as my lawn and renovation are concerned, that is the exact picture that was used at the time of the score-your-own-lawn poll. That is my front lawn. The renovation underway is of my BACK lawn. This should have been obvious to you when the thread was named "Andy's 2013 Back Yard Renovation". I'll try harder to be more clear for you in the future. My front yard pictures were posted recently right after treatments with Certainty, and clearly labeled as such. The Certainty treatments were necessary because of a 5-year battle to eliminate Poa Trivialis that was spread widely from the use of core aeration and slit seeders. This is exactly why I try to discourage the use of core aerators and slit seeders - I had a small patch of Triv get spread to a 3,000 sq ft area in a single year. It's all documented - I share my mistakes so that other folks don't need to repeat them.
...all of this over freakin' lawns!
Put your anger and energy towards Obamacare or the pending Syria debacle! I may very well lose my house due to our health insurance cost increases and one of my sons will be put into harms way because of those who feel that the USA should be the police force to the world!
Have a nice day!


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g axis. A detectplifiier and a video camera) is n u g g units are swin [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,818,510 12/1957 Verse........................... 3,432,657 3/1969 Slavin...... 3,440,422 4/1969 Ballet Primary Examiner-Archie R. Borchelt Assistant Examiner-A. L. Birch Attorney-Ira Milton Jones ABSTRACT: A pair of X-ray radiation units are mounted on a carrier ring, circumferentially spaced and for radiation on axes perpendicular to one another and the rin ing unit (comprising an image am mounted on the ring opposite each, radiation unit. The carrier ring is confined to rotation in a surrounding annular frame mounted on heightwise adjustable legs on steerable wheels. Electromagnetic locking means releasably hold the rin against rotation in the frame. The detectin ble to and from inoperative positions outside the zone embraced by the carrier ring.
Sven-Erik Lennart Andersson Joenkoeping, Sweden [21] Appl. No. 743,181
July 8, 1968 [45] Patented Dec. 22, 1970 SAAB Aktiebolag Linkoping, Sweden a corporation of Sweden July 10, 1967 Sweden No. 10.404/67 MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR AXES WITH A PAIR OF X-RAY SOURCES 6 Claims, 6 Drawing Figs.
[52] US. 250/61.5, 250/65, 250/92 .G03b 41/16 250/50,53, 61.5,65, 91, 92, 95, 58
United States Patent [72] inventor [22] Filed [73] Assignee [32] Priority [54] APPARATUS FOR X-RAYINGON TWO [50] FieldofSearch................
m j iwwaw m PATENTED 052221910 sum 3 or 3 EfiEi-i-j-EEES APPARATUS FOR X-RAYTNG N TWO MUTUALILY PERPENDICULAR AXES WITH A PAIR OF X-RAY SOURCES This inventionpertains to apparatus for conducting X-ray examinations along two coordinate axes of X-ray radiation, and the invention relates more particularly to X-ray apparatus of the type comprising a pair of X-raytubes'or radiation units arranged to radiate on different axes that substantially intersect within an object to be examined, a pair of X-ray detecting units, one for each radiation unit and each adapted to generate video signals corresponding to images produced by X-rays from its tube after the same have traversed an object being examined, and television receiving means connected with the detecting units for reproducing said images at a location or locations remote from the object.
While useful for conducting other types of X-ray studies and examinations, the apparatus of this invention is particularly useful in connection with medical and surgical examinations and procedures, wherein X-ray views taken on two coordinate axes are required for determining the exact position of a bid den object. In orthopedic surgery,for example, it is often necessary to be able to ascertain the exact location of a nail, pin, bullet or the like within the bone of alimb by means of X- rays radiated along a pair of mutually perpendicular axes transverse to the limb, and to be able to view the X-ray images at a substantial distance from the limb itself so that persons who have need of the information can obtain it without ap-' proaching the sterile operating zone to contaminate it or to interfere with movements of the surgeon performing the operation.
Heretofore it has been customary to mount the several components of such X-ray apparatus on individual wheeled stands or dollies, which had to be moved into place and adjusted one by one each time a new examining setupwas to be arranged. These several dollies occupied excessive floor space, required a great deal of careful manipulation to bring them into correct relationship with one another, and occasioned especially undesireable inconvenience and delay when they had to be moved during the course of a surgical procedure to establish them in a new arrangement. In addition to diverting the attention of the operating team from the actual surgical procedure, such shifting and readjustment of the apparatus during the course of an operation had the further very undesireable effect of requiring a number of persons to be present and moving about in the surgical zone, thereby greatly increasing the chances for contamination.
With the foregoing considerations in mind, it is the general object of the present invention to provide means for establishing the radiation and detecting units of X-ray apparatus of the character described in a fixed to one another while permitting them to be very readily adjustable as an ensemble, so as to avoid the need for adjustment and readjustment of those units relative to one another with each new, setup, but whereby the zone around the object to be examined is left readily accessible and whereby repositioning and rearrangement of the examining setup can be accomplished very quickly and easily.
More particularly, it is an object of thisinvention to provide a single carriagelike structure or dolly upon which are mounted a pair'of X-ray radiation units and a pair of X-ray detecting units, with the radiation units arranged to radiate along mutually perpendicular axes and with the? detecting units properly aligned with their respective radiation units and at the proper distances from them, which structure nevertheless provides for very quick and convenient adjustment of the orientation of the axes of radiation and leaves the object to be examined very readily accessible for surgical and other procedures.
It is also an object of this invention to provide apparatus of thecharacter described which occupies substantially less floor space than prior apparatus of the same type and provides for very quick movement of the detecting units to an inoperative position out of the zone of work on the object to be examined and for very quick return of said units to their operative posi- LII tions within that zone without the need for making adjustments to bring them'back into the proper relationshipto their radiation units.
With these observations and objects in mind, the manner in which the invention achieves its purpose will be appreciated from the following description and the accompanying drawings. This disclosure is intended merely to exemplify the invention. The invention is not limited to the particular structure disclosed, and changes can be made therein which lie within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the invention.
The drawings illustrate one complete example of the physical embodiment of the invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of apparatus embodying the principles of this invention, together with its associated equipment, set up and arranged for a medical or surgical X-ray examination of a patients leg;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the supporting means of this invention for X-ray radiation and detecting units, viewed from the side thereof opposite to that shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view on a larger scale taken on the plane of the line 3-3 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale, partly in perspective and partly in section, taken in the zone of the releasable locking means;
FIG. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the detecting units in its relation to the carrier ring and particularly showing the means by which said unit is mounted on the carrier ring; and
FIG. 6 is a view taken on the plane of the line 6-6 in FIG. 2.
Referring now to the accompanying drawings, FIG. 1 illus trates X-ray apparatus set up for examination of a leg of a medical or'surgical patient and incorporating the apparatus of this invention which is designated generally by 5.
The apparatus 5 comprises, in general, a dollylike stand or carrier that supports a pair of X-ray tubes or radiation units 6 and 7, arranged to radiate, on mutually perpendicular axes, and a pair of detecting units 8 and 9, one for each of the radiation units 6 and 7 respectively. Each of the detecting units comprises an image intensifier section 10 and a television scanner or camera section 11 for generating video signals that correspond to the image of the object being subjected to X-ray examination. The detecting units are of a known type and therefore are not illustrated in detail, They are connected, by means of cables 12, with a television receiver 13 that reproduces that the images which they detect, for viewing at a distance from the object being examined. A pair of foot treadle operated switches 14 provides for selection of the X-ray system image that is to appear on the receiver.
, The control system for the X-ray apparatus can comprise a conning bench 15, preferably mounted on wheels, in which is housed the high tension current supply for the radiation units and on which are located the necessary controls and monitoring instruments for the apparatus as well as a viewing screen connected with the detecting units. The apparatus of the conning bench is connected with the X-ray apparatus by means of cables 16.
The apparatus of this invention (best seen in its general arrangement in FIG. 2) comprises a rigid frame 17, preferably annular, which has its axis horizontal and which is supported on upright tubular legs 18 and 19 that are rigidly secured to the frame at opposite sides thereof. The frame 17 supports an inner carrier ring 20 which is rotatably mounted therein and on which are mounted the radiation units 6 and 7 and the detecting units 8 and SI.
The frame 17 and legs 18 and 19 are wheel mounted to provide a stable but readily maneuverable tricycle chassis. Specifically, one leg I8 has at its bottom an elongated horizontal foot 21 which is supported on a pair of steerable wheels 22, one under each of its end portions, while the other leg 19 is supported on a-single castered wheel 23. The foot 21 can be mounted on the leg 18 to swing about the axis of said leg and can be locked in various positions of such swinging motion by means of a clamping screw 29. The wheels 22 on the foot 21 are steerable in unison about upright axes by means of a handwheel 23 concentric with the leg 18. The connection between the handwheel and the wheels 22 can comprise a chain 24 trained around sprockets on shafts concentric with the handwheel and with the pivot members on which the wheels 22 are swivelably mounted. Suitable brake means, controllable by a foot pedal 26 and enclosed in small housings 27 on the end portions of the foot 21, can be provided to releasably lock the wheels 22 against both rotation and swiveling about their steering axes.
To provide for adjustment of the height of the frame, each of the legs 18 and 19 is made of telescoping members or is otherwise arranged to be adjustable in length by means of a crank 28 connected with a self braking jack screw or the like within the leg.
The carrier ring can be made in two axially adjacent parts 31 and 32 which have coaxial interengageable circumferential shoulders, as at 33, to confine them to concentricity. The carrier ring parts are connected by circumferentially spaced bolts 34 that extend parallel to the carrier ring axis. On their adjacent peripheral edges the ring parts have substantially large bevels 35 and 36, respectively; which cooperate, when the ring parts are assembled, to define a V-shaped radially outwardly opening circumferential groove that opposes a V- shaped inwardly opening circumferential groove 37 in the annular frame 17. Balls 38 are confined between the opposing surfaces of these grooves to provide bearings by which the carrier ring is confined to rotation in the frame. It will be observed that drawing the carrier ring parts 31 and 32 axially toward one another, by means of the bolts 34, reduces the width of the V-shaped groove defined by the bevels 35 and 36, so that play between the carrier ring and the frame can be eliminated.
Each of the carrier ring parts 31 and 32 has a radially outwardly opening circumferential groove 39 which opens to an opposite radially inwardly opening groove .40 in the frame, and these two sets of grooves cooperate to define a pair of annular chambers 41 and 42 that are conjointly defined by the carrier ring and the frame. Sealing rings 43 confined between the frame and the carrier ring seal'the annular chambers 41, 42 to prevent the entry of dirt between the carrier ring and the frame.
Since the X-ray tubes and detecting units are mounted on the ring to partake of its rotation relative to the frame and its other movements as the frame is raised and lowered and moved about on its wheels, the radiation axes of the X-ray tubes will always be perpendicular to one another and to the ring axis, and the detecting units can always be in the proper coaxial and spaced relationship to their respective radiation units. Hence it is not necessary to make adjustments of these units whenever the radiation axes are reoriented. To facilitate rotational adjustment of the ring in the frame, the subassembly comprising the carrier ring and the radiation and detecting units is preferably statically balanced.
The carrier ring can be releasably locked in any desired position of rotational adjustment by braking means comprising a strip 44 of rubber or the like that extends all around the bottom of the groove 39 in the carrier ring that defines the chamber 42. Preferably this strip has regular transverse ribs 45. Secured to the frame, and housed within the annular chamber 42 at each of a pair of diametrically opposite locations is an electromagnetically actuated shoe 46 that is provided with transverse ribs which are matingly engageable with the ribs 45 on the strip 44. Normally the shoe is biased into engagement with the strip, as by means of springs 48 that react between the frame and the shoe, but upon energization of the electromagnet the shoe is drawn out of engagement with the strip to release the carrier ring for rotation. The electromagnets which actuate the shoes 46 can be energized under the control of a control box 47 on the frame, connected by suitable cables with the electromagnets and the conning bench 15.
Each of the detecting units 8 and 9 is secured to the carrier ring 20 by means of a hingelike connection, generally designated 49, by which it can be readily swung to an inoperative position in which it is outside the zone embraced by the carrier ring, to present the least possible interference a surgeon working in that zone, and to an operative position in which it is properly aligned with and spaced from its radiation unit. Each of the connections .49 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) comprises a generally L-shaped bracket 50 having one leg 51 that overlies the radially inner surface of the carrier ring and is secured thereto, and another leg 52 that overlies one axial face of the carrier ring and the annular frame 17 and projects radially outwardly beyond the latter. Swingably connected to the bracket by means of a pivot pin 53 is a flange 54 that flatwise overlies the leg 52 of the bracket 50 when the detecting unit is in its operative position. The pivot pin 53 is located radially outwardly of the annular frame and has its axis slightly to one axial side thereof and approximately tangent thereto.
On the outer face of the flange 54 there are fixed mounting lugs 56 through which slidably extend a pair of parallel rods 57 that have their opposite ends fixed to the detecting unit. The lugs and rods cooperate to confine the detecting unit to motion relative to the flange 54 in directions parallel to the viewing unit axis and to the faces of the flange. A threaded spindle 58, actuatable by means of a crank handle 64) and cooperating with an internally threaded lug 59 on the flange 54, is confined to rotation relative to the detecting unit to enable the detecting unit to be adjusted axially relative to its radiation unit. The crank handle 60 is axially slidable on the spindle so that when not in use it can be slid rearwardly to an out-of-the-way position in which its actuating knob is received in a recess 61 in the front of the detecting unit.
To hold the detecting unit in either of the positions to which it may be swung, a sector-shaped plate 62 is secured to the flange 54 to pass edgewise through a slot in the outer leg 52 of the bracket 50, and it has notches 63 in its curved edge in which can be engaged a latch 64 that is mounted on the face of the leg 52 that is remote from the flange 54.
It will be understood that the radiation units 6 and 7 can also be secured to the carrier ring by means of attachments similar to the hinge connections 49 described above, so that they too can be swung to operative and inoperative positions.
From the foregoing description taken with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that this invention provides means for so supporting a pair of X-ray radiation units and.
their associated detecting units that the same can be maintained in a desired relationship to one another, with the radiation units radiating on substantially intersecting axes and the detecting units aligned with their respective radiation units and properly spaced from them, but whereby said units can be readily positioned and repositioned as an ensemble without the need for readjustment of individual units, and which apparatus can be readily adjusted to any desired orientation of the axes of radiation, occupies little floor space, and leaves accessible the zone around an object being subjected to X-ray examination.
1. Means for supporting a pair of X-ray radiation units and a pair of X-ray detecting units, 181 one for each radiation unit, with the axes of radiation of the radiation units substantially perpendicular to one another and with each detecting unit spaced from and opposite its radiation unit, said supporting means comprising:
A. a carrier ring large enough to encircle an object to be examined;
B. means mounting the radiation units at circumferentially spaced locations on the carrier ring and for radiation in directions substantially radially inwardly of the ring;
C. a carriage comprising an annular frame cooperable with the carrier ring to coaxially carry the same and which has its axis substantially horizontal;
D. cooperating means on said frame and on the carrier ring constraining the a carrier ring to rotation about its axis relative to the frame;
E. a pair of hinge elements for each detecting unit, one
secured to the detecting unit and one secured to the carrier ring substantially diametrically opposite the radiation unit for the detecting unit; and
F. pivot means connecting each pair of hinge elements for relative swinging motion about anaxis which is substantially tangential to the carrier ring but is spaced radially outwardly therefrom so that the detecting unit can be swung to an operative position pointing to its radiation unit and projecting radially into the zone encircled by the carrier ring, and to an inoperative position substantially aligned with the carrier ring axis and disposed outside said zone.
2. The apparatus of claim ll, further characterized by releasable locking means on the frame engageable with the carrier ring to confine the latter'in any desired position of its rotation.
3. Theapparatus of claim 1 further characterized by said means mounting each detecting unit on the carrier ring providing for adjusting movement of the detecting unit toward and from the axis of the carrier ring.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further characterized by said carriage comprising:
A. a pair of heightwise adjustable legs secured to said frame at diametrically opposite sides thereof; and
B. swivelably mounted wheels on the bottoms of said legs by which the apparatus can be rolled about on a floor in different directions.
5. Means for supporting a pair. of X-ray radiation units with their axes of radiation substantially perpendicular to one another, and a pair of X-ray detecting units, one for each radiation unit and each having means for generating video signals corresponding to the X-ray image of an object between the radiation unit and the detecting unit, said supporting means comprising:
A. a carrier ring comprising l. a pair of axially adjacent ring parts having:
a. concentric interfitting circumferential shoulders by which the parts are maintained coaxial and b. beveled axially adjacent outer circumferential edges cooperating to define a radiallyoutwardly opening V-groove in the carrier ring, the width of which depends upon the axial spacing between the ring parts, and
2. means connecting the ring parts at circumferentially spaced intervals around them and providing for adjustment of the axial spacing between them;
B. an annular supporting frame concentrically embracing the carrier ring and having a radially inwardly opening V- groove which opposes said V-groove in the carrier ring;
C. a plurality of balls confined between the frame and the carrier ring, in said opposing V-grooves, to constrain the carrier ring to rotation in the frame;
D. means providing a steerable wheeled chassis on which the frame is rigidly supported with its axis substantially horizontal and providing for heightwise adjustment of the frame; and
E. means securing said units to the carrier ring at circumferentially spaced locations thereon, with the axes of the radiation units substantially perpendicular to one another and to the frame axis and with each detecting unit substantially diametrically opposite'its radiation unit.
6. Means for supporting a pair of X-ray radiation units with their axes of radiation substantially perpendicular to one another, and a pair of X-ray detecting units, one for each radiation unit and each having means for generating video signals corresponding to the image of an object between the radiation unit and the detecting unit, said supporting means providing for facile group-wise axis orienting adjustment of the units and comprising:
A. a carrier ring large enough to encircle an object to be examined; B. means mounting the radiation units at circumferenttally spaced locations on the carrier ring and for radiation in directions substantially radiallyinwardly of the carrier ring; C. a carriage comprising 1. an annular frame and 2. means mounting the'frame with its axis horizontal, said mounting means providing for heightwise adjustment of the frame and for horizontal movement thereof in all directions;
D. means coaxially mounting the carrier ring on said annular frame for free rotation of the carrier ring about its axis;
E. A strip of rubberlilte material that extends circumferentially around the carrierring and has a surface facing the frame that defines numerous circumferentially spaced ribs that project toward the frame; and
F. locking means for releasably holding the carrier ring in any desired position of its rotation, said locking means comprising I l. magnetically permeable plunger means carried by the frame and constrained to motion relative to the frame in directions toward and from engagement with said said ribbed surface;
2. yielding biasing means reacting between the frame and the plunger means to bias the latter in the direction toward said ribbed surface; and i 3. electromagnet means fixed on the frame and energizable to move the plunger means in the direction away from said ribbed surface.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,549 885 Dated December 22, 19 70 Inventor(s) Anderson, Sven-Erik Lennart It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 1 Line 53 Insert relationship" after i'ix' Column 4 Line 60 Delete "181" after units Column 4 Line 74 Delete "a" after the Signed and sealed this 6th day of April 1971.
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This is my fifth season sailing and I had the best sail yet last week.
I was out with a buddy from work.
The plan was to sail across Georgian Bay in the south (from Midland to White Cloud Island), then head up the Eastern side of the Bruce Peninsula to Wingfield Basin (Cabot Head), then cross back over to the East side of Georgian Bay, coming in around Franklin Island (just North of Parry Sound) and back to Midland.
The challenge was that we had only 5 days in which to make the trip.
The first leg was supposed to be Midland to White Cloud. The wind was on our nose the whole way North and backed to stay on our nose when we turned West. It took us 9 hours of beating into 15 knots to make Hope Island, which is about 20 miles from Midland and 40ish miles from White Cloud. We stayed at Hope and planned on an early start across the Bay.
Next day: no wind!!! We motored across to the West Side. No BFS here!
The forecast was for NE 10knts veering to E 15knts. Great winds to head up the peninsula. We left White Cloud wing and wing with a light westerly pushing us at a heart-pounding 2.5 - 3.5 knts.
By the time we made the turn to head North the wind had dried right up. We doused the sails and turned on the kicker and decided to make for Lion's Head for lunch.
A fog had settled in giving us about a mile visibility and it was raining. Not exactly what the weather gurus had foretold.
We had made our turn to West after Cape Croker and started past Barrier Island when I saw some fluttering in my telltales. What the hell, let's hoist the sails and see what happens.
No sooner than the sails were set but the wind kicked right up. It seemed to be the NE wind that was promised. This is nice.
The wind kept building and building from the North East until we were flying along at over 6 knots. The wind and waves were building, the wave heights getting up to over a metre. White caps were forming and foam was beginning to spray from the crests.
We approached Lions Head under full canvas, with the jib vibrating and the main taut. We still intended to head into the town for lunch. As we got closer to the turn down to Lions Head I suggested that we keep going for Wingfield. The wind direction was right and I was having too much fun to stop. Craig agreed so we adjusted our course to a more Northerly heading and headed up the coast to Cabot Head which was now visible on the horizon.
The winds increased and shifted to a slightly more Easterly direction putting us on a close to beam reach. The waves were now approaching 3 metres in height and were breaking all around us. The boat speed never dropped below 6 for the 4 hours that we were sailing toward Wingfield. Each time we surfed down a wave we yelled out the speed that showed on the GPS. The fastest we saw was 9.3 knots! There was a period of 10 15 minutes in which the GPS showed we were traveling in excess of 7 knots.
I decided to turn on the VHF, just so that it was ready in case anything went awry. The only broadcasts seemed to be Coast Guard communications. At one point a Hercules aircraft flew at a low level, across our path. We saw it later in what appeared to be a search pattern.
We were getting closer to Wingfield when I started to worry about how we were going to get the sails down in the wind and waves. Wingfield has a very narrow channel going in with rocks on either side. Sailing in is possible, but definitely not preferable.
As it turned out, by the time we got close to the entrance the wind seemed to have lightened up a bit. I put the jib in the lee of the main and we were able to roll it on to the furler quite easily. We turned into the wind, I clipped myself on to my newly installed jacklines and headed up onto the deck to take down the main. The waves were still very steep with short periods, so it was quite a balancing act hanging on and easing the halyard. It turned out going a lot more smoothly than I expected though and I soon had the sail on the boom. I didnt bother with the sail ties at this point.
We motored in to the calm waters of Wingfield Basin and dropped anchor for the night.
A great day of sailing!
I have to say that the boat handled admirably! I have always been a bit concerned about its durability it doesnt seem to be designed for aggressive sailing. But she rode the waves effortlessly, and, even without the sails reefed, didnt feel to be under any stress.
Another thing that pleased me was my autohelm (Ray Marine ST2000). It handled most of the steering for us. When I took over I realized the force on the tiller. The tiller pilot kept up with the strain.
At Wingfield we went ashore to explore the Lighthouse there. I started chatting with another sailor who had arrived shortly before us. He told me that he was getting wind speed readings of consistently 25 26 knots with periods reaching as high as 32 knots.
Im sure for some of you these conditions would not be worth mentioning, but for me, given my lack of experience, my 26 foot Nash, 3 metre (10 foot) waves and 32 knot winds, it was definitely an exhilarating experience.
Here is a chart to give you a rough idea of the route: (we covered approximately 36 nautical miles that day.)
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It began here for Baron - the whole grotesque skein of terror - here in this Marseilles street of despair, the street called the Rue Paradís. There was Gorssmann, fat and corrupt, who waited until Baron scraped bottom - and then blackmailed him into treason. And Lili, the dark, lovely gain, who fell in love with Baron - and worked for the man determined to destroy him. Altogether for Frank baron it was a small hell on the street called Paradise...
And the Girl Screamedby Gil Brewer
The willowy blonde, in a fluffy white skirt, stood over him. She was smoking a cigarette through the black mask that covered her face. "Hello, honey," she said softly. "Do you like me?" She knelt on one knee. Her hand caressed his cheek, the other hand holding the cigarette. As the blonde kissed him on the mouth she ground her cigarette into his fleash. He yelled, but she kept up the kissing and the burning. "Atta girl! Give it to him again!" one of the boys shouted. "Next?" They were teen-agers--kids. But they were capable of anything. And one of them had been capable of murder!
The Angry Dreamby Gil Brewer
She was even lovelier than my memory of her. I watched her as she walked into the room, admiring the smooth movement of her fine legs and the curves under the soft weave of her sweater. She tossed her thick dark hair back and walked over to me. "It's been a long time, Al." Her voice still had the husky breathless sound that made my ears burn. I stepped close to her and put my hands on her waist. Her head went back, her eyes shining at me with bitterness and confusion and something else I couldn't read. I drew her to me and felt the soft impact of her body and kissed her--her throat and then her lips. Her mouth opened and her body abandoned itself to mine, her fingernails digging at my back.
The Bitchby Gil Brewer
"What I can't stand is knowing she's out right now playing around." The tall, heavy-set man stared at me, his eyes burning a hole in my bullet-proof vest. "Trail her every minute, Morgan. Every minute. Don't let her out of your sight!" It was the easiest assignment in years. I'm Morgan--and I'm one of the guys she played with. The trouble came later--when I found out that her game was MURDER--and I was picked for the fall guy!
The Bratby Gil Brewer
She looked at the rotting, sun-blasted shack, the one room where they all lived, slept, made love, died. Looked at the dusty lawn where no grass grew. At the steaming swamp, at her tobacco-spitting mother. Saw the sly, lustful eyes of her father's friends. Then she looked at her own lush beauty. Get me out of here, she prayed. Oh, please get me out of here! I'll pay any price.
Hard Case Crime: The Vengeful Virginby Gil Brewer
What beautiful 18-year-old would want to spend her life taking care of an invalid? Not Shirley Angela. But that's the life she was trapped in - until she met Jack. Now Shirley and Jack have a plan to put the old man out of his misery and walk away with a suitcase full of cash. But there's nothing like money to come between lovers - money, and other women...
A Killer is Looseby Gil Brewer
He shot Jake Halloran in the head, then turned to me, smiling, the Luger held loosely in his right hand. "Hello, pal," he said. "My name's Ralph Angers. What's yours?" That's how I met him, this grave-looking, clean-cut, totally mad young man, who walked through my town with a gun, leaving a wake of tears and agony and murder behind him.
Little Trampby Gil Brewer
Where was he? Why was he here, with this kid? What had he done?Hazily he watched her come toward him, saw her hips sway beneath flimsy lace, the swell of full breasts in the skimpy bra. "How did we get here?" he demanded. She laughed "Dont you remember, honey? You kidnapped me . . . and . . . " Remember? He remembered that she had cost him his job. Dimly he recalled cursing her out in a dozen bars, getting blind drunk. And he had a vague memory of her behind the wheel of a car. She had kidnapped him Now she was missing, and the cops would be hot on the trail. Which story would they swallow-his or hers? He saw her angelic smile and knew the answer. He was trapped. "Come on, Gary," she said. "Lets have some fun. "
Wildby Gil Brewer
Two frantic noir thrillers from 1959 and 1961 from an author about whom Bill Pronzini had this to say: "He produced some of the most compelling noir softcover originals of the 1950's. "
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Decision said to be aimed at keeping MLAs away from Yeddyurappa party launch
The State Cabinet has decided to hold a session of the legislature in Belgaum from December 5 to 13.
The session will be held at the Suvarna Soudha, which was recently inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee.
The Kumaraswamy and Yeddyurappa governments had held legislature sessions in Belgaum.
The Cabinet's decision to hold the session during that period is said to be aimed at preventing BJP MLAs, MLCs and Ministers from attending the launch of Mr. Yeddyurappa's party in Haveri on December 10.
Briefing presspersons on Cabinet decisions here on Tuesday, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri said the Cabinet authorised Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to draft the State government's opinion on granting special status to the Hyderabad Karnataka region, under Article 371 (J). The Centre had sought the State government's views on the issue of special status.
It proposed to give powers to the Governor for taking up development works in the region. However, the Cabinet decided that powers with regard to education, jobs and development in the region should be vested in the State government.
The government studied the pros and cons of the Governor's role in taking up development works in other regions in the country that have been given special status by the Centre, he said.
Keywords: Belgaum, Karantaka Assembly, Suvarna Soudha