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United States Patent [72] Inventors Fred H. Dickow;
Henry J. Dokter, and Ogden A. Clemens, Chicago, Illinois [21] Appl. No. 663,584 [22] Filed Aug. 28, 1967 [45] Patented Nov. 3, 1970 [73] Assignee Swift & Company Chicago, Illinois a corporation of Delaware [54] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING DRAFTS 0F SLICED PRODUCT 9 Claims, 4 Drawing Figs.
[52] US. Cl 146/222, 146/94, 53/123, 99/174 [51] Int. Cl ..A22c 17/00, B26d 4/46, B65b 63/00 [50] Field of Search 146/94, 942, 95, 222; 53/123, 23
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,310,261 7/1919 Van Berkel 146/94 1,519,354 12/1924 Brown 146/94 2,126,458 8/1938 Englen 146/94 2,898,962 8/1959 Burnett 146/94 3,015,350 1/1962 Reicheletal. 146/94 3,145,828 8/1964 Hawley l46/94X Primary Examiner-W. Graydon Abercrombie Att0rneys Edward T. McCabe and Charles E. Bouton ABSTRACT: Bacon is sliced and laid out substantially flat on I a continuous web of material such as paper. The bacon feed into the slicing blade is interrupted periodically to denote the end of one draft and the beginning of another by a space on the web of material which is moved continuously. Interruption of the bacon feed initiates a timed countdown upon the completion of which a knife is energized to cut the web of material, at a downstream location, across the space between two drafts of slices. An apparatus comprising a substantially conventional slicer and specially devised takeoff synchronizing devices are utilized. The slicer includes a continuously rotating blade and intermittently operated pusher for advancing product into the former. The takeoff equipment comprises an endless belt trained about a pair of pulleys located adjacent the slicer blade and at a distance therefrom greater than the length of a draft of slices. A continuous web of paper, or the like, is passed about the pulley adjacent the slicer so as to receive slices upon the upper run thereof. Beyond the belt is located a second conveyor, and an intermittently operable knife is positioned between the two. The knife is actuated by an adjustable timer which, in turn, is actuated at the time that the feed screw is halted.
- p an Patented Nov. 3, 1970 3,537,497
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING DRAFTS F SLICED PRODUCT This invention relates to the assembling of drafts of slices; and more particularly relates to an improved method and appuratus for assembling drafts of bacon slices laid out substantiully flat and adjacent one another. and a package formed therefrom.
Where product is sliced and prepackaged for sale to consumers, it is desirable for the slices to be assembled in a manner that facilitates ultimate handling by the consumer. 1n the preparation of food products such as bacon and cheese, for example, the slices often tend to stick together and aredifficult to separate. 1n the past this difficulty has been alleviated, to a minor extent, by shingling the slices. That is the slices are partially overlappedso as to expose each edge and a portion of each cut surface. While shingling allows the consumer to distinguish between slices, it often remains difficult to separate the slices.
Further relief of the problem has been obtained, in some cases, by interleaving the slices with separate pieces of paper, or the like. While interleaving facilitates the separation of slices, it is expensive and tends to obscure the purchasers view of the product.
It has also been proposed that bacon slices, for instance. could be laid out flat on a single sheet or web of packaging material which could then be either rolled or folded upon itself. While this procedure obviates the separation of slices, it tends to obscure the product and tends to result in an unwieldy and inconvenient package. Because of variations in slab, and hence slice dimensions it is difficult to lay out slices perfectly flat. Also, heretofore, when laying out slices in the latter manner it has been difficult and uneconomical to rapidly separate drafts of a desired number of slices.
We have found, however, that the foregoing disadvantages can be overcome where equal numbers of slices are laid out substantially flat on sheets of equal length which can subsequently be stacked in a carton or the like. It is important that the Nhecttl beol'equul length and thus the slices may overlap to a minor extent to accommodate variations in dimensions so long as the profile of slices appears relatively flat rather than arched or humped.
Accordingly it is a principal object of this invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for rapidly and economically assembling drafts of a desired number of slices laid out substantially flat upon sheets of packaging material, and to form a package therefrom.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for assembling drafts of a desired number of slices of product laid out substantially flat upon equal lengths of packaging material which may be stacked one upon another so as to expose substantially the entire surface area of one draft of such slices.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for substantially continuously slicing product onto a continuous web of packaging material so that the slices are laid out, flat substantially side by side, and then accurately severingthe packaging material at equal intervals so as to segregate drafts of a desired number of slices.
Basically the present method involves the receiving of each slice, as it is severed from a body of product, upon a moving and continuous web of packaging material. The web is moved at a constant speed selected so as to receive successive slices laid out substantially flat and adjacent to one another in nonovcrlapping, or only very slightly overlapping, configuration. The production of slices is briefly interrupted periodi cally as a desired number of slices is completed, thus leaving a vacant space upon the web of material between the last slice of one draft and the first slice of the next draft. Thereafter, at a point downstream of the slicer, the web is severed as each space on the web moves across that point.
An apparatus for performing the foregoing method comprises, in combination with a slicing machine having an intermittently interruptable product feed, a means for continuously driving a web of packaging material away from the discharge end of the slicing machine, an intermittently operable web cutting means spaced a distance beyond the slicer, and a control means connected to the cutting means and to the slicer feed to actuate the former in a timed relation to interruption of the product feed,
Further objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the drawings of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus wherein:
FIG. 1 is a view of a package of product according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of a portion of the apparatus of FIG. 2 with the frame removed; and
FIG. 4 is a schematic wiring diagram of the control features of the present apparatus.
it is intended by the present invention to assemble drafts of a selected number of slices upon separate sheets of packaging material which may then be stacked and enwrapped by placing in cartons or another wrapper. Such a package is shown in FIG. 1 wherein slices of bacon on sheets 8 are enclosed in a carton 9. The production of sliced bacon is a revealing illustration. Institutions charged with the feeding of large numbers of people find it extremely convenient to receive the bacon slices laid out substantially flat in groups of 12 or 16 slices per sheet of parchment paper. Such sheets with bacon slices are preferably stacked in a rectangular carton containing a dozen or more such sheets. The chef or cook merely grasps the two ends of the uppermost sheet with his hands and inverts same upon a large griddle. As the slices become heated the parchment paper is easily removed and there is no need to separate the slices from one another. Household consumers find similar convenience with one pound bacon packages comprised of three to five sheets of parchment each having, for example, six to four slices of bacon laid out substantially flat thereon. One or more of such :thccts may be easily inverted in a frying pan or the like. Silicone treated parchment paper is preferred.
To produce such drafts of slices upon separate sheets it is preferred to substantially continuously lay out the slices on a continuous web of parchment paper, or the like, and
thereafter to divide by cutting the parchment paper between drafts of selected numbers of slices.
Those steps can be combined with the usual method of bacon slicing which is to continuously feed a bacon belly into the path of a continuously rotating blade and to briefly interrupt the bacon feed after a number of blade revolutions corresponding to the selected number of slices per draft. The interruption need be only for one or a few revolutions of the blade to cause a detectable distinction between successive drafts. Where previously slices have been shingled an interruption for several blade revolutions was necessary to obtain a spacing between drafts. However, according to the present method where each slice is laid out flat, or with only very slight overlap, a single blade revolution will result in a spacing substantially equal to or greater than the width of a slice.
The layout and spacing is dependent upon the speed at which the slice receiving and takeoff apparatus is operated. According to the present method, the latter is operated at a speed to move forward about one slice width or more during the time it takes the slicer blade to make one revolution. Preferably the slices are received upon a continuous web of packaging material, such as paper, that is moved away from the slicer at the aforementioned speed. Thus where the product feed of the slicing machine is interrupted, a vacant space will be obtained on the web of paper. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, immediately upon the bacon feed being interrupted a time count is commenced. During the time count the web will move a determinable distance and at the completion thereof the web is severed at a point downstream of the slicer. Preferably the latter point is spaced from the slicer a distance greater than the length of the longest expected draft and preferably a distance that is a mixed number multiple of such length. That is, the distance to the web cut off point should be a whole multiple plus a fraction of the draft length. The time count is then adjusted to equal the period necessary for the web to move the fractional portion of that distance and the result is that the web will always be cut traversely in a vacant space between slices one or more drafts removed from the slicing machine.
Thereafter the separated drafts are moved at a faster speed to separate the severed portions of the web. Finally, the drafts may be packaged and handled in any convenient manner.
A preferred apparatus for performing the foregoing method is shown in FIGS. 2 through 4. An essentially conventional slicer machine generally may be seen in FIG. 2. The slicer includes a bed 12 and a blade 14, at one end thereof, rotatable in a vertical plane. For purposes of safety the blade 14 is enclosed within a housing 16. A bacon belly, or other product, is forced into the path of the rotating blade 14 by a pusher 18 reciprocable upon the horizontal bed 12. The pusher 18 includes a follower 20 that is slidable on a guide rod 22 and is propelled through its path by a power screw 24. The pusher 18 may be engaged with and disengaged from the power screw 24, at the option of an operator, by a split nut assembly 26 having an operating lever 28. The latter will be automatically operated to disengage the split nut upon the pusher 18 reaching the end of its stroke by a safety arm 30 mounted upon the side of the bed 12 near the blade housing 16. Just before reaching that point the follower 20 will trip a limit switch 32 mounted on housing16.
The slicer blade 14 is driven through a knife shaft 34 extending from a drive housing 36 at the rear of the slicer generally 10. The power screw 24 is also-driven through a clutch 38 mounted within the drive housing 36. Both clutch 38 and knife shaft 34 may be powered from a single electric motor 40 mounted beneath the bed ofthe machine.
Conventional operation of this type of slicer involves advancing the pusher 18 for a certain number of blade revolutions and then halting the pusher for an additional number of blade revolutions. Motion of the pusher 18 is controlled by engaging and disengaging the clutch 38 which, in turn, is actuated from a control unit generally 42 mounted above the blade shaft 34 and driven in relation thereto. There are several conventional control units available on the market and all are essentially revolution counters. The apparatus of the present invention involves the combination of the foregoing conventional apparatus with the elements hereinafter described.
At the blade, or discharge, end of the slicer generally 10, is positioned a slice receiving conveyor generally 50. The latter extends a relatively short distance and is followed by a packaging conveyor generally 52, both conveyors and 52 being mounted upon a frame 54.
Concerning the slice receiving conveyor generally 50, an endless belt 58 is trained about a drive pulley 60, adjacent the slicer 10, and an idler pulley 62. A motor 64 is connected to pulley by means ofa drive chain 66.
Rotatably mounted beneath the frame 54 on a spindle 68 is a roll of web material 70. The web is trained about the belt 58 and drive pulley 60 so as to be carried upon the upper run of the former and to receive directly thereon bacon slices 72 thrown from the slicer generally 10.
Means are also provided to frictionally engage the web of material with the endless belt 58 so as to cause it to be moved at the belt speed, and alternately to brake the web of material when the slicing machine operation is shut down, as for instance when the slicing of a bacon belly is completed and the pusher 18 is being retracted for the insertion of a new belly. Such means may be best seen in FIG. 3 .and comprises a pivotable carriage 76 supporting at one side a clutch roll 78,
which is parallel to the slice receiving conveyor drive pulley- 60, and at the other side supporting a brake roll 80. The carriage 76 is mounted upon a pivot shaft 82 suspended from the frame 54', and a pair of solenoids 84 and 86 are connected to the mo respective ends of the carriage to alternatively raise and engage the clutch and brake rolls 78, 80. The brake roll 80, when lifted by solenoid 86, will press the web of material against a ridged brake bar 88 to halt movement of the web.
Further concerning the packing conveyor generally 52, it is shown in H65. 2 and 3 to comprise an endless belt 94 trained about a pair of pulleys 96, 98. Preferably pulley 96 is an idler pulley and is spaceda short distance from the idler pulley 62 of the slice receiving conveyor generally 50. The downstream pulley 98 is a drive pulley and is connected to a motor 100, mounted beneath the frame 54, by a drive chain 102.
A web cutting means generally is located between the two idler pulleys 62 and 96 of the slice receiving conveyor 50 and the packing conveyor 52, respectively. Such cutting means preferably includes a spring-loaded shear plate 112 mounted between the aforementioned pulleys with the upper edge thereof at about the level of the endless belts 58 and 94. A rotatable knife 114 is cooperatively mounted above and parallel the shear plate 112. The knife 114 is fixed longitudinally of a sleeve 116 which in turn is secured to a shaft 118 that is rotated through a clutch 120 by a separate drive motor 122. The clutch 120 is of a type that, when energized, will make only a single revolution.
It is critical that the length of the slice receiving conveyor generally 50 be at least equal to the length of the longest expected draft of slices, and preferably greater than such length by a fraction thereof. Stated differently the receiving conveyor should be a mixed number (whole number plus a fraction) multiple of the maximum expected draft length. Otherwise it is essentially impossible to accurately synchronize operation of the web cutting means generally 110 with the slicer generally 10. The means by which the apparatus is synchronized may be best seen in FIG. 4. While the wiring circuit shown therein is utilized to control the aforementioned motors operating various parts of the apparatus, the system illustrated does not actually power such motors. However, motor-control relays are shown, such relays controlling the power circuits to the motors in a manner well known to those skilled in the electrical arts, and are denoted herein by corresponding reference numbers bearing the subscript a".
The control means shown in FlG. 4 is connected across a l 10 volt alternating current source and is disconnectable therefrom by appropriate fuses and a master switch 130. Two main lines 132 and 134 are provided. When the master switch is closed a signal lamp 136, placed across lines 132, 134 will indicate a power-on condition. The slicer control unit generally 42 is also connected across lines 132, 134 and will be energized when the master switch 130 is closed. However, it is preferred that the control unit 42 be indirectly connected through a constant voltage transformer 138 to guard against the possibility of voltage surges in the power supply.
The remainder of the apparatus, while connected across lines 132, 134, will be energized only upon the closing of certain manual switches such as a motor start switch 140 which is connected in series with a bank of motor control relays 40A, 64A and 122A which energize respectively the slicer motor 40, slice receiving conveyor motor 64 and the web severing knife motor 122. A manual stop switch 142 is connected in series with switch 140 and a self-holding relay 144, energizable from the motor control relay 40A, the latter being connected in parallel to the manual start switch 140. Similarly all components down line from the aforementioned motor circuit can be subsequently energized only if the aforementioned motors are operative, by reason of a relay 146 positioned to close a pair of contacts in main line 132 only upon actuation from the motor control relay 122A. It is to be understood that when the slicer motor 40 is running the control unit 42 will be mechanically responding to the revolutions of the slicer blade 14 and thus will be mechanically functioning.
Slicing is commended upon manual operation of a triple bank switch 150. A first set of contacts 152 are momentarily opened, thereby, to disconnect a circuit to the limit switch 32 so as to insure that the slice control unit generally 42 is in condition to be placed in a drafting mode to control both dwell and slicing functions. A second set of contacts 154 are momentarily closed to energize the motor control relay 100A to start the packing conveyor motor 100. A holding circuit for the motor control relay 100A and the remainder of main line 132 comprising a relay 184 is closed thereby and will remain closed when the contacts 154 are again opened. A third set of contacts 156 are momentarily closed thereby energizing a relay 158 to briefly close a circuit in the slicer control unit 42. The latter is thereby placed in the drafting mode and the slicing operation will start first with the space, or no slice, phase of the slicing cycle.
It will be noted that when the first set of contacts 152 of switch 150 were opened the circuit to the limit switch 32 was broken. Initially, upon closing the motor start switch 140, and before actual slicing is to be commenced, a separate controller start switch 160 should also be actuated, either manually or by a mechanical linkage to the start switch 140. Also initially the split nut 26 should be disengaged from the power screw 24, Switch 160 by-passes the limit switch 32 to energize a relay 162 that in turn closes two sets of contacts 164 and 166. Contacts 164 provide a self-holding circuit to maintain the relay 162 energized until the slice switch 150 is actuated to open the contacts 152. Contacts 166 are in series with a first set of contacts 168 of a space controller relay 170. The latter relay is energized when the slicer control unit 42 is in the space phase of a slicing cycle. When both relays 162 and 170 are energized, and contacts 166 and 168 are both closed, another relay 176, to be hereinafter explained, will be energized. However, when theslice switch 150 is actuated, although the control unit 42 is put into space phase by the actuation of relay 158, the relay 162 is deenergized and the circuit to relay 176 cannot be completed again until the slicerfeed pusher 18 reaches the end of its path and closes the limit switch 32. n
Meanwhile it should be noted that the space phase relay 170 simultaneously closes two additional sets of contacts 172 and 174.
When the conditions are met to energize relay 176 three sets of contacts, 178, 180 and 182 are actuated. Contacts 178 are closed to provide a self-holding circuit for the relay 176. Contacts 180 are opened to thereby cause a change in the slicer control unit 42 circuit to shift the latter to a continuous mode or idle condition. Contacts 182 are opened in the main line 132 to deenergize the motor control relay 100A, and thus stop the packing conveyor 52.
When the slicer control unit generally 42 is thus placed in a continuous mode, or idle,,-the space phase relay 170 is deenergized, opening the contacts associated therewith, and a slice phase relay 188 is energized, actuating clutch 38. When in continuous mode the power screw 24 will be engaged with the motor through clutch 38 and will turn continuously (hence split nut 26 should be disengaged) and this condition will continue until switch 150 is actuated to close contacts 156 and energize relay 158 to shift the control unit 42 to the drafting mode (by which time the split nut should be engaged).
However, before the slicer pusher 18 closes the limit switch 32 and when relay 158 has placed the slicer control unit generally 42 into a drafting mode, the space phase relay 170 will first be energized for one or a few revolutions of the slicer blade and then the slicer control unit 42 will deenergize relay 170 and energize the slice phase relay 188 for a selected number of slice revolutions. The latter closes one set of contacts to energize the slicer feed clutch 38 through and an AC rectifier 190. Thus the power screw 24 will be turned to advance the pusher 18 so long as the split nut 26 is engaged. At the end of the selected number of slicer blade revolutions the slicer control unit generally 42 will again deenergize relay 188, thereby disengaging clutch 38 to stop the pusher 18, and reenergize the space phase relay 170. So long as limit switch 32 is not closed this will have no effect on the operating mode of the slicer control unlt. However. both sets of contacts 172 and 174 are closed during the space phase. Contact 172 energizes a web control relay 192 which has three contacts 194,
196 and 198. Contacts 194 provide a self-holding circuit to maintain the relay 192 energized when contacts 172 are again opened upon the control unit going to the slice phase. Contacts 196 open to deenergize the paper brake solenoid 86; and contacts 198 close to energize the paper clutch solenoid84. Both solenoids 84 and 86 are operated at a reduced voltage of about 10 volts obtained through a reduction transformer 200. It should be noted that the paper clutch and paper brake will remain in this condition until contacts 182 of relay 176 are opened to disconnect the main line 132.
The closing of contacts 174 upon the energizing of space phase relay 170 (which occurs each time the slicer control unit generally 42 interrupts the bacon feed so as to leave a vacant space on the web of packaging material) completes a circuit to a primary timer 204,and to a holding relay 202, Timer 204 is adjustable by an operator in accordance with the length of a draft of sliced product (which will vary in accordance with the speed of conveyor 50 and the number of slices selected for a draft). Upon being energized when contacts 174 are closed the primary timer 204 begins a count down of the selected time interval. Upon the completion of the interval the timer 204 will energize timer relay 206 which in turn closes its contacts completing a circuit to the knife clutch and also to a secondary timer 208, As previously mentioned the knife clutch causes one revolution of knife 114 to sever the web material. The secondary timer 208 upon completion of a timed period, usually shorter than the period of the primary timer 204, energizes a relay 210 to open contacts in the line serving the primary timer 204. This deenergizes the primary timer causing it to reset and open its relay contacts 206 which consequently deenergizes the secondary timer 208 causing it to reset and to reclose its contacts. Thus the timing elements are ready to repeat their function when the space phase relay again closes contacts 174.
Obviously many modifications and variations of the invention as hereinbefore set forth may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, and, therefore, only such limitations should be imposed as are indicated in the appended claims.
We claim:
1. An improved method for assembling drafts of product slices as said slices are cut from a body of product by a slicer, said method comprising: receiving each slice as it is severed from said body upon a, continuous web of material at a first point; continuously moving said web of material in a direction and constant speed away from said point so as to receive successive slices laid out substantially flat and adjacent one another; periodically interrupting the production of slices after a desired number have been severed for a brief interval while continuing to move said web whereby to leave vacant spaces between drafts of slices received thereon; and automatically cutting said web across each of said spaces at a second point at a distance downstream of said first point.
2; The method of claim 1 including the step of commencing a time count upon interrupting said production and then cutting said web across said spaces at a second point at a distance downstream of said first point upon completion of said time count, said distance being the product of a mixed number multiplied by the length said web moves at said speed during the production of a draft of slices, and said time count being adjusted to the intervals necessary for said web to move an amount equal to said length multiplied by the fractional portion of said mixed number at said speed.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the separated drafts are conveyed beyond said second point at a relatively greater speed so as to further space the separated drafts.
4. An improved apparatus for assembling drafts of sliced product in combination with a slicer wherein a blade is operated continuously and a block of product is advanced thereto for periods to produce a draft of slices and halted briefly for intervals to distinguish said drafts, said improved apparatus comprising: web driving means positioned adjacent the discharge end of said slicer and powered to move a substantially continuous web of material in a direction away therefrom at a given constant speed sufficient to receive successive slices laid out substantially flat and adjacent one another; an intermittently operable cutting meansmounted transversely of said web driving means at a distance from said slicer; and a control means connected to said cutting means and to said slicer, said control means operating to interrupt the slicer feed briefly after a draft of a desired number of slices have been severed and to actuate said cutting means thereafter upon a time count of selected duration following said feed interruption.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said distance between said slicer and said cutting means is a multiple of the length of the draft of slices and a mixed number, and said time count is the interval required to move at said given speed a distance equal to said length times the fractional portion of said mixed number.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said control means includes a timer and said web cutting means is driven through a clutch connected to said timer.
7. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said web driving means comprises an endless belt trained about a pair of pulleys wherein one pulley is adjacent the discharge end of said slicer; means to drive said belt at said speed; a supply holder for a roll of web material positioned beneath said endless belt wherefrom the web is trained about said one pulley and across the upper run of said belt; and engaging means positioned beneath said belt and operable to press said web against said belt so as to be movable therewith.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the web cutting means comprises an anvil and cooperating knife, said knife being rotatable about a longitudinal shaft set transversely of said endless belt beyond the other of said pair of pulleys, and a clutch connected between a drive means and said shaft and said clutch being actuated by said control means.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said control means includes a timer and said clutch is connected to said timer, and the distance between said slicer and said knife is a multiple of the length of a draft of slices and a mixed number, and said time count is the interval required to move at said given speed a distance equal to said length times the fractional portion of said mixed number.
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Sitting on the sideline, his leg taped, Okolie Onyeka Odafa had appeared fidgety at the Nehru Stadium here the other day.
He had injured his foot in the Calcutta League derby and looked restless as he watched his teammates warm up for the Federation Cup here.
The injury had forced Odafa to skip the opener here but on Saturday, he looked hungry and in a hurry on his return.Odafa's opener
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Chizoba Christopher also pumped in two while Japanese playmaker Katsumi Yusa and substitute Ujjal Howladar scored the other goals in the Bagan party. Two of Bagan's goals were real gems. Odafa sent a long cross to Zakeer on the right who set it up nicely for Christoper to score. That was the team's second goal. Yusa had his name on the next one, foxing the goalkeeper Ralte with a small step before tapping the ball home coolly.
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The match saw Mumbai FC captain Yusuf Yakubu messing up a penalty and a player from both teams sent off.
After two games each in Group C, Mohun Bagan has six points while both Salgaocar and Shillong Lajong have three each and Mumbai FC is yet to open its account.
Bagan, which is currently the group topper, will now have to wait for the last set of matches in its pool on January 21 to confirm its place in the semifinal.
Churchill Brothers made the semifinal grade on Friday night. The league matches resume on Monday after a day's break.
The results: Group C: Mohun Bagan 6 (Okolie Odafa 11 & 76, Chizoba Christoper 23 & 60, Katsumi Yusa 30, Ujjal Howladar 90+2) bt Shillong Lajong 0; Salgaocar 2 (Pradeep 46, Oliviera 74-pen) bt Mumbai FC 1 (Foschini 12).
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Obituary: Donald Barlow
Saturday 06 August 1994
WITH THE DEATH of Donald Barlow, the age of the 'general surgeons' has, perhaps, passed, but one may hope that the next generation of surgeons will have the good fortune to work with a colleague as splendid as he was. He died at the age of 89, just one day after he had reached that age.
Barlow went to Whitgift School, Croydon, and thence to University College Hospital, London, for his medical training. There he graduated, as was possible in those days, at the age of 21, having first passed as MRCS, LRCP and later in the year the London MB BS with honours. Three years later he passed the examination for the Fellowship of the College of Surgeons of England at the age of 24. At that time, and maybe it is still so, no one could become a fellow of the college until he was 25 and so he had to wait one year for his degree. Two years later, in 1930, he passed the examination for the Mastership of Surgery at London University at possibly the youngest age ever recorded and tied for the Gold Medal.
After qualification, he had posts as a house surgeon and as a registrar (there were no Senior Registrars in those days) in several different hospitals, but in 1936, when he was 31, he was appointed to his first consultant post at the Southend Hospital, where he continued to work until he retired, and four years later he was appointed as a general surgeon to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, another post which he held until retirement in 1970.
Barlow was appointed to the staff of the London Chest Hospital shortly after the Second World War and I had the good fortune to get to that hospital as his Senior Registrar a short time later. At Southend and at Luton he was then known as 'General Surgeon', but at the London Chest Hospital he was a specialist 'Thoracic Surgeon'. He must have been one of the very last general surgeons in Britain, as many of the now recognised specialities were in their infancy at that time. In 1948 the Association of Thoracic Surgeons was able to meet in a ward in the London Chest Hospital; there were only 15 of them. Barlow was one of these. Now there are nearly 200.
As was the custom in the early Fifties, Barlow was appointed to several other hospitals, including the Italian Hospital near Soho, in central London. He invented several surgical instruments and several new operations. He made important contributions to oesophageal surgery of which he was the leading exponent at the London Chest Hospital.
There was another part of his career in which he made important contributions. In effect, he set up thoracic surgery in Ceylon, where he went in the early Fifties and again in the late Sixties. There, rightly, he became an honorary MB BS Ceylon.
Donald Barlow drove enormous distances in his old Rolls-Royce between Southend, London, Luton and his home in Harpenden. He was perhaps the most peripatetic thoracic surgeon of all time. I had the good luck to work for him and with him for almost all the period he was at the London Chest Hospital and in all those years we never had a cross word - with Barlow it would have been impossible.
He was a tremendous enthusiast in everything that he did and some of us thought he was a boy who never grew up. He once made a film of himself doing a sword- swallowing act, which he showed at a professional meeting - he had never done it before or since.
He was married in 1934 to Elizabeth Maciver, who had been the Theatre Sister at Great Ormond Street Hospital. They had five children, one of whom - John - is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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How close to the trunk are they? If there are a foot or more I would use a sharp spade to sever the connection to the main tree and then leave it a lone for a few months and let the now independent tree grow some more roots before digging it out and transplanting late winter/early spring.
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As I plan my coverage of this year's annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops up in my mail box. The organization is concerned that the number of polar bears in the Beaufort See in Alaska and in north-western Canada has dropped by around 40 percent in the last ten years. Now that is a very worrying statistic.
It is based on a study published in the journal Ecological Applications: Polar bear population dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea during a period of sea ice decline.
In 2004, it seems 1,500 polar bears were counted. The latest count showed just 900. Declining sea ice and a lack of prey seem to be the likeliest causes. Another piece of evidence to justify the decision in 2008 to list polar bears under the US Endangered Species Act.
WWF fears the worrying trend will continue if climate change is not halted. There are only between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears left in the world. With the average air temperature in the Arctic a good five degrees centigrade higher than it was a hundred years ago, it is hardly surprising that nature is struggling to cope. As the sea ice declines, the bears are losing their habitat. You might also remember the pictures of all those walruses on the beach a few weeks ago. They too, were affected by the decline of the sea ice where they usually rest between dives.
So what can we do to halt the decline in the polar bear population? This brings me back to the forthcoming climate conference in Peru. I am finding it difficult to arouse interest in this year's meeting. "Paris next year is the important one", I hear. So does climate action just get put on hold for another 12 months? Tell that to the polar bears. One single conference cannot save the world from the climate catastrophes that could lie ahead if the world does not manage to reduce its emissions drastically in the next few years. UNEP's "Emissions Gap Report 2014", just published yesterday, says we have to be carbon-neutral by the 2nd half of this century to keep temperature rise below two degrees centigrade. There is still a huge gap between the pledges made by countries within the UNFCCC framework and what is necessary for that. Emissions would have to peak within the next ten years, says the UNEP report, based on the latest IPCC data. Otherwise we risk severe and irreversible climate change with all the droughts, floods and other impacts that come with it.
Given the need for urgent action, I fail to understand how anyone can say "forget Peru, wait for Paris". I would be the first to stress that these conferences alone cannot halt climate change. The switch to renewable energy is already underway. But ultimately, governments have to agree to binding targets. We have seen encouraging signs from the top emitters China and the USA. Without those international negotiations, this is unlikely to have happened. Let us take the Peru conference as an opportunity to focus world interest on the urgency of climate action. Countries have to keep doing there homework. I don't know if we will be able to turn our energy policies around in time to save the bears. But if they are to have any chance – at the risk of sounding clichéd: the time for action is now, and any major climate event is a chance to say so.
DateNovember 21, 2014 | 4:50 pm
Berlin Wall – Hope for Arctic?
The statement by veteran Arctic researcher Peter Wadhams that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer as early as 2020 sparked a lot of discussion. Recently I had the chance to talk to Professor Stefan Rahmsdorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans and head of Earth System Analysis at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) about Wadham's forecast.
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DateNovember 14, 2014 | 12:35 pm
TagsADN, Alaska, Arctic, Barrow, Berlin Wall, Climate, Craig Medred, PIK, Potsdam Institute, Rahmstorf, science, sea ice, UN talks, Wadhams, Warming
Acid Arctic Ocean and Russell Brand?
Is ocean acidification a term you are familiar with? If you are a regular Ice Blog reader, I would like to think you will be. But I am prompted to ask this question because the term came up during a discussion at a weekly evening class I attend, and I was flabbergasted that none of the people there had a clue what it meant. These were all university-educated professionals. That means we in the media have our work cut out for us explaining how climate change is making the seas more acidic, and why this is something we should be worried about.
This incident has reminded me that we journalists have to avoid assuming that everyone is familiar with the terms we use in our coverage on a regular basis. Climate change is the kind of topic where you want to reach a specialist audience, but also the vast majority of the population. We all have to change our habits to reduce CO2 emissions, and we all have to vote for the politicians who have the responsibility for energy and environment policy. That means we need to talk about the problems in a way everybody understands.
I am encouraged to see the BBC website had a longer article on the threat of ocean acidification a few days ago. I don't think it has made its way into the tabloids though, correct me if I am wrong.
I was made very aware of the issue during a trip to Arctic Spitzbergen in 2010 with a team of scientists monitoring just what happens to the life forms in the sea when it becomes more acidic because it is absorbing so much of the CO2 we emit. The polar regions are suffering more than others, as cold water absorbs CO2 faster.
Towards the end of last year, I interviewed Professor Alex Rogers from the University of Oxford, who is also the scientific director of the International Programme on the State of the Oceans, which had just published a major study on acidification.
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He told me: "The oceans are taking up about a third of the carbon dioxide we're producing at the moment. While this is slowing the rate of earth temperature rise, it is also changing the chemistry of the ocean in a very profound way."
Carbon dioxide reacts with sea water to form carbonic acid. Gradually, this makes oceans more acidic.
Threat to marine life
Sea water is already 26 percent more acidic than it was before the onset of the Industrial Revolution. According to the IPSO report, it could be 170 percent more acidic by 2100.
Over the last 20 years, scientists around the world have been conducting laboratory experiments to find out what that would mean for the flora and fauna of the oceans. Ulf Riebesell of the Helmholtz Institute for Ocean Research in Kiel, a lead author of the report, conducted the world's first experiments in nature, off the coast of the Arctic island of Svalbard in 2010. This was the project I visited.
Giant test-tubes were lowered into the ocean to capture a water column with living organisms inside it. Different amounts of CO2 were added to simulate the effects of different emissions scenarios in the coming decades. The experiments showed that increasing acidification decreases the amount of calcium carbonate in the sea water, making life very difficult for sea creatures that use it to form their skeletons or shells. This will affect coral, mussels, snails, sea urchins, starfish as well as fish and other organisms. Scientists say some of these species will simply not be able to compete with others in the ocean of the future.
Hard times for coastal residents
All this will have severe economic and social consequences. Ultimately, acidification will affect the food chain. Tropical and sub-tropical areas with warm-water corals are going to suffer. Coral reefs are home to numerous species, serve as nurseries for fish and are a valuable tourist attraction. They also protect coastlines against waves and storms.
At the same time, the polar regions are suffering more than others, as cold water absorbs CO2 faster. Riebesell told me the experiments in the Arctic indicate that the sea water there could become corrosive within a few decades. "That means the shells and skeletons of some sea creatures would simply dissolve." What a horrific prospect.
The Antarctic is already affected. IPSO's Alex Rogers told me: "We're seeing instances where we're finding tiny shelled molluscs, tiny snails that swim in the surface of the oceans, with corroded shells."
These creatures play a key role in the marine food chain, supporting everything from tiny fish to whales. "One of our primary sources of marine-derived protein is in rapid decline," says Monty Halls, manager of the UK-based Shark and Coral Conservation Trust. He describes ocean acidification as the "most serious threat to our children's welfare." Monty is working to produce video and cartoon material to interest the younger generation in the need to change our behavior to protect marine life.
Two German scientists Antje Funcke and Konstantin Mewes have written and illustrated a children's story called Tipo and Tessi to make kids aware of the need to protect the ocean. So far, it has only been published in German. The English translation is available, but so far there is a lack of funding for publication.
Vicious circle of climate change
Scientists are also concerned about a feedback effect that will further exacerbate global warming. In the long run, the ocean will become the biggest sink for human-produced CO2, but it will absorb it at a slower rate. That means the more acidic the ocean becomes, the less capacity is has to act as a buffer.
Alex Rogers sees a further problem: "Carbonate structures actually weigh down particular organic carbon. In other words, they help carbon to sink out of the surface layers of the ocean into the deep sea. Anything that interferes in that process can potentially accelerate the rate of CO2 increase in the atmosphere."
And that would be very dangerous. "The rates of CO2 increase we are seeing at the moment are probably as high as they've been for the last 300 million years," says Rogers.
The IPSO scientists draw an unsettling comparison between conditions today and climate change events in the past that have resulted in mass extinctions. They say a lot of these major extinction events occurred in connection with high temperatures and acidification, similar effects to the ones that we are experiencing today.
The BBC article I mentioned earlier also mentions new research by scientists at Exeter University, indicating that increasing acidity creates conditions for animals to take up more coastal pollution, like copper. That would mean not only creatures with calcium-based shells would be endangered.
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The experts stress that it is not too late to halt the acidification process, although the CO2 will remain in the oceans for thousands of years. This brings me back to the topics of recent Ice Blog posts: the UN climate negotiations and the need for urgent action. And of course, to the mention in the title above of the British comedian Russell Brand. This relates to another issue I have been writing about recently: the question of celebrity involvement and whether that can help inform people about and interest them in topics like climate change and the acidification of our oceans. My commentary on this, with regard to Leonardo di Caprio at Ban Ki-moon's September summit in New York, sparked some interesting discussions.
Just this morning I was reading about Russell Brand and how his new book calling for a revolution on all kinds of issues is attracting huge interest. I have noticed that people otherwise completely uninterested in politics and social issues are at least paying some attention because their favourite comedian is talking about them. Maybe we have to get Russell Brand on board. I'm not sure what kind of action he would advocate, but there would certainly be a lot fewer people who could say they'd never heard of ocean acidification.
DateOctober 31, 2014 | 12:27 pm
TagsAntarctic, Arctic, CO2, Emissions, EPOCA, Greenpeace, ocean acidification
Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?
It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the latest climate news. A piece by Alex Kirby of Climate News Network drews my attention to the fact that temperatures in Barrow, Alaska, one of the first places to feature on the Ice Blog when it was created in 2008, have risen by an astonishing 7°C in the last 34 years (looking at the average October temperature). As Alex Kirby puts it, "an increase that, on its own, makes a mockery of international efforts to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2°C above their pre-industrial level". We need more climate action
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DateOctober 24, 2014 | 2:54 pm
The Arctic on the UN agenda
To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for the UN climate negotiations and vice versa is abundantly clear. But not everybody understands all the connections. A major media event like this week's New York climate summit hosted by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in person was a fine chance to focus attention on the need to protect the Arctic. Greenpeace made good use of it, handing over a petition with six million signatures just ahead of the big event, and with hundreds of thousands gathered in New York for the Climate March.
It was timely in more ways than one, just as the latest sea ice figures were published to confirm the melting trend.
The petition calls for long-term protection of the Arctic, with the region warming more than twice as fast as the global average and opening the high north to shipping and commercial exploitation. Greenpeace and other groups are calling for a ban on oil exploration, which could endanger the fragile ecosystem. Experts also have safety concerns about increased shipping.
Commercial development versus environment
Earlier this month, a survey showed that 74% of people in 30 countries support the creation of a protected Arctic Sanctuary in the international waters surrounding the North Pole. The study was commissioned by Greenpeace and carried out by Canadian company, RIWI. Around the same time, the Arctic Council, which combines the Arctic states and indigenous peoples' representatives, currently chaired by Canada, supported the founding of a new business grouping, the Arctic Economic Council. Its aim is to promote the commercial development of the Arctic region. I wrote about this here on the Ice Blog and on the DW website.
Global responsibility for the Arctic
The UN Secretary General accepted the Greenpeace petition saying:
"I receive this as a common commitment toward our common future, protecting our environment, not only in the Arctic, but all over the world."
Ban Ki-moon said he would consider convening an international summit to discuss the issue of Arctic protection. He also expressed a desire to travel aboard one of the organisation's campaigning ships in the Arctic in the near future.
Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo, who was part of the delegation, said: "The Arctic represents a defining test for those attending the summit in New York".
He said leaders should bear in mind that concern for the rapid warming of the world was not consistent with planning oil and gas development in the melting Arctic.
The small delegation that met Ban Ki Moon included Indigenous rights activist and Saami politician Josefina Skerk, who last year trekked to the North Pole to declare the top of the world 'the common heritage of everyone on earth'.
Skerk, a member of the Saami Parliament, said: "We, who want to continue living in the North, are gravely concerned about climate change and the destructive industries that are closing in. My people know and understand the Arctic, and it is changing in a manner, which threatens not just our survival, but the survival of people all over the world."
Skerk said humans had created the crisis and had to take action to solve it.
"I urge the Arctic countries in particular to take a giant step up and I think the world needs to pay much closer attention to ensure that it happens. They might as well start here in New York."
From Kiribati to Svalbard and New York
Melting ice especially from the Arctic Greenland ice sheet is raising sea levels around the globe, endangering low-lying areas. At the weekend, the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, ended a Greenpeace-organized tour of glaciers in Norway's Svalbard Archipelago. He said the trip to the Arctic ice had made a deep impression on him, which he would share with world leaders at the U.N. climate summit:
"It's a very fascinating sight. In spite of that, what I feel very deeply is the sense of threat," Tong said. "If all of that ice would disappear, it would end up eroding our shores."
Kiribati is a group of 33 coral atolls located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Many of its atolls rise just a few feet above sea level.
In last year's report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), experts concluded oceans could rise by as much as 1 meter (3.3 feet) by the end of this century if no action is taken to cut the greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming.
"It won't take a lot of sea level rise to affect our islands," Tong said. "We are already having problems."
Sea ice minimum confirms melting trend
The New York summit coincides with the annual announcement of the minimum sea ice for the year, as the summer season comes to an end. The sea ice – in contrast to glaciers on land – does not influence global sea level, but is regarded as a key indicator of how climate change is affecting the region. This year the figure announced by the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) was 5.01 million square kilometers. The figure is the sixth lowest extent since records began.
The minimum ever recorded at the North Pole was 3.29m sq km in 2012 – and the eight lowest years have been the last eight years.
Ice levels in the Arctic have recovered from their all-time low, but are still on a shrinking trend, said Julienne Stroeve of the National Snow and Ice Data Centre. "We have been telling this story for a long time, and we are still telling it," she said.
NSIDC records showed that, this year, ice momentarily dipped below 5million sq km to 4.98m on 16 September, but the official figure is taken from a five day average.
Satellite data shows that one part of the Laptev Sea was completely clear from sea ice for the first time this summer. One of the most important questions for climate scientists is how soon the Arctic will experience its first sea ice-free summer.
Rod Downie, head of WWF UK's polar programme, said that this year's new Arctic minimum should prompt new action from the leaders meeting in New York. He stressed the connection between the Arctic and weather conditions in other parts of the world:
"As David Cameron prepares to meet other global leaders at the UN climate change summit in New York, the increased frequency of extreme weather that is predicted for the UK as a result of a warming Arctic should serve as a reminder that we need urgent action now to tackle climate change," he said.
The summit was a major PR event to draw attention to the need for urgent and substantial climate action. The accompanying protests around the globe show people are not happy with the slow pace of the climate talks and their governments' efforts to reduce emissions. Of course there was little in the way of concrete pledges. Still, on the whole, I see it as a successful step on the way to a new climate agreement because it has put the spotlight on climate change at a time where international conflicts are dominating the news agenda.
More commentary on the summit from me here:
World leaders must act as climate takes centre stage
All-star gala puts climate back on the agenda
DateSeptember 24, 2014 | 2:22 pm
TagsArctic, Ban Ki-Moon, Climate, CO2, Emissions, Greenpeace, ice, New York, sea ice, Sea level, UN, UN talks, WWF


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We wish we'd had this little laptop computer on our last business trip. The Panasonic Toughbook W4 combines semirugged features with an ultralight design, making it a great travel companion.
To keep the size small and the weight light, this laptop is not fully ruggedized. The semirugged designation means it's tougher than most laptops but not as tough as models that meet military standards for drop, shock, water, vibration and other factors.
The Toughbook W4 weighs 2.8 pounds and is slightly smaller than a standard 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of paper. It's a great size for airplane tray tables yet large enough for comfortable typing, and the 12.1-inch screen is small but doesn't make the user feel cramped.
We liked the all-silver magnesium alloy case for its looks and durability, and the removable hard drive is shock-mounted for protection against bumps. The display is also shock-mounted with reinforced display case edges. The W4 can withstand a 1-foot drop.
A spill-resistant keyboard would have been a nice addition, though.
The Toughbook W4 comes with an integrated DVD/CD-RW combination drive, which is unusual because most laptops of this size and weight don't have enough room for an integrated optical drive.
Panasonic solves the space issue by placing the drive under the wrist-rest area. The right side of the wrist rest pops up to allow access.
The speeds and feeds of our review unit were impressive for a laptop of this size. They included a 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium M ultra-low-voltage processor, 512M of memory expandable to 1G and a 60G hard drive.
The computer also features 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity.
For enhanced security, the Toughbook W4 features a Trusted Platform Module 1.1 chip, which stores passwords and digital certificates.
Our review unit cost $2,394 on the General Services Administration schedule.
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In what should come as a surprise to no one, Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey has been named the Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Colorado Saturday.
Carey, a sophomore, rushed for a conference-record 366 yards against the Buffaloes on just 25 carries. He also caught two passes for 34 yards, and scored five touchdowns in Arizona's 56-31 victory.
Carey's 400 all-purpose yards broke a school record. He is the sixth Wildcat to win a Player of the Week Award this season but first to do so on offense.
Other nominees for the award were quarterbacks Marcus Mariota of Oregon and Brett Hundley of UCLA, as well as running back Christian Powell from Colorado, Stepfan Taylor from Stanford, Curtis McNeal of USC and Bishop Sankey of Washington.
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Chris Hadfield is just no plain Commander of NASA's International Space Station. He is also once photography aficionado. And this passion has helped the world see for itself the massive 'catastrophic' bushfires that is currently raging on in Australia.
More than 100 wildfires are currently raging and ravaging properties across the world's driest inhabited continent. The photos released by NASA showed how Mr Hadfield breathed life to a photo of bushfires across Tasmania on January 8.
Also on Tuesday, the country's Bureau of Meteorology was forced to add deep purple and pink into its forecasting colour wheel maps to aid weather temperature projections exceeding 122 Fahrenheit or 50 degrees Celsius, which experts said Australia might experience starting next week.
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Members of the Girl Talk Jr. group at the Deerfield-Windsor Lower Campus, from left, Ridley Baker, Haley Walden, Bella Belusko, Sarah Katherine Harris and Kate Williams perform at a recent meeting. The Girl Talk organization, now with a presence in several countries, was first established at the Deerfield's upper campus in 2002. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)
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D-backs' Goldschmidt, Corbin named to 2013 NL All-Star team
The Arizona Diamondbacks will have two representatives at the 84th Midsummer Classic on July 16 at Citi Field in New York.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt was selected as a reserve, earning his first All-Star selection. Goldschmidt is in the midst of a breakout season, in which he has hit .305 with 21 HRs and a league-high 73 RBIs.
Goldschmidt couldn't beat out Cincinnati Reds' first baseman Joey Votto for the start. The D-backs haven't had a position player start in an All-Star Game since Luis Gonzalez in 2001.
Left-hander Patrick Corbin will join the NL pitching staff in his first All-Star selection, after compiling a 9-1 record with a 2.49 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 115.2 IP this season.
Corbin ranks fifth in the NL in wins this season, but could have an even better record to show for his efforts. The 23-year-old has posted a 2.36 ERA in seven no-decisions for the D-backs this year. He has also pitched at least seven innings, giving up two runs or less, in six of those games.
Both Goldschmidt and Corbin were selected in the players' voting.
D-backs' outfielder Gerardo Parra, who was thought to get consideration for an All-Star spot, was not chosen or placed on the five-player MLB.com final vote ballot. Parra is batting .297 with seven homers and 26 RBI in 83 games this year.
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The last time I brewed the wind was crazy. What does everyone here use, for a wind break for a stand alone propane burner. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
I use a 4foot piece of roofing metal bent in a u shape to protect my kettle and burner from the wind
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Move the cars out of the garage and move the burner in. I leave the doors up a little. It is actually easier for me since it is connected to my kitchen where I am back and forth anyway.
Window screens do the trick for me. I have a couple old screen doors I lean against the kettle. Super ghetto. I'm going to get some screen cut at my local hardware store to wrap around my burner.
Cut most of the bottom off of a metal trash can. Cut slits and twist to create baffles for air flow to feed the burner.
I just wrap some Al foil around as a wind break. Works well. Wind isn't usually a problem here most of the time. If it were, these post above have way better answers.
8"-12" tapered stove pipe over the burner.