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The disclosure relates to improvements in a cordless handpiece for dental treatment having storage batteries and an electric motor incorporated therein. The improvements are that the cutting tool is increased in cutting performance and that the replacement of a contra angle and a straight tool has been facilitated.
1. A cordless handpiece for dental treatment with replacement contra angle and straight tools, comprising a joint mounted on the tip portion of a handpiece body so as to replaceably attach and detach a straight tool or a contra angle tool to and from the tip portion, a coreless motor housed in said handpiece body and connected directly to a driving shaft of said straight tool or to a driving shaft of said contra angle tool, storage battery housed in said handpiece body for driving said coreless motor, an electrode likewise housed in the distal end of said handpiece body for charging said batteries and a switch for controlling turning on and off said motor, wherein said motor, batteries and electrode are located on the same axis and said joint comprises a set sleeve fitted rotatably over a sleeve at the tip portion of said handpiece body, a ball groove provided at one end of said sleeve circumferentially of the sleeve passing through the thickness of said sleeve, a locking ball nesting in said groove and adapted to bring the lower end thereof into abutment against the housing of said straight tool for the housing of said contra angle tool, an eccentric groove corresponding to said locking ball and formed on the inner surface of said sleeve, and a set screw passing through the thickness of said sleeve and set in the thickness of said sleeve whereby said contra angle and straight tools are readily replaceable by loosening said set screw and rotating said set sleeve.
2. A handpiece according to claim 1, wherein said straight tool includes an engagement stepped portion formed on the outer circumference of a tool bar holding cylinder at the tip of the cylinder by forming slits therein along the lengthwise extension thereof so as to impart elasticity to the cylinder, a sloping surface formed in the reduced portion rearwardly of said engagement stepped portion, a rotating tube shaft fitted over said tool bar holding cylinder, a sloping surface always in contact with said sloping surface formed on the inner circumference of said rotating tube shaft at the tip of the shaft, a connecting bar inserted into the rear portion of said cutting bar holding cylinder, a receptive portion formed by cutting off the tip of said connecting bar, an engaging tongue member portrudently provided at the top of said receptive portion, said engaging tongue member being formed so as to enable the tongue member to engage with an engagement portion formed on one side of the rear part of tool bar for exclusive use in a contra angle tool inserted into said tool holding cylinder, a knock pin by which to connect said rotating tube shaft and connecting bar integrally to said cylinder, a ball bearing means and a compression spring means mounted on the outer circumference of said tube shaft, and a cap being provided outwardly of said ball bearing so as to move back and forth freely and bring the stepped portion formed on the inner circumference of said cap at the tip of the cap in opposition with said engagement stepped portion and support said sloping surface resiliently by said sloping surface by means of said bearing means and said compression spring means.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a cordless handpiece for dental treatment, and more particularly to improvements in a cordless handpiece for dental treatment having a storage battery as a power source and having an electric motor incorporated thereinto.
2. Prior Art
The cordless handpiece, having storage batteries and an electric motor incorporated thereinto, is well known in Japanese Utility Model Publications Nos. 27836/72, 27837/72, 34557/72 and 24701/73, but there is a considerable gap between the anticipatability of the inventions and the development of the products now on the market. Presently, products which have cutting sharpness and in which the contra angle and straight tools are readily replaceable have not yet been industrialized. Taking this into consideration, the present inventor can point out two problematic points. One of them is a problem of the rotational characteristic of an electric motor, namely a problem related with the number of rotations and rotational torque. The other problem relates to the construction to mount a detachable contra angle and straight tool on the handpiece. The difficulty in solving the first problem is in general practice conventional use of a cored motor produces magnetic reluctance in the gap between a stator and a rotor. The reluctance, in turn, acts on the widening of each slot and produces reluctance torque to thereby cause a torque drop, and that discrepancy in rotation by pulsation, namely, a relatively large cogging torque [cogging torque≈(reluctance torque)+(torque by current pulsation)], makes it difficult to attain a rotational characteristic on the order of 15,000 rpm (number of rotations) and a torque of 130�150 g.cm, which is desirable for cutting teeth. When the storage battery is enlarged in size (diameter) in order to overcome the difficulty described above, the weight of an enlarged diameter handpiece grip portion makes it very inconvenient for fine and delicate operation by hand. The second problem is that it is necessary to replace the contra angle and straight tools very often, but no consideration has been given to facilitating replacement of the contra angle and straight tools in the conventional handpiece. Frequent replacement has counterbalanced, to a substantial degree, the predominant characteristics of an efficient cordless handpiece.
In the invention, the first problem has been solved by the obtainment of the described rotational characteristic, free from reluctance torque and reduced in cogging torque by the use of a coreless motor so as to make the rotational characteristic lower in inertia and adaptive for repetition of high-speed starting and stopping necessary for dental treatment. The second problem has been solved by development of a joint which makes it very easy to detachably mount either a contra angle tool or a straight tool with the tools left attached to the handpiece body.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings:
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a preferred embodiment of the handpiece according to the invention wherein a contra angle tool is used;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional front view of another embodiment of the invention wherein a straight tool is used;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional front view showing the inside of the contra angle tool at the tip of the handpiece of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 shows a front view (a) and a side view (b) of a tool bar for combined use in the straight and the contra angle tools.
In FIG. 1, the numeral 1 designates a handpiece body which is equipped at its tip portion with a hollow sleeve 7 fitted over the circumference of a housing C2 of a contra angle tool C. At the tip of the handpiece body 1 is provided a joint 2 so as to permit a straight tool S or a contra angle tool C to be detachably replaced. Stated more concretely, the joint 2 comprises a set sleeve 8 rotatably sleeved over the sleeve 7, a ball groove 81 provided at one point of the sleeve 7 circumferentially thereof and passing through the thickness of the sleeve 7, a locking ball 9 nesting in the groove 81 and abutting at the lower end against the housing S3 of the straight tool S or the housing C2 of the contra angle tool C, an eccentric groove 10 corresponding to the locking ball 9 and provided in the circumference of the set sleeve 8, and a set screw 11 passing through the thickness of the sleeve 8 and set in the thickness of the sleeve 7. By this eccentric groove 10 is meant a groove gradually shallow in the bottom circumferentially of the inner circumference of the set sleeve 8. The ball groove 81 is circumferentially uniform in diameter. The locking ball 9 is generally made of steel. A screw groove 12 is formed in the range of approximately 180� of the outer circumference of the sleeve 7 in order to receive the set screw in the thickness of the sleeve 7 and the set screw 11 is screwed into the groove 12 within the range of the groove so as to lock the set screw against rotation. In other words, so as to permit the free detachment of the contra angle tool C or the straight tool S by rotation of the sleeve 8 within the range of rotation of about 180�. The numeral 3 designates a coreless motor housed in the handpiece body 1 and connected through a transmission gear 13 to a driving shaft S1 of the straight tool S or to a driving shaft C1 of the contra angle tool C, and 4 designates storage batteries functioning as a power source of the motor 3, the batteries being shown provided in three batteries 4. The batteries 4 . . . are housed in the handpiece. The coreless motor 3 is a motor having no rotor (core), but which includes a rotor conductor and a nonmagnetic insulator which transmits rotation and in which, when a direct current (I . . . Amp) is flowed through a stator coil conductor of a length (l . . . m) in the magnetic field a magnetic flux density (B . . . Wb/m2) generated from a field magnet of a stator, the rotor and the coil conductor produce a force of B�l�I�(N). As the storage batteries are used three Ni-Cd batteries each having an output of 1.2 v and having a gross output voltage of 3.6 v. The rotational characteristic of the motor 3 using the batteries in about 15,000 rpm (number of rotations) and 130 150 g.cm in torque, and the normal cutting performance necessary for cutting teeth is achieved in the range of this rotational characteristic. A switch 6 is a general slide switch which turns on and off the negative pole 34 of the motor 3 and the negative pole piece 43 of the battery 4 by sliding a slide piece 610. Since the continuous duty time of the batteries 4 . . . is about one hour and a half, for maintenance of the described characteristic of rotation, the handpiece body 1 is provided inside of the distal end thereof with a charging electrode 5 shown in FIG. 1 so as to permit charging by connecting the body 1, when not in use, to a charger not shown. Namely, the charging electrode 5 comprises a positive pole pin 42 protrudently provided and a negative pole piece 43 provided inside the rear end of the handpiece body 1, an insulating wall 44 insulatively holding both the pin and the piece, conductive pieces 46 and 47 connecting the pin 42 to the positive pole terminal 45 of the battery 4, and a conductive piece 49 connecting the negative pole piece 43 to the negative pole coiled spring 48 of the battery 4. It will be understood from the handpiece, constructed in the manner described, that insertion of the distal end of the handpiece body 1 into a charger (not shown) charges both the positive and negative poles of the batteries . . . .
The charging electrode 5, shown by way of example, is not limited to the embodiment illustrated. The straight tool S and contra angle tool C shown can utilize a single tool bar. In this case, there is provided in the straight tool S a tool holding structure in which the tool bar C3 for use in the contra angle tool C, shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b), can be used also in the tool bar for use in the straight tool S. These tool bars as described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 4(a) and 4(b). In the straight tool S in FIG. 2, the tool bar S2, used therein, is a conventional contra angle tool bar, namely as shown in FIG. 4(a) and 4(b), provided at the terminal end with an engagement portion 59 formed by a cutout portion.
The tool holding structure of the tool bar S2 is constructed in the following manner. In FIGS. 2 and 3, on the outer circumference of the tip of the tool bar holding cylinder 51, having eleasticity imparted thereto by forming slits 50 in the cylinder along the lengthwise extension thereof, is formed a stepped portion 52 for engagement. A sloping surface 53 is formed in the reduced portion of the rear portion of the stepped portion 52, and a rotating tube shaft 54 is fitted over the tool bar holding cylinder 51. A sloping surface 55, always in contact with the sloping surface 53, is formed on the inner circumference of the shaft 54 at the tip thereof, and a connecting bar 56 is inserted into the cylinder 51 in the rear portion thereof. A receptive portion 57 is formed by cutting out the tip of the connecting bar 56, an engaging tongue member 58 is protrudently provided at the tip of the receptive portion 57, so as to be engated with an engagement portion 59 formed on one side of the rear portion of the bar C3, for exclusive use in the contra angle tool inserted into the cylinder 51. The cylinder 51 is connected by a knock pin 60 with the rotating tube shaft 54 and connecting bar 56, and on the outer circumference of the tube shaft 54 are mounted a ball bearing means 61 and a compression spring means 62 in such a manner so as to surround the shaft 54. A cap 63 is detachably provided outwardly of the ball bearing means 61 so as to bring the stepped portion 64, provided on the inner circumference of the cap 63 at the tip thereof into an opposed relation with the stepped portion 52 and to elastically press the sloping surface 65 against the sloping surface 53 by the ball bearing means 61 and the spring means 62.
Since the tool holding structure of the embodiment in FIG. 2 is of the described construction, insertion of the tool bar S2, i.e. bar C3 for exclusive use in conta angle tool into the tool bar holding cylinder 51, makes it possible to hold the bar C3 because of the fact that the cylinder 51 is provided at the tip with several slits 50 so as to impart elasticity to the cylinder 51 and the fact that the cylinder 51 is provided on the outer circumference at the tip thereof with the engagement stepped portion 52 and the sloping surface 53 and the sloping surface 55 formed on the inner circumference of the tube shaft 54 at the tip thereof is pressed against the surface 54 by the ball bearing means 61 and the resilience of the compression spring means 62 mounted on the shaft 51 so as to contrast the tip of the cylinder 51 convergently to hold the bar C3. Thus, the holding structure of the kind described provides the advantage that, along with the contraction of the tip of the cylinder 51 and the provision of the connection cylinder 56 inside the cylinder 51 in the position capable of exposing the cylinder 56 to a length about two-fifths of the length of the bar C3, the tool bar C3 for exclusive use in contra angle tool can be inserted into and held in the tool bar cylinder 51 for a straight handpiece, making it possible to dispense with a tool bar for a straight handpiece. And when it is desired to draw the bar C3 from the tool bar holding cylinder 51, it is only necessary to move the cap 63 to the left, bring the stepped portion 64 into engagement with the engagement stepped portion 52, move the tool bar cylinder to the left, move the sloping surface 53 away from the sloping surface 65, loosen grip of the cylinder 51 upon the bar C3 and draw the same.
Incidentally, the substance of the invention described above is disclosed in detail in the specification and drawings of Japanese Patent Application No. 075655/1978 filed by K. K. Morita Tokyo Seisakusho, associated company of the present applicant. On the other hand, since the tool holding structure inside the contra angle tool C is the same as the conventional one, a detailed description thereof is omitted. Referring very briefly to FIG. 3, the engagement portion 59 of the tool bar C3 is brought into engagement with an inwardly projecting stepped portion 67 at the distal end of a rotor so as to prevent rotation of the bar C3 and a circular groove 70 of a bar latch 69 is fitted into the circumferential groove 68 of the bar C3 to prevent the bar C3 from being axially drawn out. As described, the use of the tool bar C3 also in combination with the straight tool bar S2 relieves an operator of the trouble of replacing bars by selecting each separate bar.
Since the invention is constructed as described above, the power supply of the batteries 4 . . . to the coreless motor by operation of the switch 6 makes it possible not only to impart rotation having the described characteristic of rotation adapted for dental treatment to a straight tool driving shaft S1 or a contra angle tool driving shaft C1 and to make a cutting operation, but also to dispense with such storage batteries as necessitated by an enlarged diameter of the grip of the handpiece. Furthermore, the invention greatly facilitates attachment and detachment of the straight tool S and contra angle tool C. Namely, by loosening a set screw 11 with the set screw left inserted into a screw groove 12 and rotating a set sleeve 8 in the direction of an eccentric groove 10 getting deeper releases a locking ball 9. For example, diametrically from the outer circumference of a housing C2 of the contra angle tool C and then drawing off the housing axially can provide ready detachment of the straight tool S and contra angle tool C. Furthermore, for example, when the housing S3 of the straight tool is inserted into the joint 2 and first the set sleeve 8 is reversely rotated to press the locking ball 9 against the circumference of the housing S3 and then the set screw 11 is screwed down, and the housing is firmly held by the joint 2.
As described above, the invention makes it possible to attach and detach the straight tool S or contra angle tool C with the joint 2 left mounted on the handpiece body 1, and accordingly, the invention greatly improves the work efficiency of the operator and produces a positive effect on the treatment operation in comparison with the conventional handpiece body, wherein the straight tool or contra angle tool had to be detached every time and wherein the same was thereafter attached again.
Although small in size, the handpiece of the invention provides the described characteristic of rotation necessary for cutting by the application of the coreless motor 3. The high efficiency of the handpiece of the invention will further be increased by the combined use of a straight tool having a tool holding structure capable of using the tool bar for a contra angle tool described and shown also in the straight tool.
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Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Kapolei
On Oahu Island beach
Set on a white-sand beach on the southwest coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas is 30 minutes' drive from Pearl Harbour, and 40 minutes from the "perfect waves" along 7-mile North Shore. Iolani Palace in Honolulu is 33 minutes' drive east.
Surfing, whale-watching
Oahu offers many watersports options, from diving and snorkeling to surf lessons in world-famous Waikiki, 37 minutes by car; you can also spot humpback whales from December to May. There are over 40 golf courses on the island, and Honolulu botanical gardens is a 30-minute drive.
Tai chi and tubing
The onsite fitness center offers yoga and tai chi classes and there's also a full-service spa; water play area Waikolohe Valley incorporates a pool, volcanic tunnel slide, and tubing from Pu'u Kilo peak. Dining options include beachfront AMA`AMA and Off the Hook lounge.
Balconies, kitchenettes
Tropical-themed villas come in studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bed configurations, each with a flat-screen TV and DVD player, wet bar, fridge, and coffeemaker, plus a porch or balcony. Larger rooms have a washer, dryer, and jetted tub, as well as a sofa bed and sleeper chair.
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 840 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Free babysitting/childcare
- Free children's club
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle *
- Valet parking *
- Accessible parking
- Area shuttle *
- Shopping center shuttle *
Other information
- Smoke-free property
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In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Full breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 3 restaurants
- Coffee shop/café
- Snack bar/deli
- Beach bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Barbeque grills
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Beach sun loungers
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Children's pool
- Health club
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free water park access
- Waterslide
- Lazy river
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Arcade/game room
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 21081
- Conference space size (meters) - 1897
- Conference center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Disabled parking
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Sofa bed
- Sofa bed size queen
- Balcony or patio
- Individually decorated
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Satellite TV channels
- IPod docking station
- DVD player
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Kitchenette
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Laniwai Spa, A Disney Spa has 15 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.
Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
DiningAma Ama - This restaurant specializes in Hawaiian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Makahiki - Overlooking the pool and garden, this buffet restaurant specializes in Hawaiian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The Olelo Room - Overlooking the pool and garden, this bar specializes in Hawaiian cuisine and serves light fare only.
Off The Hook - This beachfront bar specializes in Hawaiian cuisine and serves light fare only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Ule Cafe - This poolside restaurant specializes in Hawaiian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
On Site
- Health club
- Kayaking on site
- Rafting on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Free water park access
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Kapolei's small print
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool.
Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge
Self parking costs USD 35 per day
Valet parking costs USD 35 per day
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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I walked out to pull weeds,oh how we love that job.
This butterfly just kept flitting about my phlox. I have no idea what kind of phlox it is, a friend gave me some years ago, she had no idea what it was either, because a friend gave it to her.
I usually have hummingbirds and butterflies about. I think they are attracted to heavily scented flowers. That phlox has a heavenly one. DH walked outside the other night and came in saying the garden smelled like a florist's shop.
Hummingbirds just love fuschia. I had baskets of it on my porch for several years and they'd hang about a lot. One year I had a bird's nest in one of the hanging baskets. I think it was a sparrow's. It was a kick to see the baby birds' heads bobbing about. The mama tried to start a nest there again the next year, but I discouraged her. Although it was cute to have the little birds there, it was also hard to water and they did play havoc with the fuschia inside the basket.
looks to be phlox paniculata 'bright eyes'. i grow this one as well as other colors. they are some of my favorite summer-blooming perennials with a long flowering period and some are nicely fragrant.
if you would like to attract monarchs to your garden, plant some milkweed (asclepias tuberosa or other species of asclepias). i have read that the larvae feed exclusively on them. a. tuberosa is a north american native plant.
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HIV-1 DNA by PCR test and HIV-1 Abs testHi, I took the tests above on the 36th day after exposure. Both tests came negative, (I'm not in any med, never tested positive)However, I'm wondering how accurate these results are? Should I repeat the tests, when? What was the posibility of...
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North Shore University Hospital...Shortly after an exposure the HIV ab test may not have time to turn positive. Usually the earliest would be by 2 weeks and most will be positive by 6 weeks. Read more »
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As earlier reported, Britney Spears features in the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar.
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In any case, there are a few fruitful tidbits in the piece – including Spears' thoughts on chart rivals Lady GaGa and Rihanna, well as her special relationship with Madonna.
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Hera Hotel, Athens
Situated in the heart of Athens, Hera Hotel is within walking distance of New Acropolis Museum, Acropolis, and Hadrian's Arch. Also nearby are Parthenon and Roman Agora.
Hotel Features.
Dining options at this business-friendly hotel include a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas and a computer station is located on site. This 4-star hotel features business amenities including a business center and a meeting room. The staff can provide concierge services and tour/ticket assistance. Additional amenities include a rooftop terrace, a terrace, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, guests receive transportation including a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a ferry terminal shuttle. Self parking is complimentary. The property has designated areas for smoking.
The 38 air-conditioned guestrooms at Hera Hotel include minibars and safes. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Rooms are equipped with LCD TVs. All accommodations provide desks and phones. Bathrooms offer bathtubs, hair dryers, and complimentary toiletries. In addition, amenities available on request include in-room massages and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily.
Excellent location....very close to the Acropolis, Grand Promenade, the Acropolis museum,…
Dirty carpets and bad service, only good thing was the location.No toiletries in Bath…
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Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $87
- Standard Single Room
- Double Room
- Standard Room (Acropolis view)
- Economy Room, No View
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- Triple Room
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 38 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
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- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- No pets or service animals allowed
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available on request) *
- Ferry terminal shuttle *
- Free self parking
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- Resort fee included
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- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Business center
- One meeting room
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- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
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- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
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- Designated smoking areas
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- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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- Climate control
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- Private bathroom
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- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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DiningPeacock - This restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Parking height restrictions apply.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
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The charges below are included in the total price displayed:
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Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 55 per vehicle
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Breguet's "La Tradition" (Tradition) collection celebrates its tenth anniversary this year — I've already shared two of the three new additions to the line unveiled this year at Baselworld, including the Tradition 7097 Retrograde Seconds and the Tradition 7087 Minute Repeater Tourbillon. Today we look at my favorite, the Tradition 7077 Chronographe Indépendant 7077. Within its 44-mm […]
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Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 5227G-010
Although alternative precious metal and dial combinations exist for the 5227, Patek Philippe took it upon itself to add yet another by introducing the Calatrava 5227G-010 with a stark, black face and a white gold case. Like other variations, the design is easy on the eyes and telling time is a breeze, as it should be […]
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Introducing the Oris Sixty-Five, a Reissue True to the Original
Way back in 1965, Oris released a diver called the Sixty-Five with a particular character about it that one couldn't help but like. The dial was the main selling point—the funky design screamed unique but was still appropriate for the time period and offered a fresh face for a dive watch.
MB&F Unveils Melchior, the Mechanical Timekeeping Robot (Video + Pics)
Melchior is one of MB&F's 10th Anniversary Pieces, presented in 2015 under the theme: "A creative adult is a child who survived". Created in collaboration with L'Epée 1839, Switzerland's only specialized high-end clock manufacture, Melchior is not only an impressive kinetic robot which may remind you of your childhood dreams, but also an impeccably finished, […]
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The New Oris Force Recon GMT Diver
When I say this is a true tactical watch, I mean it: Oris is very proud to announce a new partnership with the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, also known as Force Recon, one of the … [Read More...]
Blancpain Ocean Commitment Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback, with Grey Ceramic Case, Ceramic Bezel
Late last year, Blancpain President & CEO Marc A. Hayek, unveiled the as part of Blancpain's initiative to support oceanic environmental causes, with 1'000 Euros donated to the Ocean Committment … [Read More...]
Google and Intel Will Team Up with TAG Heuer for Android Smartwatch
I, for one, was very impressed with Breitling's "Connected Watch" concept unveiled with its B55 Chronograph Pilot's watch. I thought it struck the right balance of "connectedness" and "smartness" … [Read More...]
Introducing the Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite with 37 World Time Zones
Glashütte Originals have always bore a strong resemblance to one another, making it---at times---tough to distinguish between models. A conspicuous design formula is partially to blame for this, but … [Read More...]
A One-of-a-Kind Sapphire-cased, Skeleton Tourbillon with 3-D Printed Strap by H. Moser
For its talking piece this year, H. Moser & Cie. has decided to craft a new model in its Venturer -- with a case created entirely in sapphire crystal and a 3D-printed rubber watch strap. … [Read More...]
Introducing the Hublot Big Bang Unico Italia Independent, with aluminium-coated carbon fiber
Not a sexy name, but the look? Well, maybe. This collaboration with fashionable Italian eyewear/sunglasses brand has resulted in a case featuring a brand new material, Texalium® , whose design is … [Read More...]
The Superlative new Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370, with Platinum Case and Black Enamel Dial
The year 2014 was dedicated entirely to Patek Philippe's 175th anniversary, but 2015 still gives us some exciting new watches from Patek. Well, exciting, and controversial, at least in view of strong … [Read More...]
First Look: TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Phantom
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A Stunning New Minute Repeater Tourbillon from Breguet, the Tradition 7087
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A Comprehensive Guide to the New Rolex Caliber 3255 (and a look at the new Day-Date 40)
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I was wondering how swing components themselves are actually made. It seems like a JComboBox is made up of a JButton and when you click it, a JList appears below it. Is that the general way the components are made. Are components themselves made up of smaller components? If this is the case, then how are the smallest components actually created? Like a JLabel or JButton.
This would lead me to the analogy that JLabel and JTextField are like the int and double primitives in java.


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Most examinations of stamps have not progressed very far from using a magnifying glass, perforation gauge, or watermark fluid, or some combination of these techniques. The previous two decades have witnessed several remarkable advances in the use of analytical methods to study stamps.
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Nearly everyone know about the Post Offices financial woes and the inability of Congress to do anything constructive towards it. The latest legislative proposal is more evidence for this statement. House Speaker John Boehner and the Majority Leader Eric Cantor adopted an idea to use the estimated s
Obstacles To Merging Regular And Airmail
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Fine Art Photo Series
- The photographs in this series are double exposures made in-camera during a tour of Italy. Like the photos in my "x2EXP" project, a roll of film would be shot, rewound, and forgotten for about a week before being re-fed through the camera and re-shot without remembering or caring about what was already on the film.
The resulting images are unplanned, unexpected layerings of people, places, and things historically linked, though temporally out-of-place. They have the ability to act as a kind of small, segmented, historiographical map of an important piece of Western culture - an accelerated and perhaps slightly haunting display of change, and a way of looking forwards and backwards at the same time.


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Tilapia with Garlic Cream Sauce and Asparagus
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Tilapia with Garlic Cream Sauce and Asparagus – easy seafood dish in the slow cooker
- 1/2 Cup Miracle Whip or mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons Minced Garlic
- 1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese
- 4-6 Tablespoons Lemon juice
- 4-6 Tilapia Filets, thawed or frozen
- 1 Bundle of Asparagus
- Parsley Flakes
- Cooked Rice
Step One
Mix first 4 ingredients together in a bowl.
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You will need a piece of foil per filet.
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Divide the asparagus out into equal amounts per fish.
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Dollop a spoon full of cream sauce onto your foil packet and place a fish filet on top.
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Top filet with the divided asparagus.
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Fold the sides of the foil over the fish and then fold the ends of the foil to form a packet.
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Your fish and asparagus should be completely wrapped up in the foil.
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Repeat the process until the fish filets and asparagus are all wrapped in individual foil packets.
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1. In a food processor jar, combine cottage cheese and yogurt.
2. Blend on medium speed until creamy and smooth. Alternatively, you can sieve the cottage cheese through a fine meshed sieve and whisk in the yogurt.
3. Add parsley and garlic and mix well.
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Am I just a PITA neighbour or is there a problem?
So my neighbour with a newly installed wood burner doesn't believe that his smoke is causing me a problem....
Would you be proud if this is what came out of your chimney 30 mins after I noticed it burning (i.e. this is not at start up)
(don't switch off until you've at least seen 40 seconds)
He may be using wood that is not properly aged or dried, or he may be stacking it wrong, or his chimney may be defective -- if new, it may not be designed correctly. I think it's hard to know what is wrong, but if it is affecting your quality of life, you have a right to complain, and to insist that your neighbor correct the problem. If he refuses, try to go to the municipal authorities -- there may be local codes that he is violating. If that does not work, then you may need to go to the expense of getting air sample measures of the pollution he is causing, and suing him. But if you go the legal route, only the lawyers will come out ahead.
You might get some additional advice from the chat room in hearth.com. Some experts there will tell you everything you need to know, and then some.
Good luck.
I do not see anything 'bad' here. Your neighbor might not have the cleanest burning wood burner but I do not think there is much you can say about it. If it permeates into your home I would think about some better home sealing and insulating.
If you make an issue of this in my opinion they could complain that you leave your lights on past 10pm.
They could be burning items that they are not supposed to though also like plastics or rubber items that smell horrible when burned. I don't know what the 'problem' is.
Maybe he is trying to get rid of the evidence of the last neighbor that complained about his yard.
Do you hate the fact that he is burning wood for heat? The smell? The 'eyesore' of the smoke?
I don't get it.. but I grew up with a wood furnace and love that smell in the winter. I would not burn the bridge if you have no alternative heat source in your home. If the power goes out for an extended period you might wish you were able to go over and soak up some of that heat.
i see nothign wrong here other than a fire not burning as hot as it should. the "cool" smoke tends to fall. but unless wood burning FPs are illegal in your area, there is nothing you can do.
do you have a window open close to the chimney or something? if the smoke is getting in your house then you have a problem with air infiltration and you need to fix it. he has just as much right to enjoy his fireplace as you have to enjoy your home. so this is one of those cases BEST resolved by working things out politely amongst yourselves.
I was expecting to see billows of smoke the way you were describing it. What he looks to have done is damped the stove down too much which cuts off the air supply and causes the smoke. How to use the stove comes with experience. If the stove burns too hot (600+ surface degrees) the homeowner usually shuts down the damper all the way. This cuts off the air supply and causes the smoke. Even experienced woodburners sometimes do this. But it's really no big deal and I do believe you are overreacting.
I see an antenna nearby so I would guess you are in an urban setting and are not used to seeing a working chimney that often.
I do agree that there is more smoke than there should be as a stove using seasoned wood should emit no visible smoke while operating at normal temps. (400 to 600 surface degrees.) But the amount I saw isn't cause to get your undies in a bunch.
Seriously PITA neighbor!!
I am in the same situation, neighbors wood stove has a down draft around the house i think from the property profile in general, and so i get lots of smoke drifing over to my home. But that's what he heats with so i am not about to say anything about it.
Yes Boy: you are a right real pain in the ass.
Smoke, smoke, good grief, how horrible. Never mind that what comes from that keeps you warm economically? Looking at the video, seems like nothing as far as wood smoke goes, would ever please you.
And it is people like you that make me just as hard-nosed in the other direction. Meaning that you can damn well freeze in the dark when the power goes out, don`t ask for shelter in our place.
You don`t want the smoke, then you can freeze for all I care.
Oh, and by the way, your new neighbour with his wood burning appliance will soon discover that he or she should get at least a 2 year supply of nice and seasoned dry wood to burn properly.
In the meantime, I am sure that they probably don`t have funds for other types of fuel. So live with it -- You Jerk!!
If I had a neighbor complain about my woodsmoke, and there was an emergency where they might be freezing, I wiould be right on their doorstep asking them to come over to our home to get warm. Then they could see firsthand how petty it is to see some smoke from a chimney. One night sleeping next to my stove with the glow from the flames in the glass and the warmth of a real fire would possibly convince them to go get one too.
But I really don't have the problem of complaining neighbors as everybody around me has a fireplace or woodstove. I think it's the law in VT or something like that.
If you think the comments in here might be slighted because the people in here use and enjoy wood heat then feel free to put your post in the 'home disasters' forum for a broader audience. I have a strong feeling it will be the same outlook. There is nothing better than wood heat when its in a good insert stove or furnace.
Yeap, PPITA. Pure Pain ITA. But I understand because your house is like right on top of his.
Couple options here:
Go to city hall and complain its affecting your health
Have your neighbor build his chimney higher
I hate when that downdraft happens and comes into my yard but I just light mine harder in hopes the wind turns around and heads toward my neighbor. lol
It's either me saving $2000 on energy or making my neighbor happy. No brainer.
I think since you are soliciting advice before making it an issue maybe you are not as big a PITA as all of that. I would say that the smoke in the video is fairly common in the first 30-60 minutes or so depending on a number of factors including starter materials/devices, age/seasoning of wood etc. I doubt seriously that they are burning pastics or rubber. Even with the best drafting chimney's they could not stand the odor in their house.
this reminds me, my chimney is putting out a huge smoke cloud right now. i was REAL late getting wood this year and most of what i have is pretty green. so right now i have a couple old seasoned peices and a couple green peices on teh fire. LOTS of smoke going across the yard as i look out the window.
I'm on a ridge and when I first fire my stove up, on a breezy day, the smoke rolls down and across the yard. If I open the kitchen door, I smell a bit of smoke in the kitchen for a few minutes. When I let the cat in, he smells a little like smoke for a while too!!! I burn mostly cherry, apple and chestnut so to me, it smells pretty good. But after it gets going, the smoke goes away. I, like most of the other posters, think they may be using a bit of not-so-well-seasoned wood. Of course, in my neighborhood everyone is using wood so there's no one to complain. Some of them have some pretty funky smoke coming out if they waited too late to cut/split and dry it. They end up having to clean the chimney once every month or two. Are you a PITA? I wouldn't say that, just asking a question doesn't make you one. I think you might have some leaky windows and doors if you smell it too strongly in your house. Before complaining to anyone, maybe you should look at that issue. He may have provided you a blessing in disguise since if you are that leaky, you are losing a lot of money!!! Get a woodstove and the leaks are not an issue!!
Frankly that strikes me as a seriously objectionable nuisance unless it quits smoking because the fire is just getting started.
I'd bet that would failed the city and county ordinances around here.
It's particularly objectionable because the houses are so close together,
The standard for the civil tort of creating a nusance is quite low. If a reasonable person finds some activity objectionable, they can probably get an injunction against it and collect damages from the offending party.
I'll bet a lawyer would have an easy case getting an injunction against that kind of problem.
Consider the welfare of your neighbors if they are exposed to this kind of smoke many hours a day, every day!
I heat with wood, and have for many years. I've never had any complaints from the neighbors, but if I did I would take them seriously and look for ways to keep them free from offending woodsmoke.
I had a neighbor across the street who heated with wood for a couple of years --- it really stank up the neighborhood! I never complained, but I would have had resonable justification for doing so, in my opinion.
The smell of my own wood burning fireplace bothers me when the atmosphere/winds are just right and it can filter down thru kitchen range's vent-a-hood (I just turn the vent on low to keep and updraft). That situation would bother me too but I don't know the answer. I hope it's been recified and both parties are happy. Another reason I'm glad I have no neighbors as far as the eye can see.
Your neighbors are extremely disrespectful. It is the same kind of nuisance as blasting out music at an extremely high volume--except that poorly controlled woodsmoke can make people sick (asthma, allergies, CF, and a number of other lung problems) and even, after many years of exposure, kill them (rates of cancer among people with continuous exposure to woodsmoke are quite high). A power outage is a TEMPORARY situation during which most people can tolerate the dirt, smell, and, yes, sickness that burning fires can cause.
And, YES, I heat with woodsmoke. If I can smell it, I do something. I would be humiliated if I affected the quality of life of my neighbors. They need to get their stove/chimney/wood FIXED, and fast.
I reiterate, since you asked advice here before apparently approaching or harrassing your neighbor, I hardly think you are a PITA nor do you deserve some of the harsh responses received.
reyesuela, I give too...how does heating with woodsmoke work anyway?? I also could not resist your somewhat draconian claims about health/cancer links to woodsmoke exposure so I googled it and found this:
Scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said indoor emissions from burning biomass fuel -- such as wood, charcoal and dung -- as well as emissions from high-temperature frying, could lead to cancer.
I had no IDEA so that did it for us...no more dung burning in our fireplace! I even removed the toilet paper holder from the side of the fireplace but there is only so far I am willing to go. I AM NOT giving up fried chicken too (I'll just vent it to the outside).
As to getting our stove/chimney/woodFIXED, I took that advice and fixed our wood problem. I burned it all...OK we ordered more so we could fix it too.
Sorry, we love a good wood fire and the smell regardless of whether its our's or our neighbor's. We don't like the smell of burning tires (probably like dung only different) no matter who is burning them although they do put out tremendous heat...the tires that is...not the dung.
You are not a PITA based only on your expressing your concerns here. Some of the negative, in-your-face responses you have received are ridiculous. That said, it will be difficult to get the neighbor to change because so much depends on his personality, unless there is a solid law that he is violating.
The problem with burning wood is that there is so much variability in quality of woodstoves, quality of wood, and operator technique. The fact that there are so many posters who are so pigheaded as to claim that you are a jerk and should just close your windows shows what you are up against and it may be a fact that you can make no progress in the situation, but that doesn't mean you are in the wrong. Pollution from woodsmoke is a serious issue and those who are so flipant about it are doing no one any good.
If the world were a fair place, you would be free from the effects of his irresponsible mismanagement of his woodstove. In real life, you will have to go slowly and try to feel out whether he is open to change. If he is like some of the posters here, coming on strong and telling him how wrong he is will only make him dig his heels in and be uncooperative.
"...Pollution from woodsmoke is a serious issue and those who are so flipant about it are doing no one any good..."
I take it you live in an urban or suburban area. Because you wouldn't survive in Vermont where 30% of all homeowners heat with wood as their MAIN heat source. And a vast majority of the woodstoves are over 30 years old. My next door neighbor has an old FISHER stove. That was the Rolls Royce of stoves when it was built. There are still pot belly stoves being used up here.
There is woodsmoke in the air all the time. And Vermont has the cleanest air in New England. What I saw coming from that chimney is NORMAL up here. But we don't live on top of each other either. Only in the cities like Burlington (Pop 35,000) are people that close together.
And I'm starting to get real tired of the cries "Woodsmoke causes cancer!" Name me something that DOESN'T cause cancer! I read a study recently where BRUSSELS SPROUTS can cause cancer!
Yes wood smoke causes cancer, so does the sun. The smell of smoke doesn't though. If he was burning old tires and dead animals you'd have a case since they are not considered suitable fuel for heating, as wood, coal, heating oil, gas, corn, wood pellets are. If you are standing in a smoke filled room, you do have a problem. I doubt the neighbor put in a wood burner to irritate the neighbors. The man is trying to keep him and his family warm the most affordable way he can. Just like anyone here, if he could find a way to eliminate the odor, he would, for his own sake too. Look at your own home....everything in there has oil based products in or on them. It eveaporates, you're breathing oil vapor every day, worse case if you have an energy efficient home (insulation, caulked cracks, etc.) You don't think this oil vapor is slowly coating your lungs? If you don't think so, clean inside your car windows...that brown stuff is condensed oil vapor from the vinyl. That's why the dashboard cracks, it's evaporating. The same thing is going on in your home. Every time someone visits your home, you are exposing them to odorless killers and carcinogens. Are you doing anything to stop that and protect you and your family from that? Before pointing fingers, you might want to address that. I'm sure you are doing everything humanly possible within your budget but I'm certain if someone takes an air sample of your home, it's full of poisons. What would you have the neighbor do to allow his family to stay warm? I still don't think you are a PITA for asking opinions......I think yellow cars and trucks are discusting looking and pollute my eyes and wouldn't want one parked in front of my business but I certainly wouldn't expect the owner to buy a new one of a different color, have it painted or move it down the street just because I'm offended by it. Just an fyi....burning a candle will eliminate smoke smell (yea, yea, and it's a fire hazard and gives off pollutants, costs money, needs a lighter or match to get it going, and a dripless one puts evaporated wax into the air you breathe.) I must be grouchy today...I get tired of people trying to rule other people by quoteing law, holding a child on their hip, using race cards, all the other stuff just to push people around and "show them".
" I take it you live in an urban or suburban area. Because you wouldn't survive in Vermont where 30% of all homeowners heat with wood as their MAIN heat source. And a vast majority of the woodstoves are over 30 years old. My next door neighbor has an old FISHER stove. That was the Rolls Royce of stoves when it was built. There are still pot belly stoves being used up here...."
I survived living in central New York in a house surrounded by cornfields front and back and neighbors on either side and heated exclusively with wood burned in a wood fired furnace that was a few years old 25 years ago. When we moved in the former owner had been trying to conserve wood by putting in huge logs and choking off the air. I guess they smoldered a good long time at that rate. Somewhere we still have the pictures from when we cleaned the flue before we built our first fire. The pipes were almost entirely obstructed by creosote. If we had fired it up without cleaning, we would certainly have had a chimney fire and burned the place down. Since then we have kept our fires small, hot, and frequent and we rarely get a couple of cups of crud out when we clean the flue. Operator technique can make all the difference. In this case the operator may be doing the best he knows how and if you go over there and tell him he is a jerk you will gain nothing and only alienate him.
I actually live in Hawaii now so I don't worry too much about heating. The other day I was sitting here at my computer and a young fellow with a small sports car with a huge stereo was out working on his car and running the stereo, causing my windows to rattle. I sat there seething about how inconsiderate he was and how he was some young punk who probably went around spraying graffiti and committing crimes, etc. I finally went out to "tell" him to turn it down. In reality I didn't "tell" him anything. By the time he had spoken half a dozen words I liked him. He was very polite and respectful. He merely had terrible taste in music which I didn't bother pointing out. The moral of the story is that you should be careful about what you think and say. The neighbor may be open to a friendly approach that will yield results. Or not. You won't know until you try.
What your NY guy was doing was normal for the time. The old woodstoves were closed so the wood would smolder, and yes creosote built up. That's the way my neighbor's Fisher works. But today's mmodern EPA rated stoves don't work like that at all. Most new stoves have a secondary combustion system where the smoke (which is nothing more than unburned fuel) is burned off before entering the chimney. Meaning more heat from less wood. And lower creosote levels. These types of stoves have been on the market since the early 1990s. Fisher stoves couldn't keep up with the new technology and like a vast majority of stove manufacturers, went broke.
there are two ways to achieve secondary combusition and the reduction of creosote production/smoke. one is two add a cat to an older stove and this has been tried with mixed success, rarely working very well. another option that has much higher potential for success on retrofitting older stoves is the addition of preheated secondary air delived above the fuelbed either via tubes with small holes or a baffel with small holes. the key is to heat the air before it inters the fuel chamber, have it enter above the fuelbed and use a little as possible to achieve the desired smoke reduction. this is fairly simple to do; i've designed a few stoves for burning bituminous coals with less smoke (bit coal has high volitile contents and tries to smoke under most conditions) using preheated(superheated) secondary air; it will ignite the volitiles spontaniously (no flame contact between the fuel flames and secondary combustion flames required for ignition if the air is hot enough) above the fuel bed and increase efficiency.
as far as the pita neighbor, i'll say it agian yes he is. if it seriously bothers you, work together to try to mitigate it, perhaps he can attempt to burn cleaner or extend his chimney, perhaps you need better seals around doors and windows. understand that the less we whine about something somone else does as a society the less we will have our own liberties restricted. unless a gross violation of someone else's rights, a mild annoyance should be ignored. his chimney may smoke, but your summer bbq's may smell worse or you blow your grass clippings on his law, or perhaps you and your wife/gf/whatever argue loudly while his children hear it in the backyard; stop throwing stones and understand that we cannot be 100% free from anoyances in life, deal with it!
Berlin...Thanks for the info!!! It'll be fun trying some of that out!!!
About PITA...man has been burning wood to keep warm since he's been on his own. When oil and gas came around and were cheaper and easier to work with, folks took it upon themselves to change over, I don't recall any laws that said anyone had to switch to oil or gas.
Secondary combustion only comes into play if you are not achieving primary combustion, which occurs if you choke down on the primary combustion air supply. The wood is still hot and still giving off smoke, which can't burn without air. If you open up the air again to burn the smoke, the whole fire takes off at full throttle again. The solution was to add the secondary combustion air circuit to let the smoke burn while you throttled the fire overall.
Modern stoves are excellent, but you can still burn an old stove pretty clean if you make multiple small hot fires or add the wood frequently as needed while adjusting the draft for complete combustion. The fire doesn't care whether the air came in the primary source or the secondary source if you are running the fire at full speed. The down side is that you must tend and feed the fire much more frequently instead of loading it up with fuel and forgetting it.
Mark....that's the technique I've been using for years except at night with my All Nighter stove (similar to a Franklin). However when I load the stove for the night, I adjust the draft down. I found I couldn't draft it down too much because I'd get a sudden burst of combustion from the gases and it would puff back through the air intake adusters. Once I found the minimum adjustment, I could keep the stove hot all night without the puffing. But to get maximum heat from the wood, I used your technique with good heating results and less creosote. These All Nighter stoves have a manifold running through the burn chamber, at the top of them initially designed to connect a fan and blow air through it and into the room. I can weld caps on those and drill small holes into the manifold in the burn area. I can extend the intake to the outdoors and hopefully have what BERLIN explained. I figure it's worth a try just to see if efficiency does improve.
Well Berlin, the bottom line is that it's a tort to create a nuisance and impose it on your neighbor. You can be sued, and get a court order directing you to stop if you do, and pay money damages. Also, for good or ill, many communities limit wood stove smoke and will take action against an offendinghomeowner if a complaint is filed.
From the pricture provided, it's clear that neighboring houses are very close to each other which makes this all the more sensitive an issue.
If the neighbor want to tolerate the nuisance, they can do so. But wood smoke producers have no right to impose nuisances on their neighbors.
no, bottom line is that's bad advice and bad legal advice in this situation to imediately take legal action in response to this situation. One had better think very, very hard about any and everything they do which may potentially be illegal or potentially be a nuisance before launching any kind of legal response. very rarely is everyone "squeaky clean" in everything they do; very rarely does someone not create any nuisances and impose them on their neighbors. It's also amazing what is illegal in some areas, some things people do often. you open youself up to much legal revenge by taking legal action.
I just don't understand why people are so quick to sue. Either in small claims court or otherwise.
As far as this particular issue goes, there's not that much smoke! And for anyone to get their undies in a bunch over this to a point of legal action is just plain silly.
Where I live, you would not be a PITA neighbor. We have frequent "no burn" days and your neighbor would be issued a $50.00 ticket. If he were to get caught a second time, the penalty goes way up. This is enforced Nov.1 to Feb. 28.
Here's a quote from our Air Quality Management District:
"Approximately 50 percent of wintertime pollution is caused by residential wood burning devices. The smoke from these devices contains fine particulate matter which has been linked to significant health problems including decreased lung function, asthma, and even premature death in people with heart or lung disease."
Fortunately, we rarely get below freezing.
I just scanned this, there are codes relative to chimney construction involving height above roofs and so on. I'd suggest that you check your local codes, and if there's no relief there you're stuck. You can always talk with the neighbor and make sure that they know that their smoke bothers you, but I don't know of any legal relief if the person is being law-abiding in their wood burning.
Good luck.


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