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Date of Stay: March, 2015 - $15.00
Had a nice pull through site which was long enough for the motorhome, dolly, and the van. It is next to I5, but sound wall kept noise to a low level. Site was level and we didn't need to use the jacks. Park was neat and clean and close to stores and restaurants. Easy access to both I-5 and I-205. Office staff was great to work with and we will be returning here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: February, 2015 - $15.00
This is a great spot for an overnight stay, or a basecamp for a visit to Vancouver or Portland. The sites are large and clean. The park is well maintained and the staff are very friendly. The price is great. The WIFI and Cable TV are good. We would definitely staay here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: November, 2014 - $18.00
Right on I-5 and I-205. Within walking distance of shopping and eating. Big sites with good Wi-Fi. Very pleasant staff. Let us reserve the Clubhouse for a family gathering with no charge!
Road noise is noticeable but not too bad. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2014 - $25.00
Convenient to I-5 and I-205 but not a destination park. Many full time rigs in park. Easy access in and out. Sites are gravel and asphalt. Did not use Wi-Fi. Rate is for SKPs. Would stay here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: April, 2014 - $15.00
We stayed here for one night on our way home. It is not an RV resort by any means, but it is clean and handy to local shopping. The sites are a good size, and it looks like there are recent site improvements being done. There are some sites with grass areas, but most are gravel. The listing for this park says there is a clubhouse, but we didn't check it out. The free WIFI was good. For the area, this park has reasonable rates. We were lucky to be on the last day of the Passport America rate. This would be a good place to stay for a few day visit to the area. It is handy to shopping and close to the I5 (road noise was not an issue). We would stay here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: January, 2014 - $15.00
We stayed one night, pulled in after office hours. A tenant walking his dog helped us with the self serve check-in. So we pulled in and spent the night. Nice campgrounds, close to everything. Seemed like a lot of permanent folks but very quiet park. We'd stay again as it's a Passport America park. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: October, 2013 - $15.00
We had stayed at this park several years ago and were very satisfied. We came in on a Sunday when the office was closed but there was a pull through site available at the self check in kiosk so we filled out the information required on the self registration envelope and parked. Monday morning I went to the office and the very nice lady did some site adjusting on her computer so we wouldn't have to move to a different site, as we wanted to stay a week. Our 45 ft rig fit nicely with room for the tow car parked in front. We think this is one of the best parks in the Vancouver/Portland area because of site size, quietness, ease of access, and accommodation of the folks operating the RV park itself. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $39.00
Wonderful surprise. We stayed overnight in a spacious site. Everything worked well, including my iPad which I hadn't been able to use at the previous park. Excellent. Satellite reception, because the trees are kept well trimmed. Staff is friendly and very accommodating. We will definitely stay here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $27.00
This park has an unusual site configuration that allows big rigs to park with their tow vehicle along side. Rigs are parked back to back in this arrangement. We did use the laundry facilities, which were clean and reasonably priced. You can walk to shopping and restaurants. Hookups were all located together which made some connections a bit of a stretch. The place was clean and neat. A great location for visiting in the area. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.Undo
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $21.00
We needed a Vancouver site for a week and after spending 3 nights at another RV Park we moved here. Long pullthru or double wide back in sites with plenty of room for the car caddy and car. All sites are level gravel with paved access roads. I-5 runs along the west side of the park, but a sound wall keeps the noise down to a point that it did not keep us up at night. All shopping and conveniences are within 1/4 mile and the park has a much safer feel than the other. The Wi-Fi worked well and all local TV stations were strong on the antenna. Not a destination park, but more than adequate for a place to explore the wineries in the area. No pool or kids play area, but a 3 mile long walking trail along a river less than 1/2 mile away. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: March, 2013 - $14.00
After reading the reviews, we decided to spend the night on our way to Cali. There is nothing that makes this park a destination park, but what it lacks in amenities it makes up for in cleanliness, lot sizes, and friendly staff. We were very impressed with the spot we were in. It was long, wide, and had a very nice sized grass patch that our two Great Danes enjoyed. We stayed on the Passport America rate of $14.00 for the night. I can easily say that the size and cleanliness of the spot was nicer than most parks that we pay $30.00 a night for. They are convenient to a bunch of shopping, too! We would recommend this park to anyone who wants a good, clean, no frills park. One note, they do have some full-timers, but they looked very clean. A couple older coaches in the park, but they looked clean and cared for. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: October, 2012 - $25.00
A very nice park. Clean and well kept with friendly staff and asphalt sites. We stay here whenever we visit Vancouver WA. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: August, 2012 - $23.00
99 RV Park is not a resort or a destination place. It is a nice little park, clean and well kept up, a little tight on space, but convenient to the Interstate and shopping. We made a 3 night stop here to rest, do some motor home cleaning up and replenish some supplies. I would recommend this park for its convenience. We would use this park again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: June, 2012 - $26.00
The staff was very friendly and will give any directions you would like to have. The park is clean but very small dog area. The park is very close to freeway access to Vancouver and Portland. We would stay here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
Date of Stay: March, 2012 - $14.00
Rate shown Passport America discount tax included. Site was a level gravel pull-through. Most sites were occupied by permanent residents with around 10 sites for overnighters. Utilities worked fine. No cable TV, but around 30 channels off the antenna. Wi-Fi worked most of the time, but slowed down occasionally due to lack of bandwidth. Clean laundry. One of my washers had a loud noise, but it got the job done. Due to location and value, I would return here again. We camped at 99 RV Park in a Motorhome.Undo
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Hi All. I would appreciate any help or assistance in my brand new to gardening issues for my Korean Spice Viburnums. I recently planted a bunch of different bushes and my viburnums are looking ill (while the rest are doing nicely). They bloomed beautifully (when bought from nursery they were already bloomed) for a few days and then for the last 1 1/2 weeks the leaves are starting to wilt and turn brown. The roots like fine and doesn't look like there are bugs on them. From my readings they are suppose to grow berries in the summer but that doesn't look like it is going to happen. The roots like fine and it doesn't look like there are bugs on them. Is it something with the plant, maybe shock from transplanting? Any help would be wonderful!! Thank you.
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I love those 2 links. They are great. I've been using them for a month or so, trying to figure out plants from South Africa that can take some frost (hardy through zone 8b or at least 9a).
Does anyone else have leads on such plants? I'm looking for a list or checklist or inventory of South African plants that can take a bit of cold.
Your best bet would be the Grassveld biome as described in the websites above. This biome has a very diverse and beautiful flora so you won't be short of choices. The area where I live (Krugersdorp)falls in the Rocky Mountain Grassveld and has a very interesting flora. It is a transitional area between the grasslands and the savanna and has elements of both. It lies on the Magaliesberg mountains and in protected gulleys and slopes, trees and shrubs area able to establish and survive. On open areas most saplings are killed by frost or fire, and grasses, herbs and bulbs dominate. If these saplings were protected in the garden for about two or three years they would survive. Only a hand fullof SA trees are truly frost resistant. Rhus lancea (Karee), Celtis africana(White Stinkwood), Acacia caffra (Common Hook Thorn), Leucosidea sericea (Oldwood), Protea caffra (Sugarbush), Diospyros lycioides (Bluebush) and Cussonia paniculata (Highveld Cabbage Tree) come to mind. I would protect these as well just to make sure.
Download the seed lists from silverhill seeds. They have USDA zones included. Make sure zone 8 plants are from summer rainfall areas. The zone 8 and 9 trees and shrubs in the list will have to be protected from frost while still young. Also try to get hold of Ernst Van Jaarsveld's "Wonderful Water-wise Gardening" (or something like that). It covers the biomes of SA and has a section on the highveld (or grassveld) garden. He gives a species list of trees, shrubs, succulents, herbaceous perennials, annuals, grasses etc. that are suited to highveld gardening at the end of the chapter. Most of these plants are on the Silverhill Seeds catalogue.
Below is a link to a list of trees growing in the Witwatersrand Botanical Garden (which is on the Highveld).
Most of these will survive light to moderate frost if protected for the first two or three winters. Also look out for plants from the Drakensberg mountains as these are adapted to winter snow. There are also several books on the plants of the highveld. I am sure you have noticed very little online information is available with regards to SA native plants. Maybe I should find the time to put together an online list of SA plants that can take some frost.
Here is a link that might be useful: Wits Botanical Garden Tree List
Thanks for the link to the Witwatersrand Botanical Garden tree list. I've been all through that site but did miss that link. I found the checklists of spiders, birds and reptiles though, great stuff.
Here is one other list of trees (see below), 60 trees from Gauteng. It is fun to read up on the trees. The site is called "Treehouse" and it divides the list of 60 trees into evergreen and deciduous, and provides "frost" ratings. Not all of the trees are rated as "frost hardy" but I suspect many of the trees are hardy in zone 8b/9a. For instance, Acokanthera oppositifolia (Bushman's Poison) is listed and no comment is given about frost hardiness. But the tree is happily proclaimed as frost hardy by PlantZAfrica.com (www.plantzafrica.com).
Believe it or not, I've already gone through Silverhill seed list and compiled some plant lists. One interesting thing is that winter rain plants are fine here (we have year round rain) if they are small and frost-hardy, and go dormant. I can use them in clay pots and put them in the laundry room for summer, after the leaves die down.
Thanks again for the link to Witwatersrand trees. I think I'm going to have to get some books (Wildflowers of the Drakensberg, etc.) if I want to continue the project. Web resources seem limited in terms of lists. I have been able to comb some species out of Lesotho Highland Environmental Impact-type Reports, South Africa seems intent on doing a good job to preserve its floristic heritage.
Here is a link that might be useful: Trees Indigenous to the Gauteng Region
regarding possibly cold-hearty s.a. trees i have had encouraging success with are podocarpus henkelii, rapanea melanophloeos, cunonia capensis, greyia sutherlandii---combretium caffra/erythrophyllum survives but prefers a hotter summer. other plants worth considering include widdringtonia and olinia emarginata (good luck finding seed for that species. for hot summer climates i might suggest trying the greyia, combretium, widdringtonia, and possibly acacia caffra and related species. i think the cunonia and rapanea would prefer cooler moist climates.


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A method and an apparatus for automatically binding bundles of electric cables.
According to this invention, a plastic strap in the form of a continuous serrated band is advanced by means of a feeding and pulling mechanism along guides and through a hollow retaining element provided with a similar indentation and fed in the form of a continuous strip of retaining elements. The plastic strap is advanced until the bundle of cables has been wrapped, and the end of the serrated band is reinserted through the opposite side of the retaining element. The binding is tightened by reversing the operation of the pulling mechanism until the cables are pulled together; the serrated band is then cut performing a binding stretched to the desired value.
1. A cable binding device comprising in combination a plastic tightening strap of indeterminate length having longitudinal guide edges, and locking elements that are engageable with a length of said strap which is passed around a bundle of cables, said tightening strap having one side provided with first and second sets of transverse indentations that are longitudinally arranged, each of said locking elements comprising a hollow body having a through hole for receiving a double thickness of said strap, and strap retaining arms facing each other and resiliently mounted inside said hollow body, each of said arms having a longitudinal guide surface and parallel locking teeth for engaging one said set of indentations on said strap, the guide surface and the locking teeth of one arm being positioned laterally oppositely on one arm than on the other arm so that the locking teeth on one said arm engage a different set of transverse indentations than the locking teeth on the other arm.
2. An automatic apparatus for forming separate bindings around a bundle of cables or the like in which the binding of the cables is formed by a plastic strap having a longitudinal axis and two sets of indentations arranged parallel to said axis, said plastic strap being continuously fed to the binding apparatus, a toothed retaining element provided in a strip made of several interconnected retaining elements, said apparatus including: a reversible feeding mechanism for feeding and drawing the plastic strap; guiding means for guiding the plastic strap toward a looped guiding path encircling a bundle of cables, cutting means for cutting a retaining element from said strip and positioning the same in alignment with said path, and means for cutting the indented strap, said cutting means and feeding mechanism being operatively connected to act sequentially;
a body provided with fixed and movable jaws having a guiding channel for the indented strap defining said looped path for the strap encircling the bundle of cables; means for guiding and for step-feeding each individual retaining element from said strip in a first operative position in close vicinity to said looped path for the indented strap; second guiding means for providing a path for the indented strap and for feeding the same along a linear path from a rear inlet aperture to said looped path, said second guiding means including a carriage running along said linear path to move said retaining element from said first to a second operative position in line with the ends of said guiding channel control means, acting in sequence to hold the carriage in a forward position while the indented strap is made to advance through the retaining element and along said looped path, and a stop memeber to stop the front end of the strap after it has passed again in an opposite direction through the retaining element, said stop member being supported and allowed to slide by the carriage, and operative means to cause reverse pulling action of the strap by said second guiding means, sensing means for sensing return motion and stretching of the strap, control means acted on by said sensing means to allow for return movement of the carriage, and a cutting device actuated by the control means for cutting the indented strap in correspondence with the retaining element.
3. An apparatus, as claimed in claim 2, in which the step feeding means for the retaining elements comprises a pushing member elastically supported by a control lever and an elastic retaining member for the strip of retaining elements, said retaining member acting in a direction opposite to the pushing member.
4. An apparatus, as claimed in claim 2, comprising a pair of elastic bands connected to said carriage for guiding the indented strap along said linear path.
5. An apparatus, as claimed in claim 2, in which the indented strap-feeding means comprises a pair of toothed discs engaging the indented strap, said discs being connected to a control motor by means of a reducer.
6. An automatic apparatus for the binding of cables, as claimed in claim 2, in which the driving means for pushing and pulling the indented strap are carried by a rocking plate and comprises an adjustable spring means, acting on the rocking plate, for adjusting the binding force.
7. An automatic apparatus for binding cables, as claimed in claim 6, in which the plate supporting the driving means for pushing and pulling the strap is operatively connected to an engaging and disengaging member for the above mentioned carriage.
8. An automatic apparatus for cable binding, as claimed in claim 7, in which the carriage for guiding the indented strap comprises support and cutting means for separating a retaining element from said strip in the first operative position; a stop member slidibly supported by said support means; a lower and an upper flexible guide members extending backwards from the support means as an extension of said linear guide for the indented strap; means for opening the toothed arms of the retaining element for the indented strap and cutting means operativelly connected for actuating a cutting device for the indented strap.
9. An automatic apparatus for cable binding, as claimed in claim 8, including a sensing device activated by said stop member which initiates the pulling action of the strap.
10. An automatic apparatus for cable binding, as claimed in claim 8, in which the carriage for the guiding means is operatively connected to the cutting device for the indented strap.
11. An automatic apparatus for cable binding, as claimed in claim 10, in which the cutting device comprises a V-shaped cutting edge to cut the sides of the indented strap with a V-shaped profile end for reintroducing said strap into a retaining element during a successive cycle of a binding operation.
12. An automatic binding apparatus for forming a tightening strap of indeterminate length into a loop around a bundle of cables and locking the loop with a locking element that is cut from a row of locking elements, each locking element having opposed resilient arms provided with guide surfaces and teeth for engaging indentations in the strap, said apparatus comrpsing:
a body having upper and lower jaws defining a space between them, at least one of said jaws being pivotably connected to said body, said jaws having guide channels for said tightening strap, first feeding means for feeding and tightening said strap, second feeding means for feeding and positioning each of said locking elements in alignment with the guide channels in the jaws for engaging the same with a strap tightened against the bundle of cables,
said second feeding means comprising a guide channel in the body opening near an end of the guide channel of a jaw and pushing means for advancing said locking elements towards the jaws, said first and second feeding means including a guiding carriage for said strap, said carriage being provided with a channel sahped guide element having a protruding cutting edge and forwardly located shoulder surfaces for cutting and supporting a locking element, said carriage being movable between a retracted position and an advanced position to cut a locking element from said row and position the same in alignment with the guide channels in the jaws; a retractor device on said carriage for retracting at least one of the resilient arms of the locking element, sensing means on said carriage for sensing and stopping a leading end of a strap emerging from said locking element, second cutting means for cutting the strap immediately behind a locking element; a manually actuable control lever operatively connected to said pivotable jaw, said carriage and said second cutting means; the apparatus having electrically actuated and reversible power means, and switch means actuated by said control lever and by said sensing means to control forward and reverse movement of the tightening strap.
13. An apparatus according to claim 12, said first feeding means for the strap including guiding means providing a sliding path extending from a rear inlet aperture in said body to said jaws.
14. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said guiding means for the strap includes superimposed elastic strips connected to said carriage.
15. An apparatus according to claim 14 in which said strip and said sensing means are provided in a channel shaped protrusion of said carriage, said protrusion comprising a cutting edge and front shoulder surfaces for resting a locking member at a front end of the carraige.
16. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said strap sensing means includes a movable sensing member slidably supported by said carriage.
17. An apparatus according to claim 16 in which said strip and said sensing means are provided in a channel shaped protrusion of said carriage, said protrusion comprising a cutting edge and front shoulder surfaces for resting a locking member at a front end of the carriage.
18. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said strip and said sensing means are provided in a channel shaped protrusion of said carriage, said protrusion comprising a cutting edge and front shoulder surfaces for resting a locking member at a front end of the carriage.
19. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said second cutting means is operatively connected to said guiding carriage.
20. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said pushing means includes a pushing member elastically supported by said control lever, and an elastic retaining member for said interconnected locking elements, said retaining member acting in an opposite direction to the pushing member.
21. An apparatus according to claim 12 in which said power means for feeding and tightening said strap includes a pair of toothed discs engaging the indented strap, said discs being connected to an electric motor by means of a reducer.
22. An automatic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, in which the electrically actuated power means includes driving means for forward pushing and back pulling said strap which are carried by a rocking plate and further includes adjustable thrust biasing means operatively connected to the rocking plate for adjusting the binding force.
23. An automatic apparatus as claimed in claim 22 in which said rocking plate supporting the driving means for pushing and pulling the strap is operatively connected to an engaging and disengaging member for the carriage.
24. An automatic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, in which said second cutting means includes a V-shaped cutting edge to cut the sides of the tightening strap with a V-shaped profile.
This invention refers to the binding of electric conductors, and the like, placed together in a bundle; in particular, it applies to a method and to an automatic apparatus capable of positioning a portion of a plastic strap supplied in the form of a continuous band that is automatically fed by passage through a plastic head or hollow retaining element supplied as a continuous strip until it wraps the bundle of cables with a portion of the band, the ends of which are clamped by a retaining element; a compact binding is thus obtained that is stretched to the desired value. Previous automatic devices for binding cables made use of a loading mechanism containing a number of separate shaped bands of fixed length which were fed in succession to a distributing device that was part of the apparatus.
The use of a loader for feeding bands to an automatic device to achieve the binding of cables, gives rise to working difficulties which impair the efficiency of the apparatus. Any type of apparatus which makes use of a loader is limited to the application of as many bands per cable as can be held by the loader that, when empty, must be replaced with a full one every time the previous one becomes exhausted, or it must be reloaded with new straps properly oriented and compatible with the particular type of distributor of the apparatus.
Practical limitations due to the size of the bands and to the necessity of using a portable device, easy to handle where space is at a premium, have restricted to 100 the number of bands for each loader.
Other previous automatic devices for binding cables made use of preformed straps with a preset length, held in a parallel position by means of a supporting strip wound as a coil with a large number of strps. The straps are fed by a secondary and separate device connected to a tube for feeding the portable apparatus for binding cables.
The secondary device was used for supporting the coil of straps, for separating one of them from the supporting strip at every cycle and for feeding it, through a channel, to the portable apparatus.
Still other devices for binding cables with preformed fixed-length straps, made use of a very large loading device placed on a secondary apparatus that, for each cycle, had to feed the portable applicator through a connecting tube.
All previous devices, whether using a loader or a secondary feeding mechanism, hence at an additional cost, make use of preformed straps of preset length consisting of a flexible portion (tongue) and one for clamping (head).
The strap, fed from a loading device or from a secondary apparatus, was made to advance inside the portable applicator by means of mechanical devices that were very complex, had to be very precise and, hence, were very expensive to manufacture.
The straps, thus fed by means of the portable applicator, wrapped the bundle of cables positioned across the axis of the device, while running through a guiding channel; the end of the flexible portion of the strap (tongue) would pass through the clamping section (head) to be engaged by an internal device within the applicator which stretched the tongue until the bundles of cables had been clamped within the desired value.
Once the clamping had been achieved, an additional device inside the portable applicator would cut the excess portion of the tongue; this had to be expelled in such a way as to avoid the blockage of the guiding channel which would have, otherwise, prevented the correct positioning of the strap to be used next.
Such a system required interacting movements and mechanical elements driven by very complex pneumatic or electro-pneumatic actuators which were the cause of frequent obstructions and subsequent loss of efficiency. For those reasons, previous cable binding devices required the use of straps of preset length, fit to cover a range between minimum and maximum diameters; this arrangement led, invariably, to the waste of a portion of the tongue, the length of which was a function of the diameters of the bundles of cables.
This excess portion of the tongue, not only constituted a waste and, hence, an additional cost, but could also jam the apparatus and become a nuisance to the surrounding electrical equipment, because of the excess materials produced falling from the straps.
To avoid this inconvenience, some previous devices made use of special containers connected to the portable applicator which, however, due to the difficulties of maneuvering this type of machinery in small spaces, presented the problem that the rejected portion of the tongue might be caused to bounce and to return inside the apparatus. This occurrence would lead to the jamming of the apparatus, particularly when it had been rotated through 90� or more for the binding of vertical bundles. Another difficulty with previous devices is due to the fact that the use of pneumatic equipment interacting with various mechanical elements, makes the equipment extremely delicate; the correct operation of the equipment, in fact, depends on the quality of the pneumatic control and driving components, which are usually highly delicate, so any small pressure variation may upset the synchronism of the various movements. This may jam the mechanism and break some of the internal mechanical components, thus necessitating expensive maintenance and loss of efficiency.
An object of this invention, therefore, is to provide an automatic cable-binding apparatus which makes use of a special binding device that includes a correctly dimensioned and specially profiled plastic strap that automatically couples with a retaining element, also made of plastic material and constructed in such a way that the two joined elements, for each working cycle, adjust to the size of the bundle and bind it to the desired degree of tightness.
Another object of the invention is to provide an automatic cable-binding device capable of a large number of successive bindings by automatically feeding the binding elements supplied in the form of a continuous band, for the plastic strap, and of a strip, for the retaining element.
Another object of this invention is to provide an automatic cable-binding apparatus with a mechanism controlled by an electric motor and, hence, without pneumatic driving devices; this eliminates all problems connected with the availability of compressed-air lines, and with the safety of the operation in as much as the apparatus makes no use of fast-acting mechanical elements for power transmission that may cause injury to the operator.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic apparatus for binding cables which utilizes the exact quantity of plastic strap according to the diameter of the bundle to be bound. This avoids waste of material, does not require the expulsion of scrap and does not create pollution problems.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic cable binding apparatus of reduced dimensions, light and handy, for the binding of cables where space is limited, as it would inside electrical equipment.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide an automatic cable binding apparatus driven by a low-voltage electric motor, that interacts with simple and sturdy mechanical elements and is easy to maintain so as to reduce manufacturing and operating costs.
The automatic apparatus for binding cables according to the method of this invention, includes a mechanism made of a series of interacting linkages and a motor-driven mechanism which, working together during every cycle, allow for: the advance of a strip made of many toothed retaining elements, the separation of one of them and its alignment for matching with a toothed or serrated binding strap which is made to advance automatically by the electric motor, by inserting the end of the strap through the retaining element, in the pushing direction, until the end of the strip, as it runs inside a guide, wraps the bundle of cables and is reinserted through the opposite side engaging the inside of the toothed retaining element; the stretching of the strip until the cables are tightened within the set value; and the cutting of the strip to perform a binding for every working cycle.
The plastic strap, used with the automatic apparatus for the binding of cables, is in the form of a continuous rectangular-shaped hand having, on one of its major sides, a series of indentations, along two parallel lines, with opposing teeth.
The retaining plastic element used in the automatic binding apparatus, is made of a molded strip composed of several elements joined together by an intermediate portion.
The retaining element has an approximately square shape, it is hollow along the axis and is provided, internally, with two flexible and opposing arms with a set of teeth properly sized to match the indentations of the plastic strap.
The matching of the retaining teeth on the indentations of the strap, that are under the pulling action, causes the retention of the two ends of the strap that are engaged inside the retaining element.
The invention will be further illustrated by reference to the drawings enclosed, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of the indented plastic strap according to this invention;
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a portion of the strip made of several retaining elements, one of which is shown in cross section;
FIG. 3 shows a front perspective view of the retaining element;
FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the indented strap, as in FIG. 1, matched with the retaining element shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 shows a side view which highlights the two elements of FIGS. 1 and 2 paired and stretched around a bundle of cables;
FIG. 6 shows a side view of the automatic apparatus for performing bindings of cables according to the previous figures, where the concept of this invention is put into practice and with one of the two external shells removed;
FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of the outer body of the apparatus;
FIG. 8 shows a side view of the automatic cable binding apparatus showing the interacting leverages of the mechanisms that actuate the binding cycle;
FIG. 9 shows a side view of the cable binding apparatus which highlights the mechanisms for guiding and cutting the indented strap and for separating and positioning the retaining element;
FIG. 10 shows a perspective and enlarged view of a detail of FIG. 9;
FIGS. 11 and 12 show side and top views of the cutting blade for the indented strap;
FIG. 13 shows a side view of the automatic cable binding apparatus which highlights the motor-driven mechanism for feeding and pulling the indented strap;
FIG. 14 shows an enlarged portion of FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 shows a side view of the automatic cable binding apparatus, which highlights the interacting leverages in their working position with the indented strap of FIG. 1 the strap being shown in its advanced position and through the retaining element of FIG. 3, separated from the strip and positioned within the joining area;
FIG. 16 shows a side view of the automatic cable binding apparatus which highlights the binding of cables, as obtained with the motor-driven mechanism during pulling and before the splicing that separates the indented strap;
FIG. 17 shows a sectional view highlighting the lifting action of a bending portion of the retaining element of FIG. 2, that follows the shifting of the carriage shown in FIG. 10.
FIG. 18 shows a sectional view of the automatic cable binding apparatus along line 18--18 of FIG. 6,
FIG. 19 shows a sectional view of the automatic cable binding apparatus along line 19--19 of FIG. 6.
Before proceeding to the illustration of the cable binding apparatus, a description of the indented binding strap and of the indented retaining element, according to this invention will be given.
As shown in FIG. 1, a plastic strap 52 consists of a rectangular, continuous and flexible plastic band one face of which has a longitudinal indentation consisting of a continuous line of teeth or serration 54 that run parallel to a second longitudinal indentation, identical to the first one, but with teeth 56 pointing in a direction opposite to that of teeth 54.
Outside of, and parallel to those two sets of teeth 54 and 56, there are two flat, longitudinal and continuous edges 58 of equal width, which form the lateral guiding elements for the strap and which define the actual and constant thickness of strap 52.
A strip 60, as shown in FIG. 2, is made up of several retaining elements 62 joined together by means of tongue 64.
The retaining element 62, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, has a hollow body with a flat and approximately square face 66, on one side, and an opposing face 68 with a convex or rounded shape. Inside retaining element 62, and starting from the opening of flat face 66, there are two elastic arms 70 and 72 each provided with a set of protruding teeth 74, which are laterally offset with respect to each other; these two sets of teeth take up about half of the width of bending portion of each arm while the other half 76 is free. Teeth 74 are similar to teeth 54 and 56 of strap 52 and are such as to engage them.
Along the sides of bending portions 70 and 72 there are two opposite guiding surfaces 78 that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hole of the hollow retaining element and are set at a distance which creates a passage equal to twice the width of strip 52: these guiding surfaces 78 join the front flat face of each element.
FIG. 4 highlights the novel aspect of this invention and the figure shows the indented strap 52, twice joined inside retaining element 62, supported by guides 78 with teeth 54 and 56 pointing outwards, and engaged by teeth 74 of the bending portions of elastic arms 70 and 72 so as to obtain the binding of the bundle of cables as shown in FIG. 5.
Viewing now FIG. 6 as a whole, it can be seen that apparatus 50 includes: a mechanism 80 that feeds and pulls the indented strap 52; a mechanism 82 that guides the indented strap 52 and cuts and separates a retaining element 62 from strip 60 pairing it with indented strap 52; a closing device 84 which completes the guiding channel for the indented strap 52 around a bundle of cables to be bound; mechanism 86 for cutting the serrated strap 52; a mechanism 88 which operates the mechanism 84, causing the advance of guiding mechanism 82 and of strip 60 of retaining elements 62.
The group of mechanisms 80, 82, 84, 86, 88 are appropriately enclosed in the housing of the apparatus 50 usually made up of two half shells 90 and 92 (FIG. 7) which are approximate mirror images and to which plates 94 and 96, that are also approximately mirror images, are fixed; the two plate-support mechanisms 80, 82, 84, 86 and 88 and provide a running guide for strap 52 and strip 60.
The two half shells 90 and 92 of the housing 50 support, in the rear, a pair of arms 98 placed side by side which hold the reel of serrated strap 52 as shown in FIG. 6. Mechanism 88 that operates the apparatus, as better shown in FIG. 8, includes a lever 100 pivoted around pin 194 and linked by element 102 to two paired levers 104 pivoted around pin 106 attached to plates 94 and 96. Levers 104 are attached, through a slot and by means of pin 108, to a carriage 110 running inside a guide worked into plates 94 and 96.
Levers 104 are also connected, by means of pins 112, to connecting rods 114 that are connected, through pins 116, to lever 118 which, in turn, rotates around pin 120 fixed across plates 94 and 96 and is connected to closing mechanism 84, as explained further on.
On carriage 110 there is a rocking lever 124 held upright by spring 126.
Lever 124 fits into recess 134 of mechanism 82 to provide a forward push to mechanism 82 itself.
On top of lever 100, there is an elastic tooth 128, which pushes forward the strip 60 of retaining elements as will be explained later.
Inside the two half shells 90 and 92, in the portion that forms the hand-grip, there is an electric push-button switch 130 triggered by lever 100.
Lever 100 is held in the normal position of FIG. 8 by the outward push exerted by spring 132.
Mechanism 82, which guides the indented strap 52 and which positions each retaining element 62 on the forward end of strip 60, is better shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. Mechanism 82, includes carriage 136 which runs inside a guide, not shown, worked out of plates 90 and 92.
Above the carriage 136, there is a channel-shaped element 131 (FIG. 10) which protrudes from the carriage 136 and terminates with a knife-like cross lip 214 and with convex outmost edges 133 of the side walls to fit convex face 68 of retaining elements 62, as it will be explained later. The channel element 131 of the carriage serves many fucntions and, in particular, aside from cutting and positioning the retaining elements 62, it retains a sliding rod 138 provided with a side arm 138a protruding from one side of channel 131 through a wider opening 35 for activating a microswitch 140 located on the same side of carriage 136.
Toward the back of opening 135, the side walls of channel element 131, have openings 137 opposite to each other for engaging the end heads 142a and 144a of two flexible steel bands 142 and 144 which run along guides worked out inside plates 90 and 92 and serve the purpose of guiding the indented strap 52 from the feeding mechanism 80 to carriage 136.
Above guiding bands 142 and 144, inside channel element 131, there is a covering rod 146 provided with lateral wings 146a and 146b set at the proper distance for fitting into openings 137 and 139 on the side walls of the channel 13; the front end of covering rod 146 has its upper face slanted to form a sharp edge 220 which protrudes out of the outermost edges of the side walls of channel 131.
On both sides of carriage 136 there is a roller 148 supported by pin 146.
Closing mechanism 84, as shown in FIG. 8, has a movable upper jaw 150 and a lower fixed jaw 151, with the ends curved toward each other so as to form two guides 210 and 211 which together define an annular channel for guiding the indented strap 52 around a bundle of cables. The upper jaw 150 is freely pivoting around pin 120 of lever 118 which is provided with a protruding arm 118b connected to a return spring 122 hooked to the back extension of movable jaw 150. A counter-acting lever 196 is pivoted at 195 on the front arm 118b of the lever 118, said lever 196 having its front end 196a pointed and turned downwards in the direction of guiding channel 211 inside movable jaw 150: a spring 198 is disposed between the protruding end of front arm 186b and counter-acting lever 196.
Mechanism 86, for cutting the indented strap 52, better shown in FIGS. 9, 11 and 12, includes a knife 152 which runs vertically inside paltes 94 and 96 with motion imparted by two parallel and opposing rocking levers 154 that turn around pin 156 and provided, at the forward end, with a slot that engages pin 158 of knife 152; two pulling springs 160, attached between levers 154 and the shells of the apparatus pull levers 154 and knife 152 downward. Knife 152, as better shown by FIGS. 11 and 12, has a V-shaped profile for cross-cutting the indented strap.
Mechanism 80, for feeding toothed band 52, as better shown in FIG. 10, includes a low voltage d.c. motor 162 connected, through pulley 164 and toothed belt 166, to pulley 170 of reducer 168. The reducer has an additional toothed pulley 172 connected by toothed belt 174 to a toothed pulley 176 which drives tow discs 180 with edges shaped in the form of teeth to feed indented strap 52 along plane 190 inside of plates 94 and 96, in correspondence with guiding channel 206 to the back inlet of serrated strap 52; reducer 168 and the indented discs are held by a rocking plate 178 which pivots around the axes of the discs and is acted upon by a compression spring 182 placed between a protrusion 222 of the plate and a setting screw 184.
Motor 162 may be of any type such as a motor driven by a fluid under pressure connected to the toothed discs by means of mechanical driving elements.
As shown in FIG. 14, which is an exploded view of FIG. 13, lever 186 for the disengagement of rocking lever 124 acts with its back arm against protrusion 224 of rocking plate 178 while, at the other end, lever 124 has a protrusion 187 that can place itself under a rear pin of rocking lever 124; spring 188 is placed underneath release lever 186.
In general, and according to this invention, a plastic indented strap in the form of a continuous band is made to advance along a guiding channel by initially passing its end through a curved side of a prepositioned retaining element, after having opened up one of its toothed arms for allowing the free advance of the binding strap which moves with its indentation facing outward until it wraps the cable bundle. The binding strap, after completing its turn, is reintroduced with its end into the retaining element through the flat side opposite the preceeding one while the elastic arm is released and the strap is stretched so that the teeth of both arms engage with the teeth of the binding strap. At the same time the indented strap is cut in correspondence with the retaining element.
Referring to FIGS. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, it should be clear how the automatic apparatus 50 performs the binding of a bundle of cables.
Strip 60, made up of many retaining elements 62, as FIG. 14 shows, is inserted by the operator into guiding channel 200 and is pushed until it stops at 202, while spring 204 keeps strip 60 from backing up.
The operator insert band 52, as shown in FIG. 14, into guiding channel 206 until it becomes engaged under the teeth of serrated discs 180.
The apparatus is ready to operate once strip 60 and band 52 have been positioned.
When a bundle of cables is positioned within working area 208, by pressing lever 100, the lever 106 will rotate sequentially.
As lever 106 rotates, carriage 110 advances and lever 114 lifts.
Carriage 110 will cause the carriage 136 to advance by means of rocking lever 124 as engaged by recess 134. When lever 114 lifts, lever 118 will rotate around pin 120.
As lever 118 rotates it will pull behind, by means of spring 122, the jaw 150 which lowers and closes the binding area while channels 210 and 211 will come into contact to provide a continuous guide for band 52.
The rotation of lever 118 and, hence, the closing of jaw 150, will lower lever 196.
As carriage 136 advances while pushed by carriage 110, cam 154b of lever 154 becomes disengaged.
As lever 154 lifts under the action of springs 160, knife 152 lowers.
The advance of carriage 136 and the lowering of knife 152 are synchronized so that, as carriage 136 advances, knife 214 cuts the plastic portion 64 while an element 62 becomes separated and transferred, through the action of convex ends 133 of channel 131 (FIG. 16) into a mating position 226 (FIG. 14) with band 52.
As carriage 136 advances, as it is pushed by lever 124, it pulls the flexible steel elements 142 and 144 which run inside the guides of plates 94 and 96.
It is the function of the flexible elements 142 and 144 to provide a continuos guiding channel for the band 52, which would otherwise be interrupted, from the position of carriage 136 when it is completely drawn in at rest, to its all-advanced position during operation.
Element 62, when pushed into position 216, lifts and then lowers lever 196 which is used to hold element 62 in position with its pointed end 196a; when lever 100 reaches the end of its stroke it activates microswitch 130 which, in turn, sets motor 162 into motion.
As motor 162 turns clockwise, as shown in FIG. 14, its motion is transmitted to reducer 268 by means of toothed belt 170. Reducer 170 transmits its motion through toothed belt 174 to the toothed wheels 180 with enough torque for pushing and then drawing band 52 so as to achieve the binding of the bundle of cables.
The opposing teeth of toothed wheels 180 engage the teeth of strap 52 while the toothed wheel which pushes the line of teeth 54 of band 52 move it along channel 218 and through the channel of carriage 136.
Carriage 136, while bringing element 62 into position 216 by means of tip 220 of element 146, causes the bending portion 70 of element 62 to lift, as seen in FIG. 17, so that the indented strap runs freely through the central seat of element 62 and along channel 210 of binding area 208; the indented strap runs until its end reaches element 62 as it runs again, in the opposite direction, through the central seat of element 62 and stops against part 138 while engaging the teeth of portion 72 of element 62 as shown in FIG. 11.
After having completed its turn around the bundle of cables, the tip of band 52 hits the front end of element 138 and pushes it backwards causing the intervention of microswitch 140.
When microswitch 140 is turned on, motor 162 reverses direction and, hence, toothed wheels 180 turn in the opposite direction as well.
Toothed wheel 180 with its teeth engaged for the reversal of motion to the line of teeth 56 of strap 52, pulls the strap so as to obtain the binding as shown in FIG. 12.
As it appears from FIG. 16, the binding action causes the partial opening of jaws 150 and 151 so that, as jaw 150 rotates around pin 116 it moves upward allowing the bundle cables to gather against retention element 62.
The opposing force due to the binding action, while the motor 162 is still turning, causes an anticlockwise rotation of rocking plate 178, as shown in FIG. 16.
The pull exerted by the movement of rocking plate 178, brings element 222 against spring 182 and determines the tension of the binding.
By adjusting the screw 184, the binding tension can be set to the desired value.
As rocking plate 178 (FIG. 16) rotates, element 224 forces lever 186 to move down.
Lever 186, in turn, causes lever 124 to move downward. As lever 124 moves down, carriage 136 becomes disengaged and due to the pull exerted by spring 226, resumes its rest position leaving the binding portion 70 free to engage the teeth of strap 52.
Carriage 136, on its back travel, sets lever 154 into motion by means of rollers 148. Levers 154 lift the knife 152 which, because of its profile (FIGS. 11 and 12) cuts a V-shaped groove into serrated strap 52 that offers its notches to the next cycle.
The V grooves in strap 52, because the motor is still turning, pull the band causing the retrun of the rocking plate and the motor to stop.
When the operator releases lever 100 which is pushed by spring 132, levers 102,106,110,114 and 118 return to their position and jaw 150 opens completely so that the completed binding is made free for removal.
When lever 100 is automatically released because of mechanism 128, strap 60 is pushed upward thus preparing a new retaining element 62 for the next binding cycle. A ratchet element 228, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 15, acts in such a way that when lever 100 is pressed, at the start of a new cycle, it remains in this position even if the operator does not keep it pressed, in as much as lever 104 is prevented from rotating.
This way the cycle has to perform all of the steps required for a complete binding.
Lever 100 is released the moment the rocking plate 190, by means of its protruding part 224, presses upon lever 186.
Upon the release of lever 100 the operator, because of the push exerted by spring 132, is made aware that the working cycle is being completed.
A microswitch, not shown in the attached drawings, is turned on by rocking plate 190 to a position of total pull of band 52.
Turning on the microswitch produces a signal that will bring motor 162 to a halt.
The automatic binding apparatus may be powered by a supply unit with rechargeable batteries which makes it possible for the apparatus to be used where electrical power is not available. The automatic apparatus may also be fed by a supply unit connected to the network so that it may be used uninterruptedlly.
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Jackie Kay: A jazz trumpeter, Joss Moody, who lived his life as a man; when he died it was discovered he was a woman. The only character who knew about this is his widow, Millie. The story is told from her point of view, and their adopted son, Colman's, who didn't know. Trumpet is all about the effect that his secret has on various different characters' ordinary lives: the registrar, the drummer, the cleaner, the tabloid journalist.
BT: Whose story did you want to tell through Trumpet--Joss's, Millie's or everybody who was effected by the aftermath of Moody's death and the revelation of his secret?
JK: I wanted to tell a story, the same story, from several points of view. I was interested in how a story can work like music and how one note can contain the essence of the whole. I wanted to write a novel whose structure was very close to jazz itself. So the registrar, the drummer, the cleaner all interested me because they gave the same story a different note.
I started out with two main stories though--Millie's grief and Colman's rage. I only ever wanted to tell Joss's story through the eyes of everyone else.
BT: Why did you write this novel?
JK: Because I read a short news piece about Billy Tipton which intrigued me. His adopted son was quoted as saying, "He'll always be Daddy to me," after discovering his father had been a woman. I was interested in the son's acceptance of his fathers' construction of his identity.
BT: How closely do the events and circumstances of Trumpet mirror those of Billy Tipton's life?
JK: Not at all closely; just about everything is different. The death of Billy Tipton was my initial inspiration, but after that I made it all up. I invented Joss Moody with a wife who knew and one son who didn't. To have three wives not knowing would have been too much for fiction--real life can get away with things that fiction can't! Joss Moody is black and Scottish, and a Trumpet player, not a piano player. I wasn't interested in trying to research Billy Tipton or in writing a fiction about a real person.
BT: Is there a message or lesson to be learned in Trumpet, and if so what is it?
JK: I don't think I ever set out to write with a message in mind. I was interested in how fluid identity can be, how people can reinvent themselves, how gender and race are categories that we try to fix, in order perhaps to cherish our own prejudices, how so called extraordinary people can live ordinary lives. I wanted to write a love story where the reader would become so involved with the story that they too would believe Joss and be calling him 'he' to themselves.
BT: In your opinion, did Joss Moody die a victor or a victim of society?
JK: Neither, really. If I was pushed I'd have to say 'victor' because he lived his life as he wanted to--he blew his trumpet and loved his wife and son. He had the courage to reinvent himself, to live his own fantasy.
BT: In one scene, the writer Sophie Stones ponders possible titles for her book on Joss Moody's life, and she acknowledges the lasting impact of titles. With that in mind, how did you arrive at Trumpet?
JK: I liked all the different meanings of trumpet. The idea of the instrument and the the sound and the idea of Joss announcing himself, Joss blowing his own trumpet . The journalist trying to trumpet her story. An animal or a bird can make the sound of a trumpet, a clear penetrating note.
BT: Do you think this story would be possible today?
JK: No, not this same story. Perhaps other stories similar. Maybe somebody who wants to actually be a man, who has a sex change. It would be possible for Joss Moody to have different choices today. Time would alter the story.
BT: For whom did you write this book; what type of reader?
JK: Everybody: old, young, black, white, gay, straight, ordinary and extraordinary people. More than who, I like to imagine where people might read the book: somebody in bed with the flu, or on a long train journey. The imaginary reader is always there from the beginning.
BT: Is the story exclusive to any one place, such as England?
JK: Well, it's written by me; I'm Scottish, black. It's clearly set in Scotland and in London, but the story it tells originated from the USA and I've just relocated a version in my own time and place. I imagine the story itself to have the kind of local details that can also be universal.
BT: This novel is being published in America, how do you feel about that?
JK: It will be interesting because I do think of Trumpet as being influenced by my way of looking at the world. I don't know whether or not the same novel would have been written in America. I'm aware of a great tradition of black American writers, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, John Edgar Wideman. I'm also aware that America as a society is more driven and defined by race than perhaps the UK is. So here is a book about a black jazz musician whose central story is not about race particularly. But I'm excited about it going to America. The idea of your book getting to travel is exciting because hopefully I'll travel with it!
BT: What kind of music did you listen to while writing Trumpet?
JK: I listened to music all the time. The blues, Bessie Smith; the trumpet, Louis Armstrong and Clifford Brown, Ali Farke Toure, Jean Redpath--a Celtic folksinger. And many of the jazz women Dinah Washington, Carmen MacRae, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald.
BT: What did you read?
JK: Poetry mainly. Hardly any novels. A lot of biography and autobiography, particularly books about Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Sidney Bechet, George Melly.
BT: Many readers have said it would make a good movie. What's your view on that?
JK: Well, if it was ever made into a movie, I'd sit munching away on my chocolate raisins and be very happy. In fact, I'd allow myself popcorn as well. Seriously, I wouldn't expect the movie to be My Book--I'd hope it would be something else. If, on the biggest wave of ifs, it ever happened, I'd still prefer people to read the book first.
BT: How long does a novel live within the writer after it's published?
JK: All I know is that it is still living within me now--because it still doesn't feel that it has had enough of a life of its own to be able to look after itself. Even although I've finished the characters and the book is published, they do tend to linger. I do find myself asking what Millie or Colman would think of this or that. They linger like benevolent ghosts.
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