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Because of the pot spinning process, it is more difficult to automate the supply of empty tubes, respooling of the spinning cake on an empty tube, and the removal of the spinning cops in a pot spinning machine than with other spinning processors. The present invention provides a completely automatic exchange of spinning cops for empty tubes at the spinning stations of a pot spinning machine by utilizing the yarn guides of pot spinning stations to place full yarn cops produced thereat into an upright position on carriers located on a movable conveyor extending underneath the spinning pots. With the spinning cops deposited onto the conveyor and with the yarn guide returned to a spinning position, the conveyor can transport the carriers with the spinning cops away and can deliver empty tubes to the spinning stations for receipt by the yarn guides to continue the spinning process.
1. A pot spinning machine, comprising:
a plurality of spinning stations each comprising
a rotatable spinning pot disposed in a fixed location,
means for rotating the spinning pot,
yarn guide means for traversing movement within the spinning pot to deposit a quantity of yarn annularly within the spinning pot, the yarn guide means including means for holding an empty tube within the annularly deposited quantity of yarn within the spinning pot for yarn respooling from the spinning pot,
means for respooling the annularly deposited quantity of yarn from the spinning pot onto the empty tube of the holding means to form a full yarn cop, and
means for moving the yarn guide means between a raised spinning position within the spinning pot and a lowered tube exchange position below the spinning pot, and
a system for transporting empty tubes to and full cops from the spinning stations comprising conveyor means extending beneath the spinning stations, the conveyor means including a plurality of upstanding arbors for supporting empty yarn tubes and full yarn cops, the conveyor means being disposed to transport a first empty arbor and a second arbor supporting an empty yarn tube in sequence through a position directly aligned beneath the lowered tube exchange position of the yarn guide means of a spinning station,
wherein the yarn guide means of a spinning station includes means for placement of the full yarn cop in upright disposition onto the first empty arbor after completion of a respooling operation and means for grasping the empty yarn tube from the second arbor to begin a new respooling operation.
2. A pot spinning machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the conveyor means comprises a conveyor belt equipped with fixed arbors extending successively underneath the plural spinning stations along the spinning machine for transporting empty tubes to the spinning stations and full yarn cops away from the spinning stations and means for moving the belt from a receiving position disposing an empty arbor beneath the yarn guide of a spinning station for receiving a full yarn cop into a delivery position disposing an arbor with an empty tube beneath the yarn guide of a spinning station for replacing the full yarn cop previously received.
3. A pot spinning machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the conveyor means comprises a conveyor belt extending successively underneath the plural spinning stations along the spinning machine and independent carriers equipped with arbors supported on the conveyor belt for transportation to and from the spinning stations, including carriers with empty arbors for receiving full yarn cops from the spinning stations and carriers with empty tubes on their arbors for placement on the yarn guides of the spinning stations following discharge of full spinning cops.
4. A pot spinning machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the conveyor means includes a supply conveyor belt disposed along the spinning machine at one side of the spinning stations, independent carriers with arbors supported on the supply belt for transportation to and from the spinning stations, including carriers with empty tubes placed on their arbors, and a secondary conveyor belt associated with each spinning station to extend beneath its yarn guide for delivering carriers with empty tubes from the supply conveyor belt to the spinning stations.
5. A pot spinning machine in accordance with claim 4, wherein the conveyor means comprises a discharge conveyor belt disposed along the spinning machine at the opposite side of the spinning stations for removing the carriers with full yarn cops from the secondary belts.
6. A pot spinning machine in accordance with claim 5, wherein the discharge conveyor belt extends to a second supply conveyor belt associated with a winding machine for delivering carriers with full yarn cops to the second supply conveyor belt, the second supply conveyor belt extends along a plurality of winding stations of the winding machine for transporting the carriers with the full yarn cops to the winding stations, and a second discharge conveyor belt extends from the winding machine to the spinning machine for returning thereto carriers with empty tubes for re-supply to the spinning stations.
The present invention relates to a transport system in a pot spinning machine having stationarily disposed spinning pots and traversing yarn guides, wherein empty tubes intended for the respooling of the spinning cake are pushed over and held by the yarn guides in the course of the spinning operation.
While operations of ring spinning machines and open end spinning machines are largely automated, in particular the exchange of a bobbin wound with a spun yarn by an empty tube, such automation is unknown in connection with pot spinning machines. A pot spinning machine is disclosed in German published, non-examined patent application DE-OS 41 08 929, wherein an automatic spinning bobbin exchange is described. However, a transport system for the automatic delivery of empty tubes to the spinning stations and transport of the full yarn packages away from the spinning stations is limited to the exemplary embodiment shown.
It is known from U.S. Pat. No. 802,161 to place an empty yarn tube onto the yarn guide of a pot spinning machine during placement of the yarn in the spinning pot for subsequent respooling of the cake of yarn from the pot onto the empty tube to produce a yarn cop when the formation of the yarn cake is completed. However, with this known pot spinning machine, it is still required to remove each individual spinning cop manually from the yarn guide and to replace it by an empty tube.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a tube transport system which can be adapted to individual pot spinning machines.
The present invention makes possible the automatic removal and transportation of the spinning cop away from a pot spinning station after the spinning cake has been respooled on the empty tube, and simultaneously the delivery of an empty replacement tube for automatic pick-up at the spinning station. Thus, with the present invention, manual intervention for exchanging spinning cops for empty tubes is no longer required. Following respooling of the respective spinning cakes on the empty tubes, the spinning cops can be placed with the aid of the yarn guides in a vertical disposition on a movable conveyor system underneath the spinning pots. With the spinning cops set down and the yarn guides in the raised position, the conveyor system can transport the spinning cops away and deliver the empty tubes into position for insertion of the yarn guides and for being taken up by the carriers.
The transport system can be embodied in a conveyor belt equipped with fixed arbors extending successively underneath the spinning stations along the spinning machine. The empty tubes can be transported on the conveyor belt to the spinning stations and the spinning cops away from the spinning stations on the arbors. With such an embodiment of the invention, the spinning cop exchange process is performed in essentially the same way as doffing on a ring spinning machine. The conveyor belt with the arbors can be respectively displaced from a position where it takes on a spinning cop into a position where it delivers and releases an empty tube. In correspondence to the known doffing operations in ring spinning machines, the spinning cop exchange is simultaneously performed with the conveyor belt at all spinning stations of the pot spinning machine. The conveyor belt is set up with alternate arbors left empty for receiving the spinning cops located underneath the spinning pots and intervening arbors provided with an empty tube. After placement of the full yarn cops on the empty arbors, the belt advances by a distance equal to one-half the spacing between the spinning stations. In the process, the full yarn cops are moved from beneath the spinning pots and the empty tubes are transported underneath the yarn guides to be available for the tube exchange. The belt is then stopped and the yarn guides are lowered and inserted into the empty tubes, in the course of which the empty tubes are telescoped over the yarn guides. Each empty tube is fastened to the yarn guide by appropriate means, for example, a clamping device on the yarn guide. The yarn guide subsequently moves back into the spinning pot and is placed into the spinning position for forming a new spinning cake.
Following the doffing operation, the conveyor belt with the spinning cops travels from the pot spinning machine to a transfer station, for example, where the spinning cops may be transferred to another transport device for transporting them to a yarn winding machine. Such a combination of a spinning machine with a winder is known from German published, non-examined patent application DE-OS 40 08 990, however, in this case the spinning machine is a ring spinning machine.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a conveyor belt extends underneath the spinning stations along the spinning machine and supports independent carriers equipped with arbors for transportation of yarn cops and empty tubes. Carriers with empty arbors for receiving spinning cops and carriers with empty tubes on their arbors for exchange at the spinning stations are provided on the conveyor belt. This design of the transport system allows the individual independent control and operation of each separate spinning station. After completion of the winding of a spinning cop, each separate spinning station can signal for a carrier with an empty arbor in order to receive and remove the spinning cop and, after the spinning cop has been taken away, can signal for a carrier with an empty tube on its arbor for receipt on the now vacant yarn guide. For performing such an exchange, sensors must be provided which can differentiate between carriers with empty arbors, carriers with empty tubes on their arbors, and carriers with full spinning cops on their arbors. The exchange can be accomplished with a continuously running conveyor belt transporting carriers in all three states along the spinning stations. When required, a particular carrier whose loaded or unloaded condition is suited to the momentary requirements of a spinning station may be halted by a stop device provided at the spinning station. However, the stoppage of a carrier also results in the stopping of all successive carriers during the placement of a spinning cop onto a carrier and the removal of an empty tube from a carrier. A distribution station would be provided at the end of the spinning machine, as viewed in the direction of transport of the conveyor belt to return the carriers with empty tubes and the carriers with unoccupied arbors via the belt to the spinning machine and to remove the carriers with full yarn cops from the transport system.
In a further embodiment of the invention, a conveyor belt is disposed along the spinning machine at a front side of the spinning stations for transporting carriers with arbors occupied by empty tubes on this conveyor belt. As required, these carriers with empty tubes can be brought to the spinning stations for respooling the spinning cake onto the empty tubes, and the carriers remain in their position at the spinning station during spinning and respooling. This type of transport system has the advantage that the transport of the remaining carriers is not hampered during the placement of the yarn cops onto the carriers and removal of the empty tubes from the carriers. Carriers with empty tubes are diverted from the conveyor belt, for example, by switches at the spinning stations and are guided to the respective spinning station by means of another transport device, for example, another conveyor belt. This conveyor belt may be a reversibly driven belt so that, after placement of the spinning cop on a carrier, the carrier is again returned via the reversing belt to the supply conveyor belt. In this case, a device must be provided at the end of the supply conveyor belt to remove the spinning cops from the conveyor belt. Carriers with empty tubes on their arbors must be made available at the start of the conveyor belt along the spinning machine in correspondence to the removal of the finished spinning cops.
Also conceivable is a complete connection between the spinning machine and a yarn winding frame, wherein the full yarn cops are transported on their carriers through the winding stations of the winding frame where they are unwound while remaining on the carriers and the emptied tubes returned on their carriers to the feed conveyor belt for the spinning machine to be shunted off the feed conveyor belt to the individual spinning stations for respooling of another spinning cake onto the empty tube.
Such a circuit constitutes a completely closed cycle which allows the fully automatic supply, without human intervention, of the spinning machine with empty tubes and of the winding frame with the spinning cops of the spinning machine. This transport system does not require the transfer from one transport system of the spinning machine to another transport system of the winding frame and only as many carriers as are actually needed at the spinning stations and the spooling stations are circulating in the transport system.
FIGS. 1a to 1h are schematic side elevations which show a spinning station of a pot spinning machine of the present invention in successive stages of operation, wherein the delivery of empty tubes and the removal of spinning cops takes place by means of a selectively stoppable conveyor belt equipped with fixed arbors, similar to a doffing operation in ring spinning machines, or alternatively by means of a continuously moving conveyor belt on which carriers with arbors are transported and, when required, can be stopped in place on the continuously moving belt;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of continuous conveyor means for use in the pot spinning machine of FIGS. 1a-1h.
FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view which shows an alternative embodiment of a pot spinning machine wherein empty tubes supported on carriers are supplied to the individual spinning stations and spinning cops are removed from the stations via reversible belts; and
FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view that shows a combined pot spinning machine and winding frame, wherein a supply belt for carriers with empty tubes extends along the front of the spinning machine and a conveyor belt for removing the carriers with wound spinning cops extends along the back of the machine, and wherein the belts are connected with each other underneath each spinning station via a belt for supplying empty tubes and removing spinning cops.
The operational course of a spinning cop exchange at a spinning station of a pot spinning machine is described in relation to several successive operational steps in FIGS. 1a-1h. The design of the spinning station 1 of the pot spinning machine is illustrated schematically, showing only the most important features for its function as well as features contributing to the invention. As will be understood, the pot spinning machine is equipped with a plurality of such spinning stations.
A spinning pot 2 is seated in a machine frame which is only partially and schematically indicated at 3. The pot 2 is supported for rotation by a ball bearing seat 4 and is driven by a drive, indicated representatively at 5, in a manner which is known, for example, in German published, non-examined patent application DE-OS 41 08 929. The spinning pot 2 is in the shape of a cylindrical tube which is open at its top and bottom ends. In the present exemplary embodiment, the spinning pot 2 is embodied as the rotor of a squirrel-cage motor. In this case, it is possible that the spinning pot itself may be made from a non-metallic material, around which a thin metal ring 5b forming a short-circuited rotor is placed in the area of the stator 5a. The bearings 4 of the spinning pot are only schematically shown and are not intended as a restriction to any specific embodiment of a bearing. For example, the spinning pot can also be seated in magnetic bearings or air bearings.
In the present embodiment, the spinning pot 2 is seated to rotate in a stationary disposition in the machine frame 3. In contrast thereto, a yarn guide 6 extending into the spinning pot moves vertically back and forth therein for building the spinning cake.
A suspension 7 and a drive (not shown) for the yarn guide 6 are disposed above the spinning pot 2. The drive mechanism can be, for example, in the form of hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders or a toothed rack and pinion gear arrangement. The yarn guide 6 glides up and down like a piston in a guide tube 8 and this guide tube 8 is displaceably disposed in a guide 9 which is fixedly connected with the machine frame 3, i.e., the yarn guide 6 can move up and down inside the guide tube 8, as represented by the double-headed arrow 10, while the guide tube 8 can move independently of this motion inside the guide 9. The drive mechanism of the guide tube 8 is not shown. As with the yarn guide 6, for example, it can also be in the form of hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders. The stroke of the yarn guide 6 is determined by the length of the spinning pot 2, while the path of the guide tube 8 is limited by the length of the guide 9. When the yarn guide 6 assumes the lowest position in the guide tube 8 and the guide tube 8 is completely extended out of the guide 9 (see, e.g., FIGS. 1d and 1f), a spinning cop can be set down or an empty tube can be taken up, as will be explained in detail hereinafter.
FIG. 1a illustrates a spinning station while a spinning cake 11 is being created. A sliver 12 is supplied downwardly in the direction of the arrow 13 to the yarn guide 6 from a drafting device (not shown) via a pair of feed rollers 14. The yarn 16 being formed exits from the mouth 15 of the yarn guide 6 and, in the present exemplary embodiment, is placed in layers 17 within the spinning pot 2 to progressively form a cake-like structure or body of the yarn that can be subsequently respooled on an empty tube into the form of a spinning cop like that produced by a ring spinning machine, providing particularly good reel-off properties when respooled on a cheese.
During the spinning process, the yarn guide 6 supports an empty tube 18a which is placed telescopically over the guide 6 and is supported by a holder 19 at the upper end of the yarn guide 6. The holder 19 is simultaneously used to traverse the yarn guide 6 inside the guide tube 8. The manner in which the empty tube 18a is held is not an object of the invention and is already known from the prior art, for example, from U.S. Pat. No. 802,161. The holder 19 also offers the possibility of displacing the yarn guide 6 with respect to the empty tube 18a. Actuation of the holder 19 of the empty tube 18a as well as the regulation of relative movement between the empty tubes 18 and their yarn guides 6 takes place via control line 20.
The transport system of the present invention is herein explained with respect to two exemplary embodiments in FIGS. 1a to 1h. Either a conveyor belt 21 equipped with fixed tube support arbors 22 or a conveyor belt 23, on which independent tube carriers 24 having respective arbors 25 can be transported, extend underneath the spinning stations of the pot spinning machine. The two conveyor belts 21 and 23 are endless belts which travel underneath all of the spinning stations of the spinning machine. The conveyor belts are respectively guided over supporting guide rollers 26 or 27 which at the same time can be used for driving the belts, as indicated, for example, by the motors 28 or 29. The arrows 30 and 31 indicate the direction of movement of the conveyor belts 21 and 23. While the conveyor belt 23 runs continuously, the conveyor belt 21 is only moved when it is intended to make an exchange of finished spinning cops for empty tubes at the spinning stations and when the spinning cops are to be transported away and fresh empty tubes are to be provided.
The conveyor belt 21 is stopped during the spinning operation with an unoccupied arbor 22 positioned in centered relation to the yarn guide 6, underneath the spinning pot 2 under each spinning station 1. In such disposition, the unoccupied arbors 22 are positioned to receive spinning cops form the respective spinning stations thereabove as described below. Viewed in the direction of transport 30, an empty tube 18b is disposed behind the unoccupied arbor in a stand-by position on the next succeeding arbor 22. The sequence of arbors occupied by empty tubes and empty arbors corresponds to the arrangement known in connection with ring spinning machines. The spacing of the arbors along the conveyor belt 21 is one-half that of the distance between the center axes of two adjacent spinning pots. After the spinning cops are deposited from the spinning pots onto the unoccupied arbors, the belt 21 advances by such spacing, i.e., half the distance between two adjacent spinning pots, in order to position the empty stand-by tubes 18b to be received in the spinning pots.
As will be understood, a conveyor belt 21 with arbors 22 fixedly disposed on the conveyor belt only permits simultaneous doffing at all spinning stations. The spinning cop 32 in FIG. 1a is intended to symbolize the removal of the spinning cops after a doffing operation. For this reason the belt 21 in FIG. 1a is interrupted in contrast to the portion of the belt 21 with the stand-by arbor 22 and the stand-by empty tube 18b.
Positioning of the arbors 22 for receiving spinning cops and for transferring empty tubes can be monitored by means of sensors. Correct positioning of an arbor 22 underneath the spinning pot of a spinning station can be checked by means of a sensor 33. By means of a further sensor 34 it can be determined whether an empty tube, for example the empty tube 18a, is located on an arbor 22. This sensor 34 is disposed directly above the sensor 33 a sufficient distance so that it does not detect the arbors. Further sensors 35,36 can be disposed beside the sensor 34. One sensor 35,36 would be sufficient as a rule. By means of these sensors, it can be determined whether a yarn-wound tube, i.e., a finished spinning cop wound with yarn, is present underneath the spinning station. It is possible to determine the state or degree of winding, i.e., the amount of yarn, of a spinning cop currently positioned in front of the sensors by positioning the sensors 35,36 at different distances from the sensor 34 in respect to the center line of the empty tube. As can be seen in FIG. 1a, the positioning of an arbor 22 is reported by the sensor 33 via a signal line 33a of a control device 37, for example, a microprocessor. In the present situation, the sensors 34,35,36 do not detect the presence of any tube or spinning cop on the arbor 22 and report such via their signal lines 34a to 36a to the control device 37. The control device 37 can also be connected with a main computer (not shown) of the spinning machine or with a central computer for several spinning machines in order to control the operations of the spinning machine.
FIG. 1b shows the end of spinning and the start of respooling of the spinning cake 11 from the inner wall of the spinning pot 2 onto the empty tube 18a carried on the yarn guide 6. So that the respooling process can be initiated, the empty tube 18a, which as aforementioned had been placed onto the yarn guide 6 by the holder 19 when the yarn guide 6 was in its lowest position, is pushed sufficiently far over the mouth 15 of the yarn guide 6 that the lower rim 38 of the tube 18a reaches the extent of the yarn 16 exiting from the mouth 15 of the yarn guide 6 and extending to the inner wall of the spinning pot 2. The yarn can be grasped by and engaged in a notch (not shown) in the rim 38 of the tube 18a. At the same time, feeding of the sliver 12 into the yarn guide 6 is stopped and the sliver 12 is clamped and cut below the drafting device by a clamping and cutting device 45. The excess sliver is aspirated off by a suction means (not shown). The yarn is then immediately wound on the empty tube 18a by respooling the spinning cake 11 from the spinning pot 2 onto the empty tube 18a, the completion of which is illustrated in FIG. 1c wherein the spinning cake is shown to have been completely respooled on the empty tube 18a and a spinning cop 39 thereby created.
In the alternative embodiment of a conveyor belt 23, the conveyor belt 23 has transported carriers up to this time without regard to the operation of the spinning station 1. In contrast to the exemplary embodiment with a continuous conveyor belt on which the arbors are fixed and the exchange process of spinning cops for empty tubes is performed simultaneously at all spinning stations, the individual control of spinning stations is possible in the exemplary embodiment having a conveyor belt 23. Each spinning station 1 can be individually actuated and forms spinning cops independently of the adjoining spinning stations, which cops are directly placed onto carriers 24 on the conveyor belt 23 as soon as they are finished. Because the belt 23 runs continuously, stopping devices 40 for the carriers are installed at every spinning station and are controlled by means of the sensors 33 to 36, as shown in FIG. 2. For this purpose each stopping device 40 is connected via a signal line 40a with the control device 37. It is therefore possible in the exemplary embodiment with a conveyor belt 23 underneath the spinning station that carriers 24 which are occupied or empty can be moved without hindrance, while spinning is performed at the spinning stations as shown in FIG. 1a. For example, a spinning cop 320 is representatively shown as being moved unhampered past the spinning station which at that moment is spinning a yarn.
Transporting of cops and tubes on the belt 23 is only interfered with at the time when the spinning cake has been respooled from the spinning pot on an empty tube at a spinning station and a finished spinning cop is ready to be exchanged for an empty tube, as is the case in FIG. 1c. The stopping device 40 underneath the spinning station ready for the exchange is then triggered by the control device 37 of the pot spinning machine and a restraining lever 41 is extending across the belt 23. However, the stopping device 40 is only actuated when the sensors 33,34 identify a carrier 24 on the belt 23 with an unoccupied arbor 25.
The deposit of the finished spinning cop 39 onto the arbor 22 of the conveyor belt 21 is shown in FIG. 1d. To deposit the spinning cop 39, the guide tube 8 is lowered in the guide 9 by suitable means (not shown) as symbolized by the arrow 42. Once the guide tube 8 has reached its lowest position in the guide 9, the tube 18a has been seated on the arbor 22 disposed therebelow. The holder 19 is actuated via the control line 20 to release the tube 18a of the spinning cop 39.
In the embodiment of a conveyor belt 23, the deposit of a spinning cop 39 onto an arbor 25 of a carrier 24 stopped by a restraining lever 41 takes place in the same way.
In each embodiment, after release of the tube 18a with the cop 39 by the holder 19, the guide tube 8 is moved back into its uppermost position within the guide 9, as indicated by the arrow 44 in FIG. 1e. In the process, the yarn guide 6 is pulled out of the deposited tube 18a. When the guide tube 8 has been moved into its uppermost position, the yarn guide 6 is in a raised position which permits the transport of the full spinning cop 39 on the conveyor belt 21 or 23. In the case of the embodiment having the conveyor belt 21, the drive motor 28 of the conveyor belt 21 receives a signal via the control line 28a to drive the deflection roller 26 to move the conveyor belt 21 in the direction of the arrow 30 until the sensors 33,34 register a following empty tube 18b on the belt 21 which, in the illustrated embodiment, is a distance equal to one-half of the spacing between adjacent spinning stations which is sufficient that the empty tube 18b is positioned underneath the spinning pot 2 in alignment with the yarn guide 6.
In the case of the embodiment with a conveyor belt 23, the restraining lever 41 is retracted by a signal via the control line 40a, and the carrier 24 with the spinning cop, in this case cop 390, is released for transportation away from the spinning station. The restraining lever 41 is only actuated again when an empty tube following on the conveyor 23 is registered by the sensors 33,34. In the illustrated example in FIG. 2, this is an empty tube 180b on the carrier 24, which follows the released spinning cop 390.
Once an empty tube, such as tube 18b on the conveyor belt 21 (FIGS. 1a-1h) or tube 180b on carrier 24 on the conveyor belt 23 (FIG. 2) has been positioned underneath the yarn guide 6, the guide tube 8 is again moved into its lowest position as indicated by the arrow 46 in FIG. 1f. Once the guide tube 8 is in its lowest position, the yarn guide 6 extends telescopically into the empty tube 18b whereupon the holder 19 grasps the empty tube to retain it in place on the yarn guide 6. In the embodiment with a conveyor belt 23, the released spinning cop 390 is concurrently being transported away from the spinning station because the conveyor belt 23 continuously moves in the transport direction indicated by the arrow 31.
After the empty tube 18b has been grasped by the holder 19, the guide tube 8 and the yarn guide 6 move into the uppermost position above the spinning pot 2, as indicated by the arrow 47 in FIG. 1g. The grasped empty tube is raised by the holder 19, as indicated by the arrow 48, until the mouth 15 of the yarn guide 6 projects beyond the lower rim 38 of the tube 18b. The sliver is released from the clamping and cutting device 45 and is moved through the pair of feed rollers 14 into an injector 43, which operates to blow the sliver into the yarn guide 6. Thereafter, the yarn guide 6 moves into the spinning pot 2, and spinning is again initiated by the renewed supply of the sliver.
In the first embodiment, the conveyor belt 21 is simultaneously put into motion so that the finished spinning cops 39, which had been deposited onto the conveyor belt 21 by all the spinning stations, are transported away to a collection location.
In the embodiment having the conveyor belt 23, the restraining lever 41 is retracted as indicated by the arrow 50, so that the now empty carrier 24 from which the empty tube 180b had been removed can be transported away from the spinning station. As already described above, the carrier 24 with the finished spinning cop 390 has already been transported away.
Thus, as will be seen, the operation of the pot spinning machine has progressed in sequence to the stage shown in FIG. 1h which is the same as indicated in FIG. 1a at the beginning of the described sequence. The yarn guide 6 has been returned to the spinning position in the spinning pot 2. Simultaneously the drafting device has supplied the sliver 12 as indicated by the arrow 51. The arrow 52 indicates that the yarn guide 6 is again reciprocating upwardly and downwardly to build a fresh spinning cake 11 in the spinning pot 2 in a cross-winding fashion.
In the course of this operation, the finished spinning cops 39 have been transported away on the conveyor belt 21 and the conveyor belt 21 has again been equipped with fresh empty tubes 18c and, at the same time, the conveyor belt 21 has again been positioned and stopped such that the empty arbors 22 have been disposed directly underneath the spinning stations. In the embodiment utilizing a conveyor belt 23, the conveyor belt 23 continues to travel underneath each working spinning station whose associated restraining lever 41 has therefore been retracted. Thus, independently of the work of the spinning station located above it, the conveyor belt 23 transports carriers, which may be randomly equipped with empty tubes or spinning cops or may be empty as a result of the operation of the spinning stations located upstream in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt 23. Operation of the lever 41 intervenes in the normal ongoing transport of carriers on the conveyor 23 only for positioning of a carrier at a spinning station when a change at the appropriate spinning station is required.
FIG. 3 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the invention wherein the conveyor belt does not extend directly underneath the spinning pots but along the front of the spinning machine. Specifically, a conveyor belt 102 extends along the front side of the pot spinning machine 100 which is comprised of a plurality of spinning stations 101a to 101f symbolized by the spinning pots and the yarn guides 101'a to 101'f. Carriers 103 are transported along this conveyor belt 102 in the direction 105 carrying on their arbors empty tubes 104 from a supply station (not shown). One respective conveyor belt 106, which can be driven reversibly in opposite directions as indicated by the arrow 107, extends between each spinning station 101a to 101f and the conveyor belt 102.
Each conveyor belt 106 is used to transport carriers 103 with empty tubes 104 as needed to the spinning stations 101a to 101f, and to transport spinning cops 108 from the spinning stations to the conveyor belt 102. By way of example, a completed spinning cop has been moved away from the spinning station 101a and a carrier 103 with an empty tube 104 is traveling to the spinning station so that the spinning cake in the spinning pot can be respooled on the empty tube. So that a carrier with an empty tube can be provided to the spinning station 101a via the conveyor belt 106, this conveyor belt 106 moves in the transport direction 109 in the direction toward the spinning station.
Controllable deflectors 110 are located opposite each spinning station at each junction of the conveyor belt 102 with the conveyor belts 106. When full spinning cops 108 are being moved on the conveyor belt 106 away from the spinning stations, they are automatically taken by the conveyor belt 102 and transported away in the direction 105. However, the supply of empty tubes to the spinning stations must be initiated by an intervention of normal travel of carriers on the conveyor belt. For this reason, a deflector 110 is provided at each junction of a conveyor belt 106 extending between the conveyor belt 102 and the spinning stations 101a to 101f. A sensor 111 is installed along the conveyor belt 102 upstream in its transport direction 105 in advance of each junction with a conveyor belt 106. Full spinning cops 108 can be distinguished from empty tubes 104 with the aid of these sensors. If a carrier 103 with an empty tube 104 approaches a spinning station which is in need of an empty tube, for example, the spinning station 101a, the empty tube 104 is detected by the sensor 111 and the associated deflector 110 at the spinning station 101a is extended across the conveyor belt 102. Since the conveyor belt 102 continues to move, the carrier 103 with the empty tube 104 will contact the deflector 110 and is diverted onto the adjacent conveyor belt 106 moving in the transport direction 109 toward the associated spinning station 101a. The deflection of a carrier 103 with an empty tube 104 is shown to have already taken place at the spinning station 101b. The associated deflector 110 has already been retracted from the conveyor belt 102 in order not to hamper the movement of following empty tubes and spinning cops.
Once the spinning cake has been respooled on an empty tube at one of the spinning stations, such as has occurred at the spinning station 101c, for example, the spinning cop 108 is moved on the conveyor belt 106 in the transport direction 112 toward the conveyor belt 102. A yarn is shown in the process of being spun at the spinning stations 101d and 101e wherein each yarn exits from a respective yarn guide 101'd and 101'e to form a spinning cake in the respective spinning pots. Empty tubes 104 are already positioned beneath the respective spinning pots in readiness for respooling at the spinning stations 101d and 101e.
At the spinning station 101f, a spinning cop 108 has been discharged from the spinning station 101f and has been brought via the associated conveyor belt 106 in the transport direction 112 to the conveyor belt 102 whereat continuing transportation of the carrier 103 supporting the spinning cop 108 is just being taken over by the conveyor belt 102.
Carriers 103 with spinning cops 108 as well as carriers 103 with empty tubes 104 are transported together on the conveyor belt 102 in the transport direction 105 to a sorting station 114 at which the carriers 103 with the spinning cops 108 are separated from the carriers 103 with empty tubes 104 which were not diverted to a spinning station. For example, carriers 103 with full spinning cops 108 are delivered to a conveyor belt 115 for movement in the transport direction 116 to a spooling frame (not shown). Carriers 103 with empty tubes which were not diverted to a spinning station are delivered from the sorting station 114 onto a conveyor belt 117 which travels in the transport direction 118. In this manner, the unneeded empty tubes 104 on the carriers 103 can be returned to the conveyor belt 102 via conveyor belts 119,121, which travel in the transport directions 120,122, respectively.
FIG. 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a transport system in accordance with the invention. A pot spinning machine 200, whose number of spinning stations may be greater or less than shown in the exemplary embodiment, is connected with a yarn winding frame 201 via conveying means.
In contrast with the previous embodiment of FIG. 3, a conveyor belt 202 extends along the front side of the pot spinning machine 200 and a conveyor belt 203 extends along the back side of the spinning machine. At each spinning station 204a to 204h, which are symbolized by the spinning pots and the yarn guides 204'a to 204'h, a conveyor belt 205 travels under the spinning stations and connects the two conveyor belts 202 and 204.
Carriers 206 supporting vertically placed empty tubes 207 on their arbors are transported on the conveyor belt 202 along the spinning stations 204a to 204h in the direction of the arrow 208. The conveyor belt 202 is narrower than the diameter of the carriers 206. The conveyor belts 205 extend into sufficiently close proximity to conveyor belt 202 that, because of the greater diameter of the carriers 206 than the width of the conveyor belt 202, a portion of the carriers 206 overlap the conveyor belts 205 enabling each belt 205 to pull carriers 206 from the conveyor belt 202 onto the conveyor belt 205 when required. The conveyor belts 205 continuously move in the direction of the arrow 209 in the direction toward the conveyor belt 203. Controllable restraining devices 210 are provided underneath the spinning stations 204a to 204h to respectively restrain each successive carrier with an empty tube long enough until a spinning cake at the respective station has been respooled on the empty tube. The conveyor belts 205 continuously run during spinning and respooling.
The lengthwise extent of a conveyor belt 205 from the conveyor belt 202 to the associated spinning station is selected such that the belt 205 can take up a predetermined number of carriers 206. At those spinning stations where the associated conveyor belt 205 is not completely occupied by carriers 206, such as at the spinning stations 204f and 204g, passing carriers 206 with empty tubes 207 being transported by the conveyor belt 202 are diverted by the respective conveyor belts 205 to the respective spinning stations as indicated by the arrows 211. At those spinning stations where a conveyor belt 205 is completely occupied by carriers 206 in front of the spinning station, for example at the spinning station 204a and 204d, the carriers automatically travel past the spinning station. Carriers 206 with empty tubes 207, which have not been removed from the conveyor belt 202 at any spinning station, are delivered onto a conveyor belt 212 at the end of the spinning machine which conveys the carriers in the transport direction 213 to the conveyor belt 203 at the back of the machine.
Full spinning cops 214 on the carriers 206 are transported away from the spinning machine on this conveyor belt 203. Once a spinning cake from a spinning pot has been respooled on an empty tube at any of the spinning stations, the associated restraining device 210 releases the carrier 206 with the spinning cop 214 to enable it to be transported to the conveyor belt 203 by means of the conveyor belt 205. Spinning cops 214 are shown as just being conveyed onto the conveyor belt 203 at the spinning stations 204c, 204e, and 204g. The conveyor belt 203 transports the spinning cops 214, as well as the carriers with the empty tubes 207 which have been delivered via the conveyor belt 212, to a sorting and preparation station 216. In the sorting and preparation station, the carriers 206 with empty tubes 207 are directed to a conveyor belt 217 and transported in a transport direction 218 to a further sorting station 219 which operates to transfer these carriers back to the conveyor belt 202.
The full spinning cops 216 are also prepared for respooling on the winding frame 201 in the sorting and preparation station 216. Spinning cops 216 which are not properly prepared automatically within the station 216 are moved into a stand-by position 220, as indicated by the arrow 221, in order to be manually prepared, if required. The prepared spinning cops 214 on their carriers 206 are transferred from the station 216 to a conveyor belt 222 which transports the spinning cops in the direction of the arrow 223 along the winding stations 224a to 224f which have been symbolized by cheeses under formation. Comparable with the arrangement of the pot spinning machine 200, a respective conveyor belt 225 extends underneath each winding station to convey the carriers 206 with spinning cops 214 in the direction 226 from the conveyor belt 222 to the winding stations and then to a terminal point at a conveyor belt 227 extending along the back of the winding frame.
The spinning cops 214 are unwound and respooled onto cheeses at the winding stations 224a to 224f. The resulting empty tubes 207 on the carriers 206 are transported by the conveyor belts 225 to the conveyor belt 227 which, in turn, conveys them in the transport direction 228 to the sorting station 219. Any carriers 206 with tubes 229 which were incompletely unwound are separated from carriers 206 with empty tubes and are transferred to a conveyor belt 230 which transports the tubes with usable remaining yarn in the indicated direction 231 to the sorting and preparation station 216 wherein the leading yarn end is made ready for a continuation of winding. If this yarn end preparation is not successful, the spinning cop is removed and placed into the standby position 220.
The transport system presented in FIG. 4 achieves a closed carrier circuit between a pot spinning machine and a winding frame. The carriers and the tubes and cops supported thereon can be employed in the spinning machine as well as in the winding frame without human intervention and without transferring the empty tubes or the spinning cops from one transport system to another. Spinning cops which were not taken up by any of the winding stations are directed at the end of the conveyor belt 222 onto a conveyor belt 232 moving in the transport direction 233 and disposed parallel to the conveyor belts 225 under the spooling stations. The belt 232 guides the carriers with full spinning cops onto the belt 227 which transports them to the sorting station 219 and therefrom to the sorting and preparation station 216, where the carriers and their cops are again placed on the belt 222 for delivery to the winding stations.
It will therefore be readily understood by those persons skilled in the art that the present invention is susceptible of broad utility and application. Many embodiments and adaptations of the present invention other than those herein described, as well as many variations, modifications and equivalent arrangements will be apparent from or reasonably suggested by the present invention and the foregoing description thereof, without departing from the substance or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, while the present invention has been described herein in detail in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that this disclosure is only illustrative and exemplary of the present invention and is made merely for purposes of providing a full and enabling disclosure of the invention. The foregoing disclosure is not intended or to be construed to limit the present invention or otherwise to exclude any such other embodiments, adaptations, variations, modifications and equivalent arrangements, the present invention being limited only by the claims appended hereto and the equivalents thereof.
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Part One of this series (Pumps & Systems, August 2014), discussed the new American National Standards Institute/Hydraulic Institute (ANSI/HI 9.8) design standard requirements.
When discussing expansion joint selection, the conversation typically focuses on the quality, durability and capabilities of the expansion joint.
Last month's column described the process of creating an energy cost balance sheet for a piping system (see Figure 1).
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Last 'Harry Potter' Film To Be Released in Two Segments
the greatest book ever written
"It was born out of purely creative reasons," producer David Heyman told the Times. "Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book."
Unlike every other book? EVERY OTHER BOOK?
"Anna Karenina?" Offal ripe for the butchering.
Bible? Common street trash.
Wizardy geek lore for kids, geeks and pedophiles? MOST IMPORTANT USE OF THE WRITTEN WORD SINCE THE LAST MOVIE DAVID HEYMAN MADE! IT SHALL NOT BE TOUCHED IN THE NAME OF GUARANTEED BILLIONS FOR THE STUDIO! MY MOUTH - IT FROTHS!
which other books
Chuck, relax. He means the other Harry Potter books, not every other book ever written.


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Why ever would Thomas recuse himself when he is suckling on the Monsanto teet? These "chief justices" joke intended, are just an excretion of our hubris contaminated, ridiculous system of more of the same "power" by whomever can suckle the hardest and the longest, shall be be fattest, most powerful infant on the playground!
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Original Air Date Oct. 17 1971
Filipino exploitation babe Margaret Markov attempts to seduce Jimmy Stewart !!
A few months before heading off to the Philippines to film New World's THE HOT BOX (and later BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA) here's the very beautiful Margaret Markov making an appearance in Jimmy Stewart's short lived early 70's TV series, which was titled (aptly enough) THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW. Playing Prof. James Howard, a science teacher at a small college, Stewart's small screen debut was highly publicized but untimely failed to connect with viewers only running for one season from 1971-72. Watching the series today on Warner Archives Streaming (I have vague recollections of the show as a child) it seems wanting to juggle back and forth between comedy and drama with Stewart in full "aw shucks..." mode as he gently tries to confront some of the then contemporary social issues of the day. Most of the comedy side of things is centered around his home life with Julie Adams (THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) playing the wife along with a couple of precocious kids and M. Emmett Walsh as a fellow professor.
Before she would shower down Pam Grier and blast her way through the sweaty Filipino jungles with machine guns & machetes, Markov here plays Joyce Gibbs - a highly flirtatious student who seemingly will go to any lengths not to pass Prof. Howard's class, but to simply be allowed to enroll in it (!). Wearing a variety of low cut dresses along with mini-skirts & leopard-skinned hot pants she seems bound and determined to enjoy the benefits of the professor's folksy science musings, as at one point she even starts to strip down in his office (after offering him a case of beer !). The script makes it plainly obvious that Markov's end game plan is to not only flirt with the slightly befuddled Stewart, but to untimely engage in some office couch "special tutoring"
Born in 1948 in Stockton Calif., the blonde statuesque Markov appeared in Jack Starret's RUN ANGEL RUN in 1969 and in 1971 would appear in Roger Vadim's black comedy PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW. Traveling to the Philippines in 1972 she was in the THE HOT BOX and in 1973 would appear as a revolutionary on the run with Pam Grier in the all time classic BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA ("Chicks in Chains...On The Run From A Prison Hell !"). In 1974 Roger Corman would transplant the women in prison thing to Ancient Rome with the result being THE ARENA that once again teamed Margaret with Pam Grier as female gladiators that are overseen by Rosalba Neri. Former actor Mark Damon (THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT) was producer on THE ARENA and he and Margaret were later married (and remain so to this day).


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Stonington - The Pawcatuck woman who is suing First Selectman Ed Haberek for allegedly sending a "sexually graphic photo" of himself to her in January 2010, is asking a judge to attach $500,000 of his assets in case his insurance does not cover damages to her.
In his motion, the attorney for Tracy Swain, Scott Camassar, said that there is reason to believe that Haberek and wife Maureen have been separated since January, plan to be divorced and that Haberek may be attempting to sell their Moss Street home and other property.
The motion alleges that the couple will file for divorce in Rhode Island "in attempt to hide the action from the public and plaintiff" and prevent Swain from attaching the home and other assets in the event Haberek is ordered to pay damages to her. It added the divorce filing is an attempt "to shield or dispose of assets" in case Haberek does not have adequate insurance to pay the award.
The motion states that because there is probable cause a court will render a judgment in favor of Swain, she is asking that the court issue a "prejudgment remedy" to attach $500,000 in property, investments and partnerships Haberek has interest in.
In addition, Camassar has filed a second motion which asks a judge to order Haberek to disclose information from 2010 to the present about his tax returns, properties he has interest in and their value, financial affidavits, property transfers, debt, bank accounts, investments and partnerships.
Camassar said he expects Haberek's attorney Dado Coric, who could not be reached for comment Monday, to object to the motion. He said a judge would have to hold a hearing to decide whether to issue a prejudgement remedy and attach Haberek's assets.
Camassar said depositions of Haberek and other town officials are being scheduled.
Swain has also sued the town, which has already filed three special defenses, including one in which it has said any alleged inappropriate actions by Haberek were "outside his duties, responsibilities, scope and capacity as first selectman."
In November, a judge rejected the town's attempt to get itself removed from the lawsuit. That ruling meant the case could proceed.
Camassar has offered the town two ways to get out of the lawsuit, but those involved Haberek admitting to Swain's allegation of the photo or turning over potential evidence in the case.
The town's insurance company is providing an attorney to represent it. The company would likely pay damages, if any are awarded, according to town officials.
Haberek has acknowledged that on dates prior to Jan. 12, 2010, he sent Swain numerous emails, text messages and Facebook messages from his computer, phone and BlackBerry.
But he has denied that when she told him to stop sending the messages, he sent her the "sexually graphic photo of himself" using his town-issued BlackBerry.
Swain has said the alleged photo caused her emotional distress and physical illness such as migraine headaches. She said these problems are expected to continue and have impaired her ability to enjoy life.
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heck yeah #disney #quote
Disney Princesses for sure.
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If you ever been to Disney World you would understand!
True Story
♥ so true!
Hannahs life quote!
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Brings back so many memories!
I love looking back on my life
Or old notes from school. Funny stuff
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epecially when they are stupid but the funniest things ever.
just did this! so funny.
Wow I totally forgot about that!
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childhood memories.
Things change to fast these days...LOl! Funny stuff...
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HA HA HA - Remember this? The funny part is that it wasn't really that long ago.
haha this one made me laugh as my step daughter asked what does that mean lol. (from facebook piq)
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no. it's not true.
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it is so weird that monsters inc came out so long ago. yes i feel old
This makes me want to cry. I seriously don't know where to put this so I'm going to chose a random board. Dylan and Cole are 20! D:
Holy crap. Where the hell did my childhood go
Holy Crap.. im 17 and I feel old..
holy mother of god, i feel old.
I put this on my "laugh" board, but really, it's not even funny.......
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Baby Girl remember when your cat Midnight could not get enough of make the door stoppers in the house make that God awful sound!!!! At 3:00am in the morning boooonnnngggg, booooonnnngggg and Taz sitting next to him with that look. You know the one of superiority but intrigued while looking at Midnight like he was insane.
So true! Why yes, yes I did play the door stopper...
My children and my cat.
So true, and my son is especially skilled as well :)
and made an awesome cat toy til 3am when he decided to play with it :)
hours of childhood amusement
Totally. :D
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This is so Brennan, but instead of the door frame, he uses the entrance to our mini hallway!
Hope my children remember this one day!
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My kids do this all the time and then hang from the top of the door frame!
my son is doing this .lol funny kids
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This show was great :) They were hilarious! One of my very favorites was when they went to the opera and dreamed that they starred in Carmen!
Hey Arnold! My aunt, my mom & I would watch Arnold together. Such good memories :)
My first 90s pin had to be a big one haha
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So true for the 90s kid.
Product of growing up in the 90s- so true!!!
News to those "'90's" kids, I am sorry but if you were born after '95, you are not a '90 s kid, you don't remember any of this sh*t you just pretend to. Can you tell I am tired of the 14 year old kids saying they are 90's kids... They have experienced it all!
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The Absolute Best Toys From The 90s Nostalgia Alert: all your forgotten playthings - See more at: http://www.nexopia.com/mag/student-life/the-absolute-best-toys-from-the-90s#sthash.sISg2Wuv.dpuf
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ok, so finally after too much time, i'm back to building my electric brewery. i'm using some scavenged controllers from work, and a big ass pump, also salvaged from work. i have 2 44 qt ss cajun kettles. i've got some 4500w ultra low watt density heating elements, and a greenlee punch borrowed from my uber-brewer neighbor. here's the deal though. the only punch he had is a 1.375" dia punch, and kal's instructions call for a 1.25" dia. has anyone tried to use a slightly larger punch? i don't want to go poking big holes in my pots, and have them leak. but at the same time the right size punch is going for $87! that's more than one of my pots, and i'm only planning on punching 4 holes. can i get away with this? anyone? or, is there another way? my neighbor is using keggles, that he drilled into with a step bit, but he's on propane, and only using 7/8" holes for his valves.
more beer for me
No, 1-3/8 is too big for sure. Your best bet is Ebay for a 1.25 punch or get a bimetal hole saw instead. If I'm going out to 1.25, it's sometimes easier to rough cut it to 1" with a hole saw, then finish out with a step bit but your drill has to be a torque happy SOB for that.
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I did what Bobby was saying with the hole saw. My drill handled it fine enough, but yeah, it's a nice drill. Personally, I'd rather spend a hundred bucks on a nice drill than on a punch you'll use twice and be done with.
Just make sure you keep that hole saw bit as steady as possible, they like to dance!
i've actually got a big delta floor standing 3/4hp drill press, plus a boat-load of clamps. i actually just had the idea of cutting a form to fit the inside of the pot, as a back-up, and then just cutting really slow with lots of oil into the pot with a holesaw. the form behind should keep it from tearing too badly right? i work in wood, and soft metals, i don't really have experience with stainless.
I just used the cheap step bits from harbor freight on my keggles,high pressures low speed and oil.
Use your drill press with a hole saw...easy as pie. No need for extensive blocking and clamps. Just get a second set of hands to hold her in place.
I did exactly as you suggest. 1.25 hole saw in a drill press with a 2x4 as back up held in drill press vise and kettle clamped to the 2x4. It worked perfectly.
I just used a big step bit and my really powerful hand drill with plenty of oil. Took about five minutes per hole.
i'm going with the hole-saw. i've got a circle cutting jig for my band saw, so i'll carve out a backing block (it'll take 30min to glue up an cut), it'll give me better clamping on the drill press too, i like having a nicely secured part, when i'm standing right there.
i'll be starting a build thread soon. i'm horrible at taking pics of things in process. i promise to do better
If there is a harbor freight near you, you can try their $20 metal knockout set. I used the 1 1/4 inch on my keggle and it worked just fine. Just need to make a hole for the bolt with a step bit.


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On this week's episode of Oh, Sherrie!, Rock of Ages vlogger Kate Rockwell braves the cold to film a segment for American Idol, does the Harlem Shake, cooks with her dog, goes on an easter egg hunt and eats her first Schmackary's cookie!
School of Rock is looking for pint-sized rockers! Broadway.com headed to an open call at the Winter Garden Theatre to chat with the Broadway hopefuls and see them show off their skills for casting directors.January 28, 2015
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Watch video clips of Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway.March 9, 2015
Steven Pasquale sings his 11 o'clock number from The Bridges of Madison County in the recording studio. Get the album now!May 8, 2014
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Matthew Morrison and Laura Michelle Kelly sing the love duet "What You Mean to Me" from Finding Neverland and a recent media event.February 26, 2015
Get a sneak peek at the national tour of I Love Lucy.February 15, 2015
On this very special episode, Kara Lindsay names her birthday frogs and reveals more crazy onstage Wicked mishaps with the boys in the ensemble.February 26, 2015
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At Accent Inns we love animals, we really do! Staff love to meet and greet guests' furry, and sometimes not so furry, companions and show them to our designated pet-friendly rooms where pets and their owners can relax together. Heck we even donate a percentage to BC SPCA every time you're pet stays with you! (more…)
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www.findsupportbc.com is finally here!
The Family Support Institute of BC has just launched their newest family support website. This site has taken almost 3 years to have coded and developed and it is finally here! The site is BC's first ever user friendly, searchable database of disability related supports, services and community based activities for anyone in British Columbia! (more…)
Kamloops Indoor Gran FondoThursday, January 22nd, 2015
Our regular readers know that Accent Inns is all about being a Bike Friendly Hotel Chain and supporting cycling events. We are also all about being different (in a good way). The Kamloops chapter of the MS Society of Canada have done an awesome job of creating an event that matches both areas of focus. The Kamloops Indoor GranFondo, February 8th. (more…)
Moosemeat & MarmaladeTuesday, January 20th, 2015
Recently I had the awesome pleasure of being invited to the Canadian launch party for APTN's newest cooking show, Moosemeat & Marmalade, here in Victoria BC. Previewing the first 2 episodes I came to the conclusion that this is far more than just a cooking show. Yes there was indeed some fabulous meals prepared by the London Chef Dan Hayes and bush cook Art Napolean but they also shared stories and knowledge about their culture, history and the landscapes they were in. To complete the entrée each episode is spiced with the perfect amount of humor. (more…)
20 Things You Need When Stuck In Your CarWednesday, January 14th, 2015
Travelling around BC in the winter can be a wonderful thing. The beauty of winter scenes as you go through the mountains, past the many farms and ranches is something that artists and writers dream about. But travelling in winter does have it's hazards and you should be prepared. There are many reasons why you might get stuck in your car for an extended period. You never know when road conditions could halt your journey, when black ice may cause you to pull off the road. You could be stuck in a ferry line-up, or an accident or weather closes the Coquihalla for several hours while you're heading to one of our Accent Inns in Kamloops, Kelowna or Vancouver. (more…)
Winter Tires – Don't Get Caught Out!Thursday, January 8th, 2015
At this time of the year the weather can change in a heartbeat and whether you re travelling to, or from, one of our hotels on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, Kelowna, or Kamloops you may well hit bad weather unexpectedly. Here are a few tips to keep you safe.
Here's something concerning winter tires that many people think is more of a recommendation than regulation. In fact, you could face a fine if under certain situations you have are not using winter tires. (more…)
It's A New Year – and I'm going to …Tuesday, December 30th, 2014
Making resolutions is easy – keeping them is tough. At Accent Inns, we resolve to keep providing our guests with the very best experience we can possibly deliver. We also resolve that your room whether in Victoria, Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna or Kamloops, will be comfortable and clean and your welcome will be warm and inviting.
If you're thinking of making some resolutions this year here are 10 tips that might help you keep them! (more…)
How to Make Winter Airline Travel Suck Less!Friday, December 26th, 2014
It used to be that taking an airplane was exciting – it was part of the adventure of a trip. These days it's a stressful and often painful experience.
Of course the best thing would be to stay in B.C. and drive to one of our hotels in Victoria, Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna, or Kamloops. Okay, okay, we know you have to visit relatives out of province, or even country so let's help you avoid some of the more frequent problems. (more…)
Fun Things to do this Christmas!Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Festival of Trees – Nov 19 – Jan 6. A lush forest of beautifully decorated trees to raise funds for BC Children's Hospital Foundation. Sponsors, local businesses, organizations and individuals of this event come together and decorate trees. (more…)
Dog-Days …and Nights (Travelling with your dog)Saturday, November 29th, 2014
I have an Australian Shepherd called Finnegan – Finn for short – he's a great dog; friendly, well-behaved and adores everyone. I rarely take him with me on out-of-town trips though because finding a hotel that takes dogs is tough, if they say they accept pets, it usually just means they 'tolerate' them. I thought finding a hotel that actively welcomed them would be well-nigh impossible. That is until I checked out Accent Inns – these guys seriously love dogs, as their advertising says they really do speak Pekinese; although Finn is not fluent in Pekinese he certainly understands the sentiment and approves by vigorously wagging his little nub of a tail (Australian Shepherds don't have full tails). (more…)


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SMDistribution - ACE trucks welcome Lukas Cina to the team
A Skateboarding video by martinkaras - 9,052 views
SMDistribution is proud to welcome 11year old Lukas Cina as a new ACE trucks pilot. Lukas only skates for 2 years and he is one of the most talented young skateboarders in the country of Czech Republic. We are very proud to have Lukas as a new ACE pilot!!!
Video was shot by: Miroslav Kvapil
Edited by: Tomas Vyhnanek
Produced by: Martin Karas
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