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This relates to a blow molding apparatus wherein in lieu of the mold halves closing on a preform and thereafter the blowing operation initiated, the preform is shifted into one of the mold halves and thereafter advance of the stretch rod into the preform and movement of the blow head to a position closely adjacent the preform is effected before the closing of the mold is completed. Such arrangement permits a reduction in cycle time. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of the application.
1. A blow molding apparatus comprising a blow mold including blow mold halves, means for moving said blow mold halves between a closed blow molding position and an open combined blown article discharge and preform receiving position, a stretch rod and a blow head in constant alignment with one of said mold halves, means movable laterally relative to said one mold half for effecting discharge of a blown article from between said blow mold halves and the positioning of a preform between said blow mold halves in transverse alignment therewith, sensor means for sensing when a preform is in transverse alignment with said blow mold halves, means actuated by said sensor means for transversely shifting the preform into a seated position within said one blow mold half, and means for advancing said stretch rod into the preform seated within said one blow mold half and the blow head to a position adjacent the preform before mold closing is completed.
2. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 1 together with fluid cylinder means for effecting mold opening and closing, and means for further advancing said stretch rod to initiate preform stretching and said blow head to a sealed position relative to the preform upon closing of said mold by said fluid cylinder means and prior to a selected clamping pressure build up in said fluid cylinder means.
3. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 1 wherein there is a track associated with said blow mold in a generally centered position relative to said blow mold in an open state of said blow mold, a pallet for supporting a preform slidable into said track, means mounting said track for transverse movement toward said one blow mold half, and said means actuated by said sensor being connected to said track for effecting said transverse movement of said track.
4. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said blow mold is a multiple cavity mold and said pallet has means for supporting plural preforms.
5. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said mold halves are carried by a fixed platen and a movable clamp, and said track is mounted on a support extending between said platen and said track.
6. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said mold halves are carried by a fixed platen and a movable clamp, and said track is mounted on a support extending between said platen and said track, and said means actuated by said sensor is an extensible fluid motor.
7. A blow molding apparatus according to claim 5 wherein there is a second fixed platen on the side of said clamp remote from the first mentioned fixed platen, a second blow mold between said clamp and said second fixed platen including second mold halves carried by said clamp and said second fixed platen, and said second mold being closed when the first mentioned mold is open.
This is a division of Ser. No. 321,152, filed Nov. 13, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,409,161.
This invention relates to apparatus for and method of effecting the blow molding of a preform into a molded article such as a bottle in a manner wherein the blow molding cycle may be reduced.
This invention particularly relates to improvements in blow molding apparatus and method of utilizing the same wherein the blow molding apparatus is of a double acting type including two remote sets of fixed mold halves and two adjacent sets of mold halves carried by a movable clamp, with the mold halves being so arranged wherein when one set of molds is in a closed cooperating position, the other set of molds is open for the discharge of articles previously blow molded therein and for the presentation of new preforms. The invention particularly relates to a blow molding apparatus wherein numerous preforms of a number equal to the number of plural molds are carried by a pallet and wherein the plural preforms are simultaneously blow molded to form hollow articles.
In the blow molding of the preforms into hollow articles, each preform is initially axially stretched by way of a stretch rod, after which a blowing gas is introduced into the preform under pressure to blow the same in accordance with the mold cavity. This invention particularly relates to a shortening of the flow cycle by shifting the preform into an associated one of the mold halves wherein the preform is aligned with the stretch rod and the blow head, and then advancing the stretch rod into the preform and the blow head toward the preform, preferably while the mold is still open, but possibly while the mold is in the process of closing.
It is also proposed to advance the stretch rod to stretch the preform and to at least seat the blow head on the preform as soon as the mold closes and before clamping pressure is built up so that as soon as the mold halves are clamped together under sufficient pressure the blowing operation may be initiated. It is also feasible in accordance with this invention to effect an initiation of low pressure blowing of the preform as soon as the mold closes.
With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic end elevational view of a blow mold assembly in accordance with this invention with one of the molds closed and the other of the molds open and having just positioned therebetween a preform to be blow molded therein.
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken generally along the line 2--2 of FIG. 1, and shows the general arrangement of stretch rods and blow heads for cooperation with the preform which is to be blow molded.
FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view in the interior of the mold of FIG. 1, and shows generally the initial relationship of mold halves, preforms and blow mechanism.
FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view similar to FIG. 3, but with the preform shifted into position within the movable mold half.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view similar to FIG. 3, with the stretch rod and blow head moved down relative to the preform.
FIG. 6 is another schematic sectional view similar to FIG. 3, but with the clamp and movable mold half moved to a mold closing position and with the mold bottom moved up into position.
FIG. 7 is another schematic sectional view with the stretch rod extending to initiate preform axial stretching and the blow head moved into sealing engagement with the preform.
FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view similar to FIG. 3, with the blowing of the preform having been initiated.
FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view similar to FIG. 4, wherein the preform is moved into the fixed mold half.
FIG. 10 is also a schematic sectional view similar to FIG. 4, but wherein both mold halves are movable.
Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that there is illustrated in FIG. 1 a blow molding assembly generally identified by the numeral 15 and including a pair of spaced apart fixed platens 16, 17 which are joined together by rods 18. The fixed platens 16 and 17 carry fixed mold halves 19 and 20, respectively, which cooperate with movable mold halves 21 and 22, respectively. It is to be understood that the mold halves 19-22 each include a plurality of cavities so that a large number of preforms may be simultaneously blow molded. The number of cavities in each blow mold half may be on the order of twelve to sixteen, although the number may be increased if so desired.
The movable mold halves 21, 22 are mounted on opposite sides of a vertical strut 23 of a clamp 24 which has a general cross section of an I-beam. The clamp 24 also includes an upper flange 25 and a lower flange 26. The clamp is slidably mounted on the rods 18 and is positioned by means of a plurality of double acting fluid cylinders 27 which are carried by the fixed platen 17.
When the article to be blow molded is, for example, a bottle with a recessed base or other type of article requiring a three-piece mold, the mold bottoms 28 are carried by fluid cylinders 29 mounted on the flange 26 for movement toward and away from the mold halves.
The preforms P are directed into the mold unit 15 by way of pallets 30 which have a plurality of collets 31 for receiving neck portions of the preforms. The pallets run in tracks 32.
The flange 25 of the clamp 25 carries blowing apparatus to be described hereinafter, such blowing apparatus including stretch rods and blow heads.
It will be seen that when the clamp 24 is shifted by the fluid motors 27, it will simultaneously open the molds defined by the mold halves 20, 22 and close the molds defined by the mold halves 19, 21.
It is to be understood that the blow molding apparatus 15 as thus described is in and of itself not a part of this invention, but is the subject of prior applications of which certain of us are inventors.
This invention particularly relates to a shifting of the preform into one of the mold halves and the advancing of the stretch rod and blow head before the mold is closed, thereby reducing the operation cycle time.
The opposite ends of the tracks 32 are carried by carriages 33 which are supported by hangers 34 mounted for movement on support rods 35 carried by the clamp 24 and movable through the fixed platens 16, 17. The carriages 33 are each positioned by a double acting fluid motor 36 which is carried by the clamp 24 and coupled to the respective carriage 33. When the respective mold opens, the track 32 is shifted to a centered position relative to the open molds, as is shown to the left in FIG. 1. When the mold formed by the mold halves 19, 21 opens, the pallet 30 mounted in the track thereof has depending therefrom previously blow molded articles. That pallet is engaged at one end thereof by a following pallet carrying a plurality of preforms, and as the following pallet 30 enters into the track 32, the prior pallet is carried out of the blow molding apparatus 15 for movement to a blown article discharge station (not shown).
When the new pallet 30 enter into the track and is positioned therein, a suitable sensing device 37 senses the position of the pallet and actuates the associated fluid cylinder 36 so as to shift the tracks 32 and the pallet 30 toward the clamp 24 and to position the preform P in the mold half 21, as is best shown in FIG. 4. As soon as the preform is seated in the mold half 21, the positioning of the blowing apparatus is initiated.
Reference is now made to FIG. 2 wherein the general details of a portion of the blowing apparatus is shown. The clamp flange 25 carries at each end thereof an upright support 38 which has extending between the upper ends thereof a guide bar 39. The guide bar 39 has slidably journalled therein guide rods 40 which also extend through the flange 25 and have mounted on the lower ends thereof a blow head bar 41. The flow head bar 41 is carried by double acting fluid motors 42 carried by the flange 25 and coupled to opposite ends thereof for movement between a position closely underlying the flange 25 and an advanced position.
The support bar 43 is slidably mounted on upper portions of guide rods 40 and is vertically positioned by means of extensible fluid motors 44 which have their piston rods 45 coupled to the bar 41.
A stretch rod bar 46 is also slidably mounted on the guide rods 40 and carries a plurality of depending stretch rods 47. The stretch rod bar 46 is vertically positioned and supported by piston rods 48 of extensible fluid motors 49 which, in turn, are supported by the bar 43.
It is to be understood that for each mold cavity there is a blow head generally identified by the numeral 50 and having a blow stem 51 which is movable relative to the bar 41, after engaging and sealing with the upper end of a preform, to effect actuation of a valve mechanism 52 wherein blowing gas under pressure is introduced through the blow stem 51 into the preform P.
It will also be seen that each associated stretch rod 47 has a lower portion which extends through the blow head 50 and which is normally recessed within the blow stem 51 in a retracted position of the blow mechanism.
Referring now to FIG. 3, it will be seen that when the preform enters between the mold halves 19, 21, it is centered therebetween and is out of alignment with the blow stem 51 and the stretch rod 47 which are centered on the parting line of the mold half 21. However, as soon as the pallet 30 is sensed by the sensor 37 as being in its proper position and the associated cylinder 36 is actuated, the preform P is shifted to the right in a seated position in the mold half 21 and in alignment with the blow stem 51 and stretch rod 47, as is shown in FIG. 4.
At this time the stretch rod 47 and the blow head 50 may be moved downwardly with the stretch rod entering into the preform P but stopping at a position short of engaging the bottom end of the preform. At the same time the blow head 50 may move down to a position wherein the lower end of the blow stem 51 is adjacent to but spaced from the neck finish of the preform.
Depending upon the timing of the apparatus, the movement of the stretch rod 47 and the blow head 50 may be accomplished while the mold is still in its open position, or may be at least partially accomplished while the mold half 21 is being moved toward the fixed mold half 19. In any event, the stretch rod and the blow head will assume these lowered positions before the mold closes.
In FIG. 6 the clamp 24 has moved to the left and the mold half 21 has engaged the mold half 19 in closed relation. It is now necessary that pressure in the hydraulic cylinders 27 be built up to a preselected clamping pressure so as to prevent the mold halves from opening due to the internal pressures within the mold by the introduction of blowing gas into the preform at a pressure as high as on the order of 600 p.s.i. gauge.
As soon as the mold closes, the stretch rod is again moved down with the stretch rod engaging the bottom of the preform and functioning axially to elongate or stretch the preform P. The blow stem 51 is also brought down into sealed engagement with the upper end of the preform ready for the introduction of blowing gas under pressure into the preform as shown in FIG. 7.
When the mold has a separate bottom, such as the mold bottom 28, it is necessary that the mold bottom also be brought into position. The exact sequence of bringing the mold bottom 28 into position may be varied with the upward movement of the mold bottom being possibly initiated at the beginning of the mold closing stroke and with the mold bottom 28 being brought up tight against the underside of the mold halves 19, 21 as soon as they touch one another in the closing thereof.
When the preform is blow molded in two steps and wherein the first step is effected at a reduced blowing pressure, it is feasible to initiate the introduction of blowing gas into the preform as soon as the mold closes or soon thereafter as a slight amount of pressure may be built up in the cylinders 27. When a preselected pressure has been built up in the cylinders 27, high pressure blowing of the preform is initiated as is shown in FIG. 8.
It will be readily apparent from the foregoing that with the double acting clamp arrangement and the two sets of molds, while one set of preforms is being blow molded within the mold defined by the mold halves 20, 22, for example, the mold halves 19, 21 are open, and there is ample time for the discharge of the pallet carrying the blown articles and the introduction of a new pallet containing new preforms to be blow molded and for the positioning of the preforms into an associated mold half and the movement of the blow apparatus into position. As soon as the blow molding within the mold halves 20, 22 is completed, this phase of the cycle is over and the mold halves 20, 22 are opened while the mold halves 19, 21 are closed. Since the blowing apparatus is already in position when the mold closes and since the axial stretching of the preform is already initiated at the time the pressure in the cylinders 27 reaches an acceptable blowing pressure, it will be seen that after closing of the mold halves 19, 21 the blow molding of the preform P may be effected within a minimum time span.
At the present, the blow molding apparatus is set to complete a double blow molding cycle in 6 seconds with each shifting of the pallets requiring on the order of less than 1.5 seconds, thereby leaving 1.5 seconds for the positioning of the preforms in the mold halves and the general advancement of the blowing apparatus relative to the preform.
It is believed that this 6 second cycle can be further reduced, although it is much less than is presently available with any other type of equipment.
Although in accordance with the specific design of the molding apparatus 15 the blowing apparatus is carried by the clamp, it is also feasible that the molding apparatus be carried by the platens 16, 17. Should this be the case, then the fluid motors 36 will be carried by the platens and the preforms will be pulled into the fixed mold halves, as is shown in FIG. 9.
Although this invention is most useful in conjunction with the double acting apparatus of FIG. 1, it is also feasible to utilize the apparatus in conjunction with a single action molding apparatus. It is most beneficial in an apparatus wherein one of the mold halves is fixed. However, the apparatus can also be advantageously utilized in a molding apparatus where both mold halves move as is shown in FIG. 10.
Although only preferred embodiments of the invention have been specifically illustrated and described herein, it is to be understood that minor variations may be made in the apparatus and the sequence of operation without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Sorry, People - just another of my rants -
Read at your own risk!
What Price Fairness?
© - Tom Hyland - 03-24-09
I just finished watching a re-run of last nights Charlie Rose Show. All the experts and pundits with both their Naysayer and Soothsayer opinions about the A.I.G. Fiasco - the new and improved Bank Bail-Out of Toxic mortgage holdings - the parries and thrusts - the pros and cons - the what if scenarios
Is it possible that it is all BULL-CRAP?
The American Public finally - Woke up - Spoke out - Raised Hell.
Yesterday, I was on the radio again - NPRs local Baltimore show, Midday, with host Dan Roderick and his guest, a Professor from The University of Baltimore - yet another Pundit. After stating that I happened to be an alumnus of said institution, I posed my two-pronged comment:
1. The description and definition of the legal entity, the CORPORATION, needs to be totally RE-DEFINED!
Enough is enough!
2. CAPITALISM NEEDS CAPS! Specific limitations of exorbitant profits must be established. Based on some sensible multiple of a corporations assets, any amount garnered OVER said profit limit should be then split 50-50 - half retained by the corporation, and the other half put into the U.S. Taxpayers Treasury! Let us use Exxon as an example - if the Net Profit After Taxes is 300 Billion Dollars, and the assets are 100 Billion - and the ratio determined is 2 to 1 - then only 200 Billion is legally retained by the entity - the other 100 Billion gets split - 50 Billion retained, and 50 Billion into the U.S. Treasury, to help keep the Ship Afloat!
As I hung up my cell phone to hear their comments via the radio, I was dismissed like a HOT POTATO! A quick two or three sentence comment, to the effect that the government could not IMPEDE the entrepreneurism of Capitalism - blah, blah
They went right back to their discussion of how the corporations must be allowed to police their own ETHICS!
SURE! Just like Congress Polices its OWN
The foxes are in charge of guarding the henhouse - and the hens are getting eaten up by the billions! Do I sound like Henny Penny?
The Sky is falling - the SKY IS FALLING!
Justice and Fair Play - are these just dinosaurs from the past?
Let us examine just a few FACTS:
1. Congress sets their Own salaries = GREED.
2. Congress gives themselves Raises, while telling us to tighten our belts = GREED.
3. Congress created their own, self-serving, special, exclusive, Retirement Plan - they are not with us in the same boat, Social Security - they are not even in the boat with all other Federal employees and the Military, the Civil Service System = GREED.
4. Congress receives individual donations and contributions and Lobbying Incentives = GRAFT = GREED.
5. Congress MAKES the law, then BREAKS the Law, slaps those who are caught with their hands in the cookie jar on the knuckles, and polices their own, and merely says: Now, now, Children, you mustnt do that - its a No-No! So that when the roles are later reversed between Parent and Child they then can say: Now dont forget how LENIENT I was with you, Dear! GREED.
6. Congress enjoys many, many other benefits, like: Free trips on expensive airplanes, and yachts - Free postage - Free transportation to and fro that thing we all call work - which they only do for PARTIAL times during the year - NOT 2,080 hours like most Middle Income Americans actually do - Free Boston Bean Soup - Free Lunches - Free Dinners - Free Suppers - Free Snacks - Free Healthcare - Free Security Protection as needed - Free Hand-outs - FREE - FREE - FREE - Free as Birds, lolling up in the treetops, basking in the warm sun - while We the People merrily ROW THE BOAT, singing: Merrily we Row along, Row along, Row along - Merrily we Row along - because were just Stupid Sheep! GREED.
7. Congress somehow manages to REGULATE US - the little guys - while DE-REGULATING all the GREEDY Corporations, Companies, Utilities, Manufacturers, CEOs, Bank Presidents, Mortgage Investors, Wall Street Speculators, and other RICH people. GREED.
8. EARMARKS - Even though the President dictated to Congress even before his inauguration that there would no longer be any, how did congress respond? Only about 8,000 Earmarks stuck into the package! Not a mere 100, or 800 - but Ten Times 800! Most SNUCK in at the Eleventh Hour, and all in a 1,100-page document that NOBODY BOTHERED TO READ! I would personally consider that as a SLAP in the Face, especially from his own Party members! GREED.
9. COMMON SENSE - There is none in Congress! How corrupt they are as a total body is so evident that they act as if they are individually and collectively ABOVE THE LAW! POMPOUS GREED.
10. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the kings horses and all the kings men, could not put Humpty Dumpty back together again!
The election of a new President who promised CHANGE is only the First step. He can not change the corrupt system alone! He needs US to rant and rave, bitch and moan, blog and complain - about each and every Wrong-doing that has both already occurred, as well as those that will occur in the future.
It is up to US TO DEMAND FAIRNESS - the proverbial pendulum has finally swung to the opposite extreme - the RICH and CROOKS are DONE!
What price fairness? A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN!
Remember that every time you step into an election voting booth!
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- On 8/20/03 4:20 PM, "Mach Hezan" <machhezan@...> wrote:
> to 1.: I'd suggest you just write all <gh> digraphs the same way: withI will do so from now on.
> unque.
> There's something abouth the <gh> that concerns me more: I think thatAs shown in the Michael Endorian autograph.
> this digraph was never pronounced with the voiced /GH/ sound (appendices
> phonetic transcription), but with the unvoiced /CH/ sound (the sound of
> hwesta). The reason why it was written <gh>, not <ch> was simply that in Old
> French, there was already a digraph <ch> but for another sound. In tengwar,
> this confusion can't arise, but still the sign for the voiced /GH/ sound is
> used.
> My own guess is the following: He designed these modes, the orthographic
> ones, for publication, and thus wanted to keep them easy so that also people
> with less knowledge of the history of English could understand them. Indeed,
> the English tengwar samples that were addressed to other people or clearly
> meant to be published are written in orthographical modes. On the other
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> in phonemic modes.
By the way, this brings up another question I have. What is the purpose of
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for 'the' and an extended ampa for 'of'. He also used an extended hwesta
for 'ch' in 'Michael'. Since I've only recently started learning all this,
which Tengwar have an extended stem, and when should I use them?
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> attested transcriptions of <c> when pronounced /s/ are written wich silme
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do some more studying to see if I can find a hint about this somewhere.
Thanks for the feedback,
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A portable electronic device incorporates PEM fuel cells and is designed to operate by the reaction of hydrogen from a hydride-containing fuel container and oxygen from the air, while efficiently removing the product water by a novel water transportation system. Temperature is effectively controlled by placing a plurality of fuel cell subunits as a generally planar array in the lid of the PC adjacent a heat transfer plate. A particularly efficient resupply system is provided where an electrolyzer that supplies H2 at a pressure sufficient to continue to power the PC and simultaneously recharge an operatively-connected container and a second spare container in the electrolyzer.
1. A portable electronic device which is powered by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that produces water as a by-product of electricity generation, which device comprises
a two-piece case,
a CPU in a first piece of said case,
a display screen in a second piece of said case,
a fuel cell for providing electric power which creates water as a by-product in one of said pieces of said case, which piece also contains an exit opening to the exterior, and
a hydrophilic water transporter for transferring said by-product water away from said fuel cell, which water transporter is located along a perimeter boundary of said piece of said case that contains said fuel cell,
said water transporter including a perforated outer generally tubular holder which is associated with said exit opening and a generally coaxial perforated inner tube of lesser diameter with elongated hydrophilic wick material disposed within said inner tube,
whereby said water transporter adsorbs water in the vicinity of said fuel cell and said adsorbed water is distributed along and throughout said hydrophilic wick, aiding its evaporation into air in the annular region between said perforated inner and outer tubes, and subsequently exits from said case as water vapor via said exit opening.
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10. A portable electronic device which is powered by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell in combination with an electrolyzer unit for recharging a hydrogen reservoir, which combination comprises
(a) an electronic device disposed within a carrying case along with a fuel cell, a first hydrogen reservoir and a conduit arrangement interconnecting said hydrogen reservoir and said fuel cell,
said conduit arrangement includes a line leading to a recharging connector which transverses a wall of said case,
said hydrogen reservoir being detachably connected to said conduit arrangement to permit its optional removal and replacement, and
(b) an electrolyzer unit including means for generating hydrogen gas and supplying said generated gas (i) to a second hydrogen reservoir detachably connected to said electrolyzer unit and (ii) to flexible tubing for connection to said conduit arrangement and therethrough to both said fuel cell and to said first hydrogen reservoir,
whereby said electrolyzer can supply hydrogen gas to power said device while simultaneously recharging said first and second reservoirs.
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16. A portable personal computer (PC) which is powered by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that produces water as a by-product of electricity generation, which device comprises
a two-piece case,
a CPU in a first piece of said case,
a display screen in a second piece of said case,
hinge means interconnecting said two case pieces,
blower means residing in said first piece of said case for circulating cooling air past said CPU,
fuel cell means for providing electric power which creates water as a by-product in said second piece of said case,
said fuel cell means being electrically connected to said CPU through said hinge means,
said first case piece being formed with air entrance means through which said blower means takes suction, and said second case piece being formed with air exit means, and
passageway means extending through said hinge means and interconnecting the interiors of said two case pieces, so that air blown past said CPU flows through said passageway means and then through said PEM fuel cell means, providing oxygen thereto, taking up by-product water as vapor, and carrying said water vapor exterior of said second case piece through said air exit means.
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This invention relates to portable electronic devices powered by proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells which produce water as a by-product of electricity generation. More specifically, the invention relates to portable electronic devices, such as laptop computers and the like, particularly those which employ a two-piece case, that are powered by PEM fuel cells and to associated units for recharging such fuel cells.
PEMs are a type of fuel cell wherein a chemical reaction occurs between hydrogen and oxygen converting chemical energy directly into electrical energy and efficiently generating power while the only by-product is water. Hydrogen for such fuel cells can be supplied from a variety of known sources. PEM fuel cells are well known, and such cells which use hydrogen and air to create electricity are shown, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,776,625. Such fuel cells are commercially available from DeNora S.p.A. Atmospheric air is a readily available source for oxygen, and hydrogen is conveniently supplied from tanks loaded with granular metal alloys which store hydrogen as in the form of a hydride. Such hydrogen storage units are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,489,205, 5,512,145, 5,314,762, 5,976,725 and 6,057,051.
Certain of these patents disclose the incorporation of fuel cells of this general type in laptop personal computers (PCs). However, as of yet, these devices have been generally conceptual, and it has been felt that improvements in such systems are necessary before they will obtain widespread commercial acceptance. Accordingly, the industry has continued to pursue such improvements.
The invention provides portable electronic devices powered by PEM fuel cells which include arrangements for effectively and efficiently removing water generated at such fuel cells from the interior of a case, such as a case which holds the commonly used laptop personal computer.
The invention further provides a combination of such a PEM fuel cell-powered portable electronic device with an electrolyzer unit for efficiently recharging a hydrogen reservoir while at the same time powering the electronic device.
The invention also provides a portable personal computer which is powered by a PEM fuel cell that is incorporated within a two-piece case having the CPU in the base of the case and the display screen in the lid of the case, where air entering the base of the case is blown past the CPU, channeled to the lid and then leaves the case through exit openings in the lid after supplying oxygen to the PEM fuel cells that are located in the lid behind the display screen and removing heat therefrom.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a portable electronic device in the form of a personal laptop computer which incorporates a two-piece hinged case in combination with an electrolyzer unit which generates hydrogen gas for recharging purposes.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of certain of the operating components located in the base compartment of the personal computer of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of certain of the fuel cell and water transportation system located in the lid compartment of the personal computer of FIG. 1, which shows how air and H2 are supplied to the PEM fuel cells.
FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a portion of the operating system for removing product water from the PEM fuel cells.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along line 5—5 of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing an alternative embodiment wherein multiple hydride containers are located in the base section of the laptop computer, shown with the compartment cover removed.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the operation of a PEM fuel cell.
FIG. 8 is a perspective rear view of a PC schematically showing a water transportation system located along two side edges of the lid section.
FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary diagrammatic view taken generally along the line 9—9 showing a side edge portion of the lid which illustrates the location of the wick system.
FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 are, respectively, top, cross-sectional and front views of a hydride container that might be employed in the computer of FIG. 1.
FIGS. 13 and 14 are a cross-sectional view and an end view of an alternative form of a hydride container.
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the electrolyzer of FIG. 1 opened to show a hydride container in recharge position.
This inventive concept revolves around the employment of PEM fuel cells. As shown schematically in FIG. 7, these proton exchange membrane fuel cells employ a polymer membrane as the electrolyte; although the membrane is an electronic insulator, it serves as an excellent conductor of hydrogen ions. Although various membranes can be used, a preferred membrane is that which is marketed by DuPont and sold under the trademark Nafion which is a perfluorosulfonate monomer. Nafion is one example of such polytetrafluoroethylene(Teflon)-based ionomers useful in fuel cells; it is a perfluoronated polymer containing small proportions of sulfonic and/or carboxylic ionic functional groups.
Electrodes are provided by coating opposite surfaces of a planar, for example, membrane. Anodes and cathodes are prepared by applying small amounts of platinum black to one surface of a thin sheet of porous graphitized paper that has been previously wet-proofed with Teflon. The Nafion electrolyte is then sandwiched between two such sheets which serve as the anode and the cathode, and the three components are sealed together under heat and pressure to produce a single membrane/electrode assembly, sometimes referred to as an MEA. The MEA will usually be less than a millimeter in thickness. Platinum black serves as a catalyst at both the anode and the cathode in one such arrangement developed by the U.S. DOD. Other suitable catalysts may alternatively be used. The anode and cathode are in contact, on the rear side of each, with flow field plates, for example, graphite or metal plates in which parallel channels have been formed. Examples of such plates are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,952,118. The ridges between the channels make electrical contact with the respective electrode surfaces and supply current to an external circuit, while the channels supply hydrogen to the anode and oxygen to the cathode.
Hydrogen is consumed at the anode yielding electrons to the anode and producing hydrogen ions which enter the electrolyte. The H2 channels are dead ended. At the cathode, oxygen from the stream of air that is being supplied combines with electrons from the cathode and with hydrogen ion from the electrolyte to produce water vapor. The water vapor is rejected from the rear surface of the cathode where it creates a high humidity air stream which is directed to an exit conduit, composed of the nitrogen content of the air and the portion of the oxygen that does not react. A PEM fuel cell operating with a Nafion membrane will likely operate at a temperature of about 50 to 80� C. so that most of the water being formed will be in vapor form. Under certain circumstances, e.g. when operating at peak power and in a location where the ambient conditions may have an elevated humidity, some water vapor may condense to fine droplets in the oxygen flow channels. Preferably, the arrangement will be such that, when the computer is in its operating mode, the stream of air flowing through the cathode side of the MEA will exit horizontally, and the flowing stream of air will force any condensed water out of the oxygen channels of the MEA. Located adjacent the discharge from the air flow channels is a wick or water transportation arrangement, which is described in detail hereinafter, that effectively and efficiently carries any condensed water away from the immediate vicinity of the fuel cell, dispersing it along a large surface area which aids in evaporation and subsequent discharge from the portable electronic unit in the form of water vapor, so that no liquid water will drip from or be apparent on the exterior of the electronic device.
Illustrated in FIG. 1 is a personal computer 11 of the laptop type which includes a two-piece case wherein a lower or a base section 13 is hinged to an upper or lid section 15 by a pair of hinges 17 a and 17 b, which are preferably located at opposite ends of the rear wall of the base section although they could alternatively be provided in other locations if desired. The base section 13 of the computer includes a standard keyboard 19 in its upper surface, which covers the main compartment wherein operative elements of the PC reside.
As schematically depicted in FIG. 2, the compartment includes a CPU 21, a blower 23 for circulating air past the CPU, electrical circuitry 25 (represented schematically), a hydrogen supply container or cartridge 27 and a hydrogen gas conduit system 29. A liquid crystal display screen 31 is located in the undersurface of the lid section 15, and as illustrated in FIG. 3, the PEM fuel cell power-generating unit 33 is preferably located in the compartment provided in the lid section 15 between the display screen 31 and the cover or wall surface 35 of the lid. The fuel cell unit 33 may alternatively be located in the base section compartment; however, its preferable location in an internal compartment within the lid section 15 gives rise to particular advantages that are explained in detail hereinafter.
When the fuel cell unit 33 is located in the lid section, a DC/DC converter 37 may also be located there; however, the DC/DC converter 37 is preferably located in the base section adjacent to the CPU. Electrical connections between the components in the lid section and those in the base section are effected through sliding contacts in the hinge 17 a as generally well known in this art. Specifically, the electrical power from the fuel cell unit 33 flows through such an electrical connection in the hinge 17 a to the DC/DC converter and then to the CPU and to the peripheral circuitry 25 which supplies power to the blower motor 23. Thereafter, the output signals from the CPU flow back through a second electrical connection in the hinge 17 a to the display screen in the lid section. The peripheral circuitry 25 of course also interconnects the keyboard 19 and the CPU 21. This electrical circuitry also includes the usual connector and adaptor (not shown) for running the PC from standard, e.g. 120V AC, power.
The hydrogen container 27 is a replaceable item and is conveniently located in a compartment or pocket 39 provided in the base compartment 13. This arrangement may be a generally similar arrangement to many present day laptop computers where a battery-pack can be plugged in by insertion into a compartment that is accessible through a door or hatch in the bottom wall of the PC case. The hydrogen container 27 is a rechargeable item and is used whenever the user is not in a location where an electrical power source is available, for example on an airline or in some remote location. Similar to carrying a spare battery, a user simply carries a spare container that can be inserted after removal of the container that has become temporarily depleted of hydrogen. The details of the hydride container 27 and alternative versions thereof are discussed in detail hereinafter.
One feature of the invention employs a unique system 41 for effectively removing the by-product water from the fuel cell unit 33; this system employs a wick arrangement as the key feature and is schematically depicted in FIGS. 4 and 5. A wick 43, i.e. a hydrophilic water transporter, in its preferred form is a braided or otherwise accumulated group of strands of polypropylene fiber or some other polymeric fiber that is either inherently hydrophilic or treated so as to have hydrophilic surface characteristics. The wick 43 is located adjacent the air outlet passages from the fuel cell unit(s) 33. As mentioned above, the fuel cells are preferably located in the lid compartment and will normally be vertically aligned, or nearly vertical, when the PC is in use. The MEAs will be oriented so that the O2 and H2 flow channels are horizontal, and preferably at least the major portion of the wick 43 is located along a perimeter boundary of that section of the PC case containing the fuel cell unit 33, here the lid section 15, e.g. along one or both side edges of the lid.
In order to provide access to the air environment, the wick 43, which has a generally cylindrical shape, is disposed in a porous tube 45 that is positioned inside a generally coaxial porous outer tubular holder 47. This is shown schematically in FIGS. 4 and 5 wherein the wick is disposed in a central tube 45 of screen-like material and cylindrical shape. The wick 43 is preferably slightly smaller in diameter, in its dry condition, than the interior diameter of the screen-like tube 45; however, once wet, it may swell to approximately fill the cylindrical cavity thereof. Because of the high porosity of the tube 45, i.e. preferably greater than 80% and more preferably greater than 90%, the surface of the wick 43 is always exposed to the ambient environment, thus promoting evaporation at its surface. The outer coaxial holder 47 is depicted as having a large number of circular holes so that it too would be highly porous. Although the depiction is only diagrammatic, the porosity of the wall of the holder is preferably at least about 60% and more preferably at least about 80% and may be a lattice.
In order to uniformly space the wick 43 within the outer tubular holder 47, a plurality of radial arms or standoffs 49 are provided at regular intervals along the length of the coaxial tubes. These radial arms 49 can be fixed to either the exterior surface of the interior tube 45 or the interior surface of the outer perforated holder 47; they maintain the inner tube 45 (and thus the cylindrical wick itself) in substantially coaxial orientation within the outer holder. Generally, the air exiting from the O2 flow channels will be at a slightly elevated temperature, for example between about 25� and about 35� C., and it will contain water vapor and some entrained water. These streams exiting from the horizontal channels in the fuel cell unit 33 will be flowing in a direction transverse, i.e. perpendicular, to the wick arrangement 41 which, as previously indicated, is preferably located in flanking arrangement along both edges of the lid. Assuming the case is made of molded polymeric material, the tubular holders 47 are preferably molded as integral edge portions of the lid 15. The exit air streams are directed radially into the annular passageway between the tube 45 and the holder 47, and the design may be such to omit a longitudinal section of the holder 47 to provide a gap (see G in FIG. 5) that would be aligned with the edge of the fuel cell unit through which the incoming air would pass. Because the air temperature will drop toward ambient, water vapor that is released from the air will condense upon the tube 45 and the wick 43 where it will be transported along the entire length of the hydrophilic wick, as a result of which there will be no dripping and no condensation on the extension surface of the case. The moisture will be always available to evaporate into the air flowing outward, which will carry the water, as humidity, exterior of the lid compartment through exit openings in the sidewall edge which partially form the holder 47. Efficiency of removal results from there being some interchange of ambient air through the openings in the outer wall of the holder 47 and exposure of the entire length of the wick to the moving air stream. As described hereinafter, the wick 43 may optionally have individual strands 43 a that are disposed in the air passageways in the cathode supply plate.
The movement of air into the fuel cell unit(s) 33 is preferably provided by the blower 23 in the base compartment which takes its suction from an adjacent entrance opening in one vertical sidewall of the base compartment and directs the air past the CPU 21 to cool it and maintain it at an optimum operating temperature. The blower 23 is preferably connected by a conduit to the sidewall entrance opening and thus creates an overpressure throughout the base compartment. Air leaves the base compartment through an interconnecting passageway system provided in the hinge 17 b. While the blower is running, it causes a continuous stream of air to leave the base compartment and flow through the hinge passageway system where it enters a conduit arrangement 51 (FIG. 3) that directs the air to the feed side of the fuel cell unit 33 (to the feed sides of each of a plurality of fuel cell subunits when more than one stack of fuel cells is employed). At each fuel cell unit or subunit, the stream of air is directed to a manifold 53 b as generally depicted in the '118 patent, from which it then flows through flow passageways or channels 54 b provided adjacent the cathode surface of each MEA, with similar dead end channels 54 a being provided adjacent the anode surface thereof. If desired for design purposes, a separate blower might be used solely for O2 supply purposes which could also be located in the base compartment but might alternatively be located in the lid compartment if a flat profile blower were used.
During its travel through the fuel cell unit 33, the air flowing in these parallel channels 54 b is slightly depleted in oxygen and picks up water vapor being created at the cathode and perhaps even some entrained microdroplets of water. According to the preferred embodiment, a single blower 23 in the base compartment, through this novel arrangement, supplies not only the cooling for the CPU 21 in the base compartment but the oxygen for reaction at the fuel cells in the lid compartment while also carrying away heat from the fuel cells so that they are maintained within a desired operating temperature range, e.g. of about 50� to about 80� C.
In the preferred example, the wick arrangement 41 including the coaxial perforated tube and holder will extend along both side edges of the lid compartment 15 of the PC as depicted in FIG. 8. Two wick sections 41 a are located, in parallel orientation, along each of the two side edges of the lid compartment, where they would in fact flank the display screen 31 as seen in FIGS. 8 and 9. In this embodiment, two side-by-side fuel cell units 33 a are used with the air being supplied centrally therebetween. Thus, two streams of air would be traveling in opposite directions toward the side edges. In this orientation, the streams of air deliver the moisture generally along the length of each wick allowing any moisture to condense thereupon throughout the hydrophilic material, slowly evaporating thereafter into the air streams as humidity conditions permit and traveling out through the openings in the sidewalls of the lid compartment.
From the standpoint of the wick arrangement, FIG. 9 shows an alternative embodiment that might be employed to that previously described which simply relied upon the moving streams of air to carry moisture to the hydrophilic wick material 43. In the FIG. 9 embodiment, the individual strands 43 a of the stranded wick material 43 are branched from the main cylindrical body of the wick and located near the bottoms of the flow passageways 54 b that carry the air past the cathode surface of the MEA. It is possible that small water droplets could condense in the small parallel channels 54 b that carry the flow of air, and such a water droplet could create a blockage that would then prevent air (oxygen) from reaching the open exit end of the passageway, thus potentially starving a small portion of the MEA downstream of such blockage of its oxygen fuel and slightly reducing power production in that fuel cell. However, by disposing a small strand 43 a of hydrophilic fibers at the bottom of the air flow passageways 54 b, if a droplet were to form and, through surface tension, have such a potentially undesirable blocking effect, the water would be quickly absorbed onto the hydrophilic material which, as shown in FIG. 9, would simply convey it downstream through the passageway to the main body 43 of the wick itself. Accordingly, this alternative embodiment, wherein small branches 43 a of the wick material 43 extend into the air channels, very effectively removes any water droplets that might otherwise potentially block air flow in one or more of the parallel passageways.
As earlier mentioned, the fuel for the anode, hydrogen gas, is supplied by a supply conduit arrangement 29 from a rechargeable hydrogen container 27 connected thereto which leads to the passageway in the hinge 17 b and then to a tubing arrangement 61 in the lid 15 which delivers H2 to a similar manifold 53 a that feeds the H2 flow channels 54 a located along the anode surface of each MEA. Hydrogen is stored in hydride form using an alloy material that will chemically absorb the hydrogen in the form of a hydride, which materials are sometimes referred to as hydrogen occlusion alloys. There are a number of these alloys being marketed commercially, one of which is sold by Ergenics under the trademark Hy-Stor™. Some of them include iron-titanium-magnesium alloys, e.g. about 44 weight % iron, 55 weight % titanium and 5 weight % maganese, and Mischmetal-nickel-aluminum hydrides. The preferred metal hydride that employed is one which has a composition of about 45-50% Mn, 20-25% Ti, 10-15% Zr, 10-15% V, 2-5% Fe and 1-2.5% Ni or an equivalent that readily releases hydrogen at room temperature; preferably, the alloy will inherently provide between about 1 and about 3 atmospheres of hydrogen at ambient temperature, i.e. about 25� C., and preferably between about 1.3 and about 1.7 atm.
The metal alloy material will be in particulate form so as to have a relatively large surface area per unit of mass to promote the chemical absorption and desorption of hydrogen from the alloy in order to maintain a relatively uniform vapor pressure of hydrogen within the sealed container. One type of traditional hydrogen container 27 a is illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 14 and includes a generally cylindrical sealed body 55 having a valve 57 and quick-disconnect connector 59 at one end. Containers of this type are well known in the art and are disclosed for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,932,365 (Aug. 3, 1999). The container 27 will have a spring-loaded valve member 57 that is biased to the closed position and has an elongated valve stem that will be moved inwardly against the force of a spring when connection is made with the conduit network 29 that is used to deliver the hydrogen to the fuel cell unit. The specifics of the quick-disconnect connector form no part of the invention; it simply allows the container 27 to be easily replaced by disengagement of the connector 59 of a container whose hydrogen supply has been exhausted and substitution of a fresh recharged container.
As indicated above, the alloy may be selected so that, at about room temperature, a pressure of preferably about 1.3 to 1.7 atmospheres, will preferably be maintained throughout the conduit system 29 that includes the conduit network in the base compartment leading to a second gas passageway system in the hinge 17 b that interconnects with a hydrogen conduit system in the lid compartment leading to the fuel cell unit 33. The arrangement is such that the parallel flow field channels on the anode side of each MEA, which channels dead end, will be filled with hydrogen at about this pressure, causing the hydrogen to permeate into the MEA where it comes in contact with the particulate platinum and is converted to hydrogen ion. There is no gas outlet on the anode side other than permeation into the electrolyte.
As previously indicated, a relatively low overpressure of hydrogen is preferred so that the gas pressure on the anode side will be approximately balanced by the relatively low pressure on the cathode side that results from maintaining the flow of air through the flow feed channels. Preferably, a pressure of about 1.3 or 1.4 atmospheres of hydrogen is preferred which is approximately balanced by the air pressure on the cathode side; thus, no specific particular reinforcement is required.
The fuel cell unit 33 preferably includes a plurality of subunits 63 arranged in a generally planar array inside the cover of the lid section 15. Each individual cell should generate about 0.7 V, i.e., between about 0.5 and 0.8 V, and by linking four or six cells together in series electrical connection in a stack 63, a composite voltage of about 2 to about 4.8 V is obtained. Accordingly, one subunit of 2 MEAs side-by-side (see FIG. 3) might be stacked atop another unit of 2 MEAs, with the 4 cells being electrically connected in series. FIG. 3 is diagrammatic and shows H2 manifold 53 a and flow channels 54 a for the anode of the left-hand cell and the air manifold 53 b and the flow channels 54 b for the cathode of the right hand cell. Dimensions of each MEA might be about 10 cm by 10 cm, and such a cell of 100 cm2 may generate over 50 amperes. Located as a generally planar array adjacent the cover of the lid there might be two or three such subunits in a stack. The four or six individual cells would be connected together in series electrical connection. A single electrical connector would lead, in this instance, through the sliding connection in the hinge 17 a to the DC/DC converter 37 which would boost the voltage to between about 12 and 15 V, which is adequate to run the CPU and the motor for the blower motor 23.
The orientation of the cells in the stack is such that an anode is located facing the rear or cover wall of the lid while the cathode side of each cell faces the display screen rear surface. Preferably, there is juxtaposed with the anode side of the fuel cell subunit 63 a heat transfer plate 65 having a thermal conductivity at least about 50 watts/meter-Kelvin. Preferably, an aluminum or copper metal plate or a plate made of a composite material having a high thermal conductivity (e.g. containing carbon whiskers or metal shavings) is used that will pick up heat by radiation and convection from the fuel cell unit and transfer it to the abutting lid surface of the laptop PC, whence it is transferred to the atmosphere through radiation and convection. Accordingly, this arrangement further assists in lowering the temperature within the lid compartment by collecting heat from the fuel cell subunits 63 and transferring it exterior of the PC case.
FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 show one embodiment of a large hydrogen container 27 in the form of a fairly flat rectangular parallelepiped which is received in the complementary compartment 29 provided in the base compartment 13 of the PC. It has a quick-disconnect connector 59 and valve 57, similar to those described above, in order to likewise connect to an inlet fitting on the hydrogen conduit system 29 in the base compartment. This H2 conduit system leads to the interconnection in the hinge 17 b, as previously described; it also contains a second inlet 67 in the base compartment sidewall for recharging purposes which similarly includes a connector containing a normally closed valve. It is designed to mate with a connector 68, preferably a quick-disconnect connector, at the end of a flexible tube 69, as depicted in FIG. 15, leading from an electrolyzer unit 71 that will provide a stream of hydrogen gas. The connector at the end of the flexible tube 69 that similarly has a normally closed valve so that the electrolyzer unit 71 can be operated, if desired with the flexible conduit 69 unattached to a PC, so as to only recharge a separate hydrogen container 27 installed therein. It also contains a standard check valve 73 to permit only outflow through the flexible line.
It has long been known that water can be separated electrolytically into oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2). The two gases are generated as separate streams, and there have long been commercial units available for this purpose. The electrolyzer 71 used to recharge the H2 containers 27 for use in the PC 11 is preferably one that employs a separation technology wherein an ion exchange membrane is employed. The electrolyzer 71 has a tank that is filled with alkaline or acidic electrolyte and will be replenished with distilled or demineralized water, and water from the tank is supplied through a check valve to a cell assembly containing an ion exchange membrane. The water flows back to the storage tank, taking with it the oxygen that is created which is subsequently vented to the atmosphere through a vent provided at another location in the electrolyzer. The hydrogen, which is primarily destined for delivery to recharge a container 27, is dried to remove water using a peltier junction and/or chemical desiccant or the like.
The electrolyzer 71 includes a pressure regulator which is used to set the desired maximum pressure of the H2 gas being delivered, e.g. about 1.5 atmosphere. This H2 pressure, when the flexible tubing 69 is connected, supplies H2 directly to the PC conduit system 29. However, the electrolyzer, as best seen in FIG. 15, also contains a door or hatch cover 75 through which a hydrogen container 27 can be installed using a similar quick-disconnect fitting as described hereinbefore. Thus, when the electrolyzer 71 is operating, it will supply H2 both through the flexible conduit 69 and to the fitting to which the H2 container 27 is internally connected to as to recharge the container that has been installed in the electrolyzer while charging and/or operating the PC. It can be seen that, using the illustrated arrangement, H2 gas will be supplied at a pressure of about 1.5 atmospheres to a container installed in the electrolyzer itself and through the flexible conduit 69 to the H2 conduit system 29 in the base compartment 13 of the PC. Thus, the H2 gas being generated will simultaneously provide hydrogen to operate the PC and will supply hydrogen gas to the hydrogen container 27 that is installed in the PC itself, thus recharging the PC container. The electrolyzer includes a pressure gauge which halts electrolysis when the target pressure is slightly exceeded, thus halting operation until the pressure drops just below the desired target pressure which will occur either as a result of slow absorption onto the particulate alloy material in a hydrogen container or operation of the fuel cell unit 33 for the PC. This arrangement provides a safety feature to avoid excess hydrogen generation, and the electrolyzer 71 automatically begins electrolysis operation once the pressure drops a few percent below the desired level. It has been found that, by designing a system wherein operation can be effectively carried on at a hydrogen pressure of between about 1 and 3 atmospheres, and preferably between about 1.3 and 1.7 atmospheres, a particularly efficient arrangement is possible wherein the PC can continue to be operated while two hydrogen containers are being simultaneously recharged.
While the invention has been disclosed with regard to certain preferred embodiments which constitute the best mode presently known to the inventors, it should be understood that various modifications and changes as would be obvious to one having the ordinary skill in this art may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the claims appended hereto. Although the preferred arrangement is that shown wherein the fuel cells are located in the lid compartment behind the official display screen, if the fuel cells were made in the form of plates of less area, these plates might be stacked one atop another in a thick array or brick form that could be accommodated in the base compartment generally similar to the present-day battery pack that is used to commonly drive a laptop PC. In such an arrangement or in the present arrangement for that matter, instead of locating the hydride fuel container in the base compartment itself, an elongated hollowed-out hinge could be provided that would accommodate one or two cylindrical fuel containers of the general type depicted in FIGS. 13 and 14. Such a container could be inserted from either or both ends of the PC hinge while the central portion of the hinge is reserved for the electrical connections between the lid and the base compartment and the gas passageways for one or more of the reactants for the PEM cell. In addition, instead of powering the PC from a single large hydride containing container, a plurality of smaller cylindrical containers of the type depicted in FIGS. 13 and 14 might be employed, as illustrated in FIG. 6, which shows an alternative arrangement where a hydrogen conduit system 29 a is depicted which would have the usual charging opening at a sidewall of the base compartment but would have an extended manifold leg that would contain four quick-disconnect connectors to which four separate smaller hydride containers could be attached. The disclosures of all U.S. patents mentioned are incorporated herein by reference.
Particular features of the invention are emphasized in the claims that follow.
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April 21, 2014
Dan Olinger is in his fifth year with the Gopher baseball program. He is in his fourth year playing after redshirting his true freshman season. The native of Great Falls, Mont., has been in the lineup as a first baseman and designated hitter this year.
Q: Playing first base, have you had any good conversations with baserunners over the years?
Q: Heading into this season, you were coming back from an injury. What was that process like, and how nice was it to get back on the field?
Q: What have been some of the highlights of your career so far as you go through your fifth year?
Q: A lot of the guys on this team are into the outdoors, hunting and fishing. You are in that group, correct?
Q: There have to be lots of opportunities to do that in your home state.
Q: Have you had fun helping run the team's Instagram account?
A: Yeah, it is fun. I'm not as artsy with the photographs as I thought I would be. I feel like I keep taking the same pictures over and over again. But it's been fun and interesting and kind of a chance to see that side of college baseball.
Q: Looking back on your decision to come to Minnesota, what are some of the best things that have come from that decision?
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Oct 25, 2012, 10:20 AM EDT
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After winning five medals at her first Olympics – four gold and one bronze – Franklin returned to her home state of Colorado and started celebrating. She became a national celebrity, appearing on talk shows, attending awards banquets and receiving boxes of mail and gifts from around the world.
There were also recruiting trips – Franklin, a senior in high school, visited Georgia, Texas, USC and the University of California before picking the latter as her college choice. But now Franklin is back in her comfort zone: the pool.
Franklin told the Morning Swim Show that she resumed practicing five weeks after the Olympics ended. "It was the most horrible, awful thing ever. It was so terrible," Franklin said of her time away from the water (apparently she really likes to swim). "And as every swimmer knows, getting back into shape is never fun."
Something tells us she's not in that bad of shape.
At any rate, Franklin confirmed she would return to competition at the Minneapolis Grand Prix Nov. 9-11. That's the same meet where she won seven races in seven attempts two years ago. She went on to win the Grand Prix series that season with 101 points, 20 more than second-place Michael Phelps.
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And then she'll get back to work. She's got some laps to swim.
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Project 180 no longer following original schedule
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Film Row along the 700 block of W Sheridan Avenue was substantially completed months ago, but the sidewalks remain dark at night as streetlights, promised to be installed in September, have yet to materialize.
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Ok now. I'm SERIOUS. FOR REALS.. 100% TOTALLY and ABSOLUTELY…. and a chance to win of course :)
Winnah of BOTH PETUNIA gets a PIGGYBACK and SAGE LOVES SCIENCE goes to….
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172- KRAFTY AUNT you win! Please email me and in the subject line "I WON PETUNIA gets a PIGGY BACK " and "SAGE loves SCIENCE"!
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I seriously have a problem. A BIG ONE. I think I am FICKLE. Or undecided. Or pressuring myself for no reason. Why oh why do I FEEL like I have to have favorites in this release? LOL.. Like a sistah said in the comments.. you can't have favorites.. its like choosing one child over another (there are times… ok I won't get into that .. too dangerous.. and sometimes they read my blog .. HA!).. but I DO feel like I have to have a favorite…. and the bottom line is, when I put a line of images together (trust me sistahs.. between working closely with the artists to get the images "just so".. then researching and trying to find THE PERFECT sentiment.. then NAMING them), I have so much time and love invested in these images that seriously, I LOVE THEM ALL EQUALLY and ALL for different reasons. It's the truth! There is not ONE image that I have released that I did not ADORE. They all mean something to me.. they all tell my story (as I mentioned in my first blog starting this release -I hope you're all still with me!)
Ok so here are my FAVORITES… for today! And I think you will love them just as much as I do. they are really AMAZING and FUNNY.. and CUTE.. and Whimsical.. ahhhhhh! here I go again.
First I would like you to re-aquaint yourselves to our famous Petunia. She just seems to find herself in different "situations" shall we say. I am not quite sure who found who first, but she managed to steal this little townie's heart and boy are they headed towards some BIG adventures.. I feel it in my bones. They even have matching headbands.. not sure how they coordinated that 😉
Here's Petunia gets a PIGGY back… GET IT? PIGGY BACK? (i kill me LOL) This is a great image for friendship.. for room mates.. or just like that.. it's such a playful image.. that's what I love about it. And the sentiment?! LOVE.
Here's a card made by our very own ALICEWERTZABELLA
Here's a cardmade by our own KERRIBELLA
Here's the INSIDE of Kerri's card.. the card had a circle punch showing the top of Petunia gets a piggy back.. GORGEOUS idea!
ok Seriously.. is Petunia gets a PIGGY back not TO DIE FOR??!? Those faces!! Sheesh .. i gotta stop.
hehehehe. This next image is close to my heart.. ya know why? Because it was inspired by my little FREE SPIRIT Jayden. This girl is such a character I tell ya. She marches to the beat of her own drum (hmmm I wonder who she takes after?)… She is BRAVE (definitely not me).. she is CURIOUS (ok maybe a little me)… She loves to try new things and EXPERIMENT (TOTALLY ME) …and she is definitely not a "girly girl".. (I have to play with the dollhouse myself.. hmph).. And I embrace all of her little shenanigans … So when she said "mom, I LOVVVE science.. I wanna be a CHEMIST"… I ran out and bought her a kit.. Well.. you had to see my kitchen table.. and HER. She became INSANE.. LOL.. like a real mad scientist.. her hair all over the place.. goggles.. Well, YOU be the judge. Take a look at my Jayden.. LOL..
Is she a nutbar or what? You're probably wondering .. WHY oh WHY Em, are you sharing this annoying and long story with us ? Well, glad you asked! LOL. Just wanted to show you that LIFE and MY STORY inspire Stamping Bella stamps.. K? YOU READY FOR THIS ONE?
Meet Sage the Scientist
SEEE??? And that SENTIMENT??!?!??!?!?!?!?! OMG I would send this card to EVERYONE I MEET ON THE STREET I love it so much LOL. So my Jayden became OUR Sage.. I love her so . very. much. I guess she has a special place in my heart and now you know why! This would be great for any great friend (or maybe not so great so at least they can smile -you know those types of people who could use a smile LOL) and little adventurous girl in your life… Adult, little.. doesnt matter. I try to make these images universal
This card using Sage was made by SHELABELLA
This card using Sage was made by Kerribella
Ok.. I have no words.. Im all FARKLEMPT. Seriously I love these. I love my Design Team.. I love my Artists.. I love my IHCC (in house colouring counsel LOL) Elaineabella… .
Place a comment here.. and let me know whatcha think.
I am working on an "add on' to my blog where when I respond to your comments, you will be notified so you can come back and see.. I wanna comment on all of your comments but not sure there is any point, unless I know you are coming back! So this will ensure and force you to come back to me
I really hope you love my stories and these images today
Mwah to my Sistahs and my Family for my DAILY inspiration. now THAT's for REALS.


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