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New York 'Rape Cop' who was cleared of sexual assault sues woman who accused him and the city for $175MILLION over arrest and nine months jail time
- Former NY cop Kenneth Moreno, 46, was cleared in 2011 of raping a drunk woman while on duty in 2008
- However he was convicted of misconduct for returning to her apartment three times that night
- He spent nine months in jail on the misconduct charges
- Now he is suing to recover monetary damages and restore his reputation
- He works as a contractor and doesn't want to be known as the 'Rape Cop'
A former New York police officer dubbed the 'Rape Cop' during his sensational trial is suing his accuser and the city for $175 million.
Kenneth Moreno was cleared in 2011 of the on-duty rape of a drunk fashion executive in her apartment in December 2008, but spent nine months in jail for official misconduct.
Now the 46-year-old, who works as a building contractor after being kicked out of the police force, wants his 'opportunist' accuser to pay up.
In his false arrest lawsuit, the Brooklyn resident claims the woman falsely accused him of rape, leading Manhattan prosecutors to build a case against him despite a lack of forensic evidence, according to New York Daily News.
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Jail time: Former NYPD cop Kenneth Moreno (left) was convicted of official misconduct but acquitted of raping a woman in 2008. He is pictured at his sentencing with attorney Chad Seigel at the State Supreme court on August 8, 2011, in New York
Moreno said the false claims have cost him work opportunities and ruined his life.
'There were some carpenters (at work) one day and one of them asked me if I was the 'rape cop',' he told Daily News.
'They asked me to leave so I lost a job that day. I don't want to be known as the 'rape cop'. It's horrible.'
He also said that his jail time took a toll: 'I tried to get through (jail) a day at a time but there was always the presence of danger and animosity.'
In his suit, Moreno also accuses the woman, now 32 and living in San Francisco, and civil attorney Yasmin Saeed of
maliciously filing a $57 million lawsuit 'to extort monies' from him
and the city.
A federal judge tossed out their suit last year, ruling there was no evidence backing her claims. The appeal was also shot down. Saeed declined to comment to Daily News.
Litigation: Kenneth Moreno (pictured in 2011) is suing NYC and the woman who accused him of rape for $175 million in a bid to restore his reputation
In 2008, Moreno was accused of raping a drunk woman while he was on duty.
According to court documents, Moreno and his patrol partner, Franklin Mata, helped her out of a taxi outside her East 13th Street apartment on December 7.
Mata was accused of keeping a lookout while Moreno raped the woman as she lay face-down and dazed on her bed.
The pair took the woman's keys and returned to her apartment three more times while still on duty, New York Times reported.
The woman told authorities she passed out and awoke to being raped in her bed, saying she acutely remembered being assaulted despite being unclear during significant parts of the night.
She said she secretly recorded a conversation days later in which Moreno alternately denied they had sex but said 'yes' twice when she asked whether he had used a condom.
However Moreno said the woman asked them to return and that Moreno was counseling her about her drinking.
In their two-month trial in 2011, Moreno testified that he flirted and cuddled in her bed while Mata slept on the couch.
Charged: Kenneth Moreno's partner, Franklin Mata (pictured) was sentenced to two months jail after being convicted of official misconduct for repeatedly visiting the woman's apartment while he was on duty
He maintains he rebuffed the woman's advances but admitted he placed a phony 911 call about a sleeping vagrant to provide an excuse for one of the visits.
Mata and Moreno were cleared of rape and burglary charges, however they were convicted of misconduct for returning to the woman's apartment.
They were fired from the police force within hours of their convictions.
Moreno served nine months of a one-year prison sentence, while Mata spent two months behind bars.
The rape acquittal caused outrage. Women's groups protested the verdict, while some newspaper columnists questioned how it was possible to acquit the two men given the evidence.
The woman said that after the verdict, her 'world was turned upside-down by the actions of two police officers who were sent there to protect but instead took advantage of their authority and broke the law.'
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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/22/14 -- Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX: CPG)(NYSE: CPG) is pleased to announce that its shares opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), under the symbol "CPG". KCG Americas LLC is the Designated Market Maker for Crescent Point shares.
"We're excited about our NYSE listing and the added exposure to the U.S. and international investor base," said Scott Saxberg, president and CEO of Crescent Point. "In recent years, we've grown significantly in the U.S. We've acquired assets in the Uinta Basin in Utah and the Bakken resource play in North Dakota, and we opened an office in Denver in 2011. Moving on to the NYSE really complements our strategic expansion and long-term plans for growth in the U.S."
"We welcome Crescent Point Energy Corp. to the NYSE's listed company community," said Scott Cutler, Executive Vice President & Head of Global Listings, NYSE Euronext. "We congratulate Crescent Point on its first day of trading on the NYSE and look forward to a long-standing partnership with Crescent Point and its shareholders."
As previously announced, Crescent Point exceeded its 2013 exit production guidance of 124,000 boe/d in fourth quarter. Strong growth continued in December and the Company estimates that it exited the year with a production rate greater than 126,500 boe/d. The Company has continued this momentum into an active start to 2014. Currently, Crescent Point has 24 drilling rigs in operation across its asset base, 19 of which are in the Company's core Saskatchewan Bakken and Shaunavon resource plays. Cold weather this winter has not impacted the Company's operations.
"We're pleased with our first quarter results so far and feel we're in a great position to deliver another strong year to our shareholders," said Saxberg. "We're focused on applying our 25-stage cemented liner completion techniques, which include the extended reach coil tubing unit technology, and applying waterfloods in all of our major unconventional oil fields. These technologies have been a driving force behind our multi-year track record of production and reserves growth, and we expect they'll continue to give us a technical advantage as we proceed with our plans for the year."
Crescent Point has set a $1.75 billion capital expenditures budget for 2014. Execution of the budget is expected to increase average daily production to 126,500 boe/d, with a 2014 exit production rate of 135,000 boe/d. The 2014 capital program is consistent with the Company's five-year growth models, which forecast long-term production per share growth and dividend sustainability under a variety of commodity price scenarios.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company has tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as "expects," "intends," "hopes," "anticipates," "believes," "could," "may," "evidences" and "estimates," and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
All forward-looking statements are based on Crescent Point's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. By their nature, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Crescent Point believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this report should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release or, if applicable, as of the date specified in those documents specifically referenced herein.
In particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements pertaining to the following: expected year end 2013 production rate; expected 2014 average daily and exit production rates and reserve growth; the expected technical advantages provided by the Company's cemented liner techniques; expected capital expenditures in 2014; and expected production per share growth and dividend sustainability.
By their nature, such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which could cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated, including those material risks discussed in our annual information form under "Risk Factors" and our Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2012, under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Information." The material assumptions are disclosed in the Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2012, under the headings "Dividends", "Capital Expenditures", "Decommissioning Liability", "Liquidity and Capital Resources", "Critical Accounting Estimates", "Future Changes in Accounting Policies" and "Outlook", and in Management's Discussion and Analysis for the period ended September 30, 2013, under the headings "Dividends", "Capital Expenditures", "Decommissioning Liability", "Liquidity and Capital Resources", "Changes in Accounting Policies", "Future Changes in Accounting Policies" and "Outlook". The actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the material risks set forth under the noted headings, which include, but are not limited to: financial risk of marketing reserves at an acceptable price given market conditions; volatility in market prices for oil and natural gas; delays in business operations, pipeline restrictions, blowouts; rail interruptions; the risk of carrying out operations with minimal environmental impact; industry conditions including changes in laws and regulations including the adoption of new environmental or transportation laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced; economic risk of finding and producing reserves at a reasonable cost; uncertainties associated with partner plans and approvals; operational matters related to non-operated properties; increased competition for, among other things, capital, acquisitions of reserves and undeveloped lands; competition for and availability of qualified personnel or management; incorrect assessments of the value of acquisitions and exploration and development programs; unexpected geological, technical, drilling, construction and processing problems; availability of insurance; fluctuations in foreign exchange and interest rates; stock market volatility; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions; general economic, market and business conditions; uncertainties associated with regulatory approvals; uncertainty of government policy changes; uncertainties associated with credit facilities and counterparty credit risk; and changes in income tax laws, tax laws, crown royalty rates and incentive programs relating to the oil and gas industry.
A barrel of oil equivalent ("boe") is based on a conversion rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil.
Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Crescent Point's operations or financial results are included in Crescent Point's reports on file with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed herein or otherwise and Crescent Point undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required to do so pursuant to applicable law.
Crescent Point is a conventional oil and gas producer with assets strategically focused in properties comprised of high-quality, long-life, operated light and medium oil and natural gas reserves in United States and Canada.
Scott Saxberg, President and Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE, both under the symbol CPG.
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A Trust is a fiduciary relationship with respect to property, imposing on the trustee an obligation to deal with the trust property for the benefit of specified persons. The Trusts Law of the Cayman Islands is derived from the English Law of Trusts but is subject to somewhat different statutory modifications.
The Trust (Foreign Element) Law 1987 addresses various conflict of law difficulties as they relate to trusts. First, it has strengthened the validity and recognition of the selection of Cayman Islands Law as a proper law governing Cayman Islands Trusts and matters relating thereto. Secondly, it gives statutory recognition to the concept of importation of trusts to and exportation of trusts from the Cayman Islands and a resultant change of governing law. Thirdly, it provides the questions as to matters such as the capacity of a set law, validity and administration of a trust are to be determined solely according to the laws of the Cayman Islands, if selected as a governing law. Fourthly, it prohibits the avoidance of, or the enforcement of a foreign judgement with respect to a Cayman Islands trust on the basis it contravenes foreign forced heirship or similar laws or because the trust concept is not recognised in a particular foreign jurisdiction.
The Fraudulent Dispositions Law 1989 strengthens the integrity of a Cayman Islands Trust and, in the absence of a Cayman Islands bankruptcy of the settlor, will protect it against successful attack by future creditors of the settlor.
The Perpetuities Law 1985, in respect of new trusts, abolished the old common law rule which invalidated any disposition unless invested within a period of lives in-being plus twenty one years and introduced a new perpetuity period of one hundred and fifty years. This law also introduced a new "wait and see" rule whereby a disposition (or power) will only fail if it falls outside the new perpetuity period.
Trust deeds may provide for fixed or discretionary interests. Frequently, provision is also made for the appointment of a protector. There is no requirement for public recording or registration of a trust deed.
The Trusts Law provides for the registration of exempted trusts. All the trust documents must be delivered to the Registrar of Trusts. The Registrar maintains the original and issues a certificate of registration.
The main advantage conferred on an exempted trust is a fifty year undertaking from the Governor to the Trustees that no law subsequently enacted "imposing any tax or duty to be leveled on income or on capital assets gains or appreciation or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall apply to any property comprised in or any income arising under such exempted trust or to the trustees or the beneficiaries thereof in respect of any such property or income".
Exempted or ordinary non resident Cayman Islands companies may, with limited exceptions, qualify as beneficiaries of exempted trusts.
Any company which provides trust services must first obtain a license under the Banks & Trust Companies Law, although individuals are not so required. In practice, the majority of trusts are administered by commercial trust companies located in the Cayman Islands.
This information provides an introduction to aspects of establishing business in the Cayman Islands for the benefit of clients who may be considering using the Islands as an offshore domicile. It is not exhaustive and is merely intended to give a broad indication of possible courses of action.
Before taking action on any business or other decisions related to the Cayman Islands, specific and particular advice should be sought from domestic taxation, legal, accountancy and other relevant professional advisers.
The information provided reflects the laws and regulations existing at December 31, 1996, but later developments have been noted where possible.
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These local parents are getting creative with SuperBowl snacks. They are members of the local chapter of the Holistic Moms Network and believe in healthy eating.
To stay in the green-and-gold spirit for Sunday's game, they are pairing green zucchini slices with cheddar cheese and sliced green grapes with pineapple or golden raisins for fun snacks that are simple and minimally processed.
Other ideas include:
Green spinach tortillas without additives or artificial colors with melted cheddar for a mini quesadilla. Kids who like pepper can top it with diced green and yellow pepper. Served with organic sour cream and salsa.
Whole wheat, cheesy herb dressed up with fresh herbs and cheddar curds. Green veggies could be added. Dough can be purchased or homemade.
Fresh snow peas or a bagged snack called SnapeaCrisps http://snacksalad.com/products.html with organic yellow cheddar cubes.
A mixture of peas with golden corn kernels.
More information about the Holistic Moms Network is available at www.holisticmoms.org The Milwaukee chapter meets the first Monday of the month at the St. Francis Library at 6:30 pm.
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Not sure 100% sure as to what will happen tomorrow but have somewhat of an idea.
Historically speaking, for small biotechs, a reverse split will cause about a 25% decrease in pps. However with ZLCS there are rumors (on this board) that institutions are seeking to take a position prior to news that will be announced sometime this quarter.
If the rumors are in fact true, we will see a hit in pps but once a base is formed we should see a steady rise to current levels prior to PH II results.
The above is a good possibility only if the rumors are valid.
Now if there's a raise done prior to news, then that's a whole different story, which you guys should know the ending to.
Sentiment: Hold
BOZO, when are rumors valid?
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1 post all his life. I think we know what this #$%$ is.
After today, we know that this "#$%$" is far more knowledgeable than a troll lemming such as yourself.
Base has formed at 1.03, which fills a gap from a previous trading day.
Sentiment: Strong Buy


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The offshore construction vessel, Island Intervention, of the SX121 design from Ulstein was named. Shipowner Island Offshore has great expectations for the new vessel, which will carry out advanced operations in the Norwegian Sea this autumn.
Island Offshore is a leader within light well intervention and managing director of the company, Håvard Ulstein, says that its entire fleet is currently fully booked:
"Island Intervention will become an important addition to our fleet. This autumn, the vessel will be installing a series of production trees on the seabed in the Norwegian Sea for a Norwegian oil company. This is a complicated operation, but we are confident, that with the right crew, this vessel is the best equipment for the job. Our experience with its sister vessels, Island Constructor, also delivered by ULSTEIN, is very good and we therefore have great expectations for the new vessel," ends Håvard Ulstein.
The 120 x 25-m vessel can accommodate 100 persons. It is fitted with a tower for module handling, moonpool, ROV hangar, offshore crane, helipad, and a iesel-electric propulsion system. The vessel is also equipped with ULSTEIN COM and ULSTEIN IAS.
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Thecus N5550 5-Bay Home NAS Review
Intel NASPT
The Intel NAS Performance Toolkit (NASPT) is a file system exerciser and analysis tool designed to enable direct measurement of home network attached storage (NAS) performance. Designed to emulate the behavior of an actual application, NASPT uses a set of real world workload traces gathered from typical digital home applications. Traces of high definition video playback and recording, office productivity applications, video rendering/content creation and more provide a broad range of different application behaviors.
- RAID Level Description
JBOD: Combine multiple drives and capacities into one drive.
RAID 0: Normally used to increase performance and useful for setups such as large read-only NFS servers where mounting many disks is time-consuming or impossible and redundancy is irrelevant.
RAID 1: Create an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on two or more disks. This is useful when read performance or reliability are more important than data storage capacity.
RAID 5: Use block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks.
RAID 6: Extend RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block; thus it uses block-level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks.
RAID 10: A Stripe of Mirrors. Multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created and a RAID 0 stripe is created over these.
RAID 50: Combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with the distributed parity of RAID 5.
RAID 60: Combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with the distributed double parity of RAID 6.
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The National Organization for Marriage
(NOM) raised less money in 2011 than it did in the previous year.
According to the Human Rights Campaign
(HRC), the nation's largest gay rights advocate, NOM saw a steep
decline in the amount of money it raised in 2011.
In 2010, the group, which fights
against the adoption of gay-inclusive marriage laws, reported raising
$9.1 million.
NOM reported raising $6.2 million in
2011, a 30 percent drop from the previous year.
The group had previously experienced
significant financial growth each year since its 2007 founding to
advocate for passage of Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban.
also reveal that 75 percent of NOM's contributions ($4.7 million)
came from two anonymous donors.
On November 6, NOM, the nation's most
vociferous opponent of marriage equality, suffered setbacks in five
campaigns in which it had invested upwards of $5.7 million. In three
states – Maine, Maryland, and Washington state – voters legalized
the institution, while Minnesotans rejected an effort to ban it. In
Iowa, NOM lost a campaign to oust state Supreme Court Justice David
Wiggins, who was targeted by conservatives angry over the high
court's unanimous 2009 ruling which brought gay marriage to the
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Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
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A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero.
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A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
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A specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret agency and travels the country taking on a different jobs and helping strangers.
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Votes: 12,502
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Creator: Glen A. Larson | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post
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A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.
Writers: Michael Berry, John Blumenthal, Stephen Carpenter | Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle
Votes: 59,954
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 27, 1978
|Filing date
|Dec 20, 1976
|Priority date
|Feb 6, 1976
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Hermann Bartels, Fritz Gallati, Karl Lang, Heinz Rutishauser
|Original Assignee
|Mettler Instrumente Ag
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (22), Classifications (10)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a new and improved construction of apparatus for the selective delivery of portions of fluid, for example for use as dispensing apparatus in chemical or clinical laboratories.
A dispensing apparatus has been proposed in German Pat. No. 1,698,240 which comprises a plurality of delivery units in the form of pipette tips, some of which are arranged rigidly while others are arranged pivotally. Associated with each pipette tip is its own fluid conveyor means in the form of a conveyor piston and a pneumatic drive unit which displaces the piston. The individual conveyor pistons are selectively actuated by means of an arrangement of cams, electrical switches and electrically actuated valves controlled by such switches, to control the conveying movement of the pistons. Although individual pipette tips are selectively actuated, this is only in accordance with a fixed program which can be altered only by a complicated operation of replacing the cams. The apparatus is therefore only suitable in practice for automated series dispensing operations which are carried out in large numbers. There is also the expense of providing a separate drive unit for each pipette tip.
It is a general object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of apparatus for the selective delivery of portions of fluid in a manner not associated with the aforementioned drawbacks and limitations of the prior art proposals.
Another and more specific object of the present invention aims at the provision of a new and improved construction of apparatus for the selective dispensing of fluids, typically liquids, in an extremely efficient and reliable manner, which apparatus requires only a single drive for the different fluid delivery units, such drive being selectively connectible to given ones of conveyor means of the delivery units for the selective actuation of such delivery units.
Now in order to implement these and still further objects of the invention, which will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, the invention contemplates providing an apparatus for the selective delivery of portions of fluid, comprising a plurality of fluid delivery units, each of which includes a respective conveyor means for conveying fluid to be delivered, and an actuating means which is common to said delivery units and which is selectively connectible to the respective conveyor means thereof for selective actuation of the delivery units.
According to one embodiment which can be made compact and simple, the conveyor means are arranged equidistant with respect to the common actuating means. This thus provides a circular arrangement for a multiple dispensing apparatus.
So that fluid which has been consumed in the individual delivery units can be refilled by drawing from a suitable storage vessel or reservoir, each delivery unit may have a multi-way valve and a valve actuating means common to all the valves which includes a single switch-over actuating member for switching each multiway valve between its respective operating positions.
In a preferred embodiment of the apparatus, the common actuating means includes a vertically displaceable cantilever arm which provides an entrainment means which can be selectively connected to a respective coupling member of each of the conveyor means, to transmit the conveying movement. In this arrangement the cantilever arm for the conveyor means and the abovementioned switch-over actuating member for the multi-way valves are desirably so arranged that they can be respectively connected to the same selected delivery unit.
The common actuating means preferably includes a stepping motor, as this makes it possible to perform precise and highly reproducible dispensing operations, and nonetheless the expense of the motor and its control arrangement, in relation to a single dispensing unit, can be kept relatively low.
The apparatus as will be described below is useful in the field of titration operations. Accordingly, a further manifestation of the apparatus is in the form of a multiple burette with individual conduits forming connections to at least one titrating unit. With this arrangement each titrating unit can advantageously have a multiplicity of burette tips which are each connected to a respective dispensing unit.
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above, will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 illustrates a diagrammatic general plan view of the arrangement according to the invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a view in cross-section through the apparatus;
FIG. 3 illustrates a view of a detail in cross-section, taken along line 3--3 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 illustrates a view in cross-section through a titrating unit of the apparatus; and
FIG. 5 illustrates a view in cross-section through a dispensing unit of the apparatus.
Referring firstly to FIG. 1, the embodiment shown, which is selected to illustrate just one of the many possible forms of the apparatus of the invention, represents a multiple burette 10 with eight delivery units 12 arranged in a substantially circular configuration. Each delivery unit 12 is connected by way of a conduit such as a hose 14, to a respective one of eight storage vessels 16 for storing fluid to be processed by the apparatus. A further conduit, such as a hose 18, leads from each of the delivery units 12 to respective consumers of which there are three in this embodiment. More specifically, of the eight hoses 18, two are connected to each of two titrating heads of units 20 and four are connected to a dispensing unit 22.
A control unit 24 is connected by way of a power supply and signalling line 26 to the multiple burette 10 and by way of power supply and signalling lines 28 to each of the two titrating units 20.
The construction of the multiple burette 10 is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. Arranged approximately at the center of a base support member or bracket 30 is a vertical stationary journal pin 32. The journal pin 32 forms a mounting or support for an elongate rotary cylinder or journalled member 36 of a common drive unit 34 which is common to all the delivery units 12 as will be described in further detail hereinafter. The journalled member 36 is rotatably driven by an electrically operated drive means comprising a stepping motor 38, which is secured to the underside of the bracket 30, by way of a toothed transmission or gearing 40.
Two cantilever arms 42 and 42' are carried by the journalled member 36 at a vertical spacing from each other, and a screw-threaded spindle 44 is rotatably carried between the arms 42 and 42'. The spindle 44 carries a travelling nut 46. The spindle 44 is driven directly by a stepping motor 48 which is secured to the lower arm 42, rotation of the spindle 44 thus producing a vertical movement of the travelling nut 46. The movement of the travelling nut 46 is limited in an upward and a downward direction by respective limit switches 50 and 50', actuated by a tab 52 or equivalent structure mounted on the travelling nut 46.
An upper support member 56 is supported by columns 54, and has a central opening 58 through which the journalled member 36 projects upwardly. Mounted on the upper surface 56a of the support member 56 are glass cylinders 60 of the eight identical delivery units 12. Slidably disposed in each cylinder 60 is a piston 62 whose piston rod 64 is guided in a slide bearing 66 arranged in the support member 56. Each cylinder 60 and its associated piston 62 comprise a respective conveyor means of a delivery unit 12. Two plates or discs 68 and 68' comprising a coupling member are fixedly mounted on the lower end portion of each piston rod 64, with a fixed axial distance being provided between the two plates. The travelling nut 46 has a reduced portion 70 comprising an entrainment member which projects into the space between the two spaced plates 68 and 68'. The thickness of the entrainment member or projection 70 is less than the spacing between the plates 68 and 68', to provide for vertical play of such portion 70 relative to the plates 68 and 68'. The plates 68 and 68' form a connecting means for coupling the piston 62 to the drive 34. The stepping motor 48, spindle 44, travelling nut 46 and entrainment member 70 comprise a means common to all the fluid delivery units for actuating the pistons or conveyor means of the fluid delivery units.
A three-way valve 72 is provided on the upper end of each cylinder 60. The valve 72 can selectively connect the conduit 14 from the corresponding storage vessel 16, or the delivery conduit 18, to the interior of the respective cylinder 60.
A stepping motor 76 is carried on a cantilever arm 74 at the upper end of the journalled member 36, at the level of the three-way valves 72. The drive shaft 76a of the motor 76 extends horizontally precisely over the spindle 44 and at its end carries a vertical plate 78 with two horizontally extending lugs or rods 80 which form valve actuating means for cooperating with a flat projection 82 on the respective valves 72 (see in particular FIG. 3). The projections 82 of all eight valves 72 are disposed in a common horizontal plane, so that the arrangement comprising the components 76, 78 and 80 forms a change-over valve actuating means that is common to all the valves 72 for moving the same between their operating positions. Similarly, in the neutral or starting position of the apparatus, all the plates 68 and 68' are disposed at the same level.
Electrical connections to the motors 38, 48 and 76 are denoted by 26', while electrical connections for the two limit switches 50 and 50' are denoted by 26".
FIG. 4 shows a view in cross-section through one of the titrating units 20. A head support plate 84 has three tapered bores 100, 101 and 102 extending therethrough. A measuring electrode 86, for measuring the electrical potential in e.g. a solution in a titration vessel 90 below the plate 84, extends through the middle bore 101, while a respective burette tip 88 and 88' projects through each of the outer bores 100 and 102 respectively, and into the titration vessel 90. The titrating unit 20 can be displaced vertically by any suitable device (not shown), in the directions indicated by the double-headed arrow, so that the titrating vessel 90 can be replaced. An electrical connection 28' connects the electrode 86 to an evaluation part of the control unit 24.
FIG. 5 diagrammatically shows a dispensing unit 22. A support plate 92 has four bores 104 (two of which are visible in FIG. 5) which are arranged in a circle and which are each inclined obliquely downwardly and inwardly. Fitted in each bore 104 is a respective pipette tip 94, each of which is connected by way of a hose or conduit 18 to a respective delivery unit 12.
The illustrated arrangement with eight delivery units 12 makes it possible to operate with a maximum of eight different fluids, four of these being at the dispensing unit 22 (delivery of predetermined amounts, for example solvents), and two fluids at each of the titrating units 20.
For the sake of clarity and ease of viewing of the drawings, conventional details and components have been extensively omitted from the drawings, for example radial securing means for the travelling nut 46, seals in the cylinders 60, screw means, mountings and the like.
An example of the mode of operation of the above-described multiple burette will now be described. In the following description, it is assumed that the control unit 24 (whose actual structure can vary), the details of which are unimportant for the understanding of the invention, has the necessary buttons, switches and the like, for manual control of the apparatus, as is known in this art.
In order to carry out a given titration operation to a preselected end point, a vessel 90 with a fluid sample to be tested is placed beneath the dispensing unit 22. There, a preselected amount of a given diluent is added to the sample. For this purpose the control unit 24 is used to select the appropriate delivery unit 12, and the journalled member 36 begins to rotate, stopping as soon as the entrainment member 70 of the travelling nut 46 has moved into a position between the plates 68 and 68' of the selected delivery unit 12. After the motor 38 has been switched-off, the motor 48 is switched-on and the rotary spindle 44 causes the nut 46 to move upwardly, thus pressing the piston 62 upwardly, until the preselected amount of diluent has been ejected into the vessel 90. The valve 72 forms the communication between the cylinder 60 and the hose 18. Immediately thereafter, the motor 48 reverses for return travel movement of the nut 46. At the same time, the motor 76 is started in order to rotate the three-way valve 72 from the "eject" position to the "fill" position in which the cylinder 60 communicates with the hose 14. During the downward return movement of the piston 62 to its neutral or starting position, the cylinder 60 is therefore re-filled with fluid from the storage vessel 16. When the starting position is reached, the motor 48 is switched over again to cause the nut 46 to lift for a short period of time. This period of time corresponds to a given travel movement of the nut 46 and is of such a length that the entrainment member 70 comes free from the lower plate 68' and assumes an intermediate position between the two plates 68 and 68', so that, when the drive 34 performs a rotary movement, the entrainment member 70 can pass, without contacting the plates 68 and 68', through delivery unit positions which have not been selected, and can thus be moved into a selected delivery unit position.
At the same time, the motor 76 rotates the valve 72 back to the "eject" position and thereafter also performs a short movement in the opposite direction, to release the lugs or rods 80 from the projection 82.
The multiple burette is now back in its starting position, ready for the next delivery of fluid. The vessel 90 is removed from the dispensing unit 22 and passed to a titrating unit 20. When the corresponding control commands have been imparted to the control unit 24, the titrating unit 20 is lowered, and the operation of adding a selected reagent fluid (the titrating agent) begins. The same process as described above occurs, with the difference that now the delivery of fluid is stopped when the signal from the electrode 86 (the measured potential in the solution) coincides with the preselected value introduced into the control unit.
It will be apparent that many modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Thus, flat valves instead of the illustrated cylindrical or conical valves 72 may be used to advantage, or for example ball valves can be used. Depending on the nature of the control unit and the requirements placed upon the apparatus, the motors may be stepping motors or other motors, while in principle, the drive at 34 can be electrical and/or pneumatic. Revolution counters or (for example in the case of stepping motors) pulse counters can be provided for indicating the amounts of fluid delivered. The number of delivery units in a multiple burette can vary within relatively wide limits, this number depending inter alia on how often and which different fluids are to be used and how many of which apparatuses are to be combined together. As regards the latter aspect, besides the combination described above, namely dispensing units and titrating units, there may be apparatus constructions in which only dispensing operations are to be performed, such as in multiple dispensing devices, for example multiple diluting devices, or only a multiplicity of titration operations are to be performed. Also, the number of burette tips per titrating unit can be substantially more than two.
The use of the above-described apparatus is particularly advantageous in automated equipment controlled by means of programable computers, in which case conveyance of the sample-containing vessels to and from the individual dispensing and/or titrating units also can be effected by a mechanised device.
It will be seen that the apparatus as described above is suitable for delivering varying amounts of a number of fluids, for example the predetermined dispensing of, for example, solvents, reagents or cleaning agents, and also for use in titration operations. Both kinds of operations play a particularly large role in analysis operations, which vary frequently in respect of kind and number, in the field of wet-process chemistry (individual or short-series analysis operations). In this kind of operation, in contrast to the above-mentioned series analysis operations, a larger number of different fluids are required at irregular intervals, and this can be achieved by the above apparatus.
While there are shown and described present preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims. Accordingly,
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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