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FK Mačva Šabac
|Full name
|Fudbalski Klub Mačva Šabac
|Gradski stadion Šabac
|Ivica Kralj
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|Predrag Rogan
|Serbian League West
|Serbian First League, 16th
Fudbalski Klub Mačva Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Мачва Шабац), commonly known as Mačva Šabac, is a football club from Šabac, Serbia.
The club was founded in 1919. It competed in the Yugoslav football league system until 1991. During the 1920s it played in the First League of the Novi Sad district (a league within the Belgrade Football Subassociation) and since 1930 the league was transformed into the First League if the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. In this period between the two world wars Mačva developed a firce rivalry for the titles in those leagues with FK Vojvodina.[1] The highlight of Mačva in this period was their participation in the 1930–31 Yugoslav Football Championship, however they finished in bottom 6th place.
During this period the club got nicknamed in the press as the "Provincial Uruguay".[2] Provincial because they were playing in the Provincial Group of the Belgrade Subassociation League, and Uruguay because of their playing style which resembled Uruguay´s one which was highly regarded at that time as they were the Olympic champions. The nickname was used for the first time in 1927. By early spring of 1928, Mačva finished top of the First League of the Novi Sad District where they beat their main rivals Vojvodina. In the decisive match Mačva won Vojvodina by 6:1. By the league system of that time, the winners of the district (župa) leagues had to compete between them to determine the Belgrade Subassociation Provincial League champion. Mačva first played at home against the winner of Banat district league champion, Obilić Veliki Bečkerek, which they won by 4:1, and then played away and won by 4:3 the champion of the Šumadija district league, FK Šumadija 1903. Then, the drew determined that the final match will be played in Šabac against ZAŠK from Zemun, which Mačva smashed by 6:1 with goals by Bora Kesić, Milan Perić, Raduška Gajić and Kokan Stevanović.[2]
After becoming Belgrade Subassociation Provincial League champions, Mačva became notorious and the main daily newspaper Politika consistently used the nickname Provincial Uruguay specially after their surprising win against SK Jedinstvo Beograd by 3:2 in Belgrade, and after their successful tour in Greece where they beat Thessaloniki sides Iraklis by 3:1, and Aris by 4:2.[2]
In the following season they became Novi Sad District League champions for the third time and qualified for the Vojvodina Group of the Belgrade Subassociation League. Mačva wins the league and thus earns a spot in the Yugoslav First League where competes among the major clubs in the country. They make great performances against BSK Belgrade and Hajduk Split and win the 3-time Yugoslav champions Građanski Zagreb. Mačva players start to receive calls for the Yugoslav national team, namely Milorad Arsenijević, Ivan Bek, Milorad Ilić, Milanče Jovanović, Radomir Vojisavljević, Andreja Kojić and Bora Kesić. Other players of the Provincial Uruguay generation were Jefta Jovanović, Jovan Vračarić, Jovan Cvetković, Gidra Šljivić, Milan Perić, Kokan Stefanović, Kulja Suvajdžić, Bata Kiš, Vido Božović, Moma Jovanović, Mikica Sinđelić, Đole Jovanović, Đorđe Pantazijević, Raduška Gajić, Mikela Stanojčić, Mita Salajdžijević, Nikola Kradžić, Brana Janković and others.[2]
The organized supporters of Mačva Šabac are known as Šaneri (Serbian Cyrilic: Шанери), and have a frienship with Napredak Kruševac fan group Jakuza.
- As of 15 March 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable players[edit]
For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Mačva Šabac players.
- ^ Vedri dani crveno-belih p. 22 (Serbian)
- ^ a b c d FK Mačva-"Provincijski Urugvaj" 1927-1941 at fudbalsrbija, 18-6-2013, retrieved 13-4-2014 (Serbian)
External links[edit]
- Official site (Serbian)
- Saneri Šabac (Serbian)
- Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal.
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Hi Dan Thanks for taking the trouble to review one of my songs. It was the producer Phil Curran on piano and yes he is an excellent pianist. I love your pictures that you have here. Kind of surreal. Yep my vocals have always been a bit of an issue. Hope you find a vocalist to do justice to your music. Best of wishes Nickie

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State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said the committee is based on a similar panel in Richland County, which reviews incidents where officers shoot suspects, but also reviews policy changes and disciplinary actions.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott created the committee in 2001 and told The (Columbia) State it is the only one of its kind in South Carolina.
For SLED, Lloyd says he wants to get a group of 15 to 20 people from around the state within two months. The panel will be balanced in gender, race, religion and profession.
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I would like better support for textformatting. Therefore I have installed the plugin "TinyMCE Advanced", but unfortunately I do not get it to work. New buttons should appear in the editor for posts, but nothing new appear.
I have WordPress version 3.1.1. The theme is "WordPress Default 1.6". Now I have also tried with the "Twenty Ten 1.2" theme.
The TinyMCE Advanced version is 220.127.116.11
I have done the things described in "Installation" and "FAQ" found via this page http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced/
I erased the cookies (which I think is the same thing as easing the browser cache) and restarted the browser. In addition to this I have restarted the computer two times. I have waited over 12 h. Nothing has helped. The plugin is activated.
What should I do now? What is wrong?
In "Settings"->"TinyMCE Advanced" I have no crossed "Advanced Options". Although I have tried with crossing "Advanced Link".
I originally used Internet Explorer 8 browser. I then tested Opera browser. It works then!
Well, it does not quite work. I now see that many buttons are missing.
I have added buttons to three lines in the TinyMCE Buttons Arrangement , but only the first and third line appear in the editor. The second line is missing. :'(
Actually, after testing more, I realize that line number two of the four lines in TinyMCE Buttons Arrangement, does not appear, while line three and four appear in the editor.
For some reason line 2 does not show up in the editor.
I have tested in Opera, Internet Explorer 8 and Google Crome browser. In all of them three of the four lines show up. The second line does never show up.
Did you leave the "Kitchen sink" button on the first row? It hides/shows the next row, that's its purpose.
First I did not know what would be a "Kitchen sink" buttom, but finally I found it. I then clicked on it, and then the second row appeared.
I have now remowed the Add Next Row buttom in the settings so I the second buttom will always show.
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My personal opiniom is that the TinyMCE Advanced plugin (or equivalent) should be included in the standard installation of WordPress. Simple text formatting seems to me should be a part of an editor.
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In this movie, I'll introduce you to the Patch tool. Now you'll find a Patch tool over here with the Healing brushes. Notice it's the third tool down in the Fly-out menu. And here's the idea. Whereas the Healing brushes are useful for making very specific, careful modifications, that you brush into the image. Which is great For, for example retouching a portrait photograph. The Patch tool is useful for making big modifications very quickly. So I'll go ahead and select the Patch tool. And let's say what I want to do is get rid of this trash can right here.
Then I would start by selecting it. And you can use any selection tool you like. You don't have to select using the Patch tool. But if you decide to select using the Patch tool, you'll find that it works exactly like the Lasso tool. So you can either drag around the trash can for example to create a free-form selection outline. Or, I'll go ahead and press Control D or Command D on a Mac to deselect it. You can press and hold the Alt key, or the Option key on a Mac. And click around the trash can in order to create a polygonal selection outline. So again, where selecting is concerned, it works just like the standard Lasso.
Once you've selected the trash can, assuming default settings up here in the options bar. That is, patch is set to normal. Source is selected. Transparent is turned off. Then you just go ahead and drag this selection outline to a new location. And what you're doing is specifying the source that will be cloned on top of what was formerly the selected trash can. And so part of what's happening here is Photoshop's doing a straight clone. And you can see the central area's pretty much just a direct lift of this area over here.
But if I press Control+H, or Command+H on the Mac, to hide the selection outline, you can see that it went ahead and healed around the edge of the selection. So it's very much as if you had painted this big huge trash can shaped blob, using the healing brush. Over onto the trash can. So that's one way to work. We'll go ahead and press Control Z or Command Z on the Mac to undo that change. And I'll press Control H or Command H so we can see the selection outline again. Let's say, instead of hiding the trash can what I want to do is duplicate it.
I want to create a second trash can over here on the right-hand side. Then I would select Destination instead after selecting the trash can. And then I would drag it to the new location. And I want you to watch that upper right area of the trash can where I've hidden a bit of the shadow from the trees there. I'll go ahead and release now, and you can see that not only is Photoshop going to go ahead and clone the trash can to this new area, but, if I press Control+H, or Command+H on the Mac, even though I had covered up this little bit of shadow, Photoshop goes ahead and ekes the shadow back into the selection, once again healing around the edges.
And as a result, we get a pretty credible copy of this trash can. It doesn't necessarily make sense where you have two identical trash cans next to each other with the very same shadow angles. However, it looks pretty darn good. All right, I'm going to press Control Z, Command Z on the Mac to undo that change once again. Your final options are Transparent and Use pattern. You can check out Use pattern if you want to. It's just going to use a pattern that you select here in order to heal over the selection. In my experience it rarely produces decent results but Transparent can be somewhat interesting.
I'm going to go and turn on that Transparent check box and I still have my trash can selected here so I'll go ahead and drag it over once again. It's less of a translucency effect in other words you're not really creating a less opaque trash can. It's more of a blend mode affect, so we're creating a kind of interaction between the trash can and the grass in back of it. Alright, so those are the basics of working with the Patch tool In the next movie I'll demonstrate Content Aware patch.


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- Address: Ross Castle, Killarney, Ireland
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Ross Castle was built in the late 15th century by the O'Donoghue clan and has a wonderfully eventful history of battles and legends. In the Desmond rebellion of the 16th century the castle changed hands and was then occupied by the Brownes who owned it until recently although they lived in a grand house nearby. During the Irish Confederate Wars, Ross Castle was one of the last to surrender in a great Shakespearian-style plot in which they believed the castle would only be taken if battleships appeared on the lake. Their attackers did bring artillery in by boat and the sight was said to so upset onlookers and inhabitants that the castle submitted. After the war, the Brownes got their lands back by arguing that their heir was too young to have been one of the rebels.
There is another, earlier legend which says that O'Donohue was sucked from the upper windows into the lake, along with his horse, and now lives at the bottom of the lake keeping an eye on things. Haunted or not, the castle retains oak There is another, earlier legend which says that O'Donohue was sucked from the upper windows into the lake, along with his horse, and now lives at the bottom of the lake keeping an eye on things. Haunted or not, the castle retains oak furniture from the 16th and 17th centuries and is well worth a visit as one of Ireland's best medieval Irish Chieftain strongholds.
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For Brownwood coin collectors, it's the most wonderful time of the year!
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No, for the local coin geeks, it's time for the Fifth Annual Brown County Coin Show!
Our show will be held on Friday, February 14, from noon to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, February 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be at Heartland Mall in Early, in the former Beall's store which is in the center of the mall. Admission is free.
This event is not a big fundraiser for the club; it is held for the benefit of community members, interested local folks, and to promote the hobby of coin collecting. We have professional and hobby dealers from at least two states who will be setting up and offering their wares to you. Several will also buy your coins, and others will have gold and silver bullion for sale. Last year we had one dealer whose wife sold vintage jewelry. . . she cost me a hundred bucks because my wife came and browsed!
We will have about 25 dealers at our show. Most are from out of town, and a few are local collectors who will be selling some of their treasures. I will have a table and hope to sell a few supplies, a few coins, and maybe a metal detector or two. I would love to see your coins and help you place a value on them!As I write this, silver melt value is $19.83 an ounce. That means pre-1965 dimes contain $1.44 in silver value; quarters, $3.58; and half dollars, $7.17! It might be time for you to clean out your sock drawer and cash in on those old quarters you put back years ago!


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Hi, I am currently using Version 2.0.1 and notice that some fields (like location & org details) are not saving when I try to update them.
Has anyone experienced the same issue on fields not saving/updating?
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Hi, I am currently using Version 2.0.1 and notice that some fields (like location & org details) are not saving when I try to update them.
Has anyone experienced the same issue on fields not saving/updating?
Any help would be appreciated.
Same problem here. Event location fields are not saving. Anyone know a workaround?
I noticed that some fields only save if other fields are filled in. For example, in location details if I did not enter a venue name, I was not able to enter a country either. In organizer details, I was not able to enter a website without first entering an organizer name.
Like you, it appeared these fields were not saving, and it was only after playing around with it for a bit that I realized certain fields are required in each section.
I am having the same problem -- forgot to include organizer info and link when I created the event, and now when I go back to add that information it is not being saved. Even if I fill in all fields the new data is not saved. I hit "publish" and my additions disappear. I'm hoping this is a bug that will be fixed in the upcoming update? Right now what I am not able to save is: location, organizer, and organizer link. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Same here. I can't change the location details (e.g. phone number). It always brings back the value entered when first entering and saving the event.
Same here.
Same here
This should be fixed in 2.0.2, which is coming out on Monday. Please let us know if the issue persists upon upgrading and my apologies for the inconvenience until then.
Thank you.
Thanks from me too! Looking forward to the update!
Great! Thank you! I'm looking forward to this update.
Just an update...we introduced a somewhat critical bug just as we were leading up to 2.0.2 launch, so it's been delayed a bit. Aiming to get it out by the end of this week.
Just installed version 2.0.2 and noticed, that this has not been fixed and e.g. a changed phone number is not saved. Is this right? Or should this have been fixed in 2.0.2, which is obliviously not.
Thanks for clearing this.
Hi gerobe. Looks like the version we released did not have this functionality; it was pushed to 2.1, according to our records, to ensure we got 2.0.2 out in a timely fashion. 2.1 is what we're shifting our focus to now so that's the next priority. Rest assured that it is still on the radar and will be fixed for the broader update. I apologize for the confusion on this and for the inconvenience on your end.
Hi, I need to use this plugin for a project at work that is due soon.
It has to function flawlessly.
Currently I am having problems mentioned here with the data not being saved when I make changes. I was wondering, does the "pro" version of this plug in have the same problems?
thanks so much,
Having same issue.. Does anyone know a workaround for this bug ?
Not being able to change the entered data is quite a big bug. Hope it will be fixed soon.
The only workaround is editing the data directly in the mySQL-Database via phpmyadmin.
gerobe, I agree -- can you please tell me what table and field to look in, to make these edits if necessary? At this point in site development I am pretty committed to this plug-in, so I have to figure out a work-around until the bug is fixed. Thank you!
So far, I have been just deleting the entry & re-publishing with the correct data.. which will not work for a client obviously.
Does anybody know if the same bug exists in the pay/premium version of this plug in?
Would hate to invest a lot of time developing with this, only to find out it's not functional. Would gladly pay the $50 if it works..
This is a known issue happening for organizers/venues in core (free), and will be resolved for 2.1. Apologies for the inconvenience in the interim.
To address jesse's question: this isn't a problem in PRO, since it uses saved venues/organizers. If you need to change the details of something like a venue address or organizer phone number, you can change that by just modifying the saved venue/organizer entry on the site's backend.
We'll get this resolved for you non-PRO users as soon as possible. As it stands this is our top 2.1 bug so hopefully a fix will be ready very shortly here.
Thanks for the info and your hard work on this plug-in Rob.
My clients and I are looking forward to the fix as well. It's a pretty unpleasant bug. Thanks!
Any update on when we can see a fix for this please?
Hey guys. This is confirmed as fixed in the 2.0.3 code base, which we're just nailing down a few issues on. (I've tested it myself and changes to venue/organizer data on existing entries are confirmed as now functional & saving as they should). No guarantees on the release date, but we're on track for and aiming to have it live early next week.
If anyone is in a real pinch and needs the code before then, feel free to send me an email (rob at tri.be) and I can get you the code in its current form. Thanks!
Any update on this release?
So I have upgraded to 2.0.3 and I am able to make changes to the Event Organize and Event Location -- BUT once I update, those fields are blank on the edit event post page. The changes are visible on the site. However, if I go in to update again -- and don't fill out all the fields -- previously entered information is lost (the fields are emptied). Will there be an additional update soon, or do you think something went wrong with my upgrade? Thanks!
I echo 2cats experience. Location and organizer info doesn't get pulled into the update form. When you enter data and click the update button the new data gets saved to the database (and updates the live site) but that info disappears in the form next time you try to update.
I didn't experience this problem with 2.0.2 but since upgrading to 2.0.3 today, I can't save venue info.
Was hoping to launch today. Guess that's out. I'm going back to 2.0.2 to see if that resolves the issue for me, at least.
I was having the same issue
I have been meaning to upgrade to Pro, so I went ahead and did that
Problem with saving/filling Venues and Organizers fields went away
We're working on a fix for this now, guys. Sorry to hear that you encountered issues again - in all our pre-launch testing this was working fine and it still does in our testing environment, so somehow the fix isn't impacting all users. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working on a resolution now.
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Drones to keep an eye on South Padre Island for spring break
Spring breakers will have extra eyes on them in South Padre Island this year. The city is planning to monitor them by drone.
The department added two drones and will focus them on the beach, the Valley Morning Star reported.
They are equipped with high-optical lenses and can offer a clear view of the Island from above. The additions aims to help police keep safe the more than 25,000 college students who are expected throughout the month.
"It's going to give us a bird's eye view when we need it," Gary Ainsworth, the city of South Padre Island's public information officer, told the Valley Morning Star. "It's a 4K camera, so it's crystal clear."
Officials said they are exploring other ways they can use the drones.
"We can use it for beach patrol," police Chief Randy Smith told KGBT-TV. "We're looking at deploying some that have a safety feature that releases a life jacket over a subject that is in distress."
In addition to the drones and city police, South Padre Island will be patrolled by state troopers, officials from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens during spring break. Lifeguards and medical professionals will be on standby, KGBT-TV reports.


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Skip to comments.The Neglect Of Libertarians
Posted on 10/27/2006 11:13:01 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile
The vaunted ability of the Republican Party to get out the vote where it really matters is about to be tested. If the party can survive the midterm elections without heavy losses (especially if it retains control of the House) despite the current abysmal poll ratings for the Bush administration and the congressional leadership, then its strategy of attending to its loyalist base will be vindicated. If the party gets the drubbing that Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, assorted congressional scandals, and those awful poll numbers all point to, then the message for 2008 will be different: Republicans must look beyond that loyalist base and care more, as they used to, about support from uncommitted voters.
In the view of a lot of loosely attached conservatives, that would be a very good thing. The party needs a salutary shock, they say -- and, aside from that, divided government is probably a good thing in its own right. But suppose this wish is about to come true. Suppose the uncommitted voters are about to assert themselves. What will they actually be saying? What kind of policies, what kind of Republican Party, would appeal to these drifting, side-switching types? Is there any kind of ideological coherence or consistency in that neglected political zone -- or is it just a matter of "We're sick of this lot, so let's have a change."
One answer, so I read, is that an important part of the uncommitted vote has "liberal" values in the traditional English sense of that term. In the United States such people have to be called "libertarians" or "classical liberals" -- words uncommon in current political discourse, which is revealing in itself. These are citizens who favor limited government in economic affairs (unlike the Democratic base) but also in social and cultural matters (unlike the Republican base). They are instinctively pro-market, wary of big government, and no more than moderately egalitarian, which inclines them to vote Republican -- or it used to, anyway, when Republicans cared about curbing public spending. But at the same time, they are offended by what happens when politics meets evangelical religion. They take a generally permissive view of private morality, are not much devoted to tradition, and are broadly welcoming of technological and cultural innovation, rather than anxious about it. These views incline them to vote Democratic.
Two new books on what has gone wrong with the Republican Party in the past six years emphasize this neglect of the libertarians. In The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party, Ryan Sager, a New York Post columnist, argues that the modern party, at its most successful, was an alliance of social conservatives from the South and libertarians from the West. During the presidency of George W. Bush, social conservatives and evangelical Christians gained control; their classical liberal partners were pushed aside, and then out. To the extent that this was a deliberate strategy, it was, in Sager's view, wrong. It is better for the party to nurture a broad base rather than a narrow base, he argues, even allowing for the fact that the narrower base is more energized. Also, it just so happens, the policies favored by a libertarian Republican government would be more to his liking than the policies supported by a socially conservative one.
Andrew Sullivan, a leading commentator and blogger, and a Catholic conservative as well, makes a related argument in The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back. More concerned about the merits of the issues than with political strategy, he laments the capture of the Republican Party by religiously inspired social conservatives because it led the administration to support, in his view, bad policies -- and often, as he argues, to execute good policies incompetently. Sullivan's kind of conservatives are in favor of fiscal restraint, for instance, because they support limited government. The president's kind of Republicans disagree. And, not coincidentally, Sullivan's kind of conservatives are anti-fundamentalist, as well -- skeptics by temperament, therefore less inclined to undertake hubristic visionary enterprises, and more attentive to the humdrum details of execution.
The question is, how much of the moving middle (if it is a "middle") does this libertarian tendency really occupy? Are there as many libertarians as muddle-headed vacillators? Do they outnumber switchers who vote for personalities, not policies? A new study by David Boaz and David Kirby for the Cato Institute (a think tank dedicated to the classical liberal cause) says that the libertarian vote is big enough to be worth capturing. Indeed, the authors say, it is capable of swinging elections.
Boaz and Kirby use three questions to screen data from recent Gallup polls, and classify respondents according to basic ideology.
Boaz and Kirby deem respondents who said "government is trying to do too many things," "government should not favor any particular set of values," and "federal government has too much power" as libertarian. The percentages were 9 percent in 2002, 11 percent in 2003, 9 percent in 2004, and 13 percent in 2005. The authors next point out that the libertarian vote shifted a lot between 2000 and 2004: Libertarians voted 72 percent to 20 percent for Bush over Al Gore, but only 59 percent to 38 percent for Bush over John Kerry. Congressional voting showed a similar pattern, they say. In other words, libertarians are (a) ideologically consistent, and (b) swing voters. "At some 13 percent of the electorate, [the libertarian vote] is sizable enough to swing elections. Pollsters, political strategists, candidates, and the media should take note of it."
My own answers to the three questions put me in the libertarian camp, by the way, so I would love Boaz and Kirby to be correct. But you have to wonder. The polling analysis that so pleases them leaves me feeling a bit lonely. Can it be right that barely 10 percent of respondents give what I would have regarded as characteristically American answers to the three questions? (I say that as a Brit. I also find myself wondering whether there are more libertarians in Britain -- or in France, for heaven's sake -- than America's paltry one in 10.)
And how much effort are these voters worth? Although it is true that the libertarian vote is up for grabs, in other ways it is a tactically unappealing target, because it will always be up for grabs. With a social conservative, or an anti-market statist, you know where you are. It is worth investing in those kinds of voters -- not in changing their minds, of course, because you cannot do that, but in persuading them that you have moved to their side. But you will never turn a libertarian into a loyalist of any party.
That is not all. Because they are skeptical not just about government but also about politics and the people who devote their lives to it, libertarians may be disinclined to get out and vote. The commentators who have recently been arguing for divided government, saying that it is better to have a weak, do-little government than a government, whether Left or Right, with the ambition and the capacity to do lots of big things, certainly have a point. But unfortunately that temperament is close to the one that wearily says, "I cannot be bothered and want nothing to do with this process." Disenchanted and few in number: Why spend limited resources on reaching them? Libertarians are disenfranchised for a reason.
The American idea -- expressed in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution -- is quintessentially a classical liberal idea. It is all there: Limited government; checks and balances; civil liberty and economic liberty. Libertarians won those arguments, but they have been on the losing side for about the last 70 years.
Today's main political battle is between those who want to run the economy from Washington and those who want to dictate the country's morals from Washington. (George Bush's Republican Party apparently wants to do both.) And we libertarians should not delude ourselves: If this is true, it is not because politics is letting people down but because most Americans feel comfortable in one or the other of those camps. As long as only one in 10 people reject both of those ideas, the choices facing the electorate will continue to be about as inspiring as the choice that presents itself on November 7.
Ping for later.
The author is about half libertarian in my opinion.
I have libertarian tendencies, but fortunately, my conservatism keeps them in check.
I would like to edit my fourth post. This guy is an idiot.
Having excitedly looked into the libertarians in 1974, I still think a workable definition is, that they are liberals that realized they were conservative but can't bring themselves to say it (or join those holy rollers), so they find the middle ground, called libertarian, which means "to the right of the left".
"I would like to edit my fourth post. This guy is an idiot."
Elaborate, please. I might agree--but I don't know where you find him so off-putting.
For the life of me, I don't know why the libertarians don't just rally behind some of their party powerhouses...preferably one that's alive.
I can't get past the first paragraph. You post it, you show me...
No borders, legalized drug zombies, see no evil, hear no evil,..zzz
What's inaccurate about that first paragraph?
The fact that you ask me that is enough. Would you like to talk about substance(reality) now?
"If this is true, it is not because politics is letting people down but because most Americans feel comfortable in one or the other of those camps. As long as only one in 10 people reject both of those ideas, the choices facing the electorate will continue to be about as inspiring as the choice that presents itself on November 7."
Darned Americans, we will never be able to get it right as long as those people are allowed to stand between us and our vision.
All 450,000+/- nationwide?
This is not libertarian.
It seemed to me a fairly accurate assessment of the negatives that are regularly arrayed against the GOP. You can't even get through a reasonable discussion of the GOP's weaknesses? You found the mere mention of the topics somehow verboten? You have got to cut back on the koolaid.
Really? Then share with us some of your wisdom.
"All 450,000+/- nationwide?"
Note small "l," for which author asserts the numbers are different. Now feel free to read the article.
"This is not libertarian."
How would you know, having read no further than the first paragraph?
And no, I'm not a Libertarian.
So what is your suggestion for the GOP's weaknesses? Demand open borders and drug legalization? I'm sure that will go over will with the voting public.
As long as the libertarian party, and it's candidates, talk about "stopping the flow of human capital" and against anything to secure this nation's land borders, I can not vote for any one of them and I certainly don't think the republican party needs to move any more in that direction.
Thanx. I'm relaxxxxxxxxxxed.
The points where libertarians diverge from other Conservatives and GOPers are sticking points that would drive the majority of non-libertarians away from the GOP, if the GOP caved on them.
Where did my 'suggestion' come into it, and wtf is wrong with you that you can't have a reasonable discussion of the article? It's simply an interesting article as to the utility of bothering with libertarian votes post-2006. It isn't even particular FOR the GOP going after those voters. I don't care how the GOP views its negatives, but they are those things going into this election, and if the GOP loses, it's going to be useful for it to consider WHY--which is why all the premortem talk--and that pre-2008 correction will be important to assessing which direction the GOP is going in the long run. I fail to see what my opinion of drug legalization or open borders have to do with it, but to put it bluntly (pun intended) if the former were initiated, the latter would be less of a problem, and were I setting the policy personally, I would mine the entire Mexican-American border 500 yards deep and make any wannabe immigrants take planes here. But drug legalization isn't the first priority I'd have were I running the show--it'd be securing the borders.
"As long as the libertarian party, and it's candidates, talk about "stopping the flow of human capital" and against anything to secure this nation's land borders, I can not vote for any one of them and I certainly don't think the republican party needs to move any more in that direction."
Some of us agree with you there, and think there needs to be a party that is both pro-liberty AND pro-border control. Ron Paul seems to actually be for controlling the borders first, as does Neal Boortz. Both are libertarians (perhaps Paul even considers himself Libertarian--I am not one myself, and never have been). But the GOP does need to move in the direction of the LP insofar as its view of limited government, and instead, it's moved during the Bush administration to outright acceptance of the Dept of Education and other unConstitutional federal actors.
I considered myself libertarian. You encouraged me to change my mind.
I don't see your point, once again.
The most glaringly incorrect assumption of this article lies in the definition of what a libertarian is. The three questions that define whether or not one is a libertarian are WAY too general, and I can see where members of either the Republican or Rat party could answer as if they were this author's definition of a libertarian. Try to define a libertarian, then try to catch a will-o' wisp. I think a few more than three questions is needed here.
I am through trading posts with you, and the only reason I responded above was to ensure that your statement was not without a reasonable, cogent reply, after my prior post was removed (erroneously, I am sure). Good day to you!
Sounds to me like this guy is trying to say "libertarian = liberal", or so it seems. I don't know why, but libertarians seem to me at least, to be, well, kooks. On the news up here in Anchorage, they showed highlights from a local political debate, and the Libertarian rep was dressed up like Che Guevara or something; in camo. He looked like he was gonna pump the 'afro' fist in the air and start chanting 'Down with the man!' or something similar. Apparently, he even said that voting for him or the Green party candidate was a waste and folks would be better off voting for the Democrat senator on the ballot. That sure doesn't sound too "libertarian", but it sure does sound pretty "liberal".
Libertarians just come off as socialist anarchist "legalize everything" types, the sort of folk who'd be running around with a bandana over the face as they do the "WTO Protest" dance for the TV cameras. Sorry, I'm sure most of that is totally wrong, but perception works that way, it isn't bound by truth.
"The most glaringly incorrect assumption of this article lies in the definition of what a libertarian is. The three questions that define whether or not one is a libertarian are WAY too general, and I can see where members of either the Republican or Rat party could answer as if they were this author's definition of a libertarian. Try to define a libertarian, then try to catch a will-o' wisp. I think a few more than three questions is needed here."
Certainly, but there is a degree of clarity necessary for pollsters that must also be somewhat abbreviated, since time is money for these folks. Do you disagree with these questions as a quick way to assess LIKELY libertarians, at least, taken as a whole? It's certainly better than any self-identification, especially with 'conservatives' like Harry Reid out there, and 'libertarians' like Bill Maher.
"Libertarians just come off as socialist anarchist "legalize everything" types, the sort of folk who'd be running around with a bandana over the face as they do the "WTO Protest" dance for the TV cameras. Sorry, I'm sure most of that is totally wrong, but perception works that way, it isn't bound by truth."
I don't think it's difficult to see the LP that way given the folks running that circus, but there are plenty of small 'l' libertarians that are quite respectable. The Cato Institute is a fine example, though I disagree with some of their policy views. Neal Boortz and Ron Paul are also generally pretty fair Constitutionalists, though some will disagree with the latter's views on the WoT (including me).
If Republicans lose power in Washington this election it will be a repudiation of the theocratic right by traditional conservatives.
The theocratic right believes that salvation can be dispensed from Washington D.C. by (heh heh) pious politicians. To me this fact alone shows a serious disconnect from reality on their part and a rejection of the very dogma of Christianity itself.
"The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. And ever since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting sect who would tolerate A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest billingsgate, the most ungentlemanly insolence, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured, countenanced, propagated, and applauded. But touch a solemn truth in collision with a dogma of a sect, though capable of the clearest proof, and you will find you have disturbed a nest, and the hornets will swarm about your eyes and hand, and fly into your face and eyes."
John Adams - letter to John Taylor
Beware of the self rightous hornets who post here.
This would be a great strategy if it did not drive off the 25% to 35% of the voters who are social conservatives. Legal marijuana, celebrating homosexuality, and abortion on demand are non-starters there.
Another problem with this analysis is that the notion that homosexual marriage and abortion represents government that does not take sides in values is nonsense.
Maybe there just isn't a coalition to be had. Libertarians will be deeply unhappy with either coalition, although society won't fall apart as quickly if they side with Republicans. It's gone if they side with dems.
Great choice for a libertarian...between a socialist democracy with democrats or a fascist theocracy with Republicans.
Another false statement in the article. Social conservatives are mostly interested in getting the federal government out of morality issues (there are some exceptions to that) and returning it to where it belongs--the states. Roe and Lawrence v. Texas and the silly establishment clause cases represent the federal government taking sides on morality issues. States are no longer allowed to make decisions in these regards.
So it is the left and the libertarians that seek overweening federal interference in issues of morality. Roe, for example, represents the moral judgment by the federal judiciary that abortion is so good that the States should not be able to prohibit it under any circumstances. Anyone who claims they don't see that as the federal government taking sides in moral issues is lying to themselves or to someone else.
The argument to the contrary in the article is pure spin--unless you think legislation from the FEDERAL bench imposing one moral scheme on the States as opposed to another moral scheme on the states is not FEDERAL action.
Were these decisions discarded, you would see almost no political action from the social conservatives on these issues because the push on these issues would be almost entirely at the state level.
I'm not sure any strategy was laid out here. The article seemed to me simply to be exploring where the GOP should go vis-a-vis libertarians. Unfortunately, that is a large part of why the libertarian wing is 'neglected.' We don't vote GOP because of those issues (nor would any libertarian vote to 'celebrate homosexuality,' that I know of)--but we expect that on other issues (say, balancing the budget), we'll get at least lip service. We don't even get that any more. It's grown tiresome expecting limited government from a party that can't even decide if it wants us around.
"Another problem with this analysis is that the notion that homosexual marriage and abortion represents government that does not take sides in values is nonsense."
Overturning Roe and sending abortion back to the states would mean the federal government doesn't take a particular side in values, and this libertarian is for that. But homosexual marriage is the likely result of government intrusion into social policy for the end of 'doing good' by promoting stable social structures, and the federal government subsidizing it to do MORE 'good.' It will be difficult to make the case against gay marriage without further undermining the case for government involvement in marriage. I am one of the few who will say outright that it was a mistake for the government, especially the federal government, to be involved with marriage in the first place. What could be more ridiculously unConstitutional than federal government involvement in such a personal matter? History is turning into a millstone in this issue, which is really a minor one anyway EXCEPT to social conservatives--NOT libertarians, who I doubt turn out to vote on the basis of such an issue.
"Maybe there just isn't a coalition to be had. Libertarians will be deeply unhappy with either coalition, although society won't fall apart as quickly if they side with Republicans. It's gone if they side with dems."
I think it's gone in 2008 anyway. I think the GOP will probably fracture depending upon the nominee one way or the other. I don't think many social conservatives will be acceptable to the RNC types; lefty RNC types won't be palatable to the social conservatives. Libertarians will, as usual, not be part of either crowd except on the fringes, and I don't think it'll make much difference. Not that the Rats will capitalize on this, with Hillary running anti-gay and pro-war. That party will have its own mess to deal with.
My, isn't that dramatic?
But the choice you pose is false. Down the liberal path lies totalitarianism--maybe a kinder, gentler nanny kind of totalitarianism. But totalitarianism.
Down the conservative path lies a democratic state that retains some notions of limited government but in which you can't light up a joint on the street or have abortion on demand in some states or marry a man if you are a man. Remember, all of those policies you think comprise a fascist theocracy have been voted in by large majorities in most states. Last time I checked, votes happen in democracies, not fascist states.
With all due respect, the country the conservative path describes is the US for its first 150 years--we managed to be a successful Republic (not a fascist theocracy) for many years without the blessings of abortion on demand or blissfully married moustaches.
So unless you really think the first 150 years of our republic were a fascist theocracy designed by our founding fathers, your drama about a fascist theocracy is, well, drama.
"Were these decisions discarded, you would see almost no political action from the social conservatives on these issues because the push on these issues would be almost entirely at the state level."
Doubtful. I have been discussing the issue Frist just snuck in on internet sports betting, and the FDA would still have to approve the morning-after abortion pill. As long as the fed is leviathan, the social conservative wing will certainly have to deal with its power, and some will be seduced by it. More already have been sucked into social tinkering than the social conservative wing would like to admit. Certainly, that is the problem with the libertarians who have signed on with the Lawrence debacle and the Roe nightmare.
But I think we agree more than we disagree here. I'm not arguing that those who federalize rights willy-nilly are doing so legitimately. I have been one of the anti-incorporation folks here, as a states-rights supporter.
This is one of the great delusions of libertarians these days. Somehow, you'se guys think, against all evidence, that Christian Conservatives are in favor of lots of government spending and that Christian Conservatives have forced the administration to spend a bunch of money.
George Bush is in favor of excessive federal spending. Enough R senators are in favor of it. But those senators are, by and large, the RINO's, not the Christian Conservatives. When those Senators and Congressmen team with the dems, there's a clear majority for a whoppee good time spending money and no president to mind the store.
I know a whole lot of Christian Conservatives and, to a man, they are annoyed by what has happened in Washington spending-wise. Their annoyance in that regard will be the main reason we lose this year, if we lose.
Blaming excessive spending on the Christian Conservatives is, frankly, intellectually lazy and deeply damaging to what remains of the Reagan coalition. That idea is being promoted by the Old Media and RINO's because they want to marginalize Christians for reasons having nothing to do with spending.
None of the conservatives, Christian or otherwise are getting any lip-service on spending. It annoys me plenty. But it annoys me even more to see members of the conservative coalition swallowing the anti-christian nonsense being promulgated by Old Media folks for the purpose of breaking up the coalition. Think, man!
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State Rep. Kim King joined the chorus of dissatisfied Kentucky House Republicans who aren't happy that many of the issues they fought for in the 2011 session were not heard.
Four pieces of legislation were proposed in January, but none had made it to the House floor for consideration.
"The clock is winding down on the 2011 session of the General Assembly," King said in a news release.
The Lanes Mill Road bridge near the Franklin County line reopened Tuesday afternoon.
Anderson County highway foreman Billy Catlett made the announcement during Tuesday morning's meeting of the Anderson County Fiscal Court.
The bridge was closed for several months after it was declared dangerous by former highway foreman Chip Chambers.
Replacing the bridge cost the county $49,000, but that money was recovered through the state's emergency road aid fund, to which the county contributes.
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On Friday, March 11, the department is co-sponsoring a storm spotter class with the Louisville office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service.
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The Lawrenceburg woman charged with trying to kill her grandmother by torching her house was sentenced last week in Circuit Court to 25 years in prison.
Cheryl Brogan, 43, was sentenced to 20 years on an amended charge of second-degree arson and five years for first-degree wanton endangerment. She was originally charged with first-degree arson and attempted murder.
Brogan, who was her bed-ridden grandmother's primary caregiver, set ablaze her grandmother's home at 309 Center St. last March before fleeing for Arkansas.
The commonwealth's attorney's office is pondering its next move after a grand jury refused to indict the man accused of stomping his girlfriend's puppy and setting it on fire.
Paul "Doobie" Dearinger of Lawrenceburg walked away scot-free late last year after being charged with felony torture.
He was originally charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals, but that charge was upgraded to a felony by the Anderson County Attorney Bobbi Jo Lewis' office last November.
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Instead, a Lawrenceburg man is without his 2008 GMC pickup truck after it was swept over the dam near Four Roses and sank in the swollen Salt River on Monday afternoon. (Scroll to bottom of page for video.)
Anderson County is under a flash flood watch beginning Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Bart Powell, the local director of Public Safety, issued the following weather-related information on Wednesday afternoon:
The National Weather Service is forecasting very heavy rain starting Thursday morning and continuing for approximately 24 hours. The forecast predicts 3 to 5 inches of rain in the Anderson County area.
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|Dec 17, 1971
|Priority date
|Dec 17, 1971
|Publication number
|R Iversen
|Original Assignee
|Viking Industries
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (15), Classifications (20), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
United States Patent 1 Iversen [111 3,764,957 Oct. 9, 1973 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Ralph T. Iversen, Granada Hills, Calif.
[22] Filed: Dec. 17, 1971 [21] Appl. No.: 209,323
[75] Inventor:
[52] US. Cl. 339/92 R, 85/36, 339/184 M, 339/217 S [51] Int. Cl. HOlr 13/54, H0lr 13/64 [58] Field of Search 339/92 M, 176 R, 339/176' M, 217 S, 184, 186; 85/36 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS I 3,617,985 11/1971 Kehl 339/92 M 2,383,211 8/1945 Plumb 85/36 2,567,884 9/1951 Heath 85/36 3,657,682 4/1972 lverson 339/103 M 2,775,917 l/l957 Ferguson 85/36 3,555,494 1/1971 Baumanis 339/217 S 3,601,751 8/1971 Pauza 339/217 S 3,633,152 l/1972 Podmore 339/217 S 2,938,190 5/1960 Krchbiel 339/176 M 2,669,702 2/1954 Klostermann 339/75 M 3,277,426 10/1966 Klostermann 339/176 R Primary Examiner-Marvin A. Champion Assistant Examiner-William F. Pate, lIl
Attorney-Samuel Lindenberg et al.
[5 7 ABSTRACT Apparatus for enabling the rapid and reliable connection and disconnection of plug type connectors and their low cost manufacture, including a nut member that indicates when a screw is fully tightened, frames that facilitate unplugging in a commonly practiced though officially unrecognized manner, and contact elements shaped for accurate location in the frames. The nut member has a thread-engaging lip initially angled to extend away from the other connector frame, so that as a screw from the other frame becomes fully tightened the lip deforms and thereby suddenly increases screw-tightening resistance that signals the repairman to stop turning the screw. The female frame of a connector set has end walls that are tapered to permit disconnection of the frames by tilting them away from one another without binding. The recesses in each frame that receive tiny contact elements, have inwardly extending flanges near the tops of the recesses, and each resilient contact element has a wide lower portion biased upwardly against the flanges and a narrower upper portion passing between and beyond the flanges.
7 Claims, ll-Drawing Figures I ll M ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to electrical connector apparatus One type of plug connector commonly usedintelephone installations and other applications includes a male frame or plug that can be inserted into a female frame or receptacle, so that contact elements of the two frames touch one another. Screw and nut type fasteners are often utilized to securely hold the frames together. One problem that often arises in field installations is over-tightening of the screws which damages the nut. This occurs largely because small screws are utilized which require only a small torque for tightening.
Another problem that often arises in field installations of connectors is binding during unplugging of the connectors. It is often assumed that the connectors will be unplugged by pulling one of them straight out from the other. However, in practice field repairmen often separate the connectors by tilting them apart, inasmuch as tilting provides greater leverage for initially loosening the connectors from one another. The ends of the connectors generally bind during such tilting, so that repairmen often have to tilt them back and forth while pulling them apart, which leads to increased effort and annoyance particularly in awkward installation areas.
' Each electrical connector of a set generally includes a row of recesses and a row of electrically conductive contact elements of spring material that lie in the recesses and have portions extending a slight distance therefrom. The contact elements must be bent to accurately follow .a predetermined curve so that when one side bears against the bottom of the recess the other side extends a small but definite distance out of the recess. However, it is difficult to bend such spring elements to close tolerances, so that close control of their shape involves substantial expense.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an electrical connector assembly is provided which is easy to assemble and disassemble in the field and which can be manufactured at low cost. The assembly includes a plug and receptacle that can be connected and then securely joined by screws extending from one connector and engaged with a nut on the other connector. A sheet metal nut member is utilized which has a thread-engaging lip extending with a directional component away from the other connector. As the screw becomes fully tightened, the lip begins to be deformed, or coned over, and begins to extend with a directional component towards the other connector. The repairman can sense a sudden increase in resistance to screw turning as such coning over begins, so that he can cease further tightening. Even if further tightening occurs and the lip is fully coned over, it thereafter merely clicks on the threads when the screw is turned so the repairman can sense that no further tightening is required.
The connectors are constructed to allow disassembly of the plug from the receptacle by tilting them apart. To permit this, the ends of the receptacle walls are tapered so that they diverge, to provide clearance that allows tilting of the plug without binding on the receptacle. However, when the plug is fully installed, there is only a small clearance between its end walls and the nearest regions of the receptacle end walls, to assure accurate location of the plug.
Each of the connectors has a row of recesses that hold resilient contact elements, the elements being formed to extend a small distance out of the recesses so they contact corresponding elements on the other connector. In order to more accurately locate the protruding contact element portions, a pair of sidewardly extending flanges is formed in the recesses. Each of the contact elements is provided with a wide lower portion that lies in the recess below the flanges and that resil-' iently bears against the flanges, and is also provided with a narrow upper portion that extends between the flanges and a small distance out of the recess. The fact that the wide lower portion of the contact element is held at a predetermined depth within the recess means that the protruding portion of the element is more accurately located in depth, and therefore largerdimensional tolerances can be utilized in forming the contact element.
The novel features of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention will be best understood from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side elevation view of connector apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention, the connectors thereof being shown separated and ready for interconnection;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a nut member of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional side view of a portion of the apparatus of FIG. 1, showing a screw and nut member engaged;
FIG. 4 illustrates a portion of theapparatus of FIG. 3, but showing the configuration .of the nut member after overtightening of the screw;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the connectorapparatus of FIG. 1, showing the faces of both connectors thereof;
FIG. 6 is a sectional side view of the connector apparatus of FIG. 1, showing the manner in which the two connectors can be tilted apart;
FIG. 6a shows the particular taper of the invention which allows tilting apart of the connectors;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of a connector frame of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a side view of the apparatus of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a view of the apparatus of FIG. 8 in an assembled configuration; and
FIG. 10 is a view taken on the line 10-10 of FIG. 9.
DESCRIPTION-OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 illustrates a pair of electrical connector assemblies 10, 12, each including a frame l4, l6 and a hood 18, 20. One of the frames 14, is a male frame of plug, while the other frame 16 is a female frame or r'ecepta cle that can receive plug 14. When the plug 14 is inserted into the receptacle 16, rows of contact elements 22, on the two frames engage one another to establish electrical contact between a group of wires 24 leading to the connector assembly 10 with another group of wires 26 leading to the other assembly 12.
After the two assemblies 10, 12 have been connected by inserting the plug into the receptacle, they are generally fastened together by the use of machine screws 28, that threadably engage nut members 30. It often requires many turns of the screw 28 before it becomes fully tightened on the nut 30. In prior art installations, field repairmen often could not determine when to stop tightening of the screws. Such over tightening could damage the typical sheet metal nut so that it would not hold the screw. In accordance with the present invention, the nut member 30 is formed so that it readily indicates to the repairman when full tightening has been achieved, and so that it functions to hold the screw even after over tightening.
As shown in FIG. 3, the nut member 30 that is installed on the connector assembly 12, has a pair of tread-engaging lip portions 32, 34 that extend with directional components away from the other connector assembly'l0. When the screw 28 is being tightened, the lip portions 32, 34 threadably engage the screw to advance it. As the screw 28 becomes fully tightened, so that its head 35 firmly engages a ledge 37 and cannot advance any further towards the nut member, it begins to pull out the lip portion 32, 34. If such turning of the screw 28 continues for a few turns, then the lip portions 32, 34 will be coned over, or in other words, bent in a reverse direction until they have the configuration shown at 32a, 34a in FIG. 4 wherein they extend with directional components towards the other connector assembly. However, as such coning over begins, the resistance to further turning of the screw 28 sharply rises. This signals the repairman that he has fully tightened the screw and should stop any further tightening. Accordingly, the repairman normally will not over tighten the screw so as to cone over the lips of the nut member.
The nut member can be formed from sheet metal, and has a sheet-like base portion 36 and two curved arms 38, 40 extending from the base portion. The base portion has a slot 42 of substantially constant width except at the center which forms the two lips 32, 34. The regions on opposite sides of the slot 42 are bent out of the plane of the rest of the sheet-like base portion, to allow the lip portions to extend at the required incline. Slits 44 are formed at opposite ends of the slot 42 to facilitate such bending of the regions on opposite sides of the slot. The two arms 38, 40 extend from opposite sides of the base, converging to locations aligned with the hole formed between the lip portions 32, 34 and then diverging. As shown in FIG. 3, the arms 38, 40 can engage the threaded shank portion of the screw to keep it oriented so that it threadably engages the lips 32, 34. The arms 38, 40 have free end portions 43, 45 that are received in slots 46, 48 of the frame 16 to retain the nut member 30 in a recess of the frame.
The nut member 30 is readily installed in the frame 16 by inserting it through an opening 50 therein until the free ends 43, 45 of the arms snap into the slots 46, 48. The base portion 36 of the nut member is held by an inner ledge formed by a wall 52 of the frame. The nut member 30 is useful during many tightenings and loosenings of the screw. If a repairman should accidently over tighten the screw and thereby cone over the lips to the positions of FIG. 4, the lips will still threadably engage the screw to prevent its free withdrawal. As the repairman continues to rotate the screw 28, the lips 32a, 34a will repeatedly rise and fall on the threads of the screw, creating clicking sounds that the repairman can sense. Thus, even if the nut is over tightened, it can still function, and can still inform the repairman when the screw is fully tightened so that he does not have to continue turning it.
It is often assumed that the plug 14 is removed from the receptacle 16 by pulling the plug straight out without tilting it. However, in practice the plugs are often tilted in the manner shown in FIG. 6 relative to the receptacle during removal. Repairmen often utilize this method because they can obtain greater leverage in loosening the plug from the receptacle by tilting it. However, the length of the plug-receiving region in the receptacle is often made only slightly greater than the length of the plug, in order to accurately locate the contact elements. As a result, repairmen using prior art connectors often had to tilt the plug or receptacle first one way then the other, since the connectors would bind on one another after a more than a few degrees of relative tilting.
In accordance with the present invention, the receptacle 16 is formed so that the length of the recess or receiving portion 60 gradually decreases with depth, from a minimum length only slightly greater than the length L of the plug at the innermost part of the region 60, and increasing to a substantially greater length. This is accomplished by tapering the end walls 62, 64 of the receptacle so that its inner surfaces diverge from one another at an angle A of more than several degrees. For a connector assembly where the length L of the plug is a plurality of times greater than the depth D, which is the typical situation, an angle A of divergence of the end walls of more than about 15 can allow complete disassembly by a single tilting without binding at the end walls. Of course the angle that is required depends upon the tolerances and the length-to-depth ratio of the plug. However, a draft greater than the draft of less than a few degrees, that is, less than about three degrees, that may be utilized in injection molding merely to permit ejection from the mold, is generally required.
When the connectors are separated in the manner shown in FIG. 6, the receptacle 16 can pivot about the point 66 while the opposite end wall 62 moves completely away from the plug 14, without binding. The fact that both ends of the receptacle are tapered means that pivoting can occur at the deepest position 66 rather than at a location such as a point 68 near the outer face of the receptacle. This means that the end wall 64 is not shifted outwardly so as to abut a shroud 70 that is typically provided to surround the plug 14. It would be possible to taper the ends of the plug 14 instead of the walls of the recess, but this could result in a requirement for greater tapering to prevent binding of the receptacle 16 with the shroud 70 on the plug.
FIGS. 7-10 illustrate the manner in which the contact elements 22 are received and held in one of the frames such as the plug frame 14. The frame 14 has numerous recesses arranged in two rows on either side of the frame, each recess holding one contact element 22. The contact elements 22 are formed with troughshaped rearward portions 82 for receiving and connecting to the bared ends of wires, and have loop-shaped forward portions 84 which are designed to contact similar elements of the other connector frame. The loopshaped forward portion may be considered as having an inner arm 86 that lies near the bottom wall 88 of a recess, and an outer arm'90 that protrudes past the walls of the recess.
The two arms 86, 90 of the contact element 22, amy be considered to be joined together at a forward location 92 where the loop has its sharpest curve. The contact element 22 is constructed of a conductive material which is highly resilient, so that the outer arm 90 can deflect inwardly as it encounters another contact element on the other frame, to firmly press against it. When the outer arm 90 is deflected inwardly, the element is bent primarily at the sharpest curved region 92. In prior art connector assemblies, relatively close tolerances had to be maintained over the form of the loop portion 84 and itsorientation with respect to the rearward portion 82 to assure that the inner arm 86 was initially bearing against the bottom wall 88 of the recess and so that the outer arm 90 extended a small but definite distance above the side face 94 of the frame. The accurate bending of such spring elements is difficult to achieve, and therefore considerable effort and expense was required in the forming of the contact elements.
In accordance with the present invention, the recesses 80 are formed with side walls 96 that have flanges 98 that extend towards one another to form a constriction near the outer end of the recess. Furthermore, the loop portion 84 of each contact element 22 is formed so that the inner arm 86 lies beneath the flanges 98 and is biased against them, while the outer arm 90 extends in a curve between and out past the flanges 98 and the side 94 of the frame. This is accomplished by forming the lower arm 86 with a width W (FIG. slightly smaller than the distance between the side walls 96 of the recess but greater than the width C of the constriction. The outer arm 90, however,'has a width which is less than the width C of the constriction, so that the arm 90 can pass between the flanges 98. The loop portion 84 of the contact element is formed so that the inner arm 86must be bent in order to fit between the bottom wall 88 of the recess and the flanges 98. This assures that the steps 100' formed at the intersection of the inner and outer arms bear against the bottom of the flanges 98. The outer arm 90 is formed with sufficient curvature so that part of it lies above the side face 94 of the frame. The fact that the steps 100 fix the location of the center of the loop portion, means'that the contact elements can be formed with smaller dimensional tolerances, and still there is assurance that the outer arm 90 will protrude a small but definite distance past the side face 94 of the frame.
The loop portion 84 of the contact element is constructed of a strip of resilient conductive material which is initially of uniform width. However, notches are formed at the steps or ledges 100, and portions 102 at the sides of the strip are bent over to reduce the width of the outer arm 90 so that it can passthrough the constriction betweenthe flanges of the recesses. Each contact element 22 can be installed in a recess 80 by moving the element forwardly through the recess beneath a retainer wall 104 that bridges the recesses. The element is moved forward until the front end of the element abuts the front wall 106 of the recess. In order to prevent retraction of the contact element, it is provided with a tab 108, as shown in FIG. 9, which normally lies above the bottom of the retainer wall 104. As the element is slid forward during installation, the tab 108 deflects downwardly under a ledge 110 on the retainer and the tab then springs up to lie in line with the ledge 110. The contact element 22 thereafter cannot be moved rearwardly out of the recess because the tab 108 will abut the ledge to prevent this.
Thus, the present invention provides connector apparatus that can be reliably installed, easily disconnected, and manufactured at low cost. Reliable fastening is facilitated by the use of a nut member with reversedeformable lips that initially extend away from the opposite connector but which can be bent to reverse their direction or inclination. The deformable lips provide a sudden increase in tightening torque that signals the repairman to stop tightening the screw, and even when the lips have been deformed because of over tightening, they provide clicks after full tightening that signal the repairman that the screw has been fully tightened. Disconnection of the connector assembly in a tilting manner is facilitated by angling at least one end wall of the connector, and preferably by angling both endwalls of the receptacle. This allows accurate location of the plug in the receptacle when it is fully installed, and yet allows disconnection by tilting one end of the plug away from the receptacle. Manufacture of the connectors is facilitated by utilizing flanges in the elementreceiving recesses of each connector frame,- and by utilizing contact elements with inner arms too wide to pass by the flanges and outer arms that pass between the flanges and a small distance past the sidewalls on the frame.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated herein, it'is recognized that modifications and variations may readily occur to those skilled in the art and, consequently, it is intended that the claims be interpreted'to cover such modifications and equivalents. What is claimed is:
1. Electrical connector apparatus comprising:
a pair of connector assemblies, each having electrical contact elements that engage contact elements of the other when the two assemblies are connected, and each having screw-engaging means for enabling fastening by a screw to the other assembly;
at least one of said screw-engaging means which is on a first of said assemblies including a nut member having a thread-engaging lip portion extending with a directional component away from the other assembly and being deformable,-by rotation of said screw when it cannot advance any further into said nut member, to a reverse orientation extending with a directional component toward the other assembly;
said nut member including a sheet-like base portion with a slot therein and with slits extending perpendicular to said slot and intersecting opposite ends of said slot, said slot being widened at a center portion thereof so it can closely surround a cylindrical screw shank,
the portion of said base on at least one side of said slot being bent out of the plane of the rest of the sheet portions to extend with a directional component away from said second connector to form said thread-engaging lip portion;
said first connector assembly having a wall with a screw-passing hole therein and said base portion of the nut member resting against the wall but with the lip portion being unsupported by the edge of the hole, the hole being large enough so that a length of the lip portion at least twice the thickness of the lip portion extends into the hole to permit reverse lip deformation into the hole, whereby to permit permanent lip deformation so that a workman can notice a sudden decrease in resistance to tightening of the screw.
2. An electrical connector comprising:
a male frame having an elongated plug portion with a plurality of contact elements thereon; and
a female frame having an elongated receiving portion with a recess only slightly longer than said plug portion for closely receiving said plug portion, said female frame having a plurality of contact elements along said recess for contacting said elements of said plug portion when it is received in said recess;
said plug portion and said recess of said receiving portion being constructed so that at least one of them is tapered to have a progressively greater length at progressively greater distances from the portion that first engages the other frame when the frames are mated, said tapering being sufficient to allow one end of said plug portion to completely withdraw from said recess while the other end of said plug portion remains at substantially the deepest position to which it can be received in said recess.
3. The electrical connector described in claim 2 wherein:
said receiving portion has end walls whose inner surfaces each have a draft or more than 4. The electrical connector described in claim 2 wherein:
said plug portion is substantially a block with a length at least a plurality of times greater than its depth, and having a substantially constant length between its ends, and
said receiving portion has end walls defining said recess, that diverge from each other at an included angle of at least 15.
5. An electrical connector comprising:
a frame with a plurality of recesses that have opposite side walls and flanges extending from the side walls to leave a constriction of a predetermined width; and
plurality of resilient and electrically conductive contact elements, each element having a region formed into a loop, an inner portion of said region being wider than said constriction and lying deeper within said recess than said constriction, and said inner portion having an end where it merges with an end of an outer portion of said region which is narrower than said constriction, at least part of said outer portion lying within said constriction, said end of said inner portion being biased against said flange and said end of the outer portion lying in the constriction whereby to more accurately locate said outer portion in depth.
6. An electrical connector comprising: a frame with a plurality of recesses that have opposite side walls and flanges extending from the side walls towards each other to leave an opening of a predetermined width between them; and
a plurality of resilient, electrically conductive contact elements, each having first and second arms joined at one end to form a loop, said first arm being wider than said predetermined opening between said flanges and lying deeper within said recess than said flanges and biased against said flanges at a location beyond the beginning of the loop, and said second arm being narrower than said predetermined opening between said flanges and protruding from it, whereby said second arm is more accurately located in depth.
7. The electrical connector described in claim 6 wherein:
said first arm is resiliently deformed between a bottom wall of the recess and the flange, and the depth of the flanges is less than the depth of the recess between the bottom surfaces of the flanges and said bottom wall.
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|U.S. Classification
|439/362, 414/935, 439/676, 411/525, 439/746, 439/677, 439/923, 411/436, 411/918
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Nov 12, 1992
Owner name: CIT GROUP/CREDIT FINANCE, INC., THE, CALIFORNIA
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Effective date: 19921106
|Nov 12, 1992
|Assignment of assignor's interest
Owner name: CIT GROUP/CREDIT FINANCE, INC., THE 1925 CENTURY P
Owner name: CRITON TECHNOLOGIES
Effective date: 19921106
Owner name: VIK
Owner name: VIKING CONNECTORS COMPANY
Owner name: VIKING ELECTRONICS, INC.