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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Apr 3, 2001
|Filing date
|Dec 28, 1999
|Priority date
|Jan 12, 1999
|Fee status
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|Publication number
|John F. Karkos, Jr., John Micheli
|Original Assignee
|Island Oasis Frozen Cocktail Co., Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (31), Referenced by (66), Classifications (30), Legal Events (13)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation application of Ser. No. 09/228,377 filed on Jan. 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,095,677. The contents of the aforementioned application is hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to a magnetic drive to transmit rotational motion from a motive source into an enclosed space without a direct mechanical connection. More specifically, it relates to blenders, mixers, and like machines, and particularly to devices having a stirrer, impeller, blade, or other tool mounted within a removable cup or container, and rotated by means of a motor located in the stationary base of the machine.
Conventional home blenders and mixers incorporate a mechanically-driven impeller rotatably mounted within a removable blender cup. The base of the cup incorporates a generally circular connection plate with a pattern of projections and/or depressions formed on its lower face that is removably mateable, using a vertical, drop-in movement, with a corresponding pattern formed on a like plate attached to the shaft of a motor housed in a base of the machine. This mechanical coupling between the blender cup and the blender motor requires a rotary seal at the base of the cup between the impeller and connecting plate. This seal is subject to considerable wear and tear over time, as is the mechanical coupling. Because seal failure can result in liquid leaking out of the cup, the seal and bearings in the base of the cup are built to ensure sealing at the expense of friction. The friction produces wear, heat, and loss of power. Moreover, the conventional blender produces much unwanted noise, and the mechanical interlocking coupling between the plates can make it awkward or difficult to remove the cup from, and return the cup to, the base.
Many drink mixers have the drive motor mounted in the base directly under the cup. If overall height is a concern, however, the motor may be positioned off to the side and coupled to the driving shaft by a belt or gear arrangement.
Known home and commercial blenders use conventional a.c. motors. While a.c. motors can be constructed and controlled to provide speed variation, as well as the requisite output torque, a typical such motor is generally bulky, heavy, and not well-suited to electronic speed control, let alone electronic braking.
While d.c. brushless motors are also known per se, they have not been used for blenders or blender/shavers. These motors use a comparatively heavy rotor formed of a sector-like array of permanent magnets. Blending of a mass of shaved or cubed ice and liquid, particularly on start up or during a "freeze up" of a frozen drink, requires a comparatively high-torque. D.C. brushless motors are characterized by a low output torque as compared to conventional a.c. motors. They therefore have found use as a motive power source mainly in applications such as fans where a low output torque is acceptable.
A commercially viable blender/ shaver for the production of frozen drinks must satisfy a variety of special and important design criteria. It should be compact, both in its footprint and overall height, so as to utilize limited space at a bar efficiently. It ideally has a comparatively low weight. The straight-forward approach of placing a conventional electric motor directly under the blender cup increases the overall height of the machine, and therefore is not typically used. There must also be speed control, typically provided through gearing and electronics, to accommodate different power and speed requirements in different phases of operation. Rapid controlled braking is also important to limit the overall time required to blend, to avoid splashing of the blended material after blending is complete, and for safety. Control of vibration, prevention of overheating, minimization of wear, ease of maintenance, and durability are also important.
It has also known that an impeller within a blender cup may be driven magnetically or electromagnetically rather than mechanically. One type of magnetic drive couples a rotating permanent magnet outside a blender cup or the like, to another permanent magnet rotatably mounted in the blender cup. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,459,224 to Hendricks; U.S. Pat. No. 2,655,011 to Ihle et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,478,149 to Quigg are exemplary of this approach. Hendricks discloses a magnetically operated stirrer for mixing liquids, in which the stirrer has a magnet mounted at its lower end and within the container for the liquid. Quigg discloses a motor that drives a set of magnets, via gear box and shaft, to couple to another set of magnets mounted on an agitator.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,140,079 to Baermann uses a large rotating plate to carry a series of circumferentially spaced magnets that pass under one portion of a much smaller, rotatable conductive disc.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,242,493 to Stringham and U.S. Pat. No. 1,420,773 to Stainbrook disclose electrical drink mixers in which a stator of an a.c. motor surrounds and interacts with a rotor in a blender cup, or in its base. In Stringham, a squirrel cage rotor lies in the plane of the stator windings. In Stainbrook an a.c. rotor is mounted in the base of the blender cup and stator coils are located below the cup. Such split a.c. motor arrangements are limited by the torque, speed control, eddy current loss, and emf interference problems of a.c. motors, as accentuated by the physical separation of the stator windings and the rotor. They do not provide good speed control. They do not utilize a d.c. magnetic field coupling. And the inclusion of the rotor of the motor within the container or cup adds unwanted weight to the cup assembly and makes the cup difficult to handle due to gyroscopic effects if it is picked up while the rotor is still spinning.
If the rotor of a brushless d.c. motor were to be located in the base of a blender cup, the cup would not only become heavy and exhibit a severe gyroscopic effect, but it would also "stick" to metal sinks and countertops, and would attract loose metallic implements such as silverware, barware, or coins.
It is therefore a principal object of this invention to provide a drive system that provides reliable, speed-controlled rotary power transmission to a rotatable driven element that is sealed from the source of motive power.
Another aspect is to provide a drive that is automatically clutched to disconnect the drive when the load exceeds a preset value or the driven member is moved from its operating position.
A further object is to provide a magnetic drive offering these advantages, in which the driver element is located in a removable blender cup and the blender cup is easy to insert and remove from the blender and is easy to handle when removed from the blender, e.g., it exhibits no significant gyroscopic effect or magnetic attraction.
Yet another object is to provide a low wear, low maintenance, non-mechanical coupling between motor and drive element, and in particular, one which avoids the high maintenance costs associated with present belt drives and mechanical clutches and brakes.
A still further object is to provide a magnetic drive for a blender or the like with the foregoing advantages which is compact, low in weight, and very easy to use and clean.
Another object is to provide a drive whose operating characteristics can be programmed and which can be braked rapidly and reliably.
In its preferred application as a drive for a blender or other food processing apparatus, the present invention employs an electric motor to rotate a ring magnet, preferably an assembly of two ring magnets with axial poles, that is closely spaced from a disc-shaped drive plate formed of a conductive, magnetizable material. The magnet assembly and drive plate each have matching, circumferentially-arrayed poles. The magnet assembly preferably has a set of an even number of generally pie-shaped, permanent magnet poles or segments of alternating polarity. The drive plate is preferably a thin sheet of a ferrous material such as cold-rolled steel with open-ended radial slots that define the poles and control eddy currents. The magnet assembly produces a sufficiently strong field (flux lines) that despite the spacing, which typically includes high reluctance air gaps, nevertheless induces oppositely polarizing magnetization of the disc poles. This induced magnetization couples the magnet assembly to the plate in order to drive it. In a blender, the drive plate is rotatably mounted in the base of the blender cup and supports a shaft that in turn mounts an impeller. The magnet assembly and the motor are separately housed.
The electric motor is preferably a brushless d.c. motor with stator windings that produce a rotating electromagnetic field that interacts with, and produce a torque on, a rotor that includes a magnet assembly like the one magnetically coupled to the disc. The rotor magnet ring is preferably secured to the drive magnet ring by bonding these magnet rings to opposite faces of a circular cold rolled steel disc. The rotor, drive magnet ring and drive plate are co-axially aligned when the plate and its associated apparatus such, as a blending cup, are in an operating position. The motor and drive housing preferably has a flat upper wall that extends continuously through the magnet-to-plate gap, as does a flat bottom wall on the blender cup. For a magnet assembly with a field strength on its surface of 1400 gauss, the close spacing for a blender application is preferably about 0.25 inch. Use of a comparatively flat d.c. brushless motor mounted under the driven member gives the motor part of the drive a compact configuration, preferably with a height-to-width ratio of as little as about 1:3.
Viewed broadly as a method, the invention includes the steps of rotating a rotor magnet with multiple circumferentially-spaced, poles by interacting the poles with a rotating electromagnetic field. The rotor is in turn coupled to a second drive magnet with a like number of circumferential poles mechanically coupled to rotate in unison with the rotor. The method further includes the steps of directing the magnetic field of the drive magnet axially away from the rotor to induce oppositely polarized magnetic poles in a conductive drive plate that is rotatably mounted, and closely-spacing the drive magnet from the plate so that the induced poles in the plate follow the poles in the rotating magnet assembly despite the spacing and despite a load that resists rotation. The directing of the magnetic field includes bonding the magnets in a sandwich fashion to opposite faces of a thin steel disc and polarizing the ring magnets axially.
These and other features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description that should be read in light of the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a blender/shaver machine constructed according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view in vertical section along the lines 2—2 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the blender cup shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
FIG. 4 is a detailed view in vertical section of the magnetic drive of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 used to power an impeller mounted in the base of a blender cup;
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the base of the blender/shaver shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 showing the mounting of the motor assembly for the magnetic drive according to the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is a view in perspective of the double magnet assembly shown in FIG. 4.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show a principal application of the present invention, namely, in a blender/shaver machine 10 adapted to the automatic manufacture of frozen drinks in bars and restaurants. A supply of ice held in a hopper 12 is fed by a rotating set of blades 14 to a blade ice/shaver 16. The shaved ice falls through a chute 18 including a lid 20 into a blender cup 22 to which liquid ingredients such as a flavor concentrate and/or spirit have been added. Rotation of an impeller (or blade set) 24 at the bottom of the cup for a preset period of time produces a high quality frozen drink—one that peaks when poured and has a generally uniform, non-marbled, non-watery consistency. While the invention will be described below principally with reference to use in the blender/shaver 20, it will be understood that the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications where it is desired to transmit power from a rotary output of a motive source (e.g., a motor) to a driven member under a load, particularly a rotating driven member held in a container that is sealed from and removable from the motive source. The invention can be used, for example, in a variety of food processing equipment such as home blenders, food mixers, food processors and juicers.
A magnetic drive 26 for the impeller 24 is the focus of the present invention. With reference to FIGS. 3-5, the drive 26 includes a generally circular drive plate 34 rotatably mounted in the base 22 a of the blender cup 22, and a brushless d.c. motor 28 including stator coils 30 and a rotor 32. The rotor in turn includes a double magnet assembly 35 preferably formed of a rotor ring magnet 36, a drive ring magnet 38 and a disc 40 of a magnetizable material, preferably cold-rolled steel, bonded between the magnets 36 and 38.
The ring magnets 36 and 38 each have multiple circumferentially-arrayed, axially-directed poles 42, eight as shown in FIG. 6. Laterally adjacent segments have the opposite polarity. While eight poles are preferred, any even number can be used. Preferably each pole 42 is developed by a generally pie-shaped permanent magnet region 44 formed in a continuous ring of a strongly magnetic material such as the ceramic magnets sold by Hitachi Corporation. The magnet regions 44 in each magnet 36 and 38 can also be separate pieces bonded or otherwise mechanically secured to one another to form a ring assembly with flat faces and a generally cylindrical outer wall. A plastic hub 43 with radially-directed support walls 43 a fills the center of the magnets 36, 38 to facilitate mounting the assemblies on a central shaft. A north pole magnet region 44 is adjacent a south pole magnet region 44. Assemblies 36 and 38 are then affixed to the disc 40, preferably with each permanent magnet region 44 in one assembly overlying a like magnet region in the other assembly, but having the opposite polarity to avoid the repulsive magnetic force between the magnets 36 and 38. A plastic overlayer 48 helps to secure the sandwich assembly. This magnet assembly configuration with axially oriented magnetic pole regions 44, and the low reluctance return path presented by the steel disc 40 for all of the magnet regions 44, directs the magnetic field (lines of flux) of the rotor magnet 36 axially (downwardly as shown) toward the stator coils 30 and the magnetic field of the drive magnet 38 axially (upwardly as shown) toward the plate 34 in the cup base 22 a. The strength and this axial directing of the field of the drive magnet 38 induce magnetic fields of opposite polarity in a corresponding poles 34 a formed in the drive plate 34 despite the presence of a spacing 46, albeit a close spacing, between the generally flat upper surface 38 a of the magnet assembly and the generally flat lower surface 34 b of the plate 34.
In the preferred form illustrated and shown for the blender/shaver 10 (used to blend up to 80 fluid ounces of a frozen drink), the permanent magnet 36 develops a magnet field strength of about 1400 gauss at its surface, and the spacing 46 is about 0.25 inch measured axially. This spacing includes, as shown in FIG. 4, not only four layers 48, 50 a, 52, 22 b of what is typically a plastic material, but also air gaps 54 and 56. Layers 48 and 52 are a thin plastic over-molding for the magnet assembly 35 and the drive plate 34, respectively. The layer 50 a is the flat upper wall portion of a base 50 of the blender/shaver 10. Layer 22 b is the flat lower wall of the cup base 22 a.
The air gap 54 is a slight clearance between the rotor over-molding 48 and the wall 50 a. The gap 56 is a slight clearance between the wall 22 b and the drive plate over-molding 52. As will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, this spacing is a significant source of reluctance in the magnet circuit between the ring drive magnet 38 and the plate 34. Permanent magnet rotors of known d.c. brushless motors, e.g., the 5 inch disc-diameter motor sold by Integrated Motion Controls, LLC of Torrington, Conn. under its Model No. 50, while roughly comparable in size, construction and field strength to the magnet 38, cannot couple to the plate 34 across the spacing 46 with sufficient strength to drive the disc operating a blender/ shaver.
With particular reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the motor 28 is mounted in the base 50 by screws 60 that pass through a steel motor cover 62 and a rear stator support 64 into threaded sockets 66 formed in a motor mount wall 50 b of the base. The rear stator support 64 has a central opening that holds a bearing assembly 68 that journals a motor shaft 70. Screws (not shown) passing through openings 54 a in the rear stator support thread into and secure a front stator support 72 to sandwich a ring 74 of back steel in the assembly adjacent the coils 30. The front stator support 72 has a periphery 72 a that is sloped and slotted to carry the stator windings 30 as in the aforementioned Model 50 motor. (The portions of the windings in the slots are not shown for clarity.) The windings are three phase, being energized by a conventional brushless d.c. motor drive circuit to produce a rotating electromagnetic field. The base and stator supports are preferably formed of a moldable, high-strength plastic, and with a wall thickness, that rigidly supports the motor 28.
The double magnet assembly 35 with the shaft 70 secured at its center slides axially into the bearing 68 (FIG. 4). The assembly 35 rotates in the bearing 68 with a clearance on all sides of the assembly 35. As noted above, the multi-pole, d.c. magnetic field produced principally by the lower (as shown) rotor magnet 36 is directed principally downwardly to interact with the rotating electromagnetic field produced by the stator coils 30 when they are energized. Rotation of this electromagnetic field interacting with the rotor magnet assembly produces a torque that rotates the rotor at a like rotational speed. The disc 40 bonded between the magnets 36 and 38 transmits this torque to the plate drive magnet 38. As a safety precaution against combustion should the coils 30 overheat, a ring-like shroud 76 has a lower flange 76 a that extends substantially across the air gap between the outer edge of the assembly 35 and the generally cylindrical inner side wall of the rear stator support 64 (with a slight clearance to avoid frictional contact with the magnet assembly 35). The shroud fills this gap sufficiently to impede an air flow that would otherwise feed oxygen to a fire.
The magnet assembly 35 in a five-inch diameter weighs approximately three pounds. With typical operating speeds varying from 4,000 to 10,000 rpm, it can exert significant forces on the mounting structures, particularly rapidly varying forces that produce vibrations. The mounting structure is made sufficiently rigid, through choice and dimensions of materials as well as the overall design, e.g., the use of wall reinforcements such as exterior ribs, to resist the forces and moments produced in normal operation, and thereby to control vibrations that would otherwise loosen, wear and the extreme, eventually destroy the motor.
Position of the rotor is sensed by three conventional Hall effect sensors mounted in a known manner in the motor housing, or the base 58. Position signals provide input to a known electronic control and drive circuit that energizes the three phase stator windings 30 to produce (i) a start-up torque, (ii) a ramp up of the rotor speed of rotation to a selected operating speed, (iii) a maintained rotation at that selected speed under load, and then (iv) a rapid and reliable braking. Operating of the motor is thus electronically controlled and programmable. Braking is electronic—with the braking currents induced in the windings 30 being dissipated in large resistors or FET's mounted on heat sinks.
With reference to FIGS. 2-4, and especially FIGS. 3 and 4, the conductive drive plate 34 is non-rotatably secured to the lower end of a shaft 78 that is journalled in a stacked pair of needle bearing assemblies 80. A surrounding brass collar 82 press fit into a central, cylindrical-walled opening 22 c in the plastic base 22 a holds the bearing assemblies 80. At the bottom of the cup, the collar 82 has an enlarged diameter counter bore that receives and secures a rotary seal 84 formed of a suitably elastomeric material such as a wear-resistant rubber. The seal has three inwardly-facing, mutually-spaced lips 84 a whose inner edges each engage, and provide a low-friction running or sliding seal around the shaft 78. The seal 84 retains liquid in the cup 22 despite the presence of a rotating shaft penetrating the bottom wall of the cup. The lower-most lip 84 a engages the shaft 78 in a circumferential groove that locates and stabilizes the seal. A deep circular groove 84 b in the lower face of the seal allows the lips to flex resiliently, yet lightly, against the shaft. Above the seal, an acorn nut 86 threaded on the upper end of the shaft 78 secures the blades 24 sandwiched between three washers 88 a, 88 b, and 88 c.
The drive plate 34 is part of a drive plate assembly that includes a set of vertical, radially-arrayed, reinforcing ribs 90 angularly centered over each pole 34 a (FIG. 3). The ribs 90 and a central boss 91 that surrounds the shaft 78 are preferably molded continuously with the bottom layer 52. The plate 34 is preferably formed of a thin sheet of a ferrous material such as cold-rolled steel, e.g., 0.058 inch thick, with a set of open-ended radial slots 92 that produce the poles 34 a. The slots 92 also control eddy currents induced in the plate by the rotating field of the drive magnet assembly 38. Because the plate 34 is thin and slotted, it can deform when it is subjected to the significant attractive magnetic force of the plate drive magnet assembly 38, e.g., typically about five pounds, and be placed in frictional contact with the cup base 22 b. The ribs 90 and the over molding generally help the plate to retain its flat configuration.
As shown, the attractive magnetic force acting on the drive plate 34 is preferably carried at a single, central pivot point formed by a hemispherical ball-bearing projecting from the bottom surface of the drive assembly and a stainless steel plate 96 mounted flush with the upper surface of the cup base wall 22 b. This arrangement resists the magnet forces pulling down on the plate 34 while at the same time facilitating a low-friction, low-wear rotation of the shaft 78.
It has been found that the coupling, or "traction", between the magnet 38 and the drive plate 34 increases not only as a function of the strength of the magnetic field acting on the poles 34 a and the closeness of the magnet-to-disc spacing, but also as a function of the thinness of the plate 34 and the width of the slots 92. In general, the thinner the plate and the wider the slots, the more traction is produced for a given magnet and spacing. The presently preferred slot width for an eight-pole, 4.425 inches diameter plate is about 0.245 inch.
The desired level of traction depends on each application. It is selected to reliably couple the drive plate to the drive magnet when (i) the impellers 24 are started under the load of the shaved ice and liquid ingredients of a frozen drink in the blender cup, (ii) during a ramp up of the operating speed to a selected operating speed, typically thousands of rpm, and then (iii) as the impeller, and the slushy mass in the cup and interacting with the impeller, is brought to a stop. However, the traction is also selected to disconnect, and thereby automatically clutch, the drive 26 when the cup 22 is removed from its operating position on the base wall 50 a under the ice chute 18, or when the load exceeds a preset maximum value. This latter situation can arise, for example, when the frozen drink "freezes up" in the cup, that is, becomes partially or totally a solid frozen mass, or when an object inadvertently falls into the blender as it is operating, e.g., a spoon, jewelry, or bottle cap. By de-coupling, the magnetic drive 26 automatically and immediately cuts off power to the impellers to avoid or minimize injury to person(s) near the blender and to the machine itself. This feature also avoids the cost of providing and maintaining a mechanical clutch.
While brushless d.c. motors are known as having comparatively low torque outputs, the present invention has been found to overcome this deficiency. However, to optimize the performance of the motor 28, the stator coils 30 are preferably wound to optimize the torque output at a preselected operating speed, e.g., near 8,000 rpm.
It is significant to note that the drive plate assembly, mainly a thin metal disc and plastic molding over it, are light and non-magnetic. There is little detectable gyroscopic effect when the cup is removed from the blender/shaver after use. There is a low rotational momentum due to the impellers and drive plate assembly. Because the cup is light-weight and nonmagnetic, it is easy to handle.
It is also quite significant that the magnetic drive 26 of the present invention allows the cup 22 to be placed in an operating position on the blender/shaver 10 with a simple, lateral sliding movement over the smooth, flat cup base 22 b over the smooth, flat base portion 50 a. There is no need to drop the cup vertically onto a mechanically interlocking drive coupling, and then vertically lift the cup off this coupling. The lateral sliding insertion and removal movements are not only more convenient, but they also reduces the vertical clearance required above the cup. This slide-in arrangement also facilitates cleaning the blender base—one need only wipe a smooth surface. Spilled liquid and slush can flow or be pushed over the surface to a drain 94 formed in the base at the rear of the wall 50 a. In the event of a safety hazard, blender overload, or any unusual situation requiring a rapid removal of the cup, it is simply and rapidly withdrawn from the machine with a sliding motion. Further, and quite importantly, if an operator is impatient and removes the cup before the motor has fully stopped, a common problem in actual use in a bar, the process of removal itself automatically disconnects the impeller drive from the motor 28 (a misalignment and/or lifting of the cup moves the poles 34 a out of a coupled relationship with the magnetic lines of force produced by the magnet assembly 38.) In conventional belt driven, mechanically-clutched blender/shavers, such a premature removal causes stress and wear on the drive train and the clutch.
A further significant advantage of this drive is that it places the motor directly under the blender, thus eliminating drive belts or chains and pulleys or sprockets, but does so while still maintaining vertical, as well as horizontal compactness, both in terms of the height of the motor itself, the vertical height of the coupling between the motor and the cup, and the vertical clearance needed to maneuver the cup onto and off the coupling.
While this invention has been described with respect to its preferred embodiment, it will be understood that various modifications and variations will occur to those skilled in the art. For example, while this invention has been described as powered by a d.c. brushless motor, it is possible to achieve some of the advantages of this invention by using an a.c. motor whose output shaft is coupled to the plate drive magnet. While a rotating magnet assembly has been described as the member coupling to the plate in the cup base, it is possible to produce a rotating electromagnetic or magnetic field using an assembly of electromagnets or other permanent magnet arrangements such as a single, one-piece permanent magnet magnetically configured, or acting in combination with ferromagnetic materials, to produce the desired array of magnetic poles. While the invention has been described with reference to a plate rotatable in the base of a blender cup, the driven element could assume a wide variety of other forms, and need not even be a liquid-holding vessel. While the magnets and plate have been described as having the same number of poles, as is well known, this is not essential to the operating of this invention. A variety of mounting and rotational support arrangements are possible for both the double magnet assembly 35 and the driven conductive plate 34. Further, while a radially slotted plate 34 has been described as forming the poles 34 a and controlling eddy currents in the plate, one skilled in the art will readily see that a variety of other known arrangements for forming poles and controlling eddy currents are possible. Still further, while the magnets have been described as bonded to a metal disc, it is not necessary to use this disc.
These and other modifications and variations which will occur to those skilled in the art having read the foregoing specification in light of the accompanying drawings are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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Volume 119, Issue 5, May 2006
Transient response of a hollow cylinder with radial and axial material inhomogeneity119(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2184287View Description Hide Description
The transient response of a hollow finite cylinder with radial and axial material inhomogeneity to a pulse of short duration is analyzed. The problem is solved in two steps. Radial inhomogeneity is treated first by dividing the cylinder into coaxial segments each with a constant modulus which is allowed to vary from segment to segment. Transfer matrices relating variables at the two radial interfaces of a segment combine to satisfy continuity of stress and displacement at these interfaces. The Galerkin method is then utilized to treat the general case with both radial and axial inhomogeneity adopting the eigenfunctions of the radially inhomogeneous cylinder as trial functions. Features of both static and transient responses resemble that for a weakening material along the axis: displacement increases and stress reduces in proportion to the reduction in modulus. Spatial attenuation of transient stress cannot be replicated when geometric dimensionality is reduced from 3-D axisymmetric to 2-D plane-strain.
Three-dimensional simulation of electron-acoustic detections119(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2185491View Description Hide Description
In electron-acoustic (EA) detection, a periodically modulated electron beam is impinging on a sample to excite thermo-acoustic signals, and a PZTtransducer bonded on the back surface of the sample is used to detect the thermo-acoustic signals. Based on the conditions of the EA detection experiment, theoretical analyses of 3-D temperature distributions in the sample, 3-D elastic fields in the sample and piezoelectric transducer, and piezoelectric output signals of the transducer are given. Generally, the vibration modes and the electrical output signals of the transducer are hard to calculate because of the complicated structures, i.e., complicated boundary conditions, thus a finite element method(FEM) is used to simulate the electron-acoustic signals. According to the corresponding FEM model, the frequency spectra of the detected EA signals can be calculated. Meanwhile, the related experimental measurements for several homogeneous samples are carried out. Comparing the theoretical simulated results with those of the experiments, it shows that both are in good agreement with each other. Finally, using this FEM model, the dependences of the electron-acoustic signals on the thermal and elastic properties of several samples are investigated.
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This paper is concerned with cluster control of acoustic potential energy in a cluster coupled structural/acoustic cavity using both active noise control(ANC) and active vibration control (AVC). First, fundamental characteristics of a cluster coupled cavity are discussed, intriguing phenomena being confirmed: the coupling is strictly selective; structural modes and acoustic modes interfere with each other if and only if they fall into the same cluster, and hence termed cluster coupling. It is found that acoustic potential energy is a resultant from each cluster contribution, and thus clustered acoustic potential energy in a cavity may be extracted via cluster filtering without causing observation spillover, and may also be controlled independently using cluster actuation without causing control spillover. Employing both cluster filtering and cluster actuation, an optimal cluster control law using both ANC and AVC for minimizing clustered acoustic potential energy is derived. Based upon the control law, cluster control may be achieved, enabling the implementation of a multi-SISO system that may significantly mitigate computation load, as opposed to a MIMO system, on a controller. Finally, a numerical simulation is conducted, demonstrating the cluster control effect for suppressing acoustic potential energy in the cluster coupled cavity.


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boom boom! what a corny jike mike lol ;-)think he's a direct replacement for smiler, similar way of playing, just hope it doesn't take him long to settle, assuming he is on his way.............;-)
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A note from Babycakes owner and author, Erin McKenna: Have you been eating twice as much chocolate now that studies have shown conclusively that this miraculous bean is actually good for you? It's certainly more appealing than gulping down a $7 wheatgrass shot with the rest of the aerobics squad at the health-food store. Here, then, is BabyCakes NYC's ode to cocoa: A tried-and-true chocolate-worshiping recipe with crunchy edges and a soft, chewy center that will put you in antioxidant overdrive. Bonus tip: If you add minced fresh mint to the dough, the cookies taste just like Girl Scout Thin Mints! So here's to putting those overachieving little nerdlettes out of business. (Oh, relax. Love, love you gals!)
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, mix together the oil, evaporated cane juice, applesauce, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla. In another medium bowl, whisk together the flour, flax meal, baking soda, and xanthan gum. Using a rubber spatula, carefully add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine until a dough is formed. Gently fold in the chocolate chips just until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Using a melon baller, scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the portions 1 inch apart. Gently press each with the heel of your hand to help them spread. Bake the cookies on the center rack for 14 minutes, rotating the sheets 180 degrees after 9 minutes. The finished cookies will be crisp on the edges and soft in the center.
Let the cookies stand on the sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack and cool completely before covering. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Reprinted from the book BABYCAKES by Erin McKenna. Copyright © 2009 by Erin McKenna. Photographs copyright © 2009 by Tara Donne. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, Inc.
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Preston had their own penalty appeal turned down earlier in the second half when it appeared Shaun Williams had used his arm to block a Stuart Beavon header.
MK Dons created the best chance of a heated first half with Alan Smith forcing a smart low save out of Stuckmann after a great through ball from Scott Allan.
The second half was an improvement, but Preston's best chance came when Dons defender Williams diverted Beavon's goalbound header onto the post with what looked like an arm after 64 minutes.
The visitors' penalty appeal came after McDonald attempted to round Stuckmann, but that too was not given and the game ended goalless.
In the day's other game, Paul Parry's goal proved enough to lift Shrewsbury out of the bottom four in League One as they saw off local rivals Walsall 1-0.
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Shrewsbury had carried no threat until they broke the deadlock totally against the run of play in the 25th minute. Walsall were unable to clear a corner and when Asa Hall's shot came back off the bar, former Wales international Parry reacted quickest to stab in the rebound.
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NEW YORK — The consolidation-driven realignment of the U.S. fragrance industry has produced more tremors with a distribution deal between Puig USA and the Coty Prestige division of Coty Inc.
As of July 1, Coty will become the distributor of Puig's five main fragrance brands in the U.S. prestige market.
The deal does not affect the Barcelona-based firm's mass business, Puig Fragrance & Personal Care USA, or any of the other markets in the rest of the world.
Under the terms, Coty will do the selling and provide back-office and logistics support, according to the companies. After the transition, Puig will maintain a marketing squad housed in Coty headquarters.
The deal will hand five well-established fashion and lifestyle brands to Coty. These include Prada, which is a venture between Puig and the Milan fashion house; Carolina Herrera, with its six fragrance lines; Paco Rabanne; Nina Ricci, and a licensing agreement with Comme des Garçons.
Puig does not break out sales, but industry sources estimate that Puig does more than $50 million at wholesale in the U.S. with those brands.
In a telephone interview from Barcelona, Marc Puig, chief executive officer of Puig Beauty & Fashion Group, said the ongoing consolidation of department stores convinced him that the way to make headway in the U.S. was to strike a strategic alliance. Both he and Bernd Beetz, ceo of Coty Inc., described the resultant arrangement as a "win-win" combination.
Puig said Coty has achieved the number-one ranking on women's fragrance bars in U.S. department stores. The addition of Puig's fragrances will strengthen Coty's standing even more and that "will allow us to leverage the position and give us more weight."
That leverage, he added, will put Puig in a stronger position "and we will be able to promote our brands." He stressed that one of the main advantages is to allow Puig to market its brands more effectively. "We have been operating in this country for many years," Puig continued, "and we wanted to make sure we had the best solution to promote our brands." In addition, the move will help Puig utilize its resources.
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The Puig ceo acknowledged that the acquisition of May Department Stores Co. by Federated Department Stores Inc. triggered a hard look into the future. However, he maintains that consolidation is a fact of life in every consumer goods market. When asked if his American prestige business is now profitable, he replied, "We've been growing in the U.S. market." Since the U.S. is dominated by department stores, Puig added, "it is an expensive market to serve."
Beetz, who was reached in the Frankfurt airport just before boarding a plane to New York, described the alliance as a good fit. "We share the same values," he said. "We are both family-based companies that are privately held. We have reached a good platform in the U.S., particularly in the prestige market. We can really advance the portfolio."
In late January, Coty announced a reorganization resulting in the formation of the Coty Prestige division, which was aimed at improving the company's fortunes in specialty stores. The move was seen as a response to the department store consolidation.
A spokesman for Coty said the acquisition of the Puig brands will add diversity to Coty's fragrance assortment. With the last reorganization, the company "laid down a new organizational structure; now we are layering in some products."
Beetz noted that the addition of Prada to Coty Prestige's Vera Wang and Marc Jacobs brands will solidify the company's position in specialty stores and "give us a good rhythm." He also pointed out that the brand will inject a bit of Italian personality into the portfolio, which also will be enriched by the other brands.
With the acquisition of Calvin Klein's Euphoria and the launch of Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely, Coty has two of its women's fragrances ranked in the top four on American fragrance bars in November and two ranked in the top three in December.
This deal will close a long chapter in Puig's U.S. history. The Spanish company has distributed prestige fragrance brands here for decades, dating back to Paco Rabanne in 1968.
The Puig ceo said he could not specify how many jobs would be eliminated, since the transition process has barely begun, even though it appears that the bulk of positions will be eliminated. Industry sources estimate that 80 jobs are at stake.
When asked, Puig indicated that Martha Brady, the current president, will not be part of the remaining marketing team. Considering her career path and high seniority, Puig said, there will be no "appropriate" place for her on that squad. She will lead in the transition, he added, noting that Jordi Puig, a vice president and family cousin, will also help in the process.


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I recently made a post about homebrew dragonbone weapons, and I'm looking to do a similar thing with dragonhide armor, because I feel like Pathfinder's version is just horrendously lame.
Here's the same Backstory and Rules of the other thread.
Put simply, I'd like such armor to be special. They won't be available for purchase to players, generally; they'll only be available to players if they actually slay a dragon (which they recently did).
Unfortunately, I find Pathfinder/3.5's rules on such things to be decidedly lackluster. Balanced, yes. Impressive, interesting, fun, or special? Not really. :\
If any of you are interested, I would really appreciate some criticism on what I've so far created (criticism without needless cruelty, heh). What I have so far is a rough draft that came to me today after reading the entry in the Draconomicon, so I would really appreciate some refinement, especially in regards to pricing.
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4) Ideally, I would like for it to be cost appropriate. This is harder and thus more fluid than the others. I don't mind making it overly expensive if necessary to maintain points 1 and 2, but it would definitely be ideal it was 1, 2, 3, AND affordable along the lines of other special materials, keeping in mind that slaying one dragon nets the potential for multiple weapons and that dragons already have a lot of treasure for their CR...
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Armor of most types can be crafted from the scales, hide, and bones of a dragon. Crafting such armor requires a DC 30 Craft (Armorsmithing) check and requires the choicest scales from a dragon's hide. Any such armor crafted from dragonhide is always masterwork and has an armor bonus one higher than normal. In addition, the armor itself remains immune to energy damage of the same type as the breath weapon of the dragon that supplied the hide. If such armor is magically enchanted at a later point, it grants additional bonuses – for each +1 enhancement bonus that the armor gains, it grants energy resistance 2 (of the same energy type as the breath weapon of the dragon that supplied the hide) and DR 1/magic to the wearer. These bonuses stack with any other energy resistance and DR/magic that the _armor_ may later gain through enhancement, but does not stack with other sources of energy resistance, as normal.
A dragon's wings and the soft scales of its underbelly can be crafted into a fine leather that is sufficient for making padded armor, leather armor, or hide armor. Dragonleather has 2 hardness and 10 hp per inch of thickness, plus an additional amount of hardness equal to the damage reduction of the dragon from which the leather came.
The rest of a dragon's scales are hard and tough as steel (or tougher, in the case of some dragons). Such scales can be used for making scale, splint, or banded mail; breastplates; full or half plate; or even light or heavy shields. Dragonscale has 8 hardness and 20 hp per inch of thickness, plus an additional amount of hardness equal to the damage reduction of the dragon from which the leather came.
The amount of dragonscales that can be salvaged from a single dragon's corpse varies based upon the dragon's size, as detailed below. Harvesting the scales of a dragon requires a DC 30 survival check ( or a DC 25 profession check directly related to skinning) and magically enchanted skinning tools. In lieu of magically enchanted tools, a light or one-handed magical blade can be used at a -2 penalty. Attempting to skin and separate the parts of a dragon without a magical weapon forces a -4 penalty on the check. Failing this check reduces the usable number of harvested dragonscales to the next lowest size category. Failing this check by 5 or more reduces the usable number of harvested dragonscales by two size categories.
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The number in each column corresponds to the number of suits of medium-sized armor that can be crafted using a slain dragon's corpse. Fractional numbers indicate that only a size smaller than medium can be made (though dragonhide could be saved up from multiple dragons to craft a larger armor than normal – in this case, the youngest dragon's hide determines the magical properties overall). ½ indicates a small creature, ¼ indicates tiny, and 1/8 indicates diminutive. Dragonleather refers to padded, leather, studded leather, and hide armor. Dragonscales refers to scale, splint, or banded mail; breastplates; and full or half plate. Shield refers to light or heavy shields. Columns are cumulative, not exclusive. That is, a single large dragon can craft two suits of dragonleather, one suit of dragonscales, and a single shield.
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Land-a Panda, a physics-based action puzzler from Big Pixel Studios, is now available from the app store. Combining Cut The Rope-style gameplay with Big Pixel's familiar graphic style, this has the makings of an addictive and high-score-competitive gem.
Land-a Panda Pros:
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- Lots of levels with more on the way
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- Audio is serviceable without being all that great
- Level of precision needed to complete some areas will cause lots of retrys
The goal of the game is simple: get the male panda (Yang Guang) through the dangerous obstacles to the loving arms of his female partner (Tian Tian). Additionally, there are 3 coins spread throughout the level for Yang Guang to collect to show his girl how much he loves her. The level can be passed without collecting the coins, but you gain additional points for collecting each, as well as bonus points for the speed with which you complete each level. High-score junkies will really enjoy trying to find the fastest, most efficient path through each level to max out their scores.
Cannons are used to transport Yang Guang from the starting point to the heart of his beloved friend. Tapping a red balloon releases a weight that propels our hero into a nearby cannon. Tapping on the cannon will fire him toward another cannon. The cannons show some interesting variety, too. Some will automatically reposition themselves. Others move in predictable patterns, whether in a circle, side-to-side, or up-and-down. Still others require you to manually rotate them using left and right rotation buttons that appear at the screen bottom. It is a fun mechanic that also employs a great puzzling quality, as you must figure out which order to maneuver through the cannons to capture the coins quickly and find Tian Tian. Physics play a major role, as Yang Guang will fall in parabolic fashion, requiring you to shoot high and arc our hero's path into the cannon. Timing your shots is important, as you'll also need to control Yang Guang's momentum so that he does not overshoot or undershoot his targets. As mentioned, obstacles abound to slow you down or kill Yang Guang. Spikey orbs, green floating enemies, stone barriers, breakable bricks, and even empty space. It feels very much like Cut the Rope with its varied elements and use of physics and momentum to arrive at your goal with all three coins in paw.
Visually, the game looks very much like Big Pixel's other offerings, such as Piyo Blocks and Meow Meow Happy Fight. The colors pop and levels are laid out in a clean and deliberate fashion. The sound effects are serviceable, although Tian Tian's cries when her boytoy dies can get annoying. The background music is decent, and you do get access to tunes from your own library if you like. Controls are touch-based, requiring taps on cannons to fire, taps on rotation buttons to move cannons, and drags on the screen to pan around the level. These were easy to use and very responsive, although we spent a lot of early time tapping the screen instead of the cannons. It was a bit difficult to wrap our mind around initially, but it makes the most sense given the panning method used.
Replay value is good, as many levels will require additional playthroughs to capture missing coins and reduce your time through the level. There are currently 4 worlds with 20 levels apiece. More are expected in future updates, but the initial 80 offer a good deal of play time. OpenFeint and GameCenter integration bring global leaderboards with cumulative scores for each of the 4 worlds. There are also a number of achievements to earn. With Land-a Panda's $0.99 price tag (a separate iPad version will run you $1.99), it's only a matter of time before this 4.5-Dimple puzzler makes a run up the charts.
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