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CPI up 0.4 percent in February 2005
March 24, 2005
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) advanced 0.4 percent in February 2005, following a 0.1-percent increase in January.
The energy index, which registered substantial declines in the preceding two months, increased 2.0 percent in February, accounting for virtually all the acceleration in the overall CPI-U. Within energy, the index for petroleum-based energy increased 3.1 percent and the index for energy services rose 0.8 percent.
The food index increased 0.1 percent February, the same as in January. A 0.2-percent decrease in the index for food at home was more than offset by a 0.3-percent increase in the index for food away from home.
The index for all items less food and energy, which increased 0.2 percent in each of the preceding four months, advanced 0.3 percent in February.
For the 12-month period ended in February 2005, the CPI-U rose 3.0 percent, as shown in the chart.
These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program. For more information, see "Consumer Price Index: February 2005" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 05-484.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, CPI up 0.4 percent in February 2005 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/mar/wk3/art04.htm (visited September 29, 2016).
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Fortunately I was able to get in to see Dr. Yenari and have an accurate diagnosis in the early stages of my endometrial cancer. Several days later, he personally called me with the diagnosis. He assisted in my surgery and is diligently observing me in follow up for the next couple of years. He is knowledgeable, courteous, and in my opinion, I think he has the fastest and yet most effective internal exam I have ever experienced. I am so thankful that the staff was able to get me in quickly and get my cancer resolved.
I am 37 and I have been a patient of dr Yenari for several years. I had a laparoscopy done in sept 2014 for endometriosis. During the surgery, Dr Yenari saw something on my ovary that was of concern to him. It was a very very small area, a miracle he even took note of it, He biopsied it and sent it off to be analyzed. The pathology came back and I was diagnosed with borderline ovarian cancer. He referred me to an excellent Oncologist who was able to surgically correct my problem.. Had Dr yenari not been as quick to notice and biopsy such a small area on my ovary that looked off to him, the outcome would've been much different. There is not doubt that he saved my life. Dr Yenari is the best Gynecologist in this area, if not the state..
Dr Yenari seemed to display a total lack of empathy and was highly dismissive - even when asked for options other than the one he obviously subscribes to, which is extreme and dramatic - total hysterectomy. He may feel this is a routine procedure, but he should realize that for the women in question - it is anything but routine.
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Marc Ribot Spiritual Unity: Cleveland, March 19, 2011
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
March 19, 2011
Guitarist Marc Ribot's performance with his Spiritual Unity quartet, at the Cleveland Museum of Art, was the culmination of a three-evening nod to celebrated avant-gardist, and Cleveland native, Albert Ayler. Two days earlier, the museum screened Kasper Collin's 2007 documentary film on the saxophonist, My Name is Albert Ayler, and a panel discussion on Ayler's music and legacy was presented at Case Western Reserve University on the evening before the concert. While those events cast an educated eye to the past, the music from Ribot's group demonstrated that Ayler's spirit still pushes forcefully on today.
The program called for the group to stick to the five pieces from its 2005 Ayler homage, Spiritual Unity (Pi Recordings), if, perhaps, in an altered sequence. Whether that was how it ultimately played out is hard to sayand, ultimately, unimportant. As with Ayler's playing, familiar motifs (that is, those both commonly heard in Ayler's music and part of jazz and world folk traditions) rose time and again to re-center the music and enforce the primal drive that beats at the heart of Ayler's questingperhaps, quixoticart. The music developed organically, rising into loud squawks of group improvisation and ebbing to quieter, more personal solo statements. There were pauses, but they operated in a classical vein, marking different passagesdifferent movementsof a single story. Ribot often re-awoke the music after these pauses, with quiet, single-noted contemplations miked acoustically from his electric guitar. One by one, the other members would join in, and the spiritual deluge was off.
Trumpeter Roy Campbell, Jr. stood center stage, playing Donald Ayler to Ribot's Albert. He also proved himself something of a juggler, rotating through a gaggle of metal instruments: trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet and, briefly, flute. He favored a highly breathy intonation that inflated notes till their frayed edges morphed into neighboring sonic terrain. But he was often also forceful, spraying the hall with free jazz buckshot. Next to him, Ribot kept up the onslaught with a host of noisesscrabbly chordal crunches, high-end wails cast by a bare-finger slide, tough single-note lines, rapid-fire shredding, balalaika trills, trumpet-like muted tones, and insistent chugging, bluesy R&B-tinged rhythms à la Chuck Berry, slipping into pentatonic Clapton finishes. Guitarist and trumpeter played nicely off one another throughout the evening, invoking the Ayler brothers' slightly skewed harmonics with invigorating aplomb.
Bassist Henry Grimesformer Ayler band mate and spiritual godfather of the current groupstood stage right, positioned stoically with his bass, his expressionless visage projecting a physical detachment from the music and the piece of wood caught in his left hand. The black sweatband wrapping his temples seemed a piece of ironic theater. But his fingers remained nimble and quick, releasing highly fluid streams of an inevitable music, whether plucking or bowing his instrument. He picked up his violin in the late going to counter with scraping insistence Campbell's best solo of the night, a character-rich flow of ideas, rendered on pocket trumpet, with his left hand employed as a mute.
Drummer Chad Taylor supplied a tapestry of percussive colors behind the three out front, propelling the mayhem with all-out assaults on his kit when that was in order, then complementing the softer, personal statements with brushes or a sprinkling of bells. His solos revealed the core of Ayler's musicthat amalgamation of Western and African musical traditions in an alloy that nonetheless displays the elemental colors in stark relief. Once, Taylor played the toms and snares of his modern kit with open hands. Later, he soloed with a stick in his right hand, a mallet in his left. More than a nod to the African beats that fed the evolution of Western popular music, Taylor's statements brought those primal forces forward to effect a side-by-side conversation between ancestor and descendent.
"We've spent a long time trying to walk through the doors that Albert Ayler opened," Ribot confirmed midway through the performance, speaking not only for those on stage, seemingly, but for a whole host of musicians, in an array of genres, who have followed in Ayler's wake and been shifted by its sway. Patriarch Ed Ayler, having now buried both Albert and Donald, sat in the audience with other members of the Ayler family. No doubt, it was rewarding to hear not only this spoken confirmation of his sons' legacy, but also the live, breathing music that has sprung from it, picking up the thread not to twine backwards into recreation, but to spin fitfully, searchingly ahead.
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Location and decore were beautiful, really liked the balcony on our room.
Wished this hotel had better access to food on site.
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Room felt a little dated - bed surprising uncomfortable (too soft) for a 4-star hotel. I had 120 hotel nights in 2015, and this was less comfortable than any of them
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Today was one of those miserable fall days where the damp cold makes you shiver and huddle around a steaming cup of tea. In other words, it was the perfect day for pumpkin soup and scones. This is my grandma's recipe (well, she never used soymilk) so that means there is no real recipe. Measuring cups and teaspoons are just not her style (which means her baking leaves something to be desired). This soup, however, is awesome.
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The amounts here are up to you, depending on what kind of soup you want. It can be thin or thich, sweeter or saltier. I like a thicker and sweeter soup.
1. Peel pumpkin. Cut in half and scoop out seeds. Chop up pumpkin into small pieces.
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3. Drain off water, add a lump of margarine, and mash pumpkin (or blend with a hand mixer).
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Some of the most promising artists and designers in our city are at the jumping-off point in their careers -- and we are invited for a peek. If you haven't been to the senior thesis exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, today is a great day to pop in. Today is MIAD Define Day, a campus-wide event that involves discussions and inquiry. Much of that will be happening within the thesis show at MIAD, 273 E. Erie St. Gallery hours are from 10 to 5 p.m.
I checked in with the guys from The Disclaimer, which airs most Wednesdays at noon on WMSE (FM 91.7). It sounds like they are warming up to talk about issues surrounding a new stadium for the Bucks and also proposed new lighting for the Hoan Bridge. You can stream the show online, too. »Read Full Blog Post
Library considers loan of 'Bookworm' painting
The Milwaukee Public Library board decided Tuesday that it will consider the long-term loan of "The Bookworm," a painting in its collection by German romantic painter Carl Spitzweg.
The board will work with the city attorney to develop a proposal that would require approval at a later date. »Read Full Article(2)
'Nashville' a prime-time effort at tuning up a city's image
Nashville — On the way to New Orleans, I fell in love with Nashville. It reminded me of Milwaukee.
Its food scene, craft breweries, laid-back sensibility and famous local export — country music — demonstrated why this city of 600,000 is more than a pit stop on the way to somewhere else. An eight-hour drive puts you in the heart of it. »Read Full Article
Wiz Khalifa to top Aug. 9 hip-hop bill at Alpine Valley
Wiz Khalifa,Tyga,Ty Dolla $ign and Rich Homie Quan are among the acts scheduled to perform Aug. 9 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Elkhorn as part of the Under the Influence of Music Tour 2014.
Tickets, at $62.75 excluding service charges, go on sale at 4:20 p.m. Friday at livenation.com and (800) 745-3000. »Read Full Article
WISN, WITI, WTMJ-AM win Murrow Awards
WISN-TV (Channel 12) won the Edward R. Murrow award for general excellence from the Radio Television Digital News Association, it was announced Tuesday.
Included in its entry was coverage of a fire in Burlington, a police shooting at Children's Hospital, a tornado in Oklahoma and a freeway pileup in Waukesha County. It beat large market stations in a region including Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and Minnesota. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Cream City Swirl, a shop with gelato, crepes and frozen yogurt, opens in Bay View
Arriving at the same time as warmer weather, creperie and frozen treats shop Cream City Swirl -- in the works since last year -- has opened at 2663 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View.
Owner Susan Nolan said the shop opened on Easter Sunday, when temperatures were in the 70s. "We had a rockin' first day," she said via email. »Read Full Blog Post
Small Plates Week launches today in Shorewood
Diners can visit 24 restaurants, bars and shops participating in Shorewood's first Small Plates Week, Tuesday through April 27. »Read Full Blog Post
Painter Bob Ross' 'happy trees' can teach statistics and probability, too
FiveThirtyEight.com's Walt Hickey has done the world a mitzvah: He's counted how many 'happy trees' the late Bob Ross painted on 'The Joy of Painting' -- and used that data as a friendly lesson in statistical analysis and conditional probability.
Ross (1942-1995), you may remember, was the friendly guy with a stunning perm who taught wet-on-wet oil painting on the PBS series for more than 400 episodes. He painted happy trees, mighty mountains and happy little clouds. Comedians have chided him, and he even parodied himself in an MTV promo, but he remains a beloved pop-culture figure nearly two decades after his death. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
'Supremes at Earl's' author to speak at Delta fundraiser
As this year's speaker at the Delta Memorial Endowment Fund's annual literary luncheon Saturday, debut novelist Edward Kelsey Moore joins a Delta roster that includes such illustrious names as Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, E. Lynn Harris and Tayari Jones. He's a bit humbled by that.
"I can't believe I'm on the list with some of the authors," Moore said in a telephone interview. »Read Full Article


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April warm in mid March
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all things change
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susurrant adj. whispering, softly murmuring; also irreg.1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden I. i. 162 With soft susurrant voice.
1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island i. 99 Sweet accordance of susurrant sounds.
1891 Temple Bar July 363 A soft susurrant echo.
suˈsurrence n. = susurrus n.1909 Athenæum 24 Apr. 491/3 The dim susurrence of cicalas in the trees.
1857—1857 suˈsurring n. whispering.1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 9 The silence of the twilight is cheered by a soft susurring, that whispers innocence and joy.
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I would like to whisper...in the quiet murmurings...that perhaps as all things change...some may sustain and yet others will reflect a new emerging...ReplyDelete
So true. All things change yet the essence remains the same.ReplyDelete
This has a delightfully calming tone to it, very smooth. I enjoyed it, the third stanza stands out as well.ReplyDelete
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it's because the game patched TWICE yesterday. now that it is supposedly out of "beta" stage, it's updating MORE.. given the last 2 months of ridiculous mistakes, bugs, and updates that this game went through, this makes total sense
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The stockpile option will be removed in the next trainer update.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Missionary family to speak at church
The Hagerman family will speak at Macedonia Church of God of Prophecy on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.
The family has been ministering in Paraguay. Their names are Ken, Christie, Camille and Caroline Hagerman.
They will be speaking at other community churches as well as churches in other areas on Sundays through September and October.
Zumba Classes
The ladies' Zumba classes at Providence Baptist Church have started back up. They will be at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The classes last for one hour.
Come out and join them for fellowship, fun and fitness.
Hood's Chapel plans to have a yard sale on Oct. 5 and 6. There will be various items and also crafts made by ladies of the church. More details will be in my next column.
Prayer List
Continue to pray for Virginia Kirkland, Thelma Shurlknight, Eric Shurlknight, Pat Shurlknight, Sarah Jackson, Viola Atkins, Viola Murphy, Pastor Reggie Thames, Kitty Cumbee, Ruth Cumbee, Yvonne Cumbee, Mildred Thames, Marilyn Tucker, Woody Litchfield, Rouse Thomas, Kyle Thomas Timmie Crawford, Harry Wydom, Willis Wiggins, Willie Cox, Cassidy Cox, Sam and Yvonne Hood, Ricky Hood, Allen Mills, Gloria Conner, Violet O' Conner, DP Caddell, Mitzie Caddell, Barbara Alexander, Justin Knight, Dexter Floyd, Bo Langley, Patricia West, Brenda Law, Marion and Juanita Mills, Roy and Marlene Farmer, Shelvy Jean Wilson, Diane Litchfield, Wilma Morris, Geraldine Garrett, Gennie Vincent, Kathleen Newsome, Diane Gaskins, Kelly Umphlett, Madison Litchfield, Coty Mullinax, Frankie Garrett, Liz Barlow, Marie Barlow, Sherry and Lee Ann Giza, Leah Mitchum, John Graham, Debbie Fail, Tammie Shealey, Ted Caddell, Sally Bowick, Jackie Caddell, Jeff Davis, Janice Musau, Mike Mitchum, Zachary Waterman, Robert Lee, Barry Swall, Joyce Lewis, David Brown, and our firefighters, first responders, military, community and country.
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Left guard Nick Cole, who has started all three games for the Eagles this season, missed his third consecutive day of practice Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Redskins.
In a mild surprise, head coach Andy Reid said Max Jean-Gilles would get the start if Cole is not ready.
Reid said Cole's status would be a game-time decision.
Cole left Sunday's game against the Jaguars with a knee injury and was replaced by Reggie Wells.
But Wells, picked up in a Sept. 3 trade, got tepid reviews and said Friday he has worked some this week at left guard, where he would back up Todd Herremans. It was thought that Wells might compete for a starting right guard spot, but he seems to have fallen behind Jean-Gilles there.


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Nicole Littlejohn, B.A., graduate student in Dr. Justin Grobe's laboratory, received a travel award for her project entitled "Adipose Angiotensin AT2 Receptors Inhibit Resting Metabolism."
Kenjiro Muta, B.S., graduate student in Dr. Kamal Rahmouni's laboratory, received a travel award for his project entitled "Sympathetic and Metabolic Consequences of Deleting the Insulin Receptor from Proopiomelanocortin Neurons."
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Regulation fosters innovation. This phrase articulates a point of view that many will find inherently contradictory. How can it be that rules allow inventiveness to roam and develop freely? Yet, it is true. Regulation has helped foster major innovations in many industries. For example, the molecular device industry needs regulation to ensure patient safety and, if developed and applied correctly, that regulation will foster major innovation and bring greater investment.
Today, the molecular diagnostics industry finds itself at a specifically critical juncture. In the past, laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) were developed and performed within single institutions. Under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of '88 became the safeguard of laboratory quality standards, based on the fact that tests are developed and performed within the walls of one institution, for that institution, and focused on ensuring the quality of that specific laboratory.
Commercial companies, however, have expanded this practice, developing and marketing LDTs nationwide in large laboratories, testing patients from many areas. Under the current regulatory framework, they can do this by simply complying with CLIA standards focused on the laboratory. Beyond the increased numbers in testing, the tests themselves have become more complicated and provide greater risk to patients as doctors rely on them to make important therapeutic decisions.
As a result, the FDA began looking at regulating those tests that it deemed no longer intuitive to physicians, due to their underlying technology and algorithms. This led to guidelines for regulation of so-called in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assays.
However, the agency started to recognize that complexity wasn't the most important factor in LTDs—more important is the "risk" associated with the outcome of the test. For example, the outcome of a relatively one-dimensional test for the expression of the Her2 neu gene in a breast cancer patient decides if the patient is a candidate for Herceptin or not.
Because a major therapeutic decision hinges on the outcome of the test, it's not its complexity that is important, but its robustness, reliability, and reproducibility. It is on these aspects that the FDA now wants to focus on a more risk-based approach to regulation, acknowledging that many new LDTs have important therapeutic implications. A lab that complies only with CLIA standards is no longer sufficient.
The ensuing debate has many in the laboratory industry pitted against regulation. One of the main arguments offered by the large clinical laboratory community is that regulation stifles innovation. Apart from the fact that concrete examples are painfully lacking, which is a sign in itself, we believe that it is actually the opposite. But, there is another, even more important point: who wants to knowingly champion innovation without transparent and solid rules to safeguard the safety of patients?
Even if the current system of drug development is widely criticized, no one would advocate that industry go without regulations. Similarly, as molecular diagnostics and therapeutics are converging and doctors rely more and more on diagnostics to make lifesaving decisions, we must ensure that LDTs, first and foremost, are providing the most precise information to doctors and patients.
Ensuring patient safety can still provide a platform for innovation which can and has thrived with regulation in place. Take, for instance, the automobile industry. Densely populated Europe needed solutions to cut back on damaging emissions from the glut of cars. However, it was California, the world's eighth largest economy, that started driving more regulation on car emissions and safety.
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Bidentate phosphonate monoesters are analogues of popular dicarboxylate linkers in MOFs, but with an alkoxy tether close to the coordinating site. Herein, we report 3-D MOF materials based upon phosphonate monoester linkers. Cu(1,4-benzenediphosphonate bis(monoalkyl ester), CuBDPR, with an ethyl tether is nonporous; however, the methyl tether generates an isomorphous framework that is porous and captures CO(2) with a high isosteric heat of adsorption of 45 kJ mol(-1). Computational modeling reveals that the CO(2) uptake is extremely sensitive both to the flexing of the structure and to the orientation of the alkyl tether.
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Improving the Loading Capacity of Metal-Organic- Framework Thin Films by Using Optimized Linkers.
The large surface area of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) sparks great interest in storage applications. Whereas the bulk of MOF applications focuses on the incorporation of gases, in this paper we de...
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Synthesis, structure and adsorption properties of lanthanide-organic frameworks with pyridine-3,5-bis(phenyl-4-carboxylate).
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This application is a national stage of PCT/US99/06365 filed Mar. 24, 1999 and claims benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/079,152 and 60/101,630 filed Mar. 24, 1998 and Sep. 24, 1998 respectively.
The present invention relates to high-pressure integral tube coupling arrangements. More particularly, the present invention relates to such arrangements for coupling flexible hoses, such as a reinforced rubber hoses to metal tubes for use in systems such as vehicle brake and clutch systems.
In discussing the automotive industry, the Background of U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,142 states: "a wide variety of connector devices have been utilized to connect tubes to hoses for conducting fluid therethrough or transmitting a hydraulic force through a column of oil contained therein. In many cases, specialized couplings are required which not only hydraulically connect adjacent tubes or pipes, hoses and other conduits in a fluid-tight manner, but also provide effective support while allowing relative movement of components and providing protection in relatively harsh environments."
Current methods for joining hoses to metal tubes still substantially rely on threaded couplings in which an externally threaded hollow nut is threaded into a internally threaded fitting to hold a flared tube tightly within the fitting. Since both the nut and the fitting must be machined, they are relatively expensive. In addition, making the connection is time consuming and labor intensive because it is not conveniently adaptable to automation. Moreover, quality control is difficult because there is the possibility of threaded components being joined without proper alignment so that threads are stripped, resulting in joints that leak and are subject to failure when operated at high pressures over long time periods of time in adverse environments. In view of these difficulties, there have been attempts to form couplings which do not require threaded components. Brazing a tube onto a hose fitting is one approach. Since these couplings are frequently exposed when used with brake systems, clutches and hoses, they are subject to environmental degradation because of moisture, road salt, wide temperature fluctuations and mechanical impacts and vibrations, all of which combine to accelerate corrosion. In order to protect brazed joints from corrosion, it is necessary to plate the assemblies which is in and of itself a relatively expensive undertaking. Moreover, these assemblies frequently require parts which have multiple elements each of which has the potential to provide a leak path and each of which must be handled and stored.
The technology of coupling hoses and tubes is now generally going to "quick-connect" type couplings in which all that is required to achieve a fluid tight connection is for two components being joined to be axially pushed toward one another, so that there is no need to rotate components of a coupling, one with respect to the other. When coupling metal tubes to rubber hoses, it is the practice to crimp the rubber hose within the coupling which is a rapid, reliable process requiring only a single metal-deforming step once the hose is inserted into the coupling. In order to further simplify assembly so as to reduce cost, it is desirable to simplify connecting the tube to a crimpable fitting.
In view of the aforementioned considerations, it is a feature of the present invention to provide new and improved tube-to-hose couplings which are reliable, inexpensive and yet require manufacturing steps which are minimal and do not introduce difficulties of their own.
In view of this feature and other features, the present invention is directed to a coupling arrangement for connecting a tube to a hose wherein the tube has a main portion and an insertion portion, the insertion portion being inserted through the fitting into the hose. The tube further has at least a first outwardly extending radial projection which cooperates with the fitting, the insertion portion of the tube extending beyond the radial projection to the terminus of the tube. The fitting has a first portion with a bore for receiving the tube therethrough and a second portion extending axially from the first portion for receiving the hose therein, with an interior surface on the first portion facing the second portion. The tube is disposed in the bore of the fitting with the outwardly extending projection abutting the interior surface on the first portion and the insertion portion extending into the second portion of the tube for insertion into the hose.
In a further aspect, the fitting includes a second abutment surface thereon facing away from the second portion for opposing axial movement of the tube toward the second portion of the fitting, and in a still further aspect, the portion of the tube engaged by the second abutment surface is on the first projection.
In a further aspect, the second abutment surface is on a portion of the fitting which is radially and axially deformed into abutment with the second abutment surface.
In still a further aspect, the second axially extending abutment is at a radially extending end of the fitting.
In a further aspect, the second portion of the fitting is a crimping collar for radially engaging the hose while the insertion portion of the tube is within the hose.
In still a further aspect of the invention, the main portion of the tube is covered with a layer of deformable protective material with the insertion portion and radially extending radial protection being uncoated. In accordance with this aspect of the invention, there is a metal-to-metal seal between the fitting and the uncoated radial projection. On the other hand, the definable protective material may be pressed into the fitting to provide a sealing area.
Various other features and attendant advantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated as the same becomes better understood when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art arrangement for joining a metal tube to a flexible hose;
FIG. 2 is a side view, mostly in elevation, showing a first embodiment of a prior art threaded coupling used to join a tube to a hose;
FIG. 3 is a side view, mostly in elevation, showing a second embodiment of a prior art threaded coupling used to join a metal tube to a hose;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation of a prior art brazed joint used to couple a metal tube to a flexible hose;
FIG. 5 is a side view, mostly in elevation, showing a first embodiment of a coupling in accordance with the present invention utilized to couple metal tube to a flexible hose;
FIGS. 6A-6D are side views, mostly in elevation, illustrating the fabrication and assembly of the coupling of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a side elevation showing the tube of the present invention, but for clarity illustrated without the fitting;
FIG. 8 is a side elevation of a fitting shown in FIGS. 5, 6B and 6D showing an embodiment of the fitting with pockets for receiving beads formed on the tube;
FIG. 9 is a side elevation of a second embodiment of the fitting of FIGS. 5, 6B and 6D having no pockets for receiving beads on the tube;
FIG. 10 is a side elevation showing a third embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 11 is a side elevation of a fourth embodiment of the invention; and
FIGS. 12A-D are side elevation views showing a preferred assembly technique for embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 11.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a prior art coupling arrangements 19 for connecting relatively small diameter tubes 20 such as brake tubes to fittings 21 by threaded insert-type connections 22. The fittings 21 are crimped to a hose 23 which carries relatively high pressure hydraulic fluid. In FIG. 1, a part of a truck chassis or frame 24 retains the coupling 19 thereon with a bracket 25 to hold the coupling rigid with respect to the frame. The hose 23 is relatively flexible and may be retained to other portions of the chassis by clamps while the tubes 20 may also be retained to the chassis 24 by clamps 25. One of the tubes 20 is attached to a hydraulically driven device such as a brake caliper 28 in a disk brake 29. The present invention replaces the couplings 19 with a more reliable and more economical coupling arrangements. While a disk brake 29 is shown in FIG. 1, the invention has other uses for other types of hydraulic connections such as connections for clutches, and any other arrangement in which a flexible hose is connected to a rigid tube.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3 which show in more detail the prior art coupling 19 of FIG. 1, it is seen that the threaded nut 22 is received in a threaded recess 31 of the fitting 21 while the hose 23 is crimped to the fitting via a crimping collar 32. In the arrangement of FIG. 2, the tube 20 has a flared end 33 and the fitting 21 has an inverted or convex seat 34. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the fitting 21′ has a concave seat 34′ which receives a bubble end 33′ of the tube 20′. The externally threaded nut 22′ then threads into the threaded bore 31 ′ in the same way that the threaded nut 22 threads into the threaded bore 31 of FIG. 2. In practice, the arrangements of FIGS. 2 and 3 tend to have multiple components.
Referring now to FIG. 4, in an attempt to avoid the expense and minimize the difficulties of a coupling 19, such as the coupling of FIGS. 2 and 3, wherein an externally threaded nut 22, 22′ must be threaded into a threaded bore 31, 31′, the tube 20″ of FIG. 4 is press-fitted into a smooth recess 31″ of a fitting 21″ and copper brazed at juncture 36. The fitting 21″ is then plated, which requires plating of an assembly that has the relatively long portion of the tube 20″ attached to the fitting 21″. In practice, the arrangement of FIG. 4 also tends to use an insertion tube 37, which results in more part-to-part junctures that increase the number of potential leak paths.
In order to improve upon the couplings illustrated in FIGS. 1-4 as well as other couplings, the present invention eliminates a need to physically join the components of the tube-to-hose couplings by hand at assembly plants, as well as reducing leak paths, component costs and part number counts. Moreover, as opposed to brazed tube designs, such as that of FIG. 4, tolerance control is increased, as is routing control.
Referring now to the first embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 5-9, a high pressure integral tube coupling 40 enables a direct connection between a metal tube 50 and a flexible hose 23 (see FIG. 1), such as a high pressure resistant rubber hose, without a need for rotating threaded coupling components or brazing, thus eliminating parts or steps while retaining their function. As is seen in FIG. 5, the metal tube 50 is positioned within a body portion 51 of a fitting 52 to which the hose 23 of FIG. 1 is subsequently coupled by deforming a crimping collar 53 therearound so that the hose is axially retained within the fitting 52 and is radially sealed against an end portion 54 of the tube. The tube 50 corresponds to the tubes 20 shown in the prior art arrangements of FIGS. 1-4 and has an internal diameter of about 0.1250 inch, which internal diameter could range from about 0.125 to about 0.145 inch.
In order to retain the tube 50 in the fitting 52, a back bead 56 is preferably seated within an annular bead pocket 58 formed in a back end 59 of the fitting 52 while a front bead 60 is preferably seated in a pocket 62 formed in front end 63 of the fitting located just before the crimping collar 53. A smooth bore 66 extends completely through the fitting 52 into a cylindrical space 68 defined by the crimping collar 53. While the pockets 58 and 62 are preferable, it is within the scope of this disclosure to form the coupling without the pockets by crimping the tube 50 directly against the radial end surfaces of the fitting (See FIG. 9).
The diameter d1, of the smooth bore 66 is slightly greater than the diameter d2 of the tube 50 so that the tube slides through the smooth bore. While the diameter d1 is slightly larger than the diameter of d2, it need only be large enough so that the d2 will slide readily therethrough. There could, however, be a slight press fit of the tube 50 within the bore 66.
The end 54 of the tube 50 has a reduced diameter portion 67 of a diameter d3 which is slidably receivable within the bore 70 of the hose 23 and is of a length substantially equal to that of the crimping collar 53. Consequently, the bore 70 of the hose 23 is supported during the crimping step which deforms the material 72 of the hose.
Referring now to FIGS. 6A-6D which illustrate the method fabricating and assembling the coupling 40, it is seen that the metal tube 50 has its end portion 54 drawn to have the reduced diameter d3 which is less than the diameter d2 of the tube 50. As is seen in FIG. 6B, the back bead 56 is formed by an applied force which pushes a portion 76 of the tube 50 back, thus forming a beaded area in proximity with line 78.
As is seen in FIG. 6C, the thus deformed tube 50 is inserted through the smooth bore 66 of the fitting 52 so that the back bead 56 fits into the annular bead pocket 58 at the back end 59 of the body 51 of the fitting. The annular bead pocket 58 is formed in or machined in the back end 59 of the fitting and has a diameter substantially greater than the diameter d2 of the smooth bore 66. It is to be kept in mind that the bead pocket 58 is a desirable but optional feature. Referring now to FIG. 6D in combination with FIG. 6C, the front bead 60 is then formed by using an applied force to the tube 50 rearwardly so that a portion 80 of the tube 50 deforms into the front bead 60 which seats within the annular front bead pocket 62 at the front end 64 of the body 51 of fitting 52. The structure of the tube 50 in the absence of the fitting 52 is shown in FIG. 7, while the structure of the fitting absent the tube is shown in FIG. 8.
In the first embodiment of the invention, it is seen that the coupling 40 is accomplished by two axial deformations of the tube 50, one prior to inserting the tube 50 into the fitting 52 and the other subsequent to the insertion. The final step is to radially crimp the crimping collar 53 which is a conventional one-step procedure. If the arrangement is to be used with the brake line of FIG. 1, the fitting 52 with the tube 50 connected thereto may be first inserted into an opening in the bracket 25 and a sliding clip slid into the annular groove 87 in the fitting 52. The hose 23 is then inserted in the space 68 in the crimping collar 53 and the crimping collar crimped about the hose. By having a press fitting between the tube 50 and the fitting 52, rotation of the fitting relative to the tube is eliminated while maintaining a fluid tight seal.
Preferably, the metal tube 50 is made of steel and is pre-coated by SAE-J527 Standards, sliding fit. Other materials which may be used are copper, nickel, NYLON� (polyamide) or polyvinyl fluoride. If relatively thick plastic coatings such as NYLON� are used, the coating preferably terminates before the first bead 56; however, as is seen in the third embodiment of FIGS. 10 and 11, can continue to bead 60. The barbed or stem structure beyond the beads 56 and 60 has a controlled inside diameter as well as a controlled outside diameter which permits the assembly to pass the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for minimum fluid passage diameter. Moreover, the barb or stem structure can be produced either with or without annular grooves to increase tensile integrity of the coupling. Since the end 54 of the tube is received directly within the bore 70 of the hose 23, potential leak paths which occur with additional elements, such as those in prior art threaded connections and brazed tubular supports, are eliminated.
Referring now to FIG. 9, there is shown a second embodiment of the invention, wherein the bead pockets 58 and 62 are deleted from the fitting 52′ so that beads 56′ and 60′ press directly against the radially extending back and front end surfaces 80 and 82, respectively of the fitting 52′. Friction between the end surface 80 and back bead 56 and between the front end surface 82 and the front bead 60 prevents rotation of the tube 50 within the fitting. In addition, there is a slight friction fit between the tube 50 and the bore 66′ which provides a fluid seal.
Referring now to FIG. 10, there is shown a third embodiment of the invention wherein a tube 90 is inserted into a fitting 92 having a crimping collar 93. The tube 90 has a necked down portion 94 joined thereto by a frusto-conical section or tapered 95. The frusto-conical section 95 joins an intermediate section 96 just in front of a bead 97. The fitting 92 has a smooth bore 100 that has an abutment surface 101 defined by an annular shoulder 102 therein that is disposed within in an annular recess 104. As with the embodiment of FIGS. 5-9, the tube 90 is shoved into the fitting 92 (as shown in FIG. 6C) until the bead 97 abuts the shoulder 102 of the abutment surface 101. An annular portion 106 of the wall of the recess 104 is then deformed by staking the portion 106 against the bead 97 to retain the tube 90 within the bore 100 of the fitting 92. Thereafter, a portion 110 of a second annular recess 112 within the fitting proximate the crimping collar 93 is deformed against the tapered section 95 of the tube 90 to provide a tapered portion 113 of the bore 100 against which the tapered portion of the tube seats. This seals the tube 90 within the fitting 92 at substantially three locations, whereafter the hose 23 is secured within the fitting 92 by deforming the crimping collar 93. The arrangement of the second embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 10 is used substantially as the arrangement of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 5-9. As with the embodiments of FIGS. 5-8 and 9, the embodiment of FIG. 10 is used in situations such as that of FIG. 1 where a flexible hose 23 connects a source of hydraulic fluid to a tube 20, which tube retains fluid which operates a hydraulic device, such as the calipers of a brake, or a clutch, or any other device requiring high pressure hydraulic fluid delivered via a flexible hose.
Referring now to FIGS. 11 and 12A-D, there is shown a fourth embodiment of the invention wherein a metal tube 200 is coupled to the hose 23 by a fitting 202 to form a coupling 203. The metal tube 200 has a drawn down portion 204 which has a relatively small outside diameter d1 which is less than the outside diameter d2 of a main portion 205 of the tube. In addition, the tube 200 has an annular bead 206 having a first axially facing surface 208 and a second axially facing surface 210. Tube 200 is received through a smooth bore 212 in a body portion 213 of the fitting 202 and, if the metal tube does not have a plastic coating, may have an interference fit. Tube 200 is retained within the fitting 202 by abutment between the first surface 208 of the bead 206 with a shoulder 216 adjacent the bore 212 and by a swagged, staked or otherwise deformed annular portion 218 of the fitting 202 that forms a second abutment which engages the surface 210 of the bead. A surface of the second abutment faces away from hollow portion 230. The fitting 202 and tube 200 are therefore prevented from any axial or rotational movement, one with respect to the other while also being provided with metal-to-metal fluid seals 219 and 216 which prevent entry of moisture and corrosive agents that might degrade the interior of the coupling.
Preferably, the main portion 205 of the metal tube 200 is coated or covered with a layer 220 of a plastic material such as, for example, a polyamide, i.e., NYLON�, which layer of plastic material terminates before or at the bead 206 leaving the bead uncoated for the metal-to-metal seal 219 with the fitting as well as leaving the small diameter portion 204 uncoated for ready receipt in the bore of the hose 23. Examples of other plastic materials which may be used are polyvinylfluoride or polypropylene.
A preferred example of a tube configuration for the tube 200 comprises a base tube of SAE 1008/1010 mild steel with a layer of copper plating over which is a 10-15 μm 95% zinc/5% aluminum hot dip coating. The layer of plastic material 220 is preferably a layer of polyamide over a binder layer which is on average about 3.5 μm thick.
Referring now to FIGS. 12A-12D, preferred steps in assembling the coupling 203 are shown in sequence. As is seen in FIG. 12A, tube 200 is provided. Tube 200 is drawn to provide the small diameter portion 204 and to form frusto-conical portion 222 which joins the small diameter portion 201 to the remainder of the tube 200. As is seen in FIG. 12B, the tube is deformed by pressing axially against the tube so that it bulges outwardly to form the bubble 206 generally in the location of the fiusto-conical portion 222. If the entire tube 200 has previously been coated with a plastic layer 220, the plastic layer is stripped from the insertion portion 204 and the bead 206 prior to drawing.
There are a number of methods to remove a portion of the plastic layer 220 from a portion of the tube 200. These methods include applying mechanical cutting tools, abrasive wheels or brushes or using laser ablation, chemical solvents or water jet ablation. The tube 200 may be axially moved and rotated as the plastic and other non-metallic materials are stripped therefrom preferably prior to drawing or otherwise deforming the tube 200.
Referring now to FIG. 12C, the fitting 202 is slid along the length of the tube 200 from its opposite end or, in the alternative, the tube is simply inserted into the bore 212 until the surface 208 on the bead 206 is abutted by the shoulder 216 that is adjacent the end of the bore. Preferably, the fit between the tube 200 and the bore 212 is a sliding fit with the plastic layer 220 sliding within the bore. The fit between the tube 200 and bore may be sufficiently tight to form a fluid tight seal. As is seen in FIG. 12D, the annular portion 218 of the wide portion of the bore 212 is then swaged, staked or otherwise deformed against the second face 210 of the bead 206 in order to form the coupling 203 which firmly retains the tube 200 within the fitting 202 and forms the metal-to-metal, fluid tight seal 219 therewith.
After the coupling 203 is formed, the hose 23 (FIG. 11) is inserted into a hollow portion 230 of the fitting 202 which forms a crimping collar that is unitary with the body portion 213 of the fitting. The crimping collar 230 is then deformed radially inwardly to retain the hose 23 permanently and non-rotatably in communication with the tube 200.
By utilizing the arrangement of the present invention, tubes are retained within fittings, such as fittings for joining the tubes to hoses, utilizing mechanical steps which involve neither rotating the tube with respect to the fitting, brazing the tube to the fitting or using a retaining unit.
From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modification of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.
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|Jan 16, 2003
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A Weld District Court judge Friday sentenced a Fort Lupton mother to 10 years in prison for the drowning death of her 13-month-old son while she "entertained herself" on Facebook.
Shannon Johnson, 34, cried as she listened to Judge Thomas Quammen sentence her, stating he didn't believe she did it on purpose or that she was a bad person. But even so, he said, that didn't mean leaving her son unattended in a nearly full bathtub wasn't criminal.
"You left this little boy in a bathtub so you could entertain yourself on the computer by playing games," Quammen said. "And you left that 13-month-old human being, little Joseph, incredibly, for those reasons."
Johnson pleaded guilty last month to child abuse, negligently causing the death of her son, Joseph. The charge carried a sentencing range of four to 12 years, but it also made her eligible for probation or community corrections. She was rejected from both because officials believed it would minimize the seriousness of her crime.
"I know I made a huge mistake leaving him unattended, and for that I will always hate myself," Johnson told the judge. "There has been four infant-toddler drownings in Colorado, since Jan. 1. Every time I hear of one, it's like rubbing salt into a wound. I want to reach out to people and want people to learn from my mistake, and I don't want others to walk a mile in my shoes."
Johnson told Weld Sheriff investigators she was playing games on Facebook in September 2010 when her son drowned in the bathtub. She turned herself into the Weld County Jail in January after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest. She had told investigators her son was independent and liked to be by himself.
Weld Deputy District Attorney Hollie Wilkinson said the case was aggravated by the fact that Johnson's mother warned her just three days prior not to leave her son alone in the tub. She said the tub was nearly full when her son drowned.
"This was not the first time this defendant had left Joseph alone in that bathtub; she had been doing it for a month on a daily basis," Wilkinson said. "At the end of day, this is something that should have been expected by the defendant."
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The sound echoing around the valley from the Memorial's jam session at our place yesterday definitely made us the talk of the town. Kenneth, the Spicewood Beach Security guard, stopped by to see what all the ruckus was about.
Turns out he was in a band back in the day and was pretty excited to see what we were up to. (We still had to stop blasting the music, though.)
After every take, all of us kind of looked each other a bit speechless – the performances were pretty epic!
Evil Vince helped us build a kickass firepit later that night, completing a CRUCIAL part of Texas living.
Tomorrow we have a jam-packed day from noon to midnight at Papi Tino's for our second showcase this year. We can't wait!!
– The Audiotree Crew
Our Stubb's showcase yesterday rocked!
We started the day off right when Wolf Triangle stopped by our place in Spicewood and played WAY TOO LOUD.
Just kidding; it was the perfect volume.
Then we headed over to Stubb's and set up for our first showcase. In between ribs and mashed sweet potatoes, we heard from some of our favorite bands:
We have the Soil & the Sun here at our place this morning. Everyone's making breakfast, and then we're filming a few songs outside with the Memorials.
It's going to be a beautiful day here in Spicewood!
– The Audiotree Crew
This afternoon we headed out to Jazz Mills of Cowboy and Indian's bright and airy Austin home. She had been planning a BBQ for friends and invited us to come by to hang out and record a couple of tunes.
Jazz has some really sweet friends who made us feel very welcome – and the smell of cornbread fresh out of the oven didn't hurt, either.
After taking a minute or two to lounge on the grass in her sunny backyard, we headed just past their fence into the alleyway to take advantage of its stark look and faraway vanishing point. Friends grouped around and watched the performance.
Adam rocked the slate before each take: HECK YEAH.
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Oh yeah and here's a baby for you:
Thanks to Jazz for hosting a sweet afternoon! Today before our STUBB'S SHOWCASE we're recording Austin band Wolf Triangle. Have a beautiful morning!
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Today we drove into Austin to meet up with some members of The Eastern Sky to film a couple of stripped-down tunes at lead singer Matt Hines' place. Their full band sound is pretty epic, so it was really sweet to hear the bare bones of these songs in such an intimate setting. We filmed one song acoustically in their backyard:
And then we headed back indoors where they performed the song that earned them a space on NPR's The Austin 100 mix: "The Match." It was gorgeous. So was Marfa the dog, who is named after the Texas town apparently known for two things: innovative art and mysterious lights.
Tomorrow we'll be paying a visit to Jazz Mills of Cowboy and Indian as she hosts a good old fashioned Texas BBQ and plays a few acoustic tunes for us.
Texas, y'all!
– The Audiotree Crew
Hey y'all, we're here!
The Audiotree crew headed down to Austin a couple of days ago to get a jump start on the SXSW festivities.
Bjork, our trusty Sprinter, rolled into the yard of our house in Spicewood, Texas, the other night and we're all settled in about 30 minutes away from downtown Austin. Spicewood is home to one post office, one library, one general store, and a heckuva lot of BBQ joints. We're loving being surrounded by so much nature – except that one extremely curious fox. Who does he think he's looking at, anyway?
Grilling and throwing darts aren't the only things we'll be doing, though: we plan on spending the free time between our three showcases out and about filming a lot of really great bands in the Austin area. A lot of them will be stopping by our place here in Spicewood, so we'll make them welcome.
Check back here for more updates and videos from our Austin adventures this week!
– The Audiotree Crew