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I find that reading about the work of Compassion is a great encouragement!
Although my trip is over and my blog has tailed off, (or 'trailed off' – there is some debate about the correct term at http://www.learnglish.com), I want to make sure you all know about who else is blogging about El Salvador and Compassion.
First, make sure you check out the official blog of Compassion: http://blog.compassion.com/. You'll often see two or three posts go up per day from authors all over the world. I believe all the authors on this site work for Compassion. Many posts are made by Country Staff about the work of Compassion the countries in which they live. Here are just some of the subjects of Compassion Blog posts:
Child Sponsorship, Child Survival, Country Staff, Country Trips, For New Sponsors, Letter Writing
And here is a recent post about life in rural El Salvador written by Nestor Reynosa, the field communications specialist for Compassion El Salvador: http://blog.compassion.com/el-salvador-facts-what-is-life-like-in-rural-el-salvador/
Second, you'll want to know about whole host of bloggers that use their on-line voice to speak out for children. Shaun Groves actually leads some of these bloggers overseas to see the work of Compassion first hand. Here is a great post to introduce some of the bloggers to you. It's about the Compassion Bloggers reunion held in Birmingham, Alabama on Dec 6th, 2010: http://shaungroves.com/2010/12/happy-5000/
Make sure you stay on Shaun's site for a while and check it out, he has great insight into Compassion (and life!): http://shaungroves.com/
Here is a list of the Compassion Bloggers that have been overseas (with Shaun I suspect): http://compassionbloggers.com/bloggers
Happy reading,
So, I mentioned somewhere that I had some video clips. They are all very short, 11 seconds for the first one and the other three are about a minute long. I couldn't afford to get stuck behind a video camera on this trip and I didn't bring a camera with strong audio capability which is why there are so few clips. But, here's what I got…
Here are the kids saying 'welcome' at Veronica's project ES826
This clip is of the entrance of the flag at my welcome ceremony at Veronica's project.
Here is Esteban signing the song I told you about with the lyrics being something like:
God is in my heart.
God is in this house.
That's why we have peace.
This last clip is of Gloria; the younger sister of Banesa. We were running short on time but Gloria had just told me that her sponsors were also from Australia and I thought I'd take a video clip of Gloria and try to find them so they can see it. (See my Nov 25th 2010 update in the comments). We really put Gloria on the spot. She had no idea we were about to record. We 'restarted' twice but you can see all that in the clip. Translation below.
I played back the clip for Carlos later that day and asked him to translate.
Gloria says: 'Thank you so much for sponsoring me. I love you. I wish that one day you may be able to visit me. I take good care of your pictures.'
And Gloria does take care of the pictures and letters. She'd spread them out on the table to show me and you can see them at the end of the video however making the camera focus while recording video was beyond me at that point!
Thank You:
For those of you who asked if I had a regular blog in the hopes that you could read it. I do not… but Thank You! It's encouraging to know people will consider reading my posts regardless of the topic. Blogging takes a time commitment that I was willing to take on for this short trip but am hesitant to take on regularly at this point. Plus a trip overseas gives you so much interesting content to write about.
And thanks to those who engaged and commented along the way, this made it easier to keep going when it seemed like hard work. The end result is that I now have a complete set of posts about my first trip. I hope that they will be a valuable resource to those who sponsor (or are considering sponsoring) kids in El Salvador.
When I first launched the site I had a note up recommending that you don't subscribe to the site. That's because I thought I might have to post each individual photo as a new post and if I'd posted 20 photos in a night you would have got 20 emails – that wouldn't be cool. But I found a way to put multiple photos in one post.
Also now that I'm back from El Salvador I may be posting very infrequently. I may even take an extended break from posting until I go back to El Salvador. Therefore, I'd encourage you to subscribe using the 'Sign me up!' button to the right. This will mean you won't need to regularly check the site for new posts. I'm sure that WordPress will make it easy for you to unsubscribe at any time if you need to.
If you have any questions you'd like to ask about my trip or about Compassion please post a comment and if I don't know the answer I'll do my best to find out.
I still have another few of posts planned for the near future; one with 4 short video clips. Another about the timing of God. I still plan to post about the costs of the trip in respect to lunch, travel around the country etc… but it will take time to sort through my receipts!
PS: I have a confession. The layout of this site, where the headers and menus sit, the colour scheme etc… is all from a theme I chose from WordPress. No problem there, however… The beautiful landscape photo you see at the top of the screen came with the theme. I have no idea if it is El Salvador! But El Salvador does have hills and does have a coast so it could be El Salvador? I just thought I'd better be honest about that!
As well as the elaborate welcomes I received and the many smiles and hugs, I was also blessed to be given gifts of a physical "take home" nature.
Here is the photographic evidence.
Starting with this key ring and letter holder I received – which may, or may not have been made by Veronica. (Sometimes I didn't have chance to open the gifts until I got to the hotel).
On the letter holder is written Psalm 91. The key ring says something like 'I went to El Salvador and someone gave me this t-shirt but it's too small.' (I'm absolutely sure I lost the joke in translation).
Ricardo gave me a little wooden writing station that had a small pad, a holder for three pens and space that i think is for small envelopes but is shown holding sweets from Pizza Hut. He also gave me three pens that had been wrapped with thread in such a way that one displayed my name, one displayed Ricardo's name and the other had both our names. Last but not least I received a photo album with about a dozen pictures of Ricardo.
Walter gave me a scarf which he had knitted – as evidenced by some of the photos he gave me in a photo album. The flowers you see are made from recycled coke bottles; cut open and curled – by heating I suspect – and painted. Quite a colourful use for old bottles!
Esteban gave me a collection of items. The sign at the top has a sticker that says, 'God bless you wherever you are.' A writing pad is on the photo album and someone will have to tell me again the name of the musical instruments. Carlos told me but I had trouble locking it into memory; I was probably too fuzzy on the pronunciation.
Robin gave me this piece of art that has each of the 14 departments of El Salvador carved into it. We were in Perkin which is represented by the yellow dot of paint on black colored department.
Jasmin gave me a photo album and photo of her family in a beautiful frame.
Ruth made me a card.
On the inside she wrote a poem which says; (I'm not making this up but I may have misheard the translation), 'You are an angel and when you have kids, they will be angels too.'
Karla gave me coffee! Which I'm sure is great, but I don't drink coffee. Maybe I should start. The artwork is a mosaic made of different materials (this wasn't made by Karla but is still a great piece). I also got bookmarks and a recent photo of Karla.
Bryan gave me a welcome banner!
(The image here is slightly blurred where Bryan's full name was originally visible.)
Bryan also gave me a key ring, belt clip for keys, phone wrist strap and a couple of little dolls for my Mom and sister. So.. ah.. Hi Mom, Laura, I have something for you! <- I live with these people, I've been back a week already and I haven't even given them their gifts yet! That's just how busy I've been and why the posting has slowed down.
Banesa gave me a photo album.
And this wonderful plaque.
So, I didn't receive any animals! But I did get to hold a chick if you recall. And I told customs about the chick after I confirmed that chickens were livestock. Customs even cleaned my shoes for me since I had been to rabbit and chicken farms. It's good to declare! Obviously if I hadn't I might still have dirty shoes and more to the point, we might have unknown parasites in Australia. (No offence El Salvador).
However, all the wood products, the beautiful gifts, I didn't want to try my hand with customs on those. That's why I wrote "take home" in quotes and why I actually have the photographic evidence. You see the lacquered side in the photos but the rest of the wood is untreated. So Carlos and Alex now have a lot of nice stuff on their walls at home. I also offered them all the 'Welcome Douglas Bailey' banners…
It's a very unfortunate reality that it's not practical to bring everything home. As you can imagine this bad news it not something you share with the kids. About the only gift you turn down on the spot is animals and what you do there is explain to the kids that you do not have the necessary environment or equipment to take care of the rabbit/chicken/goat etc… and could they please take care of it for you and write to you to tell you how it's going and what it tasted like. Ha! Well maybe you don't ask them what it tastes like but that's the reality of obtaining protein. Sorry!
Banesa's home consists of two rooms, one door and one window with a red curtain.
Here is Carlos sitting in the front room which serves as a dining room and lounge.
Benesa's mother tells me that it is the women of the church that built (/rebuilt?) this house after the 2007 earthquake and so that is why it is so well put together.
Their cat likes the house well enough.
But Banesa's mother says the cat will probably have to go since they have little Estefany. Estefany is 15 months old.
Maybe Estefany is becoming a danger to the cat. Or maybe the cat is one too many a mouth to feed. The income for this family comes from Banesa's uncle, who does not live with them but does not have a family of his own.
Banesa opens a box that was on the unit behind Carlos. The box contains all the letters I have sent her. But whose letters can only warm her metaphorically because the window can't be shut and the curtain doesn't hold back the cold.
Please don't misunderstand just how important your letters are to your child. They will be read again and again and again as your children grow. If you've ever wondered if you written something too 'deep' for a young child, don't worry too much because they'll understand when they are older! Write your kids words of life because those words will shape their life by their reading it again and again. Case in point; Gloria.
Here is Banesa's sister Gloria.
Gloria is also sponsored and her sponsors are also from Australia. We put Gloria on the spot and asked her if she wanted to say anything to her sponsors. (I have a video clip of this which I will get to her sponsors when I track them down). She said; Thank you for sponsoring me. I hope you can visit one day and I take good care of all your letters.
Banesa's house has a sheet dividing the front from the back. In the back room on the left where many of the family's clothes.
To the right were two beds; thankfully with protection from mosquitos.
I was again in a situation where it was impossible to step back far enough to show you the size of the room but let me describe what we see. There is a queen bed with a pink net on which Banesa, Gloria, Estefany and their mother sleep. Less than one foot away is a single bed on which Banesa's two brothers sleep. One of them is 19, I'm not sure on the age of the other.
Directly outside the backdoor – and in retrospect I don't actually think there was a door – I was greeted by this little fella.
His friends were right behind him on the other side of the wooden board.
Ahead to my right was space for a fire.
And immediately to my right the sink.
To my left was a small enclosed yard however I found that Banesa's dog had just had puppies and was growling and suggesting that I move right along now and not stop for photos.
Back inside, Banesa holds her new bear. It's probably her first ever teddy bear because, come Christmas time, so many of the kids request shoes and clothes for their Compassion Christmas present.
We pray for the family and then rush out the door. It's so bright outside.
The light looks so inviting but I wish I could have stayed in the dark for just a while longer. Not to walk in the darkness but to see God working. It's in the darkness and the hidden corners of this world that I've seen God working. I've seen the faithfulness of Compassion reaching out into the darkness and releasing children from poverty. I've seen them bringing the light to the darkness. And they do it all because they know that Jesus came into the darkness, for each one of us, to release each of us from our own poverty.
'For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that you, through His poverty might become rich.' – 2 Corinthians 8:9
How do we be free of our spiritual poverty?
'If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.' – Romans 10:9
You mean I only have to believe that Christ paid for my sins? There must be more to do? No, there's nothing more, it's a free gift – so we can't boast – just believe.
'… because of His great love for us, God who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ, even when we were dead in transgressions. It is by grace, you have been saved.' – Ephesians 2:4-5
We headed off for lunch.
A chicken place.
We shoved all the menus and place mats out of the way for the now traditional game of memory.
Banesa asked if the game was destined for anyone in particular and although I had given it to Carlos to always have one on hand for tours, he graciously allowed me to give it to Banesa. How could you resist?
Then we were back in the van and off to the local tourist attraction.
Not some botanical garden although the flowers were nice enough.
The local Mayan ruins! (I thought they would be bigger). Having said that, the steps were really tall I had to wonder if the Mayans had really long legs.
It was a bit windy on site but thankfully we had some hats.
We had a walk around the ruins.
Banesa asked me what kind of ancient things we had in Australia and I explained that Australia and New Zealand are so 'new' that we don't have ancient structures. I also have found it very difficult to tell the kids of any traditions that we have or what our traditional food is. I told the kids we that Kiwis and Aussies like meat pies but that's as close as we got to traditional food.
We sat down out of the heat for a few minutes and talked about what Banesa wanted to be. She wants to be a professional, maybe a lawyer. Carlos told her about the Leadership Development Program (LDP) which Compassion has been running in some other countries and has recently started in El Salvador. Students with excellent grades can apply to a scholarship to university. Of 100 applicants each year only about 20 will get in. Compassion selects students they know will be faithful with the learning that is being entrusted to them. You can support a LDP student and encourage them through their time at university. Find out more on the Compassion website.
One day a Compassion sponsored child will grow up become President of their country. Will it be your child?
Before I went to El Salvador I updated my status on OurCompassion. OurCompassion could be likened to a Facebook for Compassion sponsors. If you've not heard of OurCompassion I encourage you to go to their home page and check out the short 3 minute introduction video.
Well Chris and Andrea from Australia noticed my status update and contacted me because they sponsor Estefany from the same project as Banesa. And when they found that I was actually going to that project they were pretty excited – to say the least!
Banesa and Estefany.
I had discovered earlier in the week that Compassion children El Salvador normally go to the project twice a week and the days they go often depend on their age. So I contacted head office on the Friday to try to ensure that Estefany would be at the project and I'm glad I did because Saturday was not her regular day.
I realised that Banesa and Estefany had the same surname but we knew they weren't sisters. When I asked if they were related there was initially some confusion amongst the relatives but they eventually seemed to agree that Banesa's uncle was Estefany's grandfather.
Here is Estefany with her grandmother.
Chris and Andrea had asked me to also get Estefany some gifts. We did the gift shopping during the week as needed (instead of all at once) and Chris and Andrea had seen the bear that I got Veronica earlier and loved it. If I didn't mention already Ruth and Jasmin actually choose that same style bear for themselves – it was a big hit. The bear was from BOMBA a variety store. During the week we went to at least 6 different BOMBA stores in the major cities of San Miguel, San Salvador and Santa Ana looking for bears. We cleared at least one of them out of bears and tea towels.
But the smiles were all worth it – even if we were sometimes out of focus (or if I pulled the gifts out before the camera was ready!)
We sat in the project office – trying to hide from Banesa so as not to spoil her surprise later on – and gave some gifts to Estefany.
Here we are out the front of the office building.
With some of the project team.
And here is Estefany with her tutor (one of her tutors? – I never did work out if they have one tutor for all types of learning they do).
We went for a quick tour of ES796 was up to.
They have a chicken farm. I noticed they have a fan at hand to keep them cool. (It's attached to the side of the enclosure with red string in the top right of this photo).
At the other end of the farm they have the little chicks.
700 little chicks!
These young ladies told me about the operation of the chicken farm.
They grow up so fast! I mean the chicks… they take only 6 weeks to get to adult size.
At this end of the farm they have heat lamps. These chicks are only about a week old. In one more week they will lift up a divider and give the chickens twice the room to run around.
My spanish is limited but I did have enough to order 2 eggs for breakfast each morning; 'Quisiera dos huevos por favor.' But that would not have got me far at this farm because although the farm produces protein, it's not via eggs. (And it's not via apple pies either).
This project also trades chickens with other Compassion projects and I believe they also trade for rabbits with Project ES826 (Refer to the post: 'The Circle of Life').
We had a quick look inside a classroom.
This classroom is using half of a building that was fully intended to be a pastors house.
However, the local town of San Lorenzo was hit by an earthquake in 2007 which had 1,113 aftershocks and rendered about 85% of the homes/buildings? in San Lorenzo (population 5,000) to be uninhabitable. So the church had to find space for classrooms where possible and they are now busy constructing more.
If I recall correctly, the picture above and below are for a new place of worship.
Pastor Douglas tells me the church was busy reconstructing houses in the town before working on the church and that is why construction is still on going here 3 years after that earthquake. Banesa's house is one of those reconstructed by the church and we'll see that in another post.
Some second story construction is in progress above the room in which I was welcomed.
Here you can see a ground floor room which is about to have a second story put on. That bamboo we saw in an earlier picture is coming in handy. This new room is adjacent to the completed room in which I was welcomed. Sorry I can't really draw you a map and everything is tightly packed on the land so it's hard to get a wide shot of everything. This new room will be the church office. It appears to be about 10ft x 10ft.
Pastor Douglas has plans for at least 8 newly constructed classrooms for the kids including some on a third story. Construction is slow in part because it depends on the donation of materials including bricks.
I wonder what one or two well placed Project Gifts could do to advance this work. Note: Through Compassion it's possible to give special gifts to families to give them a boost and you can also give a gift to a Project. Gifts are of course monetary in nature so Compassion is not burdened with the cost and logistics of sending physical items all over the world! –
Have a look on your local Compassion website for information about giving gifts: World Offices
Here is the current church (and project) office building. You can see a few pictures of the inside of this building in my next post about Estefany.
When you send pictures to your sponsored children, make sure you really like them because they might get enlarged!
It's a good thing I don't mind that photo.
This welcome banner says; 'Welcome to our CDI' (CDI = Centro Desarollo Integral or Centre of Integral Development. Also known as a 'Project'.) Forgive that the Australian flag is upside down, they got it the right way up on the flag pole in my previous post. Inside the heart is written, in english no less; 'For my sponsor Douglas, with love.'
This young lady was the master of ceremonies for the welcoming celebration.
I was invited up and asked to introduce myself and answer a few questions. Then it came to telling the kids which church I went to. Throughout the week Carlos had been singing a little of one of our songs in english and generally some of the staff would recognise it. Carlos – God bless his heart – decided that it was my turn to sing. The problem was we knew different songs so a duet was out! Carlos started the kids chanting for me to sing.
So in my first public solo in living memory I sang the chorus of 'Poderoso' off of our church's spanish album 'Con Todo' (With Everything). If anyone there knew the song they wouldn't have recognised my rendition. I'm hopeful that the stunned silence afterwards was surprise that I actually knew some spanish but I suspect a few of the 'we want' signs were being put away. But then there was applause and Carlos said if he'd known I knew some spanish he would have had me doing it all week. – Something to look forward to next time I suppose!
Let me just thank Jesus that I didn't show Carlos how to use the video feature on the camera.
After me, Carlos got some of the Compassion team up to sing a Hillsong song.
I don't recall what the song was, I was in shock – too busy thinking about myself!
Then we continued through the program with some other songs.
Including one sung by Banesa and Laura about being friends forever.
And something by this cute little guy. I regret that I have to say 'something' when referring to a song but it was impractical for Carlos to translate every song and I enjoyed hearing them in spanish without the translation but that just means that I can't tell you anything about them!
I'll have to improve my spanish for the next time I go so I can understand more of what's going on.
The program also included a dramatisation of The Good Samaritan. (Let me clarify, this is not a reaction to my singing).
The bandit in the red cap appears to have taken the travellers cell phone!
This young actor seemed to have the same trouble I did at Tin Marín; trying to look in pain but actually looking like you're having fun.
The cast of this little production.
Then we prayed. I can't remember if I prayed or someone else did.
But I do recall hearing Carlos' voice get further and further away.
I was introduced to Pastor Douglas.
And also introduced to Estefany. More on her soon.
Here's the cute little singer again. I wish I had a notebook handy for names.
Here is Banesa with her mother and sister Estefany, age 15 months.
We were unsure how to get out of the small, population 5,000, town of San Lorenzo and to the project, so one of the project team rode into town and then escorted us on his bike.
A humble way to start a glorious event. But that's just like my God.
As you will soon see, the kids really enjoy greeting a sponsor.
A young lady called 'Laura' takes my hand, gives me a rose and leads me in way I should go. At the time of writing I'm reminded that I actually came to know Jesus because my sister Laura led the way.
Do you know there is a party in heaven every time someone comes to know Jesus as their saviour?
And it's good to have someone holding your hand when you can't see where you are going.
My translator (and photographer) is about to get left behind and miss the bit where I meet Banesa.
But I didn't need a translator for Banesa's smile.


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First described in its opening week as the Waldorf's "newest Oasis for cocktails and conversation," Sir Harry's is frequented by guests and Manhattanites alike. You may have heard of the Waldorf bar scene because of our famed "Old Bar Book," which is currently being reinvigorated by Beverage Manager Frank Caiafa, or because we invented the Rob Roy and several other classic cocktails.
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Project Number 2010-1-ES1-LEO05-21000
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We make Schooners a must stop for dinner every time we are in Cayucos. Great view and food, plus the service has been outstanding.
It was getting late on a chilly January evening at the end of a holiday weekend in Cayucos, California. My stomach was growling signaling me to find dinner asap. The town had all but closed down for the night. Panic was setting in and then my eyes caught sight of Schooners Wharf. Hoping the kitchen would still be open, I...
I've had drinks and appetizers at Schooners several times but this was my first time having lunch. It was a beautiful day and we had the table overlooking the water. My boyfriend had one of the burgers and I had the halibut and chips. They were excellent, probably the best fish and chips I've ever had. My boyfriend said his...
Good food and great ambiance! We even say outside on the terasse underneath the heaters in December!
Had dinner here with my son. Each chose steak which was cooked to order and both meals were very nice. Staff were friendly and as always we tried a local fraught beer which again was very good.
Schooners Wharf is an unusual mixture (in the USA) of pub and restaurant and has a unique atmosphere. The staff are friendly and make you feel at home. Food is superb, fresh and can be eaten outdoors upstairs with ocean views.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 23, 1977
|Filing date
|Oct 30, 1975
|Priority date
|Jul 15, 1974
|Publication number
|Jeannette V. Orel
|Original Assignee
|Orel Jeannette V
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (22), Referenced by (39), Classifications (17)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of Application Ser. No. 488,229, filed on July 15, 1974 and now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to ashtrays and more specifically to apparatus used in conjunction with ashtrays for filtering and deodorizing the smoke associated with ashtrays.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known that smoke producing objects, such as cigarettes and cigars, are commonly deposited on ashtrays and the smoke from these objects tends to permeate the air of the environment and produce a disagreeable ordor. Furthermore, it is known that the smoke from these objects can be hazardous to the health of not only the person smoking the object, but also to persons who must breathe the smoke in the environment. For these reasons, it is desirable to filter and deodorize the smoke which emanates from these objects, particularly when they are deposited in an ashtray. It is also known that the smoke deposits which form on surfaces contacted by smoke, i.e., filters, build up a residue which is considered objectionable and possibly dangerous since the residue contains those same suspect chemical components as does the smoke.
Various devices have been provided for filtering the smoke of cigarettes and the like when deposited in an ashtray. Such a device is disclosed by Gilbertson in U.S. Pat. No. 3,516,232, issued on June 23, 1970. This device consists of a stand supporting an ashtray and also supporting a housing and motorized fan above the ashtray. In this device, the housing defines a passageway and the associated fan generates a flow of air through the passageway. The housing also supports a filter between the fan and the ashtray.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,490,466 discloses a smoke incinerating device in which the unburned components of tobacco smoke are incinerated so that the incinerated residue is discharged.
These devices have been particularly elaborate and therefore expensive to manufacture. In addition, they have been relatively bulky so that their size has significantly increased the normal size of an ashtray. Furthermore, the devices have not been particularly effective in filtering the smoke associated with the ashtray. The displacement of the filter from the ashtray has been of such a distance that only a small portion of the smoke has been drawn through the filter.
In some devices, a shroud has been provided to channel the smoke from the ashtray into the filter. However, even this shroud has been displaced from the ashtray so that a portion of the smoke has passed unfiltered into the environment.
The filters associated with the devices of the prior art have been relatively large providing a significant surface area transverse to the flow of air, but only a minimal thickness in the direction of the flow of air. Thus, these filters have not been particularly effective in sorbing or otherwise removing the smoke from the flow of air.
In the devices of the prior art, the fan and the associated motor for driving the fan have both been disposed within the passageway through which the smoke travels. This has had no particularly adverse effect upon the fan, but the motor has become contaminated with the smoke fumes.
In accordance with the present invention, the motorized fan draws smoke from an ashtray through a filter which sorbs and deodorizes the smoke. A shroud is provided which rests upon the upper edge of the ashtray or within which the ashtray is positioned to immediately confine the smoke emanating from the ashtray within the shroud. The shroud defines with a housing of the fan a passageway within which the filter is disposed and through which the smoke is carried by a flow of air. The shroud may be in the form of a cylinder having an opening therein to permit insertion and withdrawal of smoke producing objects from the ashtray. The shroud confines the smoke within the confines of the shroud and the opening permits entrance of fresh air into the shroud, as sucked in by a fan, to dilute the smoke with appreciable quantities of fresh air such that the smoke, diluted with fresh air is flowed through a filter device thereby assuring that the smoke does not flow out of the shroud except as it is drawn through the filter. The filter can have its longest dimensions extending in the direction of the flow of air to provide a filtering path of significant length. The motor associated with the fan can be disposed outside the passageway so that it is not contaminated by the smoke fumes.
A restricting member may be disposed between the shroud and the housing to define a major opening and a plurality of smaller openings in the passageway. The air flowing through the passageway passes through these openings. A filter cartridge having a generally elongated configuration can be disposed in the major opening to filter the smoke from the air flowing through the passageway. A sorbent material is disposed over the smaller openings and impregnated with a deodorant to provide the air flowing through the passageway with a fragrance.
In a preferred embodiment, the motorized fan has blades which provide a flow of air radially outwardly from the blades. In such an embodiment, a filter can be provided with a generally cylindrical shape and disposed circumferentially of the blades of the fan to filter the air passing through the fan.
In either embodiment, the filters include wall portions which extend generally in the direction of the flow of air between a pair of openings. Screen material can be disposed over these openings to define with the wall portions a cavity within which activated charcoal can be disposed. In the first mentioned embodiment, the wall portions of the elongated filter have a curved configuration and the screen material has a planar configuration. In the second mentioned embodiment, the wall portions of the cylindrical filter have a planar configuration and the screen material has a curved configuration. The filters, which provide an effective means for sorbing the smoke from the flow of air, are easily removable to facilitate the replacement of the filter.
In still another form of this invention, a removable filter is interposed between the shroud and the fan housing to filter the smoke before it reaches the fan blades. In this form, the filter being constructed for easy removal without the necessity of touching the filter proper and thus avoiding contact with the material accumulated on the filter.
These and other features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent with a discussion of preferred embodiments and reference to the associated drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a combination of a present invention including an ashtray, a shroud, and a motorized fan;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the combination taken on line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an expanded view in axial cross section of the filter illustrated in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an expanded view of the elements associated with the motorized fan illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an expanded view of one embodiment of a cylindrical filter which is particularly adapted for use with the motorized fan of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an axial cross-sectional view of a further embodiment of the cylindrical filter of the present invention illustrating a preferred disposition of the filter within the motorized fan;
FIG. 7 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of another form of the present invention incorporating a disposable filter element which is easy to replace;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation of the filter mounting; and
FIG. 9 is a view in perspective of the disposable filter element in accordance with this invention.
An ashtray is illustrated in FIG. 1 and designated by the reference numeral 11. The ashtray 11 has walls 13 which extend to an upper rim 15. This upper rim is provided with depressions 17 having a configuration particularly adapted for supporting a cigarette 19, a cigar 20, or other smoke producing object. For example, the depressions 17 can have the configuration of a portion of a larger circle 21, defined in proximity to the rim 15, and a portion of a smaller circle 23, defined beneath the larger circle 21. In a preferred embodiment, the smaller circle 23 has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the cigarette 19, and the larger circle 21 has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the cigar 20. Thus, the circles 21 and 23 facilitate the support of both a cigar and a cigarette by the ashtray 11.
When a smoke producing object, such as the cigarette 19, is lit, it tends to give off smoke, particularly when it is disposed in the ashtray 11 as shown in FIG. 1. If this smoke is permitted to permeate the environment of a room, for example, it can be injurious to the health of those who must breathe the smoke in the room. The smoke also tends to give off a disagreeable odor which is particularly obnoxious to a non-smoker. The device of the present invention is particularly useful in confining the smoke to a passageway inside a shroud, drawing a flow of air from the passageway through a filter to sorb the smoke, and deodorizing the flow of air prior to exhausting the air into the environment.
To facilitate the confinement of the smoke from the cigarette 19 to a restricted area, a shroud 25 can be provided to extend above the ashtray 11. In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 the shroud 25 has an elongated generally cylindrical configuration formed by wall 26 which is provided with an opening 27 at the bottom end of the shroud 25 and an opening 29 at the opposite or top end of the shroud 25. The wall 26 of the shroud 25 can have a cylindrical or slight conical configuration as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
As shown, the wall 26 next to the bottom opening 27 is provided with a circumferential shoulder 31 to facilitate disposition of the shroud 25 directly on the rim 15 of the ashtray 11 such that a portion of the shroud contacts the wall 13 of the ashtray. This direct contact between the wall 26 and the ashtray 11 is particularly desirable to maintain the smoke from the cigarette 19 within the confines of the shroud. A side or mouth 33, is provided in wall 26 to extend along the side of the shroud 25 generally above the opening 27 and the rim 15 of the ashtray 11. This mouth 33 provides access to the ashtray 11 to facilitate the removal and replacement of the cigarette 19. It will be apparent that the shroud 25 and ashtray 11 can be made as a single unit.
As shown, the mouth or opening 33 extends above the ashtray to near the top opening 29 to provide a substantial opening in the axial direction. Circumferentially there is also a substantial opening with the side walls 33a and 33b of the opening being recessed back, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in chordal relation across the ashtray to provide easy access to the ashtray. In this way, the shroud surrounds a substantial portion of the ashtray to form an enclosure, while the walls 33a and 33b are recessed back thus exposing a substantial portion of the rim of the ashtray which extends beyond the side walls 33a and 33b of the shroud mouth. Also, the opening is of a substantial size both in transverse and axial dimension so that a substantial volume of fresh air may be drawn into the shroud to assure that the smoke remains within the confines of the shroud. With an opening of substantial size, easy access is provided to the ashtray without the necessity of having to insert the cigarette or cigar through a small opening.
An air moving means, such as a motorized fan 35, is supported by the shroud 25 above the ashtray 11. In such an embodiment, the shroud 25 provides a cavity 95 which extends between the fan 35 and the ashtray 11. The fan 35 includes a housing 37 within which are disposed a plurality of fan blades 39 radiating from a hub 40, and a motor 41 connected to the hub 40 for driving the fan blades 39. The motor 41 is energized by the closing of a switch 43 which completes a circuit through a power source, such as a pair of batteries 45, and the motor 41.
The housing 37 includes a fan blade cavity 47 within which are disposed the fan blades 39, and an opening 49 which communicates with the cavity 47 and the cavity 95 formed by the shroud 25. The housing 37 also includes a discharge openings 51 which extend from the cavity 47 to the environment. Thus the housing 37 defines with the shroud 25 a passageway through the unit which extends from the mouth 33 in proximity to the ashtray 11, through the top opening 29 of the shroud 25, and the openings 49 and 51 in the housing 37.
One of the particularly desirable features of the present invention is the compact size of the device. This compact size is facilitated by a particularly desirable
One of the particularly desirable configuration for the fan 35. In the embodiment illustrated, the fan blades 39 function to provide the air in the cavity 49 with a circular flow pattern. As this air flows around the cavity 47, a centrifugal force is exerted upon the air which tends to make it move radially outwardly of the fan blades 39. This radially moving air is exhausted through the discharge openings 51 to the environment.
As the air moves through the openings 51 a partial vacuum is formed which has its greatest magnitude at the hub 40 of the fan blades 39. In response to this vacuum, a flow of air 52 moves through the mouth 33 into the cavity 95, that is the passageway defined by the shroud 25, and through the housing 37. This flow of air 52 is illustrated throughout the drawings by arrows designated with the same reference numeral 52. The flow of air 52 extends from the environment, through the mouth 33, along the passageway, and through the openings 51 to the environment. Since this flow of air 52 begins in proximity to the ashtray 11 at the mouth 33, the smoke from the cigarette 19 is carried by the flow of air 52.
Referring now to FIG. 4, it will be noted that the housing 37 includes a case 55 which supports the batteries 45, the switch 43, the motor 41 and the fan blades 39. The case 55 also includes the openings 51 which extend circumferentially of the case 55 and laterally of the fan blades 39. Within the fan blade cavity 47, the case 55 also includes axially extending keys 57 and locking pins 59.
In the embodiment illustrated, a restriction member 61 includes a radially extending base portion 63 and a plurality of keyways 65 at the circumferential edge thereof. These keyways 65 align with the keys 57 within the fan blade cavity 47. The base portion 63 extends radially inwardly and includes the opening 49, preferably at a position which is axially aligned with the hub 40 of the fan. Since the partial vacuum created by the fan has its greatest magnitude at the hub 40, this disposition of the opening 49 maximizes the velocity of the flow of air 52. The restriction member 61 can be provided with a supporting structure 67 extending circumferentially and upwardly from the base portion 63 to support a screen 69 next to the circumferential openings 51 so that air flows through the screen and out the openings.
A filter 71 is provided and cooperates with the opening 49 so that at least a portion of the air flowing through the cavity 95 passes through the filter 71. A filter support element 73, best shown in FIG. 4, includes a base portion 75 and a shoulder portion 77 extending circumferentially and axially of the base portion 75. The shoulder portion 77 extends upwardly to support the base portion 63 of the restriction member 61 as illustrated in FIG. 2.
The filter 71 may be of the type illustrated in FIG. 3. This filter 71 has generally rigid wall portions 79 which extend substantially in the direction of the flow of air 52 through the opening 49. For example, the wall portions 79 form sidewalls which can be cylindrical or may have a slight conical configuration, as illustrated in FIG. 3. A flange 81 extending radially outwardly at one end of the wall portions 79 provides a surface to which a porous member 83 may be adhered. At the opposite end of the wall portions 79, flange 85, which extends radially inwardly of the wall portions 79, provides a surface for supporting a second porous member 87 similar to member 83. Porous members 83 and 87 can be formed from any porous material such as felt, or a woven fabric, such as cloth or screen.
The wall portions 79 and the porous members 83 and 87 form a cavity which is preferably filled with activated charcoal 89 or other material for sorbing or otherwise filtering at least a portion of the smoke from the flow of air 52. In this manner, the filter 71 can be provided with a cartridge configuration which facilitates the removal and replacement of the filter 71.
The base portion 75 of the filter support element 73 extends inwardly to engage shoulders 91 which, when operatively disposed, extend generally in an axial direction into proximity with the opening 49. The filter 71 is configured to be positioned within the shoulder 91 with the outwardly extending flange 81 supported by the shoulder 91 in close proximity to the opening 49. The shoulder 91 may have a cylindrical configuraion or a slight conical configuration as illustrated in FIG. 2. The slight conical configuration may be preferred to facilitate the replacement of the filter 71. In either case, it is desirable that the wall portion 79 of the filter 71 contact the shoulder 91 along substantially its entire inner surface. This relationship ensures that the air flowing through the shoulder 91 passes through the charcoal 89.
The base portion 75 of the filter support element 73 is provided with a plurality of apertures 93 which extend between the cavity 95 of the shroud and the cavity 97 between the filter support element 73 and the restriction member 61. If, when the filter 71 is operatively positioned, there remains a clearance between the filter 71 and the opening 49, a relatively small portion of the air will flow from the cavity 95, through the holes 93, through the cavity 97, and through the opening 49. This air can be provided with a fragrance by positioning an absorbent material 99 within the cavity 97 and impregnating this material 99, for example, with a perfume. The material 99 may be a piece of felt which is supported by the base portion 75 over the holes 93. In this manner, the air being exhausted through the openings 51 to the environment, can be provided with a fragrance.
The shoulder portion 77 of the filter support element 73 is provided with keyways 101 which extend axially and radially to cooperate with the locking pins 59 in securing the restriction members 61 and the filter support element 73 to the case 55.
In another form of the invention, a filter 103 (FIG. 5) can be used either in addition to or in lieu of the filter 71. This filter 103 can be provided with a generally cylindrical configuration to facilitate disposition of the filter 103 between the fan blades 39 and the openings 51 in the cavity 47. This preferred disposition is best illustrated in FIG. 6.
The filter 103 can be constructed similar to the filter 71 with rigid portions 105 extending generally in the direction of the flow of air 52, and porous members 107 and 109 extending generally transversely to the flow of air 52. Since the flow of air 52 through the filter 103 is radially outwardly, it follows that the spaced rigid portions 105 are annular and flat and located in spaced planes while the sheet portions 107 and 109 extending between the rigid portions have a generally curved configuration, as shown. In this embodiment, the rigid portions 105 and the sheet portions 107 and 109 define a cylindrical cavity which can be filled with the activated charcoal 89.
A further embodiment of the filter 103 is illustrated in FIG. 6. In this embodiment, a first piece of porous sheet material can be bent to form an axially extending outer surface 111 and an upper surface 113 extending radially inwardly of the surface 111. Similarly, a second piece of porous sheet material can be bent to form an axially extending inner surface 115 and a bottom surface 117 extending radially outwardly of the surface 115. The surfaces 111 and 113 can be joined to the surfaces 117 and 115 respectively, to provide the filter 103 with a cylindrical cavity. This cavity can also be filled with the activated charcoal 89.
In a preferred embodiment, the filter 103 is held in position by a restriction member 104 which is similar to the base portion 63 of the restriction member 61. In the absence of the filter 71, the restriction member 104 can be appropriately configured and provided with keyways similar to the keyways 101 for registration with the locking pins 59.
In the embodiments of the filters illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 5, the rigid wall portions 79 and 105 will typically be formed from a plastic material while the porous members 83, 87, 107, and 109 can be formed from any porous material such as a felt, or a woven cloth or screen. In a preferred embodiment, the porous members 83, 87, 107 and 109 are formed from a material manufactured by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and marketed under the trademark Nylon. In the embodiment of the filter 103 illustrated in FIG. 6, it may be desirable that the pieces of sheet material forming the surfaces 111, 113, 115, and 117 be formed from wire screen to provide the filter with minimal rigidity.
The ability of the device of the present invention to reduce airborne particulate matter has been demonstrated to the extent that between 85 percent and 95 percent of airborne particulate matter was removed from filter and non-filter tip cigarettes. Moreover, by circulating air in the cavity formed by the shroud, and produced by the fan, there appears to be more complete combustion of the cigarette positioned in the ashtray and within the shroud.
Referring now to FIG. 7, a modified form of structure is illustrated and includes an ashtray 121 as already described in FIG. 1. Surrounding the ashtray 121 is a shroud 125 which is slightly conical in configuration. The shroud wall 126 contacts the opposed wall 127 of the ashtray and effectively grips the same. The shroud 125 includes a mouth or opening 133 and cooperating walls 133a and 133b, as described.
Located above the shroud and between the shroud and the fan assembly 135 is a removable filter unit 140, the latter received on a shoulder 142 provided on the upper end of the shroud and supporting the fan assembly 135, the latter provided with the fan blades 39 and openings 51, as described, and as shown in FIG. 8.
Referring to FIG. 9, the filter unit 140 is a plastic housing having an apertured lower wall 143 and an imperforate center section 144. The outer wall 146 is imperforate and spaced radially inwardly is a perforate inner wall 147, walls 143, 146 and 147 cooperating with an imperforate top wall 148 to form a filter chamber 150 containing a suitable sorbing material 152 such as activated charcoal or the like, as described.
A mixture of smoke and air is drawn through wall 143 through the filter material out through wall 147 across the fan blades and out through openings 51.
Affixed to the filter unit 140 is a string 153, as shown in FIG. 9 which is wrapped around the periphery and optionally grooves 151 may be used to seat the string, the free end of the string being outside of the shroud. As shown in FIG. 8, the string may be used to seal the outer periphery of the filter unit 140 to each of the fan housing and the shroud. To replace a filter, the fan assembly 135 is removed and the unit 140 comes off either with the fan assembly or remains on the shroud. The free end of the string is grasped and pulled to release the filter unit from that assembly with which it remains. To insert a new unit, it is placed in the housing and assembled to the shroud.
Since the filter accumulates substantial units of tar products, it is desirable to be able to replace the unit without physically having to touch it and this is an added function of the string 153 and the free end which are not in the airsmoke path.
As explained with reference to the foregoing embodiments, the device of the present invention provides means for filtering and deodorizing the smoke associated with cigarettes and cigars. The device is compact in size, inexpensively manufactured, and particularly attractive as a novelty gift item. It is also particularly functional for removing an odor from a flow of air while adding a fragrance to the flow of air.
Although the device has been disclosed with reference to specific embodiments accommodating particular filter configurations, it will be obvious that the device can be otherwise embodied so that the scope of the invention should be ascertained only with reference to the following claims.
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9 days ago in Augusta, GA
Jet Ski, w/trailer & title, Please, Serious offers only inquire. The price is negotiable and a clea...
Dive Computer
2 days ago in North Augusta, SC
Dive Computer Orca Marathon Dive Computer with case and Owner's Manual, lithium battery , also, Ike...
Dive Gear
2 days ago in North Augusta, SC
Dive Gear Waterproof Travel Case full of miscellaneous dive gear: Back Pack, Weight belts, Goody b...
10x10 therapy pool
1 days ago in Grovetown, GA
Fitmax 10x10 therapy pool with ladder and brand new pump. Perfect for small backyards. $1000 retail....
kayak paddle
1 days ago in Augusta, GA
Kayak paddle. Carlisle Day Tripper, excellent condition, 230cm.
WANTED: Yamaha sterndrive
8 days ago in Waynesboro, GA
Wanted: Yamaha Stern Drive Wanted for the boat in the picture