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Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - March 8, 1989, Aiken, South Carolina Inside Today Bush Speaks Out On Strike Page 2A A Quick ReadAtwater Resigns; Protests Continue WASHINGTON (AP) - Students demanding that Republican National Chairman Lee Atwater be removed or resign from Howard University's board of trustees continued to occupy the campus administration building today as snow and freezing rain forced suspension of classes. Atwater, an Aiken native, resigned Tuesday from the Howard University board of trustees, hours after hundreds of students took over the administration building to protest his appointment. The protesters at the predominantly black campus had contended that Atwater was not sensitive to black concerns. But Atwater's resignation did not immediately end the protest, because students had a list of other demands, including better security and housing, more blacks on the board of trustees, and improvements in services provided students.Auto Insurance Bill Heading To House COLUMBIA (AP) - The Auto Insurance Reform Act is on its way to the full House, but the question of when the debate will begin is paramount in the minds of supporters. The legislation — designed to lower auto insurance rates up to 22 percent for most good drivers — passed a House committee Tuesday after lengthy debate on whether to include a mandatory seat belt provision. The vote in the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee was unanimous. LCI Chairman Robert Brown, D-Marion, said he hopes the House will begin its discussion of the legislation immediately after passage of the state budget bill, which could come as early as two weeks. To do that, the majority of the House Rules Committee would have to vote to put the bill on special order, which moves it to the front of the House agenda.WeatherCloudy Skies Mostly cloudy skies are forecast tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Partly cloudy skies are forecast Thursday with a high in the mid 50s. Please see details on Page 14A.Deaths John I. Beasley, Tampa, Fla. Sylvia A. Fox, New Ellenton Carrie G Harsey, Leesville Anthony Hazel, Aiken Louise W. Shugart, Aiken Geneva S. Smith, North Augusta Carlton E. Thomas, Wagener Please see details on Page 14AInside Today Bridge.......................... 8B Calendar...........................................2B Classifieds........................................6B Comics...........................................12A Crossword........................................9B Cryptoquote......................................7B Dear Abby.......................................12A Local Front.......................................1B Obituaries................... 14A Opinions.............................. 4A Sports...............................................9A Television.......................................12A Weather..........................................14A Page 2A Page IB Owner Rejects Cemetery Bid »oe, <B\iu Wednesday, March 8, 1989 25C Aiken, South Carolina Vol. 122 No. 58 Snow, Sleet Expected To Hit State From Staff And Wire Reports Weather forecasters say the north coast and north midlands were expected to be hit hardest by a winter storm bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to South Carolina, but that no significant accumulations were expected. The National Weather Service said a low pressure system developing off the Georgia coast was expected to move northward along the South Carolina coast late Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather service said the winter storm system was capable of producing accumulations of one to three inches of snow and ice over the north coast and the north midlands. Accumulations of less than an inch were expected in the eastern piedmont, the south midlands and the inland areas of the south coast. Aiken is somewhat better off than most, with a forecast of cloudy and cold skies sending down rain mixed with sleet in the morning only. Aiken's high will be in the 40s and its low will be in the 30s. Minor snow flurries were reported in the Aiken area this morning. In the early morning, slippery conditions on bridges and roads made driving more hazardous. Upstate weather forecasters Tuesday night called for a 30 percent chance of snow Wednesday, but predicted "little if any" accumulation. Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, could continue until early Wednesday afternoon, said meteorologist Dentim Robbins with the National Weather Service at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. The Upstate would fare much better Wednesday than either the north coastal or north midland areas, where a winter storm warning was in effect for Tuesday night and Wednesday. There was a "pretty good chance" of one to three inches of snow in those areas, Robbins said. A combination of cold air from the Great Lakes and moisture from the At lantic coast could bring about the snow, Robbins said. The weather service said any frozen precipitation should taper off today. Highs across South Carolina were expected to range from the mid 30s to the mid 40s. Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of rain and lows in the 30s. The weather service said it should be partly cloudy Thursday with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. But Robbins said gusty winds today could mean the wind chill could get as low as the 20s or teens. (See SNOW, Page 7A) Aiken's Environmental Problems Have Arrived Staff Photo By Phil Jones GROWTH SPOT: Businesses are sprouting on every corner in Aiken's fast-growing south side. Group Seeks To Identify County's Trouble Spots By CARL LANGLEY Staff Writer Dr. Joseph R. Brooks, superintendent of the Aiken County schools, warns if you are robbed on your way to work or on the way back home the odds are nearly 9 to I your assailant will be a high school dropout. Ronald B. Bolton, an Aiken developer, says it's about time people stopped trashing Aiken County's landscape and make a joint effort to keep a "pretty face" on one of ti e hest places in the r'lle. Margaret J. Weston, V family planning' and rural health care specialist, is concerned about drugs, AIDS, teen-aged pregnancies and other social failings that have a debilitating effect on schools and neighborhoods. John W. Cunningham, a former textile executive and now a banker, says "willy nilly, helter skelter" development without a well-planned foundation could be self-defeating by exposing high density growth areas to potential blight. These comments by prominent citizens focus attention on environmental problems that can surface in a fast-growing county. In Aiken County, many of them have arrived. Environmental issues carry significant weight in planning for Aiken County's future. That work is being done by a citizens' group, which is gathering information on every facet of county life. When the survey ends, the information will be packaged by the Arthur Young Company into a Strategic Plan designed to help county leaders grapple with problems that come with progress. It is a response to management changeover at the Savannah River Plant and expected expansion that may include replacement of aging nuclear reactors at the facility. An effort to identify environmental threats before they become dangers commands the attention of those who make long-range plans designed to enhance the quality of life. Aiken County Council Chairman Carrol Warner agrees that goals for environmental protection should carry a high priority with the planners. He said, "It's past time to take a hard look at where we are and where we are going." The chairman said establishing growth guidelines is especially critical to Aiken County where a building boom is clogging traffic, crowding schools and changing neighborhood characteristics. Ifs obvious, he noted, that growth, especially on Aiken's south side, could create problems that may not have easy solutions. (See AIKEN'S, Page 16A) Smith Defeats Gunter In Rematch By PHILIP LORD Staff Writer After two months of waiting, Rep. J. Roland Smith took his District 84 S.C. House of Representatives seat at IO a.m. this morning. The Democratic candidate defeated Republican Ralph E. Gunter with an unoffi-cal vote of 1,800 to 1,404. One person cast a write-in ballot and did not fill in a name for the candidate. Smith defeated Gunter in 12 of the 18 precincts voting in the election, which was SMITH N.A. Election Results..................Page IB held after the S.C. Election Commission overturned his apparent victory in the Nov. 8 general election in a 5-0 vote. "I think that there were some folks that felt we should not have a re-election," Smith said after the victory. Smith, who ran on his record, said, "I think it is sad (the new election) for the simple fact that someone wants to satisfy his own ego." "I can hold my head high," Gunter said after his defeat. "I can look people in the face and keep on going." Gunter called himself the underdog in the race from the start and said, "I felt like from the start that the odds were stacked against me." The Republican said that he did not know if he would protest the election. He said that he would analyze the results and see what to do next, if anything. Gunter added that there might be possible legal action taken against certain groups that slandered him during the election, which was held after he protested his 54 vote loss in November. Smith, who did not protest the Election Commisssion's decision, said that his apparent 396-vote victory was "an indication that I have worked hard for my district in the past 16 years I have served." "I felt from the very beginning that I would win with a greater number in another election," Smith said. (See SMITH, Page 7A) Taxes On Alcohol, Tobacco Favored By Public By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans strongly oppose increasing general income taxes although large majorities are willing to levy higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol and people with incomes over $80,000 a year, according to a survey released today. The poll, conducted by The Gallup Organization for the Times Mirror Co., found that a majority of Americans, 64 percent, were even favorably disposed toward a national lottery to bring in revenues. An even bigger majority, 85 percent, favored raising taxes on alcoholic beverages to reduce the deficit, and a just slightly smaller group, 76 percent, favored boosting taxes on tobacco products. Four out of five Americans, 82 percent, favored increasing the income taxes of people with incomes above $80,000. A smaller majority, 59 percent, endorsed a specific proposal that would create a new 33 percent income tax bracket for all income over $150,000. On the fundamental question of wheth er it is possible to cut the federal deficit significantly without a tax increase, opinion was evenly divided between the 45 percent of the public believing taxes are necessary and 46 saying they are not necessary. The survey, one of a series the Los Angeles-based news company has commissioned on American attitudes, was conducted between Jan. 27 and Feb. 5. It consisted of one-hour face-to-face interviews with 2,048 members of the general (See TAXES, Page 7A)Thurmond Gearing Up For '90 Race By MATTHEW DAVIS States News Service WASHINGTON - Sen. Strom Thurmond will unofficially launch his campaign for the 1990 Senate race Wednesday night with a $1,000-a-head fund raiser, a bold signal that the 86-year old Republican will not let age inhibit him from seeking another term. Sen. Thurmond is already the Senate's oldest member and, if re-elected, he would be 94 when the term expires. Furthermore, should the Republicans regain their majority in the Senate, Sen. Thurmond would be president pro tem of the body and, thus, third in line for the presidency behind the vice-president and the speaker of the House. But aides insist Sen. Thurmond, who began serving the Senate in 1954, is still physically fit to be candidate Thurmond. His spokesman, Christopher Simpson, boasted that every morning Sen. Thurmond, a native of Edgefield who has a residence in Aiken, spends almost an hour pumping (See THURMOND, Page 7A) ;
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It's been three years since Mike Lane's (Channing Tatum) retirement from stripping, but the former dancer misses the excitement and feeling of being on stage. Most of all, though, he misses the best friends that he ever had, the crew known as the Kings of Tampa. Opportunity comes knocking when the guys look him up as they travel to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for a stripper convention. With the promise of outrageous fun, a reinvigorated Mike can't resist the chance to join in and take it off again.
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MPAA rating: R
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From time to time, my synapses get fried and -- as I have mentioned here, before -- I must retreat from the world and look at beautiful fabric and glorious dresses.I wear rags, myself, mostly, but sometimes my heart just aches for beauty. Thanks to an unknown reader who ordered this book from Amazon, through this site I now have my first "stash". A book of 100 dresses and belonging to a Met collection, but rarely seen. My blog can't do justice to the glorious photos.Mother's Day is … [Read more...]
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What You Were
This talks about how much a person can change while the love continues, its not the person they fell in love with. And while she is trying to get over him, he is hating her what he thinks is discreetly, but its obvious to her.
If I hurt you now so deep,
You can hardly bare to look my way
What can I say?
If you already know the words I want to say
You already know how I feel so why ask
And your guard is so up
No one can surpass it
And you shun me and keep me
Maybe as a punishment
So I can see what pain I have instilled in you
And what pain you can cause in me
And this reminds me
That I want to run away
And disappear
Yet so eager for those good days
That maybe you forget I was here
Wanting to relive each moment
That felt so good
And felt so nice
You made me feel the best at one point
And now we are at quiet wars
I love you still
Beside all that
And won't forget the person I met
Yet I'm trying to let go
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First up we have a report from Secunia that sort of states what I've always strongly suspected – that 3rd party applications are more likely to be vulnerable to exploitation. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132025-pg,1/article.html
The reason? Many 3rd party application lack automatic updating functionality or didn't get it until very recently.
Some (*cough* QuickTime *cough*) either still don't work right when logged in as a standard user or just plain don't work. 🙂 Back when I used to have QuickTime installed – it didn't work right for me – even as an Admin (and that was on XP) . . . I haven't installed it in a long time now so I dunno if they've addressed the issues with the latest 7.x builds.
Given evidence like this – it wouldn't surprise me if this year we continue to see attackers focusing increasingly on non-Microsoft applications with their exploit love and affection.
Next up – an amusing 'experiment' conducted using Google advertising: http://neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=40415
Drive-by downloads served up via on-line ads – I've always wondered why this isn't used and abused more often? Maybe it is and it's just not reported? I mean I know of specific casess where online ads were used with IE vulns to install malware . . . but it's not as common as hacked PHP web sites. 🙁


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jul 13, 2010
|Filing date
|Apr 15, 2003
|Priority date
|Apr 23, 2002
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Jolyn Rutledge, Judith Shaffer, Amy M. Manetta, Mark Penny
|Original Assignee
|Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (16), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (5), Classifications (16), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims the benefit of a provisional U.S. application, U.S. Ser. No. 60/374,912, filed Apr. 23, 2002, in the names of the present inventors.
The present invention generally relates to a system and a method for processing and displaying of medical information, and more particularly, to processing and displaying of patient data. In one exemplary aspect, the present invention enables a user of a charting system to create an adaptive timeline for display of patient data.
In today's medical environment, various patient data is generated during a patient's stay in a hospital. The patient data is either stored electronically or written down on paper, depending on types of data and level of automation for a particular hospital. The type of data may include parameter settings for a piece of medical equipment used to treat a patient or parameter values obtained relating to physiology of a patient.
For example, various types of medical equipment are used to monitor or administer care to patients in different hospital departments. In a critical care unit, a ventilator is frequently used to ventilate a patient's lungs with breathing gas when the patient's ability to breathe on his or her own is impaired. In order to properly administer ventilation, a caregiver needs to first set up various settings for the ventilator. Examples of commonly required settings to control a ventilator include: Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP) setting for limiting the peak pressure during inspiration of air; and Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) setting for limiting the peak pressure at the end of expiration of air. Many other ventilator settings may also be controlled, depending on the capability of the particular ventilator.
Likewise, medical equipment may also be equipped with various physiological sensors so that the condition of a patient may be monitored. For example, commonly monitored parameters for a ventilator include Mean Airway Pressure (MAP) for indicating the mean pressure measured within the airway during the breathing cycle, and Tidal Volume Inspired (TVi) for measuring volume of gas inhaled by a patient during a normal breath. Of course, other different patient parameters may be monitored by other types of medical devices.
In addition, hospitals also have laboratories to analyze, for example, blood of a patient. The results of the blood tests may be printed out by a lab technician and given to a caregiver or entered electronically on a computer to be accessed by the caregiver. The caregiver can then analyze the results and choose a correct course of treatment for the patient.
The various exemplary patient data for a patient during his or her stay is now frequently stored electronically and often in a networked environment. A care provider may then access the data using, for example, web browser software through a network. This allows a caregiver to access the data throughout the hospital or even remotely through Internet.
The present inventors recognize that during a patient's stay in a hospital, the patient's vital signs are collected at different rates depending on, for example, the health of the patient. In particular, if the patient's vital signs are tracked on a paper flow sheet, the data is likely to be written down using time intervals at which the data has been collected by a caregiver. It is therefore desirable to have a variable time interval capability for an electronic patient charting system that allows hospitals to convert patient data from paper to digital storage.
Although previous systems may allow the time interval to be adjusted, the change is applied to the entire length of the patient's stay. By universally changing the time interval, prior systems display either too much or too little data for some portion of the patient's record. In contrast, the present invention allows resulting patient record to reflect data as a caretaker would have written it. Thus, during a critical period, the caretaker is free to concentrate on the patient knowing that data will be correctly entered on the patient's flow sheet later. When the crisis is over, the caretaker can select the appropriate time interval for that critical time period or duration. At that point, data is automatically collected and copied into the patient record efficiently.
Therefore, in one exemplary aspect of the present invention, a system and a method for processing medical information are described. A user is allowed to select a time interval applicable to a timeline on a patient data screen. A user is also allowed to select a start time and an end time identifying a duration for which the selected time interval is applicable. Patient data is then displayed with the timeline such that the selected time interval is used for the duration between the selected start time and the selected end time.
In the drawing:
According to the principles of the present invention, the present system allows a user to select a time interval for a timeline via a list of available intervals, at step 104 of
Once a time interval is selected at step 104 of
In general, the purpose of these rules is to create a timeline that is logical and understandable to the user, while protecting the integrity of patient data. For example, the last rule above applies to disallow certain user selections in the following way, when a flow sheet is being displayed with a 4-hour interval. In that case, if the hours currently shown on the flow sheet are 4:00, 8:00, and 12:00, the user may not choose to switch to a 1-hour interval at 11:00 because this would cause a discontinuity in the data. Also, the interval between 8 and 11 is three hours, and that is not a valid interval for the example given.
In addition, if the time interval has changed in the middle of the hour to a 1-hour mode, none of the columns following the change would occur on the hour, if not for the rules. It is unlikely that the user has intended this result when 1-hour mode has been selected. Therefore, the present system incorporates rules for presenting patient data in a flow sheet that further enhances user actions.
Once the system determines the applicable start and end times based on a set of predetermined rules as shown in step 106 of
At step 108 of
The allowable default start time is also governed by the predetermined rules as described in connection with step 106 of
An example of a default end time shown in
Additionally, the present system provides a list of available start time and end time choices automatically for a user. At step 110 of
At step 112 of
Using the same or similar sequence as described in steps 104 to 112 of
Whenever an interval change involves the past, the data shown in a flow sheet changes. If the interval is decreased, more patient data is charted, and if the interval is increased some data is removed from the chart. When additional patient data is required, it may be gathered from a raw data pool in the system database, and the chart is automatically filled in.
One function of a patient chart or flow sheet is to allow the user to edit, change and/or validate patient data. This process is shown in an exemplary flow sheet display 500 of
In one aspect of the present invention, if data on a flow sheet has been edited, changed, and/or validated, the system assumes that it would be incorrect to remove that portion of the data from the chart. Therefore, one advantage of the present invention is to protect the user from inadvertently removing accepted data. The potential removal of data can occur for example, when a user changes a 1-hour interval to a 4-hour interval. Therefore, one embodiment of the present system automatically determines if an interval change requested would remove data that has been changed and/or validated. If that is the case, the interval change requested is ignored by the system, and a message is displayed which explains the problem to the user.
For data that has not been changed or accepted, there is no issue in removing the data from the chart. The data still resides in a raw data pool elsewhere in the system database either locally or remotely in a server.
The exemplary process of the present invention as shown in
In addition, system 50 comprises a central processing unit (CPU) 52 coupled to I/O section 51, and a memory 53 such as RAM and/or ROM for storing computer programs and other information to be executed. An example of a computer program which may be executed by system 50 is a process illustrated in
System 50 includes a display 60, such as, for example, a CRT monitor, a liquid crystal display (LCD), or others. As illustrated in
System 50 further includes a cursor control 54, such as, for example, a mouse, a track ball, joystick or other device for selectively positioning a cursor 59 on a display screen 62 of the display 60. Typically, cursor control 54 includes a signal generator, such as a switch 55 which a user of the computer system may use to generate signals directing the computer to execute certain commands which have been focused or enabled by the cursor control 54. System 50 also includes a keyboard 56 to input data and commands from a user, as is well known in the art.
Also shown in
The described system and method may be advantageously applied to any system, including a web-based system, needing to display data with variable time granularity. There are no other restrictions on how often a time interval changes may occur. The user can always update the timeline, even if it has been previously changed. The described variable interval timeline system may be applied to any data that is displayed on a timeline. One aspect of the system is its ability to display data on a timeline where different time intervals that are shown concurrently for patient data. Another aspect is the system ability to change a patient chart's timeline interval in the past and the future.
It is to be understood that the embodiments and variations shown and described herein are for illustrations only and that various modifications may be implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
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|Filing date
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|Medical information system
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|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Aug 26, 2010
|Oct 15, 2013
|Microsoft Corporation
|Information retrieval using time
|Nov 17, 2008
|Oct 22, 2013
|Koninklijke Philips N.V.
|System for collecting data elements relating to events of interventional procedure
|Oct 25, 2013
|Dec 6, 2016
|Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Information processing apparatus and medium for correcting the start and end time data based on handwriting user input
|Nov 17, 2008
|Jul 7, 2011
|Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
|System for storing data of interventional procedure
|Oct 25, 2013
|Oct 23, 2014
|Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Information Processing Apparatus and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Program
|U.S. Classification
|715/781, 715/738, 705/2, 715/764
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 23, 2003
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This application is a continuation of Serial No. PCT/US2004/020247 filed on Jun. 25, 2004 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/487,034 filed on Jul. 14, 2003, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention generally relates to dispensing apparatus and methods and, in particular, to apparatus and methods for dispensing discrete amounts of viscous materials in a non-contact manner onto a workpiece.
In the manufacture of microelectronic hardware and other products, pneumatic dispensing apparatus are used to dispense small amounts or droplets of a highly viscous material in a non-contact manner onto a substrate or workpiece. Exemplary highly viscous materials include, but are not limited to, solder flux, solder paste, adhesives, solder mask, thermal compounds, oil, encapsulants, potting compounds, inks, and silicones. Generally, such highly viscous materials cannot easily flow under their own weight at room temperature.
Conventional pneumatic non-contact dispensing apparatus for viscous materials include an air-operated valve element reciprocated for selectively engaging a valve seat surrounding a discharge passageway. In a process commonly referred to as jetting, droplets are dispensed by retracting the needle from contact with the valve seat, which allows an amount of the viscous material to flow under pressure from a filled fluid chamber through a gap separating the needle from the valve seat and into the discharge passageway. The needle is then moved rapidly toward the valve seat to close the dispensing apparatus, which causes the amount of viscous material to be forced through the discharge passageway and a comparable amount of the viscous material to be ejected from a discharge orifice of the discharge passageway. The small amount of ejected viscous material is propelled as a droplet toward a workpiece, which is spaced from the discharge outlet.
Valve seat replacement and cleaning in conventional non-contact dispensing apparatus is a time consuming and painstaking process as the internal surfaces of the dispensing apparatus are difficult to access with cleaning tools. Generally, the valve seat is integral with the fluid chamber and, as a result, is non-removable, which restricts access to the fluid chamber and creates a circular right angle corner at their juncture that is difficult to clean. In addition, the valve seat may include guide fingers or vanes that guide the needle so that a needle tip makes a reproducible fluid seal with the valve seat tolerant of minor misalignments. However, the guide vanes define right angle corners that are difficult to adequately clean effectively in a short time.
Disassembling and reassembling conventional non-contact dispensing apparatus is a difficult process that involves numerous tools. In addition, gauges are required to establish accurate spatial relationships between components during reassembly. As a result of the complexity, disassembly and reassembly are slowed and may take as long as forty-five (45) minutes to complete, even for technicians skilled in the assembly procedure.
In certain conventional dispensing apparatus, the valve seat in the fluid chamber and the tip of the needle constitute a matched pair carefully lapped to have corresponding dimensional attributes. Any attempt to replace the valve seat to, for example, change the diameter of the discharge passageway often results in leakage because the needle tip and the new valve seat are not a matched pair and, therefore, cannot provide an adequate seal. In such conventional dispensing apparatus, therefore, the diameter of the dispensing orifice may be changed only by replacing the existing needle and valve seat with a needle having a needle tip matched during manufacture with the valve seat.
Another problem encountered in conventional pneumatic non-contact dispensing apparatus is noise. The dispensing apparatus is opened and closed by switching a solenoid valve to provide and remove pressurized air from an air piston cavity. The pressurized air acts on an air piston that reciprocates the needle. To close the dispensing apparatus, the solenoid valve is switched to exhaust air pressure from the air piston cavity to the ambient environment through an exhaust passageway. The rapid flow of air through the exhaust passageway causes sound audible to bystanders. A conventional silencer or muffler may be used to reduce noise at valve exhaust ports. However, the exhaust port of the solenoid valve must be accessible to permit attachment, typically by a threaded connection, of the muffler.
It would be desirable, therefore, to provide a dispensing apparatus that overcomes these and other deficiencies of conventional dispensing apparatus for viscous materials, as described herein.
In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a main body including a discharge outlet, an air cavity, and a valve element movable by selective application of pressurized air to the air cavity between an opened position in which a flow of a viscous material is directed to the discharge outlet for dispensing and a closed position in which the flow of the viscous material to the discharge outlet is blocked. The apparatus further includes a solenoid valve having an exhaust port selectively coupled in fluid communication with the air cavity at least when the valve element is moving from the opened condition to the closed position. Extending through the main body is an air passageway coupled by the exhaust port of the solenoid valve with the air cavity of the main body. Pressurized air exhausted from the air cavity flows through the air passageway to cool the main body.
In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a coolant gas source, a dispensing body including a discharge passageway receiving a flow of a viscous material, and a heat transfer member thermally coupled with the dispensing body. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled with the heat transfer member. A controller is electrically coupled with the temperature sensor and with a cooling means for cooling the heat transfer member. The controller causes the cooling means to cool the heat transfer member and the dispensing body in response to temperature signals received from the temperature sensor.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a valve seat disk for a dispensing apparatus includes a body having a passageway, an inlet to the passageway positioned to receive a flow of a viscous material from the dispensing apparatus, and a valve seat surrounding the passageway. The valve seat is capable of being contacted by the valve element to block the flow of the viscous material into the passageway. The inlet is spaced from the passageway such that the valve element does not contact the inlet.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material includes a main body, a fluid chamber housing removably attached to the main body, and a nozzle removably attachable to the fluid chamber housing. The nozzle includes a discharge passageway selectively coupled in fluid communication with a fluid chamber defined by the fluid chamber housing when the nozzle is attached to the fluid chamber housing. Removably positioned inside the fluid chamber housing is a liner covering an inner wall of the fluid chamber housing so that the inner wall is not contacted by the viscous liquid.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a nozzle assembly for a dispensing apparatus includes a nozzle and a valve seat disk having a discharge passageway coupled with a discharge passageway of the nozzle. The valve seat disk includes a valve seat positioned to be contacted by a valve element of the dispensing apparatus to block a flow of a viscous material. The nozzle assembly further includes a fluid chamber housing containing the viscous material for flow into the discharge passageway of the valve seat disk when the valve element is open and a retainer removably mounted to the dispensing apparatus. The retainer secures the valve seat disk, the fluid chamber housing, and the nozzle to the dispensing apparatus with the valve seat disk positioned between the nozzle and the fluid chamber.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a nozzle assembly includes a dispensing body with a discharge passageway positioned to receive a flow of a viscous material from a dispensing apparatus. The discharge passageway has a discharge outlet from which the viscous material is discharged. The nozzle assembly further includes a heat transfer body removably attaching the dispensing body to the dispensing apparatus. The heat transfer body has a fluid passageway adapted to receive a flow of the coolant gas and positioned such that the flow of the coolant gas exiting the fluid passageway does not impinge the viscous material discharged from the discharge passageway.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a nozzle assembly includes a dispensing body having a discharge passageway, and a valve seat disk having a discharge passageway coupled with the discharge passageway of the dispensing body, and a valve seat. The valve seat is positioned to be contacted by a valve element of a dispensing apparatus to block the flow of viscous material to the discharge passageway of the valve seat disk. The nozzle assembly further includes a heat transfer body removably securing the dispensing body and the valve seat with the dispensing apparatus such that the valve seat disk is positioned between the dispensing body and the valve element.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a method of dispensing a viscous material includes directing the viscous material through a discharge passageway in a nozzle, sensing a temperature of the nozzle with a temperature sensor inside the nozzle, and comparing the sensed temperature of the nozzle with a set point temperature. If the temperature of the nozzle is greater than the set point temperature, the nozzle is actively cooled.
In yet another embodiment of the invention, a method of dispensing a viscous material includes exhausting pressurized air from a pneumatic actuator to discontinue a flow of the viscous material discharged from a dispensing apparatus. The method further includes cooling a portion of the dispensing apparatus by directing the exhausted air through an air passageway defined in the dispensing apparatus.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention shall become more apparent from the accompanying drawings and description thereof.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with a general description of the invention given above, and the detailed description given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
With reference to
The dispensing apparatus 10 includes a module, generally indicated by reference numeral 12, partially positioned inside of a main body 22 and partially projecting from opposite ends of main body 22, a syringe holder 16 supporting a supply device 14, a solenoid valve 20, and a junction box 18 positioned between the syringe holder 16 and the solenoid valve 20. An electrical cable 21 and fluid conduits 23, 25 servicing the dispensing apparatus 10 are interfaced to apparatus 10 at the junction box 18, which acts as a centralized distribution point for power and fluid to module 12 and solenoid valve 20. The opposite end of the electrical cable 21 is coupled with a controller 27 (
Generally, the controller 27 may comprise any electrical control apparatus configured to control one or more variables based upon one or more inputs. A number of individual control systems may be used to control various components (e.g., solenoid valve 20, coolant gas supply 85, etc.), and these individual control systems may be integrated, or otherwise considered to collectively constitute, a single combined controller 27. An exemplary controller 27 includes programmable logic control (PLC) devices having easily used human machine interfaces (HMI), as are known to persons of ordinary skill in the art.
The dispensing apparatus 10 is operative for dispensing pressurized viscous material supplied from a syringe-style supply device 14. Generally, supply device 14 is a disposable syringe or cartridge, and the viscous material filling supply device 14 is any highly-viscous material including, but not limited to, solder flux, solder paste, adhesives, solder mask, thermal compounds, oil, encapsulants, potting compounds, inks, and silicones. The supply device 14 typically includes a wiper or plunger (not shown) movable upon application of air pressure, typically between 5 psi and 30 psi, in the head space above the plunger.
The dispensing apparatus 10, the syringe holder 16, the junction box 18 and the solenoid valve 20 are aligned with a generally planar arrangement to define a reduced overall width profile, when these components are viewed in at least one direction, that increases the overall dispense envelope. Specifically, the total length, L, of the dispensing apparatus 10, including the main body 22, the syringe holder 16, the junction box 18 and the solenoid valve 20, is conventional but the width, W, of dispensing apparatus 10 is significantly reduced as compared with conventional dispensing apparatus. Generally, the width of the dispensing apparatus 10 is about 1.2 inches. Because of the compact width, larger workpieces can be processed by multiple dispensing apparatus 10 arranged in a side-by-side relationship (i.e., the overall dispense area is increased).
With continued reference to
A portion of the collar 30 has a threaded engagement with the main body 22. Extending axially from the retainer 32 is a pair of hooked arms 39 a, 39 b (
As an alternative to cleaning the fluid chamber housing 28, an existing fluid chamber housing 28 may be removed from the main body 22 and replaced by a new or cleaned fluid chamber housing 28. In particular, the dispensing apparatus 10 may be provided with a set of fluid chamber housings 28 that are interchangeable and that may be periodically replaced. Removed fluid chamber housings 28 may be cleaned for re-use or, optionally, discarded.
With reference to
The interface between the frustoconical surfaces 52, 54 promotes efficient heat transfer from the heat transfer member 44 to the nozzle 35 by increasing the surface area over which contact exists between the heat transfer member 44 and the nozzle mount 48. Consequently, the frustoconical interface improves the heat transfer efficiency from the heating element 84 to viscous material flowing inside liquid passageway 72 in the nozzle 35. In addition, the engagement between the frustoconical surfaces 52, 54 operates to self-center the heat transfer member 44 relative to the nozzle mount 48 during installation.
A fluid tube 56 of a conventional construction couples an outlet port of the supply device 14 with an inlet port 58 of a fluid chamber 60 defined inside the fluid chamber housing 28. Viscous material is supplied under pressure from the supply device 14 through fluid tube 56 to inlet port 58 and ultimately to fluid chamber 60. Fitting 134 provides an interface between the fluid tube 56 and the inlet port 58.
With continued reference to
The fluid chamber housing 28, nozzle 35, and valve seat disk 62 are modular components bearing surfaces in the dispensing apparatus 10 wetted by the viscous material and that are easily removable for cleaning. As a result, the cleaning process for the dispensing apparatus 10 is simplified and the overall cleaning time is reduced. In certain embodiments, the entire cleaning process, including disassembly and reassembly of fluid chamber housing 28, nozzle 35, and valve seat disk 62, takes about four to five minutes, which is an order of magnitude faster than comparable cleaning processes for conventional dispensing apparatus. Routine cleaning and maintenance are simplified by a dramatic reduction in the number of tools required to disassemble and re-assemble the fluid chamber housing 28, nozzle 35, and valve seat disk 62. The fluid chamber housing 28, nozzle 35, and valve seat disk 62 may be replaced by comparable clean components and then batch cleaned for further reducing the time required to clean these components. In certain embodiments, the fluid chamber housing 28 may be formed from an inexpensive disposable material to further simplify maintenance as cleaning is avoided.
The valve seat disk 62 comprises a fluid passageway 64 of a suitable diameter extending between an outlet 66 and an inlet 68. In a new condition, the inlet 68 defines and coincides with a valve seat 70. In a used condition in which the material of the valve seat disk 62 surrounding the inlet 68 has been plastically deformed by contact with needle tip 76, the inlet 68 and valve seat 70 may differ in location, as described herein. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the valve seat disk 62 may be integral with the nozzle mount 48 of the nozzle 35 and, therefore, removable from the dispensing apparatus 10 as a unit or single piece with the nozzle mount 48.
The nozzle tip 46 is tubular and surrounds a discharge passageway 72 that is coaxial with the outlet 66 from the fluid passageway 64 in the valve seat disk 62. Discharge passageway 72 has a relatively high aspect ratio, which is determined by the ratio of the length of passageway 72 to the diameter of a discharge outlet or orifice 74, so that the nozzle tip 46 is lengthy and narrow as compared with conventional nozzle tips. Preferably, ratio of the length of the discharge passageway 72 to the diameter of discharge orifice 74 is greater than or equal to about 25:1. In certain embodiments of the invention, the diameter of discharge orifice 74 may be one (1) mil to eight (8) mils and the length of nozzle tip 46 may be 0.375 of an inch.
This relatively large aspect ratio permits the nozzle tip 46 to access crowded dispense areas on a workpiece previously inaccessible to conventional dispensing apparatus due to contact between the nozzle tip 46 or another portion of the dispensing apparatus and the workpiece to which the viscous material is being applied. Specifically, the large aspect ratio of the permits the nozzle tip 46 to protrude from the nozzle mount 48, as compared with conventional dispensing nozzles. Increasing the aspect ratio increases the length of nozzle tip 46 that may protrude from the nozzle mount 48. The nozzle tip 46 may be formed from any suitable material including but not limited to tungsten and ceramics that are resistant to damage if contacted by an object in the environment surrounding the dispensing apparatus 10. The nozzle tip 46 may also include a layer 46 a of thermally insulating material, such as a coating, that reduces heat loss from the nozzle tip 46. The insulation provided by layer 46 a would serve to stabilize the temperature of the viscous material resident in discharge passageway 72. The high aspect ratio of the nozzle tip 46 provides sufficient space for providing the layer 46 a without otherwise interfering with dispensing operations.
The discharge passageway 72 is tapered (or narrowed) along its length in a direction extending toward the discharge orifice 74 from which the viscous material is discharged so that the diameter is narrowest proximate to the orifice 74. Tapering the discharge passageway 72 permits the aspect ratio to be increased without introducing a significant pressure drop over the passageway length and thereby compensates for the non-conventional length of discharge passageway 72 by increasing the velocity of the dispensed viscous material at the discharge orifice 74. The outer diameter of the nozzle tip 46 may be substantially uniform over most of the tip length.
With reference to
The needle tip 76 is substantially spherical for making a sealing contact with the circular valve seat 70. Typically, the radius of the needle tip 76 is selected according to the dimensions of the valve seat 70 and the fluid passageway 64 in the valve seat disk 62 so that a sealing engagement is provided. As the valve seat 70 wears and/or plastically deforms, the sealing engagement may transform from a line-of-contact to an annular contact surface.
With reference to
With reference to
If the valve seat 70 is damaged or worn out or to simply change the diameter of the fluid passageway 64, a new valve seat disk 62 may be installed without also installing a new needle 24. The needle tip 76 of the existing needle 24 will deform the valve seat 70 of the replacement valve seat disk 62 to establish a sealing engagement therebetween and effectively preserve the axial alignment therewith despite the exchange. Misalignments radial or transverse to the longitudinal axis of needle 24 in the lateral location of the needle tip 76 in relation to the valve seat 70 are accommodated by the deformation of the valve seat 70.
With reference to
Heat transfer member 44 further incorporates an inlet passageway 86, an outlet passageway 88, and an annular plenum 90 (
A temperature sensor 92 (
Controller 27 (
The precise heating and active cooling of nozzle 35 and, in particular, nozzle tip 46 minimizes viscosity variations of the viscous material residing in passageways 64 and 72 for purposes of flowability and dispensing precise and reproducible amounts of viscous materials. However, the nozzle tip 46 is maintained below a temperature that may degrade the properties of the viscous material, such as prematurely causing either gelling or curing. Typically, the dispensability of the viscous material residing in the nozzle tip 46 is improved by maintaining its temperature in a range between about 30� C. to about 65� C., although the temperature range is not so limited and may depend upon the identity of the viscous material. The viscous material should be maintained at the selected temperature range for only a brief period of time and not to exceed a temperature at which curing may occur. For this reason, only the nozzle assembly 34 is held at the temperature set point and not the remainder of dispensing apparatus 10.
With reference to
In response to an electrical signal from the driver circuit 20 a, the solenoid valve 20 selectively switches a flow path for pressurized air to an air supply port 101 between an air inlet port 99 and an air exhaust port 100. The supply port 101 communicates with air cavity 80 through a passageway 98 defined in the main body 22. When a suitable electrical signal is applied to solenoid valve 20, pressurized air is supplied from air inlet port 99 to supply port 101 and, subsequently, to passageway 98. A fluid path to exhaust port 100 is blocked inside the solenoid valve 20. When the electrical signal is discontinued, air inlet port 99 is blocked and exhaust port 100 is coupled with supply port 101. Pressurized air filling air cavity 80 is serially exhausted through passageway 98, supply port 101 and exhaust port 100.
The solenoid valve 20 may be any three-way or four-way valve that operates to switch a flow of pressurized air among flow paths as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. A product line of three-way solenoid valves suitable for use as solenoid valve 20 in dispensing apparatus 10 is the MHA2product line of solenoid valves, commercially available from Festo Corporation of Hauppauge, N.Y.
With reference to
The exhaust port 100 of the solenoid valve 20 is fluidically coupled with an air passageway 102 in the main body 22 by a slotted channel 104 formed in the thermal barrier 96. An opening 103 is also provided in thermal barrier 96 for coupling supply port 101 with passageway 98. The pressurized air exhausted from the air cavity 80 is cooled by rapid decompression of the air cavity 80 as the dispensing apparatus 10 closes and movement of air piston 78 toward its closed position. This cooled exhaust air from air cavity 80 is directed by the channel 104 between its opposite closed ends from the exhaust port 100 to the air passageway 102 and subsequently to an air plenum 106 surrounding a length of the needle 24. The exhaust air is ultimately routed to the ambient environment of dispensing apparatus 10 through an outlet passageway 108 cross-drilled through main body 22, which has been rotated from its actual angular orientation for clarity. The flow of cool exhaust air removes heat from the needle 24 and main body 22. The heat is dumped into the ambient environment of dispensing apparatus 10 for disposal. The flow of cool exhaust air participates in precision regulation of the temperature of the nozzle tip 46 by reducing conductive heat flow from the main body 22 and the needle 24 to the fluid chamber housing 28 and nozzle 35. This prevents or reduces the incidence of premature gelling and/or curing inside the main body 22. The channel 104 in the thermal barrier 96 and air passageway 102 in the main body 22 cooperate to further reduce noise produced by the exhausted pressurized air by altering the direction of the airflow.
The thermal barrier 96 and the active air flow of the cooled exhaust air through the passageways 102 and 108 and plenum 106 in the main body 22, considered either individually or collectively, assist in thermal management of the heat load within the main body 22. As a result, extraneous heat sources do not influence or, at the least have a minimal influence on, the temperature of the nozzle 35 and the viscous material resident therein during a dispensing cycle.
The solenoid valve 20 may be overdriven by the driver circuit 20 a energizing the electromagnetic coil (not shown) of the solenoid valve 20 in order to increase the operating speed of dispensing apparatus 10 by causing faster acceleration of the air piston 78 from a stationary state. The total response time for opening the dispensing apparatus 10 is measured from the moment that an electrical signal is initially provided to the solenoid valve 20 until the instant that the dispensing apparatus 10 is fully open. The total response time consists of a contribution from the solenoid response time required for the solenoid valve 20 to switch and supply pressurized air at full flow to the passageway 98 and a contribution from the fill time required to fill the air cavity 80 with pressurized air that terminates when the needle 24 is in a fully open position. The solenoid response time is reduced by causing the driver circuit 20 a to place an overdriving voltage on the electromagnetic coil during switching beyond a rated voltage for the solenoid valve 20, which decreases the total valve response time. For example, a solenoid valve 20 rated for five (5) VDC may be energized with a voltage of twenty-four (24) VDC by the driver circuit 20 a to decrease response time and then modulated to maintain the solenoid valve 20 in an opened state without damaging the solenoid valve 20. In conjunction with the close coupling of the solenoid valve 20 to the main body 22, the overdriving of the driver circuit 20 a permits the air cavity 80 to be filled and the needle 24 to be placed in an opened condition, including electrical response time of the solenoid valve 20, in less than four (4) milliseconds. The overdriving of the solenoid valve 20 thereby reduces the total response time for opening the dispensing apparatus 10 by reducing the time contribution due to the solenoid response relative to the time required to fill the air cavity 80. The air cavity 80 is typically exhausted of air pressure and the needle 24 moved to a closed condition in three (3) to four (4) milliseconds. This results in a maximum operating frequency of about 200 Hz, as a portion of the time required to close the dispensing apparatus 10 may overlap with the time required to open the dispensing apparatus 10.
With reference to
A stroke adjust assembly includes a sleeve 116, a load screw 112 threadingly engaged with sleeve 116, and a compression spring 114 compressed by the load screw 112 for applying an axial load to a load button 115 proximate to an end of the needle 24 opposite to the needle tip 76. The load screw 112 is, which is secured to the main body 22 through sleeve 116, and is movable axially by rotation relative to main body 22. The compression spring 114 is partially compressed and thereby preloaded by adjustment of the axial position of the load screw 112 relative to the sleeve 116. After this preloaded spring bias is set, a treadlocker is applied to permanently fix the relative positions of the load screw 112 and sleeve 116.
A stroke adjust knob 118 is affixed to the load screw 112 and, thereafter, is used to rotate load screw 112 and sleeve 116 relative to the main body 22 for defining a stroke length for the needle tip 76 relative to the valve seat 70. The dispensing apparatus 10 is depicted in
When sufficient pressurized air is supplied to air cavity 80 for overcoming the preloaded spring bias, air piston 78 will carry needle 24 and the load button 115 in a direction away from valve seat 70. Contact between load button 115 and sleeve 116 operates as a stop. As a result, the needle tip 76 separates from the valve seat 70 and a small amount of viscous material flows into fluid passageway 64 in the valve seat disk 62. When air pressure is exhausted from air cavity 80, the axial load from spring 114 rapidly moves the needle 24 toward the valve seat 70, which forces a small amount of viscous material resident in passageway 72 out of discharge orifice 74.
The preloading spring bias, as modified by the stroke adjust setting, is conserved when heat transfer member 44, the nozzle 35, and/or the fluid chamber housing 28 are removed from dispensing apparatus 10 and replaced, such as during cleaning and maintenance. As a result, the preloading spring bias will not normally need to be readjusted from the value set at the time of manufacture and/or before the dispensing apparatus 10 is placed into operation. The ability to preserve the preloading spring bias of spring 114 eases re-assembly and installation.
The needle 24 is guided during its reciprocating axial movement within the main body 22 by a pair of axially spaced needle guides or bushings 122, 124, of which bushing 124 is positioned in a bearing sleeve 125. Bushings 122, 124 may be formed from plastic, such as PEEK containing graphite that operates as a lubricant. The axial spacing of the bushings 122, 124 is selected to be at least four (4) times the diameter of the portion of the needle 24 therein, which advantageously provides and maintains accurate axial guidance of the needle tip 76 for repeated contact and sealing with the valve seat 70 over multiple dispensing cycles. A fluid seal 126 surrounding a portion of the needle 24 and a fluid seal 128 surrounding a different portion of the needle 24 isolate the fluid chamber 60 and the air cavity 80, respectively, from the portion of bore 26 between bushings 122, 124.
With reference to
Liner 130 may be formed from any suitable material including, but not limited to, aluminum and polymers like nylon. The liner 130 may be cleaned and reused, or may simply be discarded if formed from a relatively inexpensive material. The liner 130 is illustrated as including an integral valve seat disk 132, fluid fitting 134, and a fluid seal 135 which are removable along with the liner 130, although the invention is not so limited.
With reference to
The portion of the frustoconical surface 144 defining valve seat 146 may be plastically deformed to define the initial valve seat 146, before valve seat disk 136 is installed in the dispensing apparatus 10 and contacted by the needle tip 76 in the closed position. This pre-use dimpling increases the area of the valve seat 146 contacted by needle tip 76. The rate of the initial wear of a non-dimpled valve seat, if allowed to occur in the dispensing apparatus 10, is significantly greater than the subsequent wear rate. Pre-use dimpling of frustoconical surface 144 to define the initial valve seat 146 operates to flatten the wear curve so that the higher initial wear is not experienced when the valve seat disk 136 is initially installed in the dispensing apparatus 10. Pre-use dimpling permits the liquid dispensing apparatus 10 to operate in the lower linear regime immediately upon installation without experience the initial higher and/or non-linear wear rate.
With reference to
With reference to
While the present invention has been illustrated by a description of various embodiments and while these embodiments have been described in considerable detail, it is not the intention of the applicants to restrict or in any way limit the scope of the appended claims to such detail. Additional advantages and modifications will readily appear to those skilled in the art. The invention in its broader aspects is therefore not limited to the specific details, representative apparatus and methods, and illustrative examples shown and described. Accordingly, departures may be made from such details without departing from the spirit or scope of applicants' general inventive concept. The scope of the invention itself should only be defined by the appended claims, wherein we claim:
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Loews Sapphire Falls Resort Opens at Universal Orlando
Sunday, July 17, 2016 | Posted by Orlando Theme Park News | Edit Post
Loews Sapphire Falls Resort has officially opened its doors to Universal Orlando Guests. This new Caribbean-inspired property is the fifth on-site hotel to open at the resort, and it promises to whisk you away to an island state of mind.
Guests can indulge in a Strong Water Tavern grog or the hotel's signature mojo-marinated rotisserie chicken from Amatista Cookhouse, experience incredible views from one of 1,000 guest rooms, including 83 suites, and so much more.
Here you are some photos of the property. Many more pictures will be shared in the coming days:
As with all of our on-site hotels, you'll also receive a plethora of benefits, including Early Park Admission and complimentary transportation to both theme parks and Universal CityWalk.
PHOTOS: © 2016 Universal Orlando Resort. All Rights Reserved.
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Beautiful photos I love it! One thing I have not seen pictures of is the parking situation at Sapphire falls? Just curious how parking works at the resort here?


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