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|Sep 19, 2006
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|May 7, 2004
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|May 7, 2004
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|Richard E Gagnon, James S Murray
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|Wayne-Dalton Corp.
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|Patent Citations (27), Referenced by (35), Classifications (27), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Generally, the present invention relates to a movable barrier operator system for use on a closure member moveable relative to a fixed member. More particularly, the present invention relates to an operator-controlled motor for controlling the operation of a closure member, such as a gate or door, between a closed position and an open position. More specifically, the present invention relates to a barrier operator, wherein the operator initiates predetermined operational procedures after detection of an obstruction event.
For convenience purposes, it is well known to provide garage doors which utilize a motor to provide opening and closing movements of the door. Motors may also be coupled with other types of movable barriers such as gates, windows, retractable overhangs and the like. An operator is employed to control the motor and related functions with respect to the door. The operator receives command signals for the purpose of opening and closing the door from a wireless remote, from a wired or wireless wall station or other similar device. It is also known to provide safety devices that are connected to the operator for the purpose of detecting an obstruction so that the operator may then take corrective action with the motor to avoid entrapment of the obstruction.
How safety devices are used with a door operator system have evolved from the days of no uniform standard to the currently applied government regulations as embodied in Underwriters Laboratories Standard 325. UL Standard 325 encompasses safety standards for a variety of movable barriers such as gates, draperies, louvers, windows and doors. The standard specifically covers vehicular gate or door operators intended for use with garages and/or parking areas. Such devices require a primary safety system and a secondary safety system which are independent of each other. Primary entrapment systems sense the operator motor's current draw, or motor speed and take the appropriate corrective action if the monitored value is exceeded. Primary systems must be internal within the operator head. Secondary entrapment systems are typically external from the operator head and may include a non-contact or contact type sensor. But, secondary systems may also be internal to the operator head as long as they are independent of the primary system.
One of the more widely used non-contact safety devices is a photo-electric eye which projects a light beam across the door's travel path. If the light beam is interrupted during closure of the door, the operator stops and reverses the travel of the door. Contact type safety devices such as an edge-sensitive pressure switch, which is attached to the bottom edge of the door and runs the complete width of the door, may also be used. Other contact safety devices directly monitor the operating characteristics of the driving motor to determine whether an obstruction is present. Typically, shaft speed of the motor is monitored by projecting an infrared light through an interrupter wheel. Alternatively, Hall effect switches or tachometers can be used to monitor shaft speed. Or, the motor Current can be monitored such that when an excessive amount of current is drawn by the motor—which indicates that the motor is working harder than normal—it is presumed that an obstruction has been encountered. It is also known to monitor door speed with a sliding potentiometer, wherein a rate of change is equated to the speed of the door and wherein unexpected slowing of the door triggers corrective action by the operator. The secondary entrapment requirement may also be met by providing an operator that is capable of receiving continuous pressure on an actuating device that is in the line of sight of the door and maintains the opening or closing motion until the respective limit position is reached. Regardless of how the safety devices work, their purpose is to ensure that individuals, especially children, are not entrapped by a closing door. Opening forces of the door are also monitored to preclude damage to the operating system for instances where an object or individual is caught upon a door panel as the door moves upwardly.
Safety devices perform their function within the operator's direction control logic sequence where each operational signal sent to the motor controls initiates a different movement of the barrier. For example, if a barrier door is fully-closed, the next user command causes the door to open. If the barrier is fully open, the next user command causes the barrier to close. If the barrier is stopped, partially open, that is, between the fully-open and the fully-closed, then the barrier operator typically uses one of the following controlling logic sequences:
That is, each user command to the barrier operator steps the barrier's movement through four-phases: Open-Stop-Close-Stop-Open- . . . .
Although the operational logic remains the same, there are also motors that have separate directional windings where the first winding moves the door in the first direction and a second winding moves the door in the opposite direction. One exemplary device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,841,253 to Fitzgibbon, et al. The '253 patent discloses a garage door opening and closing apparatus having improved operational safety features. The apparatus includes a control circuit which responds to a number of input stimuli to generate commands to open and close a garage door as well as to stop garage door movement. Three relays respond to the commands via drive circuitry to actually connect door operating voltages to the windings of a door controlling motor. By redundancies in the operation of the three relays, faults in the operation of those relays result in safe door operating conditions. Additionally, the control circuitry upon issuing a door stop command performs a test to determine whether or not the door is still moving. If the door is still moving, door up commands are generated by the control circuitry to place the door in a safe position.
In the prior art, garage door operators can create un-anticipated hazards using "four phase logic" and can be less of a hazard but a nuisance using "open only logic." To give an example, if a user partially opens their garage door from the fully closed position to a height to allow venting of the garage or egress of a pet and the pet becomes lodged or wedged in the opening, then the user's first reaction may be to activate the door to open freeing the trapped animal. If the operator has "four phase logic," the next movement of the door would be in the closing direction increasing the force on the trapped animal. If the operator used "open only logic," the door would go up to its fully open position and the animal would be freed. However, stopped partially opened doors controlled by operators with "open only logic" will always go up when activated and must reach the upper travel limit before it can go down again. Therefore in the evening when the user wants to close the door, the door must travel to its upper limit, stop, and receive another signal to send it to the closed position.
Garage door operators should undergo a monthly obstruction reversal test where the door is closed on a 2″ by 4″ block of wood and the door must reverse when it hits the obstruction. If the door doesn't reverse, the user is required to reduce the down force by making an adjustment and continue to test and adjust until the door reverses. With an "open only logic," the door always returns to the full open position before another adjustment is made. Accordingly, making the adjustment for obstruction detection of operators with this type of control logic time is quite time consuming. This is normally considered to be an unacceptable nuisance. Further, if the number of door opening and closing cycles necessary to establish the force settings is excessive, the motor will heat up and the motor's thermal protector will open. This action shuts the motor down for a period of time preventing further settings until the motor cools down which also results in an unacceptable nuisance.
Normally, as the door is traveling in a downward direction and the door movement is blocked by an obstruction, the door will stop and reverse to the fully open position. During the reversal period, it is common to restrict further door movement commands for a period of time or distance to ensure the door will properly be removed off the object that caused the reversal. Indeed, typical residential garage door operators, upon detecting an obstruction of a downward moving door, stop the door's travel, pause for a short time (0.1 s to 1.0 s typical), and then the door begins upward travel to the full-open position. During this stop-pause-upward sequence, a user may command the door using a remote control or a wired control. A user door command during the stop-pause-upward sequence could stop the door completely, not allowing the sequence to complete. Such a device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,239,569. And published patent application U.S. 2003/0154656 A1, discloses a system which inhibits user commands during the stop-pause-upward sequence.
Another system is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,338,553 to Scott, Jr. which discloses a system that controls a motor which drives an operating mechanism for moving a barrier, such as an overhead garage door, in either direction between a closed position and an open position in response to actuation of a start switch. The control system includes an encoder including a rotatable disc driven by the motor, and control circuitry including an encoder pulse verification circuit associated with the encoder for detecting the direction of door movement as well as increments of travel by the door when the door is moved by the motor under control of a motor command circuit in response to actuation of the start switch. The start switch and a start circuit cooperate with the motor command circuit for energizing the motor to move the door in one direction, for de-energizing the motor to stop the door at any position, and for re-energizing the motor to reverse the door in response to repeated actuation of the start switch. An up/down counter circuit is responsive to the direction as well as the increments of travel by the door for containing a count representative of the actual position of the door. A programming circuit is included for setting an up limit set point which is stored in a latch circuit. A decoder circuit cooperates with the motor command circuit, the up/down counter circuit, the latch circuit, and a comparator circuit for de-energizing the motor when the door reaches the up limit set point as the door is opened. The decoder circuit cooperates with the motor command circuit and the up/down counter circuit for de-energizing the motor when the door reaches the threshold as the door is closed. An obstruction detector circuit is responsive to rate of movement of the door for sensing an obstruction. The obstruction detector circuit cooperates with the motor command circuit for de-energizing the motor if an obstruction is sensed as the door is opened and cooperates with the motor command circuit, the up/down counter circuit, and the decoder circuit for reversing the motor if an obstruction is sensed as the door is closed unless the door is a predetermined distance or less above the threshold whereupon reversal of the motor is inhibited and the motor is merely de-energized. A reset circuit is included for resetting the control circuitry so that the initial actuation of the start switch will cause the door to be opened. This type of system uses the basic close/stop/open/stop sequence logic for motor response to push button input, either from a hardwired switch or radio frequency remote.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,191,268 to Duhame discloses an automatic door operator with a continuously monitored supplemental obstruction detector. In a first embodiment, the obstruction detector is a radiant beam obstruction detector that transmits a beam of modulated radiant energy across the door opening. A safety signal generator produces an active safety signal only on unobstructed receipt of radiant energy by a receiver. Failure to receive the active safety signal when the motor is closing the door at least stops the door. A two-wire cable, which carries both power and the active safety signal, connects the supplemental obstruction detector to the automatic door operator. Constant activation of a portable transmitter or of a local push button can override the supplemental obstruction detector to close the door. An alternative supplemental obstruction detector includes a safety edge having a compressible tube disposed on a leading end of the door. Plural conductors change their conductive state upon compression of the compressible tube. This embodiment may include a delay upon detection of compression of the compressible tube so that contact with the floor is not detected as an obstruction. This type of controller includes a provision to override the obstruction signal to close the door. Constant activation of the portable transmitter or constant depression of the local push button overrides the obstruction detector. In an alternative embodiment, only constant depression of the local push button will override the obstruction detector permitting closure of the door.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,278,480 to Murray discloses a garage door operator with a microcomputer based control which is programmed to measure door position from full open position by counting motor revolutions and to determine motor speed and deceleration for each revolution. The program learns the open and closed position limits as well as force sensitivity limits for up and down operation with minimal user input. During normal door operation the closed limit and the sensitivity limits are adaptively adjusted to accommodate changes in conditions. The lowest up and down motor speeds in each operation are stored for comparison with motor speeds in the next like operation for obstruction detection. Motor deceleration is also monitored for obstruction detection. For more sensitive obstruction detection during closing, the motor speed is mapped for each revolution for the last several inches of closing. The map is stored after each successful closing operation and the corresponding speeds in the next closing are compared point-by point with the mapped speeds to detect slow down due to touching an obstruction. To make the door operator more responsive to an obstruction during its lower range in closing direction than is possible by the single value closing sensitivity limit, the motor speed is mapped at each motor revolution during each closing over the final several inches of travel, say, from 12 inches above the closed position limit to the obstruction reference, and the mapped values are stored in the controller. Then, during the next closing operation each newly measured motor speed is compared to the stored speed at the corresponding door position. If the motor speed is below the stored value by a predetermined offset, an obstruction is detected and the door will be caused to stop and then reopen. Whenever the door closes without detection of an obstruction, the most recent set of mapped speeds is substituted for the previous one. Although this method causes the door to "stop and then reopen" there is no provision to allow the door to stop in response to the next command and continue to open on the subsequent command.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,285,136 to Duhame discloses an automatic door operator with a continuously monitored supplemental obstruction detector much like the one disclosed in Duhame's '268 patent. This disclosure is distinguishable in that it includes an oscillator sealed within the tube at one end which supplies the safety signal. This embodiment may include a delay upon detection of compression of the compressible tube so that contact with the floor is not detected as an obstruction.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,428,923 to Waggamon discloses that a light beam utilized in an obstruction detector is coded into packets of pulses by a transmitter according to a code generated only by the transmitter. When the light beam is received, the receiver recovers the code signal and supplies it to a code detection circuit. In one preferred embodiment, to detect the code, the code detection circuit supplies the code signal and a delayed version of the code signal to an "exclusive or" gate. In another embodiment, a frequency detection circuit determines whether the code signal detected by the receiver is within a predetermined permissible range. If the code is not present, the door operator system reverses the door if it is closing, and prevents the door from closing if it already is in the up position, or if it is opening. The door operator system will operate in this way not only in response to obstructions, but also, in response to errors and malfunctions in the wiring to the transmitter and receiver, and in the transmitter and receiver themselves.
In summary, the prior art either accepts and handles the user's barrier command as a normal command to start or stop the barrier; uses the command sequence to open/stop/close/stop the barrier; or, in the event of an obstruction detection, the user commands are locked out for a period of time while the door stops, reverses, stops or returns to its fully open position. As noted, some prior art prevents the user from entering a door command for a period of time after an obstruction event or until the barrier has traveled a predetermined distance. In either case, the user, who may be in an excited condition at the occurrence of an entrapment, may repeatedly actuate the control buttons which may result in the barrier moving downwardly and causing further injury. Therefore, there is a need in the art for corrective action to be taken by the operator upon detection of an obstruction, but wherein the correction action still allows the user to have at least limited control of barrier movement.
It is thus an object of the present invention to provide a motorized barrier operator system for controlling a barrier after an obstruction detection and related methods.
In general, the present invention contemplates a method for controlling a motorized barrier operator after detecting an obstruction, the method comprising providing a motorized barrier operator that moves a barrier between set limit positions; providing at least one control switch that upon actuation moves the barrier in a direction toward one of the set limit positions, wherein actuation of the at least one control switch during movement of the barrier causes the barrier to at least momentarily stop; detecting an obstruction by the motorized barrier operator; and allowing only unidirectional movement of the barrier, regardless of actuation of the at least one control switch, after the detecting step.
These and other objects of the present invention, as well as the advantages thereof over existing prior art forms, which will become apparent from the description to follow, are accomplished by the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.
For a complete understanding of the objects, techniques and structure of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, wherein:
A motorized barrier operator adaptable to different safety configurations is generally indicated by the numeral 10 in
Secured to the jambs 16 are L-shaped vertical members 20 which have a leg 22 attached to the jambs 16 and a projecting leg 24 which perpendicularly extends from respective legs 22. The L-shaped vertical members 20 may also be provided in other shapes depending upon the particular frame and garage door with which it is associated. Secured to each projecting leg 24 is a track 26 which extends perpendicularly from each projecting leg 24. Each track 26 receives a roller 28 which extends from the top edge of the garage door 12. Additional rollers 28 may also be provided on each top vertical edge of each section of the garage door to facilitate transfer between opening and closing positions.
A counterbalancing system generally indicated by the numeral 30 may be employed to move the garage door 12 back and forth between opening and closing positions. One example of a counterbalancing system is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,419,010, which is incorporated herein by reference. Generally, the counter-balancing system 30 includes a housing 32, which is affixed to the header 18 and which contains an operator mechanism generally indicated by the numeral 34 as seen in
In order to move the door from an open position to a closed position or vice versa, a remote transmitter 40, a wall station transmitter 42 or a keyless entry pad may be actuated. The remote transmitter 40 may use infrared, acoustic or radio frequency signals that are received by the operator mechanism to initiate movement of the door. Door movement may be initiated by the user or may be done in a "hands free" manner by the relative position of the transmitter with respect to the operator. Likewise, the wall station 42 may perform the same functions as the remote transmitter 40 and also provide additional functions such as the illumination of lights and provide other programming functions to control the manner in which the barrier is controlled. The wall station 42 may either be connected directly to the operator mechanism 34 by a wire or it may employ radio frequency or infrared signals to communicate with the operator mechanism 34. The wall station is preferably positioned within the line of sight of the barrier as it moves between positions.
An external secondary entrapment system, which is designated generally by the numeral 50, may be included with the system 10. In the preferred embodiment, the entrapment system 50 is a photoelectric sensor which has a sending device 52 and a receiving device 54. The sending device 52 is mounted to either the jamb 16 or the track 26 near the floor of the door area. The devices 52 and 54 are mounted at about 5 inches above the floor and on the inside of the door opening to minimize any interference by the sun. It will be appreciated that the position of the devices 52 and 54 may be positionably reversed if needed. In any event, the sending device 52 emits a visible, laser or infrared light beam that is detected by the receiver 54 which is connected to the operator mechanism 34. If an object interrupts the light beam during door travel, the receiver relays this information via an obstruction signal 55 to a controller maintained in the operator mechanism which initiates the appropriate corrective action. In this way, if an object interrupts a light beam during a downward motion of the garage door, the motion of the door is at least stopped and/or returned to the opening position. It will be appreciated that other external secondary entrapment features or systems such as a contact-type safety edge on the bottom panel of the door could be used to generate obstruction signals.
Referring now to
Other features of the system 10 may include a light 64 and an audio speaker 66. The light 64 may be toggled on and off by actuation of an appropriate button on the wall station 42 or upon initiation of barrier movement. And the light 64 or the speaker 66 may be used to indicate various programming modes of the controller. Such modes may be entered by pressing, or pressing and releasing a program button 68 that is operatively connected to the controller 58. Entering of a programming mode with the button 68 allows for the controller to enable and/or disable various safety features associated with the system 10. Or the programming mode may be entered by selective actuation of buttons on the wall station 42 or by other known means. The programming mode may be used to set the fully-open and fully-close travel limits. In the context of a garage door, the fully-close limit position is when the door is contacting the floor and the fully-open limit position is when the door in no way blocks ingress or egress from the opening defined by the frame 14. The fully-open and fully-close limit positions are distinguishable from the extreme door travel limit positions which are determined by the barrier and its' supporting structure. In most instances, the fully-close limit position and the extreme-close limit is determined by the floor location and are one in the same. The fully-open limit position is preferably somewhat removed from the extreme-open limit position so as to prevent mechanical stress and fatigue on the barrier and its' supporting structure. The fully-open and fully-close limit positions are preferably set in the programming mode, but they may be set by the user by implementing options available in other set-up routines. The components of the operator mechanism and remote wireless components may be powered by a conventional residential power source and/or by batteries.
Referring now to
In the embodiment shown in
Specifically referring now to
If, however, at step 104, it is determined that the barrier is not at the full-close limit, then the process proceeds to step 110 to determine whether a user door command has been received from any one of the transmitters. If a door actuation command is detected at step 110 then the door is stopped at step 112. This is typically done to vent the garage or allow ingress and egress of pets. Next, at step 114 the operator controller's methodology continues on with the normal operational procedures and awaits the next user command.
If, however, at step 110 it is determined that a user door command has not been entered then at step 116 the controller determines whether an obstruction has been detected by one of the operator's safety devices. If no obstruction is detected then the process returns to step 104 and steps 104, 110 and 116 are repeated as discussed above.
If, however, at step 116 an obstruction is detected then the door is stopped at step 118 and paused at step 120 for a predetermined period of time. At step 122 the operator controller monitors for any door actuation commands during execution of steps 118 and 120. If no user command is detected then at step 124 there is no change in operation and the methodology returns to step 118 until such time that the pause step is completed.
If, however, at step 122 it is determined that a user command has been entered at any time during steps 118 and 120, or upon completion of the pause the process proceeds to step 130 and the barrier is automatically directed toward the open position. Upon sending the door upward at step 130, the controller determines whether the barrier has reached a full-open limit at step 132. If the full-open limit has been reached, then at step 134 the door is stopped and the controller continues on at step 136 with normal operation.
If, however, at step 132 it is determined that the barrier has not reached a full-open limit and the obstruction is still detected at step 138, then at step 140 the barrier is automatically stopped at a position other than one of the set limits and the process continues on at step 136 as previously discussed. If, however, at step 138 an obstruction is not detected the process continues on to step 142 to determine whether a user door command has been entered. If not, the process returns to step 132 to determine if a full-open limit has been reached by the barrier and those associated steps. If, however, an obstruction has not been detected and a user door command is detected, then at step 144 the operator controller determines whether the barrier has been forced in an upward direction after obstruction detection has been completed. In other words, the controller inquires as to whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the barrier has been moving in an upward or opening direction, or whether the barrier has moved at least a predetermined distance in the upward or opening direction. If the initial upward motion has not been completed, then the process returns to step 130 and the door is sent upward.
If, however, at step 144 it is determined that the forced upward direction after an obstruction detection is complete, then the door is stopped at step 140 and the process continues on at step 136.
This embodiment is advantageous over the prior art inasmuch as it ensures that the door will always travel upward after an obstruction detection until occurrence of a predetermined event and regardless of door command signals. This embodiment allows the user to have control of the door after an obstruction is detected, but will not allow the door to move in a closing direction until the door reaches the full-open limit, or until a predetermined period of time elapses, or until the door travels a predetermined distance. In summary, upon detecting an obstruction in the path of a downwardly moving barrier or door, the controller stops the door's travel and pauses for a short predetermined period of time, typically one-tenth of a second to one-second as indicated at steps 118 and 120. Following this the door begins upward travel to the full-open position. During the stop-pause upward sequence, a user may command the door using a remote controller or a wired control or wall station. Any user door command during the stop-pause upward sequence will only cause the door to go upward, even if the door is already traveling upward. Accordingly, any door movement command after detection of an obstruction is considered an upward door command. This mode is in effect after the stop-pause upward sequence for a predetermined period of time or until the door has traveled a predetermined distance.
Referring now to
The door moving process 302, initiates step 304, where the operator determines whether the door is moving upward or in an opening direction. If the door is not moving upwardly—presumably moving downwardly or closing—the process continues to step 306 to determine whether the full-close limit has been reached. If the full-close limit has not been reached, then the operator controller monitors the motor and safety sensors to determine whether an excessive force has been detected or not at step 308. If no excessive force is detected at step 308, then the process continues to step 310 and this particular sub-routine of the operational system is exited.
If at step 308 an excessive force is detected then the process proceeds to step 312 wherein the operator controller sets the Obstruction Flag to an "active" condition.
If at step 304 the operator controller confirms that the door is in fact moving in an up or open direction then the process continues to step 320 to determine whether the full-open limit has been reached. If so, the process continues to step 322 whereupon a Door Moving Process flag is set as inactive and the Door Stop Process flag is set as active at steps 322, 324, respectively. At this time, this door moving process subroutine is exited at step 326.
Returning to step 320, if the barrier has not reached the full-open limit, then the operator controller checks the Obstruction Fault flag to determine whether it is active or inactive. If at step 332 it is determined that the barrier is not moving up due to an obstruction—the Obstruction Fault flag is inactive—then at step 334 the operator controller determines whether an excessive force is detected or not. If an excessive force, which in this instance is likely to be motor force, is not detected, then the process continues to step 310 and the subroutine is exited. If, however, at step 334 it is determined that an excessive force is detected, then at step 312 the Obstruction Fault flag is set to active and the process proceeds with steps 322–326. These steps are also implemental if an excessive force is detected at step 308.
If, however, at step 332 it is determined that the door is moving up due to an obstruction—the Obstruction Fault flag is active—then at step 336 the operator controller determines whether a minimum reversal distance has been reached or not. This minimum distance is preferably about 6 inches, although other distances could be specified. If the minimal reversal distance has not been reached, then the process proceeds to step 334 and branches between either step 310 or steps 312–326 as previously described. If however at step 336 it is determined that the minimum reversal distance has been traveled then at step 338 the Obstruction Fault flag is changed from active to inactive at step 338. Then at step 334 the process determines whether an excessive force is being detected or not as previously described.
Once the door or barrier is placed in a stop condition, the operator controller implements the Door Stop process 350 shown in
Returning to step 354, if the Door Stop Delay has been enabled then the process continues to step 368 to determine whether the timer, started at step 356, has expired or not. If the timer has not expired, then the process continues to step 364 and the subroutine is exited. If the Door Stop Delay timer has expired at step 368, then the process proceeds to step 370 and the controller queries the Last Move flag. If the last move of the barrier was upwardly, then at step 372 the controller queries as to whether the full-open limit has been reached. If so, then at step 374 the Door Stop Process flag is changed to inactive and the process exits at step 364.
If at step 372 it is determined that the full-open limit has not been reached then the process continues to step 376 and the Obstruction Fault flag is queried. If the Obstruction Fault Flag is in an inactive state then the process continues to step 374 and the Door Stop Process flag is changed to inactive and the subroutine is exited. However, if the Obstruction Fault flag is determined to be active at step 376, then the controller proceeds to step 378 and the Next Move Flag is changed to up. Upon completion of this step, step 374 is executed and the Door Stop Process flag is set to inactive.
The advantages of this particular embodiment are readily apparent. In this embodiment, during the closing of a barrier and when an obstruction is encountered, the obstruction detection devices cause the barrier to stop and reverse the barrier, and the operator controls switch to three-phase logic. While the barrier is traveling upward, after reversal, the user can stop the movement of the barrier at any time. Accordingly, this embodiment is distinguishable from the previous embodiment in that the door may be at least stopped during the corrective action sequence after detection of an obstruction. Once the predetermined distance away from the obstruction is reached or the predetermined period of time has expired, the operator controls for the barrier will switch back to four-phase logic which is the sequence of up/stop/down/stop/up/stop/down.
Thus, it can be seen that the objects of the invention have been satisfied by the structure and its method for use presented above. While in accordance with the Patent Statutes, only the best mode and preferred embodiment has been presented and described in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto or thereby. Accordingly, for an appreciation of the true scope and breadth of the invention, reference should be made to the following claims.
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Some Wichita law firms in hiring mode
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer LLP is pushing 50, and that's ok with managing partner Jeff Kennedy.
The firm, Kennedy says, is growing and looks to continue that pattern in 2013. Martin Pringle could have 50 attorneys across three offices if the firm's hiring plans pan out.
Martin Pringle added two attorneys for its Wichita office in 2012 and one in Overland Park. In June, the firm added three attorneys in its Kansas City office. Kennedy says plans are in the works to add two or three more attorneys before summer.
"We've got a group of lawyers here who are doing a good job of generating new work," Kennedy says. "When you have that, you have the ability to add new lawyers."
But Martin Pringle isn't the only local law firm whose employment numbers are looking up these days.
In all, six groups on our largest law firms list (publishing on Page 18 in this week's edition of the Wichita Business Journal) reported higher attorney counts over last year.
Klenda Austerman LLC added three lawyers, and Hinkle Law Firm LLC grew by two, according to our data. Three others added one attorney.
Former Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston joined Hutton & Hutton Law Firm LLC, as we reported in late December.
With one exception, the rest of the firms on the list had similar attorney counts to last year.
Mitch Herren, managing partner of Hinkle Law Firm, where two attorneys were added in the past year, tells us that law firms hiring is an indication that business activity is picking up. Law firms, he says, tend to be some what of a lagging indicator of economic vitality.
When business activity ramps up, the need for legal services follows.
Changes in federal regulations, employment and tax and pending provisions of the health care reform law, we're told, are giving attorneys plenty to do. So too, is all of the oil and gas activity around the state.
The managing partners we spoke to this week also seemed optimistic about hiring again in 2013.
"It's all going to be need based," says Kelly Donley, managing partner of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington PA, which added an attorney in 2012 to fill a vacated position.
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SwitchTrak – A Production Music Library Database
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I'd like to see if my interfaces that are trunking are in the no-negotiate mode, I'd like to run a command to verify the interface states. Can somone please let me know what the command would be?
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Ella Yang, a native New Yorker, is a mostly self-taught representational oil painter based in Brooklyn, New York. After a long hiatus from art making, Ella realized her dream of studying art in Italy during the summer of 2001. There she discovered "plein air" landscape painting and renewed her interest in drawing from the figure. In Spring 2003 she made a full-time commitment to a career in artwork. Currently, Ella exhibits and sells her work at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn, and directly from her studio near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Her paintings are in private collections in the USA, as well as in Hong Kong, Italy, France, and Austria. Ella shows her work extensively in solo and group exhibitions, and has participated in the Annual Gowanus Artists Open Studios every year since 2002. In the summer of 2006, she spent a month at the internationally recognized artist residency program, the Vermont Studio Center. She is honored to be included in book "100 New York Painters," by C.M. Dantzic, which was published by Schiffer Books in 2006.
In 2014, three of her paintings were selected to be displayed at the US Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland through the US State Departments Art in Embassies program.
I usually look for atypical subjects in my backyard, whether it is a gritty industrial street next to the Gowanus Canal or on a sidewalk in Park Slope with its mom-and-pop shops. Are the colors and light juicy, begging to be captured in paint? Is there a unique building or landmark that creates a focal point? I find the sun's effect enthralling as its rays are absorbed and reflected by brownstone and glass buildings, the atmosphere, trees, water, and bridges, creating glimmers of beauty.
My goal is to find a simple way to capture the spirit of a scene at a particular instance. Inevitably the paintings become infused with my own wonder and delight at having discovered something – a pattern, a gesture, an angle of light – that is inherently pleasing. At best my paintings pay tribute to the abundant benefits of attentiveness.
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Journal of Electronic ImagingOptical wear assessment system for grinding tools
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The inspection and monitoring of the wear of grinding tools is essential to ensure the quality of the grinding tool surface and the finished product. Most of the current methods for examining a grinding tool surface rely on dismounting the grinding tool. Often, the state of the grinding tool surface is checked indirectly by evaluating the quality of the workpiece. We describe the application of image processing, which offers an effective means for in situ inspection and monitoring. It yields more detailed information about the surface and the kind of wear observed than the common methods. By using multidirectional illumination and image fusion, an image with a high degree of relevant information is generated that is then segmented using the wavelet transform (multiscale analysis) and classified to distinguish grains and cavities on the surface. Results of the application of the algorithms for a high-performance grinding tool with CBN grains embedded in a resin base are presented.
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Date Published: 1 July 2004
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J. Electron. Imaging. 13(3) doi: 10.1117/1.1760757
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J. Electron. Imaging. 13(3) doi: 10.1117/1.1760757
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Time and time again I see arguments put forward for avoiding the use of petrochemical-derived ingredients in cosmetics. Leaving aside the nonsensical claim that they are all dangerous (fortunately, a view shared only amongst a small minority of ill-informed/naive people), there seem to be 2 main issues: 1) Oil is not a renewable resource 2) Oil exploration and processing are … [Read more...]
What is a Surfactant?
Surfactants are used in many cosmetics as foaming agents, cleansers, emulsifiers, conditioners and solubilizers or dispersants. The word surfactant comes 'surface active agent'. They are ingredients that lower the surface tension of a liquid, or another way to put it is that they are 'wetting agents'. A single surfactant molecule has two ends; one that is attracted to water (hydrophilic) … [Read more...]
100% Natural? . . . . Almost 100% Certainly Not
When trawling through various discussion groups, especially on LinkedIn, one of the most common claims companies make for their products is "all – natural" or "100% natural". Depending upon my mood at the time of reading, I am sometimes moved to visit the web site and check out the ingredients in these "100% natural" products. It is no exaggeration so state that they are NOT 100% natural in well … [Read more...]
Free From "Free From" Part 2
In the first part of this article, Free From, "Free From", I shared my opinions on the use of various "free from" claims in cosmetics. As a result of the re-emergence of the furore about lead in lipsticks, some further thoughts occurred to me that I would like to share here. First of all, I will repeat my claim that many companies (but not all) who make the claim "petrochemical free" are not … [Read more...]
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Question: Hello again...it's not the article, it's the comments. Or rather a comment, third one down. Any additional information you can provide regarding commercial/mainstream perfumes, how they are made, what they are made of, what tests are done, etc. would be greatly appreciated. {3rd comment from link is below} You do realize that these "scents" are in fact toxic petrochemicals. Using … [Read more...]
Chemical Free? Safe Cosmetics?
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It is all too common these days to see claims on cosmetic packs and cosmetics web sites that the products are "free from" something or other. There is a good deal of debate as to the acceptability of this practice and, in fact, certain countries (eg. France, South Africa, Canada) ban this either by regulatory means or by industry Code Of Practice. The rights and wrongs of this practice are not the … [Read more...]


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As far as the PhD goes I remember first thinking of it and feeling a little guilty for even dreaming that it might be possible to study at this level, afraid that the dream was totally ridiculous. However the idea of contributing to the field spurred me on. For most of 2009 I was in the UK tour of Vagina Monologues. We were at the Lowry in Manchester for a few shows and I remember very nervously calling Professor Viv Gardner from the University of Manchester, who I'd met at the Orange Tree event in 2008, to ask if I could speak with her about the possibility of further study. She was supportive - and we decided to go ahead. Because I wasn't coming straight from an MA and had been out of education for a long time, I wasn't eligible for any of the funded places - but thought would apply to do the PhD and see what happened... that way if they turned me down as least I would have tried and could then stop worrying about it!
They accepted me. It was fantastic! I was due to start in the autumn of 2010 and in the early summer I decided to put on three suffrage plays to check that there was something there... that became Knickerbocker Glories. The week after that ended I began a new job in a show that was touring the UK and abroad until Christmas 2010. I hoped to find some sponsorship but didn't and ended up deferring the start of my studies, to my great frustration. I eventually started in January 2011 with no funding and part time. Fortunately a successful application to Equity Charitable Trust meant that a substantial portion of my fees was covered and I was able to go full time after the first year. It hasn't been easy, juggling work and study. I've been used to times of feast or famine as a performer but such a long period of sustained low income has been a constant worry and it's only been with the help of my partner and family that it's been possible to push on through. However, through working and studying I got a lot of practice at being able to engage others in my research and to learn how to talk about it to a range of people connected to the theatre industry. When Professor Viv Gardner retired after my first year, I switched to having Professor Maggie B. Gale - author of the fantastic West End Women, amongst many other books - as my main supervisor. She has been, and is, a brilliant supervisor and mentor.
One of the most precious things has been the opportunity to undertake detailed archival research - and particular favourites include Westminster Reference Library, the British Library Manuscripts reading room, Bristol Theatre Collection and the Women's Library before it moved to LSE. I've met and been in touch with fantastic researchers from institutions across the UK, US and Australia, finding a network of passionate and curious people eager to explore connections and material new to the field. My initial research questions have multiplied and extended into many different potential areas of interest and shown repeatedly how relevant the work and ambitions of the Actresses' Franchise League still are to feminist theatre makers and producers today.
So - if you are interested, here are my personal pros and cons about the journey:
The privilege of undertaking a sustained period of research
My fantastic supervisors Professor Viv Gardner and Professor Maggie B. Gale, my panel and examiners
Online access to databases, newspapers and journals
The sheer joy of archival research
Meeting so many brilliant and helpful archivists and librarians
Learning, learning, learning
A new found confidence in my ability to articulate my thoughts
Meeting other researchers
Teaching and speaking opportunities
Developing a fantastic library of elderly books
Getting involved in many more feminist campaigns and events
Making my Mum proud
Having a 16-25 railcard!
Sitting down for what feels like most of the time
RSI from typing. Tedious and painful
Money worries
Developing an unhealthy addiction to Percy Pigs
Seeing direct parallels between sexism and discrimination in the theatre industry then and now
Realising how women's theatre history has been and continues to be sidelined, diminished and ignored
That last con comes with a caveat - I've also realised how many people do speak out about the issues still facing women in the theatre industry and how much is being done to redress the balance and keep the conversation going. I feel like my research findings can be part of that conversation - often whilst talking about the Actresses' Franchise League people draw their own conclusions about the similarities between the situation a century ago and now which naturally leads on to further discussion. The saddest thing about the loss of their story in mainstream theatre histories is that feminist theatre makers, performers, playwrights and producers don't know that there are strong shoulders to stand on and wise, witty, passionate voices from that past that echo their own. I really want to make them more visible, more audible and give confidence and a sense of continuity to the current and future generations that can so benefit from an awareness of their work. The history of women's work, activism and agency in 20th Century theatre should not be marginalised or seen as niche, because it wasn't and isn't. There is an interesting and rich back catalogue of plays to be explored, revived and celebrated - plays and productions that challenge the entrenched and narrow idea of the 'canon' of 20th Century theatre in exciting and important ways. No concessions need to be made for the work of playwrights like Cicely Hamilton, Gertrude Jennings and Susan Glaspell - they were contemporaries of Shaw, Barrie, Pinero and the many other male supporters of the League whose work is seen as entirely representative of the Edwardian period and deserve to be reinserted, both practically and theoretically, into the pool of great writers that current directors and producers regularly draw from. The work of the Actresses' Franchise League also informs a new reading of suffrage histories, so many of which have been dominated by a focus on the militant WSPU. As a neutral organisation, the League supported all the suffrage societies and their work and plays show a nuanced understanding and representation of many different suffragist women and issues in the campaign that challenge the accepted and negative stereotypes that remain about 'suffragettes.'
The past four years have given me so many diverse, interesting and high profile performance opportunities - including speaking at the National Theatre, Hay Festival, Latitude Festival, on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and on post-show panels with some heroines of mine. Methuen have published a book of suffrage plays that I edited - still remember that seeming a crazy ambition on the train back from speaking at my first ever conference in Hull - and I'm truly honoured to have met and chatted with so many wonderful academics and suffrage enthusiasts, both at home and abroad.
So what's next? Well, I'm currently a post doc Research Associate for the Poor Theatres project at the University of Manchester which is fascinating and invigorating work. I've been fortunate enough to have teaching work on on the Drama undergrad course there for the past three years and will be teaching again this coming academic year. In fact, that was an unexpectedly lovely thing about graduation - mine coincided with that of the students I'd taught in their first and second years and they looked brilliant in their smart clothes and gowns!
I'd love to do some more research - it feels like the surface has just been scratched - and want to keep sharing the information I find about fantastic feminist theatrical women and men and the work they did in the first half of the 20th Century. At the moment I'm not sure quite how that's going to come about... all advice gratefully received... but that's the dream. Onwards and upwards!
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Subtext at the Observer
I admit, I wasn't really serious when I suggested that Kathryn Flett was politically motivated in her failure to name one 'remotely famous' Carolyn for her recent Observer Magazine column.
But take a look at p6 of Private Eye (no. 1244). Flett may well be leading a subtle Observer resistance movement, with subtext (buried in the trivial undergrowth) as its weapon!
"As Observer hacks wait to hear if Alan Rusbridger and his Scott Trust chums will kill off their title, coded messages to the underground resistance are creeping into print.
Reviewing Top Gear, the paper's TV critic Kathryn Flett notes that "according to Clarkson, J, it only takes four people to pick up a G-Wiz and throw it into a canal, but (he reminded us, as if we need reminding) this is something one really ought not to do under any circumstances, however tempting it may be." This is of course a reference to the G-Wiz-driving Alan Rubbisher, whose office in King's Place overlooks the Regent's Canal.
Mutterings of dissent can even be heard in Rubbisher's own paper. Last week the Grauniad devoted an entire editorial, rather surprisingly, to the travails and possible closure of the Reader's Digest, but readers who persevered to the end probably spotted a sub-text. "It would certainly be a shame," the leader concluded, in a none-too-cryptic message to the Scott Trust, "to lose a publication which has been part of the furniture of our lives for so many years.""


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Haiku No. 97, poem, Issue 19, June 1, 2012
Birthdate? December 20, 1968
When did you start writing? I started writing love poems in middle school in the early 80's. Didn't work out!
When and what and where did you first get published? My first published poem "Summer" appeared in a poetry anthology two years after highschool in 1989. My first paid "gig" was for Starline: The Journal For The Science Fiction Poetry Association in 2007.
What themes do you like to write about? I write in a variety of themes which include: Science Fiction, Horror, Chupacabras, Food, Native Americanism, Mexican-Americanism, Comic Books, Immigration/Field Labor...and anything else that comes to mind.
What books and/or stories have most resonated with you as an author? Why? How do these stories and their characters find expression in your work? The books that have resonated with me are actually (start with) comic books like Marvel's Spiderman and DC's Batman from which I learned to read in English by the 2nd grade (Spanish is my first language), as well as everything by Warren Publications like Vampirella, Eerie, Creepy, 1984/1994 and much of the Skywald group of horror. Other classics include 1984, Frankenstein, and any science fiction from Asimov to Clarke to Wells to many others. My reading has also involved classics like Iliad, Odyssey, Aenid, anything by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle as well as other history/government foundation books of the Enlightment/Renaissance period. Not to forget a very strong foundation in Chicano Poetry like Trinidad Sanchez, Jr., Carmen Tafolla, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Raul Salinas, Francisco X. Alarcon, Corky Gonzalez and into contemporary horror masters like Joe R. Lansdale...and I could go on and on. The point is I read anything and everything. All of it you will find in my poetry.
Juan Manuel Perez, a Mexican-American poet from La Pryor, Texas, is the author of Another Menudo Sunday (2007), O' Dark Heaven: A Response To Suzette Haden Elgin's Definition Of Horror (2009), WUI: Written Under The Influence Of Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. (2011), and six poetry chapbooks. Juan is also the 2011-2012 Poet Laureate for the San Antonio Poets Association. His poetry has also appeared in New Texas, Concho River Review, The Langdon Review Of The Arts In Texas, The Mayo Review, Writers Of The Rio Grande.Com, Homenaje A Miguel Hernandez En Su Centenario, Desahogate, Boundless, International Poetry Review, and numerous other publications.
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A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon, a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals—while her other lover, earnest, faithful, and good, stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities. In a world where lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and fortuitous events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence we feel "the unbearable lightness of being."
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