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During Juan's 1946 presidential campaign Eva campaigned with him – something that was absolutely unheard of at the time. Some say that it wasn't a big political move on her part, it was just that she couldn't bear to be separated from Peron.
It was around this period that the nickname "Evita" which means "Little Eva" originated, as she encouraged the people she visited to address her as such.
She was seen as something of a Princess Diana figure around this time. Remember Princess Diana touching AIDs victims? Eva was out there kissing actual lepers.
She appealed to every workers' group and all of the underprivileged, claiming that she had grown up like them, and understood their plight.
And her role didn't end when Peron took power. Eva became Secretary of Labor in everything but name.
In one of her first policies she worked with Peron and the Congress to establish a Decalogue of Rights for those often neglected in Argentine society – the elderly, the children, and the workers. For instance, the seniors' rights included:
"The right to assistance, to a dwelling place, to food, to clothing, to health care, to spiritual care, to entertainment, to work, to tranquility and to respect."
She also worked to make every seniors' home complete with workshops. That meant that those who wanted to continue working at different crafts and occupations (workshops allowed for everything from carpentry to milking cows) could do so.
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Design lovers and fashionistas staying in central London hotels will soon be flocking to the newly-opened Kate Spade New York in Chelsea.
The American fashion label opened its second London-based store in Symonds Street, with the original in Covent Garden.
Located in the small paved area on the side of Peter Jones cafe, which is fast becoming a luxury retail hub, with fashionable neighbours including Beatrix Ong, Cocomaya, Caramel Baby & Child, Heidi Klein and Ormonde Jayne.
"I think we have a unique sense of fun mixed with lady-like glamour," Deborah Lloyd, the British chief creative officer of Kate Spade New York told the Telegraph in advance of the London launch.
"We don't take ourselves too seriously and I think the Brits will appreciate that. We are also such a New York brand – so we'll bring a little bit of that spirit to London."
She explained that she was proud to be opening another branch in her home city, adding that it makes the "perfect homecoming" for her.
According to Time Out London, the store's launch night saw two authentic New York City yellow cabs turn up on its doorstep, while guests admired the brand's signature colourful clothing accessories.
"Utility, wit and playful sophistication are the hallmarks of Kate Spade New York," commented the fashion label.
"As our world expands, our graceful, exuberant approach to the everyday is evident in every category we enter, from handbags and clothing to jewellery, shoes, stationery, glasses, baby and home."

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- I blended and blended clay for the buttons and still felt it wasn't "perfect" but it's feasible!
- That headband is from Sephira's Sugglepunk Outfit.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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The Frito Bandito
Perhaps not as much a "Did You Know?" as a "Do You Remember?," The Frito Bandito debuted in the late 1960s as the mascot for Frito Lay's popular corn chip snack, Fritos. The sombrero-wearing, twirled moustached character--drawn by Tex Avery--seemed to delight fans, as he cropped up in commercials with his own theme song (sung to the tune of a traditional Spanish folk song, "Cielito Lindo") and a trademark accent voiced by veteran actor Mel Blanc (famed for voicing various Warner Bros. characters, including Bugs Bunny).
All seemed to be going well for a while, but Foote, Cone & Belding Agency, the ad company responsible for the Bandito couldn't have predicted the maelstrom of protest their mascot would receive.
See, The Frito Bandito (or the Frito
, as it were) caught the collective eye of the Mexican Anti-Defamation Committee, who found the character's broken English and thieving nature offensive to the culture he represented. By 1969, Frito Lay pulled all of its commercials featuring the Bandito--but not before airing a one that has become famous for its incorpoartion of current events, showing the Bandito visiting two astronauts on the moon and attempting to siphon Fritos from their food supply.
Ironically, Frito Lay later conducted a survey and found that 92% of Latino viewers polled approved of the character, while only 8% did not.
Today, collectibles featuring The Frito Bandito are quite sought-after. Several were produced during the character's run, including a pinback, a ring, erasers, coloring pencils and a lunch box.
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Archive for goals SmartBlogs
Worldwide, managers are setting SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely) goals, expecting these to make this "the year" to revitalize or transform their businesses. Instead, most of these professionals should retire SMART, or at least rescind its status of standard operating procedure.
We are at this juncture because two broad trends have fundamentally changed the business environment.[…] Continue Reading »
Jan. 1 is coming fast! If you're like most of us, you're knee-deep in year-end closing reports, next year budgets, family holiday planning — and stress!
Life is at the end of the year is just crazy — largely because we're scrambling to meet so many goals we set for ourselves (and those set by others). Even though it feels nutty, this is actually a good time of the year to take a deep breath and think strategically about how we set our goals — for meetings, days, weeks and years — to help us reduce stress and increase productivity.[…] Continue Reading »
If you haven't started thinking about your goals for 2013, you better get cracking! In this three-part video series and December webinar, we're evaluating what makes a good goal statement — the kind that is more likely to be achieved.
Simple goal statements — "In 2013 we will increase revenues 10%" — are fine on PowerPoints and year-end reviews, but they lack information necessary to help those responsible for achieving them.[…] Continue Reading »
2013 is right around the corner, so it's time to start evaluating our success for 2012 and setting goals for next year — professionally and personally. In this three-part video series and December webinar on the subject, we'll look at ways to format and set goals that will make them more achievable.
Traditional business goal-setting uses simple, measurable statements — "In 2013, we will increase revenues 10%." There's nothing wrong with a goal like this, and it makes it easy for the organization to determine progress, but it lacks the information necessary to support the people who have to achieve it.[…] Continue Reading »


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01.02.14 Update: Given it's six months later, we're not sure if this is the same sizzle reel that debuted in the summer, but an international trailer for Anton Corbijn's "A Most Wanted Man" is back online. The film is set to debut at Sundance 2014 later this month, and while it wasn't in part one of our 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2014, check back on Monday and we bet you'll see it there (and for those keeping score it was there in 2013 too). Lionsgate has domestic rights and we assume sometime after its Park City debut, the company will figure out when they want to release it this year.
Last year: There's no domestic date yet
and no distributor either, but that doesn't change the fact that Anton Corbijn's "A Most Wanted Man" is highly anticipated. The director behind the enigmatic "Control" and the cool and collected "The American," returns with a new project, an adaptation of a John Le Carre novel and he's bringing a helluva cast with him for what looks like another excellent outing for the filmmaker.
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe and Daniel Bruhl (damn) the film tells the tale of a half-Chechen, half-Russian, tortured half-to-death immigrant who turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill-gotten fortune. Both German and U.S. security agencies take a close interest in him as the race is on to find out who he really is: oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist?
And this leaked sizzle reel footage, presumably presented recently at the Cannes Film Festival in the market, looks simply great. Once again, Corbijn has crafted a film with a tremendous sense of mood, in what looks like a grownup and mature movie, that will offer some an intelligent, tense little story. Which is basically a rarity these days. The entire cast looks on-point, and even the accents feel spot on. So yeah, our anticipation is growing further.
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Functional Furnishings with a Levenger Twist
At Levenger, the stakes are high for quality, function, value and beauty—so as high stakes go, let's start with the Travers Stakes in Saratoga, New York. Levenger's exclusive Saratoga furniture collection of bookcases comprises pieces that are built and assembled in New York, thereby winning the race: American-made furniture that's already assembled for you with the Levenger 100% guarantee, so there's no risk to you as the customer. Ever.
Moving from equine to canine, visit the Westminster Collection of bookcases by Levenger, which are also fully assembled and are built to last a lifetime—or more. The thick shelves can hold up to 200 pounds each, their solid cores built to endure the heaviest of trophies and tomes.
Take the roundabout
One of the constant, consistent customer favorites at Levenger is another stackable furniture group, the Carousel Revolving Bookcase, which can be built high or low but always round and able to turn when you say turn. The Carousel Base stays firmly on the floor, offering a sturdy base; add the Book Carousel in either Medium or Tall (or both) to store books and media; then add the Carousel Bookstand on the top to provide an angled surface for a shared laptop computer or an oft-used reference book.
And speaking of books, the Book Buggy bookcase cart with wheels is another Levenger customer favorite for its flexibility, as it can be rolled from room to room—and the four skidproof casters can lock into place when you want it to stay put.
All boxed in
BookBoxed in, that is—Levenger's exclusive BookBox bookcase collection will remind you of your days in preschool playing with building blocks, but of course these are very large blocks with shelves for your books, pictures, trophies and awards. Stack 'em high, stack 'em wide, and fill your whole wall if you wish—you can always add more later.
This place ain't big enough for… Oh, yes it is!
Any room is surely big enough for Levenger's No-Room-for-a-Table line, no matter how small your apartment or office quarters. To utilize those corners and sides of rooms that just beg to be turned into cozy storage spots, choose one or more of the original No-Room-for-a-Table Table by itself or with leather baskets, the Table with Drawers, the No-Room-for-a-Bookcase Bookcase, and the Room-for-My-Sidekick Table. Big enough indeed!
Bichon furniture
Speaking of small, Levenger's lap desks are wonderful little pals that sit and keep you company while obediently holding your book, laptop, or tablet computer. Levenger's renowned lap desks are a customer favorite, and a new design is introduced about once or twice per year—always with an eye toward what is needed at the moment insofar as technology trends and reading trends. The latest iteration is the iPad Laplander (available in late March 2012), which is a smaller, more compact version of their original Laplander. Stay tuned….
The value of the Euro
The Levenger exclusive Euro furniture collection is a wonderfully adaptable and modular furniture system that can be configured in innumerable configurations. Like the BookBox bookcase furniture group, Euro is beautifully simple…the things you can do with, say, one or two Euro Desks (either Large or Medium size) and several Quarter-Rounds is almost baffling. After all, the mind works most creatively and productively when you're surrounded by a creative environment—so let's eschew all things stuffy.
Matching the Euro collection of desk furniture is the stately Levenger Skyline Bookcase and its shorter sidekick, the Skyline Midboy. They'll fit into a corner and harness the full height of your room, allowing you to tuck away 100 or more books and other items. Plus, you can add one or two Drawers or Glass Doors to provide a little more covering.
A letter to the Editor's Desk
Matching the Euro furniture collection is the popular Editor's Desk, which Levenger found to be the best desk furniture piece for researchers, writers, and—of course—editors. It props up your reading or your paperwork (or even an iPad or other tablet or e-reader) at just the right angle, and the top ledge offers a spot for holding your reference books and the like—ready to grab as soon as you need it. Editors do need to keep a beloved thesaurus and dictionary close by at all times.
Where beauty meets practicality
Levenger takes a pragmatic approach to furniture design, so you can trust them to offer some of the most thoughtful, beautiful, practical and useful furniture you'll find anywhere. If your goal is productivity, Levenger can help you win the goal.
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Broken Arrow city council approves $60 million bond election, set for Aug. 26
BROKEN ARROW - Broken Arrow city councilors approved an August election for a $60 million general obligation bond package Monday night.
The theme for the General Obligation election will be "Positioning Broken Arrow for the Future."
The money will be used toward streets, public safety, public buildings and quality of life projects. According to city officials, the bond projects will not aim to increase property taxes.
The approval of this bond also means several bonds of the past will be revised.
Projects included in this resurgence will be the 2004 authorization for a new hotel and conference center. as well as the 2008 art center project.
Each of these packages will be aimed towards bringing tourism and sparking more economic development from the revenue earned. Broken Arrow officials said they hope to bring more festivals and outside tourism to their town to increase growth.
"Now that Broken Arrow has joined the ranks of the five largest Oklahoma cities, increasing the city's occupancy rate to match Tulsa's proposed increase will enable the city to be competitive with its peer cities, by holding more festivals, supporting events that attract visitors to the city and increasing overnight hotel stays," said Broken Arrow Director of Communications Krista Flasch in a release Monday.
Overall the city aims to raise their hotel occupancy rate from 4 percent to 7 percent.
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From WikiLeaks
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a meditation technique and trade mark used by series of globe-spanning organizations introduced into Western culture by its founder, "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi" (1917-2008), who gained fame in the 1960s as the spiritual guru to the Beatles. Currently the singer Donovan and the film maker David Lynch are TM's most recognizable proponents. Some former TM teachers have described the TM organizations as operating internally as a cult or sect and upper level training includes levitation and similar absurdities. Five day meditation classes cost $2,500 and TM has become a big business, with its own University and town in Iowa, and branches in Lower Manhattan ("Global Financial Capital of New York") and elsewhere around the world. See Suggestibility, the Rick Ross Institute's TM page, and TM Free for a critical background to this organization, http://tm.org/ for TM's self description, and the other leaks in this series (This archive uses the popular ZIP compression program. If your computer does not have this program already, see http://www.7-zip.org/ or http://www.winzip.com/ ).


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May 27, 2016
Jackson, Miss. Mississippi education officials are considering seven alternate paths to a diploma for students who fail one or more high school exit exams.
The state Board of Education agreed Oct. 18 seek public comment on the plan. It has drawn questions because it could allow students to graduate without showing proficiency in science or U.S. history.
Among alternatives would be scores from the ACT college test, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams; the test that the U.S. military gives to recruits; and two routes aimed at students taking career courses.
National reports show Mississippi will offer more options than most other states.
Seniors could use the alternatives as soon as this year if the board approves them. Students would still have to take all four tests before being allowed to go another way.
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Big Brother 13 Recap: The Most Critical Head Of Household Competition Yet
July 31, 2011 06:37 PM by Ryan Haidet
We left off last week with a cliffhanger episode as the houseguests on Big Brother 13 were competing for the power of Head of Household — and the most crucial one so far. With her back against the wall, Daniele was motivated to win because she knew that everybody except Kalia would target her for elimination if she lost. Was Daniele able to pull off a victory? Plus, find out who has been nominated for eviction.
Snowy HoH Competition
In case you forgot, or missed last Thursday's episode, the HoH challenge was an endurance battle. The houseguests were standing on skis that were attached to a wall, which tilted forward and back to make it steeper. The first five houseguests who fell out of the challenge, had to select a snow ball with something inside.
Here's how it all played out:
- Adam was the first person to drop out after just nine minutes. His snow ball revealed that he will be wearing an elf costume for the entire week.
- Lawon dropped at the 19-minute mark. His snow ball made him a Have-Not for the week.
- Even though Rachel was cheering for Brendon, he couldn't hang on for more than 35 minutes. After he dropped out of the battle, he chose a snow ball that also made him a Have-Not for the week.
- At 51 minutes, Jeff was having a rough time since his muscles were getting shaky. He decided to drop out next, which landed him $10,000 from the snow ball he selected.
- Jordan jumped off at 57 minutes. Her snowball made her a Have-Not for the week.
- At 1 hour and 16 minutes, Porsche was out. Since she was the sixth person to drop out, she didn't have the option to choose a snow ball.
- Although Shelly looked like she was enjoying the competition and kept making it seem as if she could make it the entire night, she dropped out after 1 hour and 26 minutes.
- Kalia and Daniele were thrilled with their success and smiled from ear to ear as the veterans watched with disgust from below. Realizing that Daniele wasn't going to target her for elimination, Kalia chose to drop out of the competition after 1 hour and 37 minutes. With that, Daniele was back in the game with the ultimate power for the week as HoH.
One other thing to note about the challenge was the disgusting comments from Brendon. While in the Diary Room, Brendon said Kalia was only good in that competition because it involved minimal movement. He also said she had an advantage because she used her muffin top for support. This is why America can't stand you, Brendon. It just proves he's a sore loser.
On The Other Side
Jeff and Jordan went up to the HoH bedroom to chat with Daniele in a situation that she immediately labeled as "awkward." Trying to cement her safety next week, Daniele promised them that her decisions last week were not personal — she was just trying to play the game. Simply strategic. Then, Daniele told Jeff and Jordan she would not go after them this week if they could promise her safety next week. They basically agreed to her proposal.
Special Report
In the middle of a commercial break, a CBS special report interrupted Big Brother. President Obama issued a statement to announce that a debt deal had been reached.
Going Elf Crazy
After that break, we returned to Big Brother (without any segments being cut) as Adam was called into the Diary Room so he could be suited up in his elf costume. He excitedly ran out to show all of the houseguests how goofy he looked. Jeff said all of the visions he had of elves while he was growing up never included one like Adam who chain smokes.
Asking For Safety
Upstairs in the HoH bedroom, Brendon and Rachel offered forgiveness to Daniele for everything that happened last week. They asked her to return to their initial alliance and to push aside the events that caused so much drama. "There's no reason to take each other out," Rachel said. "There's no reason to not work together."
But it was all for nothing. At the Nomination Ceremony, Daniele nominated Brendon and Rachel for eviction. Daniele said it was not personal — just game. Although he wasn't nominated, Jeff still felt as if there was a backdoor plan in motion. As the credits were ready to roll, the episode closed with Brendon saying he wanted to win the Power of Veto so he could pull Rachel off the block.
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I want a refund on yesterday and today, it isn't supposed to snow here nor are the roads supposed to be iced over. At least we aren't as bad off as Atlanta with the entire road system becoming a parking lot when they dismissed all the schools and closed the offices at the same time dumping everyone on to the roads at the time the ice was forming and the snow was falling. Still locked in place this morning, the news shows are having the usual over reaction and are busy blaming anyone they can get on the phone to badger. I am now looking at the first 2 days in a row without riding in several months. Withdrawals are setting in now.
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If you head downtown, Yakima Avenue is prime location for any business as the city continues to develop.
Plans to build a new McDonalds on Yakima Ave have been in the works for some time now.
The corner of Yakima Avenue and First street will soon be the new site of a McDonald's. Although site approval had already been granted, the new owners just received their permits from the city for the new restaurant.
However, plans to build a McDonald's at this prominent downtown intersection, did not come with approval from everyone.
"Initially I was a little reluctant, I'm not a big consumer of McDonald's. I don't think it necessarily makes the town more beautiful, but we need something to bring people in," said Lehman Hires, who lives in Yakima.
Some of the major concerns the city had with putting a McDonald's on this corner is how it would affect traffic and how it would fit in with our downtown historic district.
Some felt that other types of restaurants may have given a better match.
"I just think Yakima is lacking so much in just local food and activity options," said Hires.
The building however will try to blend in with its surrounding by being made out of bricks.
"I'm always down for the historic look. I actually really like the historic sites in Yakima, but yeah that will fit in just fine especially with the brick streets," said Kenneth Jones, who lives in Yakima.
Traffic engineers still need to make a decision if they will put a barrier island in the street to restrict traffic, or if they will monitor the site first.
The next step in the process for the owners is to work with the department of Ecology and get a demolition permit.
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Just as an exercise, I played with this one a little bit. Photoshop lacked some of the tools I wanted to use, so I did this in the feature film compositing program Nuke. Unfortunately, that means that the source file is worthless to most anyone else, but somebody else might at least find this image useful.
For the sake of explaining what I did, in case anyone wants to know: I dilated all of the channels by 4.5 pixels, then reversed the dilation. That gave me soemthing pretty close to the original shape of the landforms but without the high-frequency detail from the repeating textures. Then I ran a color key on the blue channel to isolate the water. I inverted the resulting key (making the water dark) and played with the levels to get the water black, the reefs just a little bit brighter, and everything else a little darker than middle grey.
I ran another color key on the red channel to isolate the mountains. I then ran my dilate filter at -3 and again at 9.5 to remove most of the remaining texture in the mountains and pop the big peaks out a little higher. That was mostly undone, though, when I did the blurring a little later. But first I used a levels control to set the mountains to the brightness I wanted. Then a large blur of 19 pixels and a huge Gaussian erode at 120 pixels.
I then shuffled the alpha channels for each branch into the color channels (turning the transparency into grayscale layers), and I merged them with a maximum blend mode. I suppose the Photoshop equivalent would be "lighter color."
I think if I were going to continue working on this image, I'd find some real-world heightmaps at an appropriate scale to overlay on the image.
The end result isn't super-accurate, but it didn't take long, and some painting would probably get it the rest of the way there.


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May 29, 2016
The annual meeting of the East Mississippi Business Development Corporation began with the introduction of Rush Hospital CEO Wallace Strickland, who was reelected as chairman of the board.
"We're fortunate to have men and women of this caliber with such vision and zeal for improving our business and community development opportunities for all of us," Strickland told the crowd.
"I think we had a good year," Strickland said in a later interview. "We didn't recruit any industry but we had a good year on a lot of other things and we look forward to the coming year."
"A lot of good things going. Some of the programs we have, School Counts, we just started, has a great impact," said Strickland, expressing optimism for 2005. "The things we've done, the water, sewer out to the industrial site. All those things are very positive and getting the infrastructure ready for industry to come to Meridian."
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Companies in Tanzania
Employees number: Over 1000 ×
Industry: Construction & Construction Materials ×
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Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S
based in Nærum, DENMARK
Brüel & Kjær is a world leading manufacturer and supplier of sound and vibration solutions. We help our customers solve their sound and vibration problems – from measuring traffic noise and vibration in car engines to evaluating building acoustics and performing quality control. We have customers in a wide range of fields, including automotive, aerospace, consumer goods ...
Analytik Jena AG
based in Jena, GERMANY
Analytik Jena is a leading provider of high-end analytical measuring technology, instruments, and products in the fields of biotechnology and molecular diagnostics and high quality liquid handling and automation technologies.
based in Helsingborg, SWEDEN
Nederman, one of the world's leading environment technology companies, develops, produces and markets products and systems for the extraction of dust, smoke, vehicle exhaust fumes and equipment for industrial cleaning. Nederman also produces and sells a comprehensive range of hose and cable reels.
Georg Fischer Piping Systems Ltd
based in Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND
GF Piping Systems is one of the three divisions within Georg Fischer Corporation and a leading provider of plastic and metal piping systems with global market presence. The product portfolio includes pipes, fittings, valves and the corresponding automation and jointing technology for industry, building technology as well as water and gas utilities. With its intelligent ...
based in Cleveland, OHIO (USA)
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings delivers smarter asset protection to the Americas with a broad line of high-performance coatings, comprehensive technical service and the industry's largest distribution system. Relying on more than 140 years of experience in formulating protective coatings, Sherwin-Williams provides environmentally responsible and ...
based in Hoffman Estates, ILLINOIS (USA)
Colloid Environmental Technologies Company, better known as CETCO is the Construction Technologies segment of AMCOL International. CETCO offers solutions for commercial, industrial and infrastructure construction challenges worldwide. End markets range from waterproofing, greenroofs, sediment remediation, vapor intrusion to lining and capping. We provide expertise in ...
Xiamen Landee Pipe Co., Ltd
based in Xiamen, CHINA
As a professional industrial pipe manufacturer and supplier in China, Landee Pipe always provides our global clients with most high cost-effective steel pipes. Having been devoted to industrial steel pipe manufacturing with professional experience for two decades, Landee Pipe stocks a wide range of steel pipes in various grades, sizes and specifications, meeting quality ...
Ginde plastic pipe industry group
based in Shenyang, CHINA
Ginde Authorized and approved by China Administration Bureau for Industry and Commerce, Ginde Plastic Pipe Industry Group (GPPIG) established its foundation as a large-scale enterprise group in 1999. So far, 9 main industry bases equipped with advanced Germany production lines have been set up in cities of Shenyang, Zhuzhou, Jinhua, Baoji and Quzhou, etc. GPPIG spares no ...
based in Bjerringbro, DENMARK
Grundfos is the world`s largest manufacturer of pumps and pump solutions.
Harsco Metals & Minerals
based in Leatherhead, UNITED KINGDOM
Harsco Metals & Minerals provides logistics and resource recovery services for the steel industry, operating at more than 160 customer locations across 30 countries. Working on site under multi-year contracts, our customers rely on us to deliver critical services on a daily basis, while demonstrating the service excellence that our company was founded on. Harsco began ...
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Establishing Evander Kane's market value Part 2
We take a look at the remaining factors for analyzing Kane's worth to this team.
(b) Leverage
Before delving deeper into the contracts of the aforementioned players, it is important to note that Kane is limited in his leverage. Over the next four seasons, notwithstanding a possible long-term extension, Kane's contract status will be the following:
You will notice that Kane is not eligible for salary arbitration this summer. That is because he has not yet accrued four NHL seasons; as a result, he will be eligible for arbitration after next season.
With salary arbitration not an option for Kane he has limited options in the summer of 2012:
- Sit out;
- Demand a trade; and
- Sign a contract.
This limited leverage does factor into his negotiating power and is one of the portions of the CBA intended to benefit the team over the player (something that many NHL GMs have not taken advantage of).
(c) Contracts
We analyzed comparable players and their statistical output over the same period as Kane, so let's now delve into their post-entry level contracts:
One point that has not yet been made is the fact that both Couture and Neal experienced one season in the AHL prior to playing full-time with the Sharks and Stars respectively. This, of course, impacts their numbers (in a positive direction) and would play a factor in any negotiation. Conversely, both Kessel and Tavares jumped right to the NHL from the NCAA and OHL respectively.
You will notice that Kessel's contract does not rise significantly over the course of the deal (which is also the case with Tavares); with the final two years seeing his salary drop by just under one million dollars. The reason for this is that Kessel's contract extends into UFA status, meaning the numbers within the contract have no bearing on his arbitration case because Kessel will not have to head to arbitration (which requires a qualifying offer of at least 100% of the previous season's contract) as a UFA.
It is interesting to note that Couture and Neal signed for the identical cap hit; however, Neal earns $500,000 more than Couture in the final year of his contract which will result in a higher qualifying offer. We touched on the arbitration protocol in further length this past summer as it related to Anthony Stewart. Click here and here for further clarification as to the process.
Now, of course, we must direct the analysis to Evander Kane. As you can see above, the term Kane's agent will be seeking will immediately allow both parties to narrow down their possible salary figures.
(d) Available Contract Options
Let's now examine Evander Kane's approximate worth on one-year, two-year, three-year and four-year deals. We will limit the evaluation to a four year maximum duration because Kane entered the NHL as an eighteen year-old, thus making him eligible for unrestricted free agency after seven NHL seasons, or four seasons after the 2011-12 season with Winnipeg.
Kane's numbers are very similar to James Neal's through their first three (or two and a half) NHL seasons. Couture's numbers compare more favourably to Kane's than do Neal's. What is interesting about Couture is that he signed his two-year post entry-level extension prior to the expiration of his entry-level contract. This contract was somewhat akin to the dealing of the Tampa Bay Rays in baseball. The team signed a player prior to his contract expiring (albeit a short-term contract) providing him with the security of a second NHL contract and providing the team with possible value—which it appears will be quite significant.
Looking at how Neal and Couture compare to Kane, a contract offer of two-years, $5.75 million from the Jets seems entirely reasonable. On one hand though, the average annual salary will likely increase (last season it was $2.3 million), something Evander Kane's agent is surely aware of. On the other hand, the argument can be made that Couture and Neal's numbers have been better than Kane's. However, as noted above, both of those players entered the NHL after a year of seasoning in the AHL.
With the average annual salary rising and the fact Kane entered the NHL as an eighteen year old, Kane's agent will likely seek a two-year, $5.75 million contract as a floor rather than a midway point, never mind a ceiling.
This is where Kessel and Tavares come into play—with both having entered the years at 18 years of age. Tavares is a superior player to Kane; one could argue Kessel is as well, but Kessel is more comparable in terms of style (to a point) and production.
Here are their contracts:
(e) Projected contract(s)
There are a variety of options for Kane's contract, but as stated earlier, we are going to cap a projection at four years (when Kane reaches UFA status).
Overall, James Neal appears to be a very applicable comparison to Evander Kane. As a base, we used Neal's second NHL contract in shaping Kane's projected deal over two years ($3.05 million). Over the last two seasons, we calculated a figure slightly below the average cap hit of Tavares and Kessel ($5.1 million) over the final two years taking Kane into unrestricted free agency.
A total contract of four-years, $16.3 million deal seems like appropriate market value for the young and upcoming Kane. The question now is, will Kane serve those years in a Jets jersey?
**Thank you to capgeek.com for the listed salary figures and behindthenet.ca for the listed advanced statistics.**


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The iPod and iPad, and many of the applications designed for them, are ideal for use in the school system. Therapists utilizing these applications can see improvements in fine motor skills, visual motor skills, visual attention and many other skills needed for students to be successful in their academic environment. These improvements can be demonstrated by documentable progress with every day school activities such as handwriting.
These devices have all been on the market for a while now, with the iPad being the latest release. This means that every time a newer version of a device is released, such as the iPod Touch 5th generation or the iPhone 4G, the older generations go on sale and are also available on sites like Craig's List or eBay for low as $50. Check online to learn which generation supports various
applications before purchasing and make sure the product you purchase supports the applications that you intend to use. Generations 3 and up are usually supportive of most applications. The Apple website can provide more information. You will also need a computer that can support iTunes software, which is a free download.
The iPod Touch and iPad can be attached or synced with up to three different computers. One account can be shared by more than one user as well. iTunes gift cards can be purchased and used toward the cost applications. There are easy to follow directions for setting up the iTunes account, which enables users to download applications. Even the most technology-resistant person should be able to understand and use iTunes easily. (Most adults can ask for the assistance of any teenager if needed - my teenage sons were and are very helpful when I have questions!) The Apple site is very supportive and helpful as well and every product comes with one year of free support - just provide a serial number. Extra support can be purchased when this runs out.
With many apps, such as the ones for handwriting, therapists can take a picture of the screen (screenshot) by holding the button down at the top corner and then pushing down the center button at the bottom front of the display, until the device makes a clicking sound much like a camera. These pictures are automatically placed in the device's photo folder and can be emailed, printed and/or saved for future reference of objective, documentable progress of the student's fine motor or visual motor skills as evidenced in a functional school activity.
One exciting application is the Dragon Dictation program that can produce speech-to-text typed work that can then be emailed and/or transferred into a word document for editing and printing. It has very good reliability of voice to text translation. There is a built in microphone on the bottom right corner of the iPad. There is also an add on microphone that can make it record even clearer. These can be purchased for around $5-$10. This application is ideal for use with students that have learning difficulties/disabilities in the areas of spelling and written communication.
I highly reccomend the stylus pen, which can be purchased as an extra tool for use with the iPad Touch, iPad or iPhone. These pens started out at about $15 each, but now are available for $3 each. There are covers that protect the iPad and some even convert to stands that allow use in an upright or slanted position.
There are many free augmentative communication apps that can be used by children with autism or severe speech impairments. Likewise, there are free apps for assistive technology for those with the ability to type in order to communicate their needs through typing text with fingers or a stylus pen held in the hand or mouth.
What is really appealing to therapists about these devices is that each can be carried easily and can contain so many different apps that work on so many different levels - it is just about the only tool needed much of the time. Most of all, the students love these new technology tools and are very excited at the chance to use them. It makes the occupational therapist's job of teaching fine motor and visual motor skills for daily school activities, such as handwriting, fun!
Angelia Wood, OTR/L, is a therapist with Davie County Schools in Mocksville, NC.
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Free Craft Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, formatted for input to refreshable Braille displays or Braille software
Crafty Witch Halloween accessories
Lion Brand® BIG - Fun Fur
- Homespun
Pattern Number: 50447, 50448 Celebrate Halloween with this soft broom and be-witching wig!
SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: One Size
Broom 3 ft [1 m] long Hat Varies with size of purchased hat
CORRECTIONS: None
230-147 BIG Yarn: Great Grape Medium purple
Quantity needed: 1 Skeins
Estimated Price: $ 7.99
320-191 Fun Fur Yarn: Violet
Medium purple
Quantity needed: 1 Skeins
Estimated Price: $ 4.99
790-381 Homespun Yarn: Barley
Mixed browns
Quantity needed: 1 Skeins
Estimated Price: $ 7.49
790-318 Homespun Yarn: Sierra
'Painterly' color
Medium tans and browns
Quantity needed: 1 Skeins
Estimated Price: $ 7.49
Additional Materials
Scissors 3 ft [1 m] tree branch, approximately 1/4 in. [13 mm] diameter (wooden dowel can be used if branch is not available) Witch's hat (can be purchased at a costume or party shop) 1/4 yd [.5 m] 1 in. [2.5 cm] wide black ribbon Cardboard 1 in. [2.5 cm] wide double-sided tape
Gauge is not significant to this project. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles. Making a Gauge Swatch
Exact gauges is not imporant to this project.
Holding both colors of Homespun together, wrap yarn around an 11" [28 cm] piece of cardboard 10 times.
Cut a 24" [61 cm] piece of yarn and slip under top end of cardboard.
Slip yarn off cardboard and tie yarn tightly around top.
Cut loops open.
Repeat this 4 more times – 5 bunches of yarn.
Wrap a piece of double-sided tape around branch about 2 1/2 inches [6.5 cm] up from bottom.
Remove protective cover from tape so that tape is exposed.
Press tops of each bunch of yarn into tape, side by side.
Use hands to smooth yarn down at top.
Leaving a 12 inches [30.5 cm] tail of yarn, wrap Barley yarn tightly around yarn bunches about 1 inches [2.5 cm] down from top.
Continue wrapping tightly for about 1 inches [2.5 cm].
Cut yarn, leaving another 12" [30.5 cm] tail.
Knot tail ends together.
Trim end of broom and you are ready to fly!
Apply double-sided tape to 1 side of ribbon.
Cut both BIG and Fun Fur into 18 inches [45.5 cm] lengths.
Cut about 35 lengths of BIG and 125 lengths of Fun Fur.
Remove protective covering from double-sided tape.
Starting with a piece of BIG, carefully press 1 end to tape, matching top end of yarn to top edge of tape.
Continue with BIG along length of tape, leaving about 1/2 inches [13 mm] between each piece.
Press 3 or 4 pieces of Fun Fur into each space that remains, matching end of yarn with edge of tape.
Cut additional yarn as necessary.
Be sure that all yarn is hanging down from tape before continuing.
Apply another piece of double-sided tape over top end of yarn, sandwiching yarn between the 2 layers of tape and ribbon on bottom layer.
Begin removing protective covering from tape and, as you do, press tape firmly into inside of hat, just above brim.
Continue until entire length is pressed in place.
Ribbon should be showing for a neat finish to inside of hat.
Ends of hair can be left as is, or randomly cut for that flyaway look!
Using a crochet hook large enough to work with BIG, use 1 strand each of BIG and Fun Fur (in Mango) held together to chain a band for your hat
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|22 May 1990
|Fecha de presentación
|8 May 1989
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|8 May 1989
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|Werner Schweizer, Daniel J. McGuire, Edward D. Archer
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The invention disclosed herein pertains to a machine for stacking articles. In particular, the invention resides in an improved device for stripping a stack of articles from the stacking machine while the stacking machine is in motion. Usually, each stack of articles that is removed from the machine is forwarded to a packaging machine.
A widely used conventional stacker, which was developed primarily for handling articles such as disposable diapers and sanitary pads, has two closed loop conveyor chains running in parallelism on sets of three sprockets whose horizontal rotational axes are parallel and arranged at the corners of a triangle. A series of rows of paddles or fingers are fastened to the conveyor chains and extend outwardly from the chains. At one place, where the paddle carrying chains pass over a sprocket, the paddles fan out to provide space between them for feeding the articles from a flat belt conveyor into the space. The paddles then carry the articles upwardly and when the conveyor chains pass around the uppermost sprockets the articles transfer from trailing paddles to leading paddles and then the paddles with an article on them travel downwardly with the correspondingly movable conveyor chains along a substantially vertical path. After that, the paddles, which are now descending with the conveyor chains, extend horizontally away from the chains, one above the other, so that an article on corresponding paddles on each chain contributes to forming a stack of articles which are resting on the paddles and are spaced apart vertically by the distance between each two consecutive sets of paddles.
In known stacking machines of the type being discussed, a vertically extending stripper bar is used to push a predetermined number of articles off of the paddles simultaneously in which case the articles form a stack. After the stripper bar has pushed a stack of articles off the paddles, the stripper bar is standing outwardly of and in juxtaposition to the emptied column of vertically moving paddles. By this time, the upper paddles in the series of vertically moving paddles are occupied by articles which are descending at the speed of the stacking machine. It is necessary to quickly restore the stripper bar to a position behind the position of the articles on the paddles so that the bar will be in readiness for pushing the next stack or group off the paddles. In conventionally designed article strippers, the stripper bar is mounted on a carriage which is constrained to execute bidirectional vertical movements. The stripper bar is movably mounted on the carriage and is constrained to move substantially horizontally and bidirectionally. Fluid pressure responsive actuators such as pneumatic work cylinders are controlled to cyclically move the stripper bar alternately inwardly and outwardly of the paddles and to move the carriage up and down. The control is such that after a stack is stripped from the paddles the stripper bar is pushed inwardly of the paddles on the two conveyor chains and upwardly to its highest position wherein it is ready to push the next of articles that has formed in front of it off the paddles. In the conventional stacking machine, the pusher bar is driven outwardly toward the outer ends of the paddles to cause a stack of articles to slide off of the paddles. Since the pusher bar moves inwardly and outwardly between the pairs of paddles there is no interference between the paddles and bar. When the bar reaches its outward limit the stripper bar is caused to descend rapidly according to prior practice and then move inwardly horizontally after which the carriage is driven upwardly to restore the bar to its uppermost starting position.
When the stripper bar in stacking machine begins its outward stripping movement, its upper end is supposed to be in line with the uppermost article forming the group that will be stacked. The articles on the paddles, of course, are moving downwardly continuously so proper synchronization between the movements of the articles on the paddle and the stripper bar is important. Because it is necessary to strip the top article from the paddles within the paddle opening, prior systems required optimum timing between operation of the air cylinders that moves the stripper bar horizontally to move the stack out and the downward motion of the paddle conveyor chains. Improper timing can result in damage to the machine or in a stack containing more or fewer than the intended number of articles. It will be evident that since the paddle conveyor is in downward motion at all times at a constant speed it would be desirable to impart to the generally horizontally moving stripper bar a vertical component of speed that matches the downward speed of the paddles during stripping. Prior practice was to slant the guide rods which support the stripper bar downwardly so that speed matching was at least right for one conveyor speed.
A stacking machine is usually one part of a more comprehensive article fabricating equipment. For instance, the stacking machine such as the one here under consideration is commonly used in a disposable diaper fabricating machinery system. In conventional machines, it has been possible to get fairly accurate correlation between the position of the group of articles on the paddles and the pusher bar as long as all machinery in the system was operated at a fixed rate. However, there are times when an assembly or fabricating line may be speeded up or slowed down such that the proper timing relationship between the position of the paddles and the stripper bar is lost. The criticality of proper timing can be appreciated if one recognizes that in a given machine used for stacking articles such as diapers, stack sizes may range from 5 to 20 and up to 45 stacks per minute may be handled. This is indicative of how fast the stripper bar must be moving horizontally in order to stay in proper alignment with the articles during the brief moment when the articles are being slid off of the paddles.
In accordance with the invention, means are provided for moving the stripper bar downwardly while it is executing its stripping motion in perfect correlation with the continuous downward movement of the articles at all machine speeds. An important feature of the invention resides in providing for the downward speed of the stripper bar being automatically adjusted to correlate with whatever speed at which other machinery in the production system is feeding articles through the stacking machine.
A significant part of the conventional stripper bar manipulating mechanism can be used. However, instead of relying exclusively on a pneumatic cylinder to drive down the vertically moving carriage on which the stripper bar is mounted an independently controllable device is used. A vertically extending gear rack is fastened to the carriage. A gear that is mounted on a journaled shaft meshes with the gear rack. The shaft is driven intermittently from the output shaft of an electrically operated clutch. Mechanical power to the input of the clutch is derived from the main drive of the more comprehensive article production machine system. A logic controller causes the clutch to engage at the moment horizontal shifting of the stripper bar is to begin. When the clutch engages, the gear rotates and drives the vertical carriage for the stripper bar downwardly with a vertical speed component that is necessarily always synchronized or matched with the speed at which the paddles are descending since all parts of the system are driven by the same main drive power source. In all modes the carriage is driven vertically by means of the gear at least during the time that the stripper bar is being pulled across the path of the articles when it is important for the speeds of the bar and paddles to be matched. In the first mode used for products which have a narrow lateral dimension such as sanitary napkins as compared to disposable diapers, the gear is powered rotationally from the instant the stripper bar engages the stack of articles and power drive is maintained for the full descent of the carriage and the stripper bar thereon. Shifting the bar carriage horizontally during the later part of its downward travel and upwardly again to its home position for engaging the next accumulated stack is done with pneumatic cylinders.
In a second mode the drive gear is powered rotationally to drive the carriage and stripper bar thereon down until the stack of articles is deposited and then a clutch through which the gear is driven is disengaged to let the carriage drop under the influence of gravity while the gear is free wheeling. As in all modes, pneumatic cylinders restore the stripper bar to its home position in readiness for stripping another stack of articles from the paddles.
In the third mode, used for wide articles such as adult diapers where the stripping stroke is long outside of the paddles so fast action is necessary, to assume the stripper bar will return home in time, rapid dropping of the carriage is accomplished by using the pneumatic cylinder to drive the stripper bar carriage downwardly starting the moment synchronism is no longer necessary.
A more detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention will now be set forth in reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view, partly schematic, of a stacker of the closed loop conveyor chain type;
FIG. 2 is a partial horizontal section taken on a line corresponding to 2--2 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows the condition of the parts of the stacker and the vertically extending stripper bar immediately after stripping of a stack has been completed;
FIG. 4 shows the vertically disposed stripper bar in solid lines where it is positioned outwardly and most remotely from the paddles on the stacking machine and where it is shown in phantom lines when it has reached a position inwardly of the articles on the stacker paddles and is in the process of being projected upwardly to its upper limit;
FIG. 5 is an isolated perspective view of the improved stripper bar operating mechanism;
FIG. 6 is a diagram which is useful for explaining the timing and physical movements of the stripper bar;
FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of the improved stripper bar operating mechanism;
FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view of the stripper bar operating mechanism; and
FIG. 9 constitutes a symbolic representation of the timing and logic controller which governs operation of the stripper bar driving mechanism.
FIG. 1 shows the principal components of a stacking machine which is generally designated by the numeral 10. The machine includes two closed loop conveyor chains a typical one 11 of which is visible in FIG. 1. There is another chain 12 running in parallelism with chain 11 as can be seen in FIG. 2. Chain 11 runs on three sprockets 13, 14 and 15. One of the sprockets is driven rotationally from the main shaft, not shown, of any article fabrication system in which the stacking machine depicted in FIG. 1 is installed. There is another set of sprockets similar to 13-15 on which chain 12 runs. As shown in FIG. 1, a series of paddles such as exemplary paddles 16 and 17 have their inner ends connected to the conveyor chains. There are corresponding paddles on each chain and there are spaces between corresponding paddles. The paddles are moving with the chains in the direction of the arrow 18. It will be evident that the paddles are hingedly connected to the conveyor chains in such manner that they are held substantially horizontal as they descend through the distance between the paddles which are marked 16 and 17 in FIG. 1. The leading paddle 17 on conveyor chain 11 has a counterpart 17A on conveyor chain 12. Thus, the articles 20 span across corresponding paddles. In FIG. 1, stripper bar 21 is in home position between the columns of paddles and the bar is in its uppermost position in readiness to shift to the left since the fifteen articles 20 comprising a stack in this example are presently arranged one above the other in readiness for being pushed or stripped from the paddles by leftward movement of stripper bar 21.
The articles 20 are introduced to the paddle conveyor by way of a conveyor belt 22 at a place 23 where the paddles fan out as a result of the conveyor chains passing around small radius sprockets such as the one marked 15. After being loaded on the paddles, the articles are conveyed upwardly at an angle with respect to vertical after which the paddles and the articles thereon are passed around sprocket 13 wherein they invert. In due course, the paddles such as the one marked 16 and those leading it at least down to the paddle marked 17 are all in a horizontal position with a column of articles 21 supported on them.
FIG. 1 also shows a pusher or shuttle mechanism which is generally designated by the numeral 25. The shuttle has a head 26 which is movable toward an observer in FIG. 1 on horizontal guide rods 27 and 28 when the observer is looking toward shuttle head 26 along a line of sight which is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing sheet and the shuttle head thereon. By way of an arm 29, the reciprocable head 26 is connected to a pusher plate 30. The means for advancing plate 30 toward the observer, when the observer is looking toward pusher plate 30 along a line of sight which is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing sheet and the pusher plate thereon, in FIG. 1 and retracting it to push a stack of articles away on a table 31 to make room for the next stack of articles is not shown because it is not new and is well known among designers of stacking machines.
The improved mechanism for manipulating the stripper bar 21 can be understood most easily by referring to FIG. 5. In FIG. 5 only the lower end 21A of stripper bar 21 is shown. The stripper bar manipulating mechanism in FIG. 5 is mounted in a frame comprised of top and bottom horizontally extending members 32 and 33 and vertical members 34 and 35. This frame is stationary and is part of the frame which supports the chain conveyor. Vertical movement of stripper bar 21 is achieved with a vertically movable carriage 36 which can move up and down on vertical guide rods 37 and 38 whose upper and lower ends are fastened in upper and lower frame plates 32 and 33, respectively. A collar such as the one marked 39 is pinned to rod 38 to keep the rods locked in the frame members. Carriage 36 is depicted in FIG. 5 in its lowermost position. A fluid pressure responsive actuator in the form of a double acting pneumatic work cylinder 40 is used to raise carriage 36 as required at very high speed. As mentioned earlier, in one operating mode the cylinder 40 is also used to drive the carriage downward rapidly when having the stripper bar locked to the downward speed of the paddles is no longer necessary. Cylinder 40 has a flange 51 by which it is fastened to frame plate 33 with machine screws as can be seen clearly in FIGS. 7 and 8. The piston rod 41 extending from the work cylinder 40 can be seen in FIG. 5 where it connects to the bottom of vertical carriage 36. The stripper rod base 21A is supported on horizontally disposed guide rods 42 and 43. The guide rods are attached to the stripper bar base 21A by means of machine screws 52 as shown in FIG. 7. These guide rods are slidable in linear bearings inside of fixed cylinders 45 and 46 which are mounted to carriage 36. A suitable linear bearing is shown in section and is visible in FIG. 7. A horizontal pneumatic work cylinder 47 shown in FIG. 5 has a flange 48, visible in FIG. 7, by which the cylinder is bolted to the vertical carriage. The work cylinder 47 is double acting. Its piston rod 50 connects to the stripper bar base 21A by means of a coupling stud 49 as shown in FIG. 7. It can push stripper bar 21 to the right as viewed in FIG. 5 for pushing a stack of articles off the conveyor paddles and it can be retracted rapidly to get behind the continuously descending articles that are on the vertical run of the paddles as depicted in FIG. 1.
In FIG. 5 the stripper bar 21 is retracted horizontally and the vertical carriage 36 is in its lowermost position but the bar must be driven to its uppermost position as it is in FIG. 1 to be in readiness for a stripping cycle. At the proper moment, that is, when a predetermined number of articles arrive in a column as between articles 16 and 17 in FIG. 1, horizontal work cylinder 47 is activated for the purpose of driving stripper bar 21 to the left. This is conventional in itself. In fact, as previously mentioned, prior practice was to have the horizontal guide rods 42 and 43 declined or slanted downwardly slightly to the left in an attempt to keep the stripper bar descending at about the same vertical component of speed as the articles are descending on the paddles. As was explained earlier, no single angle could keep the stripper bar moving with a vertical component of motion corresponding in speed to the downward speed of the paddles for all possible selectable speeds at which the chain conveyor can run. The solution, in accordance with the invention, is to provide for positively driving the stripper bar vertically during its horizontal transit outwardly at the same speed at which the paddles are descending and to achieve this speed automatically for any speed at which the machine is being operated.
For this purpose, a gear rack 55 is mounted to vertical carriage 36 as shown in FIG. 5 and in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 as well. As is evident in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, the teeth of a gear 56 are meshed with the teeth of rack 55 and it should be noted that the gear always remains meshed with the rack for any vertical position of carriage 36. Gear 56 is mounted on the end of a shaft 57 which is journaled for rotation in a cylindrical housing 58. The housing is mounted on a bracket 59 which is, in turn, fastened to vertical frame member 35 in FIG. 5. The bracket 59 and the manner in which it is fastened to frame member 35 by means of machine bolts 60, is shown most clearly in FIG. 8. Shaft 57 which supports the gear 56 has a toothed pulley 61 fastened to it as in FIG. 5. Another toothed pulley 62 is fastened to a shaft 63 which is parallel to gear shaft 57. Pulley 61 is driven rotationally by a toothed belt 64 which runs on driving pulley 62 as well as driven pulley 61. There is an electrically operated clutch 65 interposed between the power output shaft 63 of the clutch and the power input shaft 66. Electrical leads for energizing and deenergizing the operating coils in clutch 66 are marked 67. The power input shaft 66 to the clutch has fixed on it another toothed pulley 68 on which a toothed belt 69 runs. Toothed belt 69 is driven from a pulley, not shown, which rotates at a speed which is directly proportional to the speed at which the article fabrication machine system, not shown, is running and, of course, the chain conveyor, therefore, is also running at a speed that is proportional to the speed at which the article fabrication machinery is running. Consequently, when the article fabricating machine runs faster, power input shaft 66 to the clutch runs proportionately faster and so does the chain conveyor. If the article fabricating machine system is slowed down, the rotational speed of clutch power input shaft 66 and the speed of conveyor 10 slow down proportionately.
As previously indicated, the stripper bar 21 in FIG. 1 is positioned in readiness for stripping the articles 20 which are on paddles lying between the upper paddle marked 16 and the lower paddle marked 17 in FIG. 1. At the moment the desired number of articles 20 for a stack have arrived adjacent stripper bar 21, horizontally acting pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated to provide a horizontal component of movement for stripper bar 21 and simultaneously clutch 65 is engaged so pinion 56 starts driving carriage 36 vertically downward to provide a vertical component of stripper bar movement.
In FIG. 3 stripper bar 21 has been driven to its outermost position in respect to conveyor chains 11 and the paddles thereon. Clutch 65 is uncoupled at about the time the stack arrives at the table when the second and third operating modes are in effect but the clutch remains coupled when the first operating mode is in effect as will be elaborated later. The stack of articles deposited on table 31 is collectively designated by the numeral 20. Shuttle plate 30 can now be projected toward the observer to send the stack of articles on its way to a packaging machine, not shown. At that moment the clutch is inactivated and uncoupled because the need for speed matching of the stripper bar and paddles is temporarily not needed. The carriage 36 then descends according to the appropriate one of the three modes mentioned earlier. In FIG. 3, vertically movable carriage 36 is presently descending and, consequently, horizontal guide bars 42 and 43 and the stripper bar 21 mounted thereon are also moving downwardly. The gear 56 is, of course, engaged with toothed rack 55 but since the clutch 65 is not engaged in the time frame of FIG. 3 gear 56 is simply rotating freely as the carriage 36 continues downwardly.
In FIG. 4, the stripper bar 21 is shown in solid lines but it should be noted that it is presently lower than it was in FIG. 1 since the vertically moving carriage 36 has continued to descend to its lower limit. In FIG. 4, the stripper bar 21 is also depicted in phantom lines to indicate that it is retracted inwardly to the space between the articles on the conveyor and the chains. The phantom line version of the stripper bar 21 is in its depicted position as a result of horizontal work cylinder 47 retracting it inwardly as it moves downwardly. When the stripper bar 21 is on its way to the position in which it is depicted in phantom lines in FIG. 4, double acting pneumatic work cylinder 40 is activated so as to begin raising the stripper bar for it to be at its uppermost limit in readiness for stripping a stack of articles 20 from the paddles when a stack has accumulated as in FIG. 1.
A more detailed description of how the stripper bar is manipulated and timed or synchronized with machine speed will now be set forth in reference to the FIG. 6 diagram.
In FIG. 6 the stripper bar to which the reference numeral 21 is affixed is in its uppermost position and is ready for being shifted rapidly to the left to push a stack of articles 20 off of their superimposed column of paddles. The upper tip T of stripper bar 21 is at its uppermost position indicated by the numeral 1. At the instant the correct number of articles to form a stack is aligned with stripper bar 21, horizontal pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated and the stripper bar is moved transversely between corresponding paddles in each pair and across the downwardly moving stack of articles. At the same instant that the pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated, electric clutch 65 is activated and engaged and gear 56 begins to drive vertically movable carriage 36 downwardly at a speed that is matched to the speed at which the machine is running as previously explained. Consequently, the tip T of the stripper bar has a vertical speed component proportional in magnitude to the length of the vertically directed arrow 90 in the dashed line vector diagram. The downward component of speed of the stripper bar 21 is exactly equal to the downward speed of the articles carried on the vertical run of the conveyor chains. This is very important because it assures that an uppermost article in the stack proximate to the tip T will not be missed by a stripper bar moving downwardly too rapidly and that an extra article will not be stripped from the conveyor paddles if the stripper bar is moving downwardly too slowly. It also avoids any wiping or crushing force between the bar and the articles.
At the moment the stack of articles 20 are deposited on table 31 by the stripper bar, the tip of the stripper bar is in the position marked 2. At that moment, vertical dropping or gear driving of the carriage 36 and the stripper bar is initiated. This rapid downward movement brings the tip of the stripper bar to the position marked 3 which is well below the leading one 17 of the downwardly moving articles on the conveyor. At about the same time the stripper bar reaches the number 3 position, horizontally driving pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated again and the stripper bar is pushed transversely of the moving conveyor chains as indicated by the arrow 91. The upper tip of the stripper bar is then at the position marked 4. At this time, the horizontal driving pneumatic cylinder 47 is deactivated and vertical driving pneumatic cylinder 40 is activated to push the stripper bar upwardly to restore it in juxtaposition to the accumulating stack of articles as was the case at the beginning of an operating cycle of the bar which has just been outlined. The actual timing of the clutch and vertical and horizontal pneumatic cylinders is such that the stripper bar tip T moves from position 3 through position 4 to position 1 simultaneously. In other words, the line of motion of the stripper bar tip T from position 3 through position 4 and to position 1 would demark a curved line such that the lower end of the stripper bar would never actually get to the position which is marked 5.
The differences between the previously mentioned three alternative operating modes will now be elaborated. The first operating mode is used when the articles 20 are narrow in width. Refer first to FIG. 1 where a stack of the selected number of articles 20 has accumulated and the stripper bar 21 is about to be moved to the left to strip the stack from the paddles. Because it is assumed that the articles 20 are narrow the stripper bar 21 does not need to be as far to the right when in home position as would be the case if the articles were wider. This means that the stripper bar does not need to move as far to the left to deposit a stack of articles on table 31 as would be the case if the bar had started from a home position farther to the right in FIG. 1 so this movement takes less time for narrow articles. Other movements of the stripper bar can be allowed to take more time and yet the stripper bar will be restored to home position early enough.
In the first mode as in all operating modes when a stack has accumulated next to the stripper bar, horizontal pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated to push the stripper bar to the left as viewed in FIG. 1 and simultaneously clutch 65 is engaged so gear 56 drives the rack 55 and carriage 36 vertically downwardly at the speed equal to the downward speed of the conveyor panels 17. In this first mode of operation, after the stack of articles 20 is deposited on table 31, clutch 65 is allowed to remain engaged so the gear 56 will drive the carriage and stripper bar down to its lower limit at a speed corresponding to the vertical downward speed of the paddles before the clutch needs to be disengaged to allow the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 47 to start drawing the stripper bar inwardly again. During descent of the stripper bar the pneumatic cylinder 40 for moving the carriage 36 vertically upwardly is exhausted so that it offers no resistance to downward drive of the stripper bar by the gear 56. The first mode is the slowest of the modes but it works well for small stacks especially.
The second operating mode is used when the articles are medium wide so that the horizontal travel of the stripper bar 21 from home position to the position where the stack is deposited on table 31 is greater and the time is greater than when in the first mode. In the second mode, as in all modes, the carriage 36 and the stripper bar 21 are driven with a downward component by the gear 56 during the time the stripper bar is in transit between home position in FIG. 1 to the position wherein the stack is deposited on table 31 as in FIG. 3 so the bar moves vertically at the speed of conveyor paddle 17. In the second mode, at the moment the stack of articles is deposited on table 31 correlation between the vertical speed of the stripper bar and paddle speed becomes unnecessary so clutch 65 is disengaged and gear 56 can become free wheeling to let the carriage 36 and stripper bar 21 drop freely under the force of gravity. This is much faster than if the gear 56 were driven through the clutch and the carriage 36 and stripper bar 21 were driven downwardly at the vertical speed of the conveyor paddles. Of course, during the free fall, vertical pneumatic cylinder 40 is unpressurized and vented to the atmosphere so it offers no resistance to the downward drop of the carriage. When, or even before, the carriage drops to its lowest limit, horizontal pneumatic cylinder 47 is activated to pull the stripper bar horizontally after which the vertical cylinder 40 is activated to raise the stripper bar to home position again.
The third operating mode is optional and is used where the conveyor speed and, hence, the downward speed of the paddles is highest. In this mode the clutch 65 is disengaged and the gear drive of the carriage 36 and stripper bar is terminated at the moment the stripper bar deposits a stack on table 31. At this moment, pneumatic cylinder 40 is activated for driving the carriage 36 down at maximum speed and this is followed by horizontal inward shifting of the carriage and upward movement to restore the stripper bar to home position as it is in FIG. 1.
A control system for activating and deactivating the clutch 65 and the horizontal and vertical pneumatic cylinders 41 and 40 is implemented with conventional and commercially available components so the control system need not be described in detail. It will be understood, of course, that there are electric wires leading to the clutch for connecting to the leads 67. And, of course, there are the usual air connectors, not shown, on the double acting pneumatic work cylinders for pressurizing opposite sides of the piston therein and for exhausting air. The controller is symbolized by the block marked 80 in FIG. 9. A commercially available programmable limit switch system or programmable logic controller can be used. This controller will have an input 81 for a signal from an encoder, not shown, or a pulse generator, which provides information as to the angular position of the machine main drive shaft, not shown, so that all control activities can be synchronized with the machine main drive shaft. Some output lines from the controller in FIG. 9 are marked 82 and these may be connected to the magnetic clutch leads 67. Another group of output lines 83 symbolize control wires which, in an actual embodiment, transmit electric signals for activating and deactivating relays, not shown, which open and close valves in the air and exhaust lines, not shown, which are connected to the pneumatic cylinders 47 and 40.
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in detail, such description is intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, for the invention may be variously embodied and is to be limited only by interpretation of the claims which follow.
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Owner name: CURT G. JOA, INC., A CORP. OF WISCONSIN
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Serbian Cabinet to Finish Term If Budget Passes, Minister Says
Serbia's government has a chance to become the first in a decade to complete its term if it passes a 2011 budget, Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic said.
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2 Cups all-purpose flour ½ Tbsp Imitation Maple Flavoring
¼ tsp Salt ½ Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Baking Powder ½ Cup Chopped Toasted Pecans
2 Sticks Salted Butter 2 tsp Cinnamon (divided)
1 Cup Sour Cream 1 Tbsp Butter (melted)
1 ½ Cups Sugar 2 Eggs
Toast pecans in oven for 5 minutes on baking sheet (or until they become aromatic) at 350 degrees. Let cool and rough chop them.
In a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sour cream, Then, beat in sugar. Beat in eggs on at a time, then stir in maple.
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