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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Publication date
|Sep 24, 1974
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|Jul 2, 1973
|Priority date
|Nov 27, 1970
|Publication number
|Sengewald K
|Original Assignee
|Sengewald K
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|Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (13), Classifications (6)
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United States Patent [1 1 Sengewald Sept. 24, 1974 DISPENSER FOR CARRYING BAGS OR THE LIKE [76] Inventor: Karl H. Sengewald, 4801 Kunsebeck, Westphalia, Germany [22] Filed: July 2, 1973 21 Appl. No.: 375,641
Related US. Application Data [62] Division of Ser. No. 93,048, Nov. 27, I970,
[52] US Cl 225/11, 226/43, 226/44 [51] Int. Cl 1326f 3/02 [58] Field of Search 225/10, l4, 15, ll;
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,507,428 4/l970 Leibreich 225/11 3,626,49] l2/l97l Grosser 225/ll X Primary Examiner-Andrew R. Juhasz Assistant ExaminerLeon Gilden Attorney, Agent, or Firm-P. D. Golrick 5 7 ABSTRACT A dispenser for carrying bags from a roll-wound or layer-packed continuous strip form supply, presenting ready for the user a single bag pendent from a mouth device, which is shiftable upon tearing off a bag to initiate automatic feed of a bag length of the strip by strip embracing drive rollers. With bags having grip holes, feed rollers cooperating also as normally closed switch contacts, in sensing arrival of a hole, determine the feed of a bag length for terminating a feed cycle. Small front space is required by the mouth device in store display areas.
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DISPENSER FOR CARRYING BAGS OR THE LIKE This application is a division of appliation Ser. No. 93,048 filed Nov. 27, 1970, now abandoned. su
The present invention is concerned with a device for dispensing carrying bags supplied in continuous strip form, particularly bags with grip holes, though certain features of the invention are applicable to other bag forms.
Hitherto in stores the dispensing of carrying bags as a rule has ben attended to by sales personnel or clerks who take the bags as needed from conveniently located stacks or bundles. The stacking and the handing out of bags is inconvenient and demands much time of sales personnel so that generally they cannot always devote themselves fully to their intended activities, namely to selling and advising customers. On the other hand, when the customers help themselves to bags, they do not always remove a bag from a pile or bundle with the necessary care, so that the pile is often completely disordered, or toppled and scattered. Also in order to be conveniently accessible, the bag stacks must occupy a correspondingly large space in what is valuable prominent merchandise display frontage or area.
The general object of the present invention is to avoid the disadvantages of prior practices in dispensing carrying bags to customers in shops. Another object is to provide a bag dispenser which automatically feeds a strip of connected bags through a discharge mouth and tear off device by one bag length as each bag is torn off. A further object is to provide a dispenser for strip connected bags supplied in roll form or a layered packed carton.
For attainment of these objects, there is proposed a carrying bag dispenser adapted to receive a supply source for complete bags connected together successively in a continuous strip through the residual bridges of material at respective tear-off perforation lines, and a discharge mouth device through which the leading end of the bag strip is carried so that a bag is always presented ready for removal. With the strip supply source at a rear location in the dispenser and the strip lead over simple guide means to the mouth device at the front of a dispenser frame, an apparatus of the invention requires only a small space, particular in the display frontage of its environment; and has the advantage that it can be built in into place in sales counters or display racks or stands. Moreover, rather than relying entirely on customer action with the leading end of the bag strip by hand drawn out from the apparatus for a carrying bag length and then the leading bag torn off, in the hereinafter described preferred embodiment, the carrying bag strip is advanced automatically through the apparatus by one bag length as each bag is torn off, thereby presenting a pendent bag at the mouth to be easily grasped and separated.
Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description and the drawings wherein:
FIGS. 1 and 2 show lengths of respective strips of finished carrying bags and a corresponding separated bag of two types, which may be dispensed by the apparatus of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first dispenser embodiment of the invention, dispensing bags from a supply roll;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged detailed side view, partially in vertical section, of part of FIG. 3;
FIG. 4A is a fragmentary further enlarged detail of a portion of FIG. 4
FIG. 5 is a perspective view similar to that of FIG. 3, showing dispensing of bags from a bag strip packed layered in a shipping carton;
FIG. 6 is a simplified modification of the apparatus for handling the bag strip from supply packaging of the type appearing in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a schematic electrical diagram for operation and control of the apparatus of the aforegoing figures; and
FIG. 8 is a detailed side view of one of the control contact rolls serving as a drive roll and assuming the form of an electric drive motor.
Although the invention is adapted for feeding bags of other constructions, wherein successive bags are connected to each other in a strip of indefinite length by residual material bridging tear off perforation lines, by way of example, in FIGS. 1 and 2 there are shown two types of such bags each having through the top or mouth margins a grip hole punch out; and the bag further in FIG. 2 having infolded sides. Although similar bag strip forms having at longitudinally spaced locations other holes therethrough or imprinted markings as index marks for identifying successive bag lengths to the machine for control purposes, for example, by photoelectric means, here the coincident grip holes through both bag walls in the strip are used for control purposes in the particular dispenser embodiment of the invention hereinafter described relative to other figures.
Each strip of connected successive bags, as represented by bags l2-l2a-12b in the short strip lengths above the respective detached finished bags, irrespective of how originally formed, (whether from an extruded flattened film tube of thermoplastic material, from folded and joined flat sheet film stock, or possibly as well from paper or other material), may be considered as formed from a continuous flattened tube of indefinite length providing the opposed longitudinally edge-joined, main layers 13 and 14, across which there are made, corresponding to successive bag lengths, transverse bottom seams 15 weld seams in the case of thermoplastic film stock, immediately adjacent parallel tear off formations defining the ultimate top or mouth of the successive bag and including a perforation line 16 as part of a tear-off weakening structure, and then just below the latter, coincident grip holes 17 punched out or incised through both walls and respective reinforcement laminations on their inside faces.
In FIG. 1 the tear-off structure of formation is represented by a pair of coincident perforation lines at 16 through both tube walls, and the grip hole reinforcements are localized about the grip hole regions. In FIG. 2 the reinforcing laminations 18a run continuously through the length of the tube strip, therefore through the length of each bag; and a complete transverse severence cut 19 is made through the wall 13 and the edge infolds at a location coincident with the perforation line 16 through the wall 14, which facilitates even further the tearing off of the successive bags.
Apparatus of FIG. 3 in accordance with the invention includes a generally symmetrical rigid frame represented in fragmentary form by two rigidly secured and spaced like side plates 20 (one shown in solid lines, the other represented in dashed outline) between the rear ends of which, by suitable conventional bearings (with friction drag if desired), there is replaceably mounted a changeable supply roll transverse shaft 21 whereby there is rotatably supported a supply roll R of connected carrying bags thus provided in rollwound strip form; while at the forward frame end a discharge mouth device 23, providing a curved hollow bag strip discharge guide and tear-off edge device, to which the strip is lead over appropriate guide means, in turn is mounted in flap-like fashion through the transverse shaft 24 pivotally suported at its opposite ends in the side plates.
Even the structure thus far described affords a useful compact dispenser, from which by hand bags may be successively drawn out and torn off individually at the mouth device.
Between the supply and discharge ends of the apparatus, bag strip guiding, advance and control means are represented by the mechanism including a cylindrical roll 26 supported rotatably between the frame side plates by its transverse shaft 27 in appropriate bearings, and an opposed disk-like roller or wheel 28 rotatably supported on a shaft 29 carried between the lower free ends a pair of parallel outrigger support arms 30. The upper ends of the latter are secured to a transverse shaft 31 parallel to the other aforementioned shafts, and forming with arms 30 a rigid frame-like arrange ment, whereby roll 28 is supported ultimately by the side plates swingably toward and away from the cylinder 26.
In addition to the weight of roll 28 and a weight component of its pivotal support frame, further bias means may be provided to bias the roll 28 against the cylinder 26 and the horizontal reach of the bag strip feeding centered therebetween to ensure proper driving contact. This roller mechanism may also serve in some degree to aid restraint of the strip reach as a bag is tornoff. Such means, which may assume various forms, here is represented by a helical spring 33 about an end portion of shaft 31 with one spring end anchored to the apparatus main frame and other connected to the adjacent arm 30.
Preferably also on shaft 39, either inbroad or outboard of the arms 30, there are provided further pressure contact rolls 34 disposed laterally of the path of the bag holes 17 so always to track on a continuous portion of the bag strip material. pressing it against cylinder 26.
Further a considerable portion of the external surface of roll 26 (and also of roll 28 where the latter is a drive element) is sheathed in moderately soft rubber to provide a good frictional driving contact with the bag; and optionally also such other rollers used herein.
The shaft 27 is shown extending to the right through the phantom outlined side plate into the drive motor and switch control housing 40 wherein it is coupled either directly or through appropriate gearing to a drive motor unit (see 50 in FIG. 7) subject to the controls hereinafter described.
It is also noted that the roll 28 (or cylinder 26) may also take the form of a drive motor as hereinafter described with respect to 28 in FIG. 8, in which case shaft 27 terminates in the near or right side plate and 40 serves primarily as a control circuit and switch housing.
The broad transversely straight forwardly and downwardly curved hollow flap structure 23 provides a bag feed and guide slot 23a through which the reach of the bag strip extends to present a pendent end bag ready for convenient grasping and tearing off against a straight transverse tearing reaction edge 23b across its downward end or mouth.
A transverse frame bar 37 centrally supports a feed initiating control switch 38 with its actuating finger 38a disposed at a position to be contacted for switch actuation upon an upward swing of the flap structure 23, when the pendent endmost bag is pulled upwardly as indicated by the dash-dotted lines 12 in FIG. 4 for tearing off.
At its mid region, cylinder 26 is provided with a conductive band such as a flush-embedded cylindrical metallic electrical contact band or sleeve 26a electrically connected by an internal conductor 26b, for example, (see FIG. 4) to the metallic shaft 27, upon which bears a slip contact spring finger 42 supported by an insulating block 42a secured on the adjacent side plate 20; while the opposed cooperating conductive contact surface, such as an annular metal band or jacket 28a on roll 28 similarly has a slip contact finger 43 supported by an insulating block 43a on an appropriate cross bar 43b or the like between the arms 30. Otherwise conventional transverse spacer means extending between plates 30 to secure them in a rigid main frame, are omitted for drawing clarity.
These two contact fingers, by respective conductors 44 and 45, and so also the switch 38 by a pair of conductors in the cable 46 are incorporated in the control circuitry with most components in box 40.
FIGS. 4 and 4A in somewhat greater detail show the structural interrelation of these control and/or drive parts to each other and to the bag strip led therebetween, with the grip holes 17 passing between the conductive contact surfaces of cylinder 26 and the roll 28. Thus as the strip is fed, the conductive surfaces of the contact rolls are insulated from each other over the major length of each bag interval, but when a grip hole punch out passes therebetween, the downwardly biased upper roller then makes a switching contact with the lower roller or cylinder, thereby affording a switching signal and thus acting as means for detection of the completion of feed of a single bag length. In effect, the cooperating rollers thus are a normally closed switch. Any rubber surface portion of roll 28 adjacent the conductive band 28a (and similarly of additional pressure rollers where used) are soft enough to deflect and not interfere with good electrical contact being made on 26a. The swingable mounting, of course, provides accommodation to different bag thicknesses. Obviously the point of roll switch contact may be placed off center to handle bags connected along side margins thereof. p The apparatus of FIG. 3 may also be used to feed the layered carton-packed form of the bag strip supply S from a carton 36 as shown in FIG. 5. In this case, the supply roll supporting shaft 21 at its location as in FIG. 3 may serve as the support or strip guiding roller, or it may be shifted to an upper position for engagement in alternate support apertures 21b, which occur in the side plates at the position of the strip guide roll 47 shown in FIG. 5. The roller 47 is of another form with a rubber jacket for better strip control.
On the other hand, where only the stack type packaging S is to be handled, the machine may be further simplified by feeding the strip issuing from a box 36 directly over and around the roll 28 in the manner shown in FIG. 6, in which case carton stop or position means are provided to unambiguously locate the carton 36 (with respect to the frame) as the strip supply support means.
Control circuitry such as that of schematic FIG. 7 may be used for the various arrangements here shown. The electric drive motor 50, which if desired may comprise a motor gear reduction drive unit possibly including an associated electro-magnetic brake device normally braked but released upon motor energization, is connected to the electrical power supply lines 51-52 under the control of a relay 53 having normally open but timed-delay-released motor cotrol contacts 53a in the one line 52, a solenoid coil 53c connected in series with the previously described bag feed initiating switch 38 between the two power leads. A further pair of normally open contacts 53b at the holding contacts in relay 53, is connected in series with the normally closed, instantly opening contacts 54a of a second relay 54 to form a control circuit branch in parallel with switch 38. The contact rolls 28 and 26 (as general designation for such rolls and the respective fingers) with these leads 44, 45 are connected in series with the solenoid 54c as a circuit across the supply lines or other suitable voltage source,
Accordingly when a bag is pulled upwardly to tear it off from the strip, thereby swinging device 23 upwardly and closing switch 38, solenoid 53c is energized closing the holding contacts 53b (thereby to keep the solenoid energized even upon opening of 38) and also closing the motor switch contacts 53a. This immediately starts the motor drive unit, hence roll 26, rotating thereby to advance the bag strip. With a one bag length advance, a grip hole opening 17 in passing between the contact rolls 2628 allows electrical contact to be established therebetween, energizing the solenoid 540 to the normally closed contacts 54a. This interrupts the holding contact circuit to de-energize solenoid 53c; thereby immediaely releasing its holding contacts 53b and initiating the timed delay release or opening of motor control contacts 53a. The delay in opening of the latter contacts allows the bag strip to be driven just slightly beyond the grip hole disposed between the contact rolls, thereby to reinsulate the rolls, ready for another cycle of operation.
The above described roll switch arrangement obviously is advantageous over the alternative of using merely opposed spring fingers cooperatively contacting through holes 17; and where useable by the nature of the bag strip, further is preferred to a control by photocell sensing change of light beam incidence on the strip due to an index mark arrival, to develope a feed interrupting signal. A photoelectric control is not so very well suited in stores, since the usual sales personnel is not too capable for the adjustment or servicing of this type of control, and photoelectric cell controls as a rule are more complex and expensive.
As previously noted, one or the other of the rolls or cylinders 26 or 28, as well as serving as a rolling contact as above described, may itself take the form of a driving motor. FIG. 8 shows such an arrangement for the upper disk roll in a simple generalized form wherein the inside stator 61 is supported by the shaft 29, here hollow to accommodate motor current supplying leads 62 running to the control circuitry in the box 40; and the stator is circumferentially surrounded by an external annular rotor generally designated 63, rotatably supported on shaft 29 by respective bearings 64 in its enclosing end walls 65, whereby the external rotor is rotatably mounted relative to the shaft to serve as a driving roller itself incorporating the motor structure.
The roller contact function is yet had here where a suitable circumferential insulating means 67 is provided on the rotor periphery, whereby the rest of the motor is insulated from the round metallic band or other conductive contact surface 28 upon which slips the sliding contact finger 43 as above described. Circuitry such as that of FIG. 7 may here be used, possibly with some modification thereof depending upon the particular electrical form of the motor.
From the drawings and the above description, it can be seen that a dispenser of this invention can be readily built into a counter or sales rack, or included as a modular unit with an appropriately styled concealing housing, either self supporting on the floor by a suitable further underframe or supported by surrounding counter or display shelving or rack modules. Since discharge device 23 occupies only a small front space in a rack, counter or the like, and the vertical transverse cross section of the major part of the device between the plates 20 is small, and in any event runs back into the environmental structure; and the bag supply location is at the rear, either for servicing from behind or by an inand-out slide mounting of the dispenser in the environment, the dispenser uses relatively small valuable front merchandize display area. Where the drive motor function and structure is incorporated in one of the rollers 26 or 28, the space requirement is further diminished.
I claim:
1. A dispenser for carrying bags supplied in the form of a continuous strip of said bags connected one to another successively by tear-off formation in the strip, whereby individual complete bags may be successively torn off from the strip, said dispenser comprising:
a frame including rigidly spaced side members, and
having a discharge end and a bag strip supply receiving end;
a discharge mouth defining device disposed between said side members and providing a discharge guide slot for said strip to pass therethrough and also a bag tear-off edge along an outer margin of the slot;
strip guiding means mounted between said side members for guiding a reach of the bag strip from said supply receiving end to said device;
switch means associated with said device and responsive to force applied by hand-pulling of an end bag against the said edge of the device for tearing off the bag;
strip driving feed means and sensing means engaging said strip reach before said device, including a drive motor and also sensing means for sensing occurrence of index marks spaced corresponding to successive bag lengths along said strip; and
control means responsive to actuation of said switch means to initiate strip feeding operation of said drive motor and responsive to a signal generated by said sensing means upon sensing an index mark to terminate operation of said motor after feed of a bag length through the slot of said device.
2. A dispenser as described in claim 1, with said sensing means comprising as a normally closed switch device,
a pair of cooperating opposed conductive contact elements disposed respectively on opposite sides of the path of a strip reach fed to said device, to be insulated from a signal initiating contact by the bag material and to make a signal initiating contact upon passage therebetween of an aperture, such as a bag grip hole, through said strip reach as a said index mark.
3. A dispenser as described in claim 2, with said sensing means, as a normally closed switch device, comprised of a pair of rollers rotating about parallel axis transverse to the strip reach path and provided with circumferentially continuously conductive opposed peripheral portions.
4. A dispenser as described in claim 3, wherein at least one roller is provided with a circumferentially continuous metallic strip as a said conductive peripheral portion, and as one terminal of said switch device, a conductive element is biased into sliding conductive contact with said metallic strip.
5. A dispenser as described in claim 1, with said drive means comprising a pair of rollers rotating about parallel axes transverse to the strip reach path and serving also as said strip guiding means, one of said rollers being driven by said motor.
6. A dispenser as described in claim 5, wherein said one roller itself incorporates said motor.
7. A dispenser as described in claim 5, wherein one of said rollers is rotatably mounted between said side members and the other roller is rotatably mounted in a frame supported between the side members swingably about an axis transverse to the strip reach;
said rollers having conductive opposed circumferential portions cooperating as a normally closed switch held open by strip material of the strip reach passing therebetween and closing upon occurrence of an aperture through said strip reach, and thereby providing said sensing means.
8. A dispenser as described in claim 1, wherein said device comprises a hollow element providing at an outer end an elongated slot directed transversely acorss the space between said side members and, at its inner strip reach receiving end, pivoted to said side members to swing in flap-like fashion about a pivot axis parallel to said slot and transverse to said side members;
said switch means being fixed relative to the frame and actuated by said device upon swinging as an end bag is hand-pulled against the said edge in tearing off the end bag.
9. A dispenser as described in claim 1, wherein;
said strip guide means comprises a pair of opposed rolls mounted between the side members and rotatable about axes transverse to the strip reach path to said device;
one of said rolls is motor driven for advancing said strip; said rolls cooperating as sensing rolls for sensing the occurrence therebetween of an aperture through the material of said strip and developing a signal;
said dispenser including motor control means responsive to a said signal to terminate bag strip feeding operation of the motor driven roll.
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Nomar Garciaparra LAD 9 (best fit in LA at this point)
Brian Giles STL 13 (typical, he falls in the Cards lap)
Jacque Jones NYY 4 (Yanks need a CF and its not Damon)
Paul Konerko CWS15 (Hometown discount?)
Kevin Millwood BAL 7 (Mazzone is the reason)
Bengie Molina NYM 10 (the post Piazza era begins)
Matt Morris CLE 3 (Millwoods replacement on a good team)
Mike Piazza LAA 2 (A guess but the Angels like to spend and Piazza is a hero in LA)
B.J. Ryan NYM 8 (Mets want a lefty reliever but this is a mild surprise over the Yanks)
Billy Wagner PHI 11 (Pat Gillick gets his man)
Preston Wilson SDP (Turkey day Tryptophan hangover)
In order of
In order of Confidence:
Damon - Red Sox, 15
Konerko - White Sox, 14
Furcal - Cubs, 13
Ryan - Red Sox, 12
Millwood - Cleveland, 11
Farnsworth - Braves, 10
Wagner - Mets, 9
Molina - Mets, 8
Jones - Padres, 7
Burnett - Seattle, 6
Giles - St. Louis, 5
Nomar - Angels, 4
Morris - Nationals, 3
Piazza - Angels, 2
Wilson - St. Louis, 1
Furcal CHC 15 Damon BOS
Furcal CHC 15
Damon BOS 14
Ryan NYY 13
Millwood NYY 12
Farns Atl 11
Giles Stl 10
Konerko LAD 9
Piazza NYY 8
Nomar CHC 7
Wagner Phil 6
Morris NYM 5
Molina LAA 4
Jones Col 3
P Wilson Nym 2
AJ Burnett CHC 1
Glad I didn't put my kids college fund on this..........
Burnett TOR 7 Damon BOS
Burnett TOR 7
Damon BOS 15
Farnsworth ATL 12
Furcal CHC 11
Garciaparra LAD 5
Giles STL 10
Jones SDP 3
Konerko LAA 14
Millwood BAL 8
Molina NYM 13
Morris SEA 1
Piazza OAK 2
Ryan TOR 4
Wagner NYM 9
Wilson NYY 6
Furcal - Cubs 15 Damon -
Furcal - Cubs 15
Damon - Boston 14
Molina - Angels 13
BJ Ryan - Yanks 12
Burnett - Tornoto 11
Giles - St. Louis 10
Nomar - Dodgers 9
Konerko - Angels 8
Wagner - Mets 7
J.Jones - San Diego 6
Milwood - St. Louis 5
Farnsworth - Baltimore 4
Morris - Angels 3
Piazza - Minnesota 2
P.Wilson - Cubs 1
Nomar Garciaparra Dodgers
Nomar Garciaparra Dodgers 15
A.J. Burnett Texas 14
Johnny Damon Boston 13
Brian Giles Cardinals 12
Paul Konerko Sox 11
Jacque Jones Yankees 10
Billy Wagner Phils 9
Bengie Molina Astros 8
Kevin Millwood Texas 7
B.J. Ryan Red Sox 6
Matt Morris Blue Jays 5
Kyle Farnsworth Giants 4
Mike Piazza Mariners 3
Preston Wilson Cubs 2
Rafael Furcal Braves 1
Furcal - CHC 15 Damon - BOS
Furcal - CHC 15
Damon - BOS 14
Konerko - CWS 13
Molina - NYM 12
Jones - SD 11
Nomar - LAD 10
Burnett - SEA 9
Giles - STL 8
Farnsworth - BAL 7
Ryan - NYY 6
Millwood - CLE 5
Morris - STL 4
Wagner - CHC 3
Piazza - LAA 2
Wilson - WSH 1
who knows
Steve Phillips (ESPN)
Steve Phillips (ESPN) predicts Furcal and Giles to the Cubs.
Burnett - Boston -
Burnett - Boston - 13
Damon - Boston - 8
Farnsworth - Arizona - 5
Furcal - Chicago Cubs - 11
Garciaparra - Dodgers - 3
Giles - Houston - 6
Jones - Yankees - 10
Konerko - White Sox - 12
Millwood - Yankees - 9
Molina - Angels - 7
Morris - Cardinals - 15
Piazza - Baltimore - 2
Ryan - Atlanta - 14
Wagner - Boston - 4
Wilson - Colorado - 1
Konerko - White Sox -
Konerko - White Sox - 15
Damon - Red Sox - 14
Burnett - Red Sox - 13
Furcal - Cubs - 12
Ryan - Yankees - 11
Millwood - Yankees - 10
Morris - Mariners - 9
Wagner - Mets - 8
Molina - Angels - 7
Jones - Astros - 6
Garciaparra - Dodgers - 5
Piazza - Baltimore - 4
Farnsworth - Atlanta - 3
Giles - Cubs - 2
Wilson - Cardinals - 1
I really don't see why Giles is most likely going to the Cardinals. Surely the Cubs have the money to outbid the Cards if they wanted to.
Rafael Furcal - CUBS -
Rafael Furcal - CUBS - 15
Johnny Damon - RED SOX - 14
Nomar Garciaparra - DODGERS - 13
Mike Piazza - ANGELS - 12
Paul Konerko - WHITE SOX - 11
Kyle Farnsworth - BRAVES - 10
Brian Glies - CARDINALS - 9
B. J. Ryan - YANKEES - 8
Kevin Millwood - ORIOLES - 7
Billy Wagner - RED SOX - 6
Benjie Molina - MARINERS - 5
A. J. Burnett - RANGERS - 4
Matt Morris - BLUE JAYS - 3
Jacque Jones - PIRATES - 2
Preston Wilson - YANKEES - 1
These aren't my predictions,
These aren't my predictions, they are those of Steve Phillips, the guy doing those corny, gimmicky GM press conference simulations on SportsCenter. He has a page where he predicts where the top 50 free agents will go (but he doesn't put confidence levels on them). I post them here for the interest of putting up what an "expert" and ex-GM thinks will happen. I certainly like what he has the Cubs doing!
AJ Burnett - Toronto Blue Jays
Johnny Damon - Boston Red Sox
Kyle Farnsworth - Atlanta Braves
Rafael Furcal - Chicago Cubs
Nomar Garciaparra - LA Dodgers
Brian Giles - Chicago Cubs
Jacque Jones - Detriot Tigers
Paul Konerko - Boston Red Sox
Kevin Milwood - Cleveland Indians
Bengie Molina - San Diego Padres
Matt Morris - Baltimore Orioles
Mike Piazza - Somewhere in CA Angels
BJ Ryan - NY Mets
Billy Wagner - Philadelphia Phillies
Preston Wilson - Baltimore Orioles
15 Furcal Cubs 14 Molina
15 Furcal Cubs
14 Molina Mets
13 Nomar Dodgers
12 Konerko White Sox
11 Ryan Yankees
10 Damon Red Sox
9 Wagner Phillies
8 Giles Cards
7 Jones Padres
6 Morris Mariners
5 Burnett Jays
4 Wilson Astros
3 Piazza Jays
2 Farns Red Sox
1 Millwood Rangers
And now my predictions: AJ
And now my predictions:
AJ Burnett - Baltimore Orioles - 8
Johnny Damon - Boston Red Sox - 14
Kyle Farnsworth - New York Yankees -
Rafael Furcal - Chicago Cubs - 15
Nomar Garciaparra - LA Angels - 10
Brian Giles - Chicago Cubs - 7
Jacque Jones - Philadelphia Phillies - 1
Paul Konerko - Boston Red Sox - 13
Kevin Milwood - Cleveland Indians - 2
Bengie Molina - San Diego Padres -
Matt Morris - Seattle Mariners - 4
Mike Piazza - Seattle Mariners - 3
BJ Ryan - NY Yankees - 12
Billy Wagner - NY Mets - 11
Preston Wilson - Baltimore Orioles - 9
I thought about using a random number generator to do this, then got lazy and used my best guess instead.
um... make Farnsworth to the
um... make Farnsworth to the Yanks 5 and Molina to the Padres 6.
Dammit Shawn you did not
Dammit Shawn you did not assign a number to Bengie Molina or Kyle Farnsworth. I need to know!
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A.J.†Burnett ††††FLA Yankees 9
Johnny†Damon ††††BOS Boston 15
Kyle†Farnsworth ††††ATL Atlanta 7
Rafael†Furcal ††††ATL Cubs 12
Nomar†Garciaparra CHC Dodgers 5
Brian†Giles ††††SD Cubs 10
Jacque†Jones ††††MIN Twins 4
Paul†Konerko ††††CWS White Sox 13
Kevin†Millwood ††††CLE Cleveland 8
Bengie†Molina ††††LAA LAAoA 2
Matt†Morris ††††STL Cards 14
Mike†Piazza ††††NYM LAAoA 6
B.J.†Ryan ††††BAL Cubs 3
Billy†Wagner ††††PHI Phillies 11
Preston†Wilson ††††WSH Toronto 1
A.J. Burnett - Boston
A.J. Burnett - Boston 3
Johnny Damon - Boston 11
Kyle Farnsworth - Braves - 6
Rafael Furcal - Cubs 15
Nomar Garciaparra - Dodgers 9
Brian Giles - Cardinals 14
Jacque Jones - Padres - 7
Paul Konerko - White Sox 10
Kevin Millwood - Baltimore 4
Bengie Molina - Mets - 8
Matt Morris - Seattle - 2
Mike Piazza - Baltimore - 5
B.J. Ryan - Mets - 12
Billy Wagner - Philly - 13
Preston Wilson - Arizona - 1
Player Team Confidence
Player Team Confidence Level
A.J. Burnett, Angels
Johnny Damon, Orioles
Kyle Farnsworth, Seattle
Rafael Furcal, Mets
Nomar Garciaparra, Dodgers
Brian Giles, Cardinals
Jacque Jones, Cardinals
Paul Konerko, White Sox
Kevin Millwood, Indians
Bengie Molina, Angels
Matt Morris, Dodgers
Mike Piazza, Rangers
B.J. Ryan, Yankees
Billy Wagner, Rangers
Preston Wilson, Tigers
can we get a confidence
can we get a confidence level, cubfan?
A.J. Burnett, Angels
A.J. Burnett, Angels 4
Johnny Damon, Orioles 1
Kyle Farnsworth, Seattle 3
Rafael Furcal, Mets 9
Nomar Garciaparra, Dodgers 10
Brian Giles, Cardinals 14
Jacque Jones, Cardinals 8
Paul Konerko, White Sox 13
Kevin Millwood, Indians 12
Bengie Molina, Angels 15
Matt Morris, Dodgers 11
Mike Piazza, Rangers 5
B.J. Ryan, Yankees 2
Billy Wagner, Rangers 7
Preston Wilson, Tigers 6
Damon- Red Sox
Damon- Red Sox 15
Konerko-White Sox 14
Wagner -Phillie 13
Ryan- Yankees 12
Farnsworth Braves 11
Millwood -Indians 10
Molina -Mets 9
Piazza- Angels 8
Burnett Red Sox 7
Furcal Cubs-6
Morris-Dodgers 5
Giles-Padres 4
Nomar-Angels 3
Jones-Cubs 2
Wilson- Baltimore 1
So Cubfan, your take on this
So Cubfan, your take on this is that the Cubs come away with nobody. I would put my confidence level on that one at 1.
A.J. Burnett Blue Jays
A.J. Burnett Blue Jays 8
Johnny Damon Red Sox 11
Kyle Farnsworth Red Sox 3
Rafael Furcal Cubs 9
Nomar Garciaparra Dodgers 14
Brian Giles Cardinals 12
Jacque Jones Pirates 6
Paul Konerko White Sox 15
Kevin Millwood Orioles 7
Bengie Molina Mets 5
Matt Morris Cardinals 2
Mike Piazza Angels 4
B.J. Ryan Yankees 13
Billy Wagner Mets 10
Preston Wilson Nationals 1
konerko angels 15 nomar
konerko angels 15
nomar dodgers 14
burnett orioles 13
furcal cubs 12
ryan yankees 11
wagner phillies 10
millwood orioles 9
farnsworth braves 8
damon redsox 7
giles cardinals 6
jones yankees 5
molina mets 4
wilson redsox 3
morris indians 2
piazza whitesox 1
I'm really suprised how many
I'm really suprised how many people have Burnett going to the Jays.
I also don't think it's more readable doing it by descending confidence interval. That makes me use the wheel on my mouse about 5 times as much.
Player Team
Player Team Confidence Level
A.J. Burnett Toronto 8
Johnny Damon Boston Red Sox 14
Kyle Farnsworth Atlanta Braves 4
Rafael Furcal Chicago Cubs 9
Nomar Garciaparra LA Dodgers 15
Brian Giles St. Louis Cardinals 13
Jacque Jones Padres 3
Paul Konerko Chicago White Sox 12
Kevin Millwood Cleveland 10
Bengie Molina Baltimore 7
Matt Morris Detriot 2
Mike Piazza Detroit Tigers 5
B.J. Ryan NY Mets 6
Billy Wagner Phillies 11
Preston Wilson Baltimore 1
I didn't know if the confedience level was supoosed to be higher or lower the more connfedient. I did closer to one the more confedient I'm.
UPDATE Fixed to reflect proper confidence level order
it's the other way around,
it's the other way around, cubsfan4ever1, 15 means you're most confident that the player will end up there, 1 is the least confident. I'm going to modify your post to take that into account, if you don't mind.
I think Hendry (along with
I think Hendry (along with most other GM's) will attempt to fill their holes they seek to fill through trades and not free agency. When Mike Piazza and Kyle Farnsworth are touted as two of the top 15 free agents...can you say the market is rather lame this year?
Who cares if the Cubs pick up anybody on this list?
Furcal will go for the money and the Cubs will NEVER outbid anyone. The Mets want him...they will get him.
The Cubs will not get any of the top talent in this years pool because they either don't need them (Konerko) or the price will be too high to experiement with questionable talent OR the price will be way too high and too long for someone worth having that the Cubs will pass. They will make moves picking up players you haven't heard a great deal about from teams willing to make a trade.
15- Konerko - Wsox 14- Damon
15- Konerko - Wsox
14- Damon - Rsox
13- Wagner - Mets
12- Molina - Mets
11- Nomar - Dodgers
10- Ryan - Yanks
9- Millwood - Indians
8- Jones - Padres
7- Burnett - Blue Jays
6- Furcal - Braves
5- Wilson - Royals
4- Giles - Cards
3- Farnsworth - Yanks
2- Morris - Cards
1- Piazza - Angels
Kyle Farnsworth St
Kyle Farnsworth St louis
Bengie Molina Mets
Rafael furcal Cubs
Paul konerko White sox
Bj ryan Yanks
Billy wagner Mets
Nomar garciaparra Dodgers
Brian giles Yanks
Preston Wilson Marlins
Aj burnett Seattle
Matt morris Tigers
Kevin millwood Baltimore
Jacque jones san diego
Mike piazza Angels
Johnny damon Boston
15--StL likes fireballers in the pen, and call it a hunch
14--the mets want him, omar writes big checks
13--we're his only real suitor besides Atl, and we'll pay him more
12--ozzie guillen, although not necessarily his decision, is ready to trade the rest of the team to keep him
11--cash-man writes big checks, too
10--didn't rate this one higher cause philly may keep him, but I doubt it
9--it just fits
8--slightly overpriced, slightly aging player whose name most fans have heard of? this one's a gimme
7--cheap, aging player to platoon/backup their prospect once they get rid of pierre to us
6--they like him, he likes seattle
5--they won't get aj
4--bal needs pitching too
3--pads want a decent outfielder, this is their best bet
2--back to LA
1--probably stays, but this one's really up in the air
these are my best not-really-educated guesses, please criticize as applicable
A.J. Burnett SEA Select
A.J. Burnett SEA Select Confidence 5
(Seattle, I guess)
Johnny Damon BOS Select Confidence 12
(Boston icon)
Kyle Farnsworth ATL Select Confidence 4
(Proved himself in Atlanta)
Rafael Furcal ATL Select Confidence 14
(Loves Atlanta, should be back)
Nomar GarciaparraLAD Select Confidence 8
(Cubs don't need him, Dodgers do)
Brian Giles STL Select Confidence 11
(Will help bring chamionship to St. Louis)
Jacque Jones NYY Select Confidence 10
(Yankees want em, Yankees got em)
Paul Konerko CWS Select Confidence 15
(Look at his hand, look at his contract)
Kevin Millwood NYY Select Confidence 7
(Rich boy needs better pitchers)
Bengie Molina NYM Select Confidence 13
(Nueva York ama a espaÒoles)
Matt Morris STL Select Confidence 3
(A must for the Cards)
Mike Piazza LAA Select Confidence 6
(Southern Cal loves Piazza)
B.J. Ryan BOS Select Confidence 2
(Boston needs a HEALTHY closer)
Billy Wagner NYM Select Confidence 9
(Omar's top priority)
Preston Wilson SDP Select Confidence 1
(Friars are a shot in the dark)
*No Furcal means Atlanta's streak will end.*
*Cubs will only compete for Wild Card*
*If Mets get Manny, Mets win World Series*
*Yankees win AL East*
Free agent game huh? Here it
Free agent game huh?
Here it goes
Damon Bos 15
Burnett Tor 14
Ryan NYY 13
Furcal Chic 12
Nomar LaD 11
Korenko ChiW 10
Thomas BAL 9
Farnsworth Bal 8
Piazza Min 7
Wagner NYM 6
Morris Atl 5
Millwood Chic 4(I hope)
Wilson Was 3
B. Molina NYM 2
B. Giles Stl. 1
anyone gonna keep track and
anyone gonna keep track and grade this stuff? It will be interesting how we do.
I will, I'll keep the
I will, I'll keep the comments open until the first free agent on the list signs. once they all sign, I'll calculate a winner.
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Throwbacks with fashionable cutouts would be a nice touch.
The next 2 games are nationally televised. I think we dominate tonight, hitting 3 HRs off Shields. Great night for KB to end HR drought facing HR prone pitcher in one of the most hitter friendly parks in the league.
If the ball didn't deflect off the pitcher's mound, the game wouldn't have ended. Montgomery did miss his location though, but if that same contact was made and went in any of direction, good chance of ground out if it doesn't get through.
If it was 1 night later, Chapman would be out there and we probably would be going to extras.
Also, If KB wasn't robbed of a HR, perhaps we would have won. We will never know. Nice play by Melky though.
The comparison isn't Chapman replacing Rondon. It's Chapman replacing Richard (hopefully) in the pen. Chapman's better.
I'm with you, Rob. You pretty much summed up how I feel about it.
Been quite the roller-coaster the past two days -- both games, plus the Chapman kerfuffel. How about a couple of nice, comfortable wins before facing Sale? Cubs should definitely wear throwbacks for that game.
The Cubs are stronger defensively than most of the teams they play. In order to capitalize on that, they have to a) put the ball in play and b) run the bases aggressively.
That said, Cabrera has a strong, accurate arm, as witnessed by his 97 outfield assists over 12 seasons--mostly left field but also a lot of center. Bryant is rarely thrown out, but I guess you have to know who's throwing the ball.
On the other hand, Pries won his first start for Iowa, only giving up two HRs in the process. This trade has got some legs yet!
KB now with 0 RBI in his last 10 games and 1 in his last 15, despite having 19 hits in his last 15 games and raising his batting average from .278 to .286 over that span.
Maybe have Zobrist hit 2 and KB hit 4?
Also -- no HR in the last 15 games -- time for a bunch. Starting tomorrow.
Down a run. Fowler on first. Nobody out. KB singles to left, Fowler makes it to third, perfect throw from Cabrera nails KB trying to stretch for 2nd.
So, instead of 1st & 3rd and no out, you have 3rd with one out. It was a perfect throw, but why take the chance with 3-4-5 hitters coming up?
Must be a Cub thing - our lefties can;t get lefties out.
Splitting hairs, but Jake's pitch was poor execution, while KB's play was a poor decision (and the 2nd time he got thrown out trying to stretch in the game). Poor execution happens. Poor decisions are preventable. Speaking of poor decisions -- Baez's steal of 3rd made absolutely no sense.
Didn't Jake cost them the game with a pitch to Frazier?
Missed the play w/Bryant. What happened?
Not a good decision by Bryant in the 9th. That may have cost them the game.
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I'm a professional with $500 million under management and I got a couple of good ideas out of it. But at this stage of my career getting a couple of good ideas on how to make more money is just fine with me. It only takes a couple of great ideas to get rich and even fewer to stay rich. Their book the New Buffettology, which was published in 2002, is aimed more at the professional investor and many people in the investment business use it. But I would say this book is for that beginning to intermediate group that really are a little in the dark about what to look for in a company's financial statements. And it focuses on what to look for if you are like Buffett and looking for a company with a Durable Competitive Advantage. Also it is a quick and easy read - unlike Graham's Security Analysis which most people buy but never read - try reading 700 pages on how to read a financial statement and see how far you get before you nod off with boredom. Quick and easy can be a good thing for great many investors.
Am I glad I bought it? Yes. Would I recommend it to my friends that aren't professionals? Yes. Would I recommend it to professionals? Yes, but don't expect to get more than a few good ideas out of it.
1. The book is written in remedial business language that leaves out a lot of important details that an active investor should know. It is clearly not intended for anyone with a decent understanding of accounting or finance;
2. The book contains errors - in two separate tabular displays, the balance sheet presented is not even balanced;
3. I wish I had a count of the number of times they wrote "durable competitive advantage." I get it - a durable advantage is important; and
4. Entire paragraphs are repeated verbatim in some sections. The book is horribly redundant - the authors clearly ran out of things to say.
In my opinion, the authors rushed to release this book and profit from the market downturn. Anything with Warren Buffett's name on it is apparently a hot selling item currently, and while this book certainly has some useful bits of investing advice, I would be surprised if Mr. Buffett himself actually read or approved the content of the book. The vast majority of the book is very general, basic information, and the only reason the book is getting attention is because the authors are lucky enough to have worked with Warren Buffett and are able to use his name in their title.
Overall, if you know nothing about investing or financial statements, this is probably a good book for you; however, if you have a business background and are somewhat versed in accounting and finance, you will find this to basic and redundant. It is a quick read and a cheap price, so I am not entirely negative on it, but certainly wish I would have flipped through a hard copy before ordering on Amazon. Lesson learned. I would give it two stars, but knocked to one for the errors and redundancy.
The book's primary assertion is that Buffett looks for a sustainable competitive via financial statement data; he is especially focused on finding those with a low-cost advantage.
Buffett purportedly begins by looking at a firms income statement, seeking high gross margins. Good examples include coca-Cola @ 60%, Moody's @ 73%, Burlington Northern @ 61%, and Wrigley's @ 51%; G.M. (21%), Goodyear (20%), and United Airlines (14%) provide unattractive examples. Sustained high gross margins (eg. ten years), not just one year, are required.
Buffett then moves to Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Coke spends an average of 59% gross profit in this area, G.M. 28-83%, Ford 89-789%. As for R&D, Coke and Moody's have none, Depreciation - Coca-Cola 6% of gross, Wrigley's 7%, P&G 8%, vs. G.M. 22-57%. Interest Expense at P&G runs about 8% of operating income, 7% at Wrigley, vs. 49% at Goodyear. Wells Fargo pays out 30%, relatively high, but also the lowest of the top five banks (industry average = 70%).
Buffett is not interested in extraordinary income - eg. asset sales. Net Earnings/total revenues should be on an upward trend over the past ten years - Coke = 21%, Moody's 41%, SouthWest Airlines 7%, and G.M. 3%
Buffett prefers stock buybacks to dividend payouts due to the better tax treatment.
Finally, Buffett does not follow the crowd - buy in a bear market, sell in a bull (P/E/ ratio > 50).
The book goes on to examine cash flow and balance sheet issues, but there the treatment is less precise and useful.
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This DVD is great not only as a source of information on such an inspiring man, but also as a wealth of tips on how to direct.
I only deduct one star because there is not enough interviews with the mystery man himself and because I wanted to see way more of him actually working on his films (instead of finished famous scenes from his films).
This man deserves way more acknowledgement from the Oscars. They should definantly give him an honarary life time acheivement award real soon. Because whether he's acting or directing, nobody in film, can say so much with so little words.
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What I've always found fascinating about Eastwood is how people didn't foresee the fact that this man had staying power, that he could be more than a stereotype (although I think he allowed himself to be stereotyped for awhile and made big bucks doing so; not the dumbest move around).
Watch this documentary, though, and try to think beyond the comments of the reviewers. They have worthwhile points but take them as a starting point for reflecting on Eastwood's career and about when he veered from Westerns and Dirty Harry type roles to even more daring movies. He has continued to evolve from actor to director and...what takes my breath away and serves as inspiration for me...is how, at his age, he is able to stay on top of the game, with the chops to direct Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby. I think he's surprised even himself but that, of course, is just a wild guess.
Anyway, this documentary is a must for Eastwood fans and will provide new facts as well, even for those who think they know it all, as well as a divergence of opinions (feel free to disagree with any or all of them). After watching this, do your own research or just go back and go through his films from the early years onward. While you are at it, get a track of Sergio Leone music (just trust me on that one; see below):
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Just wondering whos been to see fights and how they found it? I was at the MGM for Pac vs Marquez 3. I saw Froch Vs Bute, and Floyd Vs Ortiz.
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I first read this book back in the mid 1980s shortly after it was first published. It had such a profound effect on me that I can still recall where I was when I was reading it. That is rather amazing as I have I have probably read about 1600 books since then.
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An easy read, very enjoyable and ultimately educational. Be careful, you may actually learn something you didn't know.
I found the historical material the most interesting, but every time I read the views and conclusions, I felt the need to check the facts. Somehow it seemed that Dr. Skousen was bending the story. I may be off-base here, or I may not. It has inspired me to do more research.
I had two problems specifically. Skousen's concept of good government, which he says he shares with the Founders, is to seek a balance between anarchy, which he equivocates with chaos, and tyranny. To me that sounds like halfway to tyranny, and doesn't help differentiate between the activities where government arguably has a role, and those in which it doesn't.
He takes to heart the purpose of government as described in the Declaration of Independence, but I still felt an authoritarian streak running through the book.
I think the Founders model was to get as close as possible to liberty, and keep the federal government as small as possible, leaving all else to the people or the states. It may sound like a small semantic difference, but the idea of seeking a balance between pure liberty and pure tyranny is a lot different than staying as close to pure liberty as possible.
My other problem was his notion that the part of natural law that is political law is not discovered but revealed. I believe he is saying that the laws which are used to govern human behavior have been revealed by God, through scripture, and are not discovered through experiment as are the laws of physics. He quotes Blackstone on this. I am uncomfortable with this idea, and plan to read more of Blackstone's work to see for myself.Read more ›
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