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I'd like to list Orthodox Christianity as an activity on my resume. This is not a not-so-subtle evangelism tool but an actual activity. I spend (what I think) is a considerable amount of time attending services, reading books, and doing other things involved with being an Orthodox Christian. It is a major part of my life, much more so than the other things I have listed under activities. What effect is listing this on my resume likely to produce?
You should not list any outside of work activities on your resume unless they directly pertain to the job being applied for. Those are inappropriate whether they are religious in nature or sky diving. It would almost never be a positive in the eyes of a hiring official because it shows you lack a fundamental understanding of how to present yourself. The exception to this would be if you were applying to be employed by an Orthodox Christian Church or organization that promotes Christianity such as a religious school. Then the belief is fundamental to the qualification for the job, after all you wouldn't hire an atheist to be the minister at a church would you?
And further putting this on the resume indicates to the many people who do not share your faith that you might be someone who will not fit into the secular culture of their workplace. If they are multi-cultural and include people of many faiths, they may be even more concerned about your presentation. My current workplace employees several different types of Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, and atheists and those are just the ones I personally know about. We would be concerned about hiring someone who felt it necessary to parade his beliefs in his resume. People are hired based on fit as well as technical skills. Companies like this would be likely to weed you out without an interview unless you are head and shoulders more qualified than the people they do choose to interview.
The bottom line is that you are making it harder to get hired by including this and that is just bad for you unless you are unwilling to work anywhere except a place full of other people of your same beliefs. In that case, go for it, it will help weed out the companies you won't be happy with anyway. It may take longer to find a job though.
Note there are countries in the world where hobbies and the like can be listed. If you are not in the US, I would suggest checking with some other people in your country about what is appropriate on a resume. Thanks to @Adnan for pointing this out.
There is a list of topics that should never be discussed on the job:
These are very broadly agreed upon and will depend largely on company culture, and I think that for most of them, they should not translate into your resume. There is other paperwork you will have to list health issues in case of accommodations if they intend to hire you, but that's about the only caveat I can imagine.
Being said, I would probably look at a resume with a religion on it and say that it's rather unprofessional and move forward with other candidates.
In the US at least, it's probably OK to say you do "voluntary church activities", and this will typically be understood as meaning you help out at the biggest local community group, which happens to be the church, rather than that you go door to door evangelizing. Probably.
Being specific about the denomination of the church ("Orthodox Christianity") is definitely too much information unless it's job-relevant, and makes it sound like your main task may be leafleting.
In other countries you might want to be even more generic ("I do voluntary work in the community") but that's starting to verge on being too coy and generic to even bother including on the resume, unless you can be more specific about the "work" part of it, which isn't a bad idea anyway if it's relevant to the job.
At that point you can completely remove the "where" since it stops being the focus, and instead describe the what/why: "I do volunteer house-rewiring for the poor", or "I play the spoons at charity fundraisers".
The issue with putting it on your resume is that it becomes possible for an HR department to exclude you for your religion without creating a paper trail that they're doing so. A person looking over your resume can review it and just say "nope, this person is not qualified' and place it into the circular file no matter what; if you stick your religion or race or creed or anything else like that on there, they could plausibly state that there are 50 other reasons why you never got to the interview stage, even if they are actually discriminating against your religion. In fact, they could even say that they felt that the fact that you included in belies an unprofessional resume, regardless of what the religion is.
The converse is not something that necessarily benefits you either. A lot of larger companies just don't care what religion you are above and beyond the fact that they'd rather avoid lawsuits (although I will say that the other advice that you shouldn't include it directly because of the threat of a lawsuit are blowing things a bit out of proportion). Even a place that you know is run by religious people might prefer not to see that. And if the other party doesn't share your religion, people of different faiths will often not see your religious activism as a positive reason to hire you.
On the other hand, if you're applying to be a church organist, of course you're going to want to list all the churches you've played at (although in that specific case I have an atheist friend who played the organ at a couple of local churches for several years - work experience does not necessarily mean religious experience). If you've done a lot of volunteer work that's pertinent to the job, there's probably not a lot of point to hiding the fact that the volunteering was for a religious organization. What you're describing, though, are just normal aspects of attending church. If you feel that this hobby uniquely qualifies you for the position you're submitting your resume for, I guess you could list it as a "job"; just adding it in because it's a thing that you do, however, is kind of pointless.
It's likely to produce the effects of nobody hiring you. To an employer, all they see is a potential discrimination lawsuit if they decide to go with someone else during the hiring process.
If you've been involved in a large number of community activities as a result of your religion, and those community activities take up a significant enough amount of time to be counted as a job, and you are not currently going to be obligated to your religious activities to the level where it would interfere with taking on the job you're seeking, then and only then would it make any sense to include it on your resume, if, and only if those activities somehow relate to the job you're applying for.
If you don't feel comfortable including it as a job, or you feel that those activities are not relevant to the position you're applying for, you should probably not be including it on a document stating your job qualifications in the first place.


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Movies are a "shrinking focus" for Elliott, Jesse Cohn, a portfolio manager with the company, said in the statement. Relativity Chief Executive Officer Ryan Kavanaugh is seeking an investor to buy Elliott's minority stake in the studio, the website The Wrap reported in June.
"My passion is to be an active participant within the media and entertainment industry," Joe, a former Universal Pictures executive, said in the statement.
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Shooter Now: What will the Vikings do when Brett Favre retires?
There are 40 comments on the TwinCities.com story from Sep 9, 2010, titled Shooter Now: What will the Vikings do when Brett Favre retires?. In it, TwinCities.com reports that:The Minnesota Vikings, regardless of the outcome of this season, clearly are in a transition year.
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#1 Sep 9, 2010
Bring back Jeff George
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#4 Sep 9, 2010
Joe Webb will be qb of the future for MN. He will be starter next season - if there is one..
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#5 Sep 9, 2010
Wow, the king of dropped snaps, paired with fumbles Adrian P.
"sorry we're out of cheese"
Since: Feb 07
#6 Sep 9, 2010
Jackson will be somewhere else hopefully, bert will be gone for good hopefully, and the vikes will continue to be the most consistent winning team in the NFL. Transistion or not - the vikes get wins and thats what matters.. Vikes rule
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#7 Sep 9, 2010
20-odd million less with Brett's contract gone...use that money to beef up the offensive line in free agency. Draft D-linemen and the best young QB available. See how Webb fares this year, and maybe he can stick around as the #1 backup next year. Maybe get rid of TJack and get a veteran QB for a year or two, max.
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#9 Sep 9, 2010
Funny but.......
So winning a Superbowl is not in your schedule?
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#10 Sep 9, 2010
None of it matters anyway...The Vikings will be in another state in couple of years. Go Boise Vikings!!!
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#11 Sep 9, 2010
They aint goin nowhere. The legislature is gonna put it together. Jersey Tax, Motel tax, rental car tax...All out of stater funds, for the most part. Couple pennies on the fuel tax and lower the license plate fees; give the locals a break and tax out of staters like me who drive through for Viking games, Twins Games and all sorts of Walleye Tournaments and don't care about a couple pennies per gallon. You fuel tax is lower than Wisconsin; might as well match the Packers and get your stadium
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#12 Sep 9, 2010
I been preachin this for two years....come on St. Paul pull your head out. You can NOT afford to lose the jobs and tax base the Vikings bring in. Make it first class and it will pay for itself.
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#13 Sep 9, 2010
If it were that easy, we would have a new stadium already. I hope it gets done, but i dont see it unless we win a super bowl.
#14 Sep 9, 2010
i think the vikings will be fine in the future. our main offensive weapons (AD, sid, percy) are still young and even shank and BB at 29 still have many good years left in them. as far as a contracts, yes, we need to sign adrian to a MONSTER contract, but with sid it seems like he kinda blew that approach. unless he has a MAJOR second half of this season he doesn't have much ground to stand on as far as long, bountiful contracts go.
our concern is more beefing our Oline back up. hutch is getting up there, mckinnie seems to get more and more complacent every year and our RG spot has not been solid in years. it would also help to find a FB who isn't terrible and another blocking TE cause the all-time great jimmy kliensausage is gettin up there. doing this makes our certain QB worries a little less so. to be honest, not sure where we go after this year at QB.
we have done a great job with our defense drafting quality backups so when the older guys retire we have guys to step up and take over. our Dline is the best in the league, top to bottom. our starters are the best and the guys that back them are better then a lot of starters elsewhere.
we have to lock up chad for a long deal but even if E.J. doesn't have continued success jasper's rate of improvement has been great. leber is very good for our system, love the guy, but he is replaceable. we are good with our LBs but a little more depth behind jasper and erin (who IS improving) would be good.
everyone talks about our DBs and how weak we are, and i will admit that the benny sapp trade is now hurting us, but i think we are okay there as well. ced is still young and as long as he comes back strong will be a great CB for years. chris cook appears to be a monster and asher allen is also starting to impress. when antoine retires these guys will step up. safties...well, what do you say. they have been our weakest link for at least three years now. i like jamarca sanford and madiu and tyrell appear to be playing better, but this is a position that will need attention.
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#15 Sep 9, 2010
The title of this post was "What Will the Vikings Do When Brett Favre Retires?" Well take it for what it's worth and ask yourself why Donovan McNabb did't sign an extended contract when it was offered by the Redskins. He could have retired in Washington but what do him and his old coach Childress have up their sleeve?? McNabb the starter and Joe Webb takes over in 2 years?? Stay tuned..........
#16 Sep 9, 2010
Further proof of Klink's stupidity. This should have been the year for the QB of the future (which is right now) if Klink would have drafted a REAL QB 4 years ago. The team is in it's prime, now, Favre goes and so does the talent and the new QB has no weapons to use and gets whupped on. What good is a good, young stud during a rebuilding phase? Way to go Klink. You are PATHETIC and a lousy coach.
#17 Sep 9, 2010
You mean that awesome draft that produced QB greats Matt Leinart and Brody Croyle?
Or did you mean the following year's draft, the one that cranked out superstars Jamarcus Russell and Brady Quinn?
Those were lean years for QB's, and Tarvaris Jackson, despite how hated he might be in Minnesota, has actually preformed better than almost every other QB taken in the '06 and '07 drafts.
Since: Sep 08
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#18 Sep 9, 2010
you are correct on all accounts
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#19 Sep 9, 2010
childress can barely pass as a coach, i doubt he has anything up his sleeve
Since: Mar 09
Saint Augustine, FL
#20 Sep 9, 2010
There will be some lean years ahead.
#21 Sep 9, 2010
Hopefully the Saints will retire Favre tonight.
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#23 Sep 9, 2010
He looked pretty old and tired, no way he finishes the season.
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#24 Sep 9, 2010
i am asupporter of Brett, but i thought the same thing
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Doubling the surge and another 'Fifth' from the White House -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
Bush Has Been Secretly Planning To Double Troops In Iraq By December
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LONDON -- It's Iraq wot done him in. Tony Blair, that is.
What began with such promise when he became the British prime minister in 1997 is over, as dead as mutton. Blair can thank his pal the American president for that, as well as his own hubris.
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I read your article on Mark Crispin Miller's book Fooled Again. I have great respect and appreciation for Dr. Miller's work. However, in the article, you only mention the following men who have tried to get the word out about the election reform issue: Steve Freeman, Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman, Steve Rosenfeld, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Greg Palast, Brad Friedman, Paul Lehto, Jonathan Simon, David Moore as those who are getting the word out about election reform. Where are the women who are getting the word out?
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Texas Lt. Gov. and 19 Senate Republicans nominated for worst person in the world honors on Keith Olbermann's MSNBC program!
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The mission of Mt. Zion Christian School (MZCS) is to connect with the family to educate our students to think and act intelligently,as well as speak, listen, and respond through a Christian Worldview. MZCS uses proven methods of teaching academics.
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- Mt. Zion Christian School is a private, non-denominational Christian school located in Greenville, SC. We are located on the beautiful campus of Bridgeway Church. MZCS offers classes for P3 through 8th grade. The cutoff birthdate for children enrolling in P3 through K5 classes is September 1st. P3 students must be completely potty trained (no Pull-Ups), and able to use the restroom without assistance. Our K5 through 8th grade teachers are certified through the ACSI certification standards and participate in professional development throughout the school year and in the summer months. Our facilities are based on two campuses. On the North Campus (adjacent to our church buildings), we have our Early Education Department with Preschool through Kindergarten. On the South Campus, we have our main school office, elementary and middle school classes. Our campuses include 4 playground areas, a "bike" course for our preschoolers, a gymnasium with basketball court, lunch facilities and classrooms, outdoor basketball court, a library and computer lab. Our K5, elementary and middle school students also have direct access to computers in their individual classrooms. Thank you for your interest in Mt. Zion Christian School. We encourage you to call our school office and make an appointment for a personal tour of our school. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for Christian education. NON DESCRIMINATION POLICY Mt. Zion Christian School admits students of any race, color, gender or national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies and athletic and other school administered programs. MISSION STATEMENT It is the mission of Mt. Zion Christian School, with the support of the family, to educate our students to think and act intelligently, as well as speak, listen, and behave from a Christian perspective. VISION STATEMENT Preparing our students to lead and serve, in the home, in the church, in the marketplace EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO LEARN SO THEY CAN LEAD Mt. Zion Christian School is a ministry of Bridgeway Church and represents the tenets of the church.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the surety bond requirements for home health agencies (HHA) participating in Medicare, focusing on: (1) analyzing the key features of surety bonds that affect their costs and effect; (2) examining the Florida Medicaid program's experience with a surety bond requirements for HHAs and its relevance to the Medicare surety bond requirement; (3) reviewing the rationale for the surety bond requirements the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) selected, the cost and availability of bonds, the benefits for Medicare, and the implications of substituting a government note for a surety bond as set forth in a Department of the Treasury regulation; and (4) drawing implications from the implementation of the HHA surety bond requirement for implementing a similar surety bond provision for durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORF), and rehabilitation agencies.
GAO noted that: (1) a surety bond is a three-party agreement in which a company, known as a surety, agrees to compensate the bondholder if the bond purchaser fails to keep a specified promise; (2) the terms of the bond determine the bond's cost and the amount of scrutiny the purchaser faces from the surety company; (3) when the terms of bonds increase the risk of default, more firms have difficulty purchasing them; (4) the likelihood that a firm will be unable to repay a surety increases fees charged and collateral requirements or the surety's unwillingness to sell it a bond; (5) Florida Medicaid's experience offers few insights into the potential effect of Medicare's surety bonds because the state implemented its surety bond requirement selectively, for new and problem HHAs, in combination with several other program integrity measures; (6) after implementation, Florida officials reported that about one-quarter of its Medicaid-participating HHAs had left the program, however, this exodus was not caused primarily by the surety bond requirement; (7) HCFA requires a surety bond guaranteeing HHAs repayment of Medicare overpayments, and it has set the minimum level of the bond as the greater of $50,000 or 15 percent of an agency's Medicare revenues out of concern that about 60 percent of HHAs had overpayments in 1996, amounting to about 6 percent of Medicare's HHA spending, and that, in their opinion, overpayments would increase in the future; (8) yet, HCFA's experience shows that most overpayments are returned, so that the net unrecovered overpayments were less than 1 percent of Medicare's home health care expenditures in 1996; (9) HCFA's implementing regulation requiring a bond guaranteeing the return of overpayments made for any reason rather than only those attributable to acts of fraud or dishonesty increases the risk of default; (10) sureties' scrutiny, which focuses primarily on an agency's business practices and financial status, is probably useful for screening new HHAs; (11) a Treasury regulation that allows the substitution of a government note for any federally required surety bond may undermine the purpose of the bond because HHAs could avoid surety scrutiny; (12) the Balanced Budget Act also requires the DME suppliers, CORFS, and rehabilitation agencies obtain a surety bond valued at a minimum of $50,000; and (13) Medicare will benefit from greater scrutiny of these organizations and their stronger incentives to avoid overpayments.
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Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: Congress has not yet acted on this recommendation as of August 2005.
Matter: With respect to the surety bond requirements that GAO is recommending, Congress may wish to consider exempting from a surety bond requirement HHAs that have demonstrated fiscal responsibility--for example, those that have maintained a bond for a specified period of time and have returned any overpayments.
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: Congress has not yet acted on this recommendation as of August 2005.
Matter: With respect to the surety bond requirements that GAO is recommending, Congress may wish to consider eliminating the option for HHAs of substituting a Treasury note, U.S. bond, or other federal public debt obligation for a surety bond.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: HCFA believes it needs statutory authorization to implement this recommendation. At one time, it had an instruction that one bond for both programs would be acceptable for smaller HHAs, but has since rethought that position, and believes additional statutory authority would be needed for it to be implemented.
Recommendation: To implement the Balance Budget Act's surety bond requirement for HHAs, Administrator, HCFA, should revise the present regulation so that all HHAs obtain one financial guarantee surety bond in the amount of $50,000 for the guaranteed return of overpayments for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services: Health Care Financing Administration
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This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/967,613 filed Oct. 18, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,017,519 and entitled "Self-Cleaning Pet Litter Apparatus and Related Method."
The present invention pertains to litter boxes for use by animals, typically cats. More particularly, this invention is directed toward apparatus which operates in a self-cleaning fashion, either automatically or manually, to remove waste materials deposited in the litter, thereby obviating the need for frequent and periodic service by the animal's owner.
Domestic pets, particularly cats, typically utilize a litter box for their waste needs. Such litter boxes fall into two categories, the totally manual pan or container which carries a quantity of litter and the automatic or self-cleaning variety, which also carries a quantity of litter. The present invention pertains to the latter category and the patent literature does include a variety of such devices. U.S. Pat. No. 6,568,348, for instance, is directed to a circular litter device that extracts waste from litter material by rotating a rake or the chamber. Due to rotation of the rake or chamber, solid waste is extracted from the litter material using tines, and such waste is pushed to the outer perimeter of the chamber. The curvature of the rake allows the rake to cooperate with a scoop, which simultaneously removes solid waste from the rake and retracts into a tunnel, as the rake passes thereby.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,401,661 and 6,234,112 are both directed to a self cleaning pet litter box. The pet litter container is rotatably mounted on a base member, and rotates to move the pet litter over a sieve. The sieve is ramped shaped and therefore, clumped portions of the pet litter that are not sifted through its openings are forced upwardly toward a conveyer. The conveyer serves to carry the clumped portions of pet litter away from the pet litter container.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,286,459 is directed to a litter container with a rotary movement sieve. The sieve is attached to a rotatable ring around the upper portion of a container. As the sieve rotates, clumped portions of solid waste are captured thereon. Since the sieve is removable, the sieve, and the clumped portions of solid waste can be removed from the container.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,082,302 and 5,447,812, are both directed to a rectangular litter device that extracts waste from litter material using a comb that traverses the pan lengthwise, eventually conveying waste clumps into a receptacle at the front of the device.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,574,735 is directed to a circular litter device that extracts waste from litter material using a rake which sweeps through a circular chamber. In this device, the waste material is deposited into a container which is rotated to sanitize and deodorize the contents.
The foregoing automatic litter devices have provided a variety of styles and mechanisms to facilitate periodic cleaning of the litter. Nonetheless, the apparatus of the present invention provides a novel approach to the design and operation of such devices by providing a single drive mechanism for the operation of all moving elements as well as other features not present in combination in a single device heretofore.
In accordance with the present invention, a rake for a cat litter box for collecting clumped litter waste material from within the cat litter box is provided. The rake includes a support member. A plurality of tines are connected to the support member. Each of the plurality of tines includes a first section connected to and extending from the support member. Each of the plurality of tines further includes a second section extending generally perpendicularly to the first section. The second section of the tines receives the clumped litter waste material in a receiving area. At least one of the plurality of tines second sections includes an upwardly curved portion, curved toward the support member for defining multiple regions of the tines within the receiving area, such that the clumped litter waste material is contained in the multiple regions when collected from the cat litter box.
With reference to
The hood 35 provides a domed top 41 which terminates in an outwardly extending annular flange 42. A recess 43 is provided in the top 41 for receipt of an air filter element 44, which is removable from the underside of the hood. A handle 45, is molded into the top over the recess. The front of the hood 35 provides an opening 46, through which the cat, or other domestic pet, enters and leaves the litter apparatus.
The shield 34 is removable, lifting off of the litter pan 33, when the latter is to be cleaned. It comprises a truncated annular flange, the outer wall 47 of which frictionally engages the inner wall 48 of the hood 35. The outer wall 47 is recessed, to provide an opening 49, extending across less than one-half of the front of shield 35, to allow for movement of the rake assembly 36, as will be described later.
The litter pan 33 includes a body 50 having a circular base 51, a continuous upwardly extending sidewall 52, terminating in an outwardly extending annular flange 53. In
Radially outwardly of the coupling 55 are a plurality of feet 61, which are received in foot wells 62, provided in the floor 63 of the turntable 32 (
The turntable 32 is depicted in
At the center of the turntable, is the hub-spindle assembly 59, comprising a hub 85 and a spindle 86. The hub 85 is a small diameter cup which extends from and below the turntable floor 63 and terminates in a raised shelf 88, also beneath the plane of the floor 63. The spindle 86, depicted in
The fingers 91 have outwardly extending flanges 94, which lock against the bottom edge 95 of base hub 92. As also shown in
The floor 93 of main base 31 is partially depicted in
As clearly depicted in
A like plurality of rollers 113 are carried in semi-cylindrical recesses 114, in the shelf 105. The rollers reduce friction between the turntable 32 and main base 31 as the turntable is rotated therein. The combined support and centering can be seen schematically in
The weight sensing mechanism is indicated generally by the numeral 120 and it includes the weight sensors 66 and a track assembly, generally 121. Referring to
The weight sensors 66 are depicted in
Two installed sensors 66 are depicted in
At such time, the drive mechanism will be activated to clean the litter, as will be described hereinbelow. In operation, the weight of the animal in the pan is sufficient to cause it to tilt slightly about the spindle 86, e.g., approximately 2�, which causes one of the buttons 65 to engage an opposed head from sensor 66. If the buttons 65 are not employed on the pan 33, the pan may be required to tilt a little more until the underside of the pan is brought into contact with the head of a sensor 66. Contact with the head 140 causes the feet to make contact with the rails which sends a signal to a controller.
With reference to
With reference next to FIGS. 1 and 12–16, the operation of the apparatus during a self-cleaning cycle will be discussed. For the sake of clarity no litter has been depicted in the litter pan 33. As is common in self-cleaning litter apparatus, a self-clumping litter is recommended and it operates by clumping liquid waste, e.g., urine, into a single mass, which can then be scooped away, much the same as solid waste. In
As the apparatus is cycled, which can either be controlled to operate automatically within a pre-set time of non-activity by the pet or, upon activation manually by the pet owner, the pan 33 is moving in its clockwise rotation and the rake assembly 36 is also moving in a clockwise fashion, arcuately across and through the pan. The assembly 36 moves from a rest or parked position, against the inner wall 161 of the shield 34, near the opening 48, proceeding in a countercurrent fashion through the litter, as depicted in
While the foregoing explanation has referred to rotations in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, such orientations are only applicable to the apparatus as shown in the drawings. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the specific directions of rotation do not constitute limitations on the practice of the present invention, as it will be appreciated that an apparatus manufactured as a mirror image of the apparatus 30, would operate in the opposite directions, as the pan and rake moved first from the parked position and later returned to the parked position.
In order to ensure that waste and waste clumps are driven toward the tines, several stationary tines 165 are provided from an extension 166 provided radially inwardly from the opening 148 in the shield. As the pan 33 rotates, any clumps that were deposited or formed near the inner wall 168 of the pan will, upon rotation in clockwise fashion, be driven radially inwardly upon contacting the stationary tines 165, where they will be in a path to be scooped away by the rake assembly 36. As will become apparent subsequently, the turntable and pan rotate at a significantly higher rpm than the counter rotation of the rake assembly. In this manner, essentially all of the waste material is driven into the path of the oncoming rake assembly before it actually makes its complete pass through the litter. Generally, it is preferred to have the pan rotate at approximately three and one-half times the arcuate rotation of the rake assembly 36, although ratios greater than or less than 3.5:1 are not necessarily precluded. What is important is that the ratio be high enough so that all or most of the waste material meets with the rake for removal from the pan.
Next, the rake assembly shall be described with specific reference to
The rake assembly 36 provides a central steel shaft 172, hexagonal in cross-section for the various components it carries. Beginning at the left end, as viewed in
The next component on the shaft is a small wheel 178, which is held in place with an e-ring 179. Adjacent the wheel is a small cam 180, followed next by the upper main driving shaft 181. A torsion spring 182 encircles the shaft 172 next and its two legs (not shown) are connected, one into the back of upper main driving shaft 181 and the other into a hole in shaft 172, biasing the shaft to rotate in clockwise fashion, as viewed in
The upper main driving shaft 181 has a circular plate 190 at its midsection and a cylindrical base 191, into which a vertical, hexagonally-shaped steel shaft 192 is located. The base member 191 passes through an aperture in rake assembly base 193, as depicted in
Returning to
Beneath upper drive gear 203 is lower drive gear 207 and beneath gear 207 is a bushing 208. Lower drive gear 207 meshes with gear 209, journalled on shaft 210 and carrying gear 211. Gear 211 meshes with gear 212. Immediately above gear 212 is a small gear 213, then a large gear 214, and another small gear 215 all four being journalled on shaft 216. Large gear 214 meshes with gear 218, which drives the shaft 192 to rotate the rake assembly 36. Gear 213, in turn, meshes with gear 219, behind it and another small gear 220 is located above 219, both being journalled on a shaft 221, visible in
The shield 240 can be a length of clear plastic material and is provided with a hole 241 of sufficient diameter to receive the wheel 178 of rake assembly 36. Although not shown in the drawings, the cover 195 also provides a continuous sidewall which mates with the sidewalls 228, 229. The front portion of the sidewall of cover 195 is also curvilinear and the cover provides another series of tabs, similar to the tabs 238, and another channel is formed. When fully assembled, the shield member 240 is positioned between the two channels and slides therein as the rake assembly traverses from the parked position in the litter pan to the dumping position over the waste receptacle. Its purpose is to minimize the entrance of dust or litter grains from the litter pan into the compartment 230.
Referring now to
The key cam wheel 185 at the opposite end of rake holder 173 has a rounded top and flat underside 250 which rides along the surface of the second platform 246. Extending downwardly from the underside 250 is a cam 251, which is engageable with a step 252, along side of and integral with the second platform 246. As the rake holder 173 begins its sweep across the litter pan, an edge of the underside 250 from cam wheel 185 is passed along the horizontal surface of platform 246, moving from the rest position, depicted in
For the return cycle, the drive mechanism 170 is reversed, causing the rake holder 173 to move out of the waste receptacle toward a position of rest in the litter pan. Initial movement rotates the rake holder 173 sufficiently to clear the receptacle as the cam 180 retraces its movement over the third platform 249. Continued rotation of the upper main driving shaft 181 causes the cam 251 to engage the second platform 246, whereby the rake holder 173 is again returned to its leveled, or scooping position in the litter contained in the pan 33. The torsion spring 182 assists here, biasing the rake holder 173 counter-clockwise so that the flat scoop 174 is driven into the litter. Thereafter, the driving shaft 181 concludes its rotation until the rake holder 173 is parked in its initial rest position.
The floor 194 and sidewall 229 of drive housing 38 are removable as a unit and together house a lower compartment, generally 256, of the base 31. Behind the second platform 246 is a small compartment 258, which receives a controller 259 for operation of the apparatus 30. The compartment 258 extends into the lower compartment and provides a slot holder 260, housed within the base 31. A control button 261 is provided for manual operation of the apparatus. One embodiment of apparatus is fully self-cleaning, by which is meant that the cleaning cycle being described occurs without intervention by the pet owner. Nonetheless, should the pet owner wish to initiate a cycle, the power button 261 can be activated. The apparatus 30 can also be manufactured as a manual duty device, in which instance, the circuit board is not programmed to initiate a self-cleaning cycle automatically but rather the pet owner can do so upon demand. It is to be understood that while a button is depicted, the apparatus could also be provided with a foot control switch or a remote switch. Other means of automatic activation could be initiated from a micro-chip, embedded in the collar worn by the pet. None of the foregoing devices are depicted or described, as they are well known in the art.
With reference to
With reference next to
As the inwardly directed link arm 264 is rotated during the forward movement (cleaning) of an operation cycle, the link arm 271 urges the lever 272 to move rearwardly, as viewed in
Referring now to
Each of the plurality of tines 364 includes a first section 366 which are connected to and extend from support member 362. Tines 364 further include a second section 368 which extend generally perpendicular to first section 366 of tines 364.
First sections 366 of tines 364 are interconnected and supported by ribs 370 and 372.
Second sections 368 of tines 364 create a clumped litter waste material receiving area, generally identified by the numeral 374. Second sections 368 of tines 364 generally lie in a common plane in receiving area 374.
At least one of second sections 368 of tines 364, shown in
Rake 360 further includes constraining members 380 and 382 for retaining clumped litter waste material within region 374 a as rake 360 transports waste material from the litter pan 33 to the waste box 37.
Having described the components of the apparatus 30, a general discussion of the self-cleaning cycle follows. Normally, the apparatus is at rest, which occurs whenever the apparatus has been filled with litter, turned on and is awaiting use by the pet. When the pet enters the apparatus, beginning at the ramp 39 and entering into the litter pan 33, the weight of the animal depresses the turntable 32, so that one of the weight sensors 66 makes contact with the rails 122, 123. In other words, the weight sensing mechanism 120; which comprises the weight sensors and the track assembly 121, is provided for the actuation of a petinitiated cleaning cycle. The controller is preferably programmed to signal the timer after the weight of the animal has engaged a weight sensor with the rails for a minimum of 3 to 5 seconds. In other words, a brief contact between the sensor and rails will not cause a cycle to be initiated, because the pet would not have used the litter box. After the animal concludes its business and exits the apparatus, the turntable is again fully righted upon the spindle 86 and a signal is generated to the controller 259 to begin activation of a cleaning cycle, within a pre-determined time. Recognizing that the pet may return, a sufficient period is usually 30 minutes. Additionally, the apparatus employs self-clumping litter, which requires several minutes to absorb liquid waste and form a solid having sufficient integrity to be moved. Once begun, a cycle is completed in approximately two minutes and during this period, the sensors are no longer active.
The controller 259 is a micro-processor based device that includes the necessary hardware, timer, software and memory for executing and performing the various functions of the apparatus 30. As will be described, the controller receives a number of electrical inputs from certain components and, depending upon the sequence of their receipt, generates electrical output signals to those components from which input signals were received and other components. The controller 259 receives electrical power from the power source 199 which may be either from an AC residential power supply, DC batteries or the like. The controller 259 may receive a cycle input from a switch 261. Once energized, the controller is able to receive input from the weight sensing mechanism 120, as well as an inboard limit switch 266 and an outboard limit switch 268. And the controller 259 is then able to control operation of a motor 204 which in turn operates the turntable as previously described. The motor 204 also receives power from the power source 199. It will be appreciated that the motor 199 may receive power from a separate power source that is of a different value or different format, than received by the controller. Or the controller 259 may directly supply power to the motor that is stepped-up or stepped-down an appropriate amount.
Returning now to the operation of the apparatus, the controller 259 includes an internal timer that is actuated upon exiting of the animal. Once this time has passed, the motor is energized and as a result three movements are commenced by the controller 259—the litter pan 33 is rotated clockwise and counter-clockwise, the rake assembly 36 begins a slower rotation through the litter and litter pan 33, and the cover of the waste receptacle 37 is raised.
Following one-half completion of the cycle, where the scoop 174 has deposited litter clumps and solid waste matter into the receptacle 37, the inboard limit switch 266 is activated by the inwardly directed link arm 264, from lower main driving shaft 196, which sends another signal to the controller to reverse rotation of the motor. As this occurs, the rake assembly withdraws from the receptacle 37, the cover is closed and the assembly moves down into the litter as it simultaneously rotates back (counter-clockwise, as shown) to its parked position, with the scoop 174 submerged in the litter. Concurrently, the litter pan and turntable are also rotating in a clockwise direction, as shown. When the outwardly directed cam 265 from the upper main driving shaft 181 contacts outboard limit switch 266, a signal is sent to the controller. While the rake has almost returned to its parked position, the forward motion of a new cycle is commenced and run for approximately 2 seconds. The effect of this action is that the backlash is taken up from the gears of the drive mechanism and as a result, the rake is actually moved rearwardly the last remaining increment to its fully parked position against or very near to the wall inner wall 161 of dust shield 42. Once the cycle is complete, all further movement ceases until either another cycle is initiated by the pet or, the owner elects to cycle the apparatus manually by activating the switch 261 or similar control switch.
Another feature of the apparatus, which is programmed into the controller, is a motor overload circuit. During a cycle, should the rake encounter an obstruction that the motor cannot overcome, the amperage to the motor will increase until an overload switch signals the controller to reverse the drive mechanism. Such switches, or overload protectors, are known in the art and do not constitute a limitation of the apparatus. Typically, a clump of solidified waste may have adhered to the surface of the pan, perhaps due to low litter volume and the clump may have a mass that cannot be immediately moved by the rake. By design and programming, the rake will return to its parked position and in several seconds a new cycle will commence. Generally, a second pass at the large clump or other obstruction is sufficient to remove or move it and the cycle continues. If not, a third park and re-initiation is programmed and if that attempt is still unsuccessful, the rake returns to rest or park and the apparatus is shut-down. A red LED or similar indicator is activated by the controller to provide a visual signal to the pet owner that the apparatus is unable to operate a cleaning cycle. The owner can then determine the nature of the problem and correct it so that the cycle can then be performed. In this instance, it is likely the owner would then initiate a cycle manually, to view operation and confirm that the previous problem no longer exists.
As noted hereinabove, an embodiment of the apparatus 30 is also within the scope of the invention which does not self-clean automatically, that is, when the pet leaves the apparatus. To initiate self-cleaning, the pet owner decides when by pushing the button 261 or similar switch and the apparatus proceeds to follow the cycle just described. Such apparatus would not employ the sensing mechanism 120 and, because a tiltable litter pan would not be required, the turntable could also be eliminated, in which instance the pan would be driven directly.
Thus, it should be evident that the apparatus and method of the present invention are effective for self-cleaning of litter devices, employing rotatable litter pans. Although the foregoing explanation has been directed to the apparatus depicted in the drawings, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, that certain components could be varied or modified to obtain the same operation. One such modification envisioned is the combination of the turntable and litter pan into a single component, rather than two separate components. Another modification is in the sensing mechanism 120. As described in the drawings, sensors are provided in the turntable and rails in the base, so that contact can be made. However, the location could be reversed, by placing the rails or similar elements in the turntable which would be engageable with sensors from beneath. So long as the tilting of the pan provides a signal to the controller to activate the drive mechanism, the relative position of the necessary components can be varied to suit manufacturing as well as consumer preferences.
Based upon the foregoing disclosure, it should now be apparent that the use of the litter apparatus described herein will carry out the objects set forth hereinabove. It is, therefore, to be understood that any variations evident fall within the scope of the claimed invention and thus, the selection of specific component elements can be determined without departing from the spirit of the invention herein disclosed and described. Thus, the scope of the invention shall include all modifications and variations that may fall within the scope of the attached claims.
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4 Beds 4.00 Baths 3,966 SqFt
4222 BROWN Road E 8 Mesa, Arizona
5 Beds 4.00 Baths 6,257 SqFt
12760 CAPE HORN Drive E Tucson, Arizona
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Edward Johnson
A retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the NBA and another season in the Euroleague midway through his career, playing nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, and who is notable for having scored the most career points of a player to never play in an NBA All-Star game. He is currently a broadcaster for Fox Sports Arizona.
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Dr. Paul Sos
The founder of Optima Vein Care. He received training in Phlebology at the European School of Phlebology and was one of the first physicians to become Board Certified in Phlebology. His professional experience encompasses twenty years in the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease.
They helped me feel as if I was the only one they were working with
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