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Nine times out of ten a Brie will let you down-will be all caked into layers, which shows it is too young, or at the over-runny stage, which means it is too old-but when you come on the tenth Brie, coulant to just the right, delicate creaminess, and the color of fresh, sweet butter, no other cheese can compare with it.
...But ordinarily the horses head is a plain tenpin in shape or a squat bottle with a knob on the side by which it has been tied up, two cheeses at a time, on opposite sides of a rafter, while being smoked lightly golden and rubbed with olive oil and butter to make it all the more buttery.
...The Blue variety is called Cheshire-Stilton, and Vyvyan Holland, in Cheddar Gorge suggests that it was no doubt a cheese of this sort, discovered and filched from the larder of the Queen of Hearts, that accounted for the contented grin on the face of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland.
...Endeavoring to be as restrained as I can, I shall merely suggest that the arrival of Crème Chantilly is a historic event and that in reporting on it I feel something of the responsibility that the contemporaries of Madame Harel, the famous cheese-making lady of Normandy, must have felt when they were passing judgment on the first Camembert.
...She quotes the last word from the makers themselves: This is a very special product that has never been made on this earth before, and speaks of the elusive flavor of mushrooms before summing up, the exquisitely textured curd and the unexpectedly fresh flavor combine to make it one of the most subtly enjoyable foods that have come my way in a long time.
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Stevia First Corporation (STVF.OB) is a micro-cap first stage company based in the rich agricultural Central Valley of California that aims to be the first vertically integrated stevia production company in the U.S. The company's objectives include the development of high quality stevia seeds and tissue propagation high in Reb A content. It's research and development program is in place, and it has leased 1000 acres in the Central Valley. The company will be using an agri-business model that involves win-win partnerships with the University of California Davis, local farmers, agronomists and equipment suppliers.
In its business plan, the company has addressed all the problem areas outlined above, such as consistency of taste, quality, costs, and the reliability of supply. The company says that it is crossbreeding high-grade stevia seeds and seedlings to produce disease resistant plants with high Reb A content that would allow the production of high-grade stevia extract at a lower cost. The high content also means that less money has to be spent downstream in improving the purity and more efficiency per acre. Delaying the flowering of the stevia plant is important to achieve high Reb A content, and it allows the plant to grow more leaves, so this will likely be a part of the research effort.
One major concern for many investors has been the availability of technology to allow all of these elements to come together. On August 29th, 2012, the company announced that it had entered into an exclusive and worldwide intellectual property agreement with the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre of Ontario, Canada. The license covers compositions and methods for producing steviol and steviol glycosides through fermentation-based production methods. In addition, a consulting agreement has been solidified with Vineland for assistance in further development of the intellectual property. Production of stevia extract has a complex agricultural supply chain, and it is estimated that 70% or more of the cost of stevia extract can be attributed to the cost of leaf production. Because the leaf only contains small quantities of the best sweet components, complex extraction and processing is required, which adds to the cost.
Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) were among the first to discover the characteristics of the natural biochemical processes involved in producing the sweet component of the stevia leaf. With this knowledge, it is possible to use fermentation-based technology in the extraction process, and this method is capable of converting low-cost leaves to sweet steviol glycosides. Vineland, which controls intellectual property relating to this process, is a world-class research center dedicated to horticultural science and innovation. It is an independent non-profit organization, which is partly funded by Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. Stevia First's licensing agreement with Vineland could be a game-changer not only for the company, but also for the industry as a whole if the process is successfully implemented.
Investment in first stage bio agricultural companies, like Stevia First, is always high risk, and there is a long way to go to achieve commercial success. There is no doubt about the market potential of stevia extracts, and this company has, so far, made all the right moves. If you believe in the future potential of the stevia market, you should consider Stevia First Corporation as a possible investment.
Now let us take a look at two large users of sweeteners. Coca-Cola is the largest beverage company in the world and has been an iconic brand for many years. Investors are concerned about the company's future growth prospects for several reasons. In the U.S. and other countries, obesity has become a problem that can only be controlled with strong intervention. Every country is trying to prevent health care costs from rising by targeting diabetes and other illnesses arising from poor dietary habits with prevention measures. Sugar-based soft drinks are an easy target, though all beverage companies are trying to diversify away from the use of sugar and high fructose corn syrup. This is a major reason why stevia-based sweeteners are an excellent solution, not only because of the obesity implications, but they are also safe for people with high blood sugar or diabetes. This is the driving force for the development of Truvia with Cargill. The company's flagship Coca Cola soft drink is far and away the biggest contributor to revenue growth, despite the remarkable success of Diet Coke, which uses artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. However, the success of the later is an indication of sales potential of stevia-based products as it has overtaken Pepsi as the number two soft drink in terms of annual sales
It is likely that increased awareness of health concerns and obesity may already be affecting sales of sugar-based beverages. For instance, Coca-Cola sales rose by just over 1% in the first three weeks of August, compared to the same period last year. Sales are solid and growing in developing countries like China and India, but Coca-Cola will have to push really hard to achieve even reasonable rates of growth. This is going to be difficult when you consider that Coca-Cola already has a market share of over 40% in the U.S., and growth under highly competitive conditions is not going to be easy.
Coca-Cola recently announced a stock split, but has this 2-to-1 split made the stock more attractive for investors? Generally speaking, a company will split its stock if it believes that the stock has become too expensive in dollar terms and would like to increase both affordability and liquidity. The split may also be induced if a company believes that its stock price is far higher than that of its peers and competitors. In the case of Coca-Cola, the total number of shares doubled from 5.6 billion to 11.2 billion, while the stock price came down from about $78.00 per share to $39.00 per share to adjust for the split. This is the first split in 16 years, and the 10th overall, since the inception of trading. Naturally, the split did not affect existing investors because, though the price halved, their holdings doubled. Investors will certainly be able to trade more effectively because of the increased liquidity, and may be more willing to pay $39.00 per share rather than $78.00 per share.
Goldman Sachs (GS) is of the opinion that the entire beverage sector is overextended and, consequently, it has revised its rating of both the beverage sector and Coca-Cola from "attractive" to "neutral." I believe that the stock is fairly valued and, when you factor in the negative impact of exchange rates on the revenues from its large overseas business, the company is going to struggle to show growth. I do not believe that you should buy Coca-Cola until there are signs, such as a large value-added acquisition, that revenue growth is accelerating, but I feel you should certainly continue to hold any existing investment.
PepsiCo, Coca-Cola's giant competitor, has much of the same health concerns, with the difference being that Coca-Cola is a pure beverage company, while PepsiCo has a substantial food business in addition to its beverage business. As mentioned before, PepsiCo has made the same move in sweeteners by developing a competing stevia-based product, PureVia, jointly with Chicago based Merisant's subsidiary, The Whole Earth Sweetener Company, and using it for some of its products. However, Pepsi seems to have a better focus on health foods and made a number of smart strategic moves in this direction. It has made a serious effort to produce healthier products for consumers more aware of their consumption habits. Over the years, PepsiCo has acquired companies such as Quaker brand and Sabra. It has also introduced healthier options to its lineup, such as Frito-Lay with more whole grain, low sodium options, and a variety of Pepsi products containing lower amounts of sugar.
Recently, PepsiCo announced a new initiative that represents a major move and diversification from its traditional beverage business. It is setting up a joint venture, called Quaker Diary, with the Theo Muller Group, a large German dairy company, to sell yogurt and dairy products in the U.S. This will be an important addition to its health food product lines. While the soft drink market in the U.S. has been shrinking, yogurt sales have grown from $4.7 billion in 2006, to $6.4 billion in 2011, and experts say that the market could touch $9.5 billion by 2015. Pepsi will be competing with General Mills (GIS), which produces Yoplait as well as Dannon, and together sell about 60% of the yogurt sold in the U.S. Pepsi is aiming to generate $30 billion in sales annually (compared to $13 billion presently) in its health portfolio driven by sales of dairy products and yogurt. But, this move will take some time to have a substantial impact on the revenues of the company. Recently, the company acquired Wimm-Bill-Dann from Russia and formed a strong partnership with Saudi Arabia's Almarai; and both companies are the biggest dairy producers in their respective countries.
PepsiCo has been far more proactive than Coke in its approach to growing its food and beverage business, and it is instructive to look at the way it operates in two of the major emerging markets, India and Brazil. It has shown considerable ingenuity in diversifying its product offerings and to adapt them to the local markets. Revenues of more than $2 billion in India have grown by 30% in the last year on the back of products that catered not only to local taste, but also to local pockets. Products were aimed specifically at price sensitive rural markets, such as the snack 'Lehar Iron Chusti', in the state of Andhra Pradhesh, at a price of Rs 2 (
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Arcade Fire-Funeral
Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
Death Cab for Cutie-Transatlanticism
Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ Fight
Johnny Foreigner- Grace and the Bigger Picture
Los Campesinos- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
The Cribs- Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The Strokes- Is This It
The Strokes- Room on Fire
The Strokes- First Impressions of Earth
Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History
Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ Fight
Frightened Rabbit- The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Owen Pallett- Heartland
Interpol-Our Love To Admire
Interpol- Turn On the Bright Lights
Joanna Newsom- The Milk-Eyed Mender
Johnny Foreigner- Grace and the Bigger Picture
Johnny Foreigner- Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
Klaxons- Myths of the Near Future
Los Campesinos- Hold On Now, Youngster
Los Campesinos- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Los Campesinos- Romance is Boring
The Cribs- Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The Cribs- The Cribs
Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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The Maccabees- Wall of Arms
The Strokes- Is This It
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The Strokes- First Impressions of Earth
Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History
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Vampire Weekend- Contra
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Belle and Sebastian-Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Arcade Fire-Funeral
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
Bloc Party-Weekend in the City
Dananananaykroyd- Hey Everyone
Death Cab for Cutie-We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Death Cab for Cutie-Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie-Plans
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Basic but expensive hotelPosted Jul 21, 2016
Pros: Convenient location
Cons: Rooms to have air conditioning and brighter lighting
For the price this is not good value for money, acknowledging its close to the airport better deals with better rooms are available
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Very clean hotel with shuttle to the airportPosted Jul 11, 2016
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Location: Great location if you are taking an early flight.
The hotel room was very clean and the staff were very friendly. I didn't realize I got a continental breakfast included so that was wonderful. There was a great variety of food choices available for breakfast. It was a perfect hotel for me because of the location to the airport and they have a shuttle. I wasn't charged when I took the shuttle from the airport to the hotel and I didn't realize there was a charge for the shuttle back to the airport. I was not told this when I phoned the hotel to confirm the shuttle's availability. It was only two pounds 50 pence but it would be good to be told that. Other than that, I would stay there again if I had an early flight.
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Overall great for an airport location. Would stay again. Frequent shuttles restaurant open late and offers early am breakfast
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We stayed at this airport hotel since we were flying out early the next morning. It's not far from the airport and there is a shuttle service. The staff were extremely nice and helpful. The room was clean, comfortable and quiet! Breakfast was good, too. I'm glad I chose this hotel over the many in the area. I would stay here again!
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St Swithins Day, if it does rain
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This charming weather-rhyme is well known throughout the British Isles and Ireland. St. Swithin was an early Saxon Bishop of Winchester and legend says that as he lay on his deathbed, he asked to be buried in the common graveyard, "where the rain would fall on him and the feet of ordinary men could pass over him." For nine years, his wishes were followed, but then, the monks of Winchester attempted to remove his remains to a splendid shrine.
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The Galway Races, traditionally run in the last week of July, represent one of Irelands most enduring and most characteristic festivals.
Throughout Ireland people of all ages and occupations prepare for the Galway Races with a fervour that is almost religious in its intensity. Budgets are planned, holidays are arranged and business is scheduled to conform with the sacrosanct dates of the annual week-long festival.
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The title for this article is an old Irish saying about "The Reek" - Croagh Patrick. It was once known as Crochan Aigh, the mount of the eagle, before it became associated with Ireland's best-loved saint.
According to legend, St. Patrick retired to the summit of Croagh Patrick for contemplation, fasting and prayer. He remained there for forty days and forty nights during which he was tormented by demons who assumed the form of black birds. He rang his bell so loudly that the men of Ireland heard it; finally he threw the bell at the demons so hard that it broke and the blackbirds departed. Patrick wept and an angel came to console him. As the story goes, he asked the angel to intercede on behalf of the Irish people and secure special dispensations for them.
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According to the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, the identity of the true shamrock has long been debated, but the plants most often designated as the emblem of Ireland are the white clover, the small hop clover, and the wood sorrel, or oxalis.
It's likely that some or all of this information was provided by the botanist, Nathaniel Colgan, who endeavored to identify "the real shamrock" at the turn of the 20th century.
He asked people all over Ireland to send him living, rooted specimens which he carefully planted and labelled. When the plants matured and blossomed, he was able to identify four different plants - the three already mentioned and one called Black Medick.
A Taste of Ireland: Guinness - For Strength!
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Peter O Toole was once asked what was his favorite Irish food: My number one choice is Guinness. My number two choice would be Guinness. My number three choice would have to be Guinness. While there are other stouts brewed in Ireland, including Beamish and Murphys, Mr. OTooles choice is shared by seven out of ten Irish drinkers and probably an equivalent ratio of stout drinkers throughout the world.
Who could have anticipated how important it was to become when, in 1759, Arthur Guinness took over the lease of an abandoned brewery just outside the city walls of Dublin at St. James Gate. Arthur followed the fashion of the times and started out by brewing malty, reddish ales. But, within a decade, he introduced a different kind of beer which would eventually win over the taste of his countrymen and eclipse the dark beers of England.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 26, 1980
|Filing date
|Jul 26, 1978
|Priority date
|Aug 10, 1977
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|Horst F. Marz
|Original Assignee
|Canadian Industries Limited
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (33), Classifications (8), Legal Events (1)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for closing and sealing containers, and in particular, containers such as bags and casings, and clipping the ends thereof with a staple-like closure.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There has been much development in the food packing industry and particularly the sausage industry wherein sausage meat is stuffed in a continuous casing. Such methods include separating the stuffed continuous casing into predetermined lengths, and cutting, sealing and clipping the ends of the individual sausage chubs.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,377,692, Tipper, Apr. 16, 1968, and 3,543,378, Klenz, Dec. 1, 1970, describe typical clipping apparatuses for sealing and clipping the ends of sausage casings by first necking the continuous elongated filled casings at spaced points along their length to form chubs. One of the developments in the above-mentioned Tipper patent is the use of gathering plates or jaws to neck the casing at spaced points and then apply clips to the casing between the gathering plates. It is suggested in the patent that double clips can be provided between the gathering plates and that the casing can be cut therebetween. However, if enough space is left between the gathering plates to allow for dies for a double clip and for cutting apparatus, a mini-chub would be formed between the two sets of gathering plates. It is further found to be a disadvantage to have gathering plates moving in tracks on a fixed frame since the material being filled can collect in the tracks, creating frequent maintenance problems.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a fully mechanized apparatus for necking the casing, for elongating the neck, clipping a pair of clips at the neck, and cutting the casing between the clips. It is a further aim of the present invention to provide an apparatus which would minimize areas susceptible of collecting the filling material and thereby reducing the time required for cleaning and maintenance.
It is a further aim of the present invention to provide an apparatus for safely handling casings filled with explosive material.
An apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes pairs of split necking plates on either side of a casing path adapted for opposed reciprocal movement for engaging a casing in the path and necking the casing, the necking plates each being mounted by a parallelogram linkage suspended from an overhead frame, linkage means for simultaneously moving said necking plates through said parallelogram linkage, means for moving one of each pair of necking plates in a direction parallel to the axis of the path of the casing such that when the casing is necked by the necking plates, the neck so formed on the casing can be elongated by moving said plates, magazine means for advancing at least a clip overhead of said casing, a reciprocating plunger for removing a clip from said magazine means and arranging it on said neck portion of said casing between the necking plates as they are split apart, die means pivoted from said overhead frame and adapted for movement to and from a position between the split-apart necking plates below and adjacent the neck portion of the casing for receiving and forming the clip, and cutting means for moving between said split-apart necking plates and cutting the casing in the vicinity of said clip.
None of the frame is found under the path of the casing. All of the necking, clipping and cutting assemblies are pivoted from overhead of the path and move into the path of the casing only when required so that little or no areas of the frame are susceptible to accumulating the material being filled in the casing.
In a more specific embodiment in accordance with the present invention, there is included a frame, means defining a path for the casing, two pairs of necking jaws with one pair on either side of the path in opposed relationship, each pair of jaws mounted for pivoting movement to the lower end of a bell crank member which in turn is pivotally mounted to the frame, means for controlling the pivoting movement of said bell crank member, a link arm pivotally connected at one end to the frame end at the other end to an extension of the necking jaws so as to maintain a parallelogram linkage between said frame, said bell crank member, said link and said extension so that the jaws reciprocate along linear axes towards and away from each other, means for separating the pairs of jaws, means for pivotally moving a die towards and away from said path between the separated jaws, magazine and plunger means for lowering a pair of clips to the die at said path, and forming said clips on said die, and cutting means for cutting through said path between the clips on the die.
A method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of first filling a continuous elongated cylindrical flexible casing with material to be packed in the casing, necking the casing at a predetermined interval, increasing the area being necked, applying clips to the neck portion and forming the clips about the neck portion and cutting the casing at the neck portion in the vicinity of the clips. The apparatus provided in accordance with the invention permits operation with a positive, clean voiding action which eliminates the formation of any mini-chub between the double clips. Thus the contamination of the apparatus by any product within any mini-chub when the packages are separated, is avoided. This is particularly critical in explosive packaging where all such contamination must be avoided. The use of the disclosed parallelogram linkage permits a substantially straight-line motion of the film necking plates without employing any guide rails or other frictionally hazardous guide means. This linkage also allows for a gathering action of the necking plates against the film casing material at an angle in excess of about 60�, thus eliminating cut or damaged film and spilled product. The cam actuated clipping action provides positive controlled clip closure resulting in fewer improperly cinched clips. This cam actuation also reduces excessive impact velocity during clipping and hence reduces the impact hazard when packaging sensitive material such as explosives.
Having thus generally described the nature of the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, showing by way of illustration, a preferred embodiment thereof, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, with a portion of the housing removed, taken in a plane at right angles to the axis of the path of the casing at the infeed end thereof;
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary elevation in the same direction as FIG. 1, showing a detail of the apparatus in FIG. 1 in a different operative position;
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-section taken along the line 4--4 of FIG. 1, illustrating the details shown in FIG. 3 but from a reversed angle;
FIG. 5, which is on the same sheet as FIG. 1, is an enlarged fragmentary view of a detail of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6, which is on the same sheet as FIG. 1, is an enlarged fragmentary elevation similar to FIG. 5, showing the detail in a different operative position;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary top plan of a detail of the apparatus;
FIG. 8 is a front elevation, partly schematic, taken in the same direction as FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of a detail of the apparatus shown in FIG. 8; and
FIG. 10, which is on the same sheet as FIG. 7, is a fragmentary perspective view of a finished casing.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a housing 10 with a partition 12 separating the housing. A cam shaft 14 mounting a series of cams 16 and which activate a plurality of cam followers 18, is found in one compartment while the casing handling apparatus is in the other compartment. In the latter compartment, there is a magazine and plunger assembly 20, a necking assembly 22, a die assembly 24 for cooperating with the magazine and plunger assembly 20, and a cutting assembly 26 for cutting the necked casing C.
The magazine and plunger assembly 20 includes an upstanding double track member 28, including a pair of simultaneously acting plungers 32 sliding in the individual parallel tracks 28a and 28b. The tracks 28a and 28b can be seen more clearly in FIGS. 4 and 8. A pair of clip magazines 30 and 31, as shown in FIG. 4, feed U-shaped clips K to the bottom of the track member 28. The magazines 30 and 31 are conventional, and the clips K are fed by gravity. Each plunger 32 is connected to a stub shaft 34 which in turn pivotally mounts an adjustable link 36 pivotally connected at the other end to crank arm 38. Crank arm 38 is fixed to a shaft 40 which in turn mounts a crank arm 41 connected by a link 43 to the cam follower arm 42.
The necking assembly 22 includes a pair of split flat jaw plates 46 and 50 having a 90� V cut-out portion and a pair of identical jaw plates 48 and 52 facing plates 46 and 50. Each jaw plate 46, 50, 48 and 52, is mounted to individual parallelogram linkage assemblies. These assemblies include, as shown in FIG. 2, for instance, with reference to jaw plate 46, a curved arm 54 fixed to one end to sleeve 88 fixed to shaft 72 which in turn is journaled on the frame of the housing 10. At the other end of the arm 54, there is mounted a sleeve 63 in which shaft 62 is journaled. The shaft 62 mounts a lever 62a, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, mounts the split jaw plate 46. Lever 62a is pivotally connected to a link 80 which is pivoted at its other end to the frame of the housing 10. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the parallelogram is formed between a portion of the frame 10, the link 80, the lever 62a, and the arm 54.
Similarly, the opposed arm 56 mounts a sleeve 65 in which shaft 64 is journaled. The shaft 64 mounts the split jaw plate 48 and includes a fixed lever 64a pivotally connected to a link 82 pivotally connected to the frame 10. The link 82 connected to the lever 64a and to the frame as shown in FIG. 2, ensures the parallel movement of the jaw 48 mounted to the shaft 64. Arm 56 is fixed to a sleeve 90 connected to the shaft 74. A lever 70 which is also fixed to the shaft 74, is connected to a cam arm and follower by means of a link 71. Accordingly, the jaw plates 46 and 48 can move towards each other in a complete parallel reciprocating movement.
As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the ends of shafts 72 and 74 mount meshing gears 76 and 78. The gears 76 and 78 transfer the rotational movement of shaft 74 to shaft 72 which is actuated by the link 71 in response to the respective cam.
Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the other split jaw plates 50 and 52 are illustrated. These jaw plates can also be seen in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 which show the two positions of the jaws in forming the neck on the casing C. The split jaw plate 50, for instance, is mounted to a shaft 66 which is journaled in a sleeve 67. The sleeve 67 is fixed to an arm 58 which is of a similar shape to arm 54. Arm 58 is fixed to a concentric cylindrical sleeve 92 slidably mounted on the shaft 72. The sleeve 92 is adapted to slide longitudinally of the shaft and is restricted from relative rotational movement on the shaft 72 by means of a key and keyway 93. A further cylindrical sleeve 96 is mounted for relative rotational movement on the sleeve 92 by means of bearings 100, but is prevented from longitudinal sliding movement relative to the sleeve 92. The arm 58 forms a parallelogram linkage with link 84 pivotally mounted to an ear 85 extending from the sleeve 96. The other end of link 84 is pivotally connected to a lever 66a fixed to the shaft 66. The opposed split jaw 52 is not shown but is identical to the construction mounting the split jaw 50 and is on the same side as the split jaw 48.
Reference is now made to FIG. 7 which illustrates shaft 74 mounting the slidable sleeve 94 and the key and keyway 95. The outer sleeve 98 includes a pedestal 102 to which a link 104 is pivotally connected. At the other end of the link 104, there is pivotally connected one end of crank arm 106 pivoted at 108 and including a right angle crank arm 110 which is actuated by a cam arm 112. A coupling member 113 extends between the sleeve 98 and sleeve 96 in order to move the sleeves 96 and 98 along with sleeves 92 and 94 simultaneously in response to a movement of crank arm 110.
The die assembly 24 includes an arm 114 and a rotary three-faced die 116 inset into the arm 114, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8. The die can be set for three different sizes of clips K as will be described later. Immediately adjacent the rotary die 116 on the arm 114 is a track section 118. When the arm 114 is in an operative position as shown in FIG. 8, the track segment 118 is directly aligned with the tracks 28a and 28b such that when the plungers 32 pick up clips K from the magazines 30 and 31 respectively, they proceed down their linear path along the segments 118 and 147.
The arm 114 is fixed to a cylindrical sleeve 120 which is rotatable on the shaft 72 and which in turn includes a crank arm 122. A link member 124 is pivotally connected to the crank arm 122 at one end thereof and to the crank arm 126 at the other end. Crank arm 126 is fixed to shaft 128 which in turn mounts the crank 132. Arm 132 is connected to a cam follower arm (not shown) by means of link 134. An identical shaft 130 is located parallel to shaft 128. A crank arm 138 is mounted to shaft 130 and is linked to crank arm 133 on shaft 128 by a link member 136. Crank member 139 is also fixed to shaft 130.
The cutting assembly 26 includes a knife arm 146 mounted to a concentric sleeve 144 rotatable on the shaft 74. The sleeve 144 includes a crank arm 142 which is connected by means of the link member 140 to the crank arm 139. The cutting arm 146 mounts at one end thereof a bracket 150 to which is fixed a knife blade 148. The bracket 150 is pivotally connected to the arm 146 at 152. A link member 154 is pivotally connected at one end to bracket 150 and at the other end thereof to a bell crank 156. The bell crank 156 is pivoted to the knife arm 146 at 158. A projection 168 is fixed at an angle to the knife arm 146 and mounts a tension spring 166 connected at one end thereof to an arm on the bell crank member 156. A lever 162 is pivoted to the frame and is pivotally connected to a link member 170 which is turn is connected to a bell crank member 172 pivoted at 174 in the cam compartment. The bell crank member 172 is actuated by a link 175 connected to a cam follower 176.
The lever 162 includes an abutment 164 while the bell crank member 156 has a mating abutment 160. In a normal position as shown in FIG. 1, the bell crank member 156 is urged clockwise by the spring 166, thus retaining the knife in an upward position, as shown in full lines in FIG. 1 or FIG. 9. When the knife arm 146 assumes the position of FIG. 1, the crank arm 156 is disassociated completely from the lever 162. It is only when the knife arm 146 is in a downward operative position that the crank arm assumes a position represented in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, ready to be actuated by the abutment 164 on lever 162.
In operation, a casing C proceeds along the casing path after having been packed with a gel-like powder, such as an explosive material. All of the moving parts are initially in the position shown in FIG. 1. As can be seen from FIG. 1, there is no frame member which passes underneath the path of the casing C, but rather the only parts under the path are the ends of the jaw plates of jaw assembly 22. Since these necking jaw plates do not slide in any fixed tracks but rather travel in midair suspended from the parallelogram linkages, there is little or no susceptibility to collect falling filling material which, in the case of explosive material, could be dangerous if in fact there were areas of friction caused by moving parts in fixed tracks below the path of the casing C.
As the casing C advances to a predetermined position, the cam shaft 14 which is rotating continuously causes the link member 71 to move towards the right to FIG. 2, thereby causing the shafts 72 and 74 to rotate by means of gears 76 and 78 to move all of the arms 54, 56, 58 and 60 inwardly towards each other. Thus, the split jaw members 46, 48, 50 and 52, move towards each other into the closed position shown in FIG. 2. As the jaws 46, 48, 50 and 52 meet, they neck the casing as shown in FIG. 6. Simultaneously (as shown in FIG. 7), the cam follower 112 moves the bell crank 106 thereby sliding the couple 113 connected to the sleeves 96 and 98, thus sleeves 92 and 94 forcing arms 58 and 60 to move towards the open position shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, thereby moving the split jaw plates 50 and 52 away from plates 46 and 48. This action, as shown in FIG. 5, causes the jaws to "milk" the material in the casing C thereby elongating the length of the neck portion as shown in FIG. 5 and in FIGS. 3 and 4.
As soon as the split jaws are open as shown in FIG. 5, a link 134 causes the shafts 128 and 130 to rotate by the intermediary of crank arms 132 and 138, thereby moving the die arm 114 into the position shown in FIG. 8 as well as the cutting arm 146 into the position shown in FIG. 8, such that the track segments 118 and 147 are aligned with the tracks 28a and 28b. The bell crank 156 will now be in a position susceptible to being actuated by lever 162.
Simultaneously, the cam follower arm 42 moves the crank arm 38 clockwise through the intermediary of crank arm 41 and shaft 40, thereby forcing the link member 36 to push the plunger 32 downwardly in each track 28a and b to engage a pair of clips K and continue their path downwardly through the track segments 118 and 147 until the clips K engage the neck portion of the casing C. The legs of the clips K engage in the die 116 and under pressure of the plunger 32, form around the neck portion of the casing C. Thus, a pair of clips K are now secured to the neck of the casing.
As soon as the plunger has moved to its farthest downward reach, the cam will cause the cam follower 42 to retract the plunger 32 and simultaneously a camming member (not shown) will cause the link 175 to move the bell crank 172 clockwise (in FIG. 9) such as to lift the link 170 and thereby the lever 162. Since the cutting arm 146 has moved into its downward position, the bell crank 156 is now in such a position that the abutment member 160 is immediately above the abutment member 164. By way of a link 170 lifting the lever 162, the abutment 164 will lift the abutment 160 of the bell crank 156 causing the bell crank 156 to rotate counterclockwise against the tension spring 166, thereby lifting link 154 and bracket 150 causing the knife blade 148 to move through a sudden counterclockwise movement cutting through the next portion of the casing C between the clips K. The link 170 will immediately be lowered by the cam follower 176, etc., and thus the abutment 164 will be disengaged from the abutment 160, allowing the knife blade 148 and the bracket 150 to be rotated clockwise under the urging of the spring 166 between the bell crank 156 and projection 168.
As the operation is thus completed, the cams will cause the various members to return to their original position in FIG. 1 in reverse sequence.
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Add oil to cooker, Cover and turn on. Let heat for 1 minute. Add red onion, garlic, oregano, coriander, cumin, salt, and turmeric to cooker. Stir with wooden spoon to coat with oil. Cover and cook for 1 minute. Add rice, stir and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Add water and stir. Add drained diced tomatoes on top of rice but do not stir. Cover and turn on.
When cooking process is finished, fluff with rice paddle and stir in vegetables.
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Kschuft 4y agoSo easy and really good! I used Taco Seasoning in the packet as suggested.
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Offers many vegan options including ice cream, cakes, quiche, soup, panini and more.
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Cons: few seatings
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Hier findest du immer eine vegane Möglichkeit, sei es Kaffee mit Sojamilch, eine veganen Kuchen/ Pie oder 1-2 vegane Eissorten im Sommer. Alles sehr lecker.
Süsses kleines Café mit Sitzmöglichkeiten draussen
Pros: schmeckt lecker, süsses kleines Café, zentraler Standort
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Very cozy and at the same time progressive place. As a vegan you will not have a problem to find all you need: main dishes, sweets, ice and sandwiches. The place is 99% vegetarian so I really don't catch why the owners don't leave the meat out of their menu :-(
Pros: good portions, friendly staff, vegan choice
Cons: still having meat in their menu card
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Was in Basel for a few days for a meeting and was looking for vegan places and was recommend here. Very glad I came here! Very relaxed atmosphere with delicious food. They have quiches of which one is vegan (may have to check with staff regarding which one) and vegan ice creams which are marked vegan as well as vegan waffle cones. Apparently this place is run as a co-op so worker-owned which I find admirable. Luckily though the person I was with spoke German, because otherwise it didn't seem like the staff working at the time would have understood me. Cash only, about 1 min from Rheingasse tram stop. Cost me about 13CHF for a slice of quiche and a cone of ice cream.
Pros: Delicious!, Cheap!, Adequate seating
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The first summer that I worked at a week-long overnight camp, between my sophomore and junior years of high school, I worked with a child with Down syndrome. I became fascinated by how the brain works and by what wasn't working properly. And after a week I was exhausted: On an emotional, personal and social level I developed a deep respect for the abilities of children with special needs and the families who help care for them.
I started to read everything I could get my hands on about the brain. I went on to major in psychology with a focus in neuroscience at Duke University. During college I worked with Best Buddies, a group that matches students with young adults with intellectual disabilities, and greatly enjoyed these relationships.
From this personal interest, I trained in pediatric neurology. Through similarly moving patient-doctor relationships during my residency, I became fascinated by, and developed a specialization in, autoimmune diseases of the brain and spinal cord. I realized that often children and teens with these conditions were greatly in need of cohesive, coordinated care.
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My practice specializes in pediatric neuroimmunology, which involves autoimmune conditions of the brain and spinal cord in children and adolescents. The most well-known condition within this field is multiple sclerosis (MS), but there are many other conditions, including opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS), autoimmune encephalitis, and central nervous system vasculitis, among others.
As a resident in both pediatrics and pediatric neurology at Boston Children's Hospital, I became fascinated clinically by demyelinating diseases (such as MS), a group of neuro-immune conditions in which the immune system damages the protective covering of the nerves called myelin. After finishing of my five-year residency, I completed a two-year fellowship in MS, becoming one of the first physicians nationwide with formal training in both pediatric neurology and multiple sclerosis.
Prior to my training, most children who presented with symptoms suggestive of demyelinating diseases would be referred out from Boston Children's Hospital to adult centers. I saw an unmet need to make great progress and help these children, and created Boston Children's first Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Program.
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I am committed as a researcher to studying multiple neuro-immunologic diseases in children, with goals of diagnosing them promptly and treating them effectively.
My early work demonstrated increased relapse rates in pediatric versus adult onset patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This paper has been widely referenced in subsequent publications and has informed our understanding of the highly active, inflammatory nature of the condition when it occurs in the pediatric age group. Data from my research was used to estimate the necessary sample sizes for clinical trials in pediatric MS.
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The fairy Princess Céleste of Springwood finds a lover in the chevalier Roél after he rescues her from brigands in McKiernan's entertaining fourth and final "seasonal" fantasy (after Once Upon an Autumn Eve), which takes its inspiration from the Childe Roland fairy tale. The feisty princess joins Roél on his quest to rescue his virginal sister, Avélaine, from the Lord of the Changelings before the evil ruler can defile the girl, impregnate her and steal her soul. On their travels through exotic kingdoms, Céleste and Roél must solve the Fates' riddles, outwit an Ogre, navigate past the Sirènes, best Greek mythical figures in Elysian Fields and pass through the Egyptian Underworld. Though McKiernan's characters have no depth and inconsistent sexual mores, the relentless, fantastical action will satisfy series fans. (Oct.)
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Although expert with bow and arrow, Princess Celeste welcomes handsome knight Roel's aid when she is beset by would-be kidnappers one beautiful Springwood morning. This being at heart a romance, the two are instantly smitten. Soon he proposes, and she accepts. Before wedding, however, Roel must find and rescue his sister, Avelaine, and two brothers from the Changeling Lord--in one month, or the Changelings will possess Avelaine forever. The Fates assist the couple (Celeste having joined forces with Roel) en route but can advise them only in riddles. And so they are chased by goblins and ogres, Celeste is imprisoned by a troll, they encounter and are often terribly challenged by the Sphynx, the god Thoth, Cerberus the guardian dog of Hades, Hercules, Jason, Aeneas, and a mob of rotting, walking dead. When they reach the Changeling Lord's realm, things really get rough. McKiernan seamlessly sews together two fairy tales and adds unique twists and enhancements in his fourth seasonal volume of a world of Faery that ought to have been. Paula Luedtke
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In this novel, Princess Celeste of Springwood rests in a fork among the huge branches of her Companion of Quietness, a massive oak tree. Here she comes whenever she feels uneasy and today she is here to brood over the absence of her sister Liaze. When she hears the sound of a horn, she frowns, for she has not sanctioned a hunt that day.
When the hunters appear below her, she confronts them and finds that they are hunting for HER. As they move on the tree to pull her down, she lets fly an arrow into the leader's breast. Just then a lone knight rides up and attacks her wouldbe kidnappers and she picks off the ones attacking from his rear.
The armed men are led by a raven, who flees into the forest crying "Revenge". Celeste's own guardsmen ride up just as the few surviving outlaws are fleeing and they gallop after them. The knight defender introduces himself as Sieur Roel and declares that he is questing for his missing sister and his two brothers, who had gone looking for her.
After his wounds are tended, Sieur Roel tells the full story of how his sister Avelaine was taken by the Lord of Changelings. Then he tells how his brother Laurent left to consult with the sage Geron before continuing onward in search for Avelaine. After Laurent had failed to return in three years, the second brother Blaise had ridden off to consult with Geron and then search for Avelaine.
Blaise had also failed to return for three years. Since Roel has now earned his spurs, he too went to consult with Geron and received Couer d'Acier to take with him on his quest. The older brothers had not wanted to wait for the sword to be fabricated, but it was ready when Roel came for advice.
The Heart of Steel had a steel core flashed over with silver and constructed with runes to suppress its steel aura. After Roel left Geron, he had to exchange all his steel weapons and appurtenances for bronze equivalents before he could enter Faery, but he was allowed to take the sword with him. It was this weapon that he used against the outlaws.
Roel had a long and difficult recovery, for the worst cut was also poisoned. While he rested in Celeste's chateau, Roel came to know the princess and gradually fell in love with her. Before he leaves, Celeste announces their betrothal to her retainers. By this time, Roel is well liked by all.
Although Roel objects, Celeste accompanies him on his quest. For the journey to Mizon, the first part of their travels, Celeste's warband escorts them. As they approach the port town, the group is attacked by Goblins, Ogres and Trolls and both Roel and Celeste flee through the twilight wall to the next land. When they cannot be found on either side of the wall, the warband returns to her chateau thinking that the couple are dead.
In this story, Roel and Celeste meet King's Captain Chevell of Mizon after they fall onto his ship, the Sea Eagle. The King's ship is pursuing corsairs who have stolen a rare map. When Roel and Celeste realize that this map is the one that they were going to Mizon to use in his quest, they join forces with Chevell and sail across the sea after the remaining freebooter ship.
Roel and Celeste have many other adventures as they travel toward the land of the Changelings. Along the way Celeste encounters the three Fates. After Roel complains that he hasn't meet any of them, Lady Doom appears to them both. As in the other Faery tales, Celeste acquires gifts from each of the Fates and uses them to complete the quest.
This Faery tale is based on two ancient stories: Le Bel Inconnu and Childe Rowland. The first is Arthurian and the second is a later English tale. As usual, the author adds embellishments that were surely in the original tales.
Highly recommended for McKiernan fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of the Faery lands, loyal knights and true love.
-Arthur W. Jordin
My reason for rating it so low is that it is very VERY similar to the other books in this series, especially "Once Upon an Autumn Evening." Scenario: Unwed and lonely princess comes across a wounded handsome stranger who is being pursued by evil forces. She nurses him to health and falls madly in love with him. Together, they must go on an incredible journey to complete his quest, of course separated from their war party, and encounter haunted mansions, various monsters and the Fates in predictable disguises with riddles. In the meantime, they frequently make sweet sweet love. Sound familiar? If you've read the other Faery books it should. Perhaps, as McKiernan hints, this repetition on a pattern is endemic to the nature of the fairy tales he is retelling. I expected a writer of McKiernan's calibur to put a more imaginative spin on the story rather than just fill in the blanks from a previous book.
The book gets very good about 3/4 of the way in and is much better from that point on.
Overall, I found this to be a magical book, and I don't just mean that the storyline involved magic. The author does an excellent job of taking the feel of the old heroic tales of knights and damsels and love and battle, and bringing it forward into a modern story. I loved the interesting setting of Faery, combined with the knight right out of medieval literature. This is a very good book, one that is sure steal your heart.
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