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|Publication number
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|Publication date
|Oct 8, 2002
|Filing date
|Oct 11, 2001
|Priority date
|May 16, 1994
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|Mitchell H. Berger, Dennis L. Foster, David K. Shaffer, Phillip B. Simon, John D. Wheatley
|Original Assignee
|Masco Corporation Of Indiana
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|Patent Citations (36), Referenced by (5), Classifications (20), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a divisional of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/657,680 filed on Sep. 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,343,610, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/408,712 filed on Sep. 30, 1999, now abandoned which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/135,491 filed on Aug. 17, 1998 (now U.S. Letters Patent No. 5,983,910 issued Nov. 16, 1999), which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/739,613 filed Oct. 30, 1996 (now U.S. Letters Pat. No. 5,795,400 issued Aug. 18, 1998), which is a file wrapper continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/243,574 filed on May 16, 1994, now abandoned and are hereby incorporated by reference.
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus of recycling and reusing an aqueous degreasing solution for further use as a component of a cooling solution which is itself recycled and reused in metal cutting machines.
II. Description of the Prior Art
The metal working industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries. One area of this industry that is being scrutinized is the degreasing operation. That is, the metal parts coming out of the cutting machines are covered in metal working fluids and residual lubricants. This occurs because oils are used as lubricants as the raw material metal is cut to form the finished part. Traditionally, heavy, non-soluble oils were used as lubricants. Vapor phase degreasing was the method of choice for the removal of non-soluble oils from the finished parts. Popular vapor phase degreasers are halogenated solvents such as Freon 113; 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene, methylene chloride, and tetrachloroethene. These first two are suspected ozone depleters, and the remaining three are suspected carcinogens.
With the introduction of lighter, soluble oils as lubricants in the metal cutting industry, the use of aqueous phase degreasers became a possibility. However, because of the fear of corrosion and also the expense of converting from a vapor to an aqueous phase degreasing process, vapor phase degreasing remained the method of choice.
With the advent of new and more stringent environmental regulations, vapor phase degreasing is becoming a disfavored method of cleaning metal parts. This is so because two of the more common vapor phase degreasers are Freon 113 and 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane, substances suspected to deplete the earth's ozone layer. In 1990, Congress passed more stringent laws providing that all parts manufactured by a process involving an ozone depleting substance must be labeled to that effect. This has caused many companies to look to aqueous phase degreasing.
Despite its environmental advantages over vapor phase degreasing with respect to ozone depletion, if not managed properly, aqueous phase degreasing can create environmental problems of its own. The problem of waste water and water pollution is of tremendous concern. As a result, it would be highly desirable for the metal working industry to utilize an aqueous phase degreasing procedure in which the aqueous degreasing solution could be recycled and reused as feeder solution for a metal cutting machine coolant, which is itself recyclable and reusable. Tremendous benefits could be reaped by minimizing worker exposure to harmful substances, as well as reducing or eliminating hazardous waste streams.
A method and apparatus for cooling and washing metal parts which includes washing the metal parts in a degreasing solution, mixing the used degreasing solution with a coolant solution and using the mixture as a coolant in a metal forming operation is disclosed. In this way the wash solution is recycled and reused. The apparatus includes a wash station, rinse station and drying station through which the parts are moved sequentially. The apparatus further includes a counterflow of fluid beginning in the rinse tank and moving downstream through the wash tank at a predetermined rate. The used wash solution is collected for recycling. Also disclosed is a skimming operation and a method of separating degreasing solution from the coolant mixture for recycling in the degreasing system. The method includes using ultrafiltration and precipitation to separate the components.
A better understanding of the present invention will be had upon reference to the following detailed description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to parts throughout the several views, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram setting forth the steps in the process of recycling and reusing an aqueous degreasing solution into a coolant solution;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram in which an ultrafiltration step has been added to the recycling process;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the degreasing system in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the degreasing system according to the invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a skimmer in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a wash bath in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of a portion of a carrier and bath in accordance with the invention; and
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a carrier showing baskets in accordance with the invention.
With reference first to FIG. 1, a block diagram of a process in which used degreasing solution is recycled and reused in a coolant solution for metal cutting machines, which is itself recycled and reused, is there shown. Raw metal 10 is sent to a cutting machine 12 to be cut into formed metal parts 14.
The formed part 14 exits the cutting machine 12 on a conveyor belt (not shown). Metal shavings 16 accumulated during the cutting process exit off a second conveyor belt (not shown). Both the formed metal parts 14 and the metal shavings 16 are covered in lubricating oils 18 and coolant solution 20 as a part of the metal cutting process.
The coolant solution 20 that is utilized in the cutting machines 12 contains approximately 2-7% by volume water miscible cutting and grinding fluid concentrate 28 (Masterline Brass Cut available from Master Chemical Corporation in Perrysburg, Ohio), approximately 1-2% water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 (Masterline Brass Clean available from Master Chemical Corporation in Perrysburg, Ohio), and the balance purified water. The water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 causes excessive foaming within the cutting machine 12 at a concentration above 2%. The water miscible cutting and grinding fluid concentrate 28 and the water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 are chemically compatible solutions built from compatible chemical building blocks. These building blocks comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of an amine carboxylate, a nonionic surfactant, an antioxidant, a petroleum oil, a petroleum sulfonate, an aromatic alcohol, a glycol ether, a carboxylic acid, water, and mixtures thereof All of the water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 that is used in the coolant solution 20 is taken from the aqueous phase degreasing system 32.
In one embodiment, the water miscible washing compound concentrate comprises 40-50% by weight amine carboxylate, 10-20% nonionic surfactant, 1-10% pine oil, less than 1% glycol, less than 1% substituted indole, and water. The water miscible cutting and grinding fluid concentrate 28 comprises 60-70% by weight petroleum oil, 20-30% petroleum sulfonate, 1-10% nonionic surfactant, 1-10% aromatic alcohol, 1-10% propylene glycol ether, less than 1% propylene glycol, and water.
In the course of running the metal cutting machine 12, the coolant solution 20 becomes mixed with tramp oils, dirt, and metal shavings 16. This dirty coolant 22 is collected from the cutting machines 12 into a holding tank 24. At the same time, the metal shavings 16 coming off the conveyor are collected and sent through a squeezer 26 to squeeze off the dirty coolant 22. This dirty coolant 22 from the metal shavings 16 is also sent to the holding tank 24.
The metal parts 14 covered with oils and coolant solution 20 are taken from the cutting machines 12 and sent through an aqueous phase degreasing system 32 to be discussed more fully below. The parts 14 are immersed in a series of wash baths or tanks 34. at approximately 160� F. containing approximately 2-6% of the water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 and the balance chemically purified water 31, forming an aqueous degreasing or wash solution 35. The parts are then immersed in a series of purified water rinse baths 36, sent through a dryer 38, and then sent off for further use in manufacturing operations or as finished parts 40. Oils coming off the parts 14 during washing are skimmed off the tops of the wash baths 34, and the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 is collected off of a wash bath 34 and sent to the dirty coolant holding tank 24 where it becomes a feeder solution for the coolant solution 20. The entire aqueous phase degreasing system 32 is controlled so that the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 can be collected from a wash bath 34 at a rate sufficient to permit total use of the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 in the coolant solution 20. In a preferred embodiment, the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 is collected from a single wash bath 32 at a rate of � gallon/minute, with 100% of the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 being recycled and reused as a feeder solution for the dirty coolant 22. None of the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 is sent out as waste.
The dirty coolant 22 which has been gathered into a holding tank 24 from the metal cutting machines 12, the squeezed metal shavings 16, and the wash baths 34 of the aqueous phase degreasing system 32 is then sent through a high speed disc bowl centrifuge 44 where the contaminating tramp oils and other contaminants are "spun out." This cleaned and recycled coolant solution 20 is then sent to a clean coolant reservoir 48 (FIG. 2) where the proper concentrations of water and water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 are maintained prior to introduction of the clean coolant solution 20 back into the metal cutting machines 12.
Because all of the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 from the aqueous phase degreasing system 32 is being reused as feeder solution for the dirty coolant 22, problems can arise with the cutting machines 12 if the level of water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 from the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 becomes too high in the coolant solution 20 introduced back into the cutting machines 12. One problem that results is foaming within the metal cutting machines 12, and the other problem that results is elevated concentrations of the metals being machined in the coolant solution 20. The metal contaminants build up in the used aqueous degreasing solution 42 as a natural outcome of cutting and washing the metal parts 14.
The used aqueous degreasing solution 42 (along with the metal contaminants) is then added into the holding tank 24 along with the other dirty coolant 22 that has been collected. Centrifugation 44 only removes dirt and tramp oil from the dirty coolant 22. One way to control the concentrations of metal contaminants and water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 in the coolant solution 20 that is sent back to the cutting machines 12 is through ultrafiltration 50.
With reference now to FIG. 2, an ultrafiltration step 50 can be added to the overall process of recycling and reusing an aqueous degreasing solution 35 as a feeder solution for a dirty coolant solution 22 which is also recycled and reused. After the dirty coolant is centrifuged 44, but before it is sent back into the cutting machines 12 a portion of the clean coolant 20 is sent through an ultrafiltration unit in which the retentate 52 contains primarily water miscible cutting and grinding fluid concentrate 28, and the permeate 54 contains primarily water, metal contaminants, and water miscible washing compound concentrate 30. The metal contaminants come through the ultrafiltration unit 50 in direct proportion to the water miscible washing compound concentrate 30. Removal of an amount of coolant 20 necessary to prevent buildup of metal contaminants and washing compound concentrate 30, and to maintain an equilibrium in the coolant 20 for passage through the ultrafiltration unit 50 is effective in keeping the concentrations of heavy metals and water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 under control before sending the clean coolant 20 back into the cutting machines 12. In the present embodiment as little as 1% of the system volume of coolant 20 is removed per day for passage through the ultrafiltration unit 50.
The permeate 54 containing water, water miscible washing compound concentrate 30, and metal contaminants can then be further purified to remove the metal contaminants. Once separated by ultrafiltration 50 both the retentate 52 and the permeate 54 (absent the metal contaminants) can be reused and recycled back into the cutting machines 12 or wash baths 34 respectively, or sent to waste treatment. The additional step of ultrafiltration 50 allows for the levels of water miscible washing compound concentrate 30 and metal contaminants in the clean coolant solution 20 to be better controlled before the clean coolant 20 goes back into the cutting machines 12, without the necessity of decanting the coolant solution 20 several times a year to keep the coolant solution 20 properly balanced. Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the dirty coolant 22 can be removed from the dirty coolant holding tank 24 and sent through the ultrafiltration unit 50.
As best shown in FIG. 3 and 3A, the degreasing system 32 includes an automated apparatus for removing coolant solution from the metal parts 14. The metal parts 14 are moved in a parts carrier 102 by a pair of hoists 140, 141 sequentially through a series of stations including a loading/unloading station 104, a wash station 106, a rinse station 108, and then to a drying station 110. The wash station 106 includes a series of three wash baths 34 and skimmers 136 which skim oil from a wash solution. The rinse station 108 includes four rinse baths 36.
The degreasing system 32 utilizes a flow of liquid which begins with chemically purified water 31 from a water supply 33 which is introduced at the rinse station 108 and flows downstream through the wash station 106 where the washing compound concentrate 30 is added to form a wash solution 35. Thus, the metal parts 14 are moved upstream through increasingly clean liquid during the degreasing operation.
The loading station 104 consists of a conveyor 114 which is driven by an electric motor (not shown). Operation of the motor is controlled by a central processing unit 116 to move the parts carrier 102 between a loading position (shown in FIG. 3) and a staging position. The parts 14 are delivered in metal baskets 118 (shown in FIG. 7) to the loading station 104 from the cutting machine 12. The metal baskets 118 have openings in all sides to permit the wash solution and rinse water to pass through and drain from the baskets 118.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the carrier 102 includes a drum 120 which is mounted for axial rotation in a frame 122. The drum 120 is formed of a metal lattice which permits liquid to pass through to the baskets 118 and parts 14. The drum 120 has pairs of jaws 121 which move apart to permit access to an interior compartment formed to hold stacks of the metal baskets 118 containing the parts 14. The jaws, 121 are moved together to lock the baskets 118 in position within the carrier 102. The frame 122 includes an elongated bridge 124 which extends between a pair of vertical end panels 126. The panels 126 have flat bottom surfaces and are dimensioned to keep the bridge above the surface of the liquid in the wash station 106 and rinse station 108. The drum 120 is mounted between the end panels 126 beneath the bridge 124. A D/C motor 130 is mounted to a top surface of the bridge 124. The motor 130 is connected in a suitable manner such as a belt or drive rods and gear mechanisms to selectively rotate the drum 120.
As best shown in FIG. 6, three metal L-shaped arms 132 extend outwardly from each of the end panels 126 to provide electrical current for the D/C motor. The arms 132 are spring biased to permit movement along a vertical axis and are positioned so as to contact electrical contacts 134 positioned adjacent to each bath 34, 36. As will be described below, the motor 130 may be selectively energized to rotate the drum 120 when the carrier 102 is immersed in the baths 34, 36 or suspended by either of the two hoists 140, 141. A pair of lifting pegs 142 are positioned on each end panel 126, one on either side of the arms 132 for engagement with lift hooks of the hoists 140, 141. The baskets 118 are loaded into the parts carrier 102. After the parts carrier 102 is loaded, the conveyor 114 moves the carrier 102 to a staging position adjacent the washing station 106.
As best shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the wash station 106 includes three identical baths 34. Each of the baths 34 is rectangular, having a pair of sides 146, a pair of ends 148, 150 and a bottom 152. The bottom 152 of each bath 34 has a rectangular channel 154 formed along one side for housing an auger 156. The auger 156 is turned by an electric motor (not shown). The bottom 152 has a central portion 158 which slopes downwardly towards the channel 154 to deliver any metal flakes or debris from the parts 14 into the channel 154. The auger 156 carries the debris through the channel 154 to a drain 160 having a trap 161 for capturing the debris. The trap 161 is a removable basket for disposing of the debris.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 6, a steam pipe 162 delivers steam to the sides 146. A conduit 164 delivers the steam from a boiler 166 to a heating coil 167 positioned beneath each tank 34, 36 to heat liquid in the tanks 34, 36. The water is heated to approximately 160� F. Ultrasonic wave generators 168 are mounted between the sides 146 of the baths to produce waves which move the liquid between the parts 14 in the baskets 118 to permit the fluid in the tanks 34, 36 to pass fully around the parts 14. This facilitates cleaning of the parts 14 and removal of residual debris. The ultrasonic generators 168 may be of any conventional type.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a horizontally aligned manifold 169 having a number of jets 170 is mounted near the top of each tank 34, 36. The liquid is sprayed through the jets 170 into the tank 34, 36. The washing solution 35 is delivered to the manifold 169 by a pump 172 and inflow conduit 174 from an associated skimmer 136. The washing solution is permitted to flow over a weir 174 into a collector 175 located at one end 148 of the tank 34, 36 from which it is gravity fed through an outflow conduit 176 back to the skimmer 136.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each of the skimmers 136 is a rectangular tank having a main chamber 178, an intermediate chamber 180 and a collector 182. The main chamber 178 is defined by a pair of side walls 184, an outer end wall 186 and an interior wall 188 which extends towards an opening 190 at the bottom of the tank. The outflow conduit 176 delivers fluid from the baths through a series of large apertures 192. The fluid is delivered by gravity into the main chamber 178 and is allowed to flow into the tank through the apertures 192 below a baffle 193 to prevent turbulence so that any tramp oil in the liquid will rise to the surface of the liquid of the main chamber 178 where it will float to be collected by a skimming device. The skimming device may be of any suitable type for removing oil. It may be performed by hand or a mechanical device as known in the art and may be used to siphon oil from the top of the main chamber 178 and delivered by a conduit 196 to a reservoir. The liquid is circulated through a filter 197 to remove particulate matter from the liquid.
The liquid flows from the main chamber 178 through the opening 190 into the intermediate chamber 180 formed between the interior wall 188 and a primary weir 198 which is lower than the interior wall 188. The liquid (shown by arrow A) is permitted to cascade over the weir 198 into the collector 182 from which it is delivered to the inflow conduit 174 and pump 172 for delivery to an associated bath 34, 36. A secondary weir 200 is formed in each side wall 184 of the collector 182 between collectors of adjacent skimmers 136 to permit a portion of the liquid to pass downstream to the collector 182 of the adjacent skimmer 136 (shown by arrow B). Thus, there is a downstream counterflow from 136 d to 136 c to 136 b and 136 a as shown in FIG. 3A. When the rinse water flows to skimmer 136 c it is mixed with the aqueous degreasing solution 35, from wash bath 34 c. The wash solution is, thus, composed of the rinse water and approximately 2 to 7% and preferably 3 to 4% of the washing compound concentrate 30. The concentration of washing compound concentrate 30 is monitored and controlled in each wash bath 34 on a daily basis. It has been found to be advantageous to maintain the concentration of the first two baths 34 a, 34 c that the parts 14 enter at 4%, and the concentration of the third bath 34 c at 3%.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the wash solution 35 is delivered from the wash bath 34 c to a skimmer 136 c and then to the skimmer 136 b. Where it is recirculated to wash bath 34 b, the wash solution continues downstream to skimmer 136 a and to the first wash bath 34 a. The used aqueous dispensing solution 42 is delivered through a conduit 202 from the skimmer 136 a to the dirty coolant tank 24 for use as feedstock in the coolant solution 20.
The rinse station 108 includes four baths 36, one bath 36 is separated from the other rinse baths by a holding table 204. Each of the rinse baths 36 is generally rectangular shaped, having the same dimensions as the wash baths 34. However, the rinse tanks 36 do not include a channel 154 and auger 156 at the bottom as do the wash tanks 34. Steam is delivered from the conduit 164 to the bottom of the tanks 136 in order to heat the rinse water 31. A suitable temperature is approximately 155� F. A weir 208 is formed at one end to permit the rinse water 31 to flow from the bath 36 into a collector 210 from which it is delivered by a conduit 212 and pump 214 to the manifold 169 having jets 170 to the downstream tank. The rinse water 31 is introduced from the water supply 33 through a flow regulator (not shown) into the fourth rinse bath 36 at a rate of between 0.1 and 1.0 gallon per minute. The rate in the preferred embodiment is 1.0 gallon per minute. However, the rate of flow of liquid through the system decreases to approximately 0.5 gpm because of evaporation from the baths 34, 36. Thus, the flow rate of liquid is lower in each downstream bath 34, 36.
As described above, the rinse water 31 cascades downstream through each of the four rinse baths 36, weirs 208 and collector 210 to the most upstream skimmer 136 where it is then introduced into the third or most upstream wash bath where it is mixed with the washing compound concentrate 30.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 3A and 5, the drying station 110 includes three rectangular drying chambers 213 having the same dimensions as the wash and rinse baths 34, 36. The drying chambers 213 are heated by a heating coil 167 connected to the conduit 164 to receive steam from the boiler 166. The carrier 102 may be thus placed in a chamber 213 and receive heat from the coil 167 to dry the parts 14 inside the drum 120.
In the event that the degreasing system 32 needs servicing, the rinse water 31 and washing solution 35 may be pumped into two tanks 214, 215 for storage during service.
The two hoists 140, 141 each run on a pair of overhead rails 216. The operation of the hoists 140, 141 is controlled by the CPU 116 which both controls the movement of carriages 218 along the rails 216 and operates chains 222 to raise and lower a lifting plate 220. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, each of the lift plates 220 has a pair of V-shaped receptacles 224 which extend inwardly. The receptacles 224 are spaced apart and positioned to receive the lifting pegs 142 of the carrier 102. Electrical contacts are provided on the carriage 218 to connect with the arms 132 on the carrier 102 to power the electric motor 130 to rotate the drum 120. The hoists 140, 141 are operable to raise and lower the carrier 102 to and from the baths 34, 36 and to rotate the drum 20 when the carriers 102 are in a raised position. The first of the hoists 140 is a wash hoist movable between the staging area of the loading station 104 and the holding station 204. The rinse hoist 141 moves between the first rinse bath and the drying station 110.
Parts 14 are delivered to a carrier 102 at the loading station 104 where the baskets 118 are loaded into the drum 120. After being loaded, the jaws 121 of the drum 120 are closed and the carrier 102 is moved along the conveyor 114 to the staging area. The carrier 102 is then lifted by the wash hoist 140 and delivered to the first wash bath 34 a. The wash bath 34 a (FIG. 3A) contains a washing solution 35 which is heated to a temperature of approximately 160�. The parts 14 are subjected to ultrasonic agitation and may be rotated within the bath 34 by turning the drum 120. After approximately one minute in the first bath 34 a, the carrier 102 is lifted by the wash hoist 140 and moved to the second and third wash baths 34 b and 34 c. The carrier 102 remains in each bath 34 for approximately one minute before it is moved on to the subsequent bath 34. After passing through the third wash bath 34, the carrier is lifted by the wash hoist 140 and deposited at the holding station 204.
The rinse hoist 141 then lifts the carrier 102 into the first of the rinse baths 36. The carrier 102 is then subsequently positioned in the second, third, and fourth rinse baths 36. The carrier 102 is held in each bath 36 for approximately 15 to 20 seconds. After completing the four rinse baths 36, the rinse hoist 141 moves the carrier 102 to one of the drying chambers 213 while the hoists 140, 141 move other carriers 102 through the rinse and wash baths 34, 36. The carrier 102 is permitted to remain in the drying chamber 213 nearly three full wash and rinse cycles, or approximately 15 minutes. After the carrier 102 has completed a drying period, it is removed from the drying chamber 213 by the rinse hoist 141 and is returned to the holding station 204. The wash hoist 140 then moves the carrier 102 to the loading area of the loading station 104 where the baskets 118 are unloaded. The timing of the movement of the carriers 102 may be programmed such that the carriers 102 are being continuously and progressively moved through the various baths 34, 36 and returned to the loading station 104. The movement of the carriers through the degreasing system 32 is controlled by the CPU 116.
When fully lifted, the drum 120 of the carrier 102 may be rotated to drain the wash solution 35 or rinse water 31 from the drum 120 before moving on to the next bath 34, 36. However, if the parts 14 are required to have a smooth finish, then the drum 120 is not rotated. Additionally, the rotation of the drum 120 can be controlled to provide either a continuous rotation or a staggered rotation where the drum 120 moves 90� and is held for a period of time before rotating another 90�. One of the arms 132 provides electrical contact for continuous rotation, a second for staggered and a third is a ground.
The present invention, therefore, provides for a coolant and aqueous degreasing reclamation process for the metal finishing industry in which the used aqueous degreasing solution is recycled and reused into the coolant solution which is itself recycled and reused. As a result, the use of ozone depleting or carcinogenic substances is avoided and the need for sending used solutions into waste water is greatly diminished. Having described my invention, many modifications thereto will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which it pertains without deviation from the spirit of the invention as defined by the scope of the appended claims.
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We had many choices to eat while in town for a hockey tournament. We decided to stop here on a recommendation and the food was very good. Great selection of bar and grill food. The Italian sandwiches or hoagie style were very good. Great atmosphere too with plenty of room if you wanted to take a good size group.
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Today, my five year old son was sick with a stomach bug. He didn't want to leave my side so I decided to grab a bowl from the kitchen for him to puke into. The thing is, it was dark in the kitchen and I accidentally grabbed a strainer. My new outfit is now ruined. FML
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By Mr_Zachary
Women are supposed to have kitchen-activated nightvision so they can still make sammiches if the power is out. Oh, you're a dude... I think.
shoulda jus put him in the bathroom
wouldn't the kid notice
13: The OP is "Hunter". Unless he/she is from Alabama or something, I would have to assume it's a man. Put up your real picture!
Lol that's funny #1
There was a girl in my elementary school named Hunter, and she lived in Pennsylvania. I think she's 12 or 13 now. Poor girl.
I had a classmate named Ashley. He was a dude.
um comment on your own comment, sir you fail. ^
who the hell wears a new outfit around their kid if said child has a stomach bug? makes no sense. so YDI.
So you actually expect them to change their outfit instead of caring for their child? They should have neglected the child's need for care and nursing so they could take off their clothes and put something more appropriate on? That's ridiculous. You are a selfish inconsiderate person.
I've never seen anyone but Lady GaGa wear what she does, to be honest.
BloodyHeel is right lol, thats the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
smart comment i've read in this entire page!! "turn on the lights, change outfit, and #102's comment which was retarded." c'mon. these ppl need to get BRAINS.
i know if i was sitting next to a puking kid I would wear my new outfit. because that makes sense.
Maybe, the op had gotten dress for work, then found out about her kid being sick. You don't know there situation, so please try not to judge, or be rude. This goes for everyone.
exactly what i was thinking and i call fake, a strainer weighs no where near a bowl unless its a big ass strainer
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Why didn't you turn on a light? Does a strainer really feel like a bowl to you? Why were you wearing a new outfit to care for a sick child? YDI, YDI, YDI.
Obviously someone not used to being in the kitchen. Probably a guy.
ya, he should've just asked his woman that was making him a samwitch in the dark for it. ydi for not making the female do the lesser work.
I agree but they probably just came back from shopping or an event so she was dressed nicely and then she just grabbed what was on hand and didn't have time to change outfits.
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Andy KrollMar. 12, 2010 12:34 PM
Mike Konczal makes an intriguing—and troubling—point about how much Sen. Chris Dodd's potential financial reform bill could end up resembling the House GOP's little known financial bill from last year. Case in point: a new consumer protection agency.
The House GOP's bill envisioned a watered-down Office of Consumer Protection placed within a new consolidated regulator called the Financial Institutions Regulator. The OCP would have to jump through a number of hoops to pass new consumer-related rules, would create a new consumer protection hotline, and would report to Congress on consumer-related issues. And in a sign of the OCP's insignificance, its leader would be handpicked by the heads of existing regulators, like John Dugan of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Sheila Bair of the FDIC. The likenesses between the GOP's consumer plan and Dodd's—which would put a regulator within the Fed or Treasury—are striking, Mike says:
Someone in the basement of a more senior regulator, who will need the permission of the banking regulators to do anything, and whose actions will entirely be subject to their review. Actually I'm not sure if the Senate bill will be this strong—nobody has mentioned having a dedicated hotline in the Senate bill.
Someone in the basement of a more senior regulator, who will need the permission of the banking regulators to do anything, and whose actions will entirely be subject to their review. Actually I'm not sure if the Senate bill will be this strong—nobody has mentioned having a dedicated hotline in the Senate bill.
Now, to be fair, Dodd says he's going to push hard for an "independent" consumer agency—one that might be housed in the Fed or Treasury but would have a presidentially appointed leader, independent budget, and rulewriting and enforcement power. If that's the case, then that's a significant difference between Dodd and the House GOP.
Mike adds that the bankruptcy code changes suggested by the GOP sound an awful lot like those leaked out of the Senate's talks, as does the (lack of) derivatives reforms. Ultimately, we have to wait until Monday to see how much Dodd's bill looks like the House GOP's. But if, come next week, it does, we're in for a war if and when the Senate and House, who passed a relatively tough bill in December, try to merge their two financial reform bills later this year.
Stephanie MencimerMar. 12, 2010 11:49 AM
On March 1, California radio talk show host Mark Williams, author of "Taking Back America: One Tea Party at a Time" and chairman of the Tea Party Express, posted a video of a new ad on his blog promoting the third upcoming Tea Party Express bus tour. The tour kicks off March 27 in Searchlight, Nevada, the hometown of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and will travel the country promoting conservative politics before finishing up in DC on tax day. The ad touted the all-star lineup for the "Showdown in Searchlight," where the voice-over invited viewers to "help us kick Harry out of the Senate and send him back to Searchlight." Among those featured in the ad were Sarah Palin, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Wayne Allen Root, Williams himself, Joe the Plumber, "Saturday Night Live" star Victoria Jackson, and former House Speaker Dick Armey.
Armey, now the chairman of the libertarian-leaning FreedomWorks, has been closely affiliated with the Tea Party movement, so in many ways, his appearance in the ad didn't seem out of the ordinary. But when word got out that Armey would be linking arms with TPE, it set off some grumbling among grassroots Tea Party activists. Despite the name, Tea Party Express is an offshoot of a political action committee called Our Country Deserves Better that was founded by the California GOP political consulting firm Russo Marsh in 2008 to oppose Barack Obama. After the election, it ran ads supporting Palin for her service to the country. The PAC has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars during the two previous Tea Party Express tours, and purists in the Tea Party movement have taken issue with its lavish spending and accused its leaders of working for the GOP to co-opt the movement.
"If I were looking for a grassroots organization to join, I'd hitch my wagon to somebody else," says Robin Stublen, head of the Punta Gorda, Florida Tea Party and TPE's most vociferous critic. (Stublen is also working with FreedomWorks to help organize a protest against the health care bill next week.)
As it turns out, though, Armey won't be going to Searchlight to help bash his former congressional colleague. Levi Russell, a spokesman for Tea Party Express says, "We had been optimistic about getting him, but unfortunately he wasn't able to make it. He had some family obligations around that time, but he did say he was sorry he couldn't be there." As consolation for the absence of Armey, Russell notes that TPE has just confirmed conservative media icon Andrew Breitbart and Hannah Giles, star of the famous undercover ACORN videos, for the Searchlight lineup. He says most of the Republican Senate candidates running against Reid are also likely to be on hand.
And lest any Tea Party types think that Armey backed out of the Searchlight event because of the controversy over TPE's GOP ties, Adam Brandon, a FreedomWorks spokesman, says that his group did try to schedule Armey for the event but that Armey had family obligations that made it impossible. He notes that the event is the day before Palm Sunday and that "Mrs. Armey" put her foot down. "There's only a handful of people we would categorically not work with--Dale Robertson, maybe," Brandon says. While he recognizes that there are people in the tea party movement who would like to "destroy Tea Party Express," FreedomWorks will not be getting involved in that fight. "I actually think the bus is a really cool thing," he says.
Andy KrollMar. 12, 2010 11:26 AM
It's called the housing industry's "shadow market": those houses where the owner has defaulted on their mortgage but is in mortgage limbo because foreclosure proceedings have yet to begin. Right now, that shadow market looms large. More homeowners are falling behind on their payments but banks, lenders, and servicers are so backlogged and buried in paperwork that essentially they can't foreclose on people fast enough. As the Washington Post points out today, 5 to 7 million are eligible for foreclosure but haven't been taken back by lenders yet. The takeaway here? Despite what you've heard to the contrary, new waves of foreclosures are on the horizon, and the housing industry's quagmire—yes, it's still a quagmire—has a long way to go before getting back to even keel.
Clearing out that shadowy backlog, economists say, could take almost three years. So, on the ground, what you're left with is millions of homeowners living for free in their homes—they're not paying their mortgage because they lost their job or had their hours scaled way back, but they're not being foreclosed on, either. Soon to join that army of homeowners are the record-setting 11 million more people who are "underwater," i.e., they owe more than their home is worth. These people are at risk of falling behind on their payments, too. And if they default, that shadow market will only grow, prolonging the housing mess.
From a economic standpoint, as Dean Baker says, the Post's article is kind of a no-brainer. Think basic economics: The housing bubble inflated demand for building new houses, all those house-in-a-box subdivisions started popping up, then when the market collapsed what's left is a huge oversupply of houses. At this point, home prices are still dropping, and one factor pushing those prices down is new bursts of foreclosures. It also means that talks of the housing market "turning the corner" are most likely unfounded. In reality, the light at the tunnel's end is a long way off.
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OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT OBSESSION After criticizing the Supreme Court for their Citizens United decision during his State of the Union Address six weeks ago, the Obama administration has again criticized the highest court in the land, this time taking aim at Chief Justice John Roberts.
OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT OBSESSION After criticizing the Supreme Court for their Citizens United decision during his State of the Union Address six weeks ago, the Obama administration has again criticized the highest court in the land, this time taking aim at Chief Justice John Roberts.
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The US Chamber of Commerce, a huge, controversial player in the battle to reform Wall Street and beef up consumer protection, launched its latest attack on financial reform efforts today, criticizing a proposed small tax on financial transactions. The tax would take something like 0.1 percent or 0.25 percent of financial transactions such as stock trades, and could use those funds to offset the cost of, say, health care reform or to lower the federal deficit. One liberal policy center said the tax could raise $100 to $150 billion a year.
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Asked about the Chamber's latest PR move, Dean Baker, an economist at the left-leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research who favors the tax, actually thanked the Chamber for releasing the study and making the conclusions it did. For instance, one of the report's biggest conclusions is that the new tax would raise trading costs to what they were in the 1980s—something that Baker says is far from a bad thing. He also said the poll accompanying the report (PDF) actually shows there's a fair amount of public support for the tax. 31 percent of respondents said they thought the tax was necessary because of the damage big financial institutions did to the economy—and that's with polling language clearly intended to sway people against the tax. Tweak the questions a bit, and you might've seen majority support for the tax. "I'm kind of happy," Baker says. "They're doing our work for us. And we didn't have to pay anything."
Suzy KhimmMar. 11, 2010 4:25 PM
Rep. Bart Stupak's polarizing abortion fight has stalled the health care bill—and now it's started to spill over into the midterm elections. Stupak has attracted a primary challenger who launched her campaign because of his anti-abortion stance. Now even moderate Democratic candidates are speaking out against Stupak's anti-abortion maneuvering, which has become a major roadblock to passing the bill. Rob Miller, who is running in what's likely to be a competitive contest against Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson in South Carolina's second district, said in a meeting this week with local Democrats that he would have opposed Stupak's amendment to restrict abortion access in the House version of the bill.
"It's an excessive piece of legislation that I think would strip from some areas—some of the life-saving aspects of the previous legislation," Miller said on Tuesday. "I thought it was unnecessary, I think that's the biggest thing for me. So I would have voted against it."
Miller is a fairly moderate, fiscally conservative Blue Dog running in a conservative district that broke for McCain. His comments highlight just how extreme Stupak's demands are. Though Miller hasn't taken a vocal stance on abortion in the past—his campaign hasn't yet responded to questions regarding his views on the issue—Miller is certainly drawing a bright line between himself and Wilson, whose campaign is hauling out the Republican attack line. "It's up to folks to say whether they want government-funded abortions or not," Brian DeRoy, the communications director for Wilson's campaign, tells Mother Jones.
In just days after Wilson's outburst during the State of the Union address, in which he accused the president of lying about the health reform bill, Miller raised over $1 million from the liberal netroots. After the massive influx of support, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sensed the chance for an upset and designated the race as a "Red to Blue" target. And Milller's opposition to Stupak could now win him more support from liberal groups. "I was very encouraged," said Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women. "It's absolutely exciting that people are stepping up to challenge [Wilson], especially those who are willing to recognize that women's reproductive health care is health care."
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David CornMar. 11, 2010 3:51 PM
On Thursday afternoon, I participated in an event at the New America Foundation with Elizabeth Warren, the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel, which monitors the TARP bailout, and the No. 1. advocate for creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which would regulate credit cards, mortgages, and other financial products. Warren spoke first, focusing on the need for a CFPA, which has been the subject of intense, behind-closed-doors negotiations in the Senate recently. Warren, who is also a Harvard law professor, was her usual folksy self and boiled down complicated financial issues to easy-to-understand matters. Slamming the big banks that have raised credit card interest rates the past year—after being rescued with tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money—she made a simple but damning point: "We lend our money to them at 0 percent interest and they lend it back to hard-working families...at interest rates that have doubled or tripled." (You can watch a video of the event.)
Warren also eloquently explained how the financial industry has perfected "a complexity machine." First, she said, credit card firms began developing very complex products so consumers could no longer compare them and determine which were cheaper, and mortgage companies did the same. Next, the financial titans went hog-wild with complex derivatives and other instruments that even CEOs of the big companies couldn't completely understand, and this allowed those who were in-the-know to make massive amounts of money. Finally, the financial industry's lobbyists, looking to beat back reform after the crash of 2008, have contended that high finance is a "complex" world and establishing a CFPA would be more "complex" than it seems. "The point of the complexity machine," Warren remarked, "is to create a smoke screen to permit people in Congress to vote with the banks against families."
After Warren spoke, it was my job to toss her a few questions. I noted that she could well soon be an arbiter—"the influencer," I put it—regarding the Senate version of the CFPA, for a lot of people will look to her to decide if this version is good enough. (Sen. Christopher Dodd, the Democratic chairman of the Senate banking committee, has announced he will release his financial reform package on Monday.) Was Warren prepared to say kill the CFPA—which was oiginally her idea—if Congress doesn't establish a sufficiently vigorous agency? "I'm not the influencer," she said, too modestly, adding, "But if you're asking me the question—if it has no clothes, are you willing to say, 'Naked?'—you bet, sure. I'm just not interested in one more bureaucracy."
We continued to chat, and at one point, I asked if she has been talking to Dodd and his staff about the CFPA. "No, not at all," she said. ("Do they have your number?" I asked.) Then I posed a final question: "Do you have any interest in running for Senator from Massachusetts?" (After Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy's death, Ethan Porter in a Boston Globe op-ed contended that Warren would be the Democrats' best candidate to take on Brown in 2012.) The following exchange ensued:
Warren: Are you asking me if after a year and a half here, I am more attracted to coming to Washington?
Corn: That's one way of putting it.
Warren: That's one way of putting it. Yes, that, or I can stab myself in the eye.
Corn: Is that a no?
Warren: It's my view about Washington.
Warren: Are you asking me if after a year and a half here, I am more attracted to coming to Washington?
Corn: That's one way of putting it.
Warren: That's one way of putting it. Yes, that, or I can stab myself in the eye.
Corn: Is that a no?
Warren: It's my view about Washington.
That didn't strike people in the room as a door-is-closed-and-slammed-shut-and-locked-with-the-key-thrown-into-a-bog no. And Warren said no more on this matter. Earlier in the event, she had remarked that if the Senate is "incapable" of backing American families and reining in Big Finance, then "the government is broken." So perhaps what happens with her baby, the CFPA, will affect Warren's thinking on whether her next step ought to be as painful as a stab in the eye.
Mar. 11, 2010 1:30 PM
According to the GOP, sneaky Dems are trying to pass health care reform by securing a majority vote!
Wait...isn't that how a democracy is supposed to work?
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