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|Aug 9, 1994
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|Mar 27, 1992
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|Mar 27, 1992
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|M. Wayne Beasley, Wade D. Fletcher, Harry B. Wilfong, Jr.
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|Sonoco Products Company
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|Patent Citations (21), Referenced by (108), Classifications (5), Legal Events (18)
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This invention relates to thermoplastic bags of the type which are used in the grocery and retail industry. More specifically, this invention relates to a self-opening stack polyethylene bags and to the process for their production.
During the past decade, plastic bags have replaced paper bags in the United States for the grocery and retail products industries at a rapid pace because of various inherent advantages in plastic bags. For the most part, these plastic bags have been of the T-shirt type which provide laterally spaced handles integrally extending upwardly from opposed sides of an open mouth portion in the top of the bag to provide ease in carrying of the bag by the consumer. Typically, T-shirt bags are used by grocery and retail stores in the form of packs. Each of such packs includes a plurality of bags, typically 50-200. The pack is mounted on a rack for consecutive detachment of the bags from the pack. The rack also holds the bag in an open position for loading by the sales clerk.
A particularly advantageous bag/rack system, the QUIKMATE� bag/rack system is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,378. This system allows bags to be supported for loading and to be consecutively removed, one at a time, from a bag pack. An improvement of this system is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,750 to Vrooman, et al. which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention. In accordance with the system disclosed therein, each consecutive bag is self-opening. A disengageable adhesive means is provided between consecutive bags so that the rear wall of each bag is connected to the front wall of the bag behind it. As a filled grocery bag is removed from the bag-rag system, the front wall of the next bag is automatically opened. The resistive force provided by the rack arms against the sliding of the bags results in the breaking of the adhesive means connecting consecutive bags so that a filled grocery bag can be removed from the rack without pulling with it, the next consecutive empty bag, thus avoiding a "daisy chain" effect.
Self-opening bag packs which employ a pressure induced adhesive means between consecutive bags have also been commercially used. As commercially marketed by a number of manufacturers, these bags are composed of a low density polyethylene polymer such as low density polyethylene (LDPE) or linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). A process for manufacturing bags of this type is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,087,234 to Prader, et al. According to this disclosure, such bags can be made of various polyethylene materials including low, medium, and high density polyethylene, and they are prepared by corona treating a film tube in a layflat condition and thereafter pressure bonding consecutive bags together during the bag mouth cutting process. Specifically, according to the disclosure of the patent, the pressure and cutting action employed to form the bag mouth and handles will cause adjacently facing corona discharge treated cut-edge regions to releasably adhere together.
In general, the phenomenon of corona-induced self-adhesion of polyethylene film is not a new development as far as film processors are concerned. On the contrary, processors continually fought this problem, more commonly known as "blocking" for many years. In fact, most LDPE and LLDPE contain specific amounts of slip and anti-block additives to counteract the "blocking" effect. However, high molecular weight, high density polyethylene (HDPE) which has a substantially greater crystallinity and is a substantially linear polymer does not tend to block, and more often than not does not contain any slip or antiblock additives.
The mechanism of hydrogen bonding in polyethylene film as a result of corona treating is reported by Owens in J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 19, 256-271 (1975). The polyethylene films treated by Owens were LLDPE (the material was reported to have density of 0.926). However, the conditions of heat and pressure which readily caused blocking in corona treated LDPE and LLDPE seem to have little or no effect on HDPE.
Apparently for similar reasons, although the process disclosed in Prader U.S. Pat. No. 5,087,234 can be successfully employed on low density polyethylene materials to form self-opening bag stacks, this process is generally ineffective when used for high molecular weight, high density polyethylene (HDPE) bag stacks. Thus, this process is not successful even when the degree of corona discharge treatment applied to the surfaces of the tubular film is increased in order to induce self-adhesion of the outer surfaces of adjacent bags during the mouth and handle cutting process. Similarly, even when the cutting blade edges are dulled in order to increase the degree of pressure exerted on the bags during the cutting process, self-adhesion of adjacent bags for self opening is not achieved with HDPE.
Accordingly, although easy-open bag stacks of LLDPE and LDPE film bags can be readily provided without the necessity of a separate adhesive layer between the bags, a separate adhesive layer is still required between HDPE bags when these bags are prepared by prior art manufacturing processes. Moreover with low density polyethylene materials, the known processes for forming self-opening bags such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,087,234 to Prader do not allow for substantial adjustment of the degree of bonding between adjacent bags or variation of bonding locations.
This invention provides self-opening plastic bag stacks which do not require a separate adhesive layer between adjacent bags. The self-opening bag stacks according to the invention can be readily manufactured from various polyethylene polymers including HDPE at high speeds and without requiring substantial modification of conventional bag manufacturing equipment. Because a separate adhesive layer is not required between adjacent bags, problems associated with applying an adhesive to each bag are avoided. Moreover, the degree of adhesion between adjacent bags can be varied according to the invention and the adhering areas between adjacent bags can be positioned at varying desirable locations according to different bag constructions so that self-opening bags which are repeatably and readily self-opening can be provided in accordance with the invention.
Self-opening polyethylene bag stacks according to one preferred aspect of the invention include a plurality of stacked polymeric bags, preferably T-shirt type bags, for example, 50-200 bags, releasibly adhered together in substantial registration in a layflat condition. Each of the bags includes front and rear polymeric walls preferably comprising at least about 50 wt. % HDPE, and more preferably at least about 70-90 wt. % HDPE. The front and rear walls are integrally joined at their sides and are secured together at their bottoms and define an open top mouth portion. At least an upper portion of the outer surface of the front and rear walls of each bag has been corona treated to a substantial degree. In the case of HDPE bags the degree of corona treatment is typically somewhat greater than the degree of corona treatment required to provide a water-based ink adherent surface. There is at least one, and advantageously a plurality, of localized compressed areas extending transversely through the bag stack in the upper region of the bag stack, i.e. near the bag mouth portions, such that the stack has a decreased thickness in the localized compressed area or areas and so that adjacent corona-treated outer wall surfaces defined by the compressed area or areas, are releasibly adhered together. Non-corona treated areas of the bag, e.g., inside surfaces of the bags, do not adhere together. Preferably there are a plurality of compressed areas in the bag stack and each of the compressed areas is spaced below the mouth of the bag stack so that the edges of the individual bags are not weakened.
Self-opening stacks of bags according to the invention are made by extruding a polyethylene tube and corona treating outside surfaces of the tube while it is in a collapsed form. The continuous tube is sealed and severed into individual bag length blanks which are then stacked in substantial registration. The stack is subjected to a cutting operation for cutting mouths and integral handles into the stack. Localized pressure is applied to an area or areas of the bag stack using a pressure member or members having a pressure application surface which is substantially free of sharp edges to thereby form localized compression bonds between the corona-treated outer surfaces of adjacent bags and provide one or more compression bonded areas of decreased thickness in the bag stack. Advantageously the tube forming operation is conducted using a polymer which is at least 50 wt. % HDPE.
In preferred embodiments of the invention, the bags include an integral side gusset on each side thereof and there is at least one localized compressed area extending through the gusseted portions of the bag stack. In addition, it is preferred that the localized areas of compression be formed during the bag mouth cutting operation by including pressurizing members in the die which is used to cut the bag mouths. Preferred pressurizing members are cylindrical members having a hemispherically shaped end portion for contacting the surfaces of the bag stacks. Because the bag stack is thicker at the side gusseted areas as compared to the middle, non-gusseted portion of the stack, the pressure members employed to provide localized compressed areas in the gusseted portions of the bag stack are of different lengths than the members employed to provide compressed areas in the central non-gusseted portions of the bag stack. In addition, it is preferred that the bags be of the T-shirt type and that integral handles of the bag stack be maintained in registration by "cold welds" formed by a "cold staking" operation which is also preferably conducted during the mouth cutting process.
Advantageously, the bag stacks of the invention are stacks of the type adapted to be supported by the integrally formed handles and by a center support portion formed in a central portion extending upwardly from the mouth area of each bag. A bag wall portion or portions detachably connect one or both of the bag walls to the central support to provide a predetermined severance strength which is less than the degree of adhesion between adjacent bags provided by the localized compression area or areas in the bag stack. Accordingly, when the bag stack is used in combination with a rack system, preferably of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,750 to Vrooman, et al. which is hereby incorporated by reference, the removal of a filled bag from the rack automatically causes the front wall of the next consecutive bag to be detached from the central tab of the bag stack thus resulting in the self-opening of the next consecutive bag.
In the drawings which form a portion of the original disclosure of the invention:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a HDPE self opening bag stack of the invention;
FIG. 1A is an enlarged fragmentary view of the central tab support portion of the bag stack of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2 is a partial cross-section view taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1 and illustrates localized pressure bonded areas and cold welded areas in the bag stack of FIG. 1 and also illustrates, in phantom, a portion of the die used to form the localized compressed areas and cold welded areas;
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating the steps employed to produce bag stacks according to the invention;
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates preferred corona treating, gusset forming, heat sealing and stacking steps employed in the process of the invention;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are cross-section views taken along lines 5--5 and 6--6 of FIG. 4 and illustrate in phantom the preferred location of corona treated surface areas in the bags of the invention;
FIG. 7 illustrates a preferred die which can be used in accordance with the invention to cut mouth portions in the bag blank stack while concurrently forming localized compressed areas in bag stacks of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view taken along line 8--8 of FIG. 7 and illustrates the die shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 9--9 of FIG. 7 to illustrate application of pressure forming members to different portions of the bag stacks;
FIG. 10 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a portion of the bag stack shown in FIG. 9 and illustrates the releasable bonding in localized compressed corona treated areas; and
FIGS. 11A-11E are perspective views illustrating consecutive operations carried out when self-opening bag stacks of the invention are used in conjunction with a preferred rack system.
In the following detailed description of the invention, various preferred embodiments are described in order to provide a full and complete understanding of the invention and its preferred embodiments. It will be recognized that although specific terms are employed, these are employed in the descriptive and not in the generic sense, and it will be understood that the invention is susceptible to numerous and various alternatives, modifications and equivalents as will be apparent to the skilled artisan.
FIG. 1 illustrates in perspective a perferred self-opening bag stack 10 according to the invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the bag stack 10 includes a plurality of T-shirt type stacked bags each including a sealed bottom end 12 and an open top mouth end 14. Laterally spaced, upwardly extending handle portions 16 are integrally formed in the bags. Each handle portion 16 includes an apertured portion 18 for mounting on a rack system as discussed in greater detail later. In addition, a central tab support portion of the stack 20 includes a slit or aperture 22 for mounting the bags stack 10 on a conventional rack system. Another aperture 23 defines residual wall segments 24 (best seen in FIG. 1A) which detachably connect the tab support 20 to the mouthend 14 of the bag walls.
A plurality of localized compressed areas 25 extend transversely through the bag stack 10 so that the bag stack has a lesser thickness in the compressed area as best seen in FIG. 2. An area 27 of cold welding extends transversely through the handle of each bag in the bag stack and helps to maintain the individual bags of the bag stack 10 in registration prior to use. Preferably, there are hot welded areas 30 in the top of the central tab 20 which welds the entire tab portion 20 of the stack into a detachable unit. As generally shown in phantom in FIG. 2, the cold welded area 27 in handle 16 is preferably formed by a pointed, frustroconical cold staking member 32 which pierces and compresses the bag stack, while the localized compressed areas are preferably formed by a cylindrical member 34 having a pressure application surface 36 substantially free of any sharp edges. This prevents bags in the bag stack 10, and particularly the bags on top of the bag stack 10 from being torn during the localized compression operation as explained in greater detail later.
The various steps employed to form the preferred self-opening bag stack of the invention are set forth in the block flow diagram of FIG. 3 and are schematically illustrated in FIG. 4. In step 40, a continuous polyethylene tube 42 is extruded, preferably from a high density polyethylene polymer, in a manner which is well known in the art. Typically, the film has a thickness of from about 0.4 to about 0.8 mils (0.0004 to about 0.0008 inches), preferably 0.5 to 0.6 mil. High density polyethylene polymers are known in the art and typically have a density of greater than about 0.945, preferably greater than about 0.948 g/cm3. High density polyethylene polymers have a highly linear structure and normally have a crystallinity of greater than about 85%. In general, HDPE is prepared by the polymerization of ethylene using Ziegler catalysts to thereby provide the highly linear, highly crystalline polymer. The HDPE employed to form the extruded tubes in the present invention preferably has a melt index (MI2) of at least about 0.04, preferably from about 0.05 up to about 0.07. Particularly preferred HDPE has a density of 0.948-0.950 g/cm3, a melt index (MI2) of 0.057 and is commercially available from Occidental Chemical Corp., Bay City, Tex. as "L5005" blown film grade HMW-HDPE.
The high molecular weight HDPE is advantageously present in an amount greater than about 50 wt. % of the total polymer weight, preferably greater than about 75 wt. % of the total polymer weight, most preferably about 80-90 wt. % or higher based on the total polymer weight. A low density polyethylene material, such as LLDPE is advantageously blended with the HDPE in an amount of from about 4 to about 10 wt. % or higher and the blend can also include regrind materials, i.e. recovered film waste, in an amount of up to about 65 wt. %. Various coloring agents and/or pigments such as titanium dioxide are advantageously included in the film in an amount of between about 3 and about 5 wt. %.
As known in the art, the tubular film is extruded in an inflated condition and is then collapsed and wound up in a flattened condition. Following flattening of the film, but prior to wind up, it is subjected to a corona treatment 50 on both sides of the flattened film employing conventional corona electrodes 52, 54. Corona treatment processes are well known in the art and are conventionally employed with all of the various grades of polyethylene films in order to provide an ink receptive surface.
In general, corona treatment is accomplished by employing an electrode, such as electrode 52 or 54, suspended adjacent the film and operating against a dielectric roll, for example, a silicone covered roll which supports the film. Corona treating devices for flattened tubular film are commercially available from numerous sources including Pillar Technologies Inc., Hartland, Wis., which supplies a split box corona treating station suitable for use in the process of this invention.
The degree of corona treatment applied to a blown film is dependent on various factors including the surface area of the electrode, the wattage supplied to the electrode and the speed of the film moving beneath the electrode. In the case of high density polyethylene these conditions are adjusted to provide a corona treatment sufficient to result in a surface tension level on the treated film surface of at least about 40 dynes/cm, preferably about 44-46 dynes/cm or more. As indicated previously, a corona treatment above this level is typically greater than the degree of corona treatment required to result in a water-based ink adherent surface on the HDPE film 42. It has been found that corona treatment at a level sufficient to provide a surface tension level of greater than about 40-42 dynes/cm is sufficient to provide a bondable surface while higher treatment levels increase bond strength and improve results even further. Preferably the corona treatment provides a surface tension level of about 44-46 dyne/cm in the case of HDPE film.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the electrodes 52 and 54 are staggered laterally with respect to the top and bottom surfaces of the flattened film 42. As best seen in FIG. 5, this results in a treated film 56 which includes a corona treated surface 57 on the top, as generally illustrated by phantom lines in FIG. 4 which extends only partially laterally across the film surface. This top corona treated surface 57 is staggered with respect to the corona treated surface 58 on the bottom of the flattened film tube. As a result of the positioning of the electrodes 52 and 54, there is a non-corona treated portion at an edge 59 on the top surface of the flattened tube which is on the opposite edge in relation to a non-corona treated surface on the bottom of the flattened tube 60. As explained below, these non-corona treated top and bottom surfaces 59 and 60, are advantageously of a width the same as or greater than the width of a gusset which is formed in the next step of the process, step 70. Prior to the gusset forming step, the tube is advantageously subjected to a printing step (not shown).
The gusset forming step 70, as illustrated in FIG. 4 involves the use of conventional gusset forming members 72 and 74 which tuck in the sides of the tube 56 to thereby form integral gussets longitudinally along the length of the film. As known to the skilled artisan, the gusset forming step is conducted while the tube is maintained in an inflated state.
As best seen in FIG. 6, one of the opposed outer surfaces within each of the left and right gussets, 76 and 78, respectively, includes a non-corona treated surface. Thus, the left side gusset 76 includes one outer surface, 57 which is corona treated and an opposed surface 60 which is not corona treated. Similarly, the right side gusset includes one outer surface, 59 which is not corona treated and an opposed outer surface, 58 which includes a corona treatment. This allows for the presence of printing on one outer surface within the gusset, i.e. on corona treated portions 57 or 58. At the same time, the localized pressure treatment for releasable adhesion of adjacent bag surfaces, does not result in bonding of the opposed outer surfaces, 57 and 60, or 59 and 58, within the gusset since only one of the adjacent surfaces is corona treated in each case.
Following the gusset forming operation 70, the gusseted film tube is passed to a cutting and heat sealing operation 80 as illustrated in FIG. 4. The gusseted film tube, 82, is passed to a pair of cutting and heat sealing members, 84 and 86 which cut and heat seal the continuous flattened tube 82 into individual bag length blanks 88 which are then stacked in registration in stacks 90. Preferably two hot welding members (not shown) are employed during the stacking operation to form a weld transversely through the stack to thereby heat bond the blanks together in an area that will later be cut in register with the central tab area 20 to thereby form hot welded areas 30 in bag stack 10 (FIG. 1). Typically, a stack will include from for example, 25 to about 200 bag blanks, preferably 40-150, most preferably 50-100 bag blanks, depending on the thickness of the individual plies of the bags.
The die cutting, compression bonding and cold staking operation 95 is best seen in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9. The die cutting member 31 includes a first continuous blade 110 which cuts the top of the bags and forms both the mouth and the integral, laterally spaced, upwardly extending side handles 16. There are two cold staking pins 32 for piercing the stack and for forming a transverse cold weld 27 through the bag stack (best seen in FIG. 2). As indicated earlier the cold weld 27 helps to maintain the bags in registration with one another prior to use. Six compressing members 34 and 34A in the form of axially extending rods of different lengths form localized compressed areas 25 which extend through the bag stack 10. Blades 114 are disposed laterally on the die 31 for cutting apertures 18 in each of the handles 16 of the bag stack. Curved apertures as formed by blades 114 are also believed to assist in maintaining the individual bags in registration with each other.
The formation of the localized compressed areas is best illustrated in FIG. 9. As shown therein, the shorter cylindrical localized compressing members 34 are positioned to axially compress a portion of the bag stack 10 which is of greater thickness due to the presence of integral side gussets 76 (FIG. 10) in the bag stack. The longer compression members 34A are positioned to axially form compression seals in the central section of the bag stack 10 which is thinner due to the absence of the side gussets 76.
As seen in FIG. 9, each of the compressing members 34 and 34A has a hemispherically shaped end 36 which is preferably polished and is substantially free from sharp edges. Thus, the localized compression bonded areas are formed without tearing or cutting of the bag surface as in the prior art. In the case of HDPE bags the length of the pins 34 and 34A are preferably adjusted to compress the film layers in the stack to a thickness about 30% to about 50% less than, preferably about 35% to about 45% less than the thickness of the stack prior to compression depending on the thickness and composition of the piles. The cutting die with pressure pins was found to use about 5000-6000 lbs force, to cut and compress a stack of 65-70 HDPE bags in a preferred amount. This amount of compression is sufficient to releasably bond the individual layers of film together without tearing and to place the front and back layers of film of consecutive bags in intimate contact allowing the formation of the bonds.
Insufficient compression of the film plies does not result in the formation of a releasable adhering bond between adjacent surfaces. Too much compression can have an adverse effect as well, by bonding the inside surfaces of the film together as well as the outside surfaces, and/or by puncturing top plies. It is to be noted that adhesion between adjacent corona treated pressure bonded areas increases over a period of several days up to about two weeks. Some bonding was found to occur immediately with full bond strength being achieved within 7 to 14 days.
FIG. 10 illustrates in exaggerated detail the effect of the compression bonding operation of FIG. 9. As shown in FIG. 10, several bags, labeled "A"-"E" are releasably bonded together. The back wall 120 of bag A is releasably bonded to the front wall 122 of bag B via individual releasable pressure bonds 125. With reference to the inside surfaces 124 and 126 of bag B, it will be seen that there is no bonding between these adjacent inside surfaces at the localized compression areas due to the lack of corona treatment on such inside surfaces. In addition, it will be seen that the opposed outer surfaces 57 and 60 within the gusset 76 are not bonded to each other at the localized compressed area 125 due to the positioning of the corona treatment as described earlier in connection with FIGS. 5 and 6.
Returning to FIGS. 7 and 8, it will be seen that there are linear cutting members 130 and 132 for the central tab area 20 which form laterally oriented slots or apertures 22 and 23 in the central tab. The slot formed by cutting member 130 in the central tab 20 of the bag stack can be used for mounting the tab on a support member of a rack system as discussed in connection with FIGS. 11a-e.
The cutting member 132 is used to provide "residual" wall portions 24 (best seen in FIG. 1A) which connect the central tab 20 to the front and back body walls of the bag. As seen in FIG. 1, each of the residual wall areas 24 is defined by the remaining wall portion positioned between each end of the aperture 23 and the mouth end edge of the bag. The size of the residual wall portions is a significant variable for ensuring consistent performance of the bag pack shown in FIG. 1 when mounted on a rack system. The strength of the residual wall portions must be balanced to the bond strength between adjacent bags in the stack to ensure that the releasable bonds between the bags will cause the residual 24 of the adjacent bag in stack to break prior to breaking of the bonds 125 as discussed below in connection with FIGS. 11A-E. On a film gauge of 0.5 to 0.6 mil, a residual width of 0.075 to 0.080 inches was found to give good results when six compression bonded areas arranged substantially as shown in FIG. 1 and each having a diameter of about 0.25 inches were employed. It will be apparent that the size and/or arrangement of the residual wall portions connecting the central tab to the main body of the bag wall can be varied depending on the number, size and arrangement of localized compression bonded areas and on the thickness and strength of the film making up the bag walls.
FIGS. 11A-E illustrate use of the bag stack of the invention in conjunction with a rack system, preferably of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,378 to Baxley, et al., which is hereby incorporated by reference and/or U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,750 to Vrooman, et al. With reference to FIG. 11A, a stack 10 of self-opening bags according to the invention is shown mounted on arms 150 and center tab support member 152 of a rack system 154. The center support member is passed through a slot 22 in the center tab portion 20 of the bag stack. Similarly, the rack arms 150 pass through apertures 18 formed in the handles 16 of the bag stack as discussed previously.
In FIG. 11A, a first bag 160 is being filled with grocery items. When the filling operation is complete, the filled bag 160 is removed from the rack system as generally indicated in FIG. 11B. As shown in FIG. 11B, as the filled bag 160 is removed from the system, the localized adhesion bonds 125 between the back wall 120 of bag 160 and the front wall 122 of the next bag 170 pull open the front wall 122 the next adjacent bag 170. This results in the breaking of one of the residual wall portions 24 connecting both the back wall 120 of bag 160 and the front wall of the next adjacent bag 170 to the central tab 20. This self-opening process for the next bag 170 continues as shown in FIG. 11c as the filled bag 160 continues to be removed from the rack system.
As shown in FIG. 11C, the second residual film layers 24 are next broken. Then, as the front bag 160 is continually moved forward as shown in FIG. 11D, the rear wall 120 of the front bag 160 continually pulls the front wall 122 of the next consecutive bag 170 open. Finally, as shown in FIG. 11E, the localized compression bond areas between adjacent bags are broken due to the resistive force against sliding provided between the surface of support arms 150 of the rack system and the surfaces in the apertures 18 of the bags. As discussed in greater detail in U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,750, the adhesive bonding force between the adjacent bags is less than the force of sliding resistance between the aperture 18 in the bag arms and rack arm surface 150 so that as the filled bag 160 is removed from the rack, all of the remaining compression bonds 125 are broken, leaving the next consecutive bag 170 in a self-opened state as generally shown in FIG. 11E.
The size and location of the localized releasable compression bonded areas 125 in bag stacks of the invention can be varied to achieve various preferred effects. In one preferred embodiment, as generally illustrated in FIGS. 11A-11E, the localized compression bonded areas 125 are arranged so that the individual compression bonds 125 are arranged substantially linearly along a stress area formed between the handle carrying loops and the residual tab areas 24. This substantially linear arrangement is best seen in FIGS. 11B and 11C. This configuration, once the bag stack is mounted on the dispensing rack, places each of the localized bond areas 125, under substantial shear stress, which in turn, allows for utilization of the maximum strength of each of the releasably bonded areas to provide for the breaking of the residual film or web 24. However, other configurations and arrangements of localized compression bonded areas can be employed in the invention in order to achieve increased, and/or decreased bonding between adjacent bag surfaces, as desired.
It is believed that the stretching of the plastic film caused by the compression bonding operation employed in this invention can result in some weakening of the bag walls. It is therefore desirable to avoid placing localized compressed areas directly on the cut edges of the mouths of the bags. It is also desirable to avoid placement of any localized compression bonded areas on the bag wall surface below or directly adjacent the curved area of the bag mouth which joins the bag body to the integral handle as generally indicated at areas 175 in FIG. 1. Because the bags are typically biaxially oriented during the film extrusion process, any tear initiation areas in the high stress regions of the bag can result in a tearing of the entire bag wall. Thus, localized pressure bonded areas are best avoided at or near the areas generally identified 175 in FIG. 1.
As indicated previously, the bag stacks and process of the invention are also applicable to bag stacks made from low density polyethylene materials such as low density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene. Because low density polyethylene materials more readily form bonds between corona activated surfaces, the force required in order to achieve releasable bonds between adjacent corona treated surfaces in the compression bonded areas, will normally be less than the force used to form compression bonds with HDPE. In addition, the degree of corona treatment applied to the surfaces of the low density polyethylene materials can be decreased, if desired. The use of one or more compression bonded areas per this invention allows the degree of adhesion between adjacent low density polyethylene bags to be controlled in a highly precise manner as compared to prior art processes where the adhesion between adjacent bags is formed during the mouth cutting operation and cannot be positioned differently or over a larger or smaller bonding area.
The invention has been illustrated in connection with T-shirt type bags. However, the invention is also advantageously applied to polymer film bags in connection with bags having numerous different constructions including plastic bag stacks which are dispensed from so-called stub shaft supports as generally shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,995,860 to Wilfong, Jr. which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, the present invention is useful in connection with so-called "front side free bags", which are also know in the art and are discussed in greater detail in the previously mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 4,995,860 to Wilfong. When used with the front side free bags, one or more localized pressure bonded areas are formed on corona treated surfaces at or adjacent mouth regions of the bags. The present invention thereby provides for the front side or front wall of the bag to be self-opening as will be apparent to the skilled artisan. When used with such front side free bags, the localized pressure bonds no longer have to break a residual wall portion and need only to pull the front side panel forward; thus, the degree of bonding between adjacent bag walls can be varied to a substantial extent from a high to a low degree of bonding. Thus, it will be apparent that bag stacks of the invention are useful in various bag constructions and in connection with bag-rack dispensing systems of various and numerous constructions and designs.
The invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to its preferred embodiments. However, it will be apparent that variations and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention as described in the foregoing detailed specification and defined in the appended claims.
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|Nov 7, 1995
|Inteplast Corporation
|Method for manufacturing consecutively opened bag and bagging system
|Mar 8, 1994
|Nov 14, 1995
|Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
|Bag dispensing system
|Jun 3, 1994
|Nov 28, 1995
|Li; Nam T.
|Easy open stackable handle bags
|Apr 1, 1996
|Sep 2, 1997
|Dematteis; Robert B.
|T-shirt bag and rack combination
|Nov 13, 1995
|Sep 16, 1997
|Sonoco Products Company
|Compact rack construction for mounting T-shirt type plastic bags
|Mar 13, 1995
|Nov 11, 1997
|Hymopack, Ltd.
|Handle bag
|Nov 12, 1996
|Nov 25, 1997
|Orange Plastics, Inc
|Easy dispense t-shirt bags
|Nov 27, 1995
|Dec 9, 1997
|Durabag Co., Inc.
|Self-opening plastic bag pack system
|Jun 9, 1997
|Oct 6, 1998
|E-Z Plastic Packaging Corporation
|Method for manufacturing stackable plastic handle bags with releasable adhesive
|Jul 3, 1996
|Dec 8, 1998
|Sonoco Products Company
|T-shirt type plastic bag pack adapted to leave no residue on a supporting rack
|Oct 7, 1996
|Jan 26, 1999
|Nguyen; Tai H.
|Self opening thermoplastic bag system
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|Feb 2, 1999
|Durabag Co., Inc.
|Plastic bag pack system with novel handle apertures
|Apr 22, 1998
|Mar 16, 1999
|Sonoco Products Company
|Plastic bag pack adapted to leave no residue on a supporting rack
|Mar 5, 1998
|Jun 1, 1999
|Galambos; Louis G.
|Plastic film bag with locking closure feature
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|Aug 17, 1999
|Durabag Co., Inc.
|Flapless self-opening plastic bag pack
|Mar 30, 1998
|Oct 19, 1999
|Inteplast Group, Ltd.
|Instant pull T-shirt bag stack and method of manufacturing same
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|Oct 19, 1999
|Huang; Frank F. J.
|Apparatus and method for forming aperture cutouts for a pack of self-opening plastic bags
|Nov 4, 1998
|Dec 7, 1999
|Tsu; Ronald
|Plastic T-shirt shopping bag pack
|Feb 25, 1999
|Aug 1, 2000
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Flat bottomed plastic bag
|Jan 25, 1999
|Aug 22, 2000
|Nguyen; Tai H
|Self opening thermoplastic bag system
|Feb 25, 1999
|Sep 5, 2000
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Automatic ventilating system for plastic bags
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|Nov 7, 2000
|Better Bags, Inc.
|Self-opening bag stack and method of producing same
|Oct 27, 1999
|Nov 21, 2000
|Inteplast Group, Ltd.
|Central handled co-extruded stiff polyethylene bag stack and method of making same
|Feb 25, 1999
|Jan 9, 2001
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Plastic bag bundling system
|Feb 25, 1999
|Feb 13, 2001
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Plastic bag manufacturing process
|May 4, 1999
|Apr 24, 2001
|Tech Mats, L.L.C.
|Floor mat
|Apr 19, 2000
|May 22, 2001
|Tech Mats, L.L.C
|Advanced floor mat
|Apr 27, 2000
|Sep 11, 2001
|Sonoco Development, Inc.
|Ventilated plastic bag
|Jun 3, 1999
|May 21, 2002
|Printpack Illinois, Inc.
|Machine direction oriented high molecular weight, high density polyethylene films with enhanced water vapor transmission properties
|Jan 24, 2001
|Jul 9, 2002
|Tech Mats Llc
|Advanced floor mat
|Mar 23, 1998
|Aug 20, 2002
|Durabag Co., Inc.
|Pack of self-opening plastic bags
|Dec 27, 2000
|Sep 10, 2002
|Sonoco Development, Inc.
|Self-opening serially-arranged plastic bag pack of the star-seal type
|Feb 27, 2001
|Jan 7, 2003
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Self-opening bag
|May 3, 2002
|Jan 14, 2003
|Intellimats, Llc.
|Cleaning system with electronic display
|Jul 19, 2002
|Jul 1, 2003
|Mark E. Daniels
|Produce bags and dispensers for same providing easy open features
|Sep 27, 2001
|Dec 30, 2003
|Bob Dematteis Co.
|Plastic film hinging and pre-creasing process
|May 11, 2001
|May 18, 2004
|Eggs In The Pipeline, Llc
|Tacky roller for improved surface cleaning
|Nov 1, 2002
|Mar 29, 2005
|Intellimats, Llc
|Electronic floor display
|Aug 14, 2001
|May 3, 2005
|Tech Mats, Llc
|Advanced floor mat
|Oct 10, 2003
|Jul 12, 2005
|Intellimats, Llc
|Floor display system with variable image orientation
|Feb 26, 2003
|Sep 6, 2005
|Intellimats, Llc
|Electronic floor display cleaning system and protective cover
|Feb 13, 2004
|Sep 13, 2005
|Frank Su
|Square bottomed plastic bag stack and method of making same
|Jun 13, 2003
|Sep 20, 2005
|Rabiea Jeffrey D
|Plastic bag and packaging method using same
|Jul 16, 2004
|Sep 27, 2005
|Rabiea Jeffrey D
|Method of packaging point-of-purchase items
|May 16, 2003
|Jan 3, 2006
|Intellimats, Llc
|Floor display system with interactive features
|Jun 5, 2003
|Mar 7, 2006
|Intellimats, Llc
|Modular protective structure for floor display
|May 20, 2004
|Aug 22, 2006
|Gregorio Lim Tan
|Pre-cut plastic bag roll, method and apparatus for making same
|Sep 22, 2005
|Sep 19, 2006
|Intellimats Llc
|Electronic floor display with weight measurement and reflective display
|Dec 3, 2004
|Dec 5, 2006
|Intellimats, Llc
|Display system for use on horizontal or non-horizontal surfaces
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|Apr 17, 2007
|Intellimat, Inc.
|Interactive and dynamic electronic floor advertising/messaging display
|Oct 8, 2004
|Aug 14, 2007
|Target Brands, Inc.
|Check-out counter systems and methods
|Feb 12, 2003
|Jan 15, 2008
|Eps (Fzc)
|Stack of bags including front and rear tabs
|Aug 9, 2005
|Apr 15, 2008
|Electronic floor display with alerting
|Jun 8, 2007
|Nov 25, 2008
|Intellimat, Inc.
|Floor mat and system having electronic display device connectable to a network
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|Mar 31, 2009
|Intellimat, Inc.
|Dynamic electronic display system with brightness control
|Jul 25, 2007
|Aug 25, 2009
|Target Brands, Inc.
|Check-out counter systems and methods
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|Dec 8, 2009
|Intellimat, Inc.
|Floor display system with interactive features and variable image rotation
|Sep 15, 2004
|Jul 13, 2010
|Superbag Corp.
|Bag, bag pack, and bag dispensing system
|Apr 24, 2009
|Sep 13, 2011
|Elemental Muse, LLC
|Reusable shopping bag assembly
|Jan 25, 2007
|Jun 19, 2012
|Chunhua Zhang
|Self-opening bag pack and method thereof
|May 30, 2012
|Sep 10, 2013
|Robert A Carmo
|Multi-use bag, bag stand, and multi-use bag and bag stand accessories
|Jun 23, 2011
|Dec 23, 2014
|Gregorio Lim Tan
|Self opening bag pack, apparatus and method of making same
|Jul 14, 2014
|Feb 24, 2015
|No Touch Easy Gloves, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for disposable glove dispensing
|Feb 20, 2013
|Mar 17, 2015
|Daniel Brian Tan
|Self opening bags with attaching features
|Jul 15, 2014
|Jul 14, 2015
|No Touch Easy Gloves, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for disposable glove dispensing
|Apr 29, 2015
|Jan 3, 2017
|No Touch Easy Gloves, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for disposable glove dispensing
|Feb 6, 2015
|Jun 13, 2017
|Daniel Brian Tan
|Self-Opening bags with attaching features
|Dec 20, 2001
|Jul 18, 2002
|Blum Ronald D.
|Floor mat support and drainage structure
|Feb 14, 2002
|Oct 24, 2002
|Blum Ronald D.
|Floor mat with voice-responsive display
|Dec 11, 2002
|Jul 10, 2003
|Blum Ronald D.
|Remove tabs for tacky inserts of a floor mat
|May 9, 2001
|Nov 6, 2003
|Strickland Donald G
|Storage back rack system
|Mar 25, 2003
|Dec 18, 2003
|Blum Ronald D.
|Multi-layer tacky and water-absorbing shoe-cleaning product
|Jun 13, 2003
|Dec 18, 2003
|Rabiea Jeffrey D.
|Plastic bag and packaging method using same
|May 16, 2003
|Jan 1, 2004
|Blum Ronald D.
|Floor display system with interactive features
|Jun 5, 2003
|Feb 5, 2004
|Blum Ronald D.
|Modular protective structure for floor display
|Oct 10, 2003
|Jun 24, 2004
|Blum Ronald D.
|Floor display system with variable image orientation
|Aug 1, 2003
|Jul 22, 2004
|Blum Ronald D.
|Tacky sheets with reduced glare or shine
|Jun 8, 2004
|Nov 11, 2004
|Tech Mats, Lcc
|Advanced floor mat
|Jul 16, 2004
|Dec 16, 2004
|Rabiea Jeffrey D.
|Plastic bag web and storage form using same
|Jul 16, 2004
|Dec 23, 2004
|Rabiea Jeffrey D.
|Method of packaging point-of-purchase items
|Sep 15, 2004
|Apr 28, 2005
|Jacobo Bazbaz
|Bag, bag pack, and bag dispensing system
|Feb 12, 2003
|Jun 9, 2005
|Adam Dickinson
|Stack of bags
|Dec 3, 2004
|Jun 23, 2005
|William Kokonaski
|Display system for use on horizontal or non-horizontal surfaces
|Feb 13, 2004
|Jun 30, 2005
|Frank Su
|Square bottomed plastic bag stack and method of making same
|May 20, 2004
|Nov 24, 2005
|Tan Gregorio L
|Pre-cut plastic bag roll, method and apparatus for making same
|Jun 3, 2005
|Nov 24, 2005
|Chen Sabrina P
|Tri-fold plastic bag roll
|Aug 13, 2004
|Feb 16, 2006
|Mid-America Packaging, Llc
|Self-closing sealable valve bag
|Sep 22, 2005
|Mar 9, 2006
|Blum Ronald D
|Electronic floor display with weight measurement and reflective display
|Oct 8, 2004
|Apr 13, 2006
|Target Brands, Inc.
|Check-out counter systems and methods
|Mar 24, 2005
|Sep 28, 2006
|Allen Golbert
|Twin support aperture side tear bag pack
|Oct 5, 2006
|Aug 16, 2007
|Ruetten Roger M
|System for monitoring flexible container usage
|Aug 11, 2006
|Feb 14, 2008
|Gregorio Lim Tan
|Self opening bag pack, apparatus and method of making same
|Apr 16, 2007
|Feb 28, 2008
|Intellimats, Llc
|Dynamic electronic display system with brightness control
|Jun 27, 2007
|Mar 6, 2008
|Intellimat, Inc.
|Floor display system with interactive features and variable image rotation
|Dec 27, 2007
|May 1, 2008
|Eps (Fzc)
|Stack of bags including front and rear tabs
|Apr 24, 2009
|Oct 29, 2009
|Monica Michele Wilson
|Reusable Shopping Bag Assembly
|Jul 21, 2009
|Jan 28, 2010
|Hilex Poly Co., Llc
|Reusable Shopping Bag
|Jul 29, 2009
|Feb 3, 2011
|Erick Erardo Lopez-Araiza
|Bag, Bag Pack, and Methods and Compositions for Making and Dispensing Thereof
|Feb 20, 2013
|Aug 21, 2014
|Daniel Brian Tan
|Self opening bags with attaching features
|Mar 14, 2014
|Oct 9, 2014
|Hilex Poly Co. Llc
|Gusseted bags with a tab
|Feb 6, 2015
|Jun 4, 2015
|Daniel Brian Tan
|Self-Opening Bags with Attaching Features
|Apr 29, 2015
|Aug 20, 2015
|No Touch Easy Gloves, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for disposable glove dispensing
|Aug 25, 2015
|Mar 2, 2017
|Stephanie Tan
|Hanging Bag Dispenser
|Oct 20, 1994
|Apr 16, 1996
|The Avantage Group, Inc.
|Method of and means for dispensing shopping bags from different size bag packs
|Aug 2, 2001
|Aug 20, 2003
|Sonoco Development, Inc.
|Self-opening serially-arranged plastic bag pack of the starseal type
|Jun 29, 2012
|Jan 10, 2013
|Hilex Poly Co. Llc
|Automated gusset inflation system and method
|Mar 14, 2014
|Sep 18, 2014
|Hilex Poly Co. Llc
|Reinforced bags
|Mar 14, 2014
|Sep 18, 2014
|Hilex Poly Co. Llc
|Gusseted bags with a tab
|U.S. Classification
|206/554, 383/37
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|May 18, 1992
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Public Health & Social Work
Public health social work is an integrated approach to preventing, addressing, and solving health problems. The discipline draws on both social work and public health theories, frameworks, research, and practice. Public health social work is:
- Evidence-based: Focuses on today's contemporary social health issues using current research on "what works"
- Prevention-focused: Aims to improve health and wellbeing by preventing the occurrence of problems, not just intervening after they have occurred
- Multi-method: Applies all of social work and public health's tools and skills, such as research, policy analysis, clinical intervention, and macro and community-based approaches
- Trans-disciplinary: Works across systems and professions to reach individuals, groups, communities, and populations
- Strengths-oriented: Utilizes combined social work and public health approaches to reduce risk and promote resilience
The flexible dual degree program makes it possible for students to merge two fields of study into one academic endeavor. Graduates emerge with a rich and relevant educational experience, extensive field experience, and the ability to work in many areas of the social service and health care systems.
Key Facts
- Number of credits: 100, minimum of 32 in residence at BUSPH
- Program Length: Variable (min of 3 years)
- Full or Part Time: Both
Please contact Program Directors Betty Ruth and Leonard Glantz for more details.
Program Requirements
A total of 100 credits is required to complete the MSW/MPH program—approximately 60 at SSW and 40 at SPH. This generally takes six semesters of full-time fall and spring coursework, and some students consider summer courses. One degree may be granted in advance of the other, provided all residency, course, and credit requirements have been completed.
At the School of Social Work, students may major in either clinical or macro methods. Approximately two-thirds are clinical majors. At the School of Public Health, students may choose from any a number of functional and context certificates, including Health Policy and Law; Program Management; Global Health, Social Justice, Human Rights; and Health Equity, and more.
Applicants must apply to both the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health programs separately and note on their application their choice of the dual MSW/MPH program. Applicants to the dual Social Work/Public Health program may apply to both programs at the same time or may choose to apply to one program first and then apply for the other once at the University. Applicants to each School are held to the same admissions standards as the rest of the applicant pool.
For all application-related questions, please contact SSW Admissions and SPH Admissions.
Please visit our Dual Degree Applications page for more information on how to apply.
MSW/MPH alumni work in a broad range of practice areas: prevention-oriented clinical practice; health education and health promotion; health program planning, development, and evaluation; health policy analysis; management at local, state, national, and international levels; and public health advocacy.
MSW/MPH dual concentrators have access to career advice through Career Services at BUSPH to help identify, interview for, and secure positions as they move forward along their career path.
Tuition and financial aid are handled individually by each School's Office of Financial Aid. Students pay tuition and may receive financial assistance at the School in which they are "in residence." Generally, students spend four semesters in residence at SSW and two in residence at SPH. Regardless of residency, students may cross-register for courses at the other school. Part time students pay the rates at the respective schools.
An application for financial assistance is included in the School of Social Work's online application for admission. SSW applicants should indicate their intent to apply for the FAFSA (by January 15) and their interest in being considered for merit scholarships and/or work study. The priority deadline for applicants interested in being considered for merit scholarships at SSW is January 15. We cannot guarantee that merit scholarships will be available to applicants who apply after that date.
Program Guidelines and Intent Forms
|Intent Forms
|Current SSW and SPH students who plan to apply to either school to pursue the dual degree program must fill out an Intent to Apply Form and submit it to the program director, Betty J. Ruth, as soon as possible.
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Easy Turmeric Recipes
Reap the Benefits of Turmeric With These Easy Recipes
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Reap the Benefits of Turmeric With These Easy Recipes
Turmeric is bold, is flavorful, and has recently enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to a myriad of health benefits — notably, it's a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant and can aid in weight loss. But unless you grew up cooking Indian food, turmeric may be a bit unfamiliar in your cooking routine. Kick things up a notch and incorporate this herbaceous powerhouse into your everyday menu with these simple recipes.


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So, I decided to season my cast iron skillet tomorrow, despite the fact that it is huge, and I have a pea-sized center of gravity, and a kitchen-loving cat, and very old oven mits. But this isn't about the skillet. It's about the wok.
Eight years ago I fell in love with a boy who came with his own wok. I know, right? Lucky girl!Unfortunately, he was a college student, and it was late, and he tried to season it with vegetable oil on an electric range. It . . . did not . . .turn out . . . well. The bottom is blackened, and the rest is, mainly, left unseasoned (there are some specks of amber haunting the surface). This valuable addition to our kitchen has lived its sad life in the back of whatever cupboard was designated for the unweildy or rarely used (hello, skillet).
I want to rescue it. I can pick off flakes of the (now) decade-old vegetable oil with my fingernail, if I work carefully at the edges. So, my questions are: what is the best method for cleaning this without harming the surface, and how to best season it properly, once I triumph.
Cleaning and seasoning. Help?


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Golden Girls on Gay Marriage
Flashback: The Golden Girls on Gay Marriage
The Golden Girls were wise beyond their collective years. (And that's really saying something!) In this snippet, Blanche's brother is marrying a man (you could do that then, apparently) and the Southern belle is not charmed. But leave it to Sophia to dole out the only argument ever really needed for gay marriage: they love each other. And, then of course follow up with a smart-ass bang! Whoa. Pun definitely not intended.


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Another commission for and his oc Ken.
Ken is the main character of Code of Amanis. Ken is a bit of a slacker, but works hard when he needs to. He is very kind to his friends and family members, and he has a very strong sense of justice. Though he appears happy, Ken is very troubled and suffers from bouts of depression due to vivid, recurring nightmares of his parents' deaths, which he witnessed when he was very young. Ken is deeply in love with Kaho (and vice versa), but various complications and distractions in their lives have so far prevented them from confessing their love to each other.
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well done. Great Line-Art
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A great character with lots of possibilities!
Nicely Done! Love his design!
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Awesome job once again! His mask is a little different from its appearance in the manga (the top part is suppose to hook back and be much longer, to look like horns), but it's still very awesome looking! Love all of his outfits too! Beautiful work!
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Troubled Past of "Invisible" Profession
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Drunk Japanese Guy Plays Mario
The power of YouTube today allows us watch lots of interesting videos online, including weird and unusual user submissions. Here's a funny video of a Japanese guy who got drunk and subsequently records himself playing and narrating the adventures of his character through Super Mario Land.
I wonder what happened to him after the end of the video recording.


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It was a week that nearly broke the comic book Internet in half, gave retailers a queasy feeling, and set rabid comic fans ranting and raving across the blogosphere. And when it was all said and done, DC Comics had announced their 52 new #1 titles for the big September relaunch.
Now, instead of adding to the chorus of opinion pages and rants, I'm just going to follow up on my earlier post (The great 21st century DC Comics reboot 52 title Guess-a-palooza) where I tried to guess what all the titles would be. As you recall, 11 of them had already been announced, and quite a few more were making the rounds on the rumor mill before I put my list together. Anyway, let's see how I did. I'll list the official list, with commentary on how I did next to it:
- JLA – the first 11 titles were already a "gimme"
- Wonder Woman
- Aquaman
- Flash
- Fury of Firestorm
- The Savage Hawkman
- Green Arrow
- Justice League Internationsl
- Mister Terrific
- Captain Atom
- DC Universe Presents
- Green Lantern – guessed it (the GL titles were rather obvious)
- Green Lantern Corps – guessed it
- Green Lantern: The New Guardians – guessed it (I called it "a Green Lantern spin-off with all the color lanterns")
- Red Lanterns – guessed it
- Batman – guessed it
- Detective Comics – guessed it
- Batman & Robin – missed
- Batman: The Dark Knight – guessed it
- Birds of Prey – guessed it
- Catwoman – missed
- Batwoman – guessed it
- Batgirl – guessed it (lots of rumors around this one, but I didn't think DC would go there)
- Nightwing – guessed it
- Red Hood and the Outlaws – missed
- Batwing – missed
- Swamp Thing – guessed it
- Animal Man – missed
- Justice League Dark – missed (I did guess Shade the Changing man, who's in this book, but I won't count it)
- Demon Knights – missed (my guess was Viking Prince or some "fantasy series" but I'm not going to count that)
- Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE – missed
- Resurrection Man – missed
- I, Vampire – missed
- Voodoo – missed
- Legion Lost – missed
- Legion of Superheroes – guessed it
- Teen Titans – guessed it
- Static Shock – guessed it
- Hawk & Dove – guessed it
- Stormwatch – missed (I guessed WildCATS instead)
- Blackhawks – missed
- Sgt. Rock & The Men of War – guessed it
- All-Star Western – guessed it (I guessed Jonah Hex, which is essentially this book, so I'm counting it)
- Deathstroke – guessed it
- Grifter – guessed it
- OMAC – guessed it
- Suicide Squad – missed
- Blue Beetle – guessed it
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow – guessed it
- Superboy – guessed it
- Supergirl – missed
- Action Comics – guessed it
OK, so if my math is correct, with 36 correct titles, I scored a 69% (heh heh). If we exclude the 11 titles that were already announced, my score drops down to 60%.
Books I guessed that didn't make the official list:
- Edge (a rumored book, but turned out to be the "banner" for a bunch of thematically-related books)
- Dark (see above)
- My Greatest Adventure (coming later in the year, but not a part of the official relaunch titles)
- Batman Inc. (see above)
- Steel
- Ambush Bug
- Shazam
- Trinty: Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman (I guess with them being in JLA, this is rather redundant…not that that's stopped the Big 2 before)
- Batman Beyond (I bet this will return later in the year)
- Dr. Fate
- Xombi (it was getting fantastic reviews, but alas the sales were terrible, so not a big surprise)
- The Question (I was certain the lesbian angle would make this a sure bet)
- WildCATS
- Shade the Changing Man
- Viking Prince (hey, it was a wild ass guess…though i was right about them doing a fantasy series)
So there you have it.
Finally, some random thoughts:
- The absence of Steel surprised me. Seems like a missed opportunity, especially in light of their supposed strive towards more diversity in the line
- Swamp Thing was a no-brainer.
- I love what Scott Snyder has been doing with batman in Detective Comics. Moving him to Batman is fine, but I can't stand Greg Capullo's art. Ugh.
- Speaking of Batman, I'm a bit surprised by how Bat-heavy the Batman Family of titles are. 10 books in that line, compared to only 4 in Superman's family.
- No JSA? Also surprising, unless it's coming back later in the year.
- I, Vampire and Voodoo (especially the former) seem aimed at tweens and teens, maybe? If so, good for DC. Hope it works out for them.
- Meet the new Teen Titans, aka Image's Cyberforce from the 90s. Ugh.
- 3 relaunched Wildstorm titles? Seems too much to me, but then again I never read any of those books, so clearly not my thing.
- Rob Liefeld? Really?
- It would have been nice to have seen another Milestone book on the list. Oh well.
In the interest of trying to say positive things, I'll leave you with a selection of my favorite covers from the ones revealed so far:
3 Responses to "How'd I do in the great 21st century DC Comics reboot 52 title Guess-a-palooza?"
Batwoman, Batgirl and Batwing? That does seem a little excessive.
I'm kind of impressed by how many eras of DC are represented here. We've got the old standbys like Batman and Superman, some 80s books like Suicide Squad and JLI, some 90s fare like Resurrection Man and the Wildstorm books. I'm attributing Swamp Thing, Firestorm and Hawkman to the 70s, and there are some real oldies like Sgt. Rock and Blackhawk.
I grew up on the Grifter, and I'm happy to see him back. I don't care who knows it.
"I, Vampire" — ? Does that mean we're getting the comics return of Andrew Bennett?!?!?!
You're DEAD TO ME, DC comics.


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Money-market investors are increasing the speed at which they're yanking money out of the funds. Money funds have experienced outflows of $9 billion per day this week, according a report out today from Nomura Securities International Inc. The outflows in the last day could be even higher, traders say. It's unclear whether the exodus is coming from institutional or retail investors. But it's likely that investors are pulling out of money funds into cash, not feeling rewarded for the risk in the funds in such a low-yield environment, investors say. Many are seeking greater liquidity as uncertainty in Washington looms. Money fund flows decreased modestly last year, but the exit has accelerated this week, according to Nomura. "Record low yields at the front end and the specter of uncertainty have skewed the risk-reward forward for investors to hold cash instead," the report says.
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Body: all four fenders have had custom steel flairs molded in to give wide body look ..front fenders have had scoops cut into them to allow brakes to cool all body work has been done and has been painted in sem hotrod black satin the hood has been cleaned up and por applied not pictured but is on car now..rear roll pan fiberglass and front fiberglass valance added custom grilles new belt moldings and window felts.
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tranny: new clutch and clutch master cylinde, slave cylinder needs to be ( bled more)
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Now, don't freak out. The last time this happened, the next news we got was the film getting green-lit. I say we wait things out and see what the next step is. Heck, the tweet was deleted minutes after it's creation. That's gotta count for something.
Soon after, the digital asset manager for JP4 tweeted this:


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We chose it because this is probably most famous hotel in this area. Near to the desert and beach.
We booked half board, of which the breakfast and dinner buffet is amazing and not repeat for 4 nights.
ok, No wifi in the room, but the wifi in the lobby is enough as we do not have a lot of need to surf internet.
As for room, comfortable, but I cannot say too much about the decoration...please see the picture yourself.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Located in Playa del Ingles. Next to the Maspalomas sand dunes. 4-Storey building. Colonial-style architecture. 28,000 M2 of subtropical gardens. 800 M from the beach. 2 Km from the city centre. 500 M from various shops. 30 Km from the airport. 50 M from a bus stop. Credit cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Diners ... more less
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- Also Known As:
- Riu Palace Maspalomas Hotel Playa Del Ingles
- Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas Playa Del Ingles, Gran Canaria


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Not a major issue, but have noticed a difference between what my profile says, and what my points say...
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Aug 18, 2011 at 9:02 UTC
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Aug 18, 2011 at 9:08 UTC
Has it been like that for quite a while or not? Different parts of the website get updated less frequently than others, im guessing because not everything needs a 'live' view like the list of topics and so they can gain some performance/save some db queries by caching some pages longer than others. One example of this is the Top Contributors page which lags behind others for updating its stats:
Aug 18, 2011 at 9:09 UTC
HD IT Solutions is an IT service provider.
Couldn't say. Only just noticed it, so thought I'd raise it, just in case there's something that needs looking at.
Aug 18, 2011 at 9:11 UTC
Give it some time, likely it is just a caching delay, if it hasn't changed in a day or two I would drop support an email and get them to check.
Aug 19, 2011 at 9:49 UTC
Like Nick said it might be a caching issue. One thing to keep in mind I think that the when you give yourself a best answer it shows up in the list on your profile but it doesn't count towards points. So maybe thats the 89 vs 90 difference. But for reviews I would think would be the same.
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