chemistry household

　　A nationwide study suggests that we’re doing a better job at protecting our kids, but there’s a lot of room for improvement.

　　The good news is that injuries from household cleaning products dropped by almost half to about 12,000 in 2006 from around 22,000 in 1990.

　　The decrease surprised the researchers. While they welcomed the drop, they were also careful to note that the overall decline isn’t the whole story.

　　Accidents from chemicals in spray bottles increased. And the researchers think that there could be many more injuries out there because their study looked only at cases reported in emergency rooms.

　　The results will be published in the September issue of Pediatrics and are currently available online.

　　Kids between 1 and 3 years old accounted for almost three-quarters of the cases. More than half of the injuries were from kids eating or drinking the toxic products. The No. 1 problem: bleach, the chemical culprit nearly 37 percent of the time.

　　The risk to kids is greatest when they start to crawl or walk, and are still at an age when they spend most of their time at home, says lead author Lara McKenzie of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She says younger children are especially attracted to the bright colors and fresh scents of many cleaning products from the house.

　　To understand what your kids see, toxicology expert Dr. Heath Jolliff says just sit on your kitchen floor and look around. And, remember that kids act fast. Dr. Jolliff treats children at the Central Ohio Poison Center where he often hears parents say, “I was only out of the room for 10 seconds.” His told Shots, “Yep, that’s all it takes.”

　　Jolliff explained that kids like to imitate adults. They might climb on stools to open cabinets that their parents didn’t think were accessible. A can of insecticide can look like cooking spray, and a powdery sink scrubber can look like grated parmesan cheese.

The drinking straw machine apparatus according to claim 1 wherein:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a packing machine, optionally an attachment for a packing machine, for packing bales of straw fodder of a “rectangular” form the machine comprising two drive rollers which rotate the straw fodder bale around a substantially horizontal axis.

In agriculture, it is becoming more and more common to ensile straw fodder in the form of packed straw fodder bales. There is a movement away from the traditional silo plant.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An objective of the present invention is to provide either a new complete packing machine, or optionally an attachment which can be mounted subsequently on machines which already exist, for packing bales of straw fodder which are rectangular in form.

According to the invention, this is achieved by a cutting machine, or optionally an attachment thereto, of the kind described by way of introduction which is characterized in that each drive roller is operationally coupled to two auxiliary rollers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be described in more detail by means of an embodiment example where the machine is of the kind which is equipped with a swivel arm. The embodiment example is described with reference to the enclosed drawings where:

FIG. 1 shows in perspective a packing machine according to the invention in perspective,

FIG. 2 shows a schematic frontal outline of the packing machine according to FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 shows schematically a rotation sequence of the rectangular bale around the horizontal axis,

FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section through the drive roller and the auxiliary roller and an end section of the roller unit,

FIG. 5 depicts the previously known packing machine of the kind which has a swivel arm, and

FIG. 6 depicts the previously known spoon-shaped straw machine of the kind which has a swivel table

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

On the back edge of the roller units 4, two support rollers are mounted, to which the fodder bale 5 rests adjacent at the back edge.

FIG. 2 illustrates schematically the packing machine 10 viewed from the front where the straw fodder bale 5 has started its rotational movement. As can be seen from the figure, the fodder bale 5 rests, in this phase, on the all the auxiliary rollers 2.

FIG. 3 shows a rotational sequence through the first 90° of the turning movement of the rectangular bale. This also shows how the roller units 4 work the whole time during the turning of the rectangular bale.

FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section through the drive roller 1 and the auxiliary roller 2. At the end of each roller, a chain wheel 11 is mounted for the transmission of power to the auxiliary rollers 2.

FIG. 5 shows, as mentioned, a previously known Artist flexible straw making machine of the kind having a swivel arm.

Traditional Soap Nut Usage:

　 Traditional usage, forget about your machine’s compartments entirely. Simply toss the bag right in with your laundry. Period. It doesn’t matter whether your machine is standard, HE, front-loading, top-loading or whatever. All we want to achieve is to get the wash bag to be washed right along with the rest of your laundry. Note: the traditional method of usage is the most economical method as long as it is used properly. (Much more on that in another article.)

　　Important Fundamentals:

　　Certain things are necessary to understand how to use soap nuts traditionally and to achieve best results. First some basic points:

　　1) The raw soap nuts must become saturated with water. The hard dried fruit will become somewhat soft when it is releasing saponin at the rate we desire.

　　2) Heat is simply a catalyst that can be used effectively to facilitate the release of saponin faster.

　　3) Water flow in and around the soap nuts, plus agitation are key to effective and ongoing release of saponin throughout the wash cycles.

　　4) Cold water will reduce the degree to which saponin is released.

　　Front-loaders are actually better as far as agitation goes because tumbling agitates the nuts better than the typical top-loading agitator. Warm and hot water produce better results, but steps can be taken to do cold-water washes equally as effectively. Again heat is simply a catalyst that helps soap nuts begin releasing saponin faster. As temperature decreases so does the rate at which saponin is released. This is why there is no need to remove during the commonly cold rinse cycle. Note that saponin is not like common detergents. A little in the rinse cycle does not have a negative effect. The most typical method for cold water washes with soap nuts used traditionally is simply to concoct a soap nut “tea”. That’s right, just like a cup of hot tea. If you are using a top-loader just pour the tea and bag right into the basin. If you are using a front-loader, toss the bag in with your laundry and pour the tea into the liquid detergent compartment(s). This should work just fine, and it only takes a couple extra minutes to make the tea.