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FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM
A fluid filtration device includes a tubular external shell assembled with first and second end plates. A cartridge plate is secured to the shell between the first and second end plates, such that the first end plate and the cartridge plate define a filtration chamber, and the second end plate and the cartridge plate define an outlet chamber. The cartridge plate includes a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of filter elements assembled thereto. An inlet port intersects the filtration chamber, and an outlet port intersects the outlet chamber. The cartridge plate is secured to the shell by a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band received in interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell, the inner circumferential groove being positioned adjacent to the cartridge plate, such that the installed retaining band prevents longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate toward the second end plate.
Goodge, Kevin (Chardon, OH, US)
Larmon, John (Baltimore, MD, US)
ENCELADUS WATER GROUP (Baltimore, MD, US)
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POPOVICS, ROBERT J
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (Cleveland, OH, US)
We claim:
1. A fluid filtration device comprising: a tubular external shell defining a longitudinal axis; a first end plate secured to a first end of the shell; a second end plate secured to a second end of the shell; a cartridge plate secured to the shell between the first and second end plates, such that the first end plate and the cartridge plate define a filtration chamber, and the second end plate and the cartridge plate define an outlet chamber, the cartridge plate including a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of filter elements assembled thereto; an inlet port joined with the shell to intersect the filtration chamber; and an outlet port joined with the shell to intersect the outlet chamber; wherein the cartridge plate is secured to the shell by a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band received in interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell, the inner circumferential groove being positioned adjacent to the cartridge plate, such that the installed retaining band prevents longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate toward the second end plate.
2. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the shell and the inlet and outlet ports comprise plastic.
3. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the shell and the inlet and outlet ports comprise fiberglass reinforced plastic.
4. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the retaining band comprises plastic.
5. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the retaining band comprises fiberglass reinforced plastic.
6. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the retaining band includes first and second apertures in corresponding first and second adjacent ends, the first and second apertures being adapted for engagement with a pair of pliers for constricting the retaining band during installation in the shell.
7. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second end plates includes a tapered outer surface adapted to match a tapered inner surface of a corresponding one of the first and second ends of the shell, the tapered surfaces preventing inward longitudinal movement of the at least one of the first and second end plates with respect to the shell.
8. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, further comprising a retaining ring assembled longitudinally outward of at least one of the first and second end plates, the retaining ring preventing outward longitudinal movement of the at least one of the first and second end plates with respect to the shell.
9. The fluid filtration device of claim 1, wherein the wetted surfaces of the device are free of metal.
10. A method for assembling a fluid filtration device, the method comprising: providing a tubular external shell defining a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends and inlet and outlet orifices formed in an outer circumferential wall of the shell; securing an inlet port to the inlet orifice and an outlet port to the outlet orifice; installing a cartridge plate in the shell longitudinally between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice, such that movement of the cartridge plate longitudinally toward the outlet orifice is prevented; assembling a plurality of filter elements to corresponding apertures in the cartridge plate; installing a first end plate on the first end of the shell, such that a tapered outer surface of the first end plate seats against a tapered inner surface of the first end, thereby preventing inward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; assembling a first fastener to the shell longitudinally outward of the first end plate to prevent outward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; installing a second end plate on the second end of the shell, such that a tapered outer surface of the second end plate seats against a tapered inner surface of the second end, thereby preventing inward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; and assembling a second fastener to the shell longitudinally outward of the second end plate to prevent outward longitudinal movement of the second end plate.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing an o-ring seal between the shell and at least one of the first and second end plates.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein installing a cartridge plate in the shell longitudinally between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice comprises interlocking a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein interlocking a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell comprises engaging first and second ends of the retaining band, constricting the retaining band, inserting the constricted retaining band into the shell, aligning the constricted retaining band with the inner circumferential groove, and releasing the retaining band into resilient interlocking engagement with the inner circumferential groove.
14. A fluid filtration device comprising: a tubular external shell defining a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends and inlet and outlet orifices formed in an outer circumferential wall of the shell; an inlet port bonded to the inlet orifice and an outlet port bonded to the outlet orifice; a cartridge plate installed in the shell longitudinally between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice, the cartridge plate including a plurality of apertures for receiving a plurality of filter elements assembled thereto; a first end plate assembled with the first end of the shell, such that a tapered outer surface of the first end plate seats against a tapered inner surface of the first end, thereby preventing inward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; a first fastener assembled to the shell longitudinally outward of the first end plate to prevent outward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; a second end plate installed on the second end of the shell, such that a tapered outer surface of the second end plate seats against a tapered inner surface of the second end, thereby preventing inward longitudinal movement of the first end plate; and a second fastener assembled to the shell longitudinally outward of the second end plate to prevent outward longitudinal movement of the second end plate.
15. The fluid filtration device of claim 14, wherein at least one of the first and second fasteners comprises a retaining ring.
16. The fluid filtration device of claim 14, further comprising a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band received in interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell, the inner circumferential groove being positioned adjacent to the cartridge plate, such that the installed retaining band prevents longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate toward the second end plate.
17. The fluid filtration device of claim 16, wherein the retaining band comprises fiberglass reinforced plastic.
18. The fluid filtration device of claim 14, further comprising an o-ring seal disposed between at least one of the first and second end plates and the shell.
19. The fluid filtration device of claim 14, wherein the shell and the inlet and outlet ports comprise fiberglass reinforced plastic.
20. The fluid filtration device of claim 14, wherein the wetted surfaces of the device are free of metal.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/100,790, entitled FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM and filed Sep. 29, 2008, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, to the extent that it is not conflicting with the present application.
Fluid filtration, including, for example, water filtration, often requires the filtering out of microscopic impurities while maintaining adequate fluid flow through the filtration system. In one embodiment, a filtration device includes a housing having an inlet port in communication with one or more filter elements or cartridges, and an outlet port in communication with outlet passages of the filter elements, such that pressurized fluid introduced to the inlet port is filtered of impurities as it passes through the filter elements, and is discharged from the outlet port in a filtered condition. A greater flow rate may be achieved by providing larger ports and/or by providing more filter elements.
The present application contemplates fluid filtration devices adapted for improved performance, ease of maintenance, extended service life, of other such benefits.
In one inventive embodiment of the present application, a fluid filtration device includes a tubular external shell assembled with first and second end plates. A cartridge plate is secured to the shell between the first and second end plates, such that the first end plate and the cartridge plate define a filtration chamber, and the second end plate and the cartridge plate define an outlet chamber. The cartridge plate includes a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of filter elements assembled thereto. An inlet port intersects the filtration chamber, and an outlet port intersects the outlet chamber. The cartridge plate is secured to the shell by a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band received in interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell, the inner circumferential groove being positioned adjacent to the cartridge plate, such that the installed retaining band prevents longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate toward the second end plate.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
Features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description made with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a fluid filtration device;
FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the fluid filtration device of FIG. 1, with the housing shown in cross-section to illustrate additional features of the device;
FIG. 3A illustrates a side view of a fluid filtration device;
FIG. 3B illustrates a side cross-sectional view of the fluid filtration device of FIG. 3A;
FIG. 3C illustrates an enlarged partial side cross-sectional view of the fluid filtration device of FIG. 3A;
FIG. 3D illustrates another enlarged partial side cross-sectional view of the fluid filtration device of FIG. 3A;
FIG. 3E illustrates an end view of the fluid filtration device of FIG. 3A;
FIG. 3F illustrates an end cross-sectional view of the filtration device of FIG. 3A; and
FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic perspective view of a retaining band for a cartridge plate of a fluid filtration device.
This Detailed Description of the Invention merely describes embodiments of the invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims in any way. Indeed, the invention as described in the claims is broader than and unlimited by the preferred embodiments, and the terms used in the claims have their full ordinary meaning.
The present application is directed towards systems and methods for fluid filtration. In one embodiment, a fluid filtration device includes a housing configured to retain one or more filter elements, such that fluid entering an inlet port in the housing passes through the filter elements before being discharged through an outlet port in the housing. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate perspective views of an exemplary filtration housing 100 having an external shell 110, an inlet port 120, an outlet port 130, and upper and lower end plates 140, 150 that seal against the shell 110 (e.g., with o-ring seals) to provide a leak tight enclosure for a pressurized fluid (e.g., water) passing through the filtration system. The inlet and outlet ports 120, 130 are separated by an apertured cartridge plate 160 to define an upper filtration chamber 113 and a lower outlet chamber 118. The cartridge plate 160 includes end connections 162 (e.g., hollow rubber pads) aligned with each aperture for sealing with and supporting lower ends of tubular filter cartridges (not shown). Upper ends of the filter cartridges connect with and seal against corresponding end plugs 172 (e.g., rubber pads), which may be supported by a locating plate 170, which need not (but may) seal against the shell 110. Locating rods 175 may be assembled at opposite ends to the cartridge plate 160 and locating plate 170, to provide additional support and alignment for the filter cartridges. The locating rods 175 may be sized to allow for vertical adjustment of the locating plate 170 (e.g., by adjusting threaded nuts 176), for example, to accommodate filter cartridges of varying lengths.
When pressurized fluid is applied to the inlet port 120, the fluid passes through the porous sides of the filter elements provided with the filter cartridges (thereby filtering impurities from the fluid) and flows through the hollow central portions of the filter cartridges to pass through the end connections 162 and apertures in the cartridge plate 160, allowing the filtered fluid to be discharged from the outlet port 130. For ease of purging the filtration vessel, pluggable drain ports 111, 112 may be provided in the shell 110, for draining unfiltered fluid and contaminates from the filtration chamber 113, and filtered fluid from the outlet chamber 118. Additionally, a pluggable vent port 145 may be provided in the upper end plate 140, for example, to relieve excess pressure, or to measure internal pressure (e.g., with a pressure gauge).
Fluids being filtered often have corrosive effects on materials with which they come in contact (e.g., stainless steel and other metals). This corrosive effect may be aggravated by exposure to increased pressure, temperature fluctuations, or contaminants within the fluid. When filtration equipment is provided in materials susceptible to such corrosion, these corrosive effects may reduce service life of the filter elements or other filtration components, and may produce unfiltered contaminants downstream of the filter elements. According to an inventive aspect of the present application, one or more components of a filtration vessel may be provided in materials selected to improve corrosion resistance, service life, cost efficiency, overall weight, and/or chemical compatibility. In one embodiment, one or more of the filtration vessel components is provided in a polymer material or coated with a polymer material, such as, for example, fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), including spiral wound fiberglass roving and epoxy resin materials, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), glass filled polypropylene, and glass filled acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS). In an exemplary embodiment, the shell 110 and locating plate 170 are provided in FRP, the end plates 140, 150 and cartridge plate 160 are provided in PVC, the drain ports are provided in ABS, and the end connections 162 and end plugs 172 are provided in nitrile rubber. While other components may be provided in metal (e.g., stainless steel), such as, for example, the locating rods 175, inlet and outlet ports 120, 130, and end plate and port retaining hardware, one or more of these components may also be provided in polymer materials (such as those listed above), for example, to improve chemical compatibility.
FIGS. 3A-3F illustrate various views of another exemplary fluid filtration device 300 adapted for corrosion resistance and ease of maintenance. The filtration device 300 includes an external shell 310, an inlet port 320, an outlet port 330, and upper and lower end plates 340, 350 that seal against the shell 310 to provide a leak tight enclosure for a pressurized fluid (e.g., water) passing through the filtration system. As shown, handles 305 may be secured, for example, to the upper end plate 340 to facilitate transportation of the device 300. The inlet and outlet ports 320, 330 are separated by an apertured cartridge plate 360 to define an upper filtration chamber 313 and a lower outlet chamber 318. The cartridge plate 360 includes end connections 362 (e.g., hollow rubber pads) aligned with each aperture for sealing with and supporting lower ends of tubular filter cartridges (shown schematically at 380 in FIG. 3B). Upper ends of the filter cartridges connect with and seal against corresponding end plugs 372 (e.g., rubber pads), which may be supported by a locating plate 370, which need not (but may) seal against the shell 310. Locating rods 375 may be assembled at opposite ends to the cartridge plate 360 and locating plate 370 (for example, by assembly with nuts 376), to provide additional support and alignment for the filter cartridges. The locating rods 375 may be sized to allow for vertical adjustment of the locating plate 370 (e.g., by adjusting threaded nuts 376), for example, to accommodate filter cartridges of varying lengths, or to compress the end plugs 372 against the filter cartridges 380 to provide a leak-tight seal.
When pressurized fluid is applied to the inlet port 320, the fluid passes through the porous sides of the filter elements provided with the filter cartridges 380 (thereby filtering impurities from the fluid) and flows through the hollow central portions of the filter cartridges to pass through the end connections 362 and apertures 366 in the cartridge plate 360, allowing the filtered fluid to be discharged from the outlet port 330. For ease of purging the filtration vessel, pluggable drain ports 311, 312 may be provided in the shell 310, for draining unfiltered fluid and contaminates from the filtration chamber 313, and filtered fluid from the outlet chamber 318. Additionally, a pluggable vent port 345 may be provided in the upper end plate 340, for example, to relieve excess pressure, or to measure internal pressure (e.g., with a pressure gauge).
According to an inventive aspect of the present application, the fluid filtration device 300 may be adapted for ease of disassembly and maintenance. For example, as shown in the enlarged views of FIGS. 3C and 3D, the end plates 340, 350 may be provided with tapered external surfaces 341, 351 that seat against corresponding tapered internal surfaces 314, 315 of the shell 310. Abutment of the tapered surfaces prevents inward longitudinal movement of the end plates 340, 350. O-ring seals 343, 353 may be provided adjacent to or between the tapered surfaces 341, 351, 314, 315 to provide a leak-tight seal between the end plates 340, 350 and the shell 310. Fasteners, such as retaining rings or locking rings 342, 352 may be secured to the shell 310 adjacent to and longitudinally outward of the end plates 340, 350 (and may be assembled to the end plates 340, 350, for example, by bolts 344, 354) to prevent outward longitudinal movement of the end plates 340, 350. The end plates 340, 350 may be easily removed from the shell 310, for example, to access the filter cartridges 380, by removing the locking rings 342, 352.
The cartridge plate 360 may also be detachably secured to the shell 310, for example, to facilitate maintenance, or to retrofit the fluid filtration device 300 for use of a different number or different size of filter cartridges 380. While many different arrangements may be utilized to detachably secure the cartridge plate 360 to the shell 310, in the illustrated inventive embodiment, a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band 390 is snap fit into interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove 319 in the shell. The groove is positioned adjacent to the desired location of the cartridge plate 360, such that the installed retaining band 390 supports the cartridge plate 360 and prevents outward longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate. The depth of the groove 319 is dimensioned for sufficient retention of the retaining band 390, while permitting a sufficient thickness of the retaining band to protrude inward from the inner surface of the shell, to adequately support the cartridge plate 360 when the fluid filtration device is under pressure. In an exemplary embodiment, the groove 319 is provided with a depth of approximately 3/16 inch, and the retaining band has a thickness of approximately ⅜ inch. Similar to the end plates 340, 350, the cartridge plate 360 may be provided with a tapered external surface 361 that seats against a corresponding tapered internal surface 316 of the shell 310, and an o-ring seal 363 adjacent to or between the tapered surfaces 361, 316.
The retaining band 390, as shown in FIG. 4, may be formed by any suitable method, including, for example, winding a band of material on a cylindrical mandrel, such that first and second ends 391, 392 of the band 390 are spaced apart by a gap 393 sufficient to accommodate constriction of the band 390 when the retaining band is installed in the shell 310. To provide for outward biasing of the installed retaining band 390, the retaining band may be wound or otherwise formed to a diameter that is equal to or greater than the inner diameter of the shell, such that the retaining band is resiliently biased out toward into interlocking engagement with the groove.
To install the retaining band 390 in the shell groove 319, the first and second ends 391, 392 of the retaining band 390 may be provided with first and second apertures 394, 395 (e.g., holes, notches, or cutouts) adapted for engagement with a pair of pliers or other such grasping tool (not shown), for constricting the retaining band 390 during installation in the shell 310. Once the constricted retaining band 390 has been inserted into the shell 310 and aligned with the inner circumferential groove 319, the grasping tool may release the retaining band 390 into resilient interlocking engagement with the inner circumferential groove 319, thereby securing the installed cartridge plate 360 in the shell 310.
In one embodiment, one or more of the wetted components of the fluid filtration device 300 may be provided in plastic, for example, to enhance corrosion resistance. In one such example, all wetted components are provided in plastic materials. For example, in one exemplary embodiment, the shell 310, inlet and outlet ports 320, 330, locating plate 370, and locating rods 375 are provided in fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), the cartridge plate 360 and end plates 340, 350 are provided in polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the end connections 362 and end plugs 372 are provided in nitrile rubber, the drain port 311 and nuts are provided in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), and the o-rings 343, 353, 363 are provided in ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). Non-wetted components, such as, for example, the locking rings 342, 352 may, but need not, also be provided in plastic materials or other materials well suited to corrosive environments.
The inventive filtration vessels may be provided in a variety of sizes for in a wide range of applications, with a wide range of flow rates (e.g., 10-1500 gallons per minute, or more), and for use with a varying number of filter cartridges. The exemplary device of FIGS. 3A-3F is adapted for use with twelve filter cartridges 380. Other sizes of filtration housing may be provided, and may be configured for use with different numbers and types of filter elements.
While various inventive aspects, concepts and features of the inventions may be described and illustrated herein as embodied in combination in the exemplary embodiments, these various aspects, concepts and features may be used in many alternative embodiments, either individually or in various combinations and sub-combinations thereof. Unless expressly excluded herein all such combinations and sub-combinations are intended to be within the scope of the present inventions. Still further, while various alternative embodiments as to the various aspects, concepts and features of the inventions—such as alternative materials, structures, configurations, methods, circuits, devices and components, software, hardware, control logic, alternatives as to form, fit and function, and so on—may be described herein, such descriptions are not intended to be a complete or exhaustive list of available alternative embodiments, whether presently known or later developed. Those skilled in the art may readily adopt one or more of the inventive aspects, concepts or features into additional embodiments and uses within the scope of the present inventions even if such embodiments are not expressly disclosed herein. Additionally, even though some features, concepts or aspects of the inventions may be described herein as being a preferred arrangement or method, such description is not intended to suggest that such feature is required or necessary unless expressly so stated. Still further, exemplary or representative values and ranges may be included to assist in understanding the present disclosure; however, such values and ranges are not to be construed in a limiting sense and are intended to be critical values or ranges only if so expressly stated. Moreover, while various aspects, features and concepts may be expressly identified herein as being inventive or forming part of an invention, such identification is not intended to be exclusive, but rather there may be inventive aspects, concepts and features that are fully described herein without being expressly identified as such or as part of a specific invention. Descriptions of exemplary methods or processes are not limited to inclusion of all steps as being required in all cases, nor is the order that the steps are presented to be construed as required or necessary unless expressly so stated.
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Die Moline Plow Company ist ein ehemaliges US-amerikanisches Unternehmen zur Herstellung von landwirtschaftlichem Gerät und Traktoren. Sie war die Muttergesellschaft eines Automobilherstellers, für kurze Zeit im Besitz von John North Willys und 1929 Teil einer Fusion, aus der Minneapolis-Moline hervorging.

Unternehmensgeschichte

Die Moline Plow Company wurde 1852 als Candee, Swan & Company in Moline (Rock Island County, Illinois) gegründet. 1866 erfolgte eine Reorganisation als Candee & Swan Implement Company. Das Unternehmen sah in einer Anzeige 1865 als Entstehungsjahr: Manufacturers of Quality Farm Implements since 1865.

Wegen der Verwendung des Markennamens Moline Plow für ihre Pflüge kam es zu einem erbitterten Rechtsstreit mit der ebenfalls ortsansässigen Deere & Company. Nachdem ein Gericht 1867 erstinstanzlich Deere recht gegeben hatte, appellierte Candee & Swan an die nächste Instanz, welche ihr 1871 die Verwendung des Namens erlaubte. Darauf wurde das Unternehmen unter dem Namen seines wichtigsten Produkts erneut reorganisiert. Eine andere Quelle nennt 1870 als Datum dafür. Neben Geräten und Maschinen für die Landwirtschaft entstanden auch Pferde-Buggies und das Transport-Fuhrwerk Mandt Wagon. 1882 erwarb der Vizepräsident der Gesellschaft, George W. Stephens, die Mehrheit an der Unternehmung, das sich unter seiner Leitung zu einem bedeutenden regionalen Anbieter entwickelte und auch durch die Übernahme kleinerer Konkurrenzbetriebe wuchs. Eine von Stephens ersten Entscheidungen betraf den Kauf eines Patents für einen pferdegezogenen Aufsitz-Plug, der von 1883 bis etwa 1914 als Flying Dutchman sehr erfolgreich vermarktet wurde.

Ende der 1870er Jahre arbeitete der Erfinder und Industrielle William P. Bettendorf (1854–1910) für Moline Plow.

Moline Universal

Dampfbetriebene Traktoren, hergestellt von Unternehmen wie Advance-Rumely, Best, Holt oder Case waren seit Ende der 1880er Jahre bekannt. Von den Herstellern von Ackerschleppern um 1904 sind nur sechs namentlich bekannt. 1920 waren es 166 Anbieter, die über 200.000 Traktoren absetzten; (nach anderer Quelle 10 Hersteller 1910 und 190 zehn Jahre später).

Der Markt wurde begünstigt durch einen in der Folge des Ersten Weltkriegs erhöhte Agrarproduktion in den USA. Sie war die Folge von Hilfeleistungen der USA an die Entente cordiale. Die Regierung förderte die Nutzung zusätzlicher Agrarflächen. Ein zunehmendes Problem waren fehlende Arbeitskräfte – verschärft nach dem Kriegseintritt der USA Ende 1917 und die Einberufung von Landarbeitern und Farmern. Viele Farmer suchten das Problem durch Mechanisierung zu mildern.

Moline Plow entschied sich 1915, in diesen Markt einzusteigen und prüfte einen von International Harvester gebauten Motorpflug, der jedoch nicht befriedigte. Stattdessen übernahm das Unternehmen noch im gleichen Jahr die Universal Tractor Company in Columbus (Ohio). Dieser Traktorenhersteller hatte 1914 eine Art Einachsschlepper entwickelt, patentiert und als Universal Cultivator Tractor auf den Markt gebracht. Es zeigte sich, dass der verhältnismäßig einfach zu handhabende Schlepper vom Markt gut aufgenommen wurde. Die neuen Eigentümern boten ihn als Moline Universal bis 1923 an.

Er hat zwei massive, angetriebene Eisenräder vorn; je nach Einsatz wird ein Arbeitsgerät wie Pflug, Egge oder Kultivator eingehängt. Dieses dient gleichzeitig als Hinterachse für die deutlich kleineren, gelenkten Räder und auch der Fahrersitz wird auf dem Arbeitsgerät angebracht. So entsteht ein Gelenkfahrzeug. Allerdings kann es entgegen seiner Bezeichnung als "Einachsschlepper" nur in Verbindung mit einem dazu konstruierten Arbeitsgerät oder einer Hinterachse zur reinen Fortbewegung sinnvoll verwendet werden.

In der Folge einer Nachkriegs-Wirtschaftsdepression und einem heftigen Preiskrieg, den vor allem die Volumenhersteller Fordson und International Harvester austrugen, der aber die ganze Branche betraf, musste die Produktion des Moline Universal eingestellt werden. Moline Plow zog sich, wie eine Reihe anderer Hersteller, vom Traktorenbau zurück. Der ab 1934 hergestellte Minneapolis-Moline Universal ist technisch nicht verwandt.

Stephens-Automobile

Ebenfalls um diese Zeit begann die Entwicklung eines Personenwagens, mit dem Markteinbußen in Landmaschinenherstellung aufgefangen werden sollten. Der Stephens wurde von 1916 bis 1924 bei der Tochtergesellschaft Stephens Automobile Branch (von 1922 bis 1924 Stephens Motor Car Company) in Freeport (Illinois) gebaut. Die Angaben zur Produktionszahl liegen zwischen 19.146 und geschätzten 35.000 Exemplaren.

Präsident der Gesellschaft wurde G.A. Stephens, ein Sohn des Inhabers. Geschäftsführer wurde Matthew A. Steele. In den Automobilbau investierte Moline Plow aus der Notwendigkeit heraus, die Produktion zu diversifizieren und damit einen Rückgang im Landmaschinenbau aufzufangen. Der Entwurf des Automobils stammte vom Ingenieur Edward T. Birdsall, die Produktion begann im Mai 1916 in den ehemaligen Räumlichkeiten des Kutschenbauers John W. Henney & Company. Der Stephens war ein Assembled Car, d. h. ein Auto, das aus zugekauften Komponenten zusammengestellt worden war.

Zwischen 1916 (Modelljahr 1917) und 1924 entstanden die folgenden Modelle:

 1916/1917: Stephens Six Series 60 (Motor Continental)
 1918/1919: Stephens Salient Six Series 70
 1920–1921: Stephens Salient Six Series 80
 1922: Stephens Salient Six Series 90
 1923: Stephens Six Series 10
 1923: Stephens Six Series 20
 1924: Stephens 6-20 Series 20

John North Willys

John North Willys, Inhaber des Willys-Overland Konzerns, übernahm im September 1918 51 % der Moline Plow Company. Das Unternehmen hatte zu dieser Zeit 22 Niederlassungen und 3000 Händler. Willys holte George Peek (1873–1943) als Präsidenten und dieser berief den ehemaligen US-General Hugh S. Johnson (1881–1942) als Rechtsvertreter des Unternehmens. Johnson war von 1919 bis 1927 als Firmenanwalt tätig. Beide gehörten zuvor dem War Production Board an. Peek wurde später der Leiter der Agricultural Adjustment Administration, einer Behörde innerhalb des Landwirtschaftsministeriums.

Moline Plow wurde nicht in Norths Konzern eingegliedert und die meisten früheren Führungskräfte behielten ihre Positionen auch unter dem neuen Eigentümer.

Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company

Moline Plow verwendete in einem großen Teil ihrer Landmaschinen R & V-Benzinmotoren, die von der 1901 gegründeten Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company in East Moline (Illinois) hergestellt wurden. Dieses Unternehmen war durch unbezahlt gebliebene Rüstungsaufträge in Schwierigkeiten geraten und wurde 1920 von John Willys erworben. Es wurde als weitere Tochtergesellschaft der Moline Plow Company angegliedert.

Root & Vandervoort brachte mit der 1904 gegründeten Moline Automobile Company eine eigene Automobilproduktion ein. Das letzte Modell, der Moline-Knight mit Schiebermotor, wurde von 1920 bis 1924 als R&V Knight gebaut. Bereits ab Mitte 1917 hatte auch der Stephens Salient Six  R & V-Motoren erhalten, allerdings keine schiebergesteuerten.

Moline-LKW
Von 1920 bis 1923 stellte Moline Plow den Lastkraftwagen Moline Model 10 mit 1½ sh tn (1360 kg) Nutzlast her. Das Fahrzeug hatte einen Vierzylindermotor unbekannter Herkunft – ein R & V ist immerhin naheliegend – und ein Dreiganggetriebe. Der Radstand betrug 130 Zoll (3302 mm). 1921 und 1922 lag der Verkaufspreis bei US$ 1695,-.

Moline Implement Company
Willys geriet kurz nach der Übernahme von R&V in ernsthafte Finanzprobleme, die durch eine Überschuldung der an sich rentablen Unternehmen zurückzuführen war. John Willys hatte zu groß investiert und dazu hohe Kredite aufgenommen. Als ein Arbeitskampf ausbrach und eine kurze aber heftige Rezession einsetzte, war er gezwungen, eine Sanierung des Willys-Overland Konzerns zuzulassen. Diese wurde vom früheren leitenden General-Motors-Manager und Buick-Chef Walter P. Chrysler sehr erfolgreich durchgeführt. Willys war jedoch gezwungen, sich von großen Teilen seines Konzerns zu trennen. Dazu gehörte auch Moline Plow. Wahrscheinlich kam es im Nachgang zu diesem Besitzerwechsel zur Reorganisation als Moline Implement Company. Peeks Nachfolger als Präsident und General Manager wurde Frank G. Allen (1858–1940), der diese Position viele Jahre innehatte.

In einer Rückbesinnung auf das Kerngeschäft, die Herstellung von Landmaschinen, wurde die Herstellung von Traktoren, Automobilen und Motoren eingestellt.

Minneapolis Moline Implement Company

1929 wurde Moline Plow Bestandteil einer Fusion mehrerer Unternehmen aus der gleichen Branche: Aus der Moline Plow Company, der Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company (Twin City-Traktoren) und der Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company entstand die Minneapolis-Moline Implement Company mit den Markennamen Minneapolis-Moline und M-M. Sie wurde ihrerseits 1963 von White übernommen; ihre Markennamen verschwanden 1974.

Produkte (Auswahl)

 Flying Dutchman Aufsitz-Pferdepflug (1883–ca. 1914)
 Highflying Dutchman Aufsitz-Pferdepflug
 Dutch Uncle Ernter, pferdegezogen
 Mandt Wagon Fuhrwerk
 Moline Universal Traktorsystem mit Anbaugeräten (1915–1923)
 Stephens Automobile
 Moline Model 10, LKW mit 1½ sh tn (1360 kg) Nutzlast

Literatur
 Charles H. Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890–1980. 2. Auflage. Krause Publications, Iola WI 2005, ISBN 0-87349-726-0, ISBN 978-0-87349-726-8.
 Ralph W. Sanders: Vintage farm tractors: the ultimate tribute to classic tractors; Town Square Books, Stillwater MN (1996), ISBN 978-0-89658-280-4
 Chester Peterson Jr., Rod Beemer: Minneapolis-Moline Farm Tractor Color History; MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI (2000); (liegt nicht vor)
 Charles H. Wendel, Andrew Morland: Minneapolis-Moline Tractors, 1870–1969 MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI (1990); ISBN 0-87938-468-9 ISBN 978-0-87938-468-5 (liegt nicht vor)
 Randy Leffingwell: Classic Farm Tractors: History of the Farm Tractor; Crestline Books, 1. Auflage (1996), ISBN 978-0-7603-0246-0 (liegt nicht vor)

 G. N. Georgano (Herausgeber), G. Marshall Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles; MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI (1979); ISBN 0-87341-024-6
 Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles; Krause Publications, Iola WI (1996); ISBN 0-87341-368-7; ISBN 978-0-87341-368-8
 Albert Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I: Illustrated Histories of 224 Manufacturers (2009), Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson NC; ISBN 0-7864-3967-X ISBN 978-0-7864-3967-6

 Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers A.L.A.M. (National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; Inc. N.A.C.C.): Handbook of Automobiles 1915–1916 Dover Publications, Inc.; Reprint (1970)

Weblinks

 Willys-Overland-Knight-Registry (WOKR) (englisch) (abgerufen am 4. Februar 2016)
 Willys-Overland-Knight-Registry (WOKR): Stephens History (englisch) (abgerufen am 21. Februar 2016)
 WOKR: Willys-Overland-Knight-Registry (WOKR): R&V, R&V Knight, Moline, Moline Knight History (englisch) (abgerufen am 4. Februar 2016)
 WOKR: Ein unrestaurierter Stephens Salient Six Modell 86 Touring in Schweden (1920) (englisch) (abgerufen am 24. September 2012)
 WOKR: PDF mit technischen Daten des Stephens Salient Six (englisch) (abgerufen am 24. September 2012)
 Raghuram Rajan, Rodney Ramcharan: The Anatomy of a Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s. in: American Economic Review, 105(4), S. 1439–1477

 Early American Automobiles: Markengeschichte von Willys Overland und Stephens (englisch) (abgerufen am 1. Februar 2016)
 Early American Automobiles: Bilder Stephens (1915 und 1920) (englisch) (abgerufen am 1. Februar 2016) * willysonline.com: Geschichte von Willys (englisch) (abgerufen am 24. September 2012)
 coachbuilt.com: Henney Motors Company (englisch) (abgerufen am 24. September 2012)
 Farm Collector: Universal tractor (englisch) (abgerufen am 20. Februar 2016)
 Farm Collector: 1917 Moline Universal Model D – Restored (englisch) (abgerufen am 20. Februar 2016)
 csgnetwork.com: cubic inch calculator (englisch) (abgerufen am 20. Februar 2016)

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (Illinois)
Unternehmen (Rock Island County)
Organisation (Moline, Illinois)
Ehemaliger Lkw-Hersteller (Vereinigte Staaten)
Ehemaliger Landmaschinenhersteller
Ehemaliger Traktorenhersteller
Willys-Overland
Gegründet 1866
Aufgelöst 1929


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I think McCord is the real jackass in this situation, though. He also has the chance to get away, he has his kids with him, he saved all the hostages, and the building is evacuated. But I guess it just chaps his ass to think he's busting his balls every day as this hockey arena fire marshall, changing light bulbs and what not, trying to raise two kids on his own on this measly salary, I mean really WORKING for a good honest living – and then here's this German fuckhead Hans Grueber getting all these billions of dollars for one day of work. And I mean he wasn't even planting the bombs or anything, he was just sitting on his ass up there in the box seats. He killed a few people but big deal, it was a gun and they weren't armed, it wasn't like hand to hand or anything. I mean if anyone deserves this money it's the blue collar terrorists, the guys who put their blood sweat and tears into chasing McCord around the arena, the guys who ended up set on fire or blown up or steam pressed because this fire marshall happens to be so god damned ingenuitive.
I think this must be what McCord was thinking when he chased after Grueber and climbed onto his helicopter and made sure to kill the bastard. (The big surprise here is that even though McCord refers to the situation as a "game" throughout the movie, he doesn't say "I win" or "game over" when he kills him. Good restraint there bud, seriously.)
But I don't think this is good judgment on McCord's part and I think he should be ashamed of himself and so should the whole fire department. I mean maybe if he was a security guard he should chase the guy down, it would be his job. But he's a fire marshall, his job is to prevent fires which means he should NOT be blowing up helicopters while he's on the clock. I hope if there is another sequel it will start out with him fired and disgraced or at least on suspension like McClane in the beginning of Die Hard: With A Vengeance. If he gets away with this then I can only say that this kind of lenience by employers is the reason why the american work ethic is often so shoddy, they can get away with this kinda crap.
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RRA
For some I always dismissed this, but caught it through Netflix and you know what? I rather quite enjoyed it.
Out of the DIE HARD clones that clogged Hollywood aciton cinema in the 1990s, I would say that SUDDEN DEATH fits rather nicely between the masterpeice knock-off UNDER SIEGE, and the rather lame AIR FORCE ONE.
Strange how both DEATH and AFO follow the DH formula to the hip, and yet while it lasted, I liked DEATH but couldn't give two shits about AFO. Why is that? My theory:
(1) the DIE HARD plot doesn't work at all on an airplane. It's ludicrous, and not the good kind. And nobody bring up PASSENGER 57. That didn't work either. Nor EXECUTIVE DECISION.
(2) Such clones need to differentiate somehow from the others to sell. With AFO, the U.S. President is the hero. But what do they do with that gimmick? Nothing different. Imagine if a chicken-hawk President like Clinton or Dubya-type instead of Han Solo? That would be more interesting.
(3) SUDDEN DEATH at least we get some fun creative kills & threats: Hot grill, French Frier, industrial dishwasher, hitwoman in mascot costume, meat slicer, exercise equipment, fire, homemade incendiary device, skates, good shit.
(4) Peter Hyams crafted effectively a very slick airport novel action/thriller, which is fitting because DIE HARD in itself was based off such a procedural pulp work. I always admired Hyams for willingness to always work different genres, never afraid of victory or defeat. Also he lights his own pictures. That's awesome.
(5) Also Van Damme for most of DEATH doesn't have a gun. When he does use one, it dillutes run of the mill to otherwise compelling action cinema.
E-Man
This is actually one of my favorite Van Damme flicks. The main one is Hard Target. Anyway, you made no mention of the fight between McCord and the hitwoman disguised at a mascot. That was priceless.
pegsman
I've always had a soft spot for MAXIMUM RISK.
By the way, are there any experts on Van Damme out there who can point out what to watch and what to avoid? I've just realized that I haven't seen that many movies with the man. I'm almost through Dolph's canon now, and ready for something else.
Pegsman, I'd recommend Hard Target, Kickboxer, Sudden Death, Wrong Bet (also called Lionheart), UniSol, UniSol Regeneration and Bloodsport the most.
Timecop is fun although I'd rank it a bit lower, and although UniSol The Return is mostly pretty bland, it's got a pretty cool end fight against MJW.
Maybe avoid Street Fighter (and most of his late era DTV stuff), and personally I've never liked Nowhere To Run.
neal2zod
Pegsman, I'd second Mike A's list, but re: Van Damme's DTV stuff, I actually enjoyed both The Hard Corps and Second in Command when I saw them on TV. I'm also a sucker for Nowhere to Run; it's small and minor but it's nice to see him in a T2-style relationship with a kid, and Rosanna Arquette is gorgeous.
His best acting performance is definitely in JCVD, even though the movie itself isn't very good. I definitely recommend the outrageous Double Team if you like Torque-like craziness, as well as the very similar Knock Off. Looking through his major filmography he actually doesn't have many duds, the only ones I didn't really like were Death Warrant, Double Impact and Sudden Death, but I'd still recommend catching them on TV if you can.
Shoot McKay
Wake of Death and Until Death perhaps?
Those are actually two great lateJCVD movies in my opinion. Especially Until Death has some really strong acting on his part. More a character piece than fullblown action if I remember correctly, but it´s really solid. Both of those movies are.Also,te recent Six Bullets is pretty damn great in my opinion.
Looks like I've seen a lot of the "good ones" after all. I saw NOWHERE TO RUN with my then 70 year old father (he's dead now, and he only liked 70's Bronson movies and HIGH ROAD TO CHINA) and he liked it, so I'm sort of obliged to like it. And I'm half way through SUDDEN DEATH now, and I haven't turned it off yet. Oh, and I think MAXIMUM RISK anf THE SHEPHERD are really cool.
Oh man, HIGH ROAD TO CHINA. A perfectly good old-school romantic hero role for Tom Selleck ruined by the fact that Hollywood never came up with a leading lady who could match him. He's seven feet tall and possessed of the world's manliest mustache and he gets paired time and again with these tiny, shrill college sophomore types. He always seems like he's babysitting, not courting.
Mr. M – So I take it you're not a QUIGLY DOWN UNDER fan then?
Same problem, but that movie's got more going for it, i.e. Alan Rickman's in it.
Sternshein
I dont think there is a skipable Van Damme theatrical release.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:30 am
Laura San Giacomo might be half the size of Selleck, but I do think she has the right temperament to make a good match for him in QUIGLEY. And even if The Moustache often is looked upon as this romantic leading man, I think he's at his best when he play grumpy old men like police chief Stone.
In theory, San Giacomo might have worked, but the character she was playing was impossible. She came off more like a retarded teenager than a grown woman that a stud like Selleck should be bedding down with. It was kind of uncomfortable to watch.
March 31st, 2013 at 1:04 pm
You could skip DEATH WARRANT. Under no circumstances are you to skip STREET FIGHTER: THE MOVIE. I always liked MAXIMUM RISK myslef, but it's no DOUBLE TEAM. I enjoyed THE QUEST too but it's UNISOL, SUDDEN DEATH, BLOODSPORT, KICKBOXER, DOUBLE IMPACT and I guess HARD TARGET. I always hated TIMECOP and still do. Funny that's his most mainstream and most popular.
QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER is awesome. One of my all time favs, just a great old school adventure.
Fred: I like QDU overall (you're right, it has an old school sense of scope that you don't see much anymore when you know most exteriors are CGI-enhanced) but San Giacomo's entire role, from the way it's written to the way it's performed, is just embarrassing. Remember the part where she fights a bunch of symbolic wolves and all of a sudden she's magically cured of the crazy? I don't think there's an actress on earth who could have pulled that role off.
Yeah, I would say KICKBOXER, BLOODSPORT, LIONHEART, HARD TARGET and DOUBLE TEAM are the unmissable non-Unisol Van Dammes. LIONHEART would be at the top of those for me if I wasn't so addicted to the silliness of DOUBLE TEAM.
I don't think DOUBLE IMPACT gets enough love. I like how they explain one brother's Belgian accent (which is supposed to be French for some reason) but not why the brother who grew up in Hong Kong talks the same way. And Geoffrey Lewis is great as the grizzled mentor who gets beat up a lot.
April 1st, 2013 at 3:33 am
Thanks guys. Looks like I've seen a lot of the good ones after all. Haven't seen LIONHEART though, so I will start with that.
Poeface
February 1st, 2017 at 1:26 pm
So what do you guys think about TIMECOP? It just came out on bluray over here, and I gave it another go around. Been twenty years (!) since I last saw it on ye olde vhs. I think it holds up pretty well as a crossover between the respectable mainstream type of Van Damme vehicle that Vern described for SUDDEN DEATH, and the more experimental type, what with the mashing of action and sci-fi/time travel genres.
It's real 90's in the high-concept sci-fi stuff, even though the time travel stuff makes little sense, and they were clearly trying to give Jean Claude a go at the corny Arnold one-liners – to a guy caught having virtual reality sex – "Looks like safe sex to me." Clunk.
Van Damme also shows his dramatic side with the dead-wife/family subplot, which appears in his later DTV's like WAKE OF DEATH and UNTIL DEATH.
(PS I know Franchise Fred hates it already. Have seen his comments across multiple threads. Any change of heart since then, Fred?)
I give TIMECOP three sad puppies out of five. Why Fred hates it is beyond me. It is "Good Enough" – Van Damme.
Poe and Shoot, I have been revisiting '90s movies so that may be a good reason to give Timecop another chance. At the time, my biggest beef was that they had all of time travel at their disposal, but they spent most of the movie going right back to 1994. Maybe now I'll see it as a period piece.
I also thought the "same matter can't occupy same space" thing was bullshit. 2004 Ron Silver is not the same matter as 1994 Ron Silver. Molecules are changing by the second! But as we now know, it's just like that movie Looper but a million times better.
It is better than LOOPER…
geoffreyjar
I still dig TIMECOP. It gets the job done. What I like to call a TNT movie: You can't go to sleep but hey, TNT is playing . Guess I don't NEED to go to sleep..
I too wish they did more with the time travel gimmick, though the two we got in the past were a lot of fun, but once I got over that hangup, I enjoy it. I'm pro-bad-guy-turns-into-a-shitty-early-90s-blob by touching-his-past-self man myself.
I know I told this story in the JEAN CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON thread but screw-it: when I was explaining the plot of LOOPER to co-workers, one of my supervisors got a really smug look on his face and with an even more smug tone said: "You ever seen TIMECOP, because that's the EXACT same plot!" It's of coarse not, but never let real-actual-facts get in the way of being a contrarian-asshole. So I had a real good laugh with that comparison in the pilot.
Anyone see the DTV/TV Movie sequel? I know I saw it but I can't tell you a single damned thing about it.
Since I'm in the thread, SUDDEN DEATH is an awesome and superior DIE HARD-clone. Was interested in what the movie was like before, when it was a parody of DIE HARD-style movies. At least they did the right thing and left the fight with the mascot in.
The recommendations are over, but I also support LIONHEART. Fans need to talk about that one more!
I did see Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision and I remember liking it because at least it went into the past, and dealt with the age old question, "Would you kill Hitler?" I was also hoping Jason Scott Lee would turn into a bona fide action star, but alas…
Did I miss when Sudden Death was developed as a parody?
I really need a re-watch of Van Damme movies because there are some I haven't seen in forever. Timecop is one of them.
I remember really not liking Maximum Risk when I saw it in the theater but years later I rewatched it and really enjoyed it. I had never really seen a Ringo Lam film before Maximum Risk so I was expecting more of a John Woo movie at the time. I guess having seen Ringo Lam films in between viewings my expectations were adjusted accordingly.
This might seem controversial but Van Damme's entire filmography is so much better than Seagal's filmography.
Also, Sudden Death is fucking great.
Oh yeah Ringo Lam, which reminds me I also watched IN HELL for the first time, the night after revisiting TIMECOP, another haunted-by-dead-wife one for Van Damme. It's basically Stallone's LOCK UP via SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION but with more brawling. Also, it may have informed UNDISPUTED 3. I thought it was great.
1-900-MIXALOT
Poeface – Does that mean you saw TIMECOP during its theatrical release here in Australia, during that dark and murky 90s era of our antipodian past that I refer to as "the M years" where films such as TIMECOP were hacked to pieces to secure a more audience friendly rating after the dread MA15+ classification was announced? In its theatrical iteration there were literally jump cuts all throughout the movie where entire frames were slashed wholesale from the final locked print. Another movie to suffer such ignominy during this time was THE GETAWAY. Same shit happened to ROBOCOP 2, PREDATOR 2 and TOTAL RECALL as well. They were all released uncut at a later date on home video of course but still, when I saw TMECOP at the movies it was like goddamned Godard cut that shit.
Fred: I read a few places and (the ALWAYS reliable, no exceptions!) IMDB and Wikipedia state that, like LAST ACTION HERO, the script was written as a parody of DIE HARD-like movies, written by a producer's wife I think (?). Also like LAST ACTION HERO, when the studio started developing the script, either the satire was lost on them or they decided that it would work EVEN BETTER as a straight action movie version of what it is parodying. I think we can agree that SUDDEN DEATH came out much more consistent (not a slap at LAST ACTION HERO, which is it's own special snowflake in the world of cinema). Like I said, it's something I read in a few places. For all I know it's been debunked, regardless I think the movie ended up with was a real good version of that type of action movie.
Stern: I can't see many, with a straight face, defending Seagal's filmography over Van Damme's. I guess maybe comparing certain phases, but not the entirety of their filmography's (example: someone arguing Seagal's "Golden Age" is better than Van Damme's whole filmography, etc.)
Poeface: IN HELL is an under-rated game. It was one of the first ones were Van Damme was becoming much more humbled and trying to flex his acting muscles. Like REPLICANT*, also directed by Ringo Lam, it unfortunately came out in between his "Big Star" period and "Comeback" period, which puts it squarely in his "Has Been" period which many feel is easily ignored. I never saw the correlation between IN HELL and UNDISPUTED III before, now that you mention it though I can't unsee.
*yeah REPLICANT has a really silly B-Movie premise (obviously trying to ride the coat-tales of FACE/OFF) but I argue that Lam's direction and everyone's performances sells the reality of the movie.
MIXALOT, I missed TIMECOP at cinemas (thankfully by the sound of it, or I could have had a Franchise Fred experience), but I remember those oppressive years. Funny that most of the movies you mentioned are Fox titles. I didn't really notice the cuts till they were released on DVD in the late 90's early 00's.
The one that got my severest annoyance was the butchered BRAVEHEART dvd where a lot of the gore was removed. I used to be that pain in the arse guy writing in to the monthly rag WhatDVD asking all these questions about the cuts and why the running time was significantly shorter. They thought I was imagining it all, and explained it as though I were comparing it to the NTSC time frames as opposed to PAL. I told them to fuck off, and they sent me a bunch of free dvds.
But it was great to see Fox UK release an uncut bluray of COMMANDO. I jumped on that shit.
Geoffrey, probly more a correlation to both UNDISPUTED's 2-3, particularly MJW's character in 2. Boyka stands in his own unique story and redemption from villain to dark hero over two films.
Kickboxer was cut upon initial release in Australia too in order to avoid an R rating and to keep this post at least somewhat Van Damme oriented. Having said that, it still grinds my gears that to this day the only way to see HELLRAISER, CANDYMAN or RAZORBACK uncut anywhere in the world is via long out of print VHS or the occasional mythical Japanese laserdisc.
It has been awhile, soI may have to rewatch this in the future ( no pun intended)
TIMECOP really hasn't aged that well, but only because it counted as cool action back then, but by today's standards feels more like a Network TV pilot. An entertaining one, but nothing to get too excited about.
February 2nd, 2017 at 3:08 pm
TIMECOP is in the lower tier of his mid 90s and late 90s stuff in retrospect. I like this, DOUBLE TEAM and MAXIMUM RISK better but I still dig TIMECOP. It actually has a lot of great remake potential.
HALLSY
February 3rd, 2017 at 11:16 am
I never saw Timecop or Sudden Death when they first came out. Watched both recently – Timecop was really boring and Sudden Death was unexpectedly great. At one point, I was hoping that all of Sudden Death would just be Van Damme fighting people in the kitchen. It's by far the most surreal Van Damme movie – the mascot fight, the goalie scene. Unreal.
I can't imagine anyone at any point in the history of the world arguing that Seagal had better movies than Van Damme. Bloodsport and Kickboxer are better than any Seagal movies. And most of Van Damme's movies range from watchable to great.
Mastor Troy
August 3rd, 2017 at 1:57 am
I had mixed feelings about this one on a recent revisit. Main problem was JCVD playing the everyman John McClane role. He's Chance Boudreaux, Kickboxer, the Muscles from Brussels for crying out loud. All of which I love him for but it's way too much baggage to get my head around him being the underdog in this.
I did like the escalation of insane stunts in the third act. McCla…sorry I mean McCord trapezing through the stadium roof during sudden death. Taking a bullet in the shoulder for his daughter, then instead of taking her to safety like a responsible father he jumps on the helicopter ladder and shoots the crew midair just so we can have the Hans Gruber slow-mo falling death scene as Powers Boothe, disguised as Ron Burgundy screams "No, no, noooo…".
One thing I will always be grateful for in SUDDEN DEATH is the frequent on-screen foretelling that a much much greater action film was coming to change our lives forever…
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October 2nd, 2020 at 7:55 pm
So I just re-watched this yesterday for no other reason than the fact they've just done a remake with MJW in the Van Damme role and I wanted to see if the original held up. A strange JCVD to remake as SUDDEN DEATH underperformed at the box office but am glad they had the good sense to cast another legit martial artist in the role as opposed to, I don't know Luke Goss or someone.
Watching this after almost 10 years, I gotta say, SUDDEN DEATH is still largely entertaining but is marred by a mid section which plods. I didn't mind the film taking it's time with the set-up or the fact that it's almost a full 40 minutes before Van Damme springs into action. Then you get the Penguin Fight which still remains the movie's best and most inventive sequence, followed almost immediately by another cool one where Van Damme takes out another baddy with a bone.
But after that, the film settles into some needlessly overdrawn scenes of JCVD disarming the bombs (a time waster as he's simply working off an educated guess), a million cut aways to the game, the late, great Powers Boothe eating shrimp and figuring out who next to execute while the Computer Nerd checks if the money is being transferred and a completely useless subplot about a turn coat Secret Service who's coordinating the rescue outside. It then kicks back into high gear for the last half hour which I enjoyed, Hyams' superb staging and filming of the action sequences making up for a noticeable lack of budget.
Not bad, but this for me, is still the (slightly) lesser Hyams/Van Damme joint below TIMECOP which benefits from a better sense of pacing, more action and JCVD's fancy footwork.
Now, keeping my fingers crossed that WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH doesn't shit the bed….
Borg9
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:46 am
Sure, but if you're stuck with a weak midsection, having Powers Boothe eat shrimp is definitely one of the all time great solutions to the problem.
What I've always admired about SUDDEN DEATH is its use of the hockey stadium as a setting; it's integral not incidental. Aside from the penguin mascot fight, which takes place in the kitchen, we get another fight in the kit room, a chase across the seats, JCVD having to take to the ice, bodies delivered by Zamboni, and that wonderful retractable roof. And I've always assumed, with no knowledge of ice rink management, that the flood that happens during the ecacuation is caused by some breach of the icemaking machinery. The sense of location keeps the movie grounded in a reality even as the action ramps up into the heights of ridiculousness.
TIMECOP may be the better movie, but only just, and I wouldn't really want to choose.
McCord's irritating children almost ruin the whole movie for me…
Ok…WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH doesn't the shit the bed…but it does snore occasionally and rip out a few loud farts. While Hyams was a master at making modest budgeted films look epic and expensive, Dallas Jackson sadly lacks similar chops and WELCOME…looks and feels every bit the low budget affair it is. Instead of Powers Boothe you get an actor I last saw playing the 3rd or 4th henchman in a Steve Austin flick called HUNT TO KILL as the main villain here. And not content with it's basic DIE HARD premise, the movie also plunders other DIE HARD sequels for plot, with a goofy janitor who knows all the passageways and drives a buggy straight from DIE HARD 2 and the fearless, feisty and mouthy daughter from LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD.
Thank God for MJW, who as always, never dials it in. No fight with a giant penguin sadly, but White does get to go toe to toe with his real life wife and dish out punishment far more frequently to the baddies than JCVD did in the original. Definitely not Larnell Stovall's best work, but with productions of these budgets, I'd be surprised if he was given more than 2 days to put them together.
Not a patch on the original, but thankfully also not COPS AND ROBBERS or UNDERCOVER BROTHER 2 awful.
Jeezy crow, KayKay, are you joshin' me? WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH is the worst MJW movie I've ever seen, and I saw SPAWN on the big screen. Absolutely the bottom of the barrel. Terrible direction, writing, lighting, editing, music (I like SOME hip-hop, at least, but every fight was scored to terrible hip-hop, in my opinion.), acting (MJW aside, of course, tho the writing did him no favors. And I guess I liked the little girl playing his daughter. She has definite potential, at the very least, going by what she did with the material.)…it's all just a wash. I wonder if if MJW owed the director a favor, or maybe just needed to sod his lawn or something.
If your movie is a 'DIE HARD IN A…" movie and your comic relief sidekick explicitly points it out, referencing DIE HARD and Bruce Willis and actually saying "Yippee-Ki-Yay…" then I want to bop it on the nose with a rolled up newspaper and say "NO!" like the dumb puppy it is.
That said, the comic relief sidekick was my second favorite part of the movie even if, as my roommate pointed out (based off of one line of dialogue, but not entirely off-base), Jason Mewes should have played that character.
But I still had to watch another MJW movie, THE HARD WAY, afterwards, just to wash the taste of this crap outta my mouth. Especially since this version takes place at a basketball game where there IS no sudden death, so even the title makes no sense. I say avoid at all costs, even if it is a brisk 80 minutes.
Hahahaha JEROME….Well, I hope my comment above made some effort at least to articulate that in no way do I consider this top-tier MJW, however I refuse to hang the "worst MJW" tag on WELCOME…. in a universe which also has dreck like COPS & ROBBERS, CHAIN OF COMMAND AND UNDERCOVER BROTHER 2 sitting in the White oeuvre (the same unfair universe that has White still slumming in bargain bin productions like this instead of headlining a John Wick-level franchise). Watch 10 mins of any of those and I guarantee it'll re-baseline your definitions of "Terrible direction, writing, lighting, editing, music etc etc"
And sometimes, it all boils down to your state of mind when you watch a film. It was a lazy Saturday, I was comfortably ensconced in my favorite arm chair, 4 beers in and feeling a nice buzz, checked out WELCOME…. and didn't find it to be the train wreck I expected , but who knows, seen during another day and time, I would have been inclined to agree with you 100%.
Conversely, I saw SUDDEN DEATH in the cinemas 25 years ago and thought it was 2 hours of white knuckle excitement. My most recent viewing had me thinking it could have done with some editing to tighten the pacing.
At the very least WELCOME… is a merciful 80 minutes!
Fair 'nuff, KayKay. I haven't seen any of those 'films' you mentioned, so I can't speak to that. And I hope I didn't offend you. If anything, I was just completely appalled that MJW still has to do complete garbage like WELCOME… at this point in his career. It actually offends me.
Speaking of WELCOME… Did you catch the mid-credits stinger? The most pathetic sequel-tease I have ever seen.
Jerome, no offense taken.
I'm equally saddened and pissed that MJW still has to slum in low grade fair when at the very least, we should be getting more movies like BLOOD & BONE, FALCON RISING & NEVER BACK DOWN, all 3 perfectly positioned to be great franchises for him. It was even publicized that FALCON would spawn (no pun intended) a series but that seems to have gotten nowhere either.
And yeah I saw the mid-credits for WELCOME…and that did provide the movie's single biggest laugh for me.
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MINI has unveiled the new MINI Electric at its Oxford plant, the home of the brand where the very first MINI was built 60 years ago.
After 15,000 potential customers already expressed an interest in the car, the official order books are now open. Manufacturing will begin in late 2019, with first deliveries in the spring of 2020 and exports headed around the world.
Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production - and previous plant director of Oxford - Oliver Zipse said, "We are entering an era in which electric cars will become a normal choice for our customers. The MINI Electric will kick off our new model offensive for fully electric vehicles. By 2023, two years ahead of schedule, we will have 25 electrified models on the market. More than half of them will be fully electric".
The MINI Electric will be fully integrated into the production process at Oxford, running down the same lines as all the conventional models...
"This plant builds 1000 cars per day, with a new MINI coming off the line every 67 seconds, so the integration gives excellent production flexibility and allows supplies of the new model to be adjusted according to demand," explained Plant
Oxford managing director, Peter Weber, "This is such a proud moment for every single one of our team."
Instantly recognisable as a three-door MINI Hatch, the MINI Electric blends the timeless appeal of the design and go-kart handling with the latest in cutting-edge, zero-emissions powertrain technology and in-car connectivity. It drives just as a MINI should with performance close to that of the hot hatch MINI Cooper S, accelerating from zero to 62 mph in 7.3 seconds.
David George, director of MINI in the UK said, "Now our customers can have everything they love about MINI, but with all the advantages of an electric car – lower environmental impact and running costs and they never have to visit a petrol station again".
Priced to be widely affordable, many customers are expected to lease the new car and rates will start below £300 per month. The on-the-road list price is from £24,400 after the government's Plug-In Car Grant has been applied.
Research published today by What Car? magazine and supported by MINI showed that more than 1.5 million UK households which are perfectly suited to running an electric car, are not yet doing so. They have off street parking to allow easy at-home recharging and more than one car in the household, one of which never does more than 100 miles in a day. MINI's own data shows that the average distance driven each day is 26 miles.
"We believe the new MINI Electric could be a tipping point for those who have been thinking about choosing an electric car, to take that step now," added George. "We aim to introduce a whole new group of drivers in the UK to the fun and cost savings of electric driving, in a way only MINI can".
Secretary of State for business, Greg Clark, welcomed the news, "Our automotive industry has long been a source of national pride, and the unique collaboration between Government and industry through our Industrial Strategy has helped put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacture of zero emission vehicles with one in five electric cars in Europe now built in the UK.
"The production of the electric MINI in the UK will play a key role in accelerating the adoption of cleaner, greener vehicles and I am delighted this modern British icon will be manufactured in Oxford".
The original Mini, designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, was born out of the Suez crisis oil shortage and the demand for affordable motoring. The first cars rolled off the line at Oxford in the summer of 1959 and so began a global success story which has spanned six decades. As the world faces new environmental, social and economic challenges, MINI has chosen the moment to launch its first fully electric model.
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