<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset= =US-ASCII"></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FO= NT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> Hi all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sorry if this is a rerun.  Didn't seem to go through the first time!</DIV> <DIV> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=rolx_doc= ument face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3></DIV> <DIV><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1108870532@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGH= T: 320px" height=320 width=480 vspace=5 comp_state="speed" DATASIZ= E="31886" ID="MA1.1108870532" ></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I dug out a diagram of the Erard action that I'm trying to get a handle on.  Any suggestions on regulation of this would be welcomed!&nb= sp; Quentin and Pierre have been most helpful.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't know if the 1821 on the diagram is the year this action was patented or not.  I can only assume that it is. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Curious animal, that's for sure.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>