CN113291043B

CN113291043B - Plate printing device

Info

Publication number: CN113291043B
Application number: CN202110548749.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何玮
Original assignee: Anhui Jianzhu University
Current assignee: Dragon Totem Technology Hefei Co ltd; Shandong Boxing Hongbo Precision Sheet Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-20
Filing date: 2021-05-20
Publication date: 2022-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-20
Also published as: CN113291043A

Abstract

The invention is suitable for the field of buildings, and provides a plate printing device, which comprises: the device comprises a box body, a transmission component and a control component, wherein a through hole is formed in the box body, and the transmission component is arranged in the through hole and used for intermittently transmitting the plates; the printing assembly is arranged in the box body and is used for realizing the integral printing work of the plates under the matching of the printing assembly and the transmission assembly; the device is through additional stamp subassembly, utilizes drive assembly to make the stamp subassembly can be automatic intermittent type formula carry out the stamp operation, and the switching module can change drive assembly's running direction automatically simultaneously to this realizes that the stamp subassembly can carry out omnidirectional intermittent type formula stamp operation to panel voluntarily, and degree of automation is high, need not manual regulation, and degree of automation is high, and the operation is succinct.

Description

Plate printing device

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of buildings, and particularly relates to a plate printing device.

Background

In the process of carrying out the construction, often need at the wall mounting wallboard, and in order to strengthen indoor aesthetic property, can select to add the stamp on the wallboard and strengthen the pleasing to the eye of wallboard, make its visual effect more outstanding, and carry out the operation of stamp then need go on through the mode of stamp to the wallboard, mostly can accomplish this operation through large-scale apparatus.

At present when carrying out the stamp operation to panel, most apparatus can only carry out whole stamp to small-size panel, and then need constantly manual regulation apparatus's stamp position when carrying out the stamp to large-scale panel, and the operation of redriving stamp, then adjust the position once more, this mode need consume a large amount of manpowers, and degree of automation is low, should not operate.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a plate printing device, and aims to solve the problems that most of instruments can only perform integral printing on small plates when printing is performed on the plates at present, and the printing position of the instrument needs to be continuously and manually adjusted when printing is performed on large plates, then the printing operation is driven, and then the position is adjusted again, so that a large amount of manpower is consumed, the automation degree is low, and the operation is not suitable.

The embodiment of the present invention is achieved as follows, in which a plate printing apparatus includes:

the device comprises a box body, a transmission assembly and a control device, wherein a through hole is formed in the box body, and the transmission assembly is arranged in the through hole and used for intermittently transmitting the plates;

the printing assembly is arranged in the box body and is used for realizing the integral printing work of the plates under the matching of the printing assembly and the transmission assembly;

wherein, stamp the subassembly and include:

the driving assembly is used for driving the printing assembly to operate intermittently;

the stamping assembly is connected with the driving assembly and is used for realizing reciprocating motion of automatic pressing and lifting;

and the switching assembly is arranged on the driving assembly and is used for automatically pushing the driving assembly to change the running direction.

The plate printing device provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the device is through additional stamp subassembly, utilizes drive assembly to make the stamp subassembly can be automatic intermittent type formula carry out the stamp operation, and the switching module can change drive assembly's running direction automatically simultaneously to this realizes that the stamp subassembly can carry out omnidirectional intermittent type formula stamp operation to panel voluntarily, and degree of automation is high, need not manual regulation, and degree of automation is high, and the operation is succinct.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a plate printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of a sheet embossing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a sheet embossing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a position limiting assembly in a sheet printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partial perspective structural view of a plate printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at B;

fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view at C in fig. 3.

In the drawings: 1. a box body; 2. a through opening; 3. a transmission assembly; 4. a printing assembly; 41. a material storage box; 42. a material guide member; 43. printing and dyeing a piece; 44. a discharging port; 45. a first elastic member; 46. a first pusher member; 47. a first connecting member; 48. a blocking member; 5. a drive assembly; 51. a first guide member; 52. a first slider; 53. a first mounting bracket; 54. a first output member; 55. a first shaft member; 56. a first half-tooth member; 57. a second half tooth; 58. a first branch member; 59. a first trapezoidal gear; 510. a second trapezoidal gear; 511. a third trapezoidal gear; 512. a first rotating member; 513. a first transmission member; 514. a first tooth member; 6. a stamp assembly; 61. a second fixing member; 62. a slide box; 63. a second tooth member; 64. a guide post; 65. tooth condition; 67. a control panel; 68. a guide groove; 69. connecting blocks; 610. a guide hole; 611. a guide bar; 612. a first turntable; 613. a second conveyor belt; 614. a second turntable; 7. a switching component; 71. a fixed block; 72. a second slider; 73. a third slider; 74. a second elastic member; 75. a second pusher member; 76. a first fixing member; 77. a third pusher; 78. a third mounting bracket; 79. a clamping groove; 710. a control column; 711. a control slot; 712. a third elastic member; 713. a clamping column; 714. a first roller.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Specific implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the plate printing apparatus includes:

the plate conveying device comprises a box body 1, wherein a through hole 2 is formed in the box body 1, a conveying assembly 3 is arranged in the through hole 2, and the conveying assembly 3 is used for intermittently conveying plates;

the printing component 4 is arranged in the box body 1 and is used for realizing the integral printing work of the plates under the coordination with the transmission component 3;

wherein the printing assembly 4 comprises:

the driving assembly 5 is used for driving the printing assembly 4 to operate intermittently;

the stamping assembly 6 is connected with the driving assembly 5 and used for realizing reciprocating motion of automatic pressing and lifting;

and the switching component 7 is arranged on the driving component 4 and is used for automatically pushing the driving component 5 to change the running direction.

During the use, place panel on transmission subassembly 3, transmission subassembly 3 can be intermittent type formula with panel to one side transmission, then start stamp subassembly 4 simultaneously, stamp subassembly 4 can drive stamp subassembly 6 through drive assembly 5 and carry out the stamp work of position on the panel one by one, and simultaneously, when stamp subassembly 6 operates to the extreme position of drive assembly 5 one side, switching module 7 can change the operation direction of drive assembly 5 automatically, transmission subassembly 3 can promote panel and operate with this moment, make stamp subassembly 6 can carry out the stamp work of position one by one to the follow-up position on the panel, realize automatic comprehensive stamp with this.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, the printing assembly 4 further includes:

the storage box 41 is arranged inside the stamping assembly 6, and a discharging end of the storage box 41 is provided with a discharging assembly which is used for automatically releasing dye inside the storage box 41;

and the material guiding piece 42 is connected with the stamping assembly 6, and one end of the material guiding piece 42 is connected with the printing and dyeing piece 43.

In this embodiment, the material guiding member 42 has a tubular structure, and the material absorbing cotton is disposed inside the material guiding member 42, or other structures having good absorbability for dyes are not described herein; the printing and dyeing piece 43 is of a plate-shaped structure and is detachably connected with the material guide piece 42 so as to replace the printing and dyeing piece 43 with different printing patterns as required, and the specific connection mode is not described too much.

When the dyeing machine is used, when the material guiding piece 42 rises, the top end of the material guiding piece 42 can be in contact with the discharging assembly to enable dye in the storage box 41 to flow into the material guiding piece 42, and after the material guiding piece 42 is separated from the storage box 41, the discharging assembly can seal the storage box 41 to prevent dye from leaking, and then along with the falling of the material guiding piece 42, the dyeing piece 43 can be in contact with a plate to realize dyeing work.

As shown in fig. 6, in the embodiment of the present invention, the discharging assembly includes:

the discharge port 44 is formed in the material storage box 41, and a first elastic piece 45 is installed on one side of the discharge port 44;

a first pushing member 46 connected to the first elastic member 45, wherein a first connecting member 47 is mounted on the first pushing member 46;

and the blocking piece 48 is connected with one end of the first connecting piece 47, is positioned inside the storage box 41 and is used for preventing dye in the storage box 41 from leaking.

In this embodiment, the first elastic member 45 may be a metal spring, and may also be another elastic structure capable of pulling the blocking member 48 to return, such as a gas spring, etc., wherein the structure of the metal spring is preferred; the first pushing member 46 is a plate-shaped structure, and the first pushing member 46 is provided with a through hole for allowing the dye to flow out; the material of the blocking member 48 may be rubber, and may be other materials with good deformation capability and air tightness capability, wherein the material of rubber is preferred.

When the dye guiding piece 42 is used, when the dye guiding piece 42 rises to be in contact with the first pushing piece 46, the first pushing piece 46 is driven to rise, the first elastic piece 45 is compressed, meanwhile, the first connecting piece 47 pushes the blocking piece 48 to rise, so that the blocking piece 48 does not have a blocking effect any more, and at the moment, the dye flows out of the discharging hole 44 and flows into the dye guiding piece 42 through the first pushing piece 46; when the material guiding member 42 descends, the first elastic member 45 pushes the first pushing member 46 to return downwards, so as to drive the blocking member 48 to return downwards, so that the blocking member 48 contacts with the discharging hole 44, and the blocking effect is achieved.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, the driving assembly 5 includes:

the first guide piece 51 is installed inside the box body 1, and a first sliding piece 52 is sleeved on the first guide piece 51;

the first mounting frame 53 is connected with the first sliding part 52, the switching assembly 7 is arranged between the first sliding part 52 and the first mounting frame 53, a first output piece 54 is arranged on the first mounting frame 53, and a rotation transmission assembly is arranged at the output end of the first output piece 54;

a first shaft 55 mounted on the first mounting bracket 53, wherein a first half gear 56 and a second half gear 57 are rotatably connected to the first shaft 55, the rotation transmission assembly is connected to the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57, and the rotation transmission assembly is used for driving the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57 to rotate in opposite directions;

the first supporting piece 58 is installed inside the box body 1, and a linkage component is installed on the first supporting piece 58 and is used for receiving the power output of the first half-tooth piece 56 or the second half-tooth piece 57 and driving the stamping component 6 and the switching component 7 to operate;

and a second guide assembly installed between the switching assembly 7 and the box body 1 for defining a running track of the first mounting bracket 53.

In this embodiment, the rotation transmission assembly includes:

a first trapezoidal gear 59 connected to an output end of the first output member 54;

the second trapezoidal gear 510 and the third trapezoidal gear 511 are respectively connected to the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57, and are used for driving the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57 to rotate in opposite directions.

In this embodiment, the structure of the first output member is not limited to a rotating motor, and all power assemblies capable of driving rotation are required, which are not described herein; the structure of the second guiding assembly is not limited to the above structure, and any other structure that can make the first mounting member 53 do horizontal linear motion without rotating may be used, which is not described herein; the structure of the rotation transmission assembly is not limited to the above structure, and other structures capable of realizing rotation steering transmission are all possible, and are not described herein.

When the linkage assembly is used, the first output piece 54 is started, the first output piece 54 drives the first trapezoidal gear 59 to rotate, the second trapezoidal gear 510 and the third trapezoidal gear 511 drive the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57 to rotate in opposite directions, and the first half gear 56 and the second half gear 57 drive the linkage assembly to operate; when the linkage assembly is operated to the extreme position, the switching assembly 7 pushes the first sliding member 52 to slide on the first guide member 51 to change the meshing relationship between the linkage assembly and the first and second half-

tooth members

56 and 57, thereby changing the operation direction of the linkage assembly.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the linkage assembly includes:

the first rotating element 512 is rotatably connected to the first supporting element 58, a first transmission element 513 is sleeved on the first rotating element 512, and the switching assembly 7 and the stamping assembly 6 are mounted on the first transmission element 513;

a first toothed member 514 mounted on said first transfer member 513 for cooperating with said first and second half-

toothed members

56, 57 to drive said stamping assembly 6 intermittently.

In this embodiment, the first rotating member 512 has a plate-like structure, preferably a circular plate; the first transmission member 513 is a crawler-type structure, and is preferably made of rubber with good friction, i.e. a rubber crawler-type structure.

When the first half gear 56 is meshed with the first gear 514, the first half gear 56 drives the first transmission member 53 to rotate clockwise intermittently, so as to drive the stamping assembly 6 to rotate leftwards to realize stamping operation, and drive the switching assembly 7 on the left side to approach the driving assembly 5 until the switching assembly 7 on the driving assembly 5 is contacted, so as to push the first sliding member 52 to slide, so that the first half gear 56 is not meshed with the first gear 514, and the second half gear 57 is meshed with the first gear 514, so as to drive the first transmission member 53 to rotate anticlockwise, and the reciprocating effect is realized, wherein the first transmission member 53 rotates in a reciprocating manner.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 8, in the embodiment of the present invention, the switching component 7 includes:

the fixed block 71 is installed between the first sliding part 52 and the first mounting rack 53, and second sliding parts 72 are installed on two sides of the fixed block 71;

a third sliding part 73 arranged inside the second sliding part 72, wherein a second elastic part 74 is arranged between the third sliding part 73 and the inner wall of the second sliding part 72;

a second pusher 75 connected to the third slider 73;

the first fixing piece 76 is installed on the linkage assembly, a third pushing piece 77 is installed on the first fixing piece 76, and the third pushing piece 77 and the second pushing piece 75 are used for driving the first half-tooth piece 56 and the second half-tooth piece 57 to change the meshing relationship;

and a limiting component arranged between the first sliding part 52 and the box body 1 and used for limiting the position of the first mounting rack 53.

In this embodiment, the limiting component includes:

the third mounting bracket 78 is mounted inside the box body 1, the first guide piece 51 is mounted inside the third mounting bracket 78, and a clamping groove 79 is formed in the inner wall of the third mounting bracket 78;

a control column 710 installed at a side portion of the first slider 52, the control column 710 having a control slot 711;

the third elastic member 712 is disposed inside the control slot 711, one end of the third elastic member 712 is connected to a clamping column 713, and one end of the clamping column 713 is rotatably connected to the first roller 714.

In this embodiment, the second elastic element 74 may be a metal spring, and may also be another elastic structure capable of pulling the third sliding element 73 to return, such as a gas spring, etc., wherein the structure of the metal spring is preferred; the second pushing member 75 is a block structure having an inclined surface, and the inclined surface is matched with the third pushing member 77; a roller is rotatably connected to the third pushing member 77, and the roller can make the friction between the third pushing member 77 and the second pushing member 75 smaller.

In use, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, when the first transmission member 513 rotates counterclockwise, the first fixed member 76 on the right side moves leftward, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, when the third pushing member 77 contacts with the inclined surface of the second pushing member 75, the second pushing member 75 drives the third sliding member 73 to move backward in the horizontal direction, so as to press the second elastic member 74, as shown in fig. 8, the second elastic member 74 gives a pushing force to the fixed block 71 in the horizontal direction, but due to the limiting assembly, the fixed block 71 does not move backward in the horizontal direction, when the second elastic member 74 is pressed to the limiting state, the elastic force of the second elastic member 74 is greater than the elastic force of the third elastic member 712 in the limiting assembly, as shown in fig. 4, the third elastic member 712 is compressed, so that the first roller 714 is disengaged from the engaging groove 79 on the lower side, and move backward in the horizontal direction under the push of the second elastic element 74 until the first roller 714 enters the upper clamping groove 79, so as to change the position of the first sliding element 52, further drive the first mounting frame 53 to move, separate the first half-tooth element 56 from the first tooth element 514, and match the second half-tooth element 57 with the first tooth element 514, so as to drive the first transmission element 513 to rotate clockwise, and thus, the operation is repeated, so as to realize the effect of automatically switching the rotating direction.

As shown in fig. 1 and 7, in the embodiment of the present invention, the printing module 6 includes:

a second fixing member 61 installed on the first conveying member 513, a sliding box 62 installed on one side of the second fixing member 61, and the material storage box 41 and the material guiding member 42 installed inside the sliding box 62;

a third guide assembly installed at a side of the sliding box 62 for defining a running track of the sliding box 62;

the second gear 63 is rotatably connected inside the sliding box 62, a rotation transmission assembly is mounted on the second gear 63, and a guide column 64 is mounted on the rotation transmission assembly;

a rack member 65 installed inside the case 1, wherein the rack member 65 penetrates through the inside of the sliding box 62, and is used for driving the second gear member 63 to rotate through the operation of the sliding box 62;

the control plate 67 is arranged inside the sliding box 62, and a first guide assembly is arranged between one side of the control plate 67 and the inner wall of the sliding box 62 and is used for limiting the movement track of the control plate 67 and the material guide member 42;

the guide groove 68 is opened on the control plate 67, and the guide groove 68 and the guide column 64 are used for providing power for the operation of the control plate 67 and the material guiding member 42.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 7, in the present embodiment, the third guide assembly includes:

the connecting blocks 69 are arranged on two sides of the sliding box 62, and guide holes 610 are formed in the connecting blocks 69;

and a guide bar 611 installed inside the case 1, wherein the guide bar 611 passes through the guide hole 610.

The rotation transmission assembly includes:

a first rotating disc 612 connected to the second gear 63, wherein a second conveying belt 613 is sleeved on the first rotating disc 612;

a second rotating disc 614 rotatably connected to the inside of the sliding box 62, wherein the second conveying belt 613 is sleeved on the second rotating disc 614, and the guide post 64 is installed on the second conveying belt 613.

In this embodiment, the structure of the third guiding assembly is not limited to the above structure, and all structures that can ensure that the sliding box 62 does not turn over when performing horizontal linear motion are all suitable, which will not be described herein.

In use, the first and second half-

gears

56 and 57 drive the sliding box 62 to perform an intermittent horizontal displacement through the second fixing member 61, and when the sliding box 62 moves, the rack member 65 drives the second gear 63 to rotate, the second conveyor 613 is driven to rotate intermittently by the first turntable 612 and the second turntable 614, when the second gear 63 intermittently rotates for the first time, the guide post 64 is driven from the bottom to the top by the second conveyor 613, when the second gear 63 intermittently rotates for the second time, the guiding column 64 is driven from the top to the bottom by the second transmission belt 613, and the sliding box 62 moves by the same distance as the width of the printing member 43 when the second gear 63 intermittently rotates twice, the guide posts 64 drive the control plate 67 to reciprocate up and down through the guide slots 68, and then the material guiding member 42 is driven to move, so that the material guiding member 42 can automatically supplement the dye and automatically carry out the stamping work through the printing and dyeing member 43.

To sum up, when this panel printing device used, place panel on transmission assembly 3, transmission assembly 3 can be intermittent type formula with panel to one side transmission, then start stamp assembly 4 simultaneously, stamp assembly 4 can drive stamp assembly 6 through drive assembly 5 and carry out the stamp work to the position on the panel one by one, and simultaneously, when stamp assembly 6 operates to the extreme position of drive assembly 5 one side, switching component 7 can change the direction of operation of drive assembly 5 automatically, transmission assembly 3 can promote panel and carry out with this operation this moment, make stamp assembly 6 can carry out the stamp work of position one by one to follow-up position on the panel, thereby realize the operation of full-automatic stamp.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A sheet embossing apparatus, comprising:

the device comprises a box body, a transmission component and a control component, wherein a through hole is formed in the box body, and the transmission component is arranged in the through hole and used for intermittently transmitting the plates;

wherein, stamp the subassembly and include:

the switching assembly is arranged on the driving assembly and is used for automatically pushing the driving assembly to change the running direction;

wherein the drive assembly comprises:

the first guide piece is arranged in the box body, and a first sliding piece is sleeved on the first guide piece;

the first mounting frame is connected with the first sliding piece, the switching assembly is arranged between the first sliding piece and the first mounting frame, a first output piece is mounted on the first mounting frame, and a rotation transmission assembly is arranged at the output end of the first output piece;

the first shaft is mounted on the first mounting frame, a first half gear and a second half gear are connected to the first shaft in a rotating mode, the rotation transmission assembly is connected with the first half gear and the second half gear, and the rotation transmission assembly is used for driving the first half gear and the second half gear to rotate in opposite directions;

the first support piece is arranged in the box body, a linkage assembly is arranged on the first support piece, and the linkage assembly is used for receiving the power output of the first half gear piece or the second half gear piece and driving the stamping assembly and the switching assembly to operate;

the linkage assembly includes:

the first rotating part is rotatably connected to the first supporting part, a first transmission part is sleeved on the first rotating part, and the switching component and the stamping component are arranged on the first transmission part;

the first tooth piece is arranged on the first transmission piece and is used for being matched with the first half tooth piece and the second half tooth piece to drive the stamping assembly to run intermittently;

the switching assembly includes:

the fixed block is arranged between the first sliding piece and the first mounting frame, and second sliding pieces are arranged on two sides of the fixed block;

the third sliding part is arranged in the second sliding part, and a second elastic part is arranged between the third sliding part and the inner wall of the second sliding part;

the second pushing piece is connected with the third sliding piece;

the first fixing piece is arranged on the linkage assembly, a third pushing piece is arranged on the first fixing piece, and the third pushing piece and the second pushing piece are used for driving the first half-tooth piece and the second half-tooth piece to change the meshing relationship;

the limiting assembly is arranged between the first sliding piece and the box body and used for limiting the position of the first mounting rack;

the spacing subassembly includes:

the first guide piece is arranged in the third mounting frame, and a clamping groove is formed in the inner wall of the third mounting frame;

the control column is arranged on the side part of the first sliding piece, and a control groove is formed in the control column;

the third elastic piece is arranged in the control groove, one end of the third elastic piece is connected with a clamping column, and one end of the clamping column is rotationally connected with a first roller;

the stamp assembly includes:

the second fixing piece is arranged on the first transmission piece, and a sliding box is arranged on one side of the second fixing piece;

the second gear is rotatably connected inside the sliding box, a rotating transmission assembly is mounted on the second gear, and a guide column is mounted on the rotating transmission assembly;

a rack member installed inside the case body and penetrating the inside of the sliding box for driving the second rack member to rotate by the operation of the sliding box;

the control panel is arranged in the sliding box, a first guide assembly is arranged between one side of the control panel and the inner wall of the sliding box, and the first guide assembly is used for limiting the motion track of the control panel;

the guide groove is formed in the control plate, and the guide groove and the guide column are used for providing power for the operation of the control plate and the material guide piece;

the rotation transmission assembly includes:

the first rotating disc is connected with the second gear, and a second conveying belt is sleeved on the first rotating disc;

the second carousel rotates to be connected inside sliding, the second transmission band cover is established on the second carousel, the guide post is installed on the second transmission band.

2. A board embossing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the embossing assembly further comprises:

the storage box is arranged in the stamping assembly, a discharging end of the storage box is provided with a discharging assembly, and the discharging assembly is used for automatically releasing dye in the storage box;

the material guide piece is connected with the stamping assembly, and one end of the material guide piece is connected with the printing and dyeing piece;

the material storage box and the material guide piece are arranged inside the sliding box.

3. The board printing device according to claim 2, wherein the discharging assembly comprises:

the discharging port is formed in the material storage box, and a first elastic piece is installed on one side of the discharging port;

the first pushing piece is connected with the first elastic piece, and a first connecting piece is arranged on the first pushing piece;

the plugging piece is connected with one end of the first connecting piece, is located inside the storage box and is used for preventing dye in the storage box from leaking.