Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a reciprocating staggered feeding component for a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine and a feeding method thereof, which aim to solve the problems that the existing device provided in the prior art generally adopts a single-layer feeding mode to work, the device needs to be directly used for changing materials in the working process such as insufficient residual materials and the like, the preselected material can not be placed on the device for replacement, and a large amount of time is consumed in the feeding process due to the problems of large volume, heavy mass and the like of annular reinforcing steel bars, so that the device needs to wait in a large amount of time, and the production efficiency of the device is greatly affected.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a bar straightener is with reciprocal split layer material loading subassembly and material loading method thereof, includes places the base, place the base top and have fixed chassis through bearing swing joint, and fixed chassis top is through the first extension board of four first removal supporting mechanism fixedly connected with of group, fixed chassis top is provided with four second removal supporting mechanism of group, and first removal supporting mechanism and second removal supporting mechanism top all are provided with regulation stop gear, and are provided with two sets of locking mechanism on the fixed chassis.
Preferably, the first movable supporting mechanism comprises a first fixed bottom block, the top end of the fixed chassis is fixedly connected with four groups of first fixed bottom blocks, the four groups of first fixed bottom blocks are uniformly distributed on the top end of the fixed chassis in a ring shape, a first threaded rod is movably connected in the first fixed bottom block through a bearing, one side, close to each other, of the outer part of the first threaded rod is fixedly connected with a first conical gear, one end, close to each other, of the first threaded rod is fixedly connected with a second conical gear, the four groups of second conical gears are meshed with each other, two sides of the outer part of the first fixed bottom block are fixedly connected with first connecting rods, the first connecting rods are fixedly connected with first fixed limiting plates, the outer parts, far away from each other, of the first threaded rods are fixedly connected with third conical gears, the outer parts of the first threaded rods are connected with first clamping blocks through threads, the first clamping block and the first fixed bottom block are clamped with each other, a sliding groove matched with the first clamping block is formed in the first fixed bottom block, the top end of the first clamping block is movably connected with a second reciprocating screw rod through a bearing, the lower side of the outer part of the second reciprocating screw rod is fixedly connected with a fourth conical gear, a first multifilament rod sleeve is arranged outside the second reciprocating screw rod, a sliding block matched with the second reciprocating screw rod is arranged on the lower side of the inner part of the first reciprocating screw rod sleeve, first limiting blocks are fixedly connected to the two sides of the outer part of the first reciprocating screw rod sleeve, the two sides of the first limiting blocks are respectively matched with first fixed limiting plates on the two sides, the bottoms of four groups of first supporting plates are respectively fixedly connected to the top ends of four groups of first reciprocating screw rod sleeves, a first spring is sleeved on one side of the outer part of the first threaded rod, and two ends of the first spring are respectively welded on the first clamping block and the first fixed bottom block, the fixed chassis top one side fixedly connected with first motor, and fixedly connected with first belt pulley on the output shaft of first motor, a set of the one end fixedly connected with second belt pulley that the second bevel gear was kept away from to first threaded rod, and pass through first drive belt swing joint between second belt pulley and the first belt pulley.
Preferably, the second movable supporting mechanism comprises a second fixed block, the top end of the fixed chassis is fixedly connected with four groups of second fixed blocks, the four groups of second fixed blocks are uniformly distributed on the top end of the fixed chassis in a ring shape, the second fixed block is movably connected with a second threaded rod through a bearing, one side of the second threaded rod, which is close to each other, is fixedly connected with a fifth conical gear, one end of the second threaded rod, which is close to each other, is fixedly connected with a sixth conical gear, the four groups of sixth conical gears are meshed with each other, two sides of the outer part of the second fixed block are fixedly connected with second connecting rods, the second connecting rods are fixedly connected with second fixed limiting plates, the outer parts of one sides, which are far away from each other, of the second threaded rod are fixedly connected with seventh conical gears, the outer parts of the second threaded rod are connected with second clamping blocks through threads, and the second clamping blocks are mutually clamped with the second fixed blocks, the inside spout that cooperates with the second fixture block that has been offered of second fixed block, and second fixture block top through bearing swing joint has the fourth reciprocating screw, the outside downside fixed connection eighth conical gear of fourth reciprocating screw, and fourth reciprocating screw outside is equipped with the third to multifilament pole cover piece, the inside downside of third to multifilament pole cover piece is equipped with the slider that cooperates with the fourth reciprocating screw, the outside both sides of third to multifilament pole cover piece all fixedly connected with second stopper, both sides the second stopper cooperates with both sides second fixed limiting plate respectively, and all fixedly connected with second extension board in third to multifilament pole cover piece top, outside one side cover of second threaded rod is equipped with the second spring, and second spring both ends weld respectively on second fixture block and second fixed block, fixed chassis top one side fixedly connected with second motor, and a third belt pulley is fixedly connected to an output shaft of the second motor, one end, far away from the sixth conical gear, of the second threaded rod is fixedly connected with a fourth belt pulley, and the fourth belt pulley is movably connected with the third belt pulley through a second transmission belt.
Preferably, the adjusting and limiting mechanism comprises fixing plates, four groups of fixing plates are fixedly connected to the top ends of the first support plates and the four groups of second support plates respectively, each group of fixing plates on the first support plates and the second support plates are movably connected with the fixing plates through bearings, connecting sleeves are fixedly connected to the middle sides of the outer parts of the movable shafts respectively, torsion springs are sleeved on the front sides and the rear sides of the outer parts of the movable shafts respectively, two ends of each torsion spring are welded to the fixing plates and the connecting sleeves respectively, and third limiting plates are fixedly connected to the top ends of the connecting sleeves respectively.
Preferably, one end of the movable shaft is fixedly connected with a rotating ring, bolts are connected to the rotating ring through threads, and one end of each bolt, which is close to the fixed plate, penetrates through the rotating ring and is tightly abutted to one end of the fixed plate.
Preferably, the locking mechanism comprises a third threaded rod, the two sides of the top end of the fixed chassis are connected with the third threaded rod through threads, the two groups of the bottom ends of the third threaded rod penetrate through the fixed chassis and extend to the outside of the bottom end of the fixed chassis, the bottom ends of the third threaded rod are movably connected with a fixed bottom ring through bearings, the bottom ends of the fixed bottom ring are fixedly connected with abutting blocks, and the top ends of the third threaded rod are fixedly connected with rotating blocks.
Preferably, the bottom end of the placing base is glued with a protection pad, and the protection pad is made of rubber.
A feeding method of a reciprocating staggered layer feeding component for a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine comprises the following steps:
s1: the first motor is controlled to rotate by pressing the switch, and the four groups of first threaded rods rotate;
s2: the four groups of first support plates are far away from each other and are positioned outside the device, and the switch is pressed again to stop the rotation of the first motor;
s3: the second motor is controlled to rotate through the control switch again, and the four groups of fifth bevel gears rotate;
s4: the four groups of second support plates are close to each other and positioned at the inner side of the device, and the switch is controlled again to stop the rotation of the second motor;
s5: placing the reinforcing steel bars to be used above the first support plate;
s6: the second motor is controlled to rotate in the opposite direction to the initial rotation position through the switch again, and the four groups of fifth bevel gears rotate;
s7: the four groups of second support plates are far away from each other and are positioned outside the device, and the switch is controlled again to stop the rotation of the second motor;
s8: then another group of steel bars to be used are placed above the second support plate;
s9: when the use of the reinforcing steel bars above the first support plates is finished, the first motor is controlled to rotate through the switch, the four groups of first support plates are close to each other and are positioned in the device, and the first motor is controlled to stop working through the switch;
s10: when the second motor is controlled to work through the switch, the second support plate moves downwards, and the device continuously uses the steel bars above the second support plate at the moment, so that the replacement can be completed;
s11: the operation is repeated, so that the four groups of first support plates are far away from each other and are positioned at the outer side of the upper part of the device, and the steel bars to be used are placed on the first support plates again, so that the operation is completed.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
this bar straightener is with reciprocal staggered floor material loading subassembly and material loading method thereof is provided with first extension board and second extension board, adopt this kind of design to have avoided current device, generally all adopt the mode of individual layer material loading, work, equipment is in the course of the work like the condition such as clout is not enough, need direct shut down to carry out the reloading, because the annular reinforcing bar volume is great, the heavier scheduling problem of quality can make the in-process of material loading consume a large amount of time, thereby make equipment need consume a large amount of time and wait, very big influence the problem of equipment production efficiency, the in-process of using has been brought the device, can simultaneously place two sets of annular reinforcing bars material on first extension board and second extension board respectively, make the device can support two sets of materials simultaneously, after a set of material use is accomplished, can direct control device change another material use, need not waste a large amount of time, the device is loaded with the time when making equipment wait for the material change, and after a set of use is accomplished, still can be to use a set of material that need to wait for waiting time of material, the device that has been accomplished, the practicality of the device that can be used is improved because of the device that the effective waiting time of the material was carried out to change, thereby effectively improve the device.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1-12, an embodiment of the present invention is provided: the utility model provides a bar straightener is with reciprocal split layer material loading subassembly and material loading method thereof, is including placing base 111, places the base 111 top and has fixed chassis 112 through bearing swing joint, and fixed chassis 112 top is provided with four sets of second removal supporting mechanism 3 through four sets of first removal supporting mechanism 2 fixedly connected with first extension board 223, fixed chassis 112 top, and first removal supporting mechanism 2 and second removal supporting mechanism 3 top all are provided with regulation stop gear 4, and is provided with two sets of locking mechanism 5 on the fixed chassis 112.
The first movable supporting mechanism 2 comprises a first fixed bottom block 211, four groups of first fixed bottom blocks 211 are fixedly connected to the top end of the fixed chassis 112, the four groups of first fixed bottom blocks 211 are uniformly distributed on the top end of the fixed chassis 112 in a ring shape, a first threaded rod 212 is movably connected to the inside of the first fixed bottom block 211 through a bearing, a first conical gear 213 is fixedly connected to one side, which is close to the outside of the first threaded rod 212, a second conical gear 214 is fixedly connected to one end, which is close to the outside of the first threaded rod 212, the four groups of second conical gears 214 are meshed with each other, first connecting rods 215 are fixedly connected to two sides of the outside of the first fixed bottom block 211, first fixed limiting plates 216 are fixedly connected to the first connecting rods 215, third conical gears 217 are fixedly connected to the outside, which is far from the outside of the first threaded rod 212, first clamping blocks 218 are connected to the outside of the first threaded rod 212 through threads, the first clamping block 218 is clamped with the first fixed bottom block 211, a sliding groove matched with the first clamping block 218 is formed in the first fixed bottom block 211, the top end of the first clamping block 218 is movably connected with a second reciprocating screw rod 221 through a bearing, the lower side of the outer part of the second reciprocating screw rod 221 is fixedly connected with a fourth conical gear 219, a first multifilament rod sleeve 220 is arranged outside the second reciprocating screw rod 221, a sliding block matched with the second reciprocating screw rod 221 is arranged on the lower side of the inner part of the first multifilament rod sleeve 220, first limiting blocks 222 are fixedly connected to two sides of the outer part of the first multifilament rod sleeve 220, the first limiting blocks 222 at two sides are respectively matched with the first limiting plates 216 at two sides, the bottom ends of four groups of first supporting plates 223 are respectively fixedly connected to the top ends of four groups of the first multifilament rod sleeve 220, a first spring 224 is sleeved on one side of the outer part of the first threaded rod 212, and the both ends of the first spring 224 are welded on the first fixture block 218 and the first fixed bottom block 211 respectively, one side of the top end of the fixed chassis 112 is fixedly connected with the first motor 225, the output shaft of the first motor 225 is fixedly connected with the first belt pulley 226, one end of the first threaded rod 212 far away from the second bevel gear 214 is fixedly connected with the second belt pulley 227, and the second belt pulley 227 is movably connected with the first belt pulley 226 through the first transmission belt 228.
The second movable supporting mechanism 3 comprises a second fixed block 311, four groups of second fixed blocks 311 are fixedly connected to the top end of the fixed chassis 112, the four groups of second fixed blocks 311 are uniformly distributed on the top end of the fixed chassis 112 in a ring shape, a second threaded rod 312 is movably connected to the inside of the second fixed block 311 through a bearing, a fifth conical gear 313 is fixedly connected to one side of the outside of the second threaded rod 312, which is close to each other, a sixth conical gear 314 is fixedly connected to one end of the second threaded rod 312, the four groups of sixth conical gears 314 are meshed with each other, a second connecting rod 315 is fixedly connected to both sides of the outside of the second fixed block 311, a second fixed limiting plate 316 is fixedly connected to both sides of the second connecting rod 315, a seventh conical gear 317 is fixedly connected to the outside of the second threaded rod 312, a second clamping block 318 is connected to the outside of the second threaded rod 312 through threads, the second clamping block 318 is clamped with the second fixing block 311, a sliding groove matched with the second clamping block 318 is formed in the second fixing block 311, the top end of the second clamping block 318 is movably connected with a fourth reciprocating screw rod 321 through a bearing, the lower side of the outer part of the fourth reciprocating screw rod 321 is fixedly connected with an eighth conical gear 319, a third multifilament rod sleeve block 320 is arranged outside the fourth reciprocating screw rod 321, a sliding block matched with the fourth reciprocating screw rod 321 is arranged at the lower side of the inner part of the third multifilament rod sleeve block 320, second limiting blocks 322 are fixedly connected to two sides of the outer part of the third multifilament rod sleeve block 320, the second limiting blocks 322 are respectively matched with the second limiting plates 316 at two sides, the top end of the third multifilament rod sleeve block 320 is fixedly connected with a second supporting plate 323, one side of the outer part of the second threaded rod 312 is sleeved with a second spring 324, two ends of the second spring 324 are respectively welded on the second clamping block 318 and the second fixing block 311, the second motor 325 is fixedly connected to one side of the top end of the fixed chassis 112, the first motor 225 and the second motor 325 are self-locking motors, the third belt pulley 326 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the second motor 325, one end of the second threaded rod 312, far away from the sixth conical gear 314, is fixedly connected with the fourth belt pulley 327, and the fourth belt pulley 327 is movably connected with the third belt pulley 326 through the second transmission belt 328.
The adjusting and limiting mechanism 4 comprises a fixed plate 411, the top ends of four groups of first support plates 223 and four groups of second support plates 323 are fixedly connected with two groups of fixed plates 411, the fixed plates 411 on each group of first support plates 223 and the second support plates 323 are movably connected with the fixed plates 411 through bearings, the middle sides of the outer parts of the movable shafts 412 are fixedly connected with connecting sleeves 413, torsion springs 415 are sleeved on the front sides and the rear sides of the outer parts of the movable shafts 412, the two ends of the torsion springs 415 are respectively welded on the fixed plates 411 and the connecting sleeves 413, the top ends of the connecting sleeves 413 are fixedly connected with third limiting plates 414, and the steel bars can be further limited by adopting the design conveniently, so that the normal operation of the device is prevented from being influenced by excessive scattering in the later period of use.
One end of the movable shaft 412 is fixedly connected with a rotating ring 416, bolts 417 are connected to the rotating ring 416 through threads, one end of each bolt 417, which is close to the fixed plate 411, penetrates through the rotating ring 416 and is tightly abutted against one end of the fixed plate 411, and the angle of the third limiting plate 414 is conveniently adjusted by adopting the design, so that the third limiting plate 414 cannot block the feeding of the material.
The locking mechanism 5 comprises a third threaded rod 511, the two sides of the top end of the fixed chassis 112 are connected with the third threaded rod 511 through threads, the bottom ends of the two groups of third threaded rods 511 penetrate through the fixed chassis 112 and extend to the outside of the bottom end of the fixed chassis 112, the bottom ends of the third threaded rods 511 are movably connected with a fixed bottom ring 512 through bearings, the bottom ends of the fixed bottom ring 512 are fixedly connected with abutting blocks 514, and the top ends of the third threaded rods 511 are fixedly connected with rotating blocks 513.
The bottom end of the placement base 111 is glued with the protection pad 113, and the protection pad 113 is made of rubber, and the design is adopted because the friction force of the rubber material is large, so that the subsequent device is more stable when placed.
A feeding method of a reciprocating staggered layer feeding component for a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine comprises the following steps:
s1: the pressing switch controls the first motor 225 to rotate, and the four groups of first threaded rods 212 rotate;
s2: the four groups of first support plates 223 are far away from each other and are positioned outside the device, and the switch is pressed again so that the first motor 225 stops rotating;
s3: the second motor 325 is controlled to rotate again by the control switch, and the four groups of fifth bevel gears 313 rotate;
s4: the four groups of second support plates 323 are close to each other and positioned at the inner side of the device, and the switch is controlled again so that the second motor 325 stops rotating;
s5: placing the reinforcing bars to be used above the first support plate 223;
s6: the second motor 325 is controlled to rotate in the opposite direction to the initial rotation position again by the switch, and the four sets of fifth bevel gears 313 rotate;
s7: the four groups of second support plates 323 are far away from each other and are positioned outside the device, and the switch is controlled again so that the second motor 325 stops rotating;
s8: placing another set of reinforcing bars to be used above the second support plate 323;
s9: when the use of the reinforcement bars above the first support plates 223 is completed, the first motor 225 is controlled to rotate through the switch, the four groups of first support plates 223 are close to each other and are positioned in the device, and the first motor 225 is controlled to stop working through the switch;
s10: when the second motor 325 is controlled to work through the switch, the second support plate 323 moves downwards, and at the moment, the device continues to use the steel bars above the second support plate 323, so that the replacement can be completed;
s11: the above operation is repeated so that the four sets of first support plates 223 are spaced apart from each other at the outer side of the upper portion of the apparatus, and the reinforcing bars to be used are again placed on the first support plates 223, so that the operation is completed.
Working principle: when the device is used for auxiliary feeding, firstly, the bolts 417 are respectively rotated anticlockwise, so that the bolts 417 release the abutting joint with the fixed plate 411, then the third limiting plates 414 are respectively rotated towards one side far away from the first support plate 223 and the second support plate 323, the torsion springs 415 are deformed, then the bolts 417 are enabled to be in abutting joint with the fixed plate 411 in a restoration mode, the third limiting plates 414 are limited, then the first motor 225 is controlled to rotate through a switch, when the first motor 225 rotates, the first belt pulley 226 is driven to rotate, the first transmission belt 228 is driven to rotate, the second belt pulley 227 is driven to rotate, when the second belt pulley 227 rotates, the first threaded rods 212 are driven to rotate, the second conical gears 214 are driven to rotate when the first threaded rods 212 are rotated, the second conical gears 214 are driven to rotate, when the four sets of second bevel gears 214 rotate, the four sets of first threaded rods 212 are driven to rotate, when the four sets of first threaded rods 212 rotate, the four sets of first clamping blocks 218 are far away from each other due to the fact that the first clamping blocks 218 cannot rotate, when the four sets of first clamping blocks 218 are far away from each other, the four sets of first springs 224 are deformed, when the four sets of first clamping blocks 218 are far away from each other and reach the outer side of the four sets of first threaded rods 212, threads are not designed on the outer two sides of the first threaded rods 212, the first clamping blocks 218 cannot move, meanwhile, the four sets of fourth bevel gears 219 and the four sets of third bevel gears 217 are in an engaged state, the first motor 225 is controlled to stop working again through a switch, at the moment, the four sets of second support plates 323 are located on the inner side of the device, and then steel wire rings to be used are placed on the four sets of first support plates 223, and feeding is completed.
And then the second motor 325 is controlled to rotate again through a switch, when the second motor 325 rotates, the third belt pulley 326 is driven to rotate, so that the second driving belt 328 rotates, and the fourth belt pulley 327 rotates, when the fourth belt pulley 327 rotates, the group of second threaded rods 312 is driven to rotate, when the group of second threaded rods 312 rotates, the group of sixth tapered gears 314 is driven to rotate, when the group of sixth tapered gears 314 rotates, the other three groups of sixth tapered gears 314 are driven to rotate, when the group of fourth tapered gears 314 rotates, the group of second threaded rods 312 is driven to rotate, when the group of second threaded rods 312 rotates, the group of second clamping blocks 318 are far away from each other due to the fact that the second clamping blocks 318 cannot rotate, when the group of second clamping blocks 318 are far away from each other, the group of second springs 324 are deformed, when the four sets of second clamping blocks 318 are far away from each other and reach the outer sides of the four sets of second threaded rods 312, as the threads are not designed on the two outer sides of the second threaded rods 312, the second clamping blocks 318 cannot move, meanwhile, the four sets of eighth bevel gears 319 and the four sets of seventh bevel gears 317 are in a meshed state, the first motor 225 is controlled to stop working again through a switch, then a steel wire ring to be used is placed on the four sets of second support plates 323, feeding above the second support plates 323 is completed, finally, the bolts 417 are respectively rotated anticlockwise, the bolts 417 are released from abutting with the fixing plates 411, at the moment, the torsion springs 415 can restore deformation, so that the third limiting plates 414 are tightly abutted with the steel bars to limit, and then the steel bars above the first support plates 223 can be used for production.
After the use of the reinforcing steel bars above the first support plate 223 is completed, the first motor 225 is controlled to rotate anticlockwise through the switch again, so that the four groups of first threaded rods 212 are opposite to the initial rotation direction, the four groups of first springs 224 are in a deformation state at the moment, so that the four groups of first threaded rods 212 are meshed with the four groups of first clamping blocks 218, the four groups of first clamping blocks 218 are mutually close to each other when the four groups of first threaded rods 212 rotate, the four groups of first clamping blocks 218 are close to the inner side of the outer side of the four groups of first threaded rods 212, the movement is stopped, meanwhile, the four groups of first limiting blocks 222 close to the inner side are respectively clamped with the four groups of first fixed limiting plates 216, meanwhile, the four groups of fourth tapered gears 219 are meshed with the four groups of first tapered gears 213, the four groups of first threaded rods 212 are continuously rotated at the moment, so that the four groups of first tapered gears 213 are driven to rotate, the four groups of fourth tapered gears 219 are driven to rotate at the moment, the four groups of second reciprocating screws 218 are driven to rotate when the four groups of first tapered gears 219 rotate, the inner side of first limiting blocks 221 are close to the inner side of the four groups of first tapered gears 218, the first limiting blocks 222 are driven to the inner side of the fourth tapered gears to rotate, the fourth tapered gears 220 are respectively clamped with the four groups of first limiting blocks 216 to be mutually meshed with the four groups of first tapered gears 213, the fourth tapered gears 220 are enabled to rotate upwards, and the first multifilament rod 220 can not rotate upwards, and the first multifilament rod 220 can move upwards due to the fact that the first limiting blocks 220 can be properly controlled to rotate, and the first multifilament rod rods and reach the first limiting plates.
At this time, the second motor 325 is controlled to rotate again, when the fourth set of second threaded rods 312 rotate, the fourth set of eighth bevel gears 319 are driven to rotate, when the fourth set of eighth bevel gears 319 rotate, because the outer four sets of second fixed limiting plates 316 limit the second limiting blocks 322, because the seventh bevel gears 317 and the fifth bevel gears 313 are respectively arranged at two sides of the eighth bevel gears 319, the rotation method of the fourth reciprocating screw rod 321 cannot be changed, when the third multifilament rod sleeve block 320 reaches the upper side of the outer part of the fourth reciprocating screw rod 321, the third multifilament rod sleeve block 320 can be driven to move downwards, so that the fourth set of second supporting plates 323 can be driven to move downwards, when the fourth set of third multifilament rod sleeve block 320 reaches the bottom end, the second motor 325 can be controlled to stop working again, so that the steel bars above the second supporting plates 323 are used, at this time, the first motor 225 can be controlled to rotate again through the switch, the fourth set of first clamping blocks 218 are kept away from each other, the fourth set of first clamping blocks 218 are meshed with the fourth set of third bevel gears 217, and then the first motor 225 is controlled to stop working through the switch, and the upper part of the first supporting plates 223 is controlled to stop working on the first supporting plates 223 again.
When the use is completed, the second motor 325 is controlled to rotate counterclockwise again through the switch, so that the second clamping blocks 318 are close to each other, the above operation is repeated, and the cyclic feeding is performed.
When the auxiliary fixing of the device is needed, only the rotating blocks 513 on the two sides are needed to be rotated respectively, so that the fixed bottom ring 512 moves downwards, and the abutting blocks 514 on the two sides are tightly abutted with the ground, so that the fixed chassis 112 is limited.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.