Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defects in the prior art and provides a screw deburring device and a deburring method.
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a screw deburring device, which comprises a processing table, wherein the upper end of the processing table is provided with a polishing mechanism, the upper end of the polishing mechanism is provided with a placing mechanism, the inner side of the placing mechanism is provided with a screw main body, the polishing mechanism comprises a fixing frame fixedly connected with the upper end of the processing table, one end of the fixing frame is provided with a sliding groove, the other end of the fixing frame is fixedly connected with a main sliding rail, the outer side of the main sliding rail is slidably connected with a main sliding frame, one end of the main sliding frame is fixedly connected with a connecting frame, the inner side of the connecting frame is provided with a motor, one end of the motor is provided with a rotating shaft, the other end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a polishing rod, the outer side of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a first clamping groove, the outer side of the first clamping groove is in transmission connection with a driving belt, the inner side of the driving belt is in the lower side close to the first clamping groove in transmission connection with a second clamping groove, the inner side of the second clamping groove is movably connected with a supporting frame, the inner side of the driving belt is close to the lower side of the second clamping groove and is in transmission connection with a third clamping groove, the inner side of the third clamping groove is fixedly connected with a driving shaft, the driving shaft penetrates through the inside of the fixing frame, the driving shaft is movably connected with the fixing frame, one side of the outer side of the driving shaft, which is close to the fixing frame, is movably connected with a driving disc, a groove is formed in the outer side of the driving disc, one end of the driving disc is fixedly connected with a butt joint frame, the inner side of the butt joint frame is movably connected with a movable shaft, the upper end of the movable shaft is fixedly connected with a rotary disc, the outer side of the rotary disc is fixedly connected with a driving ball, the upper end of the rotary disc is fixedly connected with a base, the placing mechanism comprises a placing shell fixedly connected with the upper end of the base, the front end of placing the shell is provided with a moving groove, the inner side of the moving groove is connected with a moving rod in a sliding mode, the rear end of the moving rod is fixedly connected with a clamping plate, the inner side of the moving rod is movably connected with a belt, and the inner side top of the moving rod is fixedly connected with a limiting block.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the inboard inner wall fixedly connected with pair slide rail of spout, the outside sliding connection of pair slide rail has the alignment jig, the front end fixedly connected with interlock board of alignment jig, the inboard sliding connection of interlock board has the limit pole, the front end fixedly connected with go-between of limit pole, the downside swing joint that is close to the interlock board in the outside of limit pole has the No. two springs.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the inboard sliding connection of support frame has the sliding rail, the upper end fixedly connected with spacing of support frame, the inboard swing joint of spacing has the restriction pole, the outside of restriction pole is close to the front side swing joint of spacing has a spring.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the first clamping groove, the second clamping groove and the third clamping groove are distributed in a triangular mode, the number of the grooves is multiple, and the lower end of the support is fixedly connected with one side, close to the fixing frame, of the upper end of the processing table.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the outer side of the transmission ball is movably connected with the inner side of one group of grooves, the number of the transmission balls is several groups, and the axes of the movable shaft, the turntable and the base are located on the same straight line.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the lower end of the limiting rod is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner side of the chute, the inner side of the connecting ring is movably connected with the outer side of the rotating shaft, and the upper end of the second spring is fixedly connected with the lower end of the linkage plate.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the lower end of the second spring is fixedly connected with the inner side bottom of the chute near the outer side of the limiting rod, the front end of the sliding rail is fixedly connected with the inner side inner wall of the fixing frame, the front end of the limiting rod is fixedly connected with the inner side inner wall of the fixing frame near the upper side of the sliding rail, the front end of the first spring is fixedly connected with the inner side inner wall of the fixing frame near the outer side of the limiting rod, and the rear end of the first spring is fixedly connected with the front end of the limiting frame.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, the shape of placing the shell is hexagon, the rear end of stopper and the front end swing joint of belt, the quantity of stopper has two sets of, the quantity of movable rod, grip block all has six sets of, place of screw main part in placing the inboard of shell, six sets of grip block all contacts with the screw main part.
In the above technical scheme, preferably, one side of the upper end of the processing table, which is close to the bracket, is fixedly connected with a supporting seat, a hydraulic cylinder is installed at the upper end of the supporting seat, one end of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with a protection frame, and the inner side of the protection frame is movably connected with the outer side of the screw main body, which is close to the upper side of the placing shell.
There is also provided a screw deburring method for operating a screw deburring device comprising the steps of:
S1: firstly, the screw main body is pressed downwards, and the screw main body pushes the moving rod to move outwards, so that the belt pushes the moving rod to move reversely under the elastic action, and the clamping plate can clamp the screw main body in the inner side of the placing shell;
s2: secondly, the motor is started to drive the rotating shaft to rotate, and the rotating shaft is driven to drive the transmission shaft to rotate, so that the transmission disc clamps the transmission ball through the groove, the transmission disc drives the turntable to rotate, and meanwhile, the transmission ball is spherical in shape, so that the groove is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball, and the transmission disc can drive the turntable to rotate stably;
S3: finally, the base drives the placement mechanism to rotate, and the screw main body is made to rotate along with the placement mechanism, so that the screw main body drives the polishing rod to move downwards, the first spring is made to move under the elastic action, the support frame is pulled to move, the transmission belt is made to be always in tight contact with the first clamping groove, the second clamping groove and the third clamping groove, the polishing rod can move downwards along the screw main body when rotating, the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw main body is subjected to deburring, and the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw main body can be automatically subjected to deburring.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
Through pressing down the screw main part, and make the screw main part promote the movable rod outwards remove, just make the belt promote the movable rod reverse movement under the elastic action, can reach the purpose of being convenient for make the grip block press from both sides the screw main part tight in the inboard of placing the shell to and under the effect of six movable rods, six groups grip block, can avoid the screw main part to take place the displacement.
Through the starter motor, make the motor drive the axis of rotation rotatory to and make the axis of rotation drive the transmission shaft rotatory, just make the driving disk block the driving ball through the recess, make the driving disk drive the carousel rotatory, the appearance of driving ball is spherical simultaneously, makes the recess contact with the circular arc surface of driving ball all the time, can reach the purpose that just makes the driving disk drive carousel steadily rotate, and when the driving disk drives the carousel rotation simultaneously, reduces the noise that its friction produced by a wide margin.
The screw main body drives the polishing rod to move downwards, the first spring is pulled to move under the elastic action, the driving belt is enabled to be always in tight contact with the first clamping groove, the second clamping groove and the third clamping groove, the purpose that the polishing rod can move downwards along the screw main body when rotating can be achieved, and accordingly burrs are removed from the inner side of threads on the surface of the screw main body, and burrs can be removed from the inner side of threads on the surface of the screw main body automatically.
Meanwhile, the transmission disc drives the base to rotate stably through the transmission ball, so that the clamping plate clamps the screw main body to rotate stably, and therefore, when the polishing rod moves downwards along the surface of the screw main body, burrs are removed from threads on the surface of the screw main body stably, damage to the threads on the surface of the screw main body caused by the polishing rod is avoided, scratches on the threads on the surface of the screw main body are avoided, and the accuracy of the threads on the surface of the screw main body is ensured.
Detailed Description
In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than as described herein, and therefore the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
1-9, A screw deburring device comprises a processing table 1, a polishing mechanism 5 is arranged at the upper end of the processing table 1, a placing mechanism 6 is arranged at the upper end of the polishing mechanism 5, a screw main body 7 is placed at the inner side of the placing mechanism 6, the polishing mechanism 5 comprises a fixing frame 51 fixedly connected at the upper end of the processing table 1, a sliding groove 52 is formed at one end of the fixing frame 51, a main sliding rail 53 is fixedly connected at the other end of the fixing frame 51, a main sliding frame 54 is slidingly connected at the outer side of the main sliding rail 53, a connecting frame 55 is fixedly connected at one end of the main sliding frame 54, a motor 56 is arranged at the inner side of the connecting frame 55, a rotating shaft 57 is arranged at one end of the motor 56, a polishing rod 58 is fixedly connected at the other end of the rotating shaft 57, a first clamping groove 59 is fixedly connected at the outer side of the rotating shaft 57, a driving belt 510 is connected at the outer side of the first clamping groove 59, the lower side of the inner side of the driving belt 510, which is close to the first clamping groove 59, is in driving connection with the second clamping groove 511, the inner side of the second clamping groove 511 is in movable connection with the supporting frame 512, the inner side of the driving belt 510, which is close to the lower side of the second clamping groove 511, is in driving connection with the third clamping groove 513, the inner side of the third clamping groove 513 is fixedly connected with the driving shaft 514, the driving shaft 514 penetrates through the inner part of the fixing frame 51, the movable connection between the driving shaft 514 and the fixing frame 51 is realized, the outer side of the driving shaft 514, which is close to one side of the fixing frame 51, is fixedly connected with the driving disc 515, the outer side of the driving disc 515 is provided with the groove 516, one end of the supporting frame 517 is fixedly connected with the butt joint frame 518, the inner side of the butt joint frame 518 is movably connected with the movable shaft 519, the upper end of the movable shaft 519 is fixedly connected with the rotary disc 520, the outer side of the rotary disc 520 is fixedly connected with the driving ball 521, the upper end of the rotary disc 520 is fixedly connected with the base 522, the placing mechanism 6 comprises a placing shell 61 fixedly connected to the upper end of a base 522, a moving groove 62 is formed in the front end of the placing shell 61, a moving rod 63 is slidably connected to the inner side of the moving groove 62, a clamping plate 64 is fixedly connected to the rear end of the moving rod 63, a belt 65 is movably connected to the inner side of the moving rod 63, and a limiting block 66 is fixedly connected to the top of the inner side of the moving rod 63.
The inner wall of the inner side of the chute 52 is fixedly connected with a secondary slide rail 523, the outer side of the secondary slide rail 523 is connected with an adjusting frame 524 in a sliding manner, the front end of the adjusting frame 524 is fixedly connected with a linkage plate 525, the inner side of the linkage plate 525 is connected with a limiting rod 526 in a sliding manner, the front end of the limiting rod 526 is fixedly connected with a connecting ring 527, the outer side of the limiting rod 526 is movably connected with a second spring 529 near the lower side of the linkage plate 525, the inner side of the support frame 512 is connected with a sliding rail 530 in a sliding manner, the upper end of the support frame 512 is fixedly connected with a limiting frame 531, the inner side of the limiting frame 531 is movably connected with a limiting rod 532, the outer side of the limiting rod 532 is movably connected with a first spring 528 near the front side of the limiting frame 531, triangular distribution is formed among the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513, a plurality of groups are arranged in number of grooves 516, the lower end of the support 517 is fixedly connected with one side of the upper end of the processing table 1 near the fixing frame 51, the outer side of the transmission ball 521 is movably connected with the inner side of one group of grooves 516, the number of the transmission balls 521 is a plurality of groups, the axes of the movable shaft 519, the rotary disk 520 and the base 522 are positioned on the same straight line, the lower end of the limiting rod 526 is fixedly connected with the inner side bottom of the sliding groove 52, the inner side of the connecting ring 527 is movably connected with the outer side of the rotating shaft 57, the upper end of the second spring 529 is fixedly connected with the lower end of the linkage plate 525, the lower end of the second spring 529 is fixedly connected with the inner side bottom of the sliding groove 52 close to the outer side of the limiting rod 526, the front end of the sliding rail 530 is fixedly connected with the inner side inner wall of the fixed frame 51, the front end of the limiting rod 532 is fixedly connected with the inner side inner wall of the fixed frame 51 close to the upper side of the sliding rail 530, the rear end of the first spring 528 is fixedly connected with the front end of the limiting frame 531.
When in use, the polishing rod 58 is placed above the screw main body 7, the polishing rod 58 is clamped in the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw main body 7, then the motor 56 is started, the motor 56 drives the rotating shaft 57 to rotate, the rotating shaft 57 drives the polishing rod 58 to rotate, the polishing rod 58 can deburr the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw main body 7, meanwhile, the rotating shaft 57 drives the transmission shaft 514 to rotate through the first clamping groove 59, the transmission belt 510 and the third clamping groove 513, the transmission shaft 514 drives the transmission disc 515 to rotate, the transmission disc 515 clamps the transmission ball 521 through the groove 516, the transmission disc 515 drives the rotary disc 520 to rotate through the transmission ball 521, Because the shape of the transmission ball 521 is spherical, the groove 516 is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball 521, so that the transmission disc 515 can stably drive the turntable 520 to rotate, and simultaneously, when the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate, the noise generated by friction is greatly reduced, and the base 522 drives the placing shell 61 to rotate, so that the placing shell 61 drives the screw body 7 to rotate, the screw body 7 drives the polishing rod 58 to move downwards through the threads on the surface of the screw body 7, the polishing rod 58 drives the linkage plate 525 to slide downwards along the limiting rod 526 through the connecting ring 527, and the adjusting frame 524 slides downwards along the auxiliary sliding rail 523, The linkage plate 525 compresses the second spring 529 downwards, the polishing rod 58 drives the motor 56 to move downwards through the rotation shaft 57, the main carriage 54 slides downwards along the main sliding rail 53, the shape of the driving belt 510 is changed, the first spring 528 pulls the limiting frame 531 to slide along the limiting rod 532 under the elastic action of the first spring 528, the limiting frame 531 drives the supporting frame 512 to slide along the sliding rail 530, and the supporting frame 512 pulls the driving belt 510 through the second clamping groove 511, so that the driving belt 510 is tightly contacted with the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511, The third clamping groove 513 is used for forming transmission connection between the transmission belt 510 and the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513, so that the polishing rod 58 can move downwards along the screw main body 7 while rotating, deburring is carried out on the inner side of the screw thread on the surface of the screw main body 7, the motor 56 is started to drive the rotation shaft 57 to rotate, the rotation shaft 57 is driven to drive the transmission shaft 514 to rotate, the transmission disc 515 clamps the transmission ball 521 through the groove 516, the transmission disc 515 drives the rotary disc 520 to rotate, meanwhile, the transmission ball 521 is spherical in shape, the groove 516 is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball 521, the purpose that the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate stably can be achieved, meanwhile, when the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate, noise generated by friction is greatly reduced, the base 522 drives the placing mechanism 6 to rotate, the screw main body 7 rotates along with the placing mechanism 6, the screw main body 7 drives the polishing rod 58 to move downwards, the first spring 528 pulls the supporting frame 512 to move under the elastic action, the transmission belt 510 always contacts the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513 tightly, the purpose that the polishing rod 58 can move downwards along the screw main body 7 while rotating can be achieved, thus, the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 is deburred, and the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 can be deburred automatically.
The shape of placing shell 61 is hexagon, and the rear end of stopper 66 and the front end swing joint of belt 65, and the quantity of stopper 66 has two sets of, and the quantity of movable rod 63, grip block 64 all has six sets, and the screw main part 7 is placed in the inboard of placing shell 61, and six sets of grip blocks 64 all contact with screw main part 7.
The screw body 7 is placed above the placement case 61 so as to press the screw body 7 downward, the screw body 7 contacts the holding plate 64, and the screw body 7 pushes the moving rod 63 to move outward in the inner side of the placement case 61 through the holding plate 64, so that the moving rod 63 pushes the belt 65 outward, the screw body 7 can be placed in the inner side of the placement case 61, and simultaneously the belt 65 pushes the moving rod 63 to move reversely under the elastic action, so that the belt 65 pushes the holding plate 64 to clamp the screw body 7, and by pressing the screw body 7 downward and pushing the moving rod 63 to move outward, the belt 65 pushes the moving rod 63 to move reversely under the elastic action, the purpose of facilitating the holding plate 64 to clamp the screw body 7 in the inner side of the placement case 61 can be achieved, and displacement of the screw body 7 can be avoided under the action of the six groups of moving rods 63 and the six groups of holding plates 64.
One side that the upper end of processing platform 1 is close to support 517 fixedly connected with supporting seat 2, pneumatic cylinder 3 is installed to the upper end of supporting seat 2, and the one end fixedly connected with protection frame 4 of pneumatic cylinder 3, the inboard of protection frame 4 is close to the upside swing joint of placing shell 61 with the outside of screw main part 7.
By starting the hydraulic cylinder 3, the hydraulic cylinder 3 pushes the protection frame 4 to move, so that the protection frame 4 moves to the outer side of the screw main body 7, the protection frame 4 can limit the upper half part of the screw main body 7, and the situation that the screw main body 7 swings randomly in the rotating process is avoided.
There is also provided a screw deburring method for operating a screw deburring device comprising the steps of:
S1: the clamping plate 64 can clamp the screw body 7 in the inner side of the placement case 61 by first pressing down the screw body 7 and causing the screw body 7 to push the moving rod 63 to move outward, so that the belt 65 pushes the moving rod 63 to move reversely under the elastic action;
S2: secondly, by starting the motor 56, the motor 56 drives the rotating shaft 57 to rotate, and the rotating shaft 57 drives the transmission shaft 514 to rotate, so that the transmission disc 515 clamps the transmission ball 521 through the groove 516, the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate, and meanwhile, the transmission ball 521 is spherical in shape, the groove 516 is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball 521, and the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate stably;
S3: finally, the base 522 drives the placement mechanism 6 to rotate, and the screw main body 7 is made to rotate along with the placement mechanism 6, so that the screw main body 7 drives the polishing rod 58 to move downwards, and the first spring 528 is made to move under the elastic action, the support frame 512 is pulled, the transmission belt 510 is always in tight contact with the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513, the polishing rod 58 can move downwards along the screw main body 7 while rotating, and therefore burrs are removed from the inner side of the threads on the surface of the screw main body 7, and the inner side of the threads on the surface of the screw main body 7 can be automatically removed.
Working principle: in use, a worker first places the screw body 7 above the placement case 61 to press the screw body 7 downward, to bring the screw body 7 into contact with the holding plate 64, and to push the moving rod 63 through the holding plate 64 to move outward in the inner side of the moving groove 62, to push the moving rod 63 outward to push the belt 65, to place the screw body 7 in the inner side of the placement case 61, while the belt 65 is elastically pushed to move the moving rod 63 in the opposite direction, to push the holding plate 64 to clamp the screw body 7, to push the screw body 7 downward, and to push the moving rod 63 outward, The belt 65 is pushed to move reversely by the elastic action, so that the purpose of conveniently clamping the screw main body 7 in the inner side of the placing shell 61 by the clamping plate 64 is achieved, the screw main body 7 is prevented from being displaced by the action of the six groups of moving rods 63 and the six groups of clamping plates 64, then the hydraulic cylinder 3 is started, the hydraulic cylinder 3 pushes the protection frame 4 to move, the protection frame 4 is moved to the outer side of the screw main body 7, the protection frame 4 can limit the upper half part of the screw main body 7, the condition that the screw main body 7 swings randomly in the rotating process is avoided, the polishing rod 58 is placed above the screw main body 7, The grinding rod 58 is clamped in the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7, then the motor 56 is started, the motor 56 drives the rotating shaft 57 to rotate, the rotating shaft 57 drives the grinding rod 58 to rotate, the grinding rod 58 can deburr the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7, the rotating shaft 57 drives the transmission shaft 514 to rotate through the first clamping groove 59, the transmission belt 510 and the third clamping groove 513, the transmission shaft 514 drives the transmission disc 515 to rotate, the transmission disc 515 clamps the transmission ball 521 through the groove 516, the transmission disc 515 drives the rotary disc 520 to rotate through the transmission ball 521, Because the shape of the transmission ball 521 is spherical, the groove 516 is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball 521, so that the transmission disc 515 can stably drive the turntable 520 to rotate, and simultaneously, when the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate, the noise generated by friction is greatly reduced, and the base 522 drives the placing shell 61 to rotate, so that the placing shell 61 drives the screw body 7 to rotate, the screw body 7 drives the polishing rod 58 to move downwards through the threads on the surface of the screw body 7, the polishing rod 58 drives the linkage plate 525 to slide downwards along the limiting rod 526 through the connecting ring 527, and the adjusting frame 524 slides downwards along the auxiliary sliding rail 523, The linkage plate 525 compresses the second spring 529 downwards, the polishing rod 58 drives the motor 56 to move downwards through the rotation shaft 57, the main carriage 54 slides downwards along the main sliding rail 53, the shape of the driving belt 510 is changed, the first spring 528 pulls the limiting frame 531 to slide along the limiting rod 532 under the elastic action of the first spring 528, the limiting frame 531 drives the supporting frame 512 to slide along the sliding rail 530, and the supporting frame 512 pulls the driving belt 510 through the second clamping groove 511, so that the driving belt 510 is tightly contacted with the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511, The third clamping groove 513 is used for forming transmission connection between the transmission belt 510 and the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513, so that the polishing rod 58 can move downwards along the screw main body 7 while rotating, deburring is carried out on the inner side of the screw thread on the surface of the screw main body 7, the motor 56 is started to drive the rotation shaft 57 to rotate, the rotation shaft 57 is driven to drive the transmission shaft 514 to rotate, the transmission disc 515 clamps the transmission ball 521 through the groove 516, the transmission disc 515 drives the rotary disc 520 to rotate, meanwhile, the transmission ball 521 is spherical in shape, the groove 516 is always contacted with the arc surface of the transmission ball 521, the purpose that the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate stably can be achieved, meanwhile, when the transmission disc 515 drives the turntable 520 to rotate, noise generated by friction is greatly reduced, the base 522 drives the placing mechanism 6 to rotate, the screw main body 7 rotates along with the placing mechanism 6, the screw main body 7 drives the polishing rod 58 to move downwards, the first spring 528 pulls the supporting frame 512 to move under the elastic action, the transmission belt 510 always contacts the first clamping groove 59, the second clamping groove 511 and the third clamping groove 513 tightly, the purpose that the polishing rod 58 can move downwards along the screw main body 7 while rotating can be achieved, Therefore, the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 is deburred, the inner side of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 can be deburred automatically, meanwhile, the transmission disc 515 drives the base 522 to rotate stably through the transmission ball 521, so that the clamping plate 64 clamps the screw body 7 to rotate stably, and therefore, when the polishing rod 58 moves downwards along the surface of the screw body 7, the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 is deburred stably, the polishing rod 58 is prevented from damaging the thread on the surface of the screw body 7, scratches on the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 are avoided, and the accuracy of the thread on the surface of the screw body 7 is ensured.
In the present invention, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be connected with each other or indirectly through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, if present, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles, principal features and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.