Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a nonmetal pipe fitting with a pipeline leakage monitoring function.
The technical scheme includes that the nonmetal pipe fitting with the pipe leakage monitoring function comprises a pipe, a connecting structure is arranged between the two pipes, a sealing structure is arranged on the top side of the connecting structure, a mounting structure is arranged on the side face of the connecting structure, a traction structure is connected between the pipe and the mounting structure, a fixing structure is arranged between the traction structure and the pipe, and a positioning structure is arranged on the side face of the traction structure.
Specifically, connection structure includes the connecting piece, two be equipped with the connecting piece between the pipeline, the middle part fixedly connected with division board of connecting piece, the division board is Z type structure, the intercommunicating pore has been seted up at the middle part of division board, the inboard sliding connection of connecting piece has the sealing plug, the upside fixedly connected with first detection pipe and the second detection pipe of connecting piece, the tip of second detection pipe runs through the division board, the equal threaded connection in top of first detection pipe and second detection pipe has the screw cap.
Specifically, fixedly connected with first spring between the bottom side of sealing plug and the connecting piece, the top side of sealing plug rotates and is connected with first screw rod, threaded connection between the top of first screw rod and the connecting piece, sealing plug and intercommunicating pore are the circular structure that the diameter equals, just the side of sealing plug is the inclined plane structure.
Specifically, seal structure includes the electrode, two electrodes are all installed to the both sides of connecting piece, are located two that the homonymy set up electric connection has resistance coil between the electrode, the side of connecting piece is equipped with the closing plate, the four corners sliding connection of closing plate has fastening screw, threaded connection between fastening screw's tip and the connecting piece.
Specifically, the tip sliding connection of first screw rod has the spiral cover, fixedly connected with second spring between spiral cover and the tip of first screw rod, the top side of spiral cover is inconsistent with the inboard of closing plate, the inboard fixedly connected with sealing washer of connecting piece, the bottom side of spiral cover is inconsistent with the connecting piece through the sealing washer.
Specifically, mounting structure includes the engaging lug, the both ends of connecting piece rotate respectively and are connected with two engaging lugs, fixedly connected with torsional spring between engaging lug and the connecting piece, the perforation has been seted up at the middle part of engaging lug, the draw-in groove has been seted up to the tip of engaging lug, the side sliding connection of connecting piece has the block, fixedly connected with third spring between block and the connecting piece, the tip of block is the inclined plane structure.
Specifically, the traction structure comprises a fixed seat, the side of pipeline is equipped with the fixed seat, the both sides of fixed seat rotate respectively and are connected with a first bevel gear, first bevel gear's middle part threaded connection has the second screw rod, the guide way has been seted up to the side of second screw rod, sliding connection between second screw rod through guide way, perforation and the engaging lug.
Specifically, the inboard rotation of fixing base is connected with the drive shaft, the both sides of drive shaft are fixedly connected with worm respectively, the side meshing of worm has the worm wheel pole, rotate between worm wheel pole and the fixing base and be connected, the top fixedly connected with second bevel gear of worm wheel pole, intermesh between first bevel gear and the second bevel gear that the homonymy set up.
Specifically, fixed knot constructs including the second friction pad, the middle part of fixing base is the cambered surface structure, the middle part fixedly connected with second friction pad of fixing base, the fixing base is inconsistent with the pipeline outside through the second friction pad, the top side of fixing base is equipped with fixed cover, fixed cover is the arc structure, the inboard fixedly connected with of fixed cover is first friction pad, fixed cover is inconsistent with the pipeline outside through first friction pad.
Specifically, the inboard sliding connection of fixing base has the traction frame, the traction frame is the U font structure, the middle part threaded connection of traction frame has the third screw rod, rotate between third screw rod and the fixing base and be connected, the spread groove has been seted up respectively at the both ends of traction frame, sliding connection is passed through between spread groove and the fixing base to the tip of fixed cover, the constant head tank has been seted up to the tip of fixed cover, the tip sliding connection of traction frame has the reference column, fixedly connected with fourth spring between reference column and the traction frame, the tip of reference column is hemisphere face structure, the sphere end of reference column is inconsistent with the fixed cover through the constant head tank.
Specifically, location structure includes the traction plate, the side sliding connection of fixing base has the traction plate, fixedly connected with fifth spring between traction plate and the fixing base, the both ends of traction plate are run through by the second screw rod that the homonymy set up respectively, the inboard sliding connection of traction plate has the tooth piece, fixedly connected with sixth spring between tooth piece and the traction plate, mesh between tooth piece and the second screw rod.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
(1) According to the nonmetal pipe fitting with the pipe leakage monitoring function, the connecting structure is arranged between the two pipes, the sealing structure is arranged on the top side of the connecting structure, the leakage of the pipes can be conveniently detected after the connection of the pipes is completed through the connecting structure, the pipes can be welded through the sealing structure, and meanwhile, the sealing performance is guaranteed.
(2) According to the nonmetal pipe fitting with the pipe leakage monitoring function, the installation structure is arranged on the side face of the connecting structure, the traction structure is connected between the pipe and the installation structure, the fixing structure is arranged between the traction structure and the pipe, the pipe and the connecting piece can be conveniently connected through the installation structure, the pipe and the connecting piece can be conveniently sleeved under different conditions through the traction structure, the fixing seat and the pipe can be fixedly connected through the fixing structure, and the stability of the fixing seat during connection between the pipe and the connecting piece is ensured.
(3) According to the nonmetal pipe fitting with the pipeline leakage monitoring function, the side face of the traction structure is provided with the positioning structure, and the connecting piece can be conveniently pulled through the second screw rod through the positioning structure.
Drawings
The invention will be further described with reference to the drawings and examples.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure provided by the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the pipe and the connector according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion A shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the connecting piece and the sealing plate of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the connector and the separator plate of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the connection member and the second screw of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the portion B shown in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the pipe and the fixing base of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the fixing base and the second screw rod of the present invention;
fig. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of the C part shown in fig. 9;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the fixing sleeve and the fixing base of the present invention;
fig. 12 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion D shown in fig. 11;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the traction frame of the present invention;
Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of the connecting lug of the present invention.
In the figure, 1, pipe, 2, connection structure, 201, connector, 202, partition plate, 203, communication hole, 204, sealing plug, 205, first spring, 206, first screw, 207, first detection tube, 208, second detection tube, 209, screw cap, 3, sealing structure, 301, sealing plate, 302, electrode, 303, resistance coil, 304, screw cap, 305, second spring, 306, sealing ring, 307, fastening screw, 4, mounting structure, 401, connecting lug, 402, clamping groove, 403, clamping block, 404, third spring, 405, perforation, 406, torsion spring, 5, traction structure, 501, fixing base, 502, second screw, 503, driving shaft, 504, first bevel gear, 505, second bevel gear, 506, worm gear, 507, worm, 508, guide groove, 6, fixing structure, 601, fixing sleeve, 602, third screw, 603, first friction pad, 604, second friction pad, 605, traction frame, 606, positioning post, fourth spring, 608, connection groove, 609, 7, positioning groove, 704, fifth spring, 703, sixth spring.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described in connection with the following detailed description in order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement of the purpose and the effect of the invention easy to understand.
As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 7, fig. 10 and fig. 11, the nonmetallic pipe fitting with the pipe leakage monitoring function provided by the invention comprises a pipe 1, a connecting structure 2 is arranged between two pipes 1, a sealing structure 3 is arranged on the top side of the connecting structure 2, a mounting structure 4 is arranged on the side surface of the connecting structure 2, a traction structure 5 is connected between the pipe 1 and the mounting structure 4, a fixing structure 6 is arranged between the traction structure 5 and the pipe 1, and a positioning structure 7 is arranged on the side surface of the traction structure 5.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, fig. 6, fig. 7, fig. 8, the connection structure 2 includes a connection piece 201, a connection piece 201 is disposed between two pipes 1, a partition board 202 is fixedly connected to the middle of the connection piece 201, the partition board 202 is in a Z-shaped structure, a communication hole 203 is provided in the middle of the partition board 202, a sealing plug 204 is slidingly connected to the inner side of the connection piece 201, a first detection tube 207 and a second detection tube 208 are fixedly connected to the top side of the connection piece 201, the end portion of the second detection tube 208 penetrates through the partition board 202, screw caps 209 are respectively screwed to the top ends of the first detection tube 207 and the second detection tube 208, a first spring 205 is fixedly connected between the bottom side of the sealing plug 204 and the connection piece 201, a first screw 206 is rotatably connected to the top side of the sealing plug 204, the top end of the first screw 206 is in threaded connection with the connection piece 201, the sealing plug 204 and the communication hole 203 are in a circular structure with equal diameters, and the side edges of the sealing plug 204 are in an inclined structure;
Before the connection between the tubular product is carried out, the operating personnel need fully clear up the tip of tubular product, then put into the both ends inboard of connecting piece 201 with the tip of both sides tubular product respectively, be located the connecting piece 201 middle part and be equipped with division board 202, division board 202 is Z font structure, be located the middle part of division board 202 and be equipped with intercommunicating pore 203, intercommunicating pore 203 can seal through the sealing plug 204 of bottom side, when sealing plug 204 seals intercommunicating pore 203, pipeline 1 of connecting piece 201 both sides is not in the intercommunication state, and the connecting piece 201 top side is equipped with first detecting pipe 207 and second detecting pipe 208, the tip of first detecting pipe 207 and second detecting pipe 208 is located the both sides of division board 202 respectively, if the operating personnel has accomplished the connection to pipeline 1, can detect the leakproofness of connecting piece 201 both sides through first detecting pipe 207 and second detecting pipe 208, all need to be connected through connecting piece 201 in multistage pipeline 1, whether the condition that the corresponding side pipeline 1 of connecting piece 201 exists to reveal can be judged to the change of observation atmospheric pressure, after the completion detects, release 204, can keep pipeline 1's sealing plug.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 7, the sealing structure 3 includes an electrode 302, two electrodes 302 are mounted on two sides of the connecting piece 201, a resistive coil 303 is electrically connected between the two electrodes 302 disposed on the same side, a sealing plate 301 is disposed on a side surface of the connecting piece 201, four corners of the sealing plate 301 are slidably connected with fastening screws 307, an end of the fastening screws 307 is in threaded connection with the connecting piece 201, an end of the first screw 206 is slidably connected with a cap screwing 304, a second spring 305 is fixedly connected between the cap screwing 304 and an end of the first screw 206, a top side of the cap screwing 304 is in contact with an inner side of the sealing plate 301, a sealing ring 306 is fixedly connected with an inner side of the connecting piece 201, and a bottom side of the cap screwing 304 is in contact with the connecting piece 201 through the sealing ring 306;
In order to weld the pipe 1 and the pipe, the two sides of the pipe are respectively provided with the resistor coil 303, the external power supply is connected through the counter electrode 302, the temperature of the resistor coil 303 can be increased, the effect of welding the pipe is achieved, two ends of the pipe are respectively and independently provided with the resistor coil 303, the pipe is more flexible in connection operation, on the other hand, after the pipe and the pipe are welded, the top side of the pipe is provided with the sealing plate 301, the sealing plate 301 can be fixed with the connecting piece 201 through the fastening screw 307 arranged at the corner, the bottom side of the sealing plate 301 can abut against the spiral cover 304, the spiral cover 304 can drive the first screw 206 to rotate, the partition plate 202 is sealed through the sealing plug 204, meanwhile, when the sealing plate 301 is in a sealing state, the partition plate 202 is in an opening state, and the spiral cover 304 abuts against the sealing ring 306 on the connecting piece 201 under the pushing of the sealing plate 301, so that the sealing state inside the connecting piece 201 is achieved.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 4, fig. 5, fig. 7, and fig. 14, the mounting structure 4 includes a connection lug 401, two ends of the connection member 201 are respectively connected with two connection lugs 401 in a rotating manner, a torsion spring 406 is fixedly connected between the connection lug 401 and the connection member 201, a through hole 405 is formed in the middle of the connection lug 401, a clamping groove 402 is formed in the end of the connection lug 401, a clamping block 403 is slidingly connected to a side surface of the connection member 201, a third spring 404 is fixedly connected between the clamping block 403 and the connection member 201, and an end of the clamping block 403 is in an inclined surface structure;
Be located the side of connecting piece 201 and be equipped with can pivoted engaging lug 401, can pull connecting piece 201 through engaging lug 401, and then accomplish the sleeve joint between pipeline 1 and the connecting piece 201, make things convenient for subsequent welding operation, simultaneously, in order to save space, engaging lug 401 can be fixed through the draw-in groove 402 and the block 403 of tip, simultaneously through torsional spring 406's setting, after releasing the block state, engaging lug 401 can be rotated out voluntarily, facilitate the use.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 6, fig. 7, fig. 8, fig. 9, fig. 10, fig. 11, and fig. 12, the traction structure 5 includes a fixed seat 501, a fixed seat 501 is disposed on a side surface of the pipe 1, two sides of the fixed seat 501 are respectively rotatably connected with a first bevel gear 504, a middle portion of the first bevel gear 504 is threadably connected with a second screw 502, a guide slot 508 is disposed on a side surface of the second screw 502, the second screw 502 is slidably connected with the connecting lug 401 through the guide slot 508 and the through hole 405, a driving shaft 503 is rotatably connected to an inner side of the fixed seat 501, two sides of the driving shaft 503 are respectively fixedly connected with a worm 507, a worm gear 506 is meshed with a side surface of the worm gear 507, the worm gear 506 is rotatably connected with the fixed seat 501, a top end of the worm gear 506 is fixedly connected with a second bevel gear 505, and the first bevel gear 504 is meshed with the second bevel gear 505 disposed on the same side;
The fixing seat 501 is arranged on the side surface of the pipeline 1, in order to facilitate connection between the pipeline 1 and the connecting piece 201, after the cleaning of the connecting end of the pipeline 1 is completed, a user aligns the end part of the pipeline 1 with the connecting piece 201, then two second screws 502 respectively penetrate through the through holes 405 on the connecting lugs 401, so that the guide grooves 508 on the side surface of the second screws 502 can slide through the through holes 405, then the end parts of the second screws 502 are aligned with the inner sides of the first bevel gears 504, the driving shaft 503 is rotated, the second bevel gears 505 and the first bevel gears 504 can be driven to rotate through the transmission effect of the worm 507 and the worm gear 506, the end parts of the second screws 502 are screwed into the inner sides of the first bevel gears 504, and the connecting piece 201 can be pulled to be sleeved in place with the pipeline 1 along with continuous rotation of the driving shaft 503, and finally the fixing seat 501 and the second screws 502 are removed.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 7, fig. 8, fig. 9, fig. 11, fig. 12, and fig. 13, the fixing structure 6 includes a second friction pad 604, the middle part of the fixing seat 501 is in a cambered surface structure, the middle part of the fixing seat 501 is fixedly connected with the second friction pad 604, the fixing seat 501 is in contact with the outer side of the pipeline 1 through the second friction pad 604, the top side of the fixing seat 501 is provided with a fixing sleeve 601, the fixing sleeve 601 is in an arc structure, the inner side of the fixing sleeve 601 is fixedly connected with a first friction pad 603, the fixing sleeve 601 is in contact with the outer side of the pipeline 1 through the first friction pad 603, the inner side of the fixing seat 501 is in sliding connection with a traction frame 605, the traction frame 605 is in a U-shaped structure, the middle part of the traction frame 605 is in threaded connection with a third screw 602, the third screw 602 is in rotational connection with the fixing seat 501, two ends of the traction frame 605 are respectively provided with a connecting groove 608, the end of the fixing sleeve 601 is in sliding connection with the fixing seat 501 through the connecting groove 608, the end of the fixing sleeve 601 is in contact with the fixing seat 601, the end of the fixing sleeve 601 is provided with a positioning groove 609, the end of the fixing sleeve 609 is in contact with the positioning stud 606 through the connecting groove 606 with the spherical stud 606, and the end of the positioning stud 605 is in contact with the positioning stud 606 through the spherical stud 606;
In order to guarantee stability of the fixing base 501 when the connecting piece 201 is pulled through the second screw 502, the arc-shaped concave portion in the middle of the fixing base 501 is abutted against the proper position of the pipeline 1 through the second friction pad 604, then the fixing sleeve 601 is connected with the traction frame 605 through the connecting groove 608, the locating column 606 is arranged on the inner side of the traction frame 605, the sliding position of the fixing sleeve 601 can be located, then an operator needs to rotate the third screw 602 on the bottom side of the fixing base 501 to drive the traction frame 605, the traction frame 605 can pull the fixing sleeve 601 to the bottom side, the fixing sleeve 601 is tightly abutted against the outer side of the pipeline 1 through the first friction pad 603 on the bottom side, fixing between the fixing base 501 and the pipeline 1 is achieved, and at the moment, a user can connect the connecting piece 201 and the pipeline 1 through the second screw 502.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, 9 and 10, the positioning structure 7 includes a pulling plate 701, a pulling plate 701 is slidably connected to a side surface of the fixing seat 501, a fifth spring 702 is fixedly connected between the pulling plate 701 and the fixing seat 501, two ends of the pulling plate 701 are respectively penetrated by second screws 502 disposed on the same side, a tooth block 703 is slidably connected to an inner side of the pulling plate 701, a sixth spring 704 is fixedly connected between the tooth block 703 and the pulling plate 701, and the tooth block 703 is meshed with the second screws 502;
when the connection between the second screw 502 and the first bevel gear 504 is performed, the pulling plate 701 is arranged on the side surface of the fixed seat 501, the end part of the second screw 502 passing through the connecting lug 401 continuously passes through the corresponding end of the pulling plate 701, the tooth block 703 is arranged on the inner side of the pulling plate 701, at this time, the pulling plate 701 is slid, due to the inclined tooth-shaped structure on the side surface of the tooth block 703, the second screw 502 can slide under the condition of traction, after the pulling plate 701 slides out for a proper distance, the pulling plate 701 is released, under the traction of the fifth spring 702, the tooth block 703 drives the second screw 502 to slide towards the fixed seat 501 along with the sliding of the pulling plate 701 until the end part of the second screw 502 is in contact with the middle part of the first bevel gear 504, at this time, the user can directly rotate the driving shaft 503 to complete the threaded connection between the second screw 502 and the first bevel gear 504, and the operation is convenient.
When the invention is used, firstly, before the connection between pipes is carried out, operators need to fully clean the ends of the pipes, then the ends of the pipes on two sides are respectively placed into the inner sides of the two ends of the connecting piece 201, the middle part of the connecting piece 201 is provided with the division plate 202, the division plate 202 is in a Z-shaped structure, the middle part of the division plate 202 is provided with the communication hole 203, the communication hole 203 can be sealed through the sealing plug 204 on the bottom side, when the communication hole 203 is sealed by the sealing plug 204, the pipes 1 on two sides of the connecting piece 201 are not in a communication state, the top side of the connecting piece 201 is provided with the first detection pipe 207 and the second detection pipe 208, the ends of the first detection pipe 207 and the second detection pipe 208 are respectively positioned on the two sides of the division plate 202, if the operators have completed the connection of the pipes 1, the tightness on two sides of the connecting piece 201 can be detected through the first detection pipe 207 and the second detection pipe 208, when the multi-section pipeline 1 is connected through the connecting piece 201, only air is required to be introduced into the first detecting pipe 207 or the second detecting pipe 208, whether the corresponding side pipeline 1 of the connecting piece 201 leaks or not can be judged by observing the change of air pressure, after detection is finished, the sealing plug 204 is released, the smoothness of the pipeline 1 can be kept, in order to weld the pipeline 1 and the pipe fitting, the two sides of the pipe fitting are both provided with the resistance coils 303, the temperature of the resistance coils 303 can be raised by connecting an external power supply through the counter electrode 302, the effect of welding the pipe fitting is achieved, two ends of the pipe fitting are respectively and independently provided with the resistance coils 303, so that the connection operation of the pipe fitting and the pipe fitting is more flexible, on the other hand, after the welding of the pipe fitting and the pipe fitting is finished, the sealing plate 301 is arranged on the top side of the pipe fitting, and the sealing plate 301 can be fixed with the connecting piece 201 through the fastening screw 307 arranged at the corners, the bottom side of the sealing plate 301 is abutted against the spiral cover 304, the spiral cover 304 can drive the first screw 206 to rotate, the partition plate 202 is sealed through the sealing plug 204, meanwhile, when the sealing plate 301 is in a sealing state, the partition plate 202 is in an opening state, at the moment, the bottom side of the spiral cover 304 under the pushing of the sealing plate 301 is abutted against the sealing ring 306 on the connecting piece 201, the sealing state inside the connecting piece 201 is further realized, a rotatable connecting lug 401 is arranged on the side surface of the connecting piece 201, the connecting piece 201 can be pulled through the connecting lug 401, the sleeve joint between the pipeline 1 and the connecting piece 201 is further completed, the subsequent welding operation is convenient, meanwhile, in order to save space, the connecting lug 401 can be clamped and fixed through a clamping groove 402 and a clamping block 403 at the end part, and simultaneously, through the arrangement of a torsion spring 406, after the clamping state is released, the connecting lug 401 can be automatically screwed out, the pipe fitting is convenient to use, the fixing seat 501 is arranged on the side surface of the pipe 1, in order to facilitate the connection between the pipe 1 and the connecting piece 201, after the cleaning of the connecting end of the pipe 1 is completed, the end part of the pipe 1 is aligned with the connecting piece 201, then two second screws 502 respectively penetrate through the through holes 405 on the connecting lug 401, so that the guide grooves 508 on the side surface of the second screws 502 can slide through the through holes 405, then the end part of the second screws 502 is aligned with the inner side of the first bevel gear 504, the driving shaft 503 is rotated, the second bevel gear 505 and the first bevel gear 504 can be driven to rotate through the transmission effect of the worm 507 and the worm gear 506, the end part of the second screws 502 is screwed into the inner side of the first bevel gear 504, the connecting piece 201 can be pulled to be sleeved with the pipe 1 along with the continuous rotation of the driving shaft 503, and finally the fixing seat 501 and the second screws 502 are removed, in order to guarantee the stability of fixing base 501 when pulling connecting piece 201 through second screw rod 502, the arc depressed part at fixing base 501 middle part is contradicted with the suitable position of pipeline 1 through second friction pad 604, then be connected with pull frame 605 through spread groove 608 with fixed cover 601, the inside reference column 606 that is equipped with of pull frame 605, can fix a position the sliding position of fixed cover 601, then the operator need rotate the third screw rod 602 of fixing base 501 downside and drive pull frame 605, pull frame 605 can be with fixed cover 601 to the downside, make fixed cover 601 closely contradict with the pipeline 1 outside through the first friction pad 603 of downside, realize fixing base 501 and pipeline 1 between the fixed, at this moment the user can be through the connection between connecting piece 201 and the pipeline 1 of second screw rod 502, when carrying out the connection between second screw rod 502 and the first bevel gear 504, the side that is located fixing base 501 is equipped with the pulling plate 701, the corresponding end that will pass the second screw rod 502 of connecting lug 401 continues to pass pulling plate 701, the pulling plate inside is equipped with tooth piece 703, the sliding plate 701 side, the tooth piece 703 is equipped with tooth piece, the tooth piece 703 is directly pushed down at the side of sliding plate 502 with the second screw rod 502, can be directly connected with the second bevel gear 502 at the position of the corresponding end of the screw rod 502, the realization of the convenient side of the spiral bevel gear 502, the realization is realized with the second screw rod 502, the proper sliding plate 502 is realized in the direction of the sliding plate 502, the sliding step of the sliding plate 502 can be down the screw plate 502, the end of the tooth piece is realized.
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.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is provided for clarity only, and that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in detail below, and that the embodiments described in the examples may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.