CN219803913U - Nursing trolley - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a nursing trolley which comprises a trolley body, wherein a plurality of positioning and fixing mechanisms are arranged at the top of the inner side of the trolley body, each positioning and fixing mechanism comprises a clamping assembly and at least two groups of lifting assemblies, each clamping assembly comprises two groups of movable frames which are symmetrically arranged, a connecting rod is fixed at the inner side of the middle part of each movable frame, and the connecting rod is in rotary connection with the trolley body. According to the utility model, through the arrangement of the clamping component and the lifting component, the medicine bottle can be fixed during use, and meanwhile, the bearing table is pressed through the medicine bottle, so that the medicine bottle can be placed inside the trolley body, or the bearing table can be pressed through the medicine bottle to lift the medicine bottle out of the top of the trolley body, so that the medicine bottle can be conveniently taken and stored, the convenience during use is greatly improved, and through the arrangement of the cleaning component, cleaning liquid or disinfectant can be smeared on the surface of the medicine bottle when the medicine bottle is placed inside the trolley body.

Description

Nursing trolley

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of nursing, in particular to a nursing trolley.

Background

The medical trolley refers to ward protection and transportation medical equipment, and is suitable for various large hospitals, sanitary clinics, pharmacies, psychiatrist and various rotary trolleys used in daily life. The operation burden of the caregivers can be greatly reduced. The medical trolley refers to ward protection and transportation medical equipment, surgical instruments, medicines and patient conveying. The operation burden of the caregivers can be greatly reduced.

Nursing shallow for nursing among the prior art is provided with medicine bottle fixing device, is carrying out the infusion to the patient in needs, places the medicine bottle in the top of shallow, when promoting the shallow, the shallow inevitably can take place to rock, because more medical medicine bottles are made for glass material, when the medicine bottle emptys, the medicine bottle is broken to damage easily, leads to unable use, not only extravagant cost, has reduced medical personnel's work efficiency simultaneously.

As disclosed in chinese patent (CN 217793698U), a nursing cart for nursing is disclosed, which comprises a housing, a fixing plate is fixedly mounted at the rear end of the upper end inside the housing, a first spring is fixedly mounted at the left and right ends of the top of the fixing plate, a transmission rod is movably sleeved inside the first springs, a bearing plate is fixedly mounted at the top of the transmission rod, a transmission block is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the transmission rod, and a limit rod is fixedly mounted at the rear end of the upper end inside the housing and at the left and right sides of the fixing plate. The utility model achieves the purpose of fixing the medicine bottle by arranging the bearing plate, the clamping blocks, the protection pad and the like, applies pressure to the bearing plate by the weight of the medicine bottle, and when the inner sides of the two balancing weights respectively move outwards, the upper ends of the two fixing frames are extruded inwards by taking the two limiting rods as center points to fix the medicine bottle, so that the effect of fixing the medicine bottle is achieved.

However, when the present inventors embodied this device, the following drawbacks were found to exist: although the device can fix the medicine bottle to a certain extent and prevent to topple over, need stretch into the inside of shell with the hand when depositing and taking the medicine bottle, the mouth of placing the medicine bottle generally can not be very big, has certain inconvenience when taking or depositing the medicine bottle, and because medical personnel need hold the medicine bottle with the hand, can expose in the air when outside including the medicine bottle, harmful substance such as bacterium etc. can be attached to its surface, probably can have certain harm to medical personnel and patient.

Based on the above, a nursing cart is provided, and a new solution is provided for solving the technical problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, it is necessary to address the problems posed in the above-mentioned background art: although the device can fix the medicine bottle to a certain extent and prevent the medicine bottle from toppling over, the medicine bottle is stored and taken in the shell, the mouth for placing the medicine bottle is not large, the medicine bottle is taken or stored in the shell, and the medicine bottle is held by hands, harmful substances such as bacteria and the like are possibly attached to the surface of the medicine bottle when the medicine bottle is exposed to the air, and certain harm can exist for the medical staff and patients, so that a new solution is provided.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a nursing shallow, specifically includes the shallow body, the inboard top of shallow body is provided with a plurality of location fixed establishment, location fixed establishment is including pressing from both sides tight subassembly and two at least groups lifting unit, press from both sides tight subassembly including two sets of movable frames that the symmetry set up, the inboard at movable frame middle part is fixed with the connecting rod, the connecting rod with the shallow body rotates to be connected, two the one end that the movable frame top is close to each other all is fixed with splint, lifting unit includes mounting box and displacement piece, the bottom of mounting box with shallow body fixed connection, displacement piece sliding connection in the inboard of mounting box, shallow body is inboard and be located location fixed establishment's top is provided with the mechanism of smearing, the mechanism includes a plurality of clean subassemblies that the equipartition set up, the clean subassembly includes the applicator.

As a preferred embodiment of the nursing trolley provided by the utility model, a pushing handle is fixed at the top of one end of the trolley body, and cleaning pads are arranged at the ends, close to each other, of the two clamping plates.

As a preferred implementation mode of the nursing trolley provided by the utility model, the lifting assembly further comprises a guide rod, the inner side of the displacement block is provided with a guide groove, the guide rods are fixed at the two ends of the top of the guide groove, a bearing table is arranged above the lifting assembly and is positioned at the inner sides of the bottoms of the two movable frames, the top of the guide rod penetrates through the corresponding mounting box and is fixedly connected with the bearing table, the bottom of the displacement block is fixedly connected with a first spring, the bottom of the first spring is fixedly connected with the mounting box, and one side of the bottom of the mounting box is rotationally connected with a positioning rod.

As a preferred implementation mode of the nursing trolley provided by the utility model, a connecting column is arranged at one side of the top of the positioning rod, which is close to the guide groove, and the connecting column is positioned at the inner side of the guide groove and is connected with the displacement block through the guide groove.

As a preferred implementation mode of the nursing trolley provided by the utility model, the cleaning assembly further comprises a fixing plate, the fixing plate is fixedly connected to the top of the inner side of the trolley body, one end of the fixing plate, which is close to the smearing rod, is fixedly connected with a liquid storage box, the top of the liquid storage box is connected with a connecting pipe, the bottom of the connecting pipe is connected with a liquid outlet cylinder, the liquid outlet cylinder is connected with the smearing rod, the inner side of the liquid outlet cylinder is connected with a piston rod in a sliding manner, the outer side of the piston rod is sleeved with a second spring, and two ends of the second spring are respectively fixedly connected with the piston rod and the fixing plate.

In an embodiment of the nursing cart provided by the utility model, the connecting pipe is a plastic hose, the inner space of the liquid outlet cylinder is communicated with the inner space of the smearing bars, and one ends of the smearing bars, which are close to each other, are arranged as sponge.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the utility model, through the arrangement of the clamping assembly and the lifting assembly, the medicine bottle can be fixed during use, and meanwhile, the medicine bottle can be placed into the cart body by pressing the bearing table through the medicine bottle, or the bearing table can be lifted to push out the top of the cart body through pressing the medicine bottle, so that the medicine bottle is conveniently taken and stored, and the convenience during use is greatly improved.

2. According to the utility model, through the arrangement of the cleaning component, cleaning liquid or disinfectant can be smeared on the surface of the medicine bottle when the medicine bottle is placed in the trolley body, and meanwhile, the surface of the medicine bottle is wiped through the cleaning pad, so that the accumulation of harmful substances such as dust and bacteria on the surface of the medicine bottle is reduced, and the environmental protection property and safety in use are improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the solution of the present utility model, a brief description will be given below of the drawings required for the description of the embodiments, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the interior of the cart body according to the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the cleaning pad and the clamping plate of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the displacement block and guide groove of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the liquid storage box, the liquid outlet cylinder and the piston rod of the present utility model.

The labels in the figures are illustrated below:

1. a cart body; 2. pushing hands; 3. a medicine bottle; 4. a carrying platform; 5. a movable frame; 6. a connecting rod; 7. a cleaning pad; 8. a clamping plate; 9. a mounting box; 10. a displacement block; 11. an applicator; 12. a first spring; 13. a positioning rod; 14. a guide groove; 15. a guide rod; 16. a liquid storage box; 17. a liquid outlet cylinder; 18. a piston rod; 19. a connecting pipe; 20. a second spring; 21. and a fixing plate.

Detailed Description

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present utility model, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present utility model without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present utility model.

As mentioned in the background art, although the device can fix the medicine bottle and prevent the medicine bottle from toppling over to a certain extent, the hand is required to be inserted into the shell when the medicine bottle is stored and taken, the mouth for placing the medicine bottle is not large, and certain inconvenience exists when the medicine bottle is taken or stored, and as medical staff need to hold the medicine bottle by hand, the medicine bottle is exposed to the air when the medicine bottle is outside, harmful substances such as bacteria and the like are possibly attached to the surface of the medicine bottle, and certain harm can exist to the medical staff and patients.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a nursing trolley which is applied to the field of medical care.

Specifically, please refer to fig. 1-5, a nursing shallow specifically includes shallow body 1, the inboard top of shallow body 1 is provided with a plurality of location fixed establishment, location fixed establishment includes clamping component and two at least groups lifting unit, clamping component is including two sets of movable shelves 5 that the symmetry set up, the inboard at movable shelf 5 middle part is fixed with connecting rod 6, connecting rod 6 rotates with shallow body 1 to be connected, the one end that two movable shelves 5 tops are close to each other all is fixed with splint 8, lifting unit includes mounting box 9 and displacement piece 10, the bottom and the shallow body 1 fixed connection of mounting box 9, displacement piece 10 sliding connection is in the inboard of mounting box 9, shallow body 1 inboard just is located location fixed establishment's top is provided with the mechanism of applying, the mechanism of applying includes a plurality of cleaning assemblies that the equipartition set up, the cleaning assembly includes the pole 11 of applying.

According to the nursing cart provided by the utility model, the clamping component and the lifting component are arranged, so that the medicine bottle 3 can be fixed when being used, the carrying table 4 is pressed through the medicine bottle 3, the medicine bottle 3 can be placed inside the cart body 1, or the carrying table 4 can be pressed through the medicine bottle 3 to lift the medicine bottle 3 out of the top of the cart body 1, so that the medicine bottle 3 is conveniently taken and stored, convenience in use is greatly improved, cleaning liquid or disinfectant can be smeared on the surface of the medicine bottle 3 when the medicine bottle 3 is placed inside the cart body 1 through the arrangement of the cleaning component, meanwhile, the surface of the medicine bottle 3 is wiped through the cleaning pad 7, and therefore, the accumulation of harmful substances such as dust and bacteria on the surface of the medicine bottle 3 is reduced, and the environment friendliness and safety in use are improved.

In order to make the person skilled in the art better understand the solution of the present utility model, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

It should be noted that, under the condition of no conflict, the embodiments of the present utility model and the features and technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.

Example 1

Please refer to fig. 1-5, a nursing shallow, including shallow body 1, the inboard top of shallow body 1 is provided with a plurality of location fixed establishment, location fixed establishment includes clamping component and two at least groups lifting unit, clamping component is including two sets of movable shelves 5 that the symmetry set up, the inboard at movable shelf 5 middle part is fixed with connecting rod 6, connecting rod 6 rotates with shallow body 1 to be connected, the one end that two movable shelves 5 tops are close to each other all is fixed with splint 8, lifting unit includes mounting box 9 and displacement piece 10, the bottom and the shallow body 1 fixed connection of mounting box 9, displacement piece 10 sliding connection is in the inboard of mounting box 9, shallow body 1 inboard just is located the top of location fixed establishment and is provided with smearing mechanism, smearing mechanism includes a plurality of clean subassemblies that the equipartition set up, clean subassembly includes smearing pole 11.

Please refer to fig. 1 and 3, the top of cart body 1 one end is fixed with pushing hands 2, and cleaning pad 7 is all installed to the one end that two splint 8 are close to each other, specifically, cleaning pad 7 can be the foam-rubber cushion, cleaning pad 7 and splint 8 connected mode can be the joint, also can be for being connected through the magic subsides, in order to make things convenient for you to change cleaning pad 7, during the specific use, cleaning pad 7 can play certain guard action to medicine bottle 3 when pressing from both sides medicine bottle 3, place hard contact and cause the harm to medicine bottle 3, and when carrying out cleaning work, cleaning pad 7 can clean the surface of medicine bottle 3, and clear up the cleaning solution that mostly remains in medicine bottle 3 outside.

Referring to fig. 4, the lifting assembly further includes a guide rod 15, a guide groove 14 is formed in the inner side of the displacement block 10, guide rods 15 are fixed at two ends of the top of the guide groove 14, a bearing table 4 is arranged above the lifting assembly, the bearing table 4 is located at the inner sides of the bottoms of the two movable frames 5, the top of the guide rod 15 penetrates through the corresponding installation box 9 and is fixedly connected with the bearing table 4, a first spring 12 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the displacement block 10, the bottom of the first spring 12 is fixedly connected with the installation box 9, a positioning rod 13 is rotatably connected to one side of the bottom of the installation box 9, specifically, in order to ensure that the first spring 12 performs stretching or drawing motion in the vertical direction, a telescopic rod is arranged on the inner side of the first spring 12, the top of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the displacement block 10, the bottom of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the installation box 9, and in specific use, the bearing table 4 is driven to move downwards by pressing the medicine bottle 3, the guide rod 15 is driven to move downwards, the displacement block 10 is further driven to move downwards, and the first spring 12 is compressed to deform the first spring 12, and when the medicine 3 is released, the first spring 12 moves downwards under the action of the first spring 12.

Referring to fig. 4, a connecting column is disposed on one side of the top of the positioning rod 13 near the guide slot 14, the connecting column is located at the inner side of the guide slot 14 and connected with the displacement block 10 through the guide slot 14, when the displacement block 10 moves downward, the connecting column at the top of the positioning rod 13 moves at the inner side of the guide slot 14, and when the displacement block 10 moves to the bottom, the connecting column is clamped in a groove at the top of the guide slot 14, so as to limit the first spring 12 to drive the displacement block 10 to perform resetting movement, so that the medicine bottle 3 is kept at the bottom, at this time, the medicine bottle 3 is located inside the cart body 1 until the medicine bottle 3 is pressed again, so that the connecting column is separated from the groove at the top of the guide slot 14, and then the first spring 12 drives the displacement block 10 to perform resetting movement, and then drives the medicine bottle 3 to pop out of the top of the cart body 1, thereby facilitating taking the medicine bottle 3.

Example two

The present embodiment further discloses the structure of the cleaning assembly on the basis of the first embodiment.

Referring to fig. 5, the cleaning assembly further includes a fixing plate 21, the fixing plate 21 is fixedly connected to the top of the inner side of the cart body 1, one end of the fixing plate 21, which is close to the smearing rod 11, is fixedly connected with a liquid storage box 16, the top of the liquid storage box 16 is connected with a connecting pipe 19, the bottom of the connecting pipe 19 is connected with a liquid outlet barrel 17, the liquid outlet barrel 17 is connected with the smearing rod 11, the inner side of the liquid outlet barrel 17 is slidably connected with a piston rod 18, a second spring 20 is sleeved on the outer side of the piston rod 18, two ends of the second spring 20 are respectively fixedly connected with the piston rod 18 and the fixing plate 21, specifically, the inner side of the liquid outlet barrel 17 is divided into a current limiting section close to one end of the piston rod 18 and a through section far away from one end of the piston rod 18, the inner diameter of the current limiting section is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the through section, a liquid adding hole is formed in the top of the liquid storage box 16, during specific use, cleaning liquid or sterilizing liquid is added into the inner side of the liquid storage box 16 through the liquid adding hole, the liquid flows into the inner side of the small part of the liquid storage box 16, when the medicine 3 is inserted between the smearing rods 11 through the connecting pipe 19, the medicine bottle 11, and then the medicine bottle 11 is driven to move to the smearing rod 11, and the liquid moves the smearing rod 11, and the part is driven to move the smearing rod 11, and the part and the inner side is driven to move the smearing rod 17 and then moves the liquid cylinder 17 to make the inner part to move relative to the liquid rod 17.

Referring to fig. 1-3, the connecting tube 19 is a plastic hose, the inner space of the liquid outlet tube 17 is mutually communicated with the inner space of the coating rods 11, one ends of the coating rods 11 close to each other are sponge, specifically, the length of the connecting tube 19 can be set according to practical requirements, so that the liquid outlet tube 17 does not affect the through flow of the liquid storage box 16, the connecting tube 19 and the liquid outlet tube 17 when driving the connecting tube 19 to move, and during specific use, the solution flowing into the inner side of the coating rods 11 is immersed into the sponge and coated on the surface of the medicine bottle 3 through the sponge.

The use process of the nursing trolley provided by the utility model is as follows:

when the medicine bottle 3 is stored, the medicine bottle 3 is pressed to drive the carrying table 4 to move downwards, the guide rod 15 is driven to move downwards, the displacement block 10 is driven to move downwards, the first spring 12 is compressed to enable the first spring 12 to deform, when the displacement block 10 moves downwards, the connecting column at the top of the positioning rod 13 moves at the inner side of the guide groove 14, and when the displacement block 10 moves to the bottom, the connecting column is clamped in the groove at the top of the guide groove 14, so that the first spring 12 is limited to drive the displacement block 10 to perform reset movement, the medicine bottle 3 is kept at the bottom, and at the moment, the medicine bottle 3 is positioned in the trolley body 1, and the medicine bottle 3 is released;

when the medicine bottle 3 is taken, the medicine bottle 3 is pressed again, so that the connecting column is separated from the groove at the top of the guide groove 14, and the first spring 12 drives the displacement block 10 to perform reset motion, and further drives the medicine bottle 3 to pop out of the top of the cart body 1, thereby facilitating taking of the medicine bottle 3;

in the process of cleaning the medicine bottle 3, cleaning liquid or disinfectant is added into the liquid storage box 16 through the liquid adding holes, the liquid flows into the liquid storage box 16 through the connecting pipe 19 to a small part of the liquid storage box, when the medicine bottle 3 is inserted between the plurality of coating rods 11, the medicine bottle 3 can squeeze the coating rods 11, then the coating rods 11 are driven to move, the coating rods 11 further drive the liquid outlet barrel 17 to move, the liquid outlet barrel 17 moves relative to the piston rod 18, the piston rod 18 can squeeze the solution in the liquid outlet barrel 17 to the through flow section, the solution flows into the inner side of the coating rods 11, and the solution flowing into the inner side of the coating rods 11 is immersed into the sponge and coated on the surface of the medicine bottle 3 through the sponge.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

It is apparent that the above-described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments, and the preferred embodiments of the present utility model are shown in the drawings, which do not limit the scope of the patent claims. This utility model may be embodied in many different forms, but rather, embodiments are provided in order to provide a thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described in the foregoing description, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof. All equivalent structures made by the content of the specification and the drawings of the utility model are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and are also within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (6)

1. The utility model provides a nursing shallow, its characterized in that, including shallow body (1), the inboard top of shallow body (1) is provided with a plurality of location fixed establishment, location fixed establishment includes clamping assembly and two at least groups lifting unit, clamping assembly is including two sets of adjustable shelves (5) of symmetry setting, the inboard at adjustable shelf (5) middle part is fixed with connecting rod (6), connecting rod (6) with shallow body (1) rotates to be connected, two the one end that adjustable shelf (5) top is close to each other all is fixed with splint (8), lifting unit includes mounting box (9) and displacement piece (10), the bottom of mounting box (9) with shallow body (1) fixed connection, displacement piece (10) sliding connection in the inboard of mounting box (9), shallow body (1) inboard just is located the top of location fixed establishment is provided with the mechanism of smearing, the mechanism is including a plurality of clean subassemblies that set up, clean subassembly includes smearing rod (11).

2. A nursing trolley according to claim 1, characterized in that the top of one end of the trolley body (1) is fixed with a pushing handle (2), and that the two clamping plates (8) are mounted with a cleaning pad (7) at their ends close to each other.

3. The nursing cart according to claim 1, wherein the lifting assembly further comprises a guide rod (15), a guide groove (14) is formed in the inner side of the displacement block (10), guide rods (15) are fixed at two ends of the top of the guide groove (14), a bearing table (4) is arranged above the lifting assembly, the bearing table (4) is located on the inner sides of the bottoms of the two movable frames (5), the tops of the guide rods (15) penetrate through corresponding installation boxes (9) and are fixedly connected with the bearing table (4), a first spring (12) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the displacement block (10), a positioning rod (13) is rotatably connected to one side of the bottom of the installation box (9).

4. A nursing trolley according to claim 3, characterized in that the top of the positioning rod (13) is provided with a connecting column on the side of the positioning rod close to the guide groove (14), which connecting column is located on the inner side of the guide groove (14) and is connected with the displacement block (10) through the guide groove (14).

5. A nursing cart according to claim 1, characterized in that the cleaning assembly further comprises a fixing plate (21), the fixing plate (21) is fixedly connected to the top of the inner side of the cart body (1), one end of the fixing plate (21) close to the smearing rod (11) is fixedly connected with a liquid storage box (16), the top of the liquid storage box (16) is connected with a connecting pipe (19), the bottom of the connecting pipe (19) is connected with a liquid outlet cylinder (17), the liquid outlet cylinder (17) is connected with the smearing rod (11), a piston rod (18) is connected to the inner side of the liquid outlet cylinder (17) in a sliding manner, a second spring (20) is sleeved on the outer side of the piston rod (18), and two ends of the second spring (20) are respectively fixedly connected with the piston rod (18) and the fixing plate (21).

6. A nursing cart according to claim 5, characterized in that the connecting tube (19) is a plastic hose, the inner space of the liquid outlet tube (17) is mutually communicated with the inner space of the applicator (11), and the ends of the applicator (11) close to each other are arranged as sponge.