阅读说明：本技术 钓鱼装置 (Fishing device ) 是由 不公告发明人 于 2020-08-05 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种钓鱼装置,包括设于船上的绕线轴,用于带动绕线轴旋转的绕线电机,一端与绕线轴外周面固定连接的钓鱼线,限位滚轴组,外导向定滑轮,内导向定滑轮,自动去鱼钩机构,鱼收集机构,钓鱼线升降机构；限位滚轴组包括上定滑轮,下定滑轮,设于上定滑轮和下定滑轮外周面上的环形滑槽；上定滑轮和下定滑轮外周面接触；外导向定滑轮和内导向定滑轮的外周面上均设有限位环形槽。本发明具有有效降低钓鱼成本,提高钓鱼效率,自动化程度高的特点。(The invention discloses a fishing device, which comprises a spool arranged on a ship, a winding motor used for driving the spool to rotate, a fishing line, a limiting roller set, an outer guide fixed pulley, an inner guide fixed pulley, an automatic fishhook removing mechanism, a fish collecting mechanism and a fishing line lifting mechanism, wherein one end of the fishing line is fixedly connected with the outer peripheral surface of the spool; the limiting roller group comprises an upper fixed pulley, a lower fixed pulley and an annular chute arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley; the peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley are contacted; and the outer peripheral surfaces of the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley are respectively provided with a limiting annular groove. The invention has the characteristics of effectively reducing the fishing cost, improving the fishing efficiency and having high automation degree.)

1. A fishing device is characterized by comprising a winding shaft (1) arranged on a ship (102), a winding motor for driving the winding shaft to rotate, a fishing line (2) with one end fixedly connected with the outer peripheral surface of the winding shaft, a limiting roller group (3), an outer guide fixed pulley (4), an inner guide fixed pulley (5), an automatic fishhook removing mechanism (6), a fish collecting mechanism (7) and a fishing line lifting mechanism (8); the limiting roller group comprises an upper fixed pulley (31), a lower fixed pulley (32) and annular sliding grooves arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley; the peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley are contacted; the outer peripheral surfaces of the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley are respectively provided with a limiting annular groove, the other end of the fishing line leaving from the spool sequentially passes through a line passing groove formed by annular sliding grooves of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the inner guide fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the outer guide fixed pulley and the automatic fishhook removing mechanism and then is connected with a fishing hook (9), and the fishing hook is provided with a simulated bait; a triangular stop block (21) is arranged on the fishing line between the limiting roller group and the inner guide fixed pulley, the fishing line lifting mechanism comprises a support column (81), a rolling shaft motor (82) arranged on the support column, a rolling shaft (83) connected with the rolling shaft motor, and a plurality of corrugated plates (84) arranged at intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the rolling shaft; the free end of the corrugated plate is provided with an elastic ball (85), the lengths of the corrugated plates are different, and the elastic ball can be contacted with the stop block; the fishing line below the outer guide fixed pulley is provided with a load block (22), the fishing line between the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley is provided with a tension sensor (23), the outer guide fixed pulley, the inner guide fixed pulley, a rotating shaft of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley is connected with a ship through a vertical rod (10), a winding motor is connected with the ship through a vertical column (101), the ship is provided with a camera, and the camera, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism, the fish collecting mechanism, the tension sensor, the winding motor and the rolling shaft motor are electrically connected with a controller.

2. A fishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic fish hook removing means comprises an upright (61) provided on the edge of the boat, a circular guide (62) connected to the upright, a self-moving means (63) provided on the circular guide, an L-shaped rod (64) provided on the self-moving means and extending toward the central axis of the circular guide, a telescopic cylinder (641) provided on the L-shaped rod, and a blocking plate (65); a rotating motor (6411) is arranged on a telescopic rod of the telescopic cylinder, a rotating shaft of the rotating motor is connected with an electromagnet (6412), and the electromagnet corresponds to the barrier plate; the self-moving mechanism, the telescopic cylinder, the rotating motor and the electromagnet are all electrically connected with the controller.

3. A fishing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circular track has a cross-section in the form of an upwardly open U, the circular track being provided with annular openings in both the inner and outer plates, and annular webs (621) in both the inner and outer plates, the two webs each having a C-shaped cross-section, the upper and lower edges of the webs being connected to the circular track above and below the annular openings respectively;

the self-moving mechanism comprises a horizontal plate (631) penetrating through annular openings of the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail and two groups of power mechanisms (632) arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the horizontal plate; the power mechanism comprises two straight rods (6321) and a power motor (6322) which are arranged on the lower surface of the horizontal plate, a driving gear (6323) connected with the power motor, two rollers (6324), a connecting shaft (6325) arranged between the two rollers, and a driven gear (6326) arranged in the middle of the connecting shaft; the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, rotating shafts of the two idler wheels are rotatably connected with the two straight rods through extension shafts (6327), the idler wheels are in rolling contact with the bottom of the inner surface of the circular guide rail, the lower ends of the L-shaped rods are connected with the upper surface of the horizontal plate, and power motors of the two power mechanisms are electrically connected with the controller.

4. A fishing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the automatic fishhook removing mechanism further comprises two L-shaped arms (66) provided on the uprights, a squeeze cylinder (67) provided on the L-shaped arms, a U-shaped plate (68) provided on the telescopic rod of the squeeze cylinder, an air bag (69) provided in the U-shaped plate; the opening directions of the two U-shaped plates are opposite, the air bags can be unfolded in a circular arc shape, the two air bags are respectively in extrusion contact with the two sides of the fish body, the two air bags are connected with an inflator pump and a vacuum pump which are arranged on the vertical rod, the two L-shaped arms are located below the circular guide rail, and the extrusion cylinder, the inflator pump and the vacuum pump are electrically connected with the controller.

5. A fishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fish collecting means comprises a fish collecting pole (71) provided on the vessel, a fish collecting motor (72) provided at an upper end of the fish collecting pole, a ring (73) connected to a rotation shaft of the fish collecting pole, and a collecting tub (74) connected to the ring and having an open upper end; the fish collecting motor is electrically connected with the controller.

6. A fishing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the support post is provided with a displacement cylinder (86), the telescopic rod of the displacement cylinder is connected with the rolling shaft motor, and the displacement cylinder is electrically connected with the controller.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of fishing, in particular to a fishing device which can effectively reduce fishing cost and improve fishing efficiency.

Background

In fishing, baits which are favorite to fish are prepared to attract the fish to hook, sometimes, the baits are used a lot, and the fish do not hook a few fish, so that the fishing cost is increased;

in order to solve the above problems, a method of attracting a fish to get caught on a fish, for example, by moving the fish hook in the vertical and horizontal directions, has been generally used.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of high difficulty and high cost of fishing in the prior art, and provides a fishing device which can effectively reduce the fishing cost and improve the fishing efficiency.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a fishing device comprises a spool arranged on a ship, a winding motor for driving the spool to rotate, a fishing line with one end fixedly connected with the outer peripheral surface of the spool, a limiting roller set, an outer guide fixed pulley, an inner guide fixed pulley, an automatic fishhook removing mechanism, a fish collecting mechanism and a fishing line lifting mechanism; the limiting roller group comprises an upper fixed pulley, a lower fixed pulley and an annular chute arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley; the peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley are contacted; the outer peripheral surfaces of the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley are respectively provided with a limiting annular groove, the other end of the fishing line leaving from the spool sequentially passes through a line passing groove formed by annular sliding grooves of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the inner guide fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the outer guide fixed pulley and the automatic fishhook removing mechanism and then is connected with a fishing hook, and the fishing hook is provided with artificial bait; a triangular stop block is arranged on the fishing line between the limiting roller group and the inner guide fixed pulley, and the fishing line lifting mechanism comprises a support column, a rolling shaft motor arranged on the support column, a rolling shaft connected with the rolling shaft motor, and a plurality of corrugated plates arranged at intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the rolling shaft; the free ends of the toothed plates are provided with elastic balls, the lengths of the toothed plates are different, and the elastic balls can be in contact with the stop blocks; the fishing line below the outer guide fixed pulley is provided with a load block, the fishing line between the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley is provided with a tension sensor, the outer guide fixed pulley, the inner guide fixed pulley, the rotating shafts of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley are connected with a boat through vertical rods, the winding motor is connected with the boat through an upright post, the boat is provided with a camera, and the camera, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism, the fish collecting mechanism, the tension sensor, the winding motor and the rolling shaft motor are electrically connected with a controller.

The boat is driven into the sea area for fishing, and workers control the winding motor to drive the winding shaft to rotate through the controller, so that the fishing hook enters water; controlling a rolling shaft motor to drive a rolling shaft to rotate, driving each rack plate to rotate by the rolling shaft, sequentially touching each elastic ball with a stop block, driving the stop block with the cross section gradually increased from top to bottom to move downwards by the elastic balls, driving the fishing line to move downwards by the stop block, driving the fishing line to move upwards by the load block, and when the elastic balls are separated from the stop block, driving the fishing line to move upwards by the load block, so that the fishing hook in water moves up and down to attract the fish to hook;

the tension sensor detects tension on the fishing line, a tension threshold value is arranged in the controller, when the detected tension value is larger than the tension threshold value, the controller judges that a fish is hooked, the controller controls the winding motor to work, the fishing hook is enabled to be away from water, the fish is hung, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism fixes the fish on the fishing hook, the fishing hook is taken down from the fish body, and the fish enters the fish collecting mechanism.

Then, the staff controls the winding motor through the controller to drive the winding shaft to rotate, so that the fishing hook enters the water, the process is repeated, and the automatic fishing is continued.

Preferably, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism comprises a vertical rod arranged on the edge of the ship, a circular guide rail connected with the vertical rod, a self-moving mechanism arranged on the circular guide rail, an L-shaped rod arranged on the self-moving mechanism and extending to the central axis of the circular guide rail, and a telescopic cylinder and a blocking plate arranged on the L-shaped rod; a rotating motor is arranged on a telescopic rod of the telescopic cylinder, a rotating shaft of the rotating motor is connected with an electromagnet, and the electromagnet corresponds to the barrier plate; the self-moving mechanism, the telescopic cylinder, the rotating motor and the electromagnet are all electrically connected with the controller.

Preferably, the cross section of the circular guide rail is in a U shape with an upward opening, the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail are both provided with annular openings, the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail are both provided with annular connecting plates, the cross sections of the two annular connecting plates are both in a C shape, and the upper edge and the lower edge of each annular connecting plate are respectively connected with the circular guide rails above and below the annular openings;

the self-moving mechanism comprises a horizontal plate penetrating through annular openings of the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail and two groups of power mechanisms arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the horizontal plate; the power mechanism comprises two straight rods and a power motor which are arranged on the lower surface of the horizontal plate, a driving gear connected with the power motor, two rollers, a connecting shaft arranged between the two rollers, and a driven gear arranged in the middle of the connecting shaft; the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, the rotating shafts of the two idler wheels are respectively connected with the two straight rods in a rotating mode through extending shafts, the idler wheels are in rolling contact with the bottom of the inner surface of the circular guide rail, the lower ends of the L-shaped rods are connected with the upper surface of the horizontal plate, and power motors of the two power mechanisms are electrically connected with the controller.

Preferably, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism further comprises two L-shaped arms arranged on the vertical rod, an extrusion cylinder arranged on the L-shaped arms, a U-shaped plate arranged on a telescopic rod of the extrusion cylinder, and an air bag arranged in the U-shaped plate; the opening directions of the two U-shaped plates are opposite, the air bags can be unfolded in a circular arc shape, the two air bags are respectively in extrusion contact with the two sides of the fish body, the two air bags are connected with an inflator pump and a vacuum pump which are arranged on the vertical rod, the two L-shaped arms are located below the circular guide rail, and the extrusion cylinder, the inflator pump and the vacuum pump are electrically connected with the controller.

When a fish is hung by a fishing hook, the camera shoots an image of the fish, the controller controls the extrusion cylinders on the two L-shaped arms to drive the U-shaped plates to approach each other, so that the two U-shaped plates are aligned with the middle part of the fish body, then the winding motor is controlled to stop working, and the inflator pump is controlled to inflate the two air bags, so that the two air bags clamp the fish body;

the controller controls the two power motors to drive the four rollers to move annularly along the circular guide rail, and the horizontal plate slides along the two annular openings to keep the horizontal plate stable;

when the L-shaped rod and the blocking plate are contacted with the handle part of the fishing hook, the controller controls the two power motors to stop working, the controller observes the position of the handle part of the fishing hook according to the image shot by the camera, the telescopic cylinder drives the electromagnet to be close to the handle part of the fishing hook, the electromagnet attracts the magnetic handle part of the fishing hook, and the telescopic cylinder drives the handle part of the fishing hook to leave the blocking plate;

the rotary motor drives the handle part of the fishing hook to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise so as to take the fishing hook off the fish body;

the fish collecting mechanism rotates to the lower part of the fish body, the vacuum pump is controlled to deflate the two air bags, so that the two air bags relax the fish body, and the fish falls into the fish collecting mechanism.

Preferably, the fish collecting mechanism comprises a fish collecting column arranged on the ship, a fish collecting motor arranged at the upper end of the fish collecting column, a circle connected with a rotating shaft of the fish collecting column, and a collecting barrel connected with the circle and provided with an opening at the upper end; the fish collecting motor is electrically connected with the controller.

The controller control fish collects motor work, and the fish is collected the motor and is driven circle and collecting vessel rotation, and circle and collecting vessel rotate to fish body below, and the control vacuum pump is for two gasbag gassing, makes two gasbags relax the fish body, and the fish falls into the collecting vessel, and two extrusion cylinders of control drive two U-shaped boards back of the body removal on the back respectively.

Preferably, the support column is provided with a movable cylinder, a telescopic rod of the movable cylinder is connected with the rolling shaft motor, and the movable cylinder is electrically connected with the controller.

When the fish caught by the fishing hook is lifted upwards, the controller controls the moving cylinder to drive the rolling shaft motor to be far away from the fishing line, so that the elastic ball does not touch the stop block.

Therefore, the invention has the following beneficial effects: effectively reduce the fishing cost, improve fishing efficiency, degree of automation is high, reduces the recruitment cost.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of one configuration of the circular guide, self-moving mechanism and L-shaped bar of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a structure of the L-shaped rod, the telescopic cylinder, the blocking plate, the rotary motor and the electromagnet of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of one embodiment of the upright, L-arm, squeeze cylinder, U-shaped plate and bladder of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one configuration of the support post, roll axis motor, roll axis and travel cylinder of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of one construction of the rolling shaft, indented plate and resilient ball of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of one configuration of the fish collection mechanism of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and detailed description.

The embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 7 is a fishing device, which comprises a spool 1 arranged on a boat 102, a winding motor for driving the spool to rotate, a fishing line 2 with one end fixedly connected with the outer circumference of the spool, a limiting roller group 3, an outer guide fixed pulley 4, an inner guide fixed pulley 5, an automatic fishhook removing mechanism 6, a fish collecting mechanism 7 and a fishing line lifting mechanism 8; the limiting roller group comprises an upper fixed pulley 31, a lower fixed pulley 32 and annular chutes arranged on the peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley; the peripheral surfaces of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley are contacted; the outer peripheral surfaces of the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley are respectively provided with a limiting annular groove, the other end of the fishing line leaving from the spool sequentially passes through a line passing groove formed by annular sliding grooves of the upper fixed pulley and the lower fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the inner guide fixed pulley, the limiting annular groove of the outer guide fixed pulley and the automatic fishhook removing mechanism and then is connected with a fishing hook 9, and the fishing hook is provided with artificial bait; a triangular stop block 21 is arranged on the fishing line between the limiting roller group and the inner guiding fixed pulley;

as shown in fig. 1, 5 and 6, the fishing line lifting mechanism comprises a support column 81, a rolling shaft motor 82 arranged on the support column, a rolling shaft 83 connected with the rolling shaft motor, and a plurality of insection plates 84 arranged at intervals on the peripheral surface of the rolling shaft; a movable cylinder 86 is arranged on the support column, a telescopic rod of the movable cylinder is connected with a rolling shaft motor, and the movable cylinder is electrically connected with the controller;

the free end of the corrugated plate is provided with an elastic ball 85, the lengths of the corrugated plates are different, and the elastic ball can be contacted with the stop block; the fishing line below the outer guide fixed pulley is provided with a load block 22, the fishing line between the outer guide fixed pulley and the inner guide fixed pulley is provided with a tension sensor 23, the outer guide fixed pulley, the inner guide fixed pulley, a rotating shaft of the upper fixed pulley and a rotating shaft of the lower fixed pulley are connected with a ship through a vertical rod 10, a winding motor is connected with the ship through a stand column 101, the ship is provided with a camera, and the camera, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism, the fish collecting mechanism, the tension sensor, the winding motor and the rolling shaft motor are electrically connected with a controller.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism includes an upright 61 disposed on the edge of the ship, a circular guide rail 62 connected to the upright, a self-moving mechanism 63 disposed on the circular guide rail, an L-shaped rod 64 disposed on the self-moving mechanism and extending toward the central axis of the circular guide rail, a telescopic cylinder 641 disposed on the L-shaped rod, and a blocking plate 65; a rotating motor 6411 is arranged on a telescopic rod of the telescopic cylinder, a rotating shaft of the rotating motor is connected with an electromagnet 6412, and the electromagnet corresponds to the barrier plate; the self-moving mechanism, the telescopic cylinder, the rotating motor and the electromagnet are all electrically connected with the controller.

The cross section of the circular guide rail is in a U shape with an upward opening, the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail are both provided with annular openings, the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail are both provided with annular connecting plates 621, the cross sections of the two annular connecting plates are both in a C shape, and the upper edge and the lower edge of each annular connecting plate are respectively connected with the circular guide rails above and below the annular openings;

the self-moving mechanism comprises a horizontal plate 631 penetrating through annular openings of the inner side plate and the outer side plate of the circular guide rail and two groups of power mechanisms 632 arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the horizontal plate; the power mechanism comprises two straight rods 6321 and a power motor 6322 which are arranged on the lower surface of the horizontal plate, a driving gear 6323 connected with the power motor, two rollers 6324, a connecting shaft 6325 arranged between the two rollers, and a driven gear 6326 arranged in the middle of the connecting shaft; the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, the rotating shafts of the two idler wheels are respectively connected with the two straight rods in a rotating mode through extending shafts, the idler wheels are in rolling contact with the bottom of the inner surface of the circular guide rail, the lower ends of the L-shaped rods are connected with the upper surface of the horizontal plate, and power motors of the two power mechanisms are electrically connected with the controller.

As shown in fig. 4, the automatic fishhook removing mechanism further comprises two L-shaped arms 66 arranged on the vertical rod, an extrusion cylinder 67 arranged on the L-shaped arms, a U-shaped plate 68 arranged on an expansion rod of the extrusion cylinder, and an air bag 69 arranged in the U-shaped plate; the opening directions of the two U-shaped plates are opposite, the air bags can be unfolded in a circular arc shape, the two air bags are respectively in extrusion contact with the two sides of the fish body, the two air bags are connected with an inflator pump and a vacuum pump which are arranged on the vertical rod, the two L-shaped arms are located below the circular guide rail, and the extrusion cylinder, the inflator pump and the vacuum pump are electrically connected with the controller.

As shown in fig. 7, the fish collecting mechanism comprises a fish collecting column 71 arranged on the ship, a fish collecting motor 72 arranged at the upper end of the fish collecting column, a circle 73 connected with the rotating shaft of the fish collecting column, and a collecting barrel 74 connected with the circle and provided with an opening at the upper end; the fish collecting motor is electrically connected with the controller.

The using method of the invention is as follows:

the boat is driven into the sea area for fishing, and workers control the winding motor to drive the winding shaft to rotate through the controller, so that the fishing hook enters water; controlling a rolling shaft motor to drive a rolling shaft to rotate, driving each rack plate to rotate by the rolling shaft, sequentially touching each elastic ball with a stop block, driving the stop block to move downwards by the elastic balls, driving the fishing line to move downwards by the stop block, driving the load block to move upwards by the fishing line, and driving the fishing line to move upwards by the load block when the elastic balls are separated from the stop block, so that the fishing hook in water moves up and down to attract the fish to hook;

the tension sensor detects tension on the fishing line, a tension threshold value is arranged in the controller, when the detected tension value is larger than the tension threshold value, the controller judges that a fish is hooked, the controller controls the winding motor to work, the fishing hook and the fish leave hot water, when the fish is hung by the fishing hook, the camera shoots an image of the fish, the controller controls the extrusion cylinders on the two L-shaped arms to drive the U-shaped plates to mutually approach, the two U-shaped plates are aligned to the middle of a fish body, then the winding motor is controlled to stop working, the inflation pump is controlled to inflate the two air bags, and the two air bags clamp the fish body;

the controller controls the two power motors to drive the four rollers to move annularly along the circular guide rail, and the horizontal plate slides along the two annular openings to keep the horizontal plate stable;

when the L-shaped rod and the blocking plate are contacted with the handle part of the fishing hook, the controller controls the two power motors to stop working, the controller observes the position of the handle part of the fishing hook according to the image shot by the camera, the telescopic cylinder drives the electromagnet to be close to the handle part of the fishing hook, the electromagnet attracts the magnetic handle part of the fishing hook, and the telescopic cylinder drives the handle part of the fishing hook to leave the blocking plate;

the rotary motor drives the handle part of the fishing hook to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise so as to take the fishing hook off the fish body;

the controller control fish collects motor work, and the fish is collected the motor and is driven circle and collecting vessel rotation, and circle and collecting vessel rotate to fish body below, and the control vacuum pump is for two gasbag gassing, makes two gasbags relax the fish body, and the fish falls into the collecting vessel, and two extrusion cylinders of control drive two U-shaped boards back of the body removal on the back respectively.

Then, the electromagnet is powered off, the working personnel control the winding motor to drive the winding shaft to rotate through the controller, so that the fishing hook enters water, the process is repeated, and automatic fishing is continued.

When the fish caught by the fishing hook is lifted upwards, the controller controls the moving cylinder to drive the rolling shaft motor to be far away from the fishing line, so that the elastic ball does not touch the stop block.

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