阅读说明：本技术 储存装置、道路施工用物料暂存仓 (Storage device, road construction are with material temporary storage storehouse ) 是由 卢欢 于 2020-05-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明适用于道路施工设备领域,提供了一种储存装置、道路施工用物料暂存仓,所述储存装置包括安装基座、第一壳体与第二壳体,第二壳体内设置有用于搅动物料的防沉淀组件,防沉淀组件包括底座,底座上转动安装有筒体,筒体上均匀设置有多个第一搅拌件,用于将第二壳体内的物料进行搅拌分散,筒体远离底座的一端设置有多个第二搅拌件,安装基座外侧设有用于驱动筒体绕第二壳体的中心线转动的第一驱动机构。本发明通过第一驱动机构驱动筒体绕第二壳体的中心线转动,进而带动第二搅拌件与第一搅拌件转动并对第二壳体内的物料进行搅拌,减少了物料在底部发生堆积现象,解决了现有储存装置在储存时存在易在底部发生堆积现象的问题。(The invention is suitable for the field of road construction equipment, and provides a storage device and a material temporary storage bin for road construction. According to the invention, the first driving mechanism drives the cylinder body to rotate around the central line of the second shell, so that the second stirring piece and the first stirring piece are driven to rotate and stir materials in the second shell, the phenomenon of accumulation of the materials at the bottom is reduced, and the problem that the existing storage device is easy to accumulate at the bottom during storage is solved.)

1. The utility model provides a storage device, includes the mounting base, be provided with the first casing that is used for storing the material on the mounting base, its characterized in that still includes:

the second shell is arranged at one end, facing the mounting base, of the first shell, a sedimentation preventing assembly for stirring materials is arranged in the second shell, the sedimentation preventing assembly comprises a base used for being connected with one end, facing the mounting base, of the second shell, and a barrel capable of rotating around the central line of the second shell is rotatably arranged on the base;

the first stirring pieces are uniformly arranged at one end, close to the base, of the barrel along the circumferential direction of the barrel and are used for stirring and dispersing the materials in the second shell, and the second stirring pieces are arranged at one end, far away from the base, of the barrel and are perpendicular to the first stirring pieces; and

and the first driving mechanism is connected with the outer side of the mounting base and used for driving the cylinder to rotate around the central line of the second shell.

2. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cover is detachably disposed at an opening of one end of the first casing away from the mounting base, and a plurality of feeding holes for feeding are uniformly disposed on the cover.

3. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a frame is disposed outside the first housing, and a connecting member is detachably disposed on the frame.

4. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the anti-settling assembly further comprises a mounting bearing mounted on the base, and the output of the first drive mechanism is coupled to the cartridge via the mounting bearing to drive the cartridge to rotate about the centerline of the second housing.

5. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second stirring member is detachably connected to the barrel via a mounting member, and a plurality of holes penetrating through the side wall of the barrel are formed on the outer side of the barrel to convey the material in the barrel to a receiving space formed by the barrel and the second housing.

6. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the second stirring member comprises:

the plate body is detachably arranged on the outer side of the barrel body; and

the connecting holes are multiple in number, are formed in one end, far away from the barrel, of the plate body and are used for installing the extension piece so as to increase the stirring area of the plate body.

7. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein a discharge port for discharging is provided at an end of the mounting base away from the second housing, a communicating pipe for communicating with the second housing is provided in the mounting base, a filtering member is detachably provided at an end of the communicating pipe facing the discharge port, and the filtering member is communicated with the corresponding discharge port through the discharge pipe.

8. A temporary storage bin for road construction materials, comprising the storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the temporary storage bin for road construction materials further comprises: and the walking assembly is arranged on the outer side of the mounting base and used for driving the storage device to move.

9. The temporary storage bin for road construction materials according to claim 8, wherein the walking assembly comprises: fix telescopic machanism on the mounting base, telescopic machanism's output is provided with the mounting groove, be provided with scalable truckle in the mounting groove.

10. The temporary storage bin for road construction materials as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a second driving mechanism, wherein the output end of the second driving mechanism is connected with a stirring paddle arranged in the first housing.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of road construction equipment, and particularly relates to a storage device and a temporary material storage bin for road construction.

Background

With the continuous development of the transportation industry, the progress of road construction is also accelerated. At present, roads generally comprise highways, urban roads, factory and mining roads, workshop passageways, school roads and the like. In general, materials such as cement, concrete, paint, and paint are often used in road construction.

During road construction, in order to improve the construction efficiency, preparation work needs to be done, and construction materials are prepared in advance and stored, which has important significance for ensuring normal construction of the road surface. When road construction materials are stored, most of the traditional methods adopt barrels for storage.

However, the above technical solutions have the following disadvantages in practical use: the existing storage device has the problem that the accumulation phenomenon is easy to occur at the bottom when materials such as cement, concrete, coating, paint and the like are stored.

Disclosure of Invention

An embodiment of the present invention provides a storage device to solve the problem of the accumulation phenomenon at the bottom of the storage device in the prior art.

The embodiment of the present invention is achieved as follows, in which a storage apparatus includes a mounting base, a first housing for storing a material is provided on the mounting base, and the storage apparatus further includes:

the second shell is arranged at one end, facing the mounting base, of the first shell, a sedimentation preventing assembly for stirring materials is arranged in the second shell, the sedimentation preventing assembly comprises a base used for being connected with one end, facing the mounting base, of the second shell, and a barrel capable of rotating around the central line of the second shell is rotatably arranged on the base;

the first stirring pieces are uniformly arranged at one end, close to the base, of the barrel along the circumferential direction of the barrel and are used for stirring and dispersing the materials in the second shell, and the second stirring pieces are arranged at one end, far away from the base, of the barrel and are perpendicular to the first stirring pieces; and

and the first driving mechanism is connected with the outer side of the mounting base and used for driving the cylinder to rotate around the central line of the second shell.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a temporary storage bin for road construction materials, including the above storage device, the temporary storage bin for road construction materials further including: and the walking assembly is arranged on the outer side of the mounting base and used for driving the storage device to move.

Compared with the prior art, the storage device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a mounting base, a first shell and a second shell, wherein a precipitation prevention assembly used for stirring materials is arranged in the second shell, the precipitation prevention assembly comprises a base, a cylinder body capable of rotating around the central line of the second shell is rotatably arranged on the base, a plurality of first stirring pieces are uniformly arranged on the cylinder body and used for stirring and dispersing the materials in the second shell, a plurality of second stirring pieces are arranged at one end, far away from the base, of the cylinder body, and a first driving mechanism used for driving the cylinder body to rotate around the central line of the second shell is arranged outside the mounting base; according to the embodiment of the invention, the first driving mechanism drives the cylinder body to rotate around the central line of the second shell, so that the second stirring piece and the first stirring piece are driven to rotate and stir materials in the second shell, the accumulation phenomenon at the bottom of the storage device during material storage is reduced, and the problem that the accumulation phenomenon at the bottom of the storage device is easy to occur in the conventional storage device during storage is solved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an anti-settling assembly in a storage device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of an anti-settling assembly in a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a connection relationship between a plate and an extension member in a storage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a mounting base in a storage device according to another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a material temporary storage bin for road construction according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a traveling assembly in a material temporary storage bin for road construction according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 1-mounting a base; 2-a first housing; 3-a second housing; 4-a first drive mechanism; 5-a feed inlet; 6-cover body; 7-a frame body; 8-a connector; 9-an anti-settling component; 10-a base; 11-mounting a bearing; 12-a cylinder body; 13-a mounting member; 14-mesh opening; 15-a first stirring member; 16-a second stirring member; 17-a plate body; 18-connecting holes; 19-an extension; 20-communicating pipe; 21-a filter element; 22-a discharge pipe; 23-a discharge hole; 24-a second drive mechanism; 25-a stirring paddle; 26-a walking assembly; 27-a telescoping mechanism; 28-retractable castors; 29-mounting groove.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Specific implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a structure diagram of a storage device provided for an embodiment of the present invention includes a mounting base 1, a first housing 2 for storing materials is disposed on the mounting base 1, and the storage device further includes:

the second shell 3 is arranged at one end, facing the mounting base 1, of the first shell 2, a sedimentation preventing component 9 for stirring materials is arranged in the second shell 3, the sedimentation preventing component 9 comprises a base 10 for being connected with one end, facing the mounting base 1, of the second shell 3, and a cylinder 12 capable of rotating around the central line of the second shell 3 is rotatably arranged on the base 10;

the first stirring pieces 15 are uniformly arranged at one end of the cylinder 12 close to the base 10 along the circumferential direction of the cylinder 12, and are used for stirring and dispersing the materials in the second shell 3; and

and the first driving mechanism 4 is connected with the outer side of the mounting base 1 and is used for driving the cylinder 12 to rotate around the central line of the second shell 3.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first driving mechanism 4 drives the cylinder 12 to rotate around the central line of the second housing 3, so as to drive the first stirring member 15 to rotate and stir the materials in the second housing 3, thereby reducing the accumulation phenomenon at the bottom when the materials are stored.

In an example of the present invention, a plurality of second stirring members 16 are disposed at an end of the cylinder 12 away from the base 10, and the cylinder 12 is driven by the first driving mechanism 4 to rotate around a center line of the second housing 3, so as to drive the second stirring members 16 and the first stirring members 15 to rotate and stir the materials in the second housing 3, thereby reducing a stacking phenomenon occurring at the bottom when the materials are stored.

In another example of the present invention, a plurality of second stirring members 16 are disposed at one end of the cylinder 12 away from the base 10, the second stirring members 16 are disposed perpendicular to the first stirring members 15, and since the second stirring members 16 are disposed perpendicular to the first stirring members 15, when stirring, the effect of stirring and dispersing by the first stirring members 15 is greater than the effect of stirring and dispersing by the second stirring members 16, and since the material is accumulated at the bottom under the action of gravity, the effect of stirring and dispersing by the first stirring members 15 is better, and the material biased to the upper side does not need to be excessively stirred and dispersed, so as to avoid generating excessive bubbles to affect the quality of the material. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, specific structural forms of the second stirring member 16 and the first stirring member 15 are not limited, for example, the second stirring member 16 and the first stirring member 15 may be a fan shape, a U shape, a rectangular shape, a triangular shape, an L shape, or even a flat plate shape, and may be adaptively adjusted according to actual requirements.

In another example of the present invention, the first driving mechanism 4 may be a motor in the prior art, and the motor may be a dc motor, an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor, which is selected according to practical requirements, and is not limited herein, as long as it can drive the drum 12 to rotate around the center line of the second housing 3 to stir the material in the second housing 3.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cover 6 is detachably disposed at an opening of one end of the first housing 2 away from the mounting base 1, and a plurality of feeding holes 5 for feeding are uniformly disposed on the cover 6.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the cover body 6 may be installed on the first housing 2 in a threaded connection manner, the sealing performance of the first housing 2 in the material storage process is ensured by covering the cover body 6, and the material can be directly fed through the feed port 5 without opening the cover body 6.

In an example of the present invention, the feed port 5 is provided with a flow rate adjustment assembly, the flow rate adjustment assembly may be a valve product in the prior art, for example, a manual valve, an electric valve, a pneumatic valve, an electromagnetic flow valve, and the like, and the specific model is selected according to requirements, which is not limited herein, the size of the flow channel area is changed by the flow rate adjustment assembly to achieve the control function thereof, and an external material conveying device may be firstly communicated with the feed port 5 during feeding, and then the flow rate adjustment assembly is opened to feed, thereby ensuring the sealing performance of the feeding process.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a frame body 7 is disposed outside the first housing 2, and a connecting member 8 is detachably disposed on the frame body 7.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the storage device may be erected on an external device through the frame body 7, or the storage device and the external device may be connected and fixed through the connecting member 8, so as to facilitate transportation of the storage device.

In an example of the present invention, the length of the frame body 7 in the horizontal direction is greater than the length of the first housing 2 in the horizontal direction, the storage device can be erected on an external device through the frame body 7, so as to facilitate discharging of materials under the action of gravity, and the storage device can be connected and fixed with the external device through the connecting piece 8, so as to facilitate transportation of the storage device.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the anti-settling assembly 9 further includes a mounting bearing 11 mounted on the base 10, and the output end of the first driving mechanism 4 is connected to the cylinder 12 through the mounting bearing 11 to drive the cylinder 12 to rotate around the center line of the second housing 3.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the mounting bearing 11 may adopt a sealing bearing in the prior art, and while ensuring that the first driving mechanism 4 drives the cylinder 12 to rotate, the mounting bearing has a good sealing effect, so as to prevent the material from flowing into the first driving mechanism 4 from the cylinder 12.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second stirring member 16 is detachably connected to the cylinder 12 by a mounting member 13, and a plurality of sieve holes 14 penetrating through a side wall of the cylinder 12 are opened on an outer side of the cylinder 12 to convey the material in the cylinder 12 to an accommodating space formed by the cylinder 12 and the second housing 3.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second stirring members 16 may be mounted or dismounted as needed, and the number of the second stirring members 16 may be designed as needed, for example, a circle of the second stirring members 16 may be arranged along the outer side of the cylinder 12, or a plurality of parallel second stirring members 16 may be arranged, which is selected as needed, and is not limited herein.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the size of the cylinder 12 is designed according to the requirement, preferably, the cylinder 12 is generally set to have a diameter 0.1-0.9 times of the diameter of the second housing 3, the sieve 14 on the cylinder 12 plays a role of filtering and screening, since the material generally sinks to the bottom under the action of gravity after entering the cylinder 12 during the stirring process and is not easy to flow out from the opening at the upper end of the cylinder 12, the material can be screened through the sieve 14, the material with smaller particle size meeting the screening condition is discharged from the sieve 14 under the action of the centrifugal force generated when the cylinder 12 rotates, the material with larger particle size is accumulated in the cylinder 12, and the collecting effect can be achieved, and finally the accumulated material with larger particle size can be taken out for subsequent operations such as crushing by opening the cover 6, avoid the great material of accumulational particle diameter directly to discharge together, effectively guaranteed the quality of the product of the ejection of compact, need not to filter once more when the ejection of compact, effectively reduced the operating procedure.

As shown in fig. 4 to 5, further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second stirring member 16 includes:

a plate body 17 which is detachably arranged on the outer side of the cylinder body 12; and

a plurality of connecting holes 18 are formed at one end of the plate body 17 far away from the cylinder body 12 and used for installing an extension piece 19 so as to increase the stirring area of the plate body 17.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the extension piece 19 is installed to extend the actual working length of the second stirring piece 16 as required, so as to increase the stirring area of the material during stirring.

In an example of the present invention, the extension piece 19 and the plate body 17 may be connected by a bolt, and the connecting hole 18 is correspondingly provided with an inner threaded hole adapted to be connected by a bolt.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the specific size of the first stirring member 15 can be designed according to the needs, and is not limited herein, and in general, in order to ensure the stirring effect on the bottom material and reduce the bubbles generated during stirring, the length of the first stirring member 15 is set to be smaller than the length of the second stirring member 16.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an outlet 23 for discharging is disposed at an end of the mounting base 1 away from the second housing 2, a communicating pipe 20 for communicating with the second housing 3 is disposed in the mounting base 1, a filter member 21 is detachably disposed at an end of the communicating pipe 20 facing the outlet 23, and the filter member 21 is communicated with the corresponding outlet 23 through a discharging pipe 22.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the material is sent from the second housing 3 to the filtering member 21 through the communicating pipe 20 for filtering, and then the material is discharged from the discharge port 23 through the discharge pipe 22.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the filtering member 21 may be a tube with a connecting thread at an end thereof, a screen is disposed in the tube, and the tube is detachably connected to the filtering member, and the screen can filter the material, thereby reducing adverse effects of large particles and impurities on the quality of the discharged product.

In another example of the present invention, the base 10 is provided with an opening for communicating with the discharge port 23, specifically, the opening of the base 10 is communicated with the upper end of the corresponding communication pipe 20, so that the material can be pumped out by the action of gravity of the material or by an external pump body (for example, the discharge pipe 22 can be communicated with an external pump body, and the material can be pumped out by the pump body, which can be an existing product, for example, a product such as a water pump, a vacuum pump, etc., and the specific type is selected according to the requirement, but not limited herein), so as to transport the material in the second housing 3 to the discharge pipe 22 and discharge the material through the discharge port 23.

In another example of the present invention, a movable cover is disposed on a side surface of the mounting base 1, the movable cover can be opened to operate the inside of the mounting base 1, a valve is disposed on the communicating pipe 20, the flow rate of the material during the conveying process can be controlled by the valve, the valve can be a product in the prior art, for example, an electromagnetic valve can be used, which is not limited herein, the specific structure of the communicating pipe 20 is not limited, and a funnel-shaped structure is preferred herein, which is convenient for discharging.

As shown in fig. 6 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a temporary storage bin for road construction materials, including the storage device, where the temporary storage bin for road construction materials further includes: and the walking assembly 26 is arranged on the outer side of the mounting base 1 and is used for driving the storage device to move.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of walking assemblies 26 are arranged, and are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides, respectively, so that the storage device can be driven to move by the walking assemblies 26, which is convenient for transportation when the temporary storage bin for road construction materials is used.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the walking assembly 26 has a plurality of walking assemblies 26, and the walking assemblies 26 are symmetrically disposed on the left and right sides, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific structural form of the walking assembly 26, for example, the walking assembly 26 may be a common caster, or as shown in fig. 7, the walking assembly 26 includes: the telescopic mechanism 27 is fixed on the mounting base 1, the output end of the telescopic mechanism 27 is provided with a mounting groove 29, a telescopic caster 28 is arranged in the mounting groove 29, the position of the telescopic caster 28 in the horizontal direction can be adjusted through the telescopic mechanism 27, and the telescopic caster 28 can move at the same time, so as to be convenient for transporting the material temporary storage bin for road construction, the telescopic mechanism 27 can be an electric telescopic rod or a hydraulic rod, which is specifically set according to actual requirements and is not limited herein, for example, the telescopic mechanism 27 can be an electric telescopic rod of the temu transmission technology limited company, and in actual use, the telescopic caster 28 can extend out of the mounting groove 29 by adjusting the extension and retraction of the telescopic caster 28, so that the material temporary storage bin for road construction can travel through the rotation of the telescopic caster 28, the retractable caster 28 can be an existing product, and a specific model is selected according to requirements, and is not limited here, and when the temporary storage bin for road construction materials needs to be fixedly placed, the retractable caster 28 can be retracted, and then the temporary storage bin is placed on the ground through the mounting base 1.

Further, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the material temporary storage for road construction further includes a second driving mechanism 24, an output end of the second driving mechanism 24 is connected to a stirring paddle 25 disposed in the first housing 2, the second driving mechanism 24 may be fixedly mounted on the cover body 6, the cover body 6 may be detached as required, and then the second driving mechanism 24 and the stirring paddle 25 may be detached for maintenance or cleaning.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second driving mechanism 24 drives the stirring paddle 25 disposed in the first housing 2 to rotate, so as to stir the material in the first housing 2, and the use of the sedimentation preventing component 9 can further improve the mixing effect.

In an example of the present invention, the second driving mechanism 24 may be a motor in the prior art, and the motor may be a dc motor, an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor, which is selected according to practical requirements, and is not limited herein, as long as it can drive the stirring paddle 25 to rotate and stir the material in the first housing 2.

The above embodiments of the present invention provide a storage device, which comprises a mounting base 1, a first housing 2, a second housing 3, a sedimentation preventing component 9 for stirring materials is arranged in the second shell 3, the sedimentation preventing component 9 comprises a base 10, a cylinder body 12 which can rotate around the central line of the second shell 3 is rotatably arranged on the base 10, a plurality of first stirring pieces 15 are uniformly arranged on the cylinder body 12, for stirring and dispersing the materials in the second housing 3, one end of the cylinder 12 far away from the base 10 is provided with a plurality of second stirring pieces 16, the second stirring piece 16 is perpendicular to the first stirring piece 15, a first driving mechanism 4 for driving the cylinder 12 to rotate around the central line of the second shell 3 is arranged on the outer side of the mounting base 1, and a material temporary storage bin for road construction is provided based on the storage device; according to the invention, the first driving mechanism 4 drives the cylinder 12 to rotate around the central line of the second shell 3, so as to drive the second stirring piece 16 and the first stirring piece 15 to rotate and stir the materials in the second shell 3, thereby reducing the accumulation phenomenon at the bottom when the materials are stored; moreover, second stirring piece 16 with first stirring piece 15 is perpendicular setting, when stirring, through first stirring piece 15 stirs the effect that disperses and is greater than second stirring piece 16 stirs the effect that disperses, because the material piles up in the bottom under the action of gravity, so needs first stirring piece 15 stirs the effect that disperses better, and the material that is partial to the top need not to carry out excessive stirring dispersion to avoid producing too much bubble and influencing the quality of material, solved current storage device and had the problem that easily takes place to pile up the phenomenon in the bottom when storing.

The electric appliances presented in the article can be connected with an external main controller and 220V mains supply, and the main controller can be a conventional known device controlled by a computer and the like.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.

The standard parts used by the invention can be purchased from the market, the special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description and the description of the attached drawings, and the specific connection mode of each part can adopt the conventional means of mature bolts, rivets, welding and the like in the prior art, and the detailed description is not repeated.

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 and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.