阅读说明：本技术 一种全自动循环流水养殖池塘鱼粪吸收装置及方法 (Full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond fish manure absorption device and method ) 是由 李希国 张端秀 张汉霞 李本旺 马岩青 于 2020-06-08 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种全自动循环流水养殖池塘鱼粪吸收装置,包括：机架；至少两个吸污泵,两个吸污泵对称的安装于机架的顶部两侧,且至少两个吸污泵的输出端连通并汇入一个输出管路；吸污管,吸污管两端分别通过连接管路与对应侧的吸污泵连通；智能控制箱,智能控制箱分别与至少两个吸污泵电连接；行走马达,行走马达设于机架底部并与智能控制箱电连接；以及行走轮,行走轮安装于机架底部以及机架两侧端部,行走轮与行走马达传动连接。该装置通过智能控制箱控制行走马达驱动行走轮带动机架在池塘内移动吸粪,可移动性强,通过智能控制箱即可自动控制装置的工作状态,省去了大量人力物力投入,且对鱼粪的吸收更加高效彻底。(The invention discloses a full-automatic fish dung absorbing device for a circulating water aquaculture pond, which comprises: a frame; the two sewage suction pumps are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the top of the rack, and the output ends of the at least two sewage suction pumps are communicated and converged into an output pipeline; the two ends of the sewage suction pipe are respectively communicated with the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side through connecting pipelines; the intelligent control box is electrically connected with the at least two sewage suction pumps respectively; the walking motor is arranged at the bottom of the rack and is electrically connected with the intelligent control box; and the walking wheels are arranged at the bottom of the rack and the end parts of the two sides of the rack and are in transmission connection with the walking motors. The device removes in the pond through intelligent control case control walking motor drive walking wheel belt wheel and moves and inhale excrement, and the mobility is strong, can automatic control device's operating condition through intelligent control case, has saved a large amount of manpower and materials and has dropped into, and thoroughly high-efficient to the absorption of fish excrement.)

1. The utility model provides a full-automatic circulating flow aquaculture pond fish excrement absorbing device which characterized in that includes:

a frame (1);

the sewage suction pumps (2) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the top of the rack (1), and the output ends of the sewage suction pumps (2) are communicated and converged into an output pipeline;

the sewage suction pipes (3) are respectively arranged on two sides of the rack (1), and two ends of each sewage suction pipe (3) are respectively communicated with the corresponding sewage suction pump (2);

the intelligent control box (4) is fixedly arranged at the position, close to the sewage suction pumps (2), of the top of the rack (1), and the intelligent control box (4) is electrically connected with at least two sewage suction pumps (2) respectively;

the walking motor (5), the walking motor (5) is arranged at the bottom of the rack (1), and the walking motor (5) is electrically connected with the intelligent control box (4); and

the walking wheel (6), the walking wheel (6) install in the bottom of frame (1) and the both sides tip of frame (1), walking wheel (6) with walking motor (5) transmission is connected.

2. The fish manure absorption device for the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond according to claim 1, wherein the sewage suction pipe (3) comprises a first manure suction pipe (31) and a second manure suction pipe (32), the first manure suction pipe (31) is fixedly installed at the bottom of one side of the frame (1), the second manure suction pipe (32) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the other side of the frame (1), and the first manure suction pipe (31) and the second manure suction pipe (32) are arranged close to the ground and communicated with the sewage suction pump (2) on the corresponding side of the first manure suction pipe through a connecting pipeline.

3. The fish manure absorption device of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond as claimed in claim 2, wherein a first water pressure sensor (7) is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the first manure suction pipe (31) and the corresponding side of the manure suction pump (2), a second water pressure sensor (8) is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the second manure suction pipe (32) and the corresponding side of the manure suction pump (2), and the first water pressure sensor (7) and the second water pressure sensor (8) are both electrically connected with the intelligent control box (4).

4. The device for absorbing fish feces in a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond according to claim 2, wherein the bottom of each of the first feces absorbing pipe (31) and the second feces absorbing pipe (32) is provided with a plurality of dirt absorbing holes (310), and the plurality of dirt absorbing holes (310) are communicated with the inner cavities of the first feces absorbing pipe (31) and the second feces absorbing pipe.

5. The fish dung absorbing device of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent control box (4) comprises a box body (41), a wireless communication module (42) and a microprocessor (43), the wireless communication module (42) and the microprocessor (43) are packaged in the box body (41), the microprocessor (43) is electrically connected with the walking motor (5) and the sewage suction pump (2), and the microprocessor (43) is further electrically connected with the wireless communication module (42).

6. The device for absorbing fish dung in a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication module (42) is a Bluetooth low energy chip.

7. The fish dung absorbing device of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond according to claim 1, wherein the outer side walls of two ends of the frame (1) perpendicular to the sewage suction pipe (3) are respectively provided with a metal proximity sensor (9), and the metal proximity sensors (9) are electrically connected with the intelligent control box (4).

8. A method for fully automatically absorbing fish feces in a recirculating aquaculture pond, wherein the method uses the apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:

step 1: the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheel to drive the moving frame to move in the pond;

step 2: the sewage suction pump collects fish dung at the bottom of the pond through a sewage suction pipe and absorbs part of pond water in the pond;

and step 3: the fish manure and the pool water are mixed through a connecting pipeline of the sewage suction pump and are converged into an output pipeline to be output to the septic tank.

9. The method for absorbing the fish manure of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond of claim 8, further comprising:

and 4, step 4: the water pressure signal in the installation pipeline is collected through the first water pressure sensor and the second water pressure sensor, the water pressure signal is sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box adjusts the working power of the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side according to the received water pressure signal.

10. The method for absorbing the fish manure of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond of claim 8, further comprising:

and 5: whether the metal proximity sensor is close to a metal positioning point correspondingly arranged on the inner wall of the pond or not is detected in real time, when the metal proximity sensor senses the metal positioning point, a signal is sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheels to move in the opposite direction.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of fish dung treatment equipment, in particular to a full-automatic fish dung absorption device and method for a circulating water aquaculture pond.

Background

At present, with the continuous popularization and application of pond circulating water aquaculture technology, the fishery aquaculture industry has gained considerable income, however, such problem has also appeared in the aquaculture process: in order to increase the yield of the aquaculture, a plurality of farmers obtain the maximum economic benefit by improving the aquaculture density, feeding artificial feed and the like, so that serious organic pollution is brought to the water body of the aquaculture pond, the severe water environment of the pond creates conditions for breeding pathogenic bacteria, the aquaculture water environment is deteriorated, diseases are increased, and the quality of aquatic products is influenced. The main source of organic pollution of the water body of the culture pond is fish dung, so the fish dung collection work is particularly important.

Current fish excrement collection mode is mainly through installing the soil pick-up pump in pond bottom, take out the fish excrement of pond bottom through the soil pick-up pump is regular, but this kind of mode degree of automation is low, mobility is poor, can only just accomplish through artifical regular monitoring fish excrement siltation condition manual operation, and because the rigidity, the fish excrement in every corner in unable assurance pond all can the clean up, and because equipment fixed mounting is in pond bottom, equipment running state is difficult to the control, and the dismouting process is loaded down with trivial details during later maintenance.

Therefore, how to provide a fish feces absorption device with high automation degree, mobility, and more efficiency and thoroughness is a problem that needs to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the invention provides a full-automatic fish dung absorbing device for a circulating water aquaculture pond, which can move and absorb fish dung in the pond, automatically complete the working process, and solve the problems of low automation degree, poor mobility, difficult later maintenance and the like of the conventional fish dung absorbing device.

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

in one aspect, the invention provides a full-automatic fish dung absorption device for a circulating water aquaculture pond, which comprises:

a frame;

the two sewage suction pumps are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the top of the rack, and the output ends of the at least two sewage suction pumps are communicated and converged into an output pipeline;

the sewage suction pipes are respectively arranged on two sides of the rack, and two ends of each sewage suction pipe are respectively communicated with the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side through connecting pipelines;

and the intelligent control box is fixedly arranged at the top of the frame and close to the position of the sewage suction pump. The intelligent control box is electrically connected with at least two sewage suction pumps respectively;

the walking motor is arranged at the bottom of the rack and is electrically connected with the intelligent control box; and

and the travelling wheels are arranged at the bottom of the rack and the end parts of the two sides of the rack, and are in transmission connection with the travelling motors.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: compared with a fixed excrement suction device, the device provided by the invention has strong mobility, can work in a reciprocating mode in the pond, can automatically control the working state of the device through the intelligent control box, saves a large amount of manpower and material resources, and can more efficiently and thoroughly absorb fish excrement.

Furthermore, the sewage suction pipe comprises a first sewage suction pipe and a second sewage suction pipe, the first sewage suction pipe is fixedly installed at the bottom of one side of the frame, the second sewage suction pipe is fixedly installed at the bottom of the other side of the frame, and the first sewage suction pipe and the second sewage suction pipe are arranged close to the ground and are communicated with the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side through a connecting pipeline.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further scheme is that: absorb the fish manure of pond bottom and the inside pond water in pond through the first excrement suction pipe of both ends and ground contact and excrement suction pipe second, the pond water after will mixing is exported with fish manure in the lump at last to make the difficult jam of output pipeline, and the fish manure of output is handled further in septic tank more easily.

Furthermore, a first water pressure sensor is arranged on a connecting pipeline of the first excrement suction pipe and the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side of the first excrement suction pipe, and the first water pressure sensor is electrically connected with the intelligent control box. And a second water pressure sensor is arranged on a connecting pipeline of the second excrement suction pipe and the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side of the second excrement suction pipe, and the second water pressure sensor is electrically connected with the intelligent control box.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further scheme is that: set up water pressure sensor respectively through the connecting line of inhaling excrement pipe and soil pick-up pump and the connecting line of second excrement pipe and soil pick-up pump on first excrement pipe and soil pick-up pump, water pressure in can the real-time detection pipeline, give intelligent control case through the water pressure signal with in the pipeline, size and the pressure threshold value of predetermineeing through water pressure signal are than, can adjust the operating power of the soil pick-up pump that corresponds according to the comparative result, thereby guarantee that the soil pick-up pump can move under more suitable operating condition, the efficiency of soil pick-up pump is improved, and is more energy-saving.

Furthermore, a plurality of dirt absorbing holes are formed in the bottoms of the first excrement absorbing pipe and the second excrement absorbing pipe, and the dirt absorbing holes are communicated with the inner cavity of the first excrement absorbing pipe or the inner cavity of the second excrement absorbing pipe. The first excrement suction pipe and the second sewage suction pipe suck the fish excrement and water through the sewage suction port at the bottom by utilizing the suction force of the sewage suction pump.

Furthermore, the intelligent control box comprises a box body, and a wireless communication module and a microprocessor which are packaged in the box body, wherein the microprocessor is electrically connected with the walking motor and the sewage suction pump, and the microprocessor is also electrically connected with the wireless communication module.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further scheme is that: the control box carries out data transmission through wireless communication module and outside control terminal, has realized remote control, and degree of automation is higher, and fish manure absorption process is intelligent high-efficient more.

Further, the wireless communication module is a low power consumption bluetooth chip. Through the data interaction that can realize controlling terminal equipment in room and fish excrement absorbing device in the pond through the bluetooth chip, through the remote control mode, can practice thrift a large amount of manpower and materials, fish excrement absorbs the more convenient high efficiency of work.

Furthermore, metal proximity sensors are further arranged on the outer side walls of the two ends of the rack perpendicular to the sewage suction pipe respectively, and the metal proximity sensors are electrically connected with the intelligent control box.

Specifically, the number of the metal proximity sensors is four, and the four metal proximity sensors are symmetrically arranged and are respectively electrically connected with the intelligent control box.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further scheme is that: set up metal proximity sensor at frame both ends, with the metal setpoint cooperation work on the pond inner wall, controlling means's that can be more accurate direction of traveling guarantees that the device can be at the dirty district round trip movement of collection in the pond, has also further improved the stability that has improved the efficiency of marcing and the process of traveling of device.

On the other hand, the invention also provides a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond fish dung absorption method, and the device for absorbing the fish dung in the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond comprises the following steps:

step 1: the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheel to drive the moving frame to move in the pond;

step 2: the sewage suction pump collects fish dung at the bottom of the pond through a sewage suction pipe and absorbs part of pond water in the pond;

and step 3: the mixture of the fish manure and the pool water is converged into an output pipeline through a connecting pipeline of a sewage suction pump and is output into a septic tank.

Further, the method for absorbing the fish manure of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond further comprises the following steps:

and 4, step 4: the water pressure signal in the installation pipeline is collected through the first water pressure sensor and the second water pressure sensor, the water pressure signal is sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box adjusts the working power of the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side according to the received water pressure signal.

Further, the method for absorbing the fish manure of the full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond further comprises the following steps:

and 5: whether the metal proximity sensor is close to a metal positioning point correspondingly arranged on the inner wall of the pond or not is detected in real time, when the metal proximity sensor senses the metal positioning point, a signal is sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheels to move in the opposite direction.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a fish dung absorbing device of a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond provided by the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond fish dung absorption device in another view angle in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a soil pick-up hole according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent control box according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of a metal proximity sensor in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a method for absorbing fish manure in a full-automatic circulating water aquaculture pond provided by the invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

On one hand, referring to the attached drawings 1, 2 and 3, the embodiment of the invention discloses a full-automatic fish dung absorption device for a circulating water aquaculture pond, which comprises:

a frame 1;

the sewage suction pumps 2 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the top of the frame 1, and the output ends of the sewage suction pumps 2 are communicated and converged into an output pipeline;

the sewage suction pipes 3 are respectively arranged at two sides of the frame 1, and two ends of each sewage suction pipe 3 are respectively communicated with the corresponding sewage suction pump 2;

the intelligent control box 4 is fixedly arranged at the top of the rack 1 and close to the sewage suction pumps 2, and the intelligent control box 4 is electrically connected with at least two sewage suction pumps 2 respectively;

the walking motor 5 is arranged at the bottom of the rack 1, and the walking motor 5 is electrically connected with the intelligent control box 4; and

and the walking wheels 6 are arranged at the bottom of the frame 1 and the end parts of the two sides of the frame 1, and the walking wheels 6 are electrically connected with the walking motor 5.

In this embodiment, the frame 1 is a rectangular frame structure and is formed by welding square steel pipes.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the soil suction pipe 3 comprises a first soil suction pipe 31 and a second soil suction pipe 32, the first soil suction pipe 31 is fixedly installed at the bottom of one side of the frame 1; the second excrement suction pipe 32 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the other side of the frame 1, and the first excrement suction pipe 31 and the second excrement suction pipe 32 are arranged close to the ground and communicated with the sewage suction pump 2 on the corresponding side through a connecting pipeline.

In some embodiments, a first water pressure sensor 7 is disposed on a connecting pipeline between the first feces suction pipe 31 and the corresponding side of the feces suction pump 2, a second water pressure sensor 8 is disposed on a connecting pipeline between the second feces suction pipe 32 and the corresponding side of the feces suction pump 2, and both the first water pressure sensor 7 and the second water pressure sensor 8 are electrically connected to the intelligent control box 4.

In this embodiment, the soil pick-up pump passes through one-way alternating current motor drive, and the intelligent control case adjusts the bidirectional thyristor trigger point of being connected with the soil pick-up pump through the pressure data that sampling water pressure sensor gathered with the parameter contrast that sets up to the operating voltage (operating power promptly) of adjusting the motor, and then comes the intraductal water pressure of regulating through the rotational speed of adjusting the motor, realizes closed-loop regulation and control process.

Preferably, the water flow sensor can be additionally arranged on the installation pipeline of the first pressure sensor 7 and the second water pressure sensor 8, the water flow sensor is used for detecting water flow data in the pipeline and is connected with the intelligent control box, and the working power of the sewage suction pump is controlled through the intelligent control box to regulate and control water flow.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the bottom of each of the first and second soil suction pipes 31 and 32 is provided with a plurality of soil suction holes 310, and the plurality of soil suction holes 310 are communicated with the inner cavity of the first soil suction pipe 31 or the second soil suction pipe 32. The dirt suction holes 310 are arranged at equal intervals along the length direction of the first manure suction pipe 31 or the second manure suction pipe 32 and are used for absorbing fish manure and pond water deposited at the bottom of the pond.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the intelligent control box 4 comprises a box body 41, a wireless communication module 42 packaged in the box body 41, and a microprocessor 43, wherein the microprocessor is electrically connected with the walking motor 5 and the sewage suction pump 2, and the microprocessor 43 is also electrically connected with the wireless communication module 42.

Specifically, the wireless communication module 42 is a bluetooth low energy chip. Microprocessor 43 may be implemented using a processor model MKW39A512VFT4 or an Emuzpu MCU.

In this embodiment, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chip is used, a Microprocessor (MCU) receives and transmits data in a star networking manner, a transmission distance is about 1200m, and the data is switched to a router and internet networking is performed indoors through a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) receiver. Therefore, control parameters can be set and the working state of the fish dung absorption device can be monitored through indoor control terminal equipment (a PC (personal computer) or mobile equipment such as a mobile phone), and abnormal alarm information and the like can also be received. The power supply mode of the intelligent control box adopts commercial power supply, and the control box is connected with an external 220V alternating current power supply to realize power supply.

In some embodiments, the outer side walls of the two ends of the rack 1 perpendicular to the sewage suction pipe 3 are further respectively provided with a metal proximity sensor 9, and the metal proximity sensors 9 are electrically connected with the intelligent control box 4.

Because the device needs to be placed in the pond to work, through installing the metal setpoint on the inner wall of the pond, can send the signal to the intelligent control case when the metal sensor is close to the metal setpoint with the cooperation of metal proximity sensor, through the reversal of the microprocessor control walking motor in the intelligent control case to make whole device move to opposite direction. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, in the drawing, B1, B2, B3 and B4 respectively represent four metal proximity sensors 9, a1, a2, A3 and a4 are respectively four metal positioning points arranged on the inner wall of the pond, when B1 and B4 move to positions opposite to a1 and A3, the current position reaches the edge of the pond, the microprocessor in the intelligent control box controls the walking motor reverse driving device to move in a direction opposite to the current movement direction, when B2 and B3 move to positions opposite to a2 and a4, the device moves to the other side edge of the pond, and the microprocessor in the intelligent control box controls the walking motor reverse driving device to move in a direction opposite to the current movement direction.

In this embodiment, walking wheel 6 can be divided into two types according to the function, a type of setting is in the bottom of frame 1, including the action wheel and follow the driving wheel, the action wheel is direct to be connected with 5 transmissions of walking motor, drive through walking motor 5 and rotate, set up in the frame of action wheel both sides from the driving wheel, drive the walking through the action wheel, play the effect of auxiliary movement, the action wheel drives whole device at pond bottom reciprocating motion with following the cooperation of driving wheel, another type sets up the both ends that correspond the pond inner wall in the frame, be called the side wheel in this embodiment, be used for when pressing close to the pond inner wall, with the contact of pond inner wall, slide along the.

Preferably, the action wheel passes through pivot support with frame 1 and is connected, and the action wheel can also adjust advancing direction through pivot support like this on reciprocating motion route, realizes the effect to the left and right sides deflection, simultaneously, sets up all uses the universal wheel at the driven wheel of frame bottom and the side wheel at frame both ends, can deflect along with the action wheel direction, and supplementary action wheel accomplishes walking and direction adjustment work.

The device provided by the embodiment has the working principle that: use the frame as the carrier, it removes in the pond to provide power drive walking wheel rotation belt framework by action motor, the fish manure of sewage suction pump bottom through sewage suction pipe absorption pond, water pressure sensor transmits water pressure signal to intelligent control case, sewage suction pump power is adjusted to the intelligent control case, the fish manure that deposits is absorbed in the dirty district round trip movement of collection of the whole device in the pond of intelligent control case control, metal proximity sensor transmits the signal and gives the intelligent control case, the direction of motion of the whole device of intelligent control case control, the pipeline of two sewage suction pump intercommunications converges through a sewage outlet pipe, and communicate to in the septic tank outside the pond through a sewage outlet pipe.

On the other hand, referring to the attached fig. 6, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a full-automatic fish dung absorption method for the circulating water aquaculture pond, which is characterized in that the method uses the device, and comprises the following steps:

s1: the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheel to drive the moving frame to move in the pond;

s2: the sewage suction pump collects fish dung at the bottom of the pond through a sewage suction pipe and absorbs part of pond water in the pond;

s3: the fish manure and the pool water are mixed through a connecting pipeline of the sewage suction pump and are converged into an output pipeline to be output to the septic tank.

In some embodiments, the method for absorbing fish feces in a fully automatic circulating-flow aquaculture pond further comprises:

s4: the water pressure signal in the installation pipeline is collected through the first water pressure sensor and the second water pressure sensor, the water pressure signal is sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box adjusts the working power of the sewage suction pump on the corresponding side according to the received water pressure signal.

In some embodiments, the method for absorbing fish feces in a fully automatic circulating-flow aquaculture pond further comprises:

s5: whether the metal positioning points are close to the metal positioning points correspondingly arranged on the inner wall of the pond or not is detected in real time through the metal proximity sensor, when the metal proximity sensor senses the metal positioning points, signals are sent to the intelligent control box, and the intelligent control box controls the walking motor to drive the walking wheels to move in the opposite direction.

The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. The device disclosed by the embodiment corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, so that the description is simple, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.