阅读说明：本技术 一种冷凝装置及具有其的衣物处理设备 (Condensing equipment and have its clothing treatment facility ) 是由 龙斌华 刘剑 谭阅兵 毛建平 张强 张又文 于 2021-08-12 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种冷凝装置及具有其的衣物处理设备,冷凝装置包括壳体；壳体内部形成有风道,风道形成有进风口和出风口；风道在出风口处形成有出风段,出风段包括多个串联连接的缩放单元,每个缩放单元包括扩展段和收缩段；风道的侧面形成有进水腔,进水腔的一端设置喷水构件,另一端与风道连通；喷水构件运行时,冷却水由出水口喷出,经进水腔进入风道,在风道的喉部段与风道内的湿热空气充分均匀混合,扩大了湿热空气与冷却水的有效接触面积,缩短了烘干时间；沿风道流经多个缩放单元时流速和压力发生多次变化,其中的水蒸气冷凝为水滴并滴落于集水槽中,部分毛屑可随冷却水排出,减少毛屑堆积,热空气由出风口排出,避免冷凝水被带入加热风道。(The invention provides a condensing device and a clothes treatment device with the same, wherein the condensing device comprises a shell; an air duct is formed inside the shell, and an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the air duct; the air duct is provided with an air outlet section at the air outlet, the air outlet section comprises a plurality of zooming units connected in series, and each zooming unit comprises an expansion section and a contraction section; a water inlet cavity is formed on the side surface of the air duct, one end of the water inlet cavity is provided with a water spraying component, and the other end of the water inlet cavity is communicated with the air duct; when the water spraying component operates, cooling water is sprayed out from the water outlet and enters the air channel through the water inlet cavity, and the cooling water and the hot and humid air in the air channel are fully and uniformly mixed at the throat section of the air channel, so that the effective contact area of the hot and humid air and the cooling water is enlarged, and the drying time is shortened; when the hot air flows through the plurality of scaling units along the air channel, the flow speed and the pressure change for a plurality of times, the steam in the hot air condenses into water drops and drops into the water collecting tank, part of the flock can be discharged along with the cooling water, the flock accumulation is reduced, the hot air is discharged from the air outlet, and the condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air channel.)

1. A condensing unit, comprising a housing; an air duct is formed inside the shell, an air inlet is formed at the bottom of the air duct, and an air outlet is formed at the top of the air duct; an air outlet section is formed between the air inlet and the air outlet of the air duct, the air outlet section comprises a plurality of zooming units connected in series, each zooming unit comprises an expansion section and a contraction section, the flow area of the expansion section is gradually increased along the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet, and the flow area of the contraction section is gradually decreased along the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet; when the hot and humid air entering the air duct from the air inlet flows through each zooming unit, the hot and humid air always enters the expansion section and then enters the contraction section, so that the flow speed and the pressure of the hot and humid air are changed for many times before being discharged from the air outlet.

2. The condensing device according to claim 1, wherein a water collecting tank is formed at the bottom of the air outlet section, one end of the water collecting tank is communicated with the air outlet section, and the other end of the water collecting tank is connected with a drain pipe;

when the flow rate and the pressure of the hot and humid air change for many times, the water vapor in the hot and humid air contacts and gathers into water drops which drop downwards into the water collecting tank, and then the water drops are discharged through the drain pipe, and the hot air is discharged from the air outlet.

3. A condensing unit according to claim 2, characterized in that the water discharge pipe is connected to a water inlet pipe by a tee, through which external water can enter and flush the condensing unit.

4. A condensation device according to claim 1, characterized in that the air duct is formed with a plurality of bends comprising a plurality of said pantograph units connected in series.

5. A condensing unit according to claim 1, further comprising a water spraying member provided on said air duct near said air inlet, said water spraying member being formed with an outlet communicating with said air duct; when the water spraying component operates, the water outlet sprays cooling water and mixes the cooling water with the hot and humid air in the air duct.

6. A condensing unit according to claim 5, wherein an inlet chamber is formed at a side of the air duct near the air inlet, the water spraying member is provided at one end of the inlet chamber and communicates with the water outlet, and the other end of the inlet chamber communicates with the air duct.

7. A condensing unit according to claim 6, characterized in that said inlet chamber extends in the lateral direction of the air duct; when the water spraying component operates, cooling water is sprayed out from the water outlet along the lateral direction of the air duct, enters the air duct through the water inlet cavity, is mixed with hot and humid air in the air duct and then flows to the air outlet along the air duct.

8. The condensing device of claim 6, wherein said air duct is formed with a throat section at a position corresponding to said water inlet chamber, and a flow area of said throat section is smaller than flow areas of both ends of said throat section; the cooling water sprayed from the water outlet meets and mixes with the hot and humid air in the air duct at the throat section.

9. A laundry treating apparatus having a laundry drying function, characterized by having a drum, a drying fan, a heating duct and the condensing device of any one of claims 1 to 8;

the air outlet of the roller, the air inlet of the condensing device, the drying fan and the heating air duct are sequentially communicated, and the heating air duct is internally provided with the heating device, so that a drying air path is formed.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of heat exchange equipment, in particular to a condensing device and clothes treatment equipment with the same.

Background

When the existing clothes treatment equipment is used for drying clothes, the separation of water vapor and hot air is realized mainly by adopting a mode of heat exchange between low-temperature cooling water flowing from top to bottom and damp and hot air flowing from bottom to top; in being prevented that the low-temperature cooling water at top from being sucked to the heating air duct by the damp and hot air, often let the low-temperature cooling water flow along the adherence of condenser, but this kind of scheme has reduced the effective area of contact of damp and hot air with the low-temperature cooling water, leads to heat transfer mass transfer efficiency not high, and the stoving time is longer, and the power consumptive water increases, influences user experience. The direct and indirect contact between cooling water and hot and humid air is proposed to raise the condensing efficiency, but the space for raising condensing efficiency is not high because of the interlayer between the water inlet channel at the bottom of the condenser and the hot and humid air.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a condensing device and a clothes treating apparatus having the same, so as to solve the problems of the prior art that the condensing device has a complex structure, the contact area between the hot and humid air and the low temperature cooling water is small, the heat exchange time is short, and the condensing effect is low.

The invention provides a condensing device, which comprises a shell; an air duct is formed inside the shell, an air inlet is formed at the bottom of the air duct, and an air outlet is formed at the top of the air duct; an air outlet section is formed between the air inlet and the air outlet of the air duct, the air outlet section comprises a plurality of zooming units connected in series, each zooming unit comprises an expansion section and a contraction section, the flow area of the expansion section is gradually increased along the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet, and the flow area of the contraction section is gradually decreased along the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet; when the hot and humid air entering the air duct from the air inlet flows through each zooming unit, the hot and humid air always enters the expansion section and then enters the contraction section, so that the flow speed and the pressure of the hot and humid air are changed for many times before being discharged from the air outlet.

Further optionally, a water collecting tank is formed at the bottom of the air outlet section, one end of the water collecting tank is communicated with the air outlet section, and the other end of the water collecting tank is connected with a drain pipe;

when the flow rate and the pressure of the hot and humid air change for many times, the water vapor in the hot and humid air contacts and gathers into water drops which drop downwards into the water collecting tank, and then the water drops are discharged through the drain pipe, and the hot air is discharged from the air outlet.

Further optionally, the drain pipe is connected with a water inlet pipe through a three-way pipe, and external water can enter and flush the condensing device through the water inlet pipe.

Further optionally, the air duct is formed with a plurality of bending sections, and the bending sections include a plurality of the scaling units connected in series.

Further optionally, the condensing device further comprises a water spraying member disposed on the air duct and close to the air inlet, and the water spraying member is formed with a water outlet communicated with the air duct; when the water spraying component operates, the water outlet sprays cooling water and mixes the cooling water with the hot and humid air in the air duct.

Further optionally, a water inlet cavity is formed in the side face of the air duct and close to the air inlet, the water spraying component is arranged at one end of the water inlet cavity and communicated with the water outlet, and the other end of the water inlet cavity is communicated with the air duct.

Further optionally, the inlet chamber extends in a lateral direction of the air duct; when the water spraying component operates, cooling water is sprayed out from the water outlet along the lateral direction of the air duct, enters the air duct through the water inlet cavity, is mixed with hot and humid air in the air duct and then flows to the air outlet along the air duct.

Further optionally, a throat section is formed at a position of the air duct corresponding to the water inlet cavity, and a flow area of the throat section is smaller than flow areas of two ends of the throat section; the cooling water sprayed from the water outlet meets and mixes with the hot and humid air in the air duct at the throat section.

The invention also provides a clothes treatment device which has a clothes drying function and is provided with a roller, a drying fan, a heating air duct and any one of the condensing devices;

the air outlet of the roller, the air inlet of the condensing device, the drying fan and the heating air duct are sequentially communicated, and the heating air duct is internally provided with the heating device, so that a drying air path is formed.

The invention provides a condensing device, which comprises a shell; an air duct is formed inside the shell, an air inlet is formed at the bottom of the air duct, and an air outlet is formed at the top of the air duct; the air outlet of the air duct is provided with an air outlet section, the air outlet section comprises a plurality of scaling units which are connected in series, each scaling unit comprises an expansion section and a contraction section, and the bottom of the air outlet section is provided with a water collecting tank; a water inlet cavity is formed on the side surface of the air duct, one end of the water inlet cavity is provided with a water spraying component, and the other end of the water inlet cavity is communicated with the air duct; when the water spraying component operates, cooling water is sprayed out from the water outlet along the lateral direction of the air duct and enters the air duct through the water inlet cavity, and is fully and uniformly mixed with the hot and humid air in the air duct at the throat part without layering, so that the effective contact area of the hot and humid air and the cooling water is enlarged, the effect of efficient mass transfer is realized, and the drying time is shortened; when the hot air flows through the plurality of scaling units along the air channel, the flow speed and the pressure change for a plurality of times, the water vapor in the hot air condenses into water drops and drops downwards into the water collecting tank, part of the flock can be discharged by the drain pipe along with the cooling water, the flock accumulation is reduced, the hot air is discharged from the air outlet, and the condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air channel; the cooling water sprayed out by the water spraying component has low pressure and high speed, and the air duct is prevented from being blocked by the flock.

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 should be apparent that the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary, and that other embodiments can be derived from the drawings provided by those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort.

The structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the present specification are only used for matching with the contents disclosed in the specification, so as to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the conditions that the present invention can be implemented, so that the present invention has no technical significance, and any structural modifications, changes in the ratio relationship, or adjustments of the sizes, without affecting the effects and the achievable by the present invention, should still fall within the range that the technical contents disclosed in the present invention can cover.

FIG. 1a, FIG. 1b and FIG. 1c are schematic structural diagrams of an embodiment of a condensing device provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 1 a;

FIGS. 3a and 3b are schematic structural views of an embodiment of a clothes treating apparatus according to the present invention;

in the figure:

1-a condensing unit; 11-a housing; 111-air duct; 12-an air inlet; 13-air outlet; 14-air outlet section; 141-an extension segment; 142-a constriction; 143-a water collection tank; 151-drain pipe; 152-a water inlet pipe; 16-a water inlet cavity; 17-a throat section; 171-first section; 172-second segment; 173-the third section; 18-a water spraying member; 181-water outlet; 19-a water receiving port;

2-a laundry treating apparatus; 21-a roller; 22-drying fan; 23-a heating device; 24-heating air duct.

Detailed Description

The present invention is described in terms of particular embodiments, other advantages and features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure, and it is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention and that it is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed. 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.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and "a" and "an" generally include at least two, but do not exclude at least one, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.

In the existing clothes treatment equipment, the separation of water vapor and hot air is realized by adopting a heat exchange mode of downward flowing cooling water and upward flowing damp and hot air, and the cooling water needs to flow along a condenser adherent wall in order to prevent the cooling water from being brought into a heating air duct by the damp and hot air; however, the effective contact area between the hot and humid air and the cooling water is reduced, the condensation efficiency is low, the drying time is prolonged, and the user experience is influenced. The invention creatively provides a condensing unit, which comprises a shell; an air duct is formed inside the shell, and an air inlet and an air outlet are formed at the bottom and the top of the air duct respectively; an air outlet section is formed at the air outlet of the air duct, the air outlet section comprises a plurality of zooming units which are connected in series, and each zooming unit comprises an expansion section and a contraction section; when the damp and hot air entering the air channel from the air inlet flows through each zooming unit, the damp and hot air always enters the expansion section and then enters the contraction section, before being discharged from the air outlet, the flow speed and the pressure change for many times, which is beneficial to the aggregation of the water vapor in the damp and hot air on the inner wall of the air channel and the collision aggregation between the water vapor, improves the condensation effect, the water vapor is condensed into water drops and drops downwards, the condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air channel, part of the flock can be discharged along with the condensed water, the accumulation of the flock is reduced, and the air channel blockage caused by the flock is avoided.

< condensing apparatus >

As shown in fig. 1a, 1b and 2, the present embodiment provides a condensation device 1 comprising a housing 11; an air duct 111 is formed inside the shell 11, an air inlet 12 is formed at the bottom of the air duct 111, and an air outlet 13 is formed at the top of the air duct 111; the air duct 111 is provided with an air outlet section 14 at the air outlet 13, the air outlet section 14 includes a plurality of zooming units connected in series, each zooming unit includes an expanding section 141 and a contracting section 142, the flow area of the expanding section 141 gradually increases along the direction from the air inlet 12 to the air outlet 13, and the flow area of the contracting section 142 gradually decreases along the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet;

when the hot and humid air entering the air duct 111 from the air inlet passes through each zooming unit, the hot and humid air always enters the expanding section 141 and then enters the contracting section 142, so that the flow rate and the pressure of the hot and humid air are changed for many times before being discharged from the air outlet 13; under the combined action of gravity, inertia force, viscosity force, flow velocity and direction change of condensed water in the damp and hot air, the damp and hot air is in contact with the inner wall of the air channel 111, so that water vapor in the damp and hot air is favorably collected on the inner wall of the air channel 111 and downwards subsides along the inner wall of the air channel 111, the collision and collection probability between the water vapor and the water vapor in the damp and hot air is increased, the water vapor is condensed into water drops and downwards subsides, the condensation effect is improved, and the condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air channel 24; the flock in the damp and hot air is discharged along with the condensed water, so that the flock accumulation is reduced, and the flock blockage of the air channel 111 is avoided.

It should be noted that the structure of the zooming unit is not limited, at least a part of the side walls of the zooming unit is composed of an expanding structure and a contracting structure, or the whole side walls of the zooming unit are composed of an expanding structure and a contracting structure, the expanding structure expands from the center line of the air outlet section to the outer side of the air outlet section, and the contracting structure contracts from the outer side of the air outlet section to the center line of the air outlet section.

In some embodiments, to further increase the probability of water vapor accumulation in the hot and humid air, the air duct 111 is formed with a plurality of bending sections; the bending section comprises a plurality of zooming units connected in series; the damp and hot air enters the air duct 111 from the air inlet 12, the flow rate and the pressure change for many times when flowing through a plurality of bending sections, the heat exchange time of cooling water and the damp and hot air is prolonged, the contact area between the damp and hot air and the inner wall of the air duct 111 is increased, the water vapor in the damp and hot air is favorably gathered and settled on the inner wall of the air duct 111, the collision gathering probability between the water vapor and the water vapor in the damp and hot air is increased, the water vapor is condensed into water drops and settled downwards, the water drops are separated from the hot air, the condensation effect is improved, the separated hot air is discharged from the air outlet 13, and condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air duct 24; the flock in the damp and hot air is discharged along with the condensed water, so that the flock accumulation is reduced, and the flock blockage of the air channel 111 is avoided.

In order to discharge the condensed water in time and avoid the condensed water being brought into the heating air duct 24 by the damp and hot air, a water collecting tank 143 is formed at the bottom of the air outlet section 14, the water collecting tank 143 is opened towards one side of the air outlet section 14 and is communicated with the air outlet section 14, and the other end of the water collecting tank 143 is connected with a drain pipe 151;

when the flow rate and pressure of the hot and humid air change many times, the water vapor therein contacts and gathers into water drops and drops downward in the water collecting tank 143, and then is discharged through the water discharging pipe 151, and the hot air is discharged through the air outlet 13.

As shown in fig. 1c, in some embodiments, in order to flush the condensation device 1, the water outlet pipe 151 is connected with a water inlet pipe 152 through a tee pipe, and the water inlet of the water inlet pipe 152 is connected with a flushing device; under the effect of the flushing device, external water enters and flushes the condensing device 1 through the water inlet pipe 152, so that the risk of blocking the air duct 111 by the flock is reduced while the condensing device 1 is clean.

In order to increase the heat exchange area between the cooling water and the hot and humid air, increase the condensation efficiency, and shorten the drying time, the condensing device 1 further comprises a water spraying member 18 disposed on the air duct 111 and near the air inlet 12, wherein the water spraying member 18 is formed with a water outlet 181 communicated with the air duct 111; under the action of the water spraying member 18, the water outlet 181 sprays out the cooling water and mixes with the hot and humid air in the air duct 111.

Further, a water inlet cavity 16 is formed on the side surface of the air duct 111 and near the air inlet 12, a water spraying member 18 is arranged at one end of the water inlet cavity 16 and is communicated with the water outlet 181, and the other end of the water inlet cavity 16 is communicated with the air duct 111; the water inlet chamber 16 extends in the lateral direction of the air duct 111; under the action of the water spraying member 18, the cooling water is sprayed out from the water outlet 181 along the lateral direction of the air duct 111, enters the air duct 111 through the water inlet chamber 16, is mixed with the hot and humid air in the air duct 111, and then flows along the air duct 111 to the air outlet 13.

Preferably, the extending direction of the water inlet chamber 16 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the air duct 111; when the water spraying member 18 operates, the cooling water is vertically sprayed into the air passage 111 from the water outlet 181.

In order to fully and uniformly mix the cooling water and the damp and hot air, a throat section 17 is formed at a position of the air duct 111 corresponding to the water inlet cavity 16, and the flow area of the throat section 17 is smaller than the flow area of two ends of the throat section 17 of the air duct 111; specifically, along the direction from the air inlet 12 to the air outlet 13, the throat section 17 is sequentially provided with a first section 171, a second section 172 and a third section 173, the flow area is firstly reduced and then is not changed and then is increased, and when the hot and humid air flows through the throat section 17, the flow speed is firstly increased and then is not changed and then is reduced; air inlet chamber 16 sets up in the side of the transition portion of first section 171 and second section 172 of throat section 17, the moist hot air in by delivery port 181 spun cooling water and wind channel 111 meets and abundant homogeneous mixing at throat section 17, the syntropy flows afterwards, and there is not layering phenomenon, take place the heat exchange in the short distance in addition, thereby form water smoke and the homogeneous mixing fluid of hot-air coexistence, the effective area of contact of moist hot air with the cooling water has been enlarged, water consumption and power consumption have been reduced, realize high-efficient mass transfer, the drying time has been shortened.

Preferably, the water spraying member 18 is a jet member, and the water sprayed from the water outlet 181 has a low pressure and a high speed, so as to be in full contact with and uniformly mixed with the hot and humid air in the throat section 17.

When the mixed fluid flows upwards along the air duct 111, the amount of condensed water gradually increases, and when the mixed fluid flows through the air outlet section 14, the mixed fluid sequentially passes through the plurality of expansion sections 141 and the plurality of contraction sections 142 arranged at intervals, so that the following effects are achieved:

under the combined action of gravity, inertia force, viscosity force, and changes in flow velocity and direction, the contact area of the mixed fluid with the inner wall of the air duct 111 is increased, the contact time is prolonged, and the water vapor in the hot and humid air is favorably collected on the inner wall of the air duct 111 and is settled downwards along the inner wall of the air duct 111, so that the hot and humid air is separated from the hot air;

secondly, because the cooling water and the damp and hot air are uniformly mixed in the throat section 17, the water mist in the mixed fluid is increased, the distance between the water vapor in the damp and hot air is reduced, the flow velocity and the direction of the mixed fluid are changed, the contact and collision probability between the water vapor and the contact and collision probability between the water vapor and the water mist are increased, the water vapor is favorably gathered into water drops and settled downwards, and the separation from the hot air is realized;

when the flow velocity and the direction of the mixed fluid are changed, the heat exchange area between the water mist and the hot and humid air in the mixed fluid is increased, the heat exchange time is prolonged, so that the water vapor in the hot and humid air is rapidly condensed into water drops and is settled downwards, and the separation from the hot air is realized;

the water vapor sinks downwards to the water collecting tank 143 and is discharged through the water discharging pipe 151, so that the condensation effect is improved, and the condensed water is prevented from being brought into the heating air duct 24; the flock in the damp and hot air is discharged along with the condensed water, so that the flock accumulation is reduced, and the flock blockage of the air channel 111 is avoided.

In extreme bad weather, the cooling water cannot enter the air duct 111 from the water inlet 12, and when the cooling water flows through the air outlet section 14, the heavier water vapor in the hot and humid air can be separated out under the combined action of the change of gravity, inertia force, viscosity force, flow velocity and direction.

< clothes treating apparatus >

As shown in fig. 3a and 3b, the present embodiment further provides a clothes treating apparatus having a clothes drying function, comprising the condensing device 1, the drum 21, the tub, the drying fan 22, the heating device 23 and the heating air duct 24 as described above; a water receiving opening 19 is formed at the bottom of the condensing device 1, and a drain pipe 151 penetrates through the water receiving opening 19 and extends to a drain outlet of an outer barrel;

the air inlet 12 is communicated with the roller 21, the air outlet 13 is communicated with the drying fan 22, the drying fan 22 is communicated with the roller 21 through a heating air duct 24, and the heating device 23 is arranged in the heating air duct 24, so that a drying air path is formed; under the action of the drying fan 22, moist hot air in the drum 21 enters the condensing device 1 from the air inlet 12, the water spraying component 18 operates, cooling water sprayed from the water outlet 181 contacts the moist hot air at the throat section 17 and is fully and uniformly mixed into a mixed fluid, then enters the air outlet section 14 along the air duct 111, flows through a plurality of alternately arranged expansion sections 141 and contraction sections 142, water vapor therein contacts with the inner wall of the air duct 111 and is gathered and settled downwards, the water vapor collides with the water vapor and is gathered and settled downwards, the cooling water and the moist hot air complete heat exchange, the water vapor is condensed into water drops which are settled downwards, so that the separation of the water vapor and the hot air is realized, and the water drops are settled to the water collecting tank 143 and discharged through the water discharge pipe 151 and the water discharge port of the outer barrel; hot air enters a heating air duct 24 through an air outlet 13 and a drying fan 22, a heating device 23 heats the hot air into high-temperature air, the high-temperature air enters the roller 21 again, and heat exchange is completed between the high-temperature air and clothes to be dried in the roller 21, so that the clothes are dried; and then enters the next drying cycle.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically illustrated and described above. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities described herein; on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.