阅读说明：本技术 一种珠仔机 (Pearl is young machine ) 是由 刘汉彬 于 2021-05-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种珠仔机,包括工作台、设于工作台上的驱动机构、金线供料机构、金线进料机构、金线压模机构、金片供料机构、金片进料机构、金片压模机构、上下抖动机构、收卷机构、传感器装置以及控制终端。本发明通过金线进入金线进料机构后,对金线夹紧并左右旋转,配合金线压模机构,以使金线形成多个环状结构,金线和金片进入金片进料机构后,将金片卷绕在金线上并左右旋转,配合金片压模机构,以使卷绕在金线上的金片形成多个球状结构,每个球状结构卡接金线上相邻的两个环状结构,金线上的多个球状结构通过上下抖动机构将其内部相连的金线抖断,收卷机构对加工完的金线和金片进行收卷,自动化生产珠仔链,生产效率高且产品质量好。(The invention discloses a bead molding machine which comprises a workbench, a driving mechanism arranged on the workbench, a gold thread feeding mechanism, a gold thread die pressing mechanism, a gold sheet feeding mechanism, a gold sheet die pressing mechanism, an up-down shaking mechanism, a winding mechanism, a sensor device and a control terminal. According to the invention, after entering the gold wire feeding mechanism, the gold wires are clamped and rotated left and right, the gold wires are matched with the gold wire die pressing mechanism to form a plurality of annular structures, after entering the gold wire feeding mechanism, the gold wires and gold sheets are wound on the gold wires and rotated left and right, the gold sheets wound on the gold wires are matched with the gold sheet die pressing mechanism to form a plurality of spherical structures, each spherical structure is clamped with two adjacent annular structures on the gold wires, the plurality of spherical structures on the gold wires shake off the gold wires connected inside the gold wires through the up-and-down shaking mechanism, the finished gold wires and gold sheets are rolled by the rolling mechanism, the bead chain is automatically produced, the production efficiency is high, and the product quality is good.)

1. A kind of pearl machine, characterized by, including the work level, locate actuating mechanism, gold thread feeding mechanism, gold thread die pressing mechanism, gold plaque feeding mechanism, gold plaque die pressing mechanism, shake mechanism, winding mechanism, sensor device and control terminal up and down on the said work level, the said gold thread feeding mechanism, the said gold thread die pressing mechanism, the said gold plaque feeding mechanism, the said gold plaque die pressing mechanism are all located between the said actuating mechanism, the said gold thread feeding mechanism is used for feeding the gold thread of the said gold thread feeding mechanism, the said gold thread die pressing mechanism is used for carrying on the die pressing to the gold thread that the said gold thread feeding mechanism feeds, carry on the feeding to the gold thread after the said gold thread feeding mechanism die pressing and twine the gold plaque on the gold thread, gold thread and gold plaque of gold plaque feed mechanism feeding carry out the moulding-die, shake the mechanism from top to bottom and be used for shaking gold thread and gold plaque behind the moulding-die, winding mechanism is used for carrying out the rolling to gold thread and gold plaque after shaking from top to bottom, sensor device is used for responding to gold thread on the gold thread feed mechanism with gold plaque on the gold plaque feed mechanism, control terminal is located on the workstation and with sensor device wireless connection.

2. The bead fastening machine according to claim 1, wherein said gold wire feeding mechanism comprises a gold wire support rod disposed at one side of said driving mechanism, a gold wire support member having one end connected to said gold wire support rod, and a gold wire feeding wheel connected to the other end of said gold wire support member.

3. The loop machine according to claim 2, wherein the feeding mechanism comprises a gold thread fixing seat located between and connected to the driving mechanism, a gold thread feeding pipeline disposed in the gold thread fixing seat and having two ends penetrating out of the gold thread fixing seat, and a gold thread driving member having one end disposed in the gold thread fixing seat and the other end connected to the driving mechanism, wherein a first insection is disposed at one end of the gold thread driving member away from the driving mechanism, a plurality of first tooth sockets matched with the first insection are disposed on an outer side wall of the gold thread feeding pipeline, and three clamping members are disposed at one end of the gold thread feeding pipeline away from the gold thread feeding mechanism and used for clamping the gold thread.

4. The loop machine according to claim 3, wherein said gold wire pressing mechanism comprises a lower gold wire die holder located between said driving mechanisms and an upper gold wire die holder located between said driving mechanisms and connected to said lower gold wire die holder, said lower gold wire die holder being provided with a lower gold wire die, said upper gold wire die holder being provided with an upper gold wire die matched with said lower gold wire die, said upper gold wire die and said lower gold wire die pressing so that the gold wires form a plurality of convex loops, every two adjacent convex loops forming a group.

5. The machine of claim 4, wherein said mechanism includes a medal support member positioned within said table and having one end connected to said table and a medal feed wheel connected to said medal support member.

6. The metal loop machine according to claim 5, wherein the metal loop feeding mechanism comprises a metal loop fixing seat located between the driving mechanisms and connected with the driving mechanisms, a metal loop feeding pipeline arranged in the metal loop fixing seat and having two ends penetrating through the metal loop fixing seat, and a metal loop driving member having one end arranged in the metal loop fixing seat and the other end connected with the driving mechanisms, wherein one end of the metal loop driving member away from the driving mechanisms is provided with a second insection, the outer side wall of the metal loop feeding pipeline is provided with a plurality of second insections matched with the second insection, one end of the metal loop feeding pipeline close to the metal loop feeding mechanism is provided with a winding member communicated with the metal loop feeding pipeline, and one end of the winding member away from the metal loop feeding pipeline is provided with a conical groove communicated with the metal loop feeding pipeline.

7. The machine of claim 6, wherein said cam mechanism includes a lower cam seat between said actuators and an upper cam seat between said actuators and connected to said lower cam seat, said lower cam seat having a lower cam die thereon, said upper cam seat having an upper cam die thereon cooperating with said lower cam die, said upper cam die and said lower cam die pressing such that each set of said cams engages a respective one of said round balls.

8. The bead molding machine according to claim 7, wherein said up-down shaking mechanism includes a driving arm connected to said driving mechanism and a shaking member connected to said driving arm, said shaking member shaking up and down to shake off between two said convex rings in each of said spheres.

9. The bead breaker machine according to claim 8, wherein said winding mechanism comprises a winding support member disposed on one side of said table and a winding wheel disposed on said winding support member.

10. The machine of any one of claims 9, further comprising a buzzer connected to said control terminal and located on said table, said sensor means being located on said gold wire feed wheel and said gold plaque feed wheel.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of pearl molding machines, and particularly relates to a pearl molding machine.

Background

At present, the pearl chain is roughly processed or is finely processed through the manual work, and the condition that its time of manual work is longer and the machining dimension probably differs takes place, and production efficiency is low like this and product quality is unqualified, influences enterprise's development.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a bead fastening machine which can solve the above problems.

A kind of pearl machine, including the work level, locate actuating mechanism, gold thread feeding mechanism, gold thread die pressing mechanism, gold plaque feeding mechanism, gold plaque die pressing mechanism, shake mechanism, winding mechanism, sensor device and control terminal up and down on the said work level, the said gold thread feeding mechanism, the said gold thread die pressing mechanism, the said gold plaque feeding mechanism, the said gold plaque die pressing mechanism locates between said actuating mechanism, the said gold thread feeding mechanism is used for feeding the gold thread of the said gold thread feeding mechanism, the said gold thread die pressing mechanism is used for carrying on the die pressing to the gold thread that the said gold thread feeding mechanism feeds, carry on the feed and coil the gold thread after the said gold thread feeding mechanism die pressing and the gold plaque on the gold thread, the said gold plaque die pressing mechanism is used for carrying on the die pressing to the gold thread and gold plaque that the said gold plaque feeding mechanism feeds, the upper and lower shaking mechanism is used for shaking gold threads and gold pieces after the pressing die up and down, the winding mechanism is used for winding the gold threads and the gold pieces after shaking up and down, the sensor device is used for sensing the gold threads on the gold thread feeding mechanism and the gold pieces on the gold piece feeding mechanism, and the control terminal is located on the workbench and is in wireless connection with the sensor device.

Furthermore, gold thread feed mechanism is including locating actuating mechanism one side gold thread bracing piece, one end with gold thread support piece that the gold thread bracing piece is connected and with the gold thread feeding wheel that the gold thread support piece other end is connected.

Further, gold thread feed mechanism is including being located between the actuating mechanism and with the gold thread fixing base that actuating mechanism connects, locating in the gold thread fixing base and both ends are worn out the gold thread charge-in pipeline and the one end of gold thread fixing base are located in the gold thread fixing base and the other end with the gold thread driving piece that actuating mechanism connects, the gold thread driving piece is kept away from actuating mechanism one end is equipped with first insection, gold thread charge-in pipeline lateral wall be equipped with a plurality of first tooth's socket of first insection matched with, gold thread charge-in pipeline keeps away from gold thread feeding mechanism one end is equipped with three clamping piece, and is three the clamping piece is used for pressing from both sides tight gold thread.

Further, gold thread die pressing mechanism is including being located lower gold thread die holder between the actuating mechanism and being located between the actuating mechanism and with the last gold thread die holder that lower gold thread die holder is connected, be equipped with down the gold thread mould on the gold thread die holder down, go up the gold thread die holder be equipped with down gold thread mould matched with last gold thread mould, go up the gold thread mould with down gold thread mould moulding-die so that the gold thread forms a plurality of bulge loops, every two adjacent the bulge loop is a set of.

Furthermore, gold piece feed mechanism including be located in the workstation and one end with gold piece support piece that the workstation is connected and with gold piece feeding wheel that gold piece support piece is connected.

Further, gold plate feed mechanism including be located between the actuating mechanism and with gold plate fixing base that actuating mechanism connects, locate in the gold plate fixing base and both ends are worn out gold plate charge-in pipeline and one end of gold plate fixing base are located in the gold plate fixing base and the other end with the gold plate driving piece that actuating mechanism connects, the gold plate driving piece is kept away from actuating mechanism one end is equipped with the second insection, gold plate charge-in pipeline lateral wall be equipped with a plurality of second insections of second insection matched with, gold plate charge-in pipeline is close to gold plate feed mechanism one end be equipped with the communicating coiling piece of gold plate charge-in pipeline, coiling piece is kept away from gold plate charge-in pipeline one end be equipped with the communicating circular cone groove of gold plate charge-in pipeline.

Further, sequin die pressing mechanism is including being located lower sequin die holder between the actuating mechanism and being located between the actuating mechanism and with last sequin die holder that sequin die holder is connected down, be equipped with sequin mould down on the sequin die holder down, go up the sequin die holder be equipped with sequin mould matched with goes up the sequin mould down, go up the sequin mould with sequin mould moulding-die is so that every group the last ball is established to the bulge loop cover, every group the bulge loop joint in the ball.

Furthermore, the up-down shaking mechanism comprises a driving arm connected with the driving mechanism and a shaking piece connected with the driving arm, and the shaking piece shakes up and down to shake off the two convex rings in each sphere.

Further, the winding mechanism comprises a winding support piece arranged on one side of the workbench and a winding wheel arranged on the winding support piece.

Furthermore, the young machine of pearl still include with control terminal is connected and is located bee calling organ on the workstation, the sensor device is located gold thread feeding takes turns and gold plaque feeding takes turns.

Compared with the prior art, the bead wire machine provided by the invention has the advantages that after entering the gold wire feeding mechanism through the gold wires, the gold wires are clamped and rotate left and right, the gold wires are matched with the die of the gold wire pressing mechanism to form a plurality of annular structures, after entering the gold sheet feeding mechanism, the gold wires and the gold sheets are wound on the gold wires and rotate left and right, the gold sheets wound on the gold wires form a plurality of spherical structures by matching with the die of the gold sheet pressing mechanism, each spherical structure is clamped with two adjacent annular structures on the gold wires, the plurality of spherical structures on the gold wires break the gold wires connected inside the spherical structures through the up-and-down shaking mechanism, so that the bead wire chain can be bent and bent relatively, the processed gold wires and gold sheets are rolled by the rolling mechanism, and the bead wire chain is produced through the automatic equipment, and the production efficiency is high and the product quality is good.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a bead breaker provided by the invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a gold wire feeding mechanism.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the gold wire feeding mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a gold wire molding mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a bottom or top mold.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a gold wire after being die-molded by a gold wire die-molding mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a gold plate feeding mechanism.

Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the gold plate feeding mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the winding member.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a gold plate compression molding mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of the lower gold plate mold or the upper gold plate mold.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the gold wires and gold plates after being pressed by a gold plate pressing mechanism.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the structure inside a ball after gold wires and gold flakes are pressed by a gold flake pressing mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the structure inside a ball after the gold wires and gold flakes are shaken by the up-down shaking mechanism after being pressed by the gold flake pressing mechanism.

Fig. 15 is an enlarged view of fig. 1A.

Detailed Description

Specific examples of the present invention will be described in further detail below. It should be understood that the description herein of embodiments of the invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 15, which are schematic structural views of a bead breaker provided by the present invention. A bead machine comprises a workbench 10, a driving mechanism 20 arranged on the workbench 10, a gold thread feeding mechanism 30, a gold thread feeding mechanism 40, a gold thread die pressing mechanism 50, a gold sheet feeding mechanism 60, a gold sheet feeding mechanism 70, a gold sheet die pressing mechanism 80, an up-and-down shaking mechanism 90, a winding mechanism 100, a sensor device 130 and a control terminal 140, wherein the gold thread feeding mechanism 40, the gold thread die pressing mechanism 50, the gold sheet feeding mechanism 70 and the gold sheet die pressing mechanism 80 are all arranged between the driving mechanisms 20, the gold thread feeding mechanism 40 is used for feeding gold threads 110 of the gold thread feeding mechanism 30, the gold thread die pressing mechanism 50 is used for die-pressing gold threads 110 fed by the gold thread feeding mechanism 40, the gold sheet feeding mechanism 70 is used for feeding gold sheets 120 of the gold sheet feeding mechanism 60, feeding the gold threads 110 which are die-pressed by the gold sheet feeding mechanism 40 and winding the gold sheets 120 on the gold threads 110, the sequin pressing mechanism 80 is used for pressing the gold wires 110 and the sequin 120 fed by the sequin feeding mechanism 70, the up-down shaking mechanism 90 is used for shaking the gold wires 110 and the sequin 120 after pressing, the winding mechanism 100 is used for winding the gold wires 110 and the sequin 120 after shaking up and down, the sensor device 130 is used for sensing the gold wires 110 on the gold wire feeding mechanism 40 and the sequin 120 on the sequin feeding mechanism 70, and the control terminal 140 is located on the workbench 10 and is in wireless connection with the sensor device 130. Before the bead machine is used, the gold thread 110 is coiled on the gold thread feeding mechanism 30, and the gold sheet 120 is coiled on the gold sheet feeding mechanism 60; the gold thread 110 sequentially passes through the gold thread feeding mechanism 40, the gold thread die pressing mechanism 50, the gold piece feeding mechanism 70, the gold piece die pressing mechanism 80 and the up-down shaking mechanism 90, meanwhile, the gold piece 120 sequentially passes through the gold piece feeding mechanism 70, the gold piece die pressing mechanism 80 and the up-down shaking mechanism 90, the gold thread 110 and the gold piece 120 are wound on the winding mechanism 100, and the gold piece 120 is wound on the gold thread 110 in the gold piece feeding mechanism 70. After the gold thread 110 enters the gold thread feeding mechanism 40, the gold thread 110 is clamped and rotates left and right, the gold thread 110 is matched with a die of the gold thread die pressing mechanism 50, so that the gold thread 110 forms a plurality of annular structures, after the gold thread 110 and the gold sheet 120 enter the gold sheet feeding mechanism 70, the gold sheet 120 is wound on the gold thread 110 and rotates left and right, the gold sheet 120 wound on the gold thread 110 forms a plurality of spherical structures by matching with a die of the gold sheet die pressing mechanism 80, each spherical structure is clamped with two adjacent annular structures on the gold thread 110, the plurality of spherical structures on the gold thread 110 shake off the gold thread 110 connected inside through the up-and-down shaking mechanism 90, so that the bead chain can be bent and bent relatively, the winding mechanism 100 winds up the processed gold thread 110 and gold sheet 120, and the bead chain is produced through the automatic equipment, and the production efficiency is high and the product quality is good. It should be noted that, if the material of the gold thread 110 or the gold sheet 120 on the gold thread feeding mechanism 30 or the gold sheet feeding mechanism 60 is insufficient, the sensor device 130 senses the insufficient material signal and wirelessly transmits the signal to the control terminal 140, so that the worker can check the insufficient material signal through the control terminal 140 and change the material roll to continue the normal operation of the bead game machine.

The gold thread feeding mechanism 30 comprises a gold thread support rod 31 arranged on one side of the driving mechanism 20, a gold thread support member 32 with one end connected with the gold thread support rod 31, and a gold thread feeding wheel 33 connected with the other end of the gold thread support member 32. The position heights of the gold thread feeding wheel 33 and the feeding hole of the gold thread feeding mechanism 40 are at the same horizontal height, so that the gold thread 110 enters the gold thread feeding mechanism 40 in a horizontal state, and the gold thread feeding mechanism 40 is matched to feed the gold thread 110.

Gold thread feed mechanism 40 is including being located between actuating mechanism 20 and with gold thread fixing base 41 that actuating mechanism 20 connects, locate in the gold thread fixing base 41 and both ends are worn out the gold thread charge-in pipeline 42 and the one end of gold thread fixing base 41 are located in the gold thread fixing base 41 and the other end with the gold thread driving piece 43 that actuating mechanism 20 connects, gold thread driving piece 43 keeps away from actuating mechanism 20 one end is equipped with first insection 431, gold thread charge-in pipeline 42 lateral wall be equipped with a plurality of first tooth's socket 421 of first insection 431 matched with, gold thread charge-in pipeline 42 is kept away from 30 one end of gold thread feed mechanism is equipped with three clamping piece 422, and is three clamping piece 422 is used for pressing from both sides tight gold thread 110. The gold thread 110 firstly enters one end of the gold thread feeding pipeline 42, penetrates out of the other end of the gold thread feeding pipeline 42, and simultaneously the three clamping pieces 422 clamp the gold thread 110, the driving mechanism 20 drives the gold thread driving piece 43 to move up and down, the gold thread driving piece 43 drives the gold thread feeding pipeline 42 to rotate left and right so as to cooperate with the gold thread die pressing mechanism 50 to die-press the gold thread 110 into a plurality of annular structures.

The gold wire die pressing mechanism 50 comprises lower gold wire die holders 51 located between the driving mechanisms 20 and upper gold wire die holders 52 located between the driving mechanisms 20 and connected with the lower gold wire die holders 51, a lower gold wire die 511 is arranged on the lower gold wire die holder 51, an upper gold wire die 521 matched with the lower gold wire die 511 is arranged on the upper gold wire die holder 52, the upper gold wire die 521 and the lower gold wire die 511 are used for die pressing to enable the gold wires 110 to form a plurality of convex rings 111, and every two adjacent convex rings 111 form a group. Since the gold wire feeding mechanism 40 rotates the gold wires 110, the gold wires 110 are formed into a plurality of convex rings 111 after being die-molded by the gold wire molding press mechanism 50.

The sequin feeding mechanism 60 includes a sequin support 61 located in the workbench 10 and having one end connected to the workbench 10, and a sequin feeding wheel 62 connected to the sequin support 61. The gold plate feeding wheel 62 is located below the gold plate feeding mechanism 70, and feeds the gold plates 120 to the gold plate feeding mechanism 70 through the worktable 10.

Gold plate feed mechanism 70 is including being located between actuating mechanism 20 and with gold plate fixing base 71 that actuating mechanism 20 is connected, locate in the gold plate fixing base 71 and both ends are worn out gold plate feed tube 72 and one end of gold plate fixing base 71 are located in the gold plate fixing base 71 and the other end with gold plate driving piece 73 that actuating mechanism 20 is connected, gold plate driving piece 73 keeps away from actuating mechanism 20 one end is equipped with second insection 731, gold plate feed tube 72 lateral wall be equipped with a plurality of second insections 721 of second insection 731 matched with, gold plate feed tube 72 is close to gold plate feed mechanism 60 one end be equipped with the communicating winding member 722 of gold plate feed tube 72, winding member 722 keep away from gold plate feed tube 72 one end be equipped with the communicating circular cone 7221 of gold plate feed tube 72. Firstly, gold thread 110 and gold piece 120 enter winding part 722 of gold piece feeding pipeline 72, gold piece 120 is wound on gold thread 110 through conical groove 7221 of winding part 722, then goes out of gold piece feeding pipeline 72, driving mechanism 20 drives gold piece driving part 73 to move up and down, gold piece driving part 73 drives gold piece feeding pipeline 72 to rotate left and right, so as to cooperate with gold piece pressing mechanism 80 to press-mold gold piece 120 wound on gold thread 110 to form a plurality of spherical structures.

Sequin die pressing mechanism 80 is including being located lower sequin die holder 81 between actuating mechanism 20 and being located between actuating mechanism 20 and with last sequin die holder 82 that sequin die holder 81 is connected down, be equipped with sequin mould 811 down on sequin die holder 81 down, last sequin die holder 82 be equipped with sequin mould 821 down matched with of sequin mould 811, go up sequin mould 821 with sequin mould 811 moulding-die is so that every group last ball 121 is established to bulge loop 111 cover, every group bulge loop 111 joint in ball 121. Since the gold piece feeding mechanism 70 rotates the gold wires 110 and the gold pieces 120, the gold pieces 120 on the gold wires 110 form a plurality of round balls 121 after the gold piece pressing mechanism 80 presses the gold pieces.

The up-down shaking mechanism 90 includes a driving arm 91 connected to the driving mechanism 20 and a shaking member 92 connected to the driving arm 91, wherein the shaking member 92 shakes up and down to shake off the two convex rings 111 in each round ball 121. The gold thread 110 and the gold piece 120 pass through the shaking member 92 and cooperate with the rolling mechanism 100 to roll, wherein the inner upper wall and/or the inner lower wall of the shaking member 92 touch the middle part of each round ball 121 to shake off the two convex rings 111 in each round ball 121, so that the bead chain can bend relatively.

The winding mechanism 100 comprises a winding support 101 arranged on one side of the workbench 10 and a winding wheel 102 arranged on the winding support 101. The winding wheel 102 is located below the up-and-down shaking mechanism 90, and the processed gold wires 110 and gold flakes 120 enter the winding wheel 102 along the side wall of one side of the workbench 10.

The bead breaker further comprises a buzzer 150 connected with the control terminal 140 and located on the workbench 10, and the sensor device 130 is located on the gold thread feeding wheel 33 and the gold piece feeding wheel 62. When the gold thread 110 or gold sheet 120 on the gold thread feeding mechanism 30 or gold sheet feeding mechanism 60 is insufficient, the sensor device 130 senses the insufficient material signal, wirelessly transmits the signal to the control terminal 140, the control terminal 140 controls the buzzer 150 to buzz, the worker is reminded of the material roll needing to be replaced through a buzzing striking mode, and the production efficiency of the bead machine is further improved.

Compared with the prior art, after the bead wire machine provided by the invention enters the gold wire feeding mechanism 40 through the gold wire 110, clamping and rotating the gold wire 110 left and right, matching with the mold of the gold wire mold pressing mechanism 50 to make the gold wire 110 form a plurality of annular structures, after the gold wire 110 and the gold piece 120 enter the gold piece feeding mechanism 70, the gold piece 120 is wound around the gold wire 110 and rotated left and right, and fitted with the mold of the gold piece molding press 80, so that the gold sheet 120 wound on the gold thread 110 forms a plurality of spherical structures, each spherical structure is engaged with two adjacent annular structures on the gold thread 110, the plurality of spherical structures on the gold thread 110 shake off the gold thread 110 connected inside thereof by the up-and-down shaking mechanism 90, the young chain of pearl can the relative bending buckle like this, and winding mechanism 100 rolls the gold thread 110 and the gold sheet 120 that process, produces the young chain of pearl through such automation equipment, and production efficiency is high and product quality is good.

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 scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents or improvements that are within the spirit of the present invention are intended to be covered by the following claims.