阅读说明：本技术 一种剥离制备石墨烯的均质工艺 (Homogenizing process for preparing graphene through stripping ) 是由 阮德星 于 2020-12-24 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了剥离制备石墨烯技术领域的一种剥离制备石墨烯的均质工艺,该工艺的具体步骤为：步骤一：先将石墨块打碎成细小颗粒的石墨；步骤二：将打碎的石墨加入到均质装置中进行均质；步骤三：均质完成后将均质后的石墨烯排出,完成处理；本发明能在保证均质效果的同时还能解决现有技术中对石墨冲击提取石墨烯时,部分石墨粘粘堆积在冲击板顶部,无法被完全冲出,粘粘在冲击板顶部的石墨无法被冲击提取石墨烯,一方面造成石墨的浪费,另一方面长期工作后也会影响冲击板的正常使用的问题。(The invention discloses a homogenizing process for stripping and preparing graphene, belonging to the technical field of stripping and preparing graphene, which comprises the following specific steps: the method comprises the following steps: firstly, crushing graphite blocks into fine graphite particles; step two: adding the crushed graphite into a homogenizing device for homogenizing; step three: discharging the homogenized graphene after homogenization is completed, and completing treatment; the method can ensure the homogenizing effect and solve the problems that when the graphene is extracted by impacting graphite in the prior art, part of graphite is adhered and accumulated on the top of the impact plate and cannot be completely flushed out, and the graphite adhered to the top of the impact plate cannot be impacted to extract the graphene, so that on one hand, the waste of the graphite is caused, and on the other hand, the normal use of the impact plate is influenced after long-term work.)

1. A homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping is characterized by comprising the following steps: the process comprises the following specific steps:

the method comprises the following steps: firstly, crushing graphite blocks into fine graphite particles;

step two: adding the crushed graphite into a homogenizing device for homogenizing;

step three: discharging the homogenized graphene after homogenization is completed, and completing treatment;

wherein, in the second step, the homogenizing device comprises a first sealing barrel (1), the top of the first sealing barrel (1) is fixedly connected with a feed inlet (2), the bottom of the first sealing barrel (1) is fixedly connected with a cone-shaped guide plate (3), the bottom of the first sealing barrel (1) is communicated with an impact barrel (4), the middle part of the bottom of the first sealing barrel (1) is provided with a plurality of impact holes (5), the inner side wall of the impact barrel (4) is hermetically and slidably connected with an impact plate (6), the impact plate (6) is connected with a power device for driving the impact plate to reciprocate up and down, the top of the impact barrel (4) is provided with a sealing plate (25) which is rotatably connected with the middle part of the bottom surface of the first sealing barrel (1), the diameter of the sealing plate (25) is the same as the inner diameter of the impact barrel (4), and through holes which are overlapped with the impact holes (, the bottom of the sealing plate (25) is fixedly connected with a first guide block (26), the left side wall of the first guide block (26) is fixedly connected with an arc spring (27), the left end of the arc spring (27) is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the impact barrel (4) through a fixing plate (50), the inner side wall of the impact barrel (4) is fixedly connected with a U-shaped guide rail (28), the inner side wall of the U-shaped guide rail (28) is slidably connected with a T-shaped sliding plate (29), the left end of the T-shaped sliding plate (29) is fixedly connected with a rectangular guide block (30), the rectangular guide block (30) is in contact with the first guide block (26), the bottom end of the rectangular guide block (30) is fixedly connected with a floating plate (49), the floating plate (49) slides on the inner wall of the impact barrel (4), and the left side wall of the first sealing barrel (1) is communicated with a, the bottom of the reflux tank (31) is communicated with a reflux pipe (32), the bottom end of the reflux pipe (32) is communicated with the impact cylinder (4), the bottom end of the reflux pipe (32) is connected with a one-way valve (33) in a sliding manner, and a homogenizing mechanism which is matched with the impact plate (6) to perform reciprocating motion to complete homogenization is arranged in the middle of the inner cavity of the first sealing cylinder (1).

2. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 1, characterized in that: the homogenizing mechanism comprises a screw (10) fixed in the middle of the top of the impact plate (6) and a second sealing cylinder (12) fixedly connected with the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder (1) through two first connecting plates (11), the bottom of the second sealing cylinder (12) is higher than the circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate (3), an internal thread hollow rotating shaft (13) rotatably connected with the bottom of the first sealing cylinder (1) is vertically arranged in the middle of the inner cavity of the second sealing cylinder (12), the internal thread hollow rotating shaft (13) is in threaded fit with the screw (10), a first vortex blade (14) is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft (13), an internal toothed ring (16) is fixedly connected to the top of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft (13) through four second connecting plates (15), a plurality of first gears (17) arranged in an array are meshed with the internal toothed ring (16), and a plurality of first rotating rods (18) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the first gears (17), a plurality of first pivot pole (18) bottom all runs through round platform shape guide plate (3) and rotates rather than being connected, and every equal fixedly connected with second vortex leaf (19) on the surface of first pivot pole (18), second vortex leaf (19) revolve to opposite, every on the surface of first pivot pole (18) equal fixedly connected with a plurality of linear arrays's first adjusting lever (20), a plurality of first adjusting lever (20) outside all rotates and is connected with turning block (21), the equal fixedly connected with collision ball (22) in turning block (21) bottom, collision ball (22) inside has seted up a plurality of water conservancy diversion holes (23).

3. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 1, characterized in that: fixedly connected with first guide board (34) on the inside wall of first sealed section of thick bamboo (1), fixedly connected with Z type filter (35) on first guide board (34) inside wall, Z type filter (35) fixed connection is on the inside wall of first sealed section of thick bamboo (1).

4. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 3, characterized in that: first guide board (34) front end fixedly connected with second guide rail (36), second guide rail (36) inboard sliding connection has vibrations otter board (37), vibrations otter board (37) top fixedly connected with L type guide block (38), L type guide block (38) contact with interior ring gear (16), the first gas spring (39) of fixedly connected with on vibrations otter board (37) lateral wall, first gas spring (39) outer end fixed connection is on the inside wall of first sealed section of thick bamboo (1).

5. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 1, characterized in that: the rear side wall of the rectangular guide block (30) is a tooth surface, an L-shaped support plate (40) is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the impact cylinder (4), the top of the L-shaped supporting plate (40) is connected with a second guide block (41) in a sliding way, the second guide block (41) is contacted with the tooth surface on the back side wall of the rectangular guide block (30), a second gas spring (42) is fixedly connected on the rear side wall of the second guide block (41), the rear end of the second gas spring (42) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the L-shaped support plate (40) through an L-shaped connecting plate (43), the top of the second guide block (41) is fixedly connected with a third guide block (44), a rectangular supporting plate (45) is fixedly connected on the inner side wall of the impact cylinder (4), the middle part of the rectangular supporting plate (45) is connected with a top plate (46) in a sliding mode, and the bottom end of the top plate (46) is in contact with a third guide block (44).

6. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 2, characterized in that: every first pivot pole (18) bottom still all is equipped with the vibrations mechanism that is used for driving its vibrations from top to bottom, vibrations mechanism includes first spring (47), first spring (47) one end fixed connection is in the bottom of first pivot pole (18), and other end fixed connection is on the inside bottom surface of first sealing cylinder (1), fixed connection keeps off ring (48) on first pivot pole (18) bottom surface.

7. The homogenizing process for preparing graphene by exfoliation according to claim 1, characterized in that: the power device comprises a push rod (7) fixedly connected to the bottom of the impact plate (6), two telescopic cylinders (9) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the push rod (7) through a rectangular connecting plate (8), and the top ends of the telescopic cylinders (9) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the first sealing barrel (1).

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of graphene preparation by stripping, in particular to a homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping.

Background

Graphene (Graphene) is sp²The hybridized and connected carbon atoms are tightly packed into a new material with a single-layer two-dimensional honeycomb lattice structure. Graphene has excellent optical, electrical and mechanical properties, has important application prospects in the aspects of materials science, micro-nano processing, energy, biomedicine, drug delivery and the like, is considered to be a revolutionary material in the future, and in order to realize industrial production and application of excellent graphene materials, a preparation method which can be produced in a large scale and has controllable layer number and size needs to be developed. The existing preparation methods of graphene include a mechanical stripping method, an epitaxial growth method, a redox method, an organic synthesis method, a solvothermal method, a chemical vapor deposition method and the like. In these methods, the peeling is caused by mechanical peelingThe method can optimally preserve the properties of the graphene, is simple in preparation method, environment-friendly and pollution-free in preparation process, and is favored in actual production.

In the case of a homogenizer based on mechanical stripping for preparing graphene disclosed in the prior art, the patent application number is CN201720441387.3, which is a chinese invention patent, a homogenizer based on mechanical stripping for preparing graphene comprises at least two pressure-resistant cylinders connected with a homogenizing chamber, a feed inlet and a discharge outlet are arranged on the homogenizing chamber, sealing units are arranged at the feed inlet and the discharge outlet, the pressure-resistant cylinder comprises a liquid storage region and a compression region which are separated, a pushing unit is arranged in the pressure-resistant cylinder and is close to a cylinder wall and reciprocates, a through hole is arranged at the upper half part of the pressure-resistant cylinder to communicate the liquid storage region and the compression region, a cover plate is arranged at the upper cylinder body of the pressure-resistant cylinder, a connecting hole with a large inner aperture and a small outer aperture is arranged on the cover plate, a connecting pipe is sleeved outside the cover plate to be connected with the homogenizing chamber, the pushing unit is driven by a rotating shaft and reciprocates in the pressure-resistant cylinder, And absorbing to enable the graphite to repeatedly impact, and obtaining the peeled graphene.

When extracting graphite repeatedly among the prior art, partial graphite piles up at the impingement plate top, can't be rushed out completely, leads to partial graphite can't be strikeed and draws graphite, and in graphite was rushed into the homogeneity room, only had the mutual collision of graphite and homogeneity room lateral wall, and graphite treatment effect is poor.

Based on this, the invention designs a homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping, so as to solve the problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping, and aims to solve the problems that in the prior art, when graphene is repeatedly extracted from graphite, part of graphite is accumulated on the top of an impact plate and cannot be completely flushed out, so that part of graphite cannot be impacted to extract graphene, and when the graphite is flushed into a homogenizing chamber, only the graphite collides with the side wall of the homogenizing chamber, and the graphite processing effect is poor.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the technical scheme that: a homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping is characterized by comprising the following steps: the process comprises the following specific steps:

the method comprises the following steps: firstly, crushing graphite blocks into fine graphite particles;

step two: adding the crushed graphite into a homogenizing device for homogenizing;

step three: discharging the homogenized graphene after homogenization is completed, and completing treatment;

wherein, in the second step, the homogenizing device comprises a first sealing barrel, the top of the first sealing barrel is fixedly connected with a feed inlet, the bottom of the first sealing barrel is fixedly connected with a circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate, the bottom of the first sealing barrel is communicated with an impact barrel, the middle part of the bottom of the first sealing barrel is provided with a plurality of impact holes, the inner side wall of the impact barrel is hermetically and slidably connected with an impact plate, the impact plate is connected with a power device for driving the impact plate to reciprocate up and down, the top of the impact barrel is provided with a sealing plate which is rotatably connected with the middle part of the bottom surface of the first sealing barrel, the diameter of the sealing plate is the same as the inner diameter of the impact barrel, and through holes which are overlapped with the number, size and positions of the impact holes are uniformly distributed on the sealing plate, the bottom of the sealing plate is fixedly connected with a first guide block, the left side wall, the inner side wall of the impact barrel is fixedly connected with a U-shaped guide rail, the inner side wall of the U-shaped guide rail is connected with a T-shaped sliding plate in a sliding manner, the left end of the T-shaped sliding plate is fixedly connected with a rectangular guide block, the rectangular guide block is contacted with a first guide block, the bottom end of the rectangular guide block is fixedly connected with a floating plate, the floating plate slides on the inner wall of the impact barrel, the left side wall of the first sealing barrel is communicated with a backflow groove, the bottom of the backflow groove is communicated with a backflow pipe, the bottom end of the backflow pipe is communicated with the impact barrel, the bottom end of the backflow pipe is connected with a one-way valve in a sliding manner, and the middle of an;

when the device works, when the graphite is impacted to extract graphene in the prior art, part of graphite is adhered and accumulated on the top of the impact plate and cannot be completely flushed out, the graphite adhered to the top of the impact plate cannot be impacted to extract graphene, on one hand, the waste of graphite is caused, on the other hand, the normal use of the impact plate can be influenced after long-term work, in addition, when the graphite is flushed into a homogenizing chamber in the prior art, the graphite only collides with the side wall of the homogenizing chamber to extract the graphene, and the effect of extracting the graphene from the graphite is poor, when the graphite is treated and extracted, the graphite is firstly poured into a first sealing cylinder from a feeding hole, after the graphite is completely poured, a proper amount of impact liquid is poured from the feeding hole, the impact liquid and graphite raw materials are stored in the first sealing cylinder and the homogenizing mechanism together, and part of the impact liquid flows into the impact cylinder through a backflow groove, a backflow pipe and a one-way valve, so that a certain amount, meanwhile, the rectangular guide block floating on the floating plate at the top of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder is ensured not to act with the first guide block, when the homogenizing device is not started, the arc-shaped spring always acts on the sealing plate to enable the through hole and the impact hole on the sealing plate to be in a dislocation state, at the moment, the impact hole at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder is sealed by the sealing plate, after the graphite and the impact liquid are completely filled, the power device is started, the power device can drive the impact plate to do regular up-and-down reciprocating motion in the impact cylinder, when the impact plate is driven by the power device to do up-motion, the impact plate can push the impact liquid in the impact cylinder into the first sealing cylinder, when the impact plate pushes the impact liquid, the floating plate suspended on the top surface of the impact liquid can move up to drive the rectangular guide block to vertically move up along the U-shaped guide rail and act on the first guide block at the same time, and the first guide block can force the rectangular guide block, the through hole and the impact hole on the sealing plate are overlapped to ensure that the impact liquid can be smoothly extruded into the first sealing cylinder, the impact liquid extruded into the first sealing cylinder can impact the graphite standing at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder to ensure that the graphite is dispersed and collided in the flowing impact liquid to generate graphene, at the moment, the graphite and the generated graphene cannot fall into the impact cylinder from the impact hole under the impact of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder, in addition, a homogenizing mechanism can be simultaneously driven to impact and extract the graphite dispersed by the impact liquid again when the impact plate moves upwards, the efficiency of extracting the graphene and the homogenizing effect of the invention are enhanced, the impact liquid increased in the first sealing cylinder can flow back into the impact cylinder again through a backflow groove, a backflow pipe and a one-way valve in the homogenizing process to prepare for next impact homogenization, when the impact plate moves downwards under the driving of a power device, float board and rectangle guide block move down the in-process rapidly and break away from the effect with first guide block under the impact plate, the closing plate resets rapidly under the effect of arc spring and accomplishes sealedly to the impact hole, guarantee that the impact liquid that has graphite and graphite alkene can not fall into and strike a section of thick bamboo and cause the gluing of graphite and graphite alkene to impact the board top, when the impact plate is at power device drive down the upper and lower reciprocating motion of regularity, just can accomplish above-mentioned homogeneity process many times, can also solve among the assurance homogeneity effect and strike the graphite when drawing graphite alkene to the graphite among the prior art, partial graphite glues to glue and piles up at the impact plate top, can't be washed out completely, the graphite that glues at the impact plate top can't be strikeed and draw graphite alkene, cause the waste of graphite on the one hand, on the other hand also can influence the problem of the normal use of impact plate.

As a further aspect of the invention, the homogenizing mechanism

The device comprises a screw fixed in the middle of the top of an impact plate and a second sealing cylinder fixedly connected with the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder through two first connecting plates, wherein the bottom of the second sealing cylinder is higher than a circular table-shaped guide plate, the middle part of an inner cavity of the second sealing cylinder is vertically provided with an internal thread hollow rotating shaft which is rotatably connected with the bottom of the first sealing cylinder, the internal thread hollow rotating shaft is in threaded fit with the screw, the outer side wall of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a first vortex blade, the top of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft is fixedly connected with an internal gear ring through four second connecting plates, the internal gear ring is meshed with a plurality of first gears arranged in an array, the bottoms of the first gears are fixedly connected with first rotating rods, the bottoms of the first rotating rods penetrate through the circular table-shaped guide plate and are rotatably connected with the circular table-shaped guide plate, and the outer surface of, the second vortex blade and the first vortex blade are opposite in rotation direction, a plurality of linear array first adjusting rods are fixedly connected to the outer surface of each first rotating rod, rotating blocks are rotatably connected to the outer sides of the plurality of first adjusting rods, collision balls are fixedly connected to the bottoms of the rotating blocks, and a plurality of flow guide holes are formed in the collision balls; when the graphite crusher works, when graphite is scattered in the first sealing cylinder by impact of impact liquid, the graphite can be homogenized only when the impact liquid impacts, the graphite cannot be completely homogenized, the screw rod is arranged and fixed on the impact plate, the impact plate drives the screw rod to move upwards when moving upwards, the screw rod is in threaded connection with the inside of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft, the screw rod moves upwards to enable the internal thread hollow rotating shaft to rotate, the internal thread hollow rotating shaft rotates to drive the first scroll blade to rotate, the impacted graphite is conveyed upwards through the first scroll blade, the graphite continuously rotates to collide with the first scroll blade and the second sealing cylinder, the graphite is impacted again, the graphene layer on the surface of the graphite is separated, the graphite is prevented from being accumulated together, the graphite can be fully taken up and treated, the graphite is taken up by the first scroll blade and finally diffuses outwards from the top of the second sealing cylinder, flows into a cavity formed by the first sealing cylinder and the second sealing cylinder, when the internal thread hollow rotating shaft rotates, the four first connecting plates can drive the internal gear ring to rotate simultaneously so as to drive the first gear to rotate, the first rotating rod is driven to rotate to drive the second vortex blade to rotate, and when the first rotating rod rotates, the first adjusting rod drives the rotating block to rotate, the rotating block can gradually turn over to the horizontal position under the action of centrifugal force when rotating around the first rotating rod, the collision ball on the first rotating rod can impact graphite when rotating along with the rotating block, the impacted graphite is impacted again, the impact stripping effect of the graphite is better, after the graphite falls to the circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate along with impact liquid, the graphene which finishes the impact stripping process flows into the bottom of the first sealing cylinder from the circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate again, and after the treatment is finished, open the bleeder valve and discharge together impact liquid and the graphite after handling, realize utilizing the impact plate to promote when impacting liquid impact graphite, utilize internal thread hollow rotating shaft to rotate and drive graphite and upwards carry, make graphite collide with first vortex leaf and the sealed section of thick bamboo of second, handle graphite once more, and graphite is driven when discharging from the top by first vortex leaf, recycle second vortex leaf and carry graphite downwards, and make graphite collide with turning block and collision ball, fully handle, and the water conservancy diversion hole that collision ball surface was seted up can make graphite when passing collision ball, graphite is handled fully.

As a further scheme of the invention, a first guide plate is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder, a Z-shaped filter plate is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first guide plate, and the Z-shaped filter plate is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder; the during operation, because strike liquid when flowing back from the backwash tank, can drive partial graphite and flow back in strikeing the section of thick bamboo, thereby glue on the impact plate, through be equipped with Z type filter on backwash tank inlet right side, when graphite is by the rotatory transport of second vortex leaf, graphite is blockked by first guide board when rotatory, make graphite remove to first sealed section of thick bamboo middle part, and the Z type filter that sets up on first guide board left side, avoid graphite entering backwash tank when the high velocity of flow, thereby realize when striking liquid backward flow at every turn, utilize first drainage board to guide graphite to the inboard, avoid graphite to get into the backwash tank.

As a further scheme of the invention, a second guide rail is fixedly connected to the front end of the first guide plate, a vibration screen plate is slidably connected to the inner side of the second guide rail, an L-shaped guide block is fixedly connected to the top of the vibration screen plate, the L-shaped guide block is in contact with an inner gear ring, a first air spring is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the vibration screen plate, and the outer end of the first air spring is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of a first sealing cylinder; the during operation, when the impact liquid drives graphite and flows back, partial graphite can be piled up at the front side of Z type filter, lead to partial graphite can't fall along with impact liquid completely, influence the normal backward flow of impact liquid, tooth and L type guide block effect when rotating through interior ring gear, L type guide block drives vibrations otter board and lasts vibrations, make graphite when getting into the backward flow groove, shake earlier by the vibrations otter board and handle, shake graphite and open, avoid graphite to get into Z type filter, thereby avoid graphite to flow back in the impact section of thick bamboo from the backward flow inslot, and graphite falls into the impact liquid again under vibrations otter board, handle, avoid graphite to stop on Z type filter, influence the normal backward flow of impact liquid.

As a further scheme of the invention, the rear side wall of the rectangular guide block is a tooth surface, an L-shaped support plate is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the impact cylinder, the top of the L-shaped support plate is slidably connected with a second guide block, the second guide block is in contact with the tooth surface on the rear side wall of the rectangular guide block, a second air spring is fixedly connected to the rear side wall of the second guide block, the rear end of the second air spring is fixedly connected to the side wall of the L-shaped support plate through an L-shaped connecting plate, the top of the second guide block is fixedly connected with a third guide block, a rectangular support plate is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the impact cylinder, the middle part of the rectangular support plate is slidably connected with a top plate, and the bottom end of the; the during operation, because the graphite of partial small granule can fall into and assault downtheholely, when the closing plate is opened, graphite has the possibility of falling into and assaults a section of thick bamboo, thereby glue on the impact plate, when ascending through the rectangle guide block, the tooth flank effect second guide block of its rear side, make the vibrations of second guide block round trip, drive third guide block extrusion roof when second guide block removes backward, make roof top move the closing plate, the closing plate takes place vibrations, will assault downthehole graphite granule vibrations, when assaulting downthehole rush liquid of impact section of thick bamboo from assaulting downthehole rush, can take away graphite, graphite can fall into the condition in assaulting a section of thick bamboo when the closing plate is opened can not appear.

As a further scheme of the invention, the bottom of each first rotating rod is also provided with a vibration mechanism for driving the first rotating rod to vibrate up and down, the vibration mechanism comprises a first spring, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the first rotating rod, the other end of the first spring is fixedly connected to the inner bottom surface of the first sealing cylinder, and the outer surface of the bottom end of the first rotating rod is fixedly connected with a baffle ring; during operation, because first pivot pole is when rotating, when the graphite was carried downwards to the second vortex leaf, partial graphite probably can't collide with the collision ball, through be connected with first spring in first pivot pole bottom, when the graphite was carried to the second vortex leaf, the second vortex leaf received reverse thrust, make first pivot pole rebound, tensile first spring, after the fender ring was driven by first pivot pole and was removed and collide with round platform shape guide plate, first pivot pole vibrations downwards under the effect of collision force to make first pivot pole shake from top to bottom, drive the removal that the collision ball carried out from top to bottom, more be favorable to handling graphite.

As a further scheme of the invention, the power device comprises a push rod fixedly connected to the bottom of the impact plate, the bottom end of the push rod is fixedly connected with two telescopic cylinders through a rectangular connecting plate, and the top ends of the telescopic cylinders are fixedly connected to the bottom of the first sealing cylinder.

As a further scheme of the invention, the power device comprises a push rod fixedly connected to the bottom of the impact plate, the bottom end of the push rod is fixedly connected with two telescopic cylinders through a rectangular connecting plate, and the top ends of the telescopic cylinders are fixedly connected to the bottom of the first sealing cylinder; during operation, need to drive the impingement plate and reciprocate from top to bottom and strike graphite and carry out the homogeneity, drive rectangle connecting plate reciprocating motion from top to bottom through starting two telescopic cylinder, rethread catch bar drives the impingement plate and reciprocates from top to bottom and dashes the impact liquid, carries out the homogeneity to graphite.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. before each impact on graphite, the impact liquid is driven to rise by utilizing the rising of the impact plate, the floating plate floats and drives the rectangular guide block to automatically rotate the sealing plate, the impact hole is opened, the impact liquid can wash the graphite upwards, the situation that the graphite falls in the impact cylinder and is adhered to the top of the impact plate during impact is avoided, the impact liquid flows back from the top of the primary sealing cylinder and the secondary sealing cylinder, the graphite and the graphene can be filtered by the backflow groove, the backflow impact liquid cannot carry the graphite and the graphene, and when the impact plate moves downwards after impact is completed, the floating plate lacks of buoyancy, the sealing plate is automatically reset to seal the impact hole, the situation that the graphite is carried by the impact liquid and flows back into the impact cylinder from the impact hole is avoided, and the graphite is not adhered to the top of the impact plate.

2. When the impact plate is used for pushing the impact liquid to impact graphite, the graphite is thoroughly flushed into the second sealing cylinder, the graphite is prevented from being accumulated at the top of the impact plate, the graphite can be ensured to be fully impacted, the internal thread hollow rotating shaft is used for rotating and driving the graphite to be conveyed upwards, the graphite is enabled to collide with the first vortex blade and the second sealing cylinder, the graphite is processed again, the graphite is driven by the first vortex blade to be discharged from the top, the second vortex blade is used for conveying the graphite downwards, the graphite is enabled to collide with the rotating block and the collision ball, the graphite is fully processed, and the guide holes formed in the surface of the collision ball enable the graphite to be fully processed when the graphite passes through the collision ball.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a first perspective view of the overall construction of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a second perspective cross-sectional view of the general construction of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the impingement cylinder and first seal cylinder of the present invention (hidden floating plate);

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure at A in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the impact cylinder of the present invention (hidden floating plate);

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the structure at B in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a fourth perspective view of the general construction of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 8 at C;

FIG. 10 is a fifth perspective cross-sectional view of the general construction of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the surface structure of the first rotating rod according to the present invention;

fig. 12 is an enlarged view of the structure at D in fig. 11.

In the drawings, the list of parts represented by the various reference numerals is:

the device comprises a first sealing cylinder 1, a feed inlet 2, a truncated cone-shaped guide plate 3, an impact cylinder 4, an impact hole 5, an impact plate 6, a push rod 7, a rectangular connecting plate 8, a telescopic cylinder 9, a screw rod 10, a first connecting plate 11, a second sealing cylinder 12, an internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13, a first vortex blade 14, a second connecting plate 15, an internal gear ring 16, a first gear 17, a first rotating rod 18, a second vortex blade 19, a first adjusting rod 20, a rotating block 21, a collision ball 22, a guide hole 23, a discharge valve 24, a sealing plate 25, a first guide block 26, an arc spring 27, a U-shaped guide rail 28, a T-shaped sliding plate 29, a rectangular guide block 30, a reflux groove 31, a reflux pipe 32, a one-way valve 33, a first guide plate 34, a Z-shaped filter plate 35, a second guide rail 36, a vibrating screen plate 37, an L-shaped guide block 38, a first air spring 39, an L-shaped support plate 40, a second guide block 41, a, The device comprises an L-shaped connecting plate 43, a third guide block 44, a rectangular supporting plate 45, a top plate 46, a first spring 47, a baffle ring 48, a floating plate 49 and a fixing plate 50.

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.

Referring to fig. 1-12, the present invention provides a technical solution: a homogenizing process for preparing graphene by stripping comprises the following specific steps:

the method comprises the following steps: firstly, crushing graphite blocks into fine graphite particles;

step two: adding the crushed graphite into a homogenizing device for homogenizing;

step three: discharging the homogenized graphene after homogenization is completed, and completing treatment;

wherein, in the second step, the homogenizing device comprises a first sealing barrel 1, the top of the first sealing barrel 1 is fixedly connected with a feed inlet 2, the bottom of the first sealing barrel 1 is fixedly connected with a circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate 3, the bottom of the first sealing barrel 1 is communicated with an impact barrel 4, the middle part of the bottom of the first sealing barrel 1 is provided with a plurality of impact holes 5, the inner side wall of the impact barrel 4 is hermetically and slidably connected with an impact plate 6, the impact plate 6 is connected with a power device for driving the impact barrel to reciprocate up and down, the top of the impact barrel 4 is provided with a sealing plate 25 which is rotatably connected with the middle part of the bottom surface of the first sealing barrel 1, the diameter of the sealing plate 25 is the same as the inner diameter of the impact barrel 4, and through holes which are overlapped with the number, the size and the position of the impact holes 5 are uniformly distributed on the sealing plate 25, the bottom of the, the left end of the arc spring 27 is fixedly connected on the inner side wall of the impact barrel 4 through a fixing plate 50, the inner side wall of the impact barrel 4 is fixedly connected with a U-shaped guide rail 28, a T-shaped sliding plate 29 is connected on the inner side wall of the U-shaped guide rail 28 in a sliding way, a rectangular guide block 30 is fixedly connected at the left end of the T-shaped sliding plate 29, the rectangular guide block 30 is contacted with the first guide block 26, a floating plate 49 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the rectangular guide block 30, the floating plate 49 slides on the inner wall of the impact cylinder 4, the left side wall of the first sealing cylinder 1 is communicated with a reflux groove 31, a return pipe 32 is communicated with the bottom of the return tank 31, the bottom end of the return pipe 32 is communicated with the impact cylinder 4, the bottom end of the return pipe 32 is connected with a one-way valve 33 in a sliding manner, and the middle part of the inner cavity of the first sealing cylinder 1 is provided with a homogenizing mechanism which is matched with the impact plate 6 to perform reciprocating motion to complete homogenization;

when the device works, when the graphite is impacted to extract graphene in the prior art, part of the graphite is adhered and accumulated on the top of the impact plate 6 and cannot be completely flushed out, the graphite adhered on the top of the impact plate 6 cannot be impacted to extract graphene, on one hand, the waste of the graphite is caused, on the other hand, the normal use of the impact plate 6 can be influenced after long-term work, in addition, when the graphite is flushed into a homogenizing chamber in the prior art, the graphite only collides with the side wall of the homogenizing chamber to extract the graphene, and the effect of extracting the graphene from the graphite is poor, in the invention, when the graphite is treated to extract the graphene, the graphite is firstly poured into the first sealing barrel 1 from the feeding port 2, after the graphite is completely poured, a proper amount of impact liquid is poured into the feeding port 2, the impact liquid and the graphite raw materials coexist in the first sealing barrel 1 and the homogenizing mechanism, and part of the impact liquid flows into the impact barrel 4 through the backflow groove, the impact cylinder 4 is enabled to store a certain amount of impact liquid, meanwhile, the rectangular guide block 30 floating on the floating plate 49 at the top of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4 is ensured not to act with the first guide block 26, when the homogenizing device is not started, the arc-shaped spring 27 always acts on the sealing plate 25, the through hole on the sealing plate 25 and the impact hole 5 are kept in a dislocation state, at the moment, the impact hole 5 at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder 1 is sealed by the sealing plate 25, after the graphite and the impact liquid are filled, the power device is started, the power device can drive the impact plate 6 to do regular up-and-down reciprocating motion in the impact cylinder 4, when the impact plate 6 is driven by the power device to do upward motion, the impact plate 6 can push the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4 into the first sealing cylinder 1, when the impact plate 6 pushes the impact liquid, the floating plate 49 suspended on the top surface of the impact liquid can move upwards to drive the rectangular guide block 30 to vertically move upwards along the U-shaped guide rail 28 and act with, the first guide block 26 is forced to drive the sealing plate 25 to rotate under the extrusion action of the rectangular guide block 30, so that the through hole on the sealing plate 25 and the impact hole 5 reach an overlapped state, the impact liquid can be smoothly extruded into the first sealing cylinder 1, the impact liquid extruded into the first sealing cylinder 1 can impact the graphite standing at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder 1, the graphite is dispersed and collided in the flowing impact liquid to generate graphene, at the moment, the graphite and the generated graphene cannot fall into the impact cylinder 4 from the impact hole 5 under the impact of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4, in addition, when the impact plate 6 moves upwards, the homogenizing mechanism can be simultaneously driven to impact and extract the graphite dispersed by the impact liquid again, the efficiency of extracting the graphene and the homogenizing effect of the invention are enhanced, the impact liquid increased in the first sealing cylinder 1 can flow back into the impact cylinder 4 again through the backflow groove 31, the backflow pipe 32 and the one-way valve 33 in the homogenizing process, for the preparation of next impact homogenization, when the impact plate 6 moves downwards under the drive of the power device, the floating plate 49 and the rectangular guide block 30 are quickly separated from the first guide block 26 in the downward moving process of the impact plate 6, the sealing plate 25 is quickly reset under the action of the arc spring 27 to seal the impact hole 5, so that the impact liquid mixed with graphite and graphene cannot fall into the impact cylinder 4 to adhere the graphite and the graphene to the top of the impact plate 6, the impact plate 6 can complete the homogenization process for multiple times when moving up and down regularly under the drive of the power device, the problem that part of graphite adheres to the top of the impact plate 6 and cannot be completely flushed out when graphene is extracted by impact in the prior art is solved while the homogenization effect is ensured, on one hand, the waste of graphite is caused, on the other hand, the normal use of the impact plate 6 is affected after long-term operation.

As a further scheme of the invention, a screw 10 is fixedly connected at the middle position of the top of an impact plate 6, a second sealing cylinder 12 is fixedly connected on the inner side wall of a first sealing cylinder 1 through two first connecting plates 11, the bottom of the second sealing cylinder 12 is higher than a circular truncated cone-shaped guide plate 3, an internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 is rotatably connected on the bottom surface inside the first sealing cylinder 1, the inner side wall of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 is matched with the screw 10, a first vortex blade 14 is fixedly connected on the outer side wall of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13, the first vortex blade 14 is positioned inside the second sealing cylinder 12, an internal gear ring 16 is fixedly connected on the top of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 through four second connecting plates 15, the internal gear ring 16 is rotatably connected on the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder 1, the internal gear ring 16 is meshed with a plurality of first gears 17, the bottoms of the plurality of first gears 17 are fixedly connected with first rotating rods 18, and the bottoms of the plurality of first rotating rods 18 penetrate through The outer surface of each first rotating rod 18 is fixedly connected with a second vortex blade 19, the rotating directions of the second vortex blades 19 and the first vortex blades 14 are opposite, the outer surface of each first rotating rod 18 is fixedly connected with a plurality of first adjusting rods 20 in linear arrays, the outer sides of the first adjusting rods 20 are rotatably connected with rotating blocks 21, the bottoms of the rotating blocks 21 are fixedly connected with collision balls 22, and a plurality of flow guide holes 23 are formed in the collision balls 22; when the device works, when graphite is scattered in the first sealing cylinder 1 by impact of impact liquid, the graphite can be homogenized only when the impact liquid impacts, the graphite cannot be completely homogenized, the screw 10 is arranged and fixed on the impact plate 6, the impact plate 6 moves upwards to drive the screw 10 to move upwards together, the screw 10 is in threaded connection with the inside of the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13, the screw 10 moves upwards to enable the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 to rotate, the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 rotates to drive the first vortex blade 14 to rotate, the impacted graphite is conveyed upwards through the first vortex blade 14 to enable the graphite to continuously rotate to collide with the first vortex blade 14 and the second sealing cylinder 12, the graphite is impacted again, graphene layers on the surface of the graphite are separated, the graphite is prevented from being accumulated together, the graphite can be fully taken up, the graphite is finally diffused outwards from the top of the second sealing cylinder 12 after being taken up by the first vortex blade 14, flows into a cavity formed by the first sealing barrel 1 and the second sealing barrel 12, when the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 rotates, the four first connecting plates 11 drive the internal gear ring 16 to rotate simultaneously, so as to drive the first gear 17 to rotate, so that the first rotating rod 18 rotates, and the second vortex blade 19 rotates, and when the first rotating rod 18 rotates, the first adjusting rod 20 drives the rotating block 21 to rotate, when the rotating block 21 rotates around the first rotating rod 18, the rotating block can gradually turn over to a horizontal position under the action of centrifugal force, the collision ball 22 on the collision ball can impact graphite when rotating along with the rotating block 21, the impacted graphite can be impacted again, so that the graphite impact stripping effect is better, after the graphite falls to the frustum-shaped guide plate 3 along with impact liquid, the graphene which has completed the impact stripping process flows into the bottom of the first sealing barrel 1 from the frustum-shaped guide plate 3 again, after the processing is finished, the discharge valve 24 is opened to discharge the impact liquid and the processed graphene together, when the impact plate 6 is utilized to push the impact liquid to impact graphite, the internal thread hollow rotating shaft 13 is utilized to rotate to drive the graphite to be conveyed upwards, the graphite is enabled to collide with the first vortex blade 14 and the second sealing barrel 12, the graphite is processed again, the graphite is driven by the first vortex blade 14 to be discharged from the top, the second vortex blade 19 is utilized to convey the graphite downwards, the graphite is enabled to collide with the rotating block 21 and the collision ball 22, the sufficient processing is carried out, and the flow guide holes 23 formed in the surface of the collision ball 22 enable the graphite to be fully processed when the graphite passes through the collision ball 22.

As a further scheme of the invention, a first guide plate 34 is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder 1, a Z-shaped filter plate 35 is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first guide plate 34, and the Z-shaped filter plate 35 is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder 1; the during operation, because the impact liquid is from the backwash tank 31 during backward flow, probably drive partial graphite and flow back in impacting a section of thick bamboo 4, thereby glue on impact plate 6, through be equipped with Z type filter 35 on backwash tank 31 inlet right side, when graphite is by the rotatory transport of second vortex leaf 19, graphite is blockked by first guide board 34 when rotatory, make graphite remove to 1 middle part of first sealed section of thick bamboo, and the Z type filter 35 that sets up on first guide board 34 left side, avoid graphite entering backwash tank 31 when the high velocity of flow, thereby realize when the backward flow of impact liquid at every turn, utilize first drainage board 34 to guide graphite inboard, avoid graphite entering backwash tank 31.

As a further scheme of the invention, a second guide rail 36 is fixedly connected to the front end of the first guide plate 34, a vibrating screen plate 37 is slidably connected to the inner side of the second guide rail 36, an L-shaped guide block 38 is fixedly connected to the top of the vibrating screen plate 37, the L-shaped guide block 38 is in contact with the inner toothed ring 16, a first air spring 39 is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the vibrating screen plate 37, and the outer end of the first air spring 39 is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the first sealing cylinder 1; during operation, when the impact liquid drives graphite to flow back, partial graphite can be piled up at the front side of Z type filter 35, lead to partial graphite can't fall along with impact liquid completely, influence the normal backward flow of impact liquid, tooth and L type guide block 38 effect when rotating through interior ring gear 16, L type guide block 38 drives vibrations otter board 37 and lasts vibrations, make graphite when getting into the backward flow groove 31, earlier by vibrations otter board 37 vibrations processing, shake graphite and open, avoid graphite to get into Z type filter 35, thereby avoid graphite to flow back in the impact section of thick bamboo 4 from the backward flow groove 31, and graphite falls into the impact liquid again under vibrations otter board 37, handle, avoid graphite to stop on Z type filter 35, influence the normal backward flow of impact liquid.

As a further scheme of the invention, the rear side wall of the rectangular guide block 30 is a tooth surface, the inner side wall of the impact cylinder 4 is fixedly connected with an L-shaped support plate 40, the top of the L-shaped support plate 40 is slidably connected with a second guide block 41, the second guide block 41 is in contact with the tooth surface on the rear side wall of the rectangular guide block 30, the rear side wall of the second guide block 41 is fixedly connected with a second gas spring 42, the rear end of the second gas spring 42 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the L-shaped support plate 40 through an L-shaped connecting plate 43, the top of the second guide block 41 is fixedly connected with a third guide block 44, the inner side wall of the impact cylinder 4 is fixedly connected with a rectangular support plate 45, the middle part of the rectangular support plate 45 is slidably connected with a top; in operation, because the graphite of part small granule can fall into impact hole 5, when closing plate 25 opens, graphite has the possibility of falling into impact section of thick bamboo 4, thereby glue on impact plate 6, when ascending through rectangle guide block 30, the tooth flank effect second guide block 41 of its rear side, make the vibrations that second guide block 41 made a round trip, second guide block 41 drives third guide block 44 extrusion roof 46 when moving backward, make roof 46 top move closing plate 25, closing plate 25 shakes, will strike the graphite granule vibrations in the hole 5, when the impact liquid in the impact section of thick bamboo 4 dashes out from impact hole 5, can take away graphite, the condition that graphite can fall into impact section of thick bamboo 4 when closing plate 25 opens can not appear.

As a further scheme of the present invention, the vibration mechanism includes a first spring 47, one end of the first spring 47 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the first rotating rod 18, the other end of the first spring 47 is fixedly connected to the inner bottom surface of the first sealing cylinder 1, and a stop ring 48 is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the bottom end of the first rotating rod 18; during operation, because first pivot pole 18 is when rotating, when second vortex leaf 19 drives graphite and carries downwards, some graphite probably can't collide with collision ball 22, through be connected with first spring 47 in first pivot pole 18 bottom, when second vortex leaf 19 carried graphite, second vortex leaf 19 received reverse thrust, make first pivot pole 18 upwards remove, tensile first spring 47, after ring 48 was driven by first pivot pole 18 and was removed and collide with round platform shape guide plate 3, first pivot pole 18 vibrations downwards under the effect of the collision force, thereby make first pivot pole 18 vibrations from top to bottom, drive collision ball 22 and carry out the removal from top to bottom, be favorable to handling graphite more.

As a further scheme of the invention, the power device comprises a push rod 7 fixedly connected to the bottom of the impact plate 6, the bottom end of the push rod 7 is fixedly connected with two telescopic cylinders 9 through a rectangular connecting plate 8, and the top ends of the telescopic cylinders 9 are fixedly connected to the bottom of the first sealing cylinder 1; during operation, need to drive strikeing 6 reciprocal impact graphite from top to bottom and carry out the homogeneity, drive rectangle connecting plate 8 reciprocal motion from top to bottom through starting two telescopic cylinder 9, rethread catch bar 7 drives strikeing 6 reciprocal from top to bottom and will strike the liquid and rush, carry out the homogeneity to graphite.

The working principle is as follows: when the invention is used for processing graphite to extract graphene, firstly, graphite is poured into a first sealing cylinder 1 from a feeding hole 2, after the graphite is poured, a proper amount of impact liquid is poured into the first sealing cylinder 1 and a homogenizing mechanism from the feeding hole 2, the impact liquid and graphite raw materials coexist in the first sealing cylinder 1, and part of the impact liquid flows into an impact cylinder 4 through a backflow groove 31, a backflow pipe 32 and a one-way valve 33, so that a certain amount of impact liquid is stored in the impact cylinder 4, and simultaneously, the rectangular guide block 30 on a floating plate 49 floating on the top of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4 is ensured not to be acted with a first guide block 26, when the homogenizing mechanism is not started, an arc spring 27 always acts on a sealing plate 25, so that a through hole on the sealing plate 25 and the impact hole 5 are kept in a dislocation state, at the moment, the sealing plate 25 seals the impact hole 5 at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder 1, and a power device, the power device drives the impact plate 6 to do regular up-and-down reciprocating motion in the impact cylinder 4, when the impact plate 6 moves upwards under the drive of the power device, the impact plate 6 pushes the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4 into the first sealing cylinder 1, when the impact plate 6 pushes the impact liquid, the floating plate 49 suspended on the top surface of the impact liquid moves upwards to drive the rectangular guide block 30 to vertically move upwards along the U-shaped guide rail 28 and simultaneously act on the first guide block 26, the first guide block 26 can force the rectangular guide block 30 to drive the sealing plate 25 to rotate under the extrusion action of the rectangular guide block 30, so that the through hole on the sealing plate 25 and the impact hole 5 are in an overlapped state, the impact liquid can be smoothly extruded into the first sealing cylinder 1, the impact liquid extruded into the first sealing cylinder 1 can impact the graphite standing at the bottom of the first sealing cylinder 1, and the graphite is scattered and collided in the flowing impact liquid to generate graphene, at the moment, the graphite and the generated graphene cannot fall into the impact cylinder 4 from the impact holes 5 under the impact of the impact liquid in the impact cylinder 4, in addition, the homogenizing mechanism can be driven to perform impact extraction on the graphite dispersed by the impact liquid again when the impact plate 6 moves upwards, the efficiency of extracting the graphene and the homogenizing effect of the invention are enhanced, the impact liquid added in the first sealing cylinder 1 can flow back into the impact cylinder 4 again from the backflow groove 31, the backflow pipe 32 and the one-way valve 33 in the homogenizing process, the preparation for next impact homogenization is prepared, when the impact plate 6 moves downwards under the driving of the power device, the floating plate 49 and the rectangular guide block 30 are rapidly separated from the first guide block 26 in the downward moving process of the impact plate 6, the sealing plate 25 is rapidly reset under the action of the arc-shaped spring 27 to seal the impact holes 5, and the impact liquid mixed with the graphite and the graphene cannot fall into the impact cylinder 4 to cause the adhesion of the graphite and the graphene on the top of the impact plate 6, strike board 6 during the up-and-down motion of regularity under the power device drive, just can accomplish above-mentioned homogeneity process many times, can also solve among the prior art when strikeing to graphite and draw graphite alkene when guaranteeing the homogeneity effect, partial graphite glues to glue and piles up at strike board 6 top, can't be washed out completely, glues and can't be strikeed and draw graphite alkene at the graphite at strike board 6 top, cause the waste of graphite on the one hand, on the other hand also can influence the problem of the normal use of strike board 6 after working for a long time.

In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.