阅读说明：本技术 一种电子元器件用点胶及干燥一体化装置 (Dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components ) 是由 白友斌 于 2019-10-10 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及电子元器件技术领域,且公开了一种电子元器件用点胶及干燥一体化装置,包括设备本体,所述设备本体的顶部固定安装有第一电机。该电子元器件用点胶及干燥一体化装置,过设置第二电机,当装置将安装座内的电子元件点胶工序完成后,启动第二电机,通过传动皮带带动从动轮转动,从而带动转动杆在限位杆的限制下转动,使两个转动锥齿转动,并通过啮合带动两个啮合锥齿转动,使得两个转动套杆转动,从而带动活动板上下移动,当活动板上移时,通过安装座推动电子元件向上移动至风管处,接着启动第一电机,使得两个排风扇在风管内高速旋转,对电子元件进行快速风干,大大提高了设备的工作效率,使设备达到加工效率高的效果。(The invention relates to the technical field of electronic components and discloses a dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components. This electronic components is with some glue and dry integrated device, cross and set up the second motor, after the electronic components point glue process in the device will mount pad is accomplished, start the second motor, it rotates from the driving wheel to drive through driving belt, thereby it rotates under the restriction of gag lever post to drive the dwang, make two rotation awl teeth rotate, and drive two meshing awl teeth through the meshing and rotate, make two rotation loop bars rotate, thereby it reciprocates to drive the fly leaf, when the fly leaf shifts up, promote electronic components rebound to tuber pipe department through the mount pad, start first motor after that, make two exhaust fans high-speed rotations in the tuber pipe, air-dry fast electronic components, the work efficiency of equipment is greatly improved, make equipment reach the effect that machining efficiency is high.)

1. The utility model provides an electronic components is with some glue and dry integrated device, includes equipment body (9), its characterized in that: the top fixed mounting of equipment body (9) has first motor (3), the output shaft fixed mounting of first motor (3) changes running gear (2), the equal fixed mounting in upper and lower both ends at equipment body (9) top has spacing change (6), the equal fixed mounting in the left and right sides of roof has tuber pipe (8) in equipment body (9), the top fixed mounting of spacing change (6) has bull stick (5) that one end runs through and extends to tuber pipe (8) inner chamber and with tuber pipe (8) swing joint, the top fixed mounting of bull stick (5) has meshing gear (1) that one end and running gear (2) mesh mutually, the bottom fixed mounting of bull stick (5) has exhaust fan (7), the bottom fixed mounting of tuber pipe (8) inner chamber has dust screen (4), the equal fixed mounting in both ends has horizontal pole (24) around between the equipment body (9) inner chamber about both ends, the left and right side walls of the inner cavity of the equipment body (9) are positioned between two cross rods (24) and are fixedly provided with hydraulic rods (11), the output shaft of the hydraulic rods (11) is fixedly provided with a sliding support (10) with one end movably connected with the cross rods (24), the bottom of the sliding support (10) is fixedly provided with a cylinder (31), the output end of the cylinder (31) is fixedly provided with a glue outlet needle (30), the left and right sides of the glue outlet needle (30) are fixedly provided with a glue outlet hose (29) with one end fixedly connected with the sliding support (10), the left and right sides of the inner bottom wall of the equipment body (9) are movably provided with a rotating sleeve rod (13), the outer side of the rotating sleeve rod (13) is fixedly provided with meshing bevel gears (14), the inner bottom wall of the equipment body (9) is fixedly provided with a second motor (21), the output shaft of the second motor (21) is fixedly provided with a rotating wheel, the left and right sides of diapire just is located two and rotates equal fixed mounting between loop bar (13) and has gag lever post (17), two in equipment body (9) swing joint has dwang (16) between gag lever post (17), the outside fixed mounting of dwang (16) has from driving wheel (18), it is connected with driving belt (20) with the outside transmission from driving wheel (18) to rotate wheel (19), the equal fixed mounting in both ends has one end and meshing awl tooth (14) engaged with rotation awl tooth (15) about dwang (16) outside, the top movable mounting that rotates loop bar (13) has one end to run through and extend to screw rod (23) that rotates loop bar (13) inner chamber, the top fixed mounting of screw rod (23) has fly leaf (22), the top fixed mounting of fly leaf (22) has mount pad (12), the equal fixed mounting in both ends has fixed block (27) about mount pad (12) top, the top fixed mounting of fixed block (27) has connecting rod (25), the outside movable mounting that the top of fixed block (27) just is located connecting rod (25) has movable block (28), the top fixed mounting of movable block (28) has one end and connecting rod (25) swing joint's compression spring (26).

2. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top of the rotating sleeve rod (13) is provided with a threaded hole, the threaded hole is matched with the screw rod (23), and the rotating sleeve rod (13) and the equipment body (9) are vertically installed at ninety degrees.

3. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the quantity of gag lever post (17) is two, and two gag lever posts (17) are symmetric distribution with the perpendicular bisector of equipment body (9), dust screen (4) are nylon dust screen (4).

4. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bottom of the rotating sleeve rod (13) is fixedly provided with a connecting bearing, the rotating sleeve rod (13) is movably connected with the equipment body (9) through the connecting bearing, and the cross rod (24) and the equipment body (9) are vertically arranged at ninety degrees.

5. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the left and right sides at equipment body (9) top all has seted up the through-hole, and through-hole and bull stick (5) looks adaptation, the quantity of hydraulic stem (11) is four.

6. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bottom fixed mounting of spacing change (6) has rolling bearing, and just spacing change (6) pass through rolling bearing and equipment body (9) swing joint, fixed block (27) are the U-shaped.

7. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: two both ends all have seted up the perforation around the one side that backs on the back of the body of sliding support (10), and perforation and horizontal pole (24) looks adaptation, the quantity of exhaust fan (7) is two.

8. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: two the round hole has all been seted up to one side that gag lever post (17) is relative, and round hole and dwang (16) looks adaptation, it is ninety degrees perpendicular installation to go out gluey syringe needle (30) and sliding support (10).

9. The integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top of the movable block (28) is provided with a limiting hole, the limiting hole is matched with the connecting rod (25), and the glue outlet needle head (30) is T-shaped.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic components, in particular to a dispensing and drying integrated device for an electronic component.

Background

The electronic component is a component of an electronic element and an electronic miniature machine or instrument, is usually composed of a plurality of parts, can be commonly used in the similar products, and is a general name of some parts in the industries of electric appliances, radio, instruments and the like, such as capacitors, transistors, hairsprings, clockwork springs and other subcomponents.

For example, a dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components proposed in chinese patent CN 106493049B, in the patent, after the electronic components on the placing plate are glued, the placing plate is taken out, then the placing plate is placed at the bottom in the drying box, the drying device is started to work, the drying device carries out drying work on the electronic components which are glued, although the device can integrate the dispensing and drying, the electronic components after dispensing can be dried only by taking out the electronic components from the drying box and placing the electronic components in the drying box manually, meanwhile, the electronic components are placed in the drying box, which has the defect of unstable placement and is easy to drop, therefore, the present invention provides an integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Technical problem to be solved

The invention provides a dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components, which has the advantages of high processing efficiency and the like, and solves the problems that the electronic components can be dried only by manually taking out the dispensed electronic components from a drying box and placing the electronic components in the drying box in the using process of the conventional dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components, and meanwhile, the electronic components are placed in the drying box to easily drop due to the defect of unstable placement, so the processing efficiency of the electronic components is greatly influenced.

(II) technical scheme

In order to achieve the purpose of high processing efficiency, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components comprises an equipment body, wherein a first motor is fixedly mounted at the top of the equipment body, a rotating gear is fixedly mounted on an output shaft of the first motor, limiting rotating rings are fixedly mounted at the upper end and the lower end of the top of the equipment body, air pipes are fixedly mounted at the left side and the right side of a top wall in the equipment body, a rotating rod is fixedly mounted at the top of each limiting rotating ring, one end of each rotating rod penetrates through and extends to an inner cavity of the air pipe and is movably connected with the air pipe, a meshing gear with the rotating gear is fixedly mounted at the top of each rotating rod, an exhaust fan is fixedly mounted at the bottom of each rotating rod, a dust screen is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the inner cavity of the air pipe, transverse rods are fixedly mounted at the front end and the rear end between the left side wall and the right side wall of the inner cavity of the equipment, the output shaft of the hydraulic rod is fixedly provided with a sliding support with one end movably connected with the cross rod, the bottom of the sliding support is fixedly provided with a cylinder, the output end of the cylinder is fixedly provided with a glue outlet needle head, the left side and the right side of the glue outlet needle head are respectively fixedly provided with a glue outlet hose with one end fixedly connected with the sliding support, the left side and the right side of the inner bottom wall of the equipment body are respectively movably provided with a rotating sleeve rod, the outer side of the rotating sleeve rod is fixedly provided with a meshing bevel gear, the inner bottom wall of the equipment body is fixedly provided with a second motor, the output shaft of the second motor is fixedly provided with a rotating wheel, the left side and the right side of the inner bottom wall of the equipment body are respectively and fixedly provided with a limiting rod between the two rotating sleeve rods, the two limiting rods are movably connected with a rotating rod, the outer side of, the equal fixed mounting in both ends has one end and the rotation awl tooth that meshes mutually about the dwang outside, the top movable mounting who rotates the loop bar has one end to run through and extend to the screw rod that rotates the loop bar inner chamber, the top fixed mounting of screw rod has the fly leaf, the top fixed mounting of fly leaf has the mount pad, the equal fixed mounting in both ends has the fixed block about the mount pad top, the top fixed mounting of fixed block has the connecting rod, the top of fixed block and the outside movable mounting that is located the connecting rod have the movable block, the top fixed mounting of movable block has one end and connecting rod swing joint's compression spring.

Preferably, the top of the rotating sleeve rod is provided with a threaded hole, the threaded hole is matched with the screw, and the rotating sleeve rod and the equipment body are vertically installed at ninety degrees.

Preferably, the quantity of gag lever post is two, and two gag lever posts are symmetric distribution with the perpendicular bisector of equipment body, the dust screen is the nylon dust screen.

Preferably, the bottom of the rotating sleeve rod is fixedly provided with a connecting bearing, the rotating sleeve rod is movably connected with the equipment body through the connecting bearing, and the cross rod is vertically arranged at ninety degrees with the equipment body.

Preferably, the through holes are formed in the left side and the right side of the top of the equipment body and are matched with the rotating rods, and the number of the hydraulic rods is four.

Preferably, the bottom of the limiting rotating ring is fixedly provided with a rotating bearing, the limiting rotating ring is movably connected with the equipment body through the rotating bearing, and the fixing block is U-shaped.

Preferably, two the perforation has all been seted up at the front and back both ends of sliding support one side of the back of the body mutually, and perforation and horizontal pole looks adaptation, the quantity of exhaust fan is two.

Preferably, two the round hole has all been seted up to one side that the gag lever post is relative, and round hole and dwang looks adaptation, it is ninety degrees perpendicular installation with sliding support to go out gluey syringe needle.

Preferably, the top of the movable block is provided with a limiting hole, the limiting hole is matched with the connecting rod, and the glue outlet needle head is T-shaped.

(III) advantageous effects

Compared with the prior art, the invention provides a dispensing and drying integrated device for an electronic component, which has the following beneficial effects:

1. the integrated device for dispensing and drying electronic components is characterized in that a second motor is arranged, when the device finishes the dispensing process of the electronic components in a mounting seat, the second motor is started to rotate a rotating wheel, a driven wheel is driven to rotate through a transmission belt, so that the rotating rod is driven to rotate under the limitation of a limiting rod, two rotating bevel teeth are driven to rotate, two engaging bevel teeth are driven to rotate through engagement, two rotating sleeve rods are driven to rotate, a threaded hole matched with a screw rod is formed in each rotating sleeve rod, when the rotating sleeve rods rotate, the screw rod moves up and down under the thrust of threads in the rotating sleeve rods, so that a movable plate is driven to move up and down, when the movable plate moves up, the electronic components are pushed to move up to an air pipe through the mounting seat, then a first motor is started, the rotating gear rotates, and two engaging gears are driven to rotate simultaneously through engagement, make two exhaust fans high-speed rotatory in the tuber pipe to air-dry fast electronic component, replace manual operation through mechanical automation forced air, improved the work efficiency of equipment greatly, make equipment reach the effect that machining efficiency is high, simple structure and convenient operation more satisfy the demand of production.

2. This electronic components is with gluing and dry integrated device, through setting up the movable block, when needs carry out the point to electronic component and glue the operation, with the movable block push up, make compression spring compression, can place electronic component's both ends between movable block and mount pad, loosen the hand after that, elasticity restoring force through compression spring pushes back the movable block, can be with the electronic component centre gripping on the mount pad, start hydraulic stem and cylinder after that, can carry out the point to motor element and glue the operation, the precision of gluing has been improved greatly, make electronic component can not drop easily at the in-process of processing simultaneously, the security performance of device has been improved, make equipment more practical.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 1 of the integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 1 of the integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of a sliding support of an integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components according to the present invention.

In the figure: the device comprises a meshing gear 1, a rotating gear 2, a first motor 3, a dust screen 4, a rotating rod 5, a limiting rotating ring 6, an exhaust fan 7, an air pipe 8, a device body 9, a sliding support 10, a hydraulic rod 11, a mounting seat 12, a rotating sleeve rod 13, a meshing bevel gear 14, a rotating bevel gear 15, a rotating rod 16, a limiting rod 17, a driven wheel 18, a rotating wheel 19, a transmission belt 20, a second motor 21, a movable plate 22, a screw rod 23, a cross rod 24, a connecting rod 25, a compression spring 26, a fixed block 27, a movable block 28, a glue outlet hose 29, a glue outlet needle 30 and a cylinder 31.

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. 1-4, a dispensing and drying integrated device for electronic components comprises an apparatus body 9, a connecting bearing is fixedly installed at the bottom of a rotating sleeve 13, the rotating sleeve 13 is movably connected with the apparatus body 9 through the connecting bearing, a cross bar 24 is vertically installed at ninety degrees with the apparatus body 9, a first motor 3 is fixedly installed at the top of the apparatus body 9, the type of the first motor 3 can be RK40A-C, a rotating gear 2 is fixedly installed at an output shaft of the first motor 3, limiting rotating rings 6 are fixedly installed at the upper end and the lower end of the top of the apparatus body 9, air pipes 8 are fixedly installed at the left side and the right side of the inner top wall of the apparatus body 9, a rotating rod 5 is fixedly installed at the top of the limiting rotating ring 6, one end of the rotating rod 5 penetrates through and extends to the inner cavity of the air pipes 8 and is movably connected with the air pipes 8, a meshing gear 1 is fixedly installed at the top of, an exhaust fan 7 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the rotating rod 5, a dust screen 4 is fixedly installed at the bottom of an inner cavity of the air pipe 8, cross rods 24 are fixedly installed at the front end and the rear end between the left side wall and the right side wall of the inner cavity of the equipment body 9, hydraulic rods 11 are fixedly installed between the two cross rods 24 at the left side wall and the right side wall of the inner cavity of the equipment body 9, the type of the hydraulic rods 11 can be XTL100, through holes are formed in the left side and the right side of the top of the equipment body 9 and are matched with the rotating rod 5, the number of the hydraulic rods 11 is four, a sliding support 10 with one end movably connected with the cross rods 24 is fixedly installed at an output shaft of the hydraulic rods 11, through holes are formed in the front end and the rear end of one side of each of the two sliding supports 10, the through holes are matched with the cross rods 24, the number of the exhaust fans 7 is two, an air cylinder 31 is, the opposite sides of the two limiting rods 17 are respectively provided with a round hole which is matched with the rotating rod 16, the glue outlet needle head 30 and the sliding support 10 are vertically arranged at ninety degrees, the left side and the right side of the glue outlet needle head 30 are respectively and fixedly provided with a glue outlet hose 29, one end of the glue outlet hose is fixedly connected with the sliding support 10, the left side and the right side of the inner bottom wall of the equipment body 9 are respectively and movably provided with a rotating sleeve rod 13, the top of the rotating sleeve rod 13 is provided with a threaded hole which is matched with a screw rod 23, the rotating sleeve rod 13 and the equipment body 9 are vertically arranged at ninety degrees, the outer side of the rotating sleeve rod 13 is fixedly provided with a meshing bevel gear 14, the inner bottom wall of the equipment body 9 is fixedly provided with a second motor 21, the model of the second motor 21 can be XK60ST, after the electronic element glue dispensing process in the mounting seat 12 is finished by the device, the second motor 21 is started, the rotating wheel 19 is rotated, thereby driving the rotating rod 16 to rotate under the limit of the limiting rod 17, enabling the two rotating bevel teeth 15 to rotate, and driving the two engaging bevel teeth 14 to rotate through engagement, enabling the two rotating loop bars 13 to rotate, through arranging a threaded hole matched with the screw 23 in the rotating loop bar 13, when the rotating loop bar 13 rotates, the screw 23 moves up and down by the thread thrust in the rotating loop bar 13, thereby driving the movable plate 22 to move up and down, when the movable plate 22 moves up, the electronic component is pushed to move up to the air pipe 8 through the mounting seat 12, then the first motor 3 is started, the rotating gear 2 rotates, the two engaging gears 1 are driven to rotate simultaneously through engagement, thereby enabling the two exhaust fans 7 to rotate at high speed in the air pipe 8, thereby rapidly air-drying the electronic component, and replacing manual operation through mechanical automatic air drying, thereby greatly improving the working efficiency of the equipment, the equipment has the advantages of high processing efficiency, simple structure, convenient operation and capability of meeting the production requirement, the output shaft of the second motor 21 is fixedly provided with a rotating wheel 19, the left side and the right side of the bottom wall in the equipment body 9 are fixedly provided with two limiting rods 17 between the two rotating loop bars 13, the number of the limiting rods 17 is two, the two limiting rods 17 are symmetrically distributed by the perpendicular bisector of the equipment body 9, the dust screen 4 is a nylon dust screen which is a chemical fiber woven screen formed by mechanical processing of nylon yarns, polyester yarns, nylon yarns and the like as raw materials, the nylon yarns have the functions of high temperature resistance and alkali resistance, the polyethylene has the function of acid resistance, the nylon yarns are a general name of the chemical fiber woven screens, the dust-proof effect in the equipment is better by using the nylon dust screen, the equipment is more practical, the rotating rod 16 is movably connected between the two limiting rods 17, a driven wheel 18 is fixedly arranged on the outer side of a rotating rod 16, a transmission belt 20 is in transmission connection with the rotating wheel 19 and the outer side of the driven wheel 18, a rotating bevel gear 15 with one end meshed with the meshing bevel gear 14 is fixedly arranged at each of the left end and the right end of the outer side of the rotating rod 16, a screw 23 with one end penetrating through and extending to the inner cavity of the rotating sleeve 13 is movably arranged at the top of the rotating sleeve 13, a movable plate 22 is fixedly arranged at the top of the screw 23, a mounting seat 12 is fixedly arranged at the top of the movable plate 22, fixed blocks 27 are fixedly arranged at each of the left end and the right end of the top of the mounting seat 12, a rotating bearing is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the limiting rotating ring 6, the rotating rod 5 and the limiting rotating ring 6 cannot influence the equipment body 9 during rotation, meanwhile, the rotating rod 5 cannot deviate, the equipment runs more stably, and the limiting rotating ring 6 is movably, the fixed block 27 is U-shaped, the connecting rod 25 is fixedly arranged at the top of the fixed block 27, the movable block 28 is movably arranged at the top of the fixed block 27 and positioned outside the connecting rod 25, by arranging the movable block 28, when the electronic element needs to be subjected to glue dispensing operation, the movable block 28 is pushed upwards to compress the compression spring 26, so that two ends of the electronic element can be placed between the movable block 28 and the mounting seat 12, then the hands are loosened, the movable block 28 is pushed back by the elastic restoring force of the compression spring 26, so that the electronic element can be clamped on the mounting seat 12, then the hydraulic rod 11 and the air cylinder 31 are started, so that the glue dispensing operation can be performed on the motor element, the glue dispensing accuracy is greatly improved, meanwhile, the electronic element cannot easily fall off in the processing process, the safety performance of the device is improved, the equipment is more practical, and the top of the movable block 28 is provided, the limiting hole is matched with the connecting rod 25, the glue outlet needle head 30 is T-shaped, and the top of the movable block 28 is fixedly provided with a compression spring 26, one end of which is movably connected with the connecting rod 25.

When using, only need control the rotation of second motor 21, can push up the electronic component after gluing, start first motor 3 after that, can carry out drying process to electronic component, realize gluing and dry integration operation through mechanical automation, improved the efficiency of its processing greatly, make equipment reach the effect that machining efficiency is high, simple structure and convenient operation more satisfy the demand of production.

To sum up, the integrated dispensing and drying device for electronic components is provided with the second motor 21, when the device completes the dispensing process of the electronic components in the mounting seat 12, the second motor 21 is started to rotate the rotating wheel 19, the driven wheel 18 is driven to rotate through the transmission belt 20, so as to drive the rotating rod 16 to rotate under the limitation of the limiting rod 17, so as to drive the two rotating bevel teeth 15 to rotate, and drive the two engaging bevel teeth 14 to rotate through engagement, so as to drive the two rotating sleeve rods 13 to rotate, through the threaded hole matched with the screw rod 23 arranged in the rotating sleeve rod 13, when the rotating sleeve rod 13 rotates, the screw rod 23 is pushed by the thread in the rotating sleeve rod 13 to move up and down, so as to drive the movable plate 22 to move up and down, when the movable plate 22 moves up, the electronic components are pushed by the mounting seat 12 to move up to the air duct 8, and then the first motor 3 is started, make running gear 2 rotate, drive two meshing gear 1 through the meshing and rotate simultaneously for two exhaust fans 7 are high-speed rotatory in tuber pipe 8, thereby air-dry fast electronic component, replace manual operation through mechanical automation air-drying, improved the work efficiency of equipment greatly, make equipment reach the effect that machining efficiency is high, simple structure and convenient operation more satisfy the demand of production.

Moreover, by arranging the movable block 28, when the electronic component needs to be subjected to glue dispensing operation, the movable block 28 is pushed upwards to compress the compression spring 26, so that two ends of the electronic component can be placed between the movable block 28 and the mounting seat 12, then the hand is loosened, the movable block 28 is pushed back by the elastic restoring force of the compression spring 26, so that the electronic component can be clamped on the mounting seat 12, then the hydraulic rod 11 and the air cylinder 31 are started, so that the glue dispensing operation can be performed on the motor component, the glue dispensing accuracy is greatly improved, meanwhile, the electronic component cannot easily fall off in the processing process, the safety performance of the device is improved, the equipment is more practical, the problem that the electronic component after glue dispensing and drying integrated device for the electronic component needs to be manually taken out of the drying box and placed in the drying box to dry the electronic component in the using process of the glue dispensing and drying integrated device for the electronic component currently used is solved, meanwhile, the electronic element is placed in the drying box, so that the electronic element is easy to fall off, and the processing efficiency of the electronic element is greatly influenced.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.