阅读说明：本技术 一种黄姜种植设备 (Yellow ginger planting equipment ) 是由 舒文理 舒志琼 宋青青 孙金良 伍子宏 陈从军 于 2021-08-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及黄姜种植技术领域,尤其为一种黄姜种植设备,包括驱动机和平衡轮,所述驱动机的顶端面中部位置固定连接有排气管,所述驱动机的顶端面右侧固定连接有震动下料结构,所述震动下料结构包括有防护罩,所述防护罩的顶端面固定连接有第一电机,本发明中,通过设置的第一电机、半齿轮、牵引绳和储存斗,第一电机驱动半齿轮带动外侧啮合的齿轮与收卷轴转动,收卷轴会拉动牵引绳另一端连接的储存斗开始左移,当半齿轮转动脱离齿轮后,第一弹簧推动圆板复位,储料斗不断的晃动,将预先放置在储料斗内部的黄姜向下排放,随着半齿轮的不断转动可以快速的将所有黄姜全部排出,不需要工作人员逐一栽种黄姜,降低用工成本。(The invention relates to the technical field of yellow ginger planting, in particular to yellow ginger planting equipment which comprises a driving machine and a balance wheel, wherein an exhaust pipe is fixedly connected to the middle position of the top end face of the driving machine, a vibration blanking structure is fixedly connected to the right side of the top end face of the driving machine, the vibration blanking structure comprises a protective cover, and a first motor is fixedly connected to the top end face of the protective cover. The yellow ginger does not need to be planted by workers one by one, and the labor cost is reduced.)

1. The utility model provides a yellow ginger planting equipment which characterized in that: the automatic winding machine comprises a driving machine (1) and a balance wheel (2), an exhaust pipe (3) is fixedly connected to the middle of the top end face of the driving machine (1), a vibration blanking structure (4) is fixedly connected to the right side of the top end face of the driving machine (1), the vibration blanking structure (4) comprises a protective cover (401), a first motor (402) is fixedly connected to the top end face of the protective cover (401), a half gear (403) is fixedly connected to the tail end of a main shaft of the first motor (402), a gear (404) is meshed to the outer side of the half gear (403), a winding shaft (405) is fixedly connected to the bottom end face of the gear (404), the winding shaft (405) is rotatably connected with the protective cover (401), a traction rope (406) is wound on the outer side of the winding shaft (405), a first spring (407) is sleeved on the outer side of the traction rope (406), and a positioning ring (410) is fixedly connected to the other end of the traction rope (406), the outside sliding connection of holding ring (410) has buckle ring (411), the right-hand member fixedly connected with of buckle ring (411) stores fill (412), the below of storing fill (412) is equipped with letter sorting structure (5), the top terminal surface right side of letter sorting structure (5) is equipped with fertilization structure (6), the outside fixedly connected with of letter sorting structure (5) pushes away handle (7), the right-hand member face of letter sorting structure (5) is equipped with earthing structure (8).

2. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the right end fixedly connected with plectane (408) of first spring (407), and plectane (408) and haulage rope (406) fixed connection, plectane (408) and protection casing (401) sliding connection, the other end fixedly connected with baffle (409) of first spring (407), and baffle (409) and protection casing (401) fixed connection, the through-hole has been seted up to the same horizontal position of protection casing (401) and baffle (409).

3. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: sorting structure (5) is including unloading tube sheet (501), the inboard of unloading tube sheet (501) is equipped with positioning bolt (503), positioning bolt (503) run through and store fill (412) and unloading tube sheet (501), and positioning bolt (503) with store fill (412) and unloading tube sheet (501) and rotate and be connected, the outside screwed connection of positioning bolt (503) has nut (502), and nut (502) and unloading tube sheet (501) sliding connection.

4. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 3, wherein: the utility model discloses a blanking tube plate, including unloading tube plate (501), the top terminal surface fixedly connected with second motor (504) of unloading tube plate (501), the terminal fixedly connected with of main shaft of second motor (504) sorts board (505), and sorts board (505) and unloading tube plate (501) rotation connection, the outside of sorting board (505) is equipped with the round rubber pad, the bottom terminal surface fixedly connected with unloading siphunculus (506) of unloading tube plate (501).

5. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 3, wherein: fertilization structure (6) are including mixing barrel (601), the top spiral connection of mixing barrel (601) has top cap (602), the front end fixedly connected with third motor (603) of unloading tube sheet (501), the terminal fixedly connected with drive bevel gear (604) of the main shaft of third motor (603), the outside meshing of drive bevel gear (604) has driven bevel gear (605), the upper and lower both ends fixedly connected with spiral unloading pipe (606) of driven bevel gear (605), and spiral unloading pipe (606) rotate with mixing barrel (601) and be connected, the bottom fixedly connected with of mixing barrel (601) goes out fertile pipe (607), and goes out fertile pipe (607) and mixing barrel (601) fixed connection.

6. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 5, wherein: mixing cylinder (601) are made for the panel of alkali-resistant material, outside thread groove has been seted up on the outside top of mixing cylinder (601), the internal thread has been seted up to the inboard of top cap (602), mixing cylinder (601) is the setting of intercommunication form with play fertile pipe (607), and mixing cylinder (601) and play fertile pipe (607) run through unloading tube sheet (501).

7. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: earthing structure (8) are including pivot (801), the inboard rotation of pivot (801) is connected with driving frame (802), the bottom fixedly connected with soil covering shovel (803) of driving frame (802), the outside fixedly connected with of driving frame (802) is fixed detains (804), the inboard sliding connection of fixed knot (804) has locating lever (805), second spring (806) have been cup jointed in the outside of locating lever (805), other end fixedly connected with bull stick (807) of second spring (806), and bull stick (807) rotate with unloading tube sheet (501) and be connected, bull stick (807) and locating lever (805) sliding connection.

8. The turmeric planting apparatus of claim 7, wherein: the upper left side of the outer side of the transmission frame (802) is rotatably connected with a telescopic rod (808), the outer side of the telescopic rod (808) is sleeved with a third spring (809), the center position of the left end face of the soil covering shovel (803) is arranged to be concave by 30 degrees, and the number of the fixing buckles (804) is three.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of yellow ginger planting, in particular to yellow ginger planting equipment.

Background

The yellow ginger, also called peltate yam rhizome, the root of spartina alternifolia, is a single-seed plant dioscorea genus of Dioscoreaceae family, is a rhizome of dioscorea zingiberensis of Dioscoreaceae family, is a perennial entangled herb, has underground tubers, is rich in starch, the entangled stem can grow to more than 2 meters, the leaf pair, the triangle heart shape, the whole edge, the palm vein, the parthenocarpy, the gynandroid, the panicle droop, the trigone shape of the capsule, the seed wing, and the underground rhizome is a famous starch plant, is a nourishing food, and is a medicinal plant.

At present, a large amount of manual work is needed for planting the yellow gingers, the yellow gingers are buried into ditches dug in advance one by one, after fertilizers are added, soil is covered above the yellow gingers by using a tool shovel, the yellow ginger planting method is high in labor cost, low in automation degree, extremely low in yellow ginger planting efficiency, not beneficial to quick planting of the yellow gingers, incapable of quickly fertilizing the yellow gingers, and capable of uniformly fertilizing and reducing efficiency by putting all the yellow gingers into the ditches by workers.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide yellow ginger planting equipment to solve the problems in the background technology.

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

the utility model provides a yellow ginger planting equipment, includes driving machine and stabilizer, the top of driving machine face middle part position fixedly connected with blast pipe, the top of driving machine face right side fixedly connected with vibrations blanking structure, vibrations blanking structure includes the protection casing, the top of protection casing face fixedly connected with first motor, the terminal fixedly connected with semi-gear of main shaft of first motor, the outside meshing of semi-gear has the gear, the bottom face fixedly connected with rolling shaft of gear, and rolling shaft and protection casing rotate to be connected, the outside of rolling shaft is cup jointed there is the haulage rope, the outside of haulage rope has cup jointed first spring, the other end fixedly connected with holding ring of haulage rope, the outside sliding connection of holding ring has the buckle ring, the right-hand member fixedly connected with of buckle ring stores the fill, the below of storing the fill is equipped with letter sorting structure, the top of letter sorting structure face right side is equipped with fertilization structure, the outside fixedly connected with of letter sorting structure pushes away the handle, the right-hand member face of letter sorting structure is equipped with earthing structure.

Preferably, the right end of the first spring is fixedly connected with a circular plate, the circular plate is fixedly connected with the traction rope, the circular plate is connected with the protective cover in a sliding mode, the other end of the first spring is fixedly connected with a baffle, the baffle is fixedly connected with the protective cover, and the protective cover and the baffle are arranged at the same horizontal position and provided with through holes.

Preferably, the sorting structure comprises an unloading tube plate, a positioning bolt is arranged on the inner side of the unloading tube plate, the positioning bolt penetrates through the storage hopper and the unloading tube plate, the positioning bolt is rotatably connected with the storage hopper and the unloading tube plate, a nut is spirally connected to the outer side of the positioning bolt, and the nut is slidably connected with the unloading tube plate.

Preferably, the top end face of the blanking tube plate is fixedly connected with a second motor, the tail end of a main shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected with a sorting plate, the sorting plate is rotatably connected with the blanking tube plate, a circle of rubber pad is arranged on the outer side of the sorting plate, and the bottom end face of the blanking tube plate is fixedly connected with a blanking through pipe.

Preferably, the fertilization structure is including a mixing barrel, the top end screw connection of mixing barrel has the top cap, the front end fixedly connected with third motor of unloading tube sheet, the terminal fixedly connected with drive bevel gear of main shaft of third motor, drive bevel gear's outside meshing has driven bevel gear, driven bevel gear's upper and lower both ends fixedly connected with spiral unloading pipe, and spiral unloading pipe and mixing barrel rotate to be connected, the bottom fixedly connected with of mixing barrel goes out fertile pipe, and goes out fertile pipe and mixing barrel fixed connection.

Preferably, a mixing barrel is made for the panel of alkali-resistant material, outside thread groove has been seted up on mixing barrel's outside top, the internal thread has been seted up to the inboard of top cap, a mixing barrel is the setting of intercommunication form with play fertile pipe, and a mixing barrel and play fertile pipe run through the unloading tube sheet.

Preferably, the earthing structure is including the pivot, the inboard of pivot is rotated and is connected with the driving frame, the bottom fixedly connected with earthing shovel of driving frame, the fixed knot of outside fixedly connected with of driving frame, the inboard sliding connection who fixes the knot has the locating lever, the second spring has been cup jointed in the outside of locating lever, the other end fixedly connected with bull stick of second spring, and the bull stick rotates with the unloading tube sheet to be connected, bull stick and locating lever sliding connection.

Preferably, the upper left side of the outer side of the transmission frame is rotatably connected with a telescopic rod, a third spring is sleeved on the outer side of the telescopic rod, the center of the left end face of the covering shovel is arranged to be recessed by 30 degrees, and the number of the fixing buckles is three.

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

1. according to the invention, through the arrangement of the first motor, the half gear, the traction rope and the storage hopper, the first motor drives the half gear to drive the gear meshed with the outer side and the winding shaft to rotate, the winding shaft can pull the storage hopper connected with the other end of the traction rope to start to move left, when the half gear rotates and is separated from the gear, the first spring pushes the circular plate to reset, the storage hopper continuously shakes, yellow gingers which are placed in the storage hopper in advance are discharged downwards, all the yellow gingers can be discharged quickly along with the continuous rotation of the half gear, workers are not required to plant the yellow gingers one by one, and the labor cost is reduced;

2. according to the yellow ginger planting and fertilizing and earthing device, the driving machine, the balance wheels, the fertilizing structure and the earthing structure are arranged, the driving machine drives the sorting structure, the fertilizing structure and the attached drawing structure to move forwards continuously through the balance wheels, the steps of yellow ginger planting, fertilizing and earthing are automatically completed, the operation is simple, the automation degree is high, and the yellow ginger planting efficiency is effectively improved;

3. according to the invention, through the arrangement of the second motor, the spiral discharging pipe, the driving bevel gear and the fertilizer outlet pipe, the arrangement is matched with the fixed connection of the second motor and the driving bevel gear, the fixed connection of the spiral discharging pipe and the driven bevel gear and the fixed connection of the fertilizer outlet pipe and the mixing cylinder, fertilizer is added into the mixing cylinder, the second motor drives the driving bevel gear to drive the driven bevel gear meshed with the outer side to start rotating, and the driven bevel gear controls the spiral discharging pipe to rotate, so that the effect of quickly fertilizing the planted yellow ginger downwards is achieved;

4. according to the automatic soil covering device, the transmission frame, the soil covering shovel, the positioning rod and the second spring are arranged, the transmission frame is fixedly connected with the soil covering shovel, the positioning rod is sleeved with the second spring, and the rotating rod is slidably connected with the positioning rod.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the first motor of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 at point A according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the second motor of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the spiral blanking tube of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 at B according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the present invention blade.

In the figure: 1-driving machine, 2-balance wheel, 3-exhaust pipe, 4-vibration blanking structure, 401-protective cover, 402-first motor, 403-half gear, 404-gear, 405-winding shaft, 406-traction rope, 407-first spring, 408-round plate, 409-baffle, 410-positioning ring, 411-snap ring, 412-storage hopper, 5-sorting structure, 501-blanking tube plate, 502-nut, 503-positioning bolt, 504-second motor, 505-sorting plate, 506-blanking through pipe, 6-fertilization structure, 601-mixing barrel, 602-top cover, 603-third motor, 604-driving bevel gear, 605-driven bevel gear, 606-spiral blanking pipe, 607-fertilizer outlet pipe, 7-push handle, 8-earthing structure, 801-rotating shaft, 802-transmission frame, 803-earth-covering shovel, 804-fixing buckle, 805-positioning rod, 806-second spring, 807-rotating rod, 808-telescopic rod and 809-third spring.

Detailed Description

Example 1:

referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 7, the present invention provides a technical solution:

a turmeric planting device comprises a driving machine 1 and a balance wheel 2, an exhaust pipe 3 is fixedly connected to the middle position of the top end face of the driving machine 1, a vibration blanking structure 4 is fixedly connected to the right side of the top end face of the driving machine 1, the vibration blanking structure 4 comprises a protective cover 401, a first motor 402 is fixedly connected to the top end face of the protective cover 401, a half gear 403 is fixedly connected to the tail end of a main shaft of the first motor 402, a gear 404 is meshed to the outer side of the half gear 403, a winding shaft 405 is fixedly connected to the bottom end face of the gear 404, the winding shaft 405 is rotatably connected with the protective cover 401, a traction rope 406 is wound to the outer side of the winding shaft 405, a first spring 407 is sleeved to the outer side of the traction rope 406, the winding shaft 405 can be driven to do repeated motion, a storage hopper 412 is controlled to shake constantly, a positioning ring 410 is fixedly connected to the other end of the traction rope 406, and a clamping ring 411 is slidably connected to the outer side of the positioning ring 410, be favorable to holding ring 410's dismantlement to take off storage hopper 412 and wash, the right-hand member fixedly connected with of buckle ring 411 stores hopper 412, and the below of storing hopper 412 is equipped with letter sorting structure 5, and the top end face right side of letter sorting structure 5 is equipped with fertilization structure 6, and the outside fixedly connected with of letter sorting structure 5 pushes away handle 7, and the right-hand member face of letter sorting structure 5 is equipped with earthing structure 8.

A circular plate 408 is fixedly connected to the right end of the first spring 407, the circular plate 408 is fixedly connected with the traction rope 406, the circular plate 408 is slidably connected with the protective cover 401, a baffle 409 is fixedly connected to the other end of the first spring 407, the baffle 409 is fixedly connected with the protective cover 401, and a through hole is formed in the same horizontal position of the protective cover 401 and the baffle 409, so that the circular plate 408 extrudes the first spring 407 to be compressed and deformed, the traction rope 406 is wound on the outer side of the winding shaft 405, and the storage hopper 412 is tensioned; the sorting structure 5 comprises a blanking tube plate 501, a positioning bolt 503 is arranged on the inner side of the blanking tube plate 501, the positioning bolt 503 penetrates through the storage hopper 412 and the blanking tube plate 501, the positioning bolt 503 is rotatably connected with the storage hopper 412 and the blanking tube plate 501, a nut 502 is spirally connected to the outer side of the positioning bolt 503, the nut 502 is slidably connected with the blanking tube plate 501, and the positioning bolt 503 can conveniently penetrate through the storage hopper 412 and the blanking tube plate 501 to position and mount or dismount the storage hopper 412; a second motor 504 is fixedly connected to the top end face of the blanking tube plate 501, a sorting plate 505 is fixedly connected to the end of a main shaft of the second motor 504, the sorting plate 505 is rotatably connected with the blanking tube plate 501, a circle of rubber pad is arranged on the outer side of the sorting plate 505, and a blanking through pipe 506 is fixedly connected to the bottom end face of the blanking tube plate 501, so that the second motor 504 drives the sorting plate 505 to rotate in the blanking tube plate 501, and the yellow gingers are rotated into the blanking through pipe 506 one by one to be discharged, and the blanking through pipe 506 is prevented from being blocked; the fertilizer application structure 6 comprises a material mixing cylinder 601, a top cover 602 is spirally connected to the top end of the material mixing cylinder 601, a third motor 603 is fixedly connected to the front end of the material discharging tube plate 501, a driving bevel gear 604 is fixedly connected to the tail end of a main shaft of the third motor 603, a driven bevel gear 605 is meshed with the outer side of the driving bevel gear 604, spiral discharging tubes 606 are fixedly connected to the upper end and the lower end of the driven bevel gear 605, the spiral discharging tubes 606 are rotatably connected with the material mixing cylinder 601, a fertilizer discharging tube 607 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the material mixing cylinder 601, the fertilizer discharging tube 607 is fixedly connected with the material mixing cylinder 601, the top cover 602 is convenient to open, mixed fertilizer is added, and the fertilizer is uniformly discharged to be automatically applied by matching with the spiral discharging tubes 606; the mixing cylinder 601 is made of alkali-resistant plates, an outer threaded groove is formed in the top end of the outer side of the mixing cylinder 601, an inner thread is formed in the inner side of the top cover 602, the mixing cylinder 601 and the fertilizer outlet pipe 607 are arranged in a communicated manner, the mixing cylinder 601 and the fertilizer outlet pipe 607 penetrate through the blanking tube plate 501, the mixing cylinder 601 made of alkali-resistant materials is protected from being corroded by fertilizer, the service life is prolonged, and the arranged threaded groove can facilitate mounting or dismounting of the top cover 602; the soil covering structure 8 comprises a rotating shaft 801, a transmission frame 802 is rotatably connected to the inner side of the rotating shaft 801, a soil covering shovel 803 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the transmission frame 802, a fixing buckle 804 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the transmission frame 802, a positioning rod 805 is slidably connected to the inner side of the fixing buckle 804, a second spring 806 is sleeved on the outer side of the positioning rod 805, a rotating rod 807 is fixedly connected to the other end of the second spring 806, the rotating rod 807 is rotatably connected with the blanking tube plate 501, the rotating rod 807 is slidably connected with the positioning rod 805, the second spring 806 inside the rotating rod 807 is conveniently compressed, and the soil covering shovel 803 at the bottom end of the transmission frame 802 is pulled by the rod 805 to work by adhering to the ground of a ditch; the outside upper left side of driving bracket 802 is rotated and is connected with telescopic link 808, third spring 809 has been cup jointed in the outside of telescopic link 808, the left end face central point of covering shovel 803 puts and is the setting of indent 30, the number of fixed knot 804 is three, the third spring 809 extension in the telescopic link 808 outside of being convenient for supports driving bracket 802, the shovel depth of avoiding covering shovel 803 is too dark, damage ground, through placing locating lever 805 in the fixed knot 804 of different positions, change the pulling force of locating lever 805 to driving bracket 802.

The working process is as follows: the device supplies power to diesel oil by electric appliance, a worker inserts a storage hopper 412 into the inner side of a blanking tube plate 501 in a sorting structure 5, takes out a positioning bolt 503 and inserts the positioning bolt 503 into the blanking tube plate 501 and a discharging hopper 412, fixes the positioning bolt 503 by using a nut 502, takes out a large amount of yellow ginger and puts the yellow ginger into the storage hopper 412, opens a top cover 602, puts a fertilizer mixing cylinder 601 into a fertilizer mixing cylinder, closes the top cover 602, adds diesel oil, starts a device, a driving machine 1 works to start providing power for a balance wheel 2, the balance wheel 2 drives the whole device to move along a trench which is dug in advance, an exhaust pipe 3 discharges waste gas generated by the work of the driving machine 1, a first motor 402 in a vibration blanking structure 4 starts working, a half gear 403 at the tail end of a driving main shaft starts rotating, the half gear 403 drives a gear 404 meshed with the outer side to start rotating, the gear 404 drives a rolling shaft 405 at the bottom end to rotate on the inner side of a protective cover 401, a traction rope 406 wound and wound on the outer side of the rolling shaft 405 is wound on the outer side of the rolling shaft 405, the pulling rope 406 penetrates through holes of the protective cover 401 and the baffle 409 to pull the first spring 407 to compress and deform, and simultaneously drives the positioning ring 410 to pull the buckle ring 411 and the discharge hopper 412 to move synchronously, after the latch on the outer side of the half gear 403 rotates through the gear 404, the first spring 407 pushes the circular plate 408 to be attached to the inner wall of the protective cover 401 for positioning, meanwhile, the discharge hopper 412 can freely slide left and right on the outer side of the positioning bolt 503 in the discharge pipe plate 501 to provide vibration force, yellow gingers in the storage hopper 412 are rapidly discharged into the sorting structure 5 below, the second motor 504 in the sorting structure 5 starts to work rapidly, the sorting plate 505 at the tail end of the main shaft is driven to rotate on the inner side of the discharge pipe plate 501, the sorting plate 505 rotates rapidly, the yellow gingers are rapidly rotated into the discharge through pipe 506 and fall into a ditch below through the discharge through pipe 506, and the third motor 603 of the fertilizing structure 6 starts to work, the third motor 603 drives the driving bevel gear 604 at the tail end of the main shaft to rotate, the driving bevel gear 604 drives the driven bevel gear 605 meshed with the outer side to rotate, the driven bevel gear 605 starts to control the spiral discharging pipe 606 to rotate continuously in the mixing cylinder 601 and the fertilizer discharging pipe 607, mixed waste materials are discharged into a ditch below through the fertilizer discharging pipe 607 at the bottom end to supply fertilizer for the yellow gingers, the rightmost soil covering structure 8 moves along with the driving machine 1, the third spring 809 at the outer side of the telescopic rod 808 contracts to continuously pull the soil covering shovel 803 to the ground, the soil covering shovel 803 at the bottom end is controlled by the driving frame 802 to concentrate soil dug at two sides of the ditch to the middle position to cover the yellow gingers to complete planting, the yellow gingers can be planted by only one person, and the yellow ginger planting wages can be completed by the device, so that the yellow ginger planting efficiency is greatly improved.

Example 2:

referring to fig. 6, the present invention provides a technical solution:

the working process is as follows: in embodiment 2, the same parts as those in embodiment 1 are not described again, except that before the soil covering process, according to the depth of the dug trench and the height of the soil on both sides, the positioning rod 805 in the rotating rod 807 is pulled to press the second spring 806 to compress and deform the second spring to be clamped inside the fixing buckle 804 at different positions, and the covering shovel 803 is controlled to shovel off a large amount of soil for covering.

The principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein using specific examples, which are presented only to assist in understanding the method and its core concepts of the present invention. The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that there are objectively infinite specific structures due to the limited character expressions, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a plurality of modifications, decorations or changes may be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and the technical features described above may be combined in a suitable manner; such modifications, variations, combinations, or adaptations of the invention using its spirit and scope, as defined by the claims, may be directed to other uses and embodiments.