Disclosure of Invention
To remedy the deficiencies of the prior art, at least one of the technical problems set forth in the background is addressed.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: the machining equipment for the automatic production line of the gas valve body comprises a material changing mechanical arm, wherein a machining tool is arranged outside the material changing mechanical arm, the machining tool is three in number and distributed outside the material changing mechanical arm in a triangular shape, a turnover table is arranged between the material changing mechanical arm and the machining tool, a secondary positioning table is arranged on one side, away from the machining tool, of the material changing mechanical arm, a sampling inspection belt line is fixed on one side, away from the material changing mechanical arm, of the secondary positioning table, a double-layer feeding table is arranged on one side of the sampling inspection belt line, a cleaning dryer is arranged on the other side of the sampling inspection belt line, an airtight detection table is arranged on one side, away from the machining tool, of the cleaning dryer, and a packaging operation table is arranged on one side, close to the sampling inspection belt line, of the airtight detection table; when the automatic cleaning and drying machine works, a part to be processed is placed on the double-layer feeding table, forty parts can be fed by the double-layer feeding table at each time, then the part on the double-layer feeding table is clamped by the material changing mechanical arm and placed in one processing machine tool to be processed, the part is taken out by the material changing mechanical arm after the processing is finished, the part is clamped again after the turning of the turning table and placed into the secondary positioning table to be secondarily positioned, then the next processing machine tool is placed into the next processing machine tool to be secondarily processed, the operation is repeated after the secondary processing is finished to carry out the third processing, the part is placed on the cleaning and drying machine by the material changing mechanical arm after the tertiary processing, the product is automatically cleaned in the cleaning and drying machine, the surface of the part is ensured to be clean, no residue of scraps and burrs of the processed part is ensured, the cleaned product automatically enters the drying process, and the product is dried according to the set time and temperature, all machinery in this stage carries out automatic operation, the stoving is accomplished the back, the product is directly put into in the airtight detection platform by the manual work after taking, carry out airtight detection according to predetermined gas survey technical parameter, the product can be placed and is packed on the packing operation panel if detecting that the completion back product has no problem, and some products can be placed on the selective examination belt line through the arm of reloading machinery at above-mentioned in-process, carry out the selective examination, so just reached through robot and transportation part automatic transportation, processing, the clamping, realized processing product automatic cycle processing, the precision to product processing has been improved, improve work efficiency simultaneously and reduced manual work intensity.
Preferably, the lower end of the material changing mechanical arm is connected with a mounting frame through threads, a clamping cylinder is fixed inside the mounting frame, a push-pull rod is fixed on one side, away from the mounting frame, of the clamping cylinder, a transmission rod is arranged at one end, away from the clamping cylinder, of the push-pull rod, a clamping plate is fixed at the bottom end of the transmission rod, and a sliding plate is arranged on one side, away from the mounting frame, of the clamping plate; during operation, in the process of clamping the part by the aid of the refueling mechanical arm, the refueling mechanical arm can move the mounting frame to the position above the part, then the clamping cylinder is started to operate, the push-pull rod starts to move, the push-pull rod drives the transmission rod to move, the transmission rod moves to further pull the clamping plate to move towards the direction close to the sliding plate, the part can be firmly clamped by the clamping plate in the process, the automatic clamping effect is achieved, and a foundation is laid for subsequent automatic production.
Preferably, the outer parts of the clamping plate and the sliding plate are respectively fixed with a protective film, and the protective film is made of a flexible material; during operation, the protective film of grip block and the outside parcel of sliding plate can take the lead to contact with the part, and it can not lead to the fact the destruction to the part again when exerting clamping-force to the part to effectual part of having protected makes it not impaired at the clamping-process.
Preferably, the top end of the transmission rod is fixed with an anti-drop ring, a sliding block is fixed outside the transmission rod, a wear-resistant plate is fixed outside the sliding block, and a hollow rod is connected outside the wear-resistant plate in a sliding manner; the during operation, it can drive the sliding block and slide in hollow pole simultaneously at the gliding in-process of transfer line, the sliding block slides and drives the antifriction plate and slide, the manufacturing material of antifriction plate is stand wear and tear material, it can effectual improvement life, and the sliding block slides in hollow pole can effectually restrict the motion process of transfer line, prevent that it from appearing the warping condition at the in-process of motion, and the anticreep ring of transfer line top installation can effectually appear dropping the condition of injures the staff in the in-process of dismantling the transfer line.
Preferably, a flange is fixed at one end of the push-pull rod, which is far away from the clamping cylinder, and the flange is connected with the transmission rod through threads; during operation, the push-pull rod moves to drive the flange plate to move together, the flange plate moves to pull the transmission rod to move, and the flange plate is in threaded connection with the transmission rod, so that the transmission rod or the clamping plate can be replaced quickly in a mode of replacing the transmission rod after being damaged, and the effect of facilitating disassembly and replacement is achieved.
Preferably, a limiting block is fixed on one side, close to the center of the hollow rod, of the sliding block, an extension rod is fixed inside the limiting block, an extrusion block is fixed on one end, far away from the limiting block, of the extension rod, a positioning ring is arranged on one side, far away from the extension rod, of the extrusion block, an elastic air bag is connected inside the positioning ring in a sliding mode, and the lower end of the elastic air bag is connected with a spray head in a penetrating mode; the during operation, it can drive the extension rod simultaneously and move at the in-process of sliding block motion, thereby the extension rod motion promotes the extrusion piece motion, the extrusion piece at this moment can pass the holding ring and enter into its inside and contact with elastic airbag, extrusion piece can apply an extrusion force to elastic airbag afterwards, this extrusion force can make elastic airbag produce deformation simultaneously, thereby make its inside pressure increase produce the air current, the air current is through the shower nozzle blowout, clean the surface of part, thereby effectual processing smear metal and the cutting fluid of getting rid of the surface of part, make things convenient for going on of follow-up processing and installation.
Preferably, a return spring is fixed inside the elastic air bag, a through groove is formed in one side of the positioning ring, which is close to the extrusion block, and the diameter of the through groove is equal to that of the extrusion block; when the device works, the extrusion force can act on the reset spring at the same time, and finally the reset spring is compressed to contract the reset spring, the elastic air bag is deformed at the same time in the process, so that the internal pressure intensity is increased to generate air flow, and the reset spring can be reset at the same time after the device is reset, so that the elastic air bag is supported, and the next air blowing operation can be carried out.
Preferably, an air guide block is fixed outside the spray head, and an air blowing hole is formed in the air guide block; during operation, the air current blows in the air guide piece through the shower nozzle, through blow hole pressurization after even blow to each position of part to the processing smear metal and the cutting fluid on part surface are blown away to multi-angle, further improvement clean effect.
Preferably, an oil storage bag is arranged on one side, close to the extrusion block, of the positioning ring, the oil storage bag is fixedly connected with the hollow rod, a pressurizing block is fixed on one side, away from the positioning ring, of the oil storage bag, a liquid guide pipe is connected with one side, close to the positioning ring, of the oil storage bag in a penetrating mode, and the liquid guide pipe is connected with the hollow rod in a penetrating mode; the during operation, it can stimulate the stopper simultaneously and move at the in-process of extrusion piece motion, move to and pressurize the piece and contact the back when the stopper, it can promote the piece that pressurizes and move, thereby pressurize the piece motion and extrude the oil storage bag, the oil storage bag just can spout receiving its inside lubricated liquid of extrusion force back, the spun is lubricated pours into the junction of antifriction plate and hollow pole into through the catheter, thereby lubricate the antifriction plate, further improvement the life of antifriction plate.
Preferably, a buffer spring is fixed inside the sliding plate, a detection contact is arranged at the lower end of the buffer spring and fixedly connected with the sliding plate, a limiting seat is slidably connected outside the detection contact, a circuit contact is arranged on one side of the detection contact, which is far away from the sliding plate, and the circuit contact is fixedly connected with the mounting frame; during operation, the in-process of centre gripping, the grip block can drive the direction motion of part towards the sliding plate, after the complete centre gripping, the grip block continues to promote the part motion, thereby drive the sliding plate and slide, the sliding plate slides and can compress buffer spring and make its shrink, and can drive the motion of detection contact simultaneously at this in-process, thereby detect the motion of contact and slide in spacing seat, until detecting the contact and contact with the circuit contact, after detecting the contact and contact with the circuit contact, the system can receive the centre gripping signal, thereby stabilize the atmospheric pressure of centre gripping cylinder, make it no longer exert too big effort, thereby reached and to apply even clamping-force to the part and prevent the impaired effect of part, and also can effectually judge the condition whether empty clamp appears through this function, and then reach the effect of preventing slow-witted and avoiding empty feed.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the automatic production line processing equipment for the gas valve body, the automatic transportation, processing and clamping are carried out through the material changing mechanical arm and the transportation part, so that the automatic cycle processing of a processed product is realized, the product processing precision is improved, the working efficiency is improved, and the manual operation intensity is reduced.
2. According to the automatic production line processing equipment for the gas valve body, the detection contact slides in the limiting seat in the clamping process, and after the detection contact is contacted with the circuit contact, the system can receive a clamping signal, so that uniform clamping force is applied to a part to prevent the part from being damaged, and whether empty clamping occurs or not can be effectively judged through the function, so that the effects of preventing fool and avoiding empty feed are achieved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement purposes and the effects of the invention easy to understand, the invention is further described with the specific embodiments.
Example one
As shown in fig. 1, the automatic production line processing equipment for gas valve bodies according to the embodiment of the invention comprises a material changing mechanical arm 2, the outer part of the material changing mechanical arm 2 is provided with three processing machines 1, the three processing machines 1 are distributed outside the material changing mechanical arm 2 in a triangular shape, a turnover table 3 is arranged between the material changing mechanical arm 2 and the processing machine tool 1, a secondary positioning table 4 is arranged on one side of the material changing mechanical arm 2 away from the processing machine tool 1, a sampling inspection belt line 5 is fixed on one side of the secondary positioning table 4 far away from the material changing mechanical arm 2, a double-layer feeding table 6 is arranged on one side of the sampling inspection belt line 5, a cleaning dryer 7 is arranged on the other side of the sampling inspection belt line 5, an airtight detection table 9 is arranged on one side, away from the processing machine tool 1, of the cleaning dryer 7, and a packaging operation table 8 is arranged on one side, close to the sampling inspection belt line 5, of the airtight detection table 9; during working, a part to be processed is placed on the double-layer feeding table 6, forty parts can be fed by the double-layer feeding table 6 at each time, then the part on the double-layer feeding table 6 is clamped by the material changing mechanical arm 2 and placed in one processing machine tool 1 for processing, after the processing is finished, the part is taken out by the material changing mechanical arm 2, clamped again after being turned over by the face turning table 3 and placed into the secondary positioning table 4 for secondary positioning, then placed into the next processing machine tool 1 for secondary processing, after the secondary processing is finished, the operation is repeated for third processing, after the part is processed for three times, the part is placed on the cleaning and drying machine 7 for cleaning and drying, the product can be automatically cleaned in the cleaning and drying machine 7, so that the surface of the part is clean, no scrap burrs at the processing part are left, and the cleaned product automatically enters the drying process, carry out the stoving of product according to time and the temperature of setting for, whole machinery of this stage carries out automatic operation, the back is accomplished in the stoving, the product is directly put into airtight detection platform 9 after being taken by the manual work, carry out airtight detection according to predetermined gas detection technical parameter, detect that the back product has no problem and can place and pack on packing operation panel 8, and some products can be placed on selective examination belt line 5 through reloading arm 2 at above-mentioned in-process, carry out the selective examination, so just reached through robot and transportation part automatic transportation, processing, the clamping, realized processing product automatic cycle processing, the precision to product processing has been improved, improve work efficiency simultaneously and reduced manual work intensity.
Example two
As shown in fig. 2 to 4, a first comparative example, in which another embodiment of the present invention is: the lower end of the material changing mechanical arm 2 is connected with a mounting frame 10 through threads, a clamping cylinder 11 is fixed inside the mounting frame 10, a push-pull rod 12 is fixed on one side, away from the mounting frame 10, of the clamping cylinder 11, a transmission rod 14 is arranged at one end, away from the clamping cylinder 11, of the push-pull rod 12, a clamping plate 16 is fixed at the bottom end of the transmission rod 14, and a sliding plate 30 is arranged on one side, away from the mounting frame 10, of the clamping plate 16; during operation, in the process that the refueling mechanical arm 2 clamps a part, the refueling mechanical arm 2 moves the mounting frame 10 to the position above the part, then the clamping cylinder 11 is started to operate, the push-pull rod 12 starts to be pulled to move, the push-pull rod 12 drives the transmission rod 14 to move, the transmission rod 14 moves to further pull the clamping plate 16 to move towards the direction close to the sliding plate 30, and the clamping plate 16 firmly clamps the part in the process, so that the automatic clamping effect is achieved, and a foundation is laid for subsequent automatic production.
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, a protective film 17 is fixed outside the clamping plate 16 and the sliding plate 30, and the protective film 17 is made of a flexible material; when the clamping device works, the protective films 17 wrapped outside the clamping plate 16 and the sliding plate 30 are firstly contacted with parts, and the parts cannot be damaged while clamping force is applied to the parts, so that the parts are effectively protected from being damaged in the clamping process.
As shown in fig. 2, a drop-proof ring 15 is fixed at the top end of the transmission rod 14, a sliding block 18 is fixed outside the transmission rod 14, a wear plate 19 is fixed outside the sliding block 18, and a hollow rod 20 is slidably connected outside the wear plate 19; during operation, it can drive the sliding block 18 and slide in hollow pole 20 simultaneously at the gliding in-process of transfer line 14, sliding block 18 slides and drives antifriction plate 19 and slide, antifriction plate 19's manufacturing material is stand wear and tear material, it can effectual improvement life, and sliding block 18 slides in hollow pole 20 can effectually restrict the motion process of transfer line 14, prevent its in-process warpage's the condition that appears in the motion, and the anticreep ring 15 of transfer line 14 top installation can effectually appear dropping the condition of smashing the staff in the in-process of dismantling to transfer line 14.
As shown in fig. 2, a flange 13 is fixed at one end of the push-pull rod 12 away from the clamping cylinder 11, and the flange 13 is connected with the transmission rod 14 through threads; during operation, the push-pull rod 12 moves to drive the flange 13 to move together, the flange 13 moves to pull the transmission rod 14 to move, and the flange 13 is in threaded connection with the transmission rod 14, so that the transmission rod 14 can be replaced quickly by replacing the transmission rod 14 after the transmission rod 14 or the clamping plate 16 is damaged, and the effect of convenient disassembly and replacement is achieved.
As shown in fig. 4, a limiting block 21 is fixed on one side of the sliding block 18 close to the center of the hollow rod 20, an extending rod 22 is fixed inside the limiting block 21, a pressing block 23 is fixed on one end of the extending rod 22 far away from the limiting block 21, a positioning ring 24 is arranged on one side of the pressing block 23 far away from the extending rod 22, an elastic air bag 25 is slidably connected inside the positioning ring 24, and a nozzle 27 is connected to the lower end of the elastic air bag 25 in a penetrating manner; the during operation, it can drive extension rod 22 simultaneously and move at the in-process of sliding block 18 motion, thereby extension rod 22 moves and promotes extrusion block 23 motion, extrusion block 23 this moment can pass holding ring 24 and enter into its inside and elastic air bag 25 contacts, extrusion block 23 can exert an extrusion force to elastic air bag 25 afterwards, this extrusion force can make elastic air bag 25 produce deformation simultaneously, thereby make its inside pressure increase produce the air current, the air current is through the blowout of shower nozzle 27, clean the surface of part, thereby the effectual processing smear metal and the cutting fluid of getting rid of the surface of part, make things convenient for going on of follow-up processing and installation.
As shown in fig. 4, a return spring 26 is fixed inside the elastic air bag 25, and a through groove is formed on one side of the positioning ring 24 close to the extrusion block 23, and the diameter of the through groove is equal to that of the extrusion block 23; when the device works, the extrusion force can act on the return spring 26 at the same time, and finally the return spring 26 is compressed to contract, the elastic air bag 25 deforms simultaneously in the process, so that the internal pressure intensity is increased to generate air flow, and the return spring 26 also resets simultaneously after the device resets, so that the elastic air bag 25 is supported, and the next air blowing operation can be carried out.
As shown in fig. 4, an air guide block 28 is fixed outside the nozzle 27, and an air blowing hole 29 is formed inside the air guide block 28; when the air-blowing type cleaning device works, air flow is blown into the air guide block 28 through the spray head 27 and is uniformly blown to all directions of a part after being pressurized through the air blowing holes 29, so that machining chips and cutting fluid on the surface of the part are blown away at multiple angles, and the cleaning effect is further improved.
As shown in fig. 5, an oil storage bag 36 is arranged on one side of the positioning ring 24 close to the pressing block 23, the oil storage bag 36 is fixedly connected with the hollow rod 20, a pressurizing block 35 is fixed on one side of the oil storage bag 36 away from the positioning ring 24, a liquid guide pipe 37 is connected to one side of the oil storage bag 36 close to the positioning ring 24 in a penetrating manner, and the liquid guide pipe 37 is connected with the hollow rod 20 in a penetrating manner; the during operation, it can stimulate stopper 21 simultaneously and move at the in-process that extrusion piece 23 moved, move to contacting with pressurization piece 35 when stopper 21, it can promote and add the briquetting 35 and move, thereby pressurization piece 35 moves extrudees oil storage bag 36, its inside lubricating liquid just can spout after receiving the extrusion force oil storage bag 36, the spun is lubricated and has been poured into the junction of antifriction plate 19 with hollow pole 20 through catheter 37, thereby lubricate antifriction plate 19, further improvement antifriction plate 19's life.
As shown in fig. 3, a buffer spring 31 is fixed inside the sliding plate 30, a detection contact 32 is arranged at the lower end of the buffer spring 31, the detection contact 32 is fixedly connected with the sliding plate 30, a limiting seat 33 is slidably connected outside the detection contact 32, a circuit contact 34 is arranged on one side of the detection contact 32 away from the sliding plate 30, and the circuit contact 34 is fixedly connected with the mounting frame 10; in operation, during clamping, the clamping plate 16 will drive the part to move towards the sliding plate 30, and after the part is completely clamped, the clamping plate 16 will continue to push the part to move, thereby driving the sliding plate 30 to slide, the sliding plate 30 will compress the buffer spring 31 to contract, and in the process, the detection contact 32 is driven to move, the detection contact 32 moves to slide in the limiting seat 33 until the detection contact 32 is contacted with the circuit contact 34, when the detection contact 32 is contacted with the circuit contact 34, the system receives a clamping signal, thereby stabilizing the air pressure of the clamping cylinder 11 and preventing the clamping cylinder from exerting overlarge acting force any more, thereby achieving the effect of exerting uniform clamping force on the part and preventing the part from being damaged, and whether the empty condition of pressing from both sides appears can also effectually be judged through this function, and then reach and prevent slow-witted and avoid empty feed's effect.
The working principle is that when the automatic cleaning and drying machine is used, a part to be machined is placed on the double-layer feeding table 6, the double-layer feeding table 6 can feed forty parts at each time, then the part on the double-layer feeding table 6 is clamped by the material changing mechanical arm 2 and placed in one of the machining machines 1 for machining, after machining is completed, the part is taken out by the material changing mechanical arm 2, clamped again after being turned over by the face turning table 3 and placed into the secondary positioning table 4 for secondary positioning, then placed into the next machining machine 1 for secondary machining, after the secondary machining is completed, the operation is repeated for third machining, after the part is machined for three times, the part is placed on the cleaning and drying machine 7 for cleaning and drying, the product can be automatically cleaned in the cleaning and drying machine 7, so that the cleaning of the surface of the part and the chip burr at the machined part are ensured to be not remained, and the cleaned product automatically enters the drying process, drying products according to set time and temperature, automatically operating all machines at this stage, after drying is completed, directly taking the products manually, putting the products into an airtight detection table 9, carrying out airtight detection according to preset air detection technical parameters, placing the products on a packaging operation table 8 for packaging if no problem exists after detection is completed, placing a part of the products on a sampling detection belt line 5 through a material changing mechanical arm 2 for sampling detection in the process, and thus automatically transporting, processing and clamping the products through a robot and a transportation part, realizing automatic cycle processing of the processed products, improving the precision of product processing, and simultaneously improving the working efficiency and reducing the manual operation intensity;
in the process of clamping a part by the refueling mechanical arm 2, the refueling mechanical arm 2 moves the mounting frame 10 to the position above the part, then the clamping cylinder 11 is started to operate, the push-pull rod 12 starts to move, the push-pull rod 12 moves to drive the flange 13 to move together, the flange 13 moves to pull the transmission rod 14 to move, the transmission rod 14 moves to pull the clamping plate 16 to move towards the direction close to the sliding plate 30, the clamping plate 16 firmly clamps the part in the process, so that the automatic clamping effect is achieved, the foundation is laid for subsequent automatic production, meanwhile, the clamping plate 16 and the protective film 17 wrapped outside the sliding plate 30 are firstly contacted with the part, the protective film does not damage the part while applying clamping force on the part, the part is effectively protected from being damaged in the clamping process, and the flange 13 is in threaded connection with the transmission rod 14, therefore, after the transmission rod 14 or the clamping plate 16 is damaged, the transmission rod 14 can be replaced quickly, so that the effect of convenient disassembly and replacement is achieved;
the sliding block 18 is driven to slide in the hollow rod 20 simultaneously in the sliding process of the transmission rod 14, the sliding block 18 drives the wear-resistant plate 19 to slide, the wear-resistant plate 19 is made of wear-resistant materials, the service life of the transmission rod can be effectively prolonged, the sliding block 18 can effectively limit the movement process of the transmission rod 14 in the sliding process of the hollow rod 20, the transmission rod 14 is prevented from warping in the movement process, and the anti-drop ring 15 arranged at the top of the transmission rod 14 can effectively fall off and injure workers in the process of disassembling the transmission rod 14;
the sliding block 18 will simultaneously drive the extension rod 22 to move during the movement, the extension rod 22 will move to push the extrusion block 23 to move, the extrusion block 23 will pass through the positioning ring 24 to enter into the interior to contact with the elastic air bag 25, then the extrusion block 23 will apply a extrusion force to the elastic air bag 25, this pressing force will act simultaneously on the return spring 26, and eventually compress the return spring 26 to contract it, in the process, the elastic air bag 25 is simultaneously deformed, so that the internal pressure is increased to generate air flow, the air flow is blown into the air guide block 28 through the spray head 27, is pressurized through the air blowing holes 29 and is uniformly blown to all directions of the part, therefore, machining chips and cutting fluid on the surface of the part are blown away at multiple angles, and the return spring 26 is reset at the same time after the equipment is reset, so that the elastic air bag 25 is supported, and the next blowing operation can be carried out;
the limiting block 21 is pulled to move simultaneously in the movement process of the extrusion block 23, when the limiting block 21 moves to be in contact with the pressurization block 35, the limiting block pushes the pressurization block 35 to move, the pressurization block 35 moves to extrude the oil storage bag 36, lubricating liquid in the oil storage bag 36 is sprayed out after the oil storage bag receives extrusion force, the sprayed lubricating liquid is injected into the joint of the wear plate 19 and the hollow rod 20 through the liquid guide pipe 37, the wear plate 19 is lubricated, and the service life of the wear plate 19 is further prolonged;
during the clamping process, the clamping plate 16 will drive the part to move toward the sliding plate 30, and after the part is completely clamped, the clamping plate 16 will continue to push the part to move, thereby driving the sliding plate 30 to slide, the sliding plate 30 will compress the buffer spring 31 to contract, and in the process, the detection contact 32 is driven to move, the detection contact 32 moves to slide in the limiting seat 33 until the detection contact 32 is contacted with the circuit contact 34, when the detection contact 32 is contacted with the circuit contact 34, the system receives a clamping signal, thereby stabilizing the air pressure of the clamping cylinder 11 and preventing the clamping cylinder from exerting overlarge acting force any more, thereby achieving the effect of exerting uniform clamping force on the part and preventing the part from being damaged, and whether the empty condition of pressing from both sides appears can also effectually be judged through this function, and then reach and prevent slow-witted and avoid empty feed's effect.
The front, the back, the left, the right, the upper and the lower are all based on figure 1 in the attached drawings of the specification, according to the standard of the observation angle of a person, the side of the device facing an observer is defined as the front, the left side of the observer is defined as the left, and the like.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.