1. The utility model provides a blank part storage device for machine-building, includes bin body (1) that is used for storing the blank part, sets up lid (2) at bin body (1) top, installs handle (3) in bin body (1) one side and installs a plurality of universal wheel in bin body (1) bottom, its characterized in that: the storage box body (1) is fixedly provided with a first partition plate (4) and two second partition plates (5), and the first partition plate (4) and the two second partition plates (5) are arranged in a staggered manner;

the interior of the storage box body (1) is divided into a plurality of cavities (6) by a first partition plate (4) and two second partition plates (5);

cavity (6) inside is equipped with backup pad (7) that are used for carrying out the support to blank part, and backup pad (7) outside is equipped with and makes its position for cavity (6) inside drive be convenient for the staff and get actuating mechanism (8) of putting blank part, bin body (1) outside is equipped with be convenient for the staff and carries out driven press device (9) to actuating mechanism (8).

2. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 1, wherein: the driving mechanism (8) comprises a threaded rod (10) which is rotatably connected to the bottom end inside the cavity (6) through a bearing seat, a supporting sleeve (11) is rotatably sleeved on the outer side of the threaded rod (10), a guide piece (12) for guiding the supporting sleeve (11) is arranged on one side, close to the first partition plate (4), of the supporting sleeve (11), a reinforcing piece (13) for assisting in supporting the supporting plate (7) is arranged on the other side of the supporting sleeve (11), and the supporting plate (7) is installed at the top end of the supporting sleeve (11);

threaded rod (10) bottom outside is equipped with transmission (14), and transmission (14) link is connected with connecting axle (15), the one end that transmission (14) were kept away from in connecting axle (15) is passed bin body (1) and is connected with press device (9), and connecting axle (15) are passed through the bearing and are rotated with bin body (1) and be connected.

3. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 2, wherein: the guide piece (12) comprises a connecting plate (16) fixedly connected with the outer side of the support sleeve (11), one side, far away from the support sleeve (11), of the connecting plate (16) is fixedly connected with two groups of first guide wheels (17) and second guide wheels (18), guide rails (19) are respectively connected between the two groups of first guide wheels (17) and the second guide wheels (18) in a sliding mode, and the two guide rails (19) are fixedly mounted on the first partition plate (4).

4. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 2, wherein: the reinforcing piece (13) comprises two reinforcing brackets (20) fixedly installed on the outer side of the supporting sleeve (11) through fastening bolts, and the top ends of the two reinforcing brackets (20) are fixedly installed at the bottom end of the supporting plate (7) through fastening threads.

5. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 2, wherein: the transmission device (14) comprises a first transmission gear (21) fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the bottom end of the threaded rod (10), the outer side of the first transmission gear (21) is in transmission connection with a first gear chain (22), the inner side of the first gear chain (22) is in transmission connection with a second transmission gear (23), and a rotating shaft (24) is fixedly connected inside the second transmission gear (23);

the bottom end of the rotating shaft (24) is rotatably connected to the bottom end inside the cavity (6) through a bearing seat, the top end of the rotating shaft (24) is fixedly connected with a first rotating bevel gear (25), the outer side of the first rotating bevel gear (25) is connected with a second rotating bevel gear (26) in a meshed mode, and the second rotating bevel gear (26) is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft (15).

6. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 1, wherein: the pressing device (9) comprises a first driving gear (27) fixedly connected to one end, located on the outer side of the storage box body (1), of the connecting shaft (15), a second gear chain (28) is connected to the outer side of the first driving gear (27) in a transmission mode, a second driving gear (29) is connected to the inner side of the second gear chain (28) in a transmission mode, and the second driving gear (29) is rotatably connected to the outer side of the storage box body (1) through a supporting shaft;

one side fixedly connected with locating lever (30) that bin body (1) was kept away from in second drive gear (29), and locating lever (30) outside is rotated and is cup jointed and is pressed down pole (31), it has connecting seat (32) to hinge through the round pin axle to press down pole (31) bottom, and connecting seat (32) bottom fixedly connected with running-board (33), the bottom fixedly connected with in the middle part of running-board (33) one side presses seat (34), and presses seat (34) inside rotation to be connected with and press axle (35), press the outside fixed connection of axle (35) and bin body (1).

7. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 6, wherein: the pedal (33) consists of a first bottom plate (36) and a second bottom plate (37), the connecting seat (32) is fixedly installed on the first bottom plate (36), the pressing seat (34) is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the first bottom plate (36), and two sliding rods (38) and a driving screw rod (39) are installed on the outer side of the first bottom plate (36);

the second bottom plate (37) is sleeved on the outer sides of the two sliding rods (38) and the driving screw rod (39) in a sliding mode, one side, close to the first bottom plate (36), of the second bottom plate (37) is rotatably connected with an internal thread sleeve (40) through a bearing, and the internal thread sleeve (40) is sleeved on the outer side of the driving screw rod (39) in a threaded mode.

8. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 1, wherein: be equipped with on backup pad (7) and remove the mouth, and remove mouth department and run through spacing auxiliary rod (41), the inside bottom of cavity (6) is equipped with adjusts (42) spacing auxiliary rod (41) for the position of removing the mouth.

9. The stock of parts of a machine-building blank of claim 8, wherein: the adjusting piece (42) comprises a moving frame (43) fixedly connected to the bottom end of the limiting auxiliary rod (41), two limiting screw rods (44) are connected to the bottom end of the moving frame (43) in a threaded mode, and the two limiting screw rods (44) are connected with the inner wall of the cavity (6) in a rotating mode;

two spacing lead screw (44) outside all rotates and has cup jointed limit gear (45), two the transmission is connected with third gear chain (46) each other in limit gear (45) outside, bin body (1) outside is rotated and is connected with handle (47), and the one end of handle (47) is passed bin body (1) and one the one end fixed connection of spacing lead screw (44).

Background

With the continuous development of society and the continuous progress of science and technology, the mechanical manufacturing industry is also developed rapidly, the mechanical manufacturing refers to the industrial departments for producing various power machines, hoisting and transporting machines, agricultural machines, metallurgical mining machines, chemical engineering machines, textile machines, machine tools, instruments and other mechanical equipment, and the mechanical manufacturing industry provides technical equipment for the whole national economy, and the development level of the mechanical manufacturing industry is one of the main marks of the national industrialization degree.

At present, in the process of manufacturing and processing the existing blank parts, because the parts are produced in batches by adopting mechanical processing equipment, and a large number of blank parts are produced each time, the blank parts need to be stored and placed, while the existing storage mode of directly adopting a box body with the function of loading objects to realize the storage and the storage of the parts, on one hand, the blank parts collide and wear each other to influence the processing of the subsequent blank parts, and on the other hand, in the process of storage, because the blank parts have no protection measures, a large number of rusts are easy to grow on the surfaces of the blank parts, thereby increasing the duration and the difficulty of the subsequent processing of the blank parts, and meanwhile, when the blank parts are used, placed and stored, the blank parts need to be manually stooped down to be placed or taken, and because the blank parts are too many, on the one hand, the labor intensity is increased, on the other hand, the processing efficiency of the blank parts is reduced, to this end, we propose a stock of blank parts for machine building.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a blank part storage device for machine manufacturing, which solves the above problems of the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a blank part storage device for machine manufacturing comprises a storage box body for storing blank parts, a cover body arranged at the top of the storage box body, a handle arranged on one side of the storage box body and a plurality of universal wheels arranged at the bottom end of the storage box body, wherein a first partition plate and two second partition plates are fixedly arranged on the storage box body, and the first partition plate and the two second partition plates are arranged in a staggered mode;

the interior of the storage box body is divided into a plurality of cavities by a first partition plate and two second partition plates;

the inside backup pad that is used for carrying out the support to the blank part that is equipped with of cavity, and the backup pad outside is equipped with and makes its position inside for the cavity drive be convenient for the staff and get the actuating mechanism who puts the blank part, the bin body outside is equipped with the staff of being convenient for and carries out driven press device to actuating mechanism.

Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a threaded rod which is rotatably connected to the bottom end in the cavity through a bearing seat, a support sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the outer side of the threaded rod, a guide piece for guiding the support sleeve is arranged on one side, close to the first partition plate, of the support sleeve, a reinforcing piece for assisting in supporting the support plate is arranged on the other side of the support sleeve, and the support plate is mounted at the top end of the support sleeve;

the threaded rod bottom outside is equipped with transmission, and the transmission link is connected with the connecting axle, transmission's one end is kept away from to the connecting axle passes the bin body and is connected with press device, and the connecting axle passes through the bearing and is connected with the rotation of bin body, through the actuating mechanism who is equipped with to the realization is adjusted the effect to the backup pad for the inside position of cavity.

Preferably, the guide part comprises a connecting plate fixedly connected with the outer side of the support sleeve, one side of the connecting plate, far away from the support sleeve, is fixedly connected with two groups of first guide wheels and second guide wheels, guide rails are respectively connected between the two groups of first guide wheels and the second guide wheels in a sliding manner, the two guide rails are fixedly mounted on the first partition plate, and the guide part is arranged so as to realize the guide effect when the support sleeve moves.

Preferably, the reinforcing part comprises two reinforcing brackets fixedly arranged on the outer side of the supporting sleeve through fastening bolts, the top ends of the two reinforcing brackets are fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the supporting plate through fastening threads, and the reinforcing part is arranged so as to play a role in stably supporting the supporting plate.

Preferably, the transmission device comprises a first transmission gear fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the bottom end of the threaded rod, a first gear chain is connected to the outer side of the first transmission gear in a transmission manner, a second transmission gear is connected to the inner side of the first gear chain in a transmission manner, and a rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the inner part of the second transmission gear;

the bottom end of the rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the bottom end inside the cavity through the bearing seat, the top end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a first rotating bevel gear, the outer side of the first rotating bevel gear is connected with a second rotating bevel gear in a meshed mode, the second rotating bevel gear is fixedly connected with one end of a connecting shaft, and the threaded rod is driven through a transmission device arranged on the second rotating bevel gear.

Preferably, the pressing device comprises a first driving gear fixedly connected to one end, located at the outer side of the storage box body, of the connecting shaft, the outer side of the first driving gear is in transmission connection with a second gear chain, the inner side of the second gear chain is in transmission connection with a second driving gear, and the second driving gear is rotatably connected to the outer side of the storage box body through a supporting shaft;

one side fixedly connected with locating lever that bin body was kept away from to second drive gear, and the locating lever outside rotates to cup joint has pressed the depression bar, it has the connecting seat to hinge through the round pin axle according to the depression bar bottom, and connecting seat bottom fixedly connected with running-board, the bottom fixedly connected with pressing seat at running-board one side middle part, and press the inside rotation of seat and be connected with the axle of pressing, the outside fixed connection of axle of pressing and bin body is through the pressing device who is equipped with to the realization carries out driven effect to the connecting axle.

Preferably, the pedal comprises a first bottom plate and a second bottom plate, the connecting seat is fixedly installed on the first bottom plate, the pressing seat is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the first bottom plate, and two sliding rods and a driving screw rod are installed on the outer side of the first bottom plate;

the second bottom plate is sleeved on the outer sides of the two sliding rods and the driving screw rod in a sliding mode, one side, close to the first bottom plate, of the second bottom plate is connected with the internal thread sleeve in a rotating mode through the bearing, the internal thread sleeve is sleeved on the outer side of the driving screw rod in a threaded mode, and the pedal plate is composed of the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, so that the pedal plate has the function of telescopic adjustment, and different working personnel can use the pedal plate conveniently.

Preferably, be equipped with in the backup pad and remove the mouth, and remove the mouth department and run through there being spacing auxiliary rod, the inside bottom of cavity is equipped with the regulating part that carries out the regulation to spacing auxiliary rod for the position that removes the mouth, through the spacing auxiliary rod that is equipped with to even if the part that has the hole in the middle of placing, can make again between spacing auxiliary rod and the threaded rod apart from can adjusting, realize carrying out the fixed effect of centre gripping to the blank part.

Preferably, the adjusting part comprises a movable frame fixedly connected to the bottom end of the limiting auxiliary rod, the bottom end of the movable frame is in threaded connection with two limiting screw rods, and the two limiting screw rods are both in rotating connection with the inner wall of the cavity;

two the limit gear has all been rotated in the limit screw outside and has been cup jointed limit gear, two the transmission is connected with the third gear chain each other in the limit gear outside, the bin body outside is rotated and is connected with the handle, and the one end of handle passes bin body and one the one end fixed connection of limit screw is through the regulating part that is equipped with to make the effect that spacing auxiliary rod carried out the regulation for the position of removal mouth department.

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

when the invention is used, the first partition plate and the two second partition plates are arranged in the storage box body, thereby dividing the storage box body into a plurality of cavities, and under the action of the cover body at the top of the storage box body, further, the blank parts can be sealed and stored independently, the effective storage and protection effects on the blank parts are realized, meanwhile, through the supporting plate arranged in the cavity and the pressing device which manually drives the position of the supporting plate relative to the inner part of the storage box body, thereby when placing and taking the blank part, the staff can use the foot to press on one side, and the another side then passes through the backup pad with the inside blank part of cavity and supports the removal to required position, and the staff of being convenient for places and takes the blank part, and effectual reduction staff intensity of labour effectively improves blank part machining efficiency simultaneously.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the bin body according to the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a threaded rod of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the support sleeve of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a support plate according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the moving structure of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the support plate of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a reinforcing brace constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a first transfer gear of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the pressing rod of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of the pressing base structure of the present invention.

In the figure: 1-a storage box body; 2-a cover body; 3-pulling a handle; 4-a first divider plate; 5-a second divider plate; 6-cavity body; 7-a support plate; 8-a drive mechanism; 9-a pressing device; 10-a threaded rod; 11-a support sleeve; 12-a guide; 13-a reinforcement; 14-a transmission; 15-a connecting shaft; 16-a connecting plate; 17-a first guide wheel; 18-a second guide wheel; 19-a guide rail; 20-a reinforcing scaffold; 21-a first drive gear; 22-a first gear train; 23-a second transmission gear; 24-a rotation axis; 25-a first rotating bevel gear; 26-a second rotating bevel gear; 27-a first drive gear; 28-a second gear train; 29-a second drive gear; 30-positioning rods; 31-pressing rod; 32-a connecting seat; 33-foot pedal; 34-a pressing seat; 35-pressing shaft; 36-a first base plate; 37-a second bottom plate; 38-a slide bar; 39-driving screw rod; 40-an internal thread sleeve; 41-limit auxiliary rod; 42-an adjustment member; 43-a mobile frame; 44-a limit screw rod; 45-limit gear; 46-a third gear train; 47-handle.

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. 1-11, the present invention provides a technical solution: a blank part storage device for machine manufacturing comprises a storage box body 1 for storing blank parts, a cover body 2 arranged at the top of the storage box body 1, a handle 3 arranged on one side of the storage box body 1 and a plurality of universal wheels arranged at the bottom end of the storage box body 1, wherein a first partition plate 4 and two second partition plates 5 are fixedly arranged on the storage box body 1, the first partition plate 4 and the two second partition plates 5 are arranged in a staggered mode, and the first partition plate 4 and the second partition plates 5 can be arranged into a plurality of parts according to production requirements, so that the blank parts can be conveniently placed;

the interior of the storage box body 1 is divided into a plurality of cavities 6 by a first partition plate 4 and two second partition plates 5;

the inside backup pad 7 that is used for carrying out the support to the blank part that is equipped with of cavity 6, and the backup pad 7 outside is equipped with and makes its position inside for cavity 6 drive be convenient for the staff and get the actuating mechanism 8 of putting the blank part, 1 outside of bin body is equipped with the staff of being convenient for and carries out driven press device 9 to actuating mechanism 8.

The driving mechanism 8 comprises a threaded rod 10 which is rotatably connected to the bottom end inside the cavity 6 through a bearing seat, a support sleeve 11 is rotatably sleeved on the outer side of the threaded rod 10, a guide part 12 for guiding the support sleeve is arranged on one side, close to the first partition plate 4, of the support sleeve 11, the guide part 12 comprises a connecting plate 16 which is fixedly connected with the outer side of the support sleeve 11, one side, far away from the support sleeve 11, of the connecting plate 16 is fixedly connected with two groups of first guide wheels 17 and second guide wheels 18, guide rails 19 are respectively connected between the two groups of first guide wheels 17 and the second guide wheels 18 in a sliding mode, and the two guide rails 19 are both fixedly mounted on the first partition plate 4, namely the two guide rails 19 are respectively distributed between the group of first guide wheels 17 and the group of second guide wheels 18 to play a role in supporting and guiding the connecting sleeve;

the other supporting sleeve 11 is provided with a reinforcing part 13 for assisting in supporting the supporting plate 7, the supporting plate 7 is arranged at the top end of the supporting sleeve 11, the reinforcing part 13 comprises two reinforcing brackets 20 fixedly arranged on the outer side of the supporting sleeve 11 through fastening bolts, and the top ends of the two reinforcing brackets 20 are fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the supporting plate 7 through fastening threads;

a transmission device 14 is arranged on the outer side of the bottom end of the threaded rod 10, the connecting end of the transmission device 14 is connected with a connecting shaft 15, one end, far away from the transmission device 14, of the connecting shaft 15 penetrates through the storage box body 1 to be connected with the pressing device 9, and the connecting shaft 15 is rotatably connected with the storage box body 1 through a bearing;

the transmission device 14 comprises a first transmission gear 21 fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the bottom end of the threaded rod 10, a first gear chain 22 is connected to the outer side of the first transmission gear 21 in a transmission manner, a second transmission gear 23 is connected to the inner side of the first gear chain 22 in a transmission manner, and a rotating shaft 24 is fixedly connected to the inner part of the second transmission gear 23;

the bottom end of the rotating shaft 24 is rotatably connected to the bottom end inside the cavity 6 through a bearing seat, the top end of the rotating shaft 24 is fixedly connected with a first rotating bevel gear 25, the outer side of the first rotating bevel gear 25 is connected with a second rotating bevel gear 26 in a meshed mode, and the second rotating bevel gear 26 is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft 15.

The pressing device 9 comprises a first driving gear 27 fixedly connected to one end, located on the outer side of the storage box body 1, of the connecting shaft 15, a second gear chain 28 is connected to the outer side of the first driving gear 27 in a transmission mode, a second driving gear 29 is connected to the inner side of the second gear chain 28 in a transmission mode, and the second driving gear 29 is rotatably connected to the outer side of the storage box body 1 through a supporting shaft;

a positioning rod 30 is fixedly connected to one side, away from the storage box body 1, of the second driving gear 29, a pressing rod 31 is rotatably sleeved on the outer side of the positioning rod 30, the bottom end of the pressing rod 31 is hinged to a connecting seat 32 through a pin shaft, a pedal 33 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the connecting seat 32, a pressing seat 34 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the middle portion of one side of the pedal 33, a pressing shaft 35 is rotatably connected to the inside of the pressing seat 34, and the pressing shaft 35 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the storage box body 1;

the pedal 33 is composed of a first bottom plate 36 and a second bottom plate 37, the connecting seat 32 is fixedly installed on the first bottom plate 36, the pressing seat 34 is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the first bottom plate 36, two sliding rods 38 and a driving screw rod 39 are installed on the outer side of the first bottom plate 36, the first bottom plate 36 and the second bottom plate 37 are both U-shaped, and meanwhile, anti-skid threads are arranged on the first bottom plate 36 and the second bottom plate 37, so that the manual pedal function is facilitated;

the second bottom plate 37 is slidably sleeved outside the two sliding rods 38 and the driving screw rod 39, one side of the second bottom plate 37, which is close to the first bottom plate 36, is rotatably connected with an internal thread sleeve 40 through a bearing, the internal thread sleeve 40 is sleeved outside the driving screw rod 39 in a threaded manner, and the internal thread sleeve 40 is rotated, so that the relative distance between the first bottom plate 36 and the second bottom plate 37 can be adjusted, and the width of the pedal 33 can be further adjusted.

The specific implementation process comprises the following steps: when a blank part is placed, firstly, a foot pedal 33 is treaded along one direction, the pedal 33 rotates by taking a pressing seat 34 as a circle center, meanwhile, the pedal 33 rotates, simultaneously, a pressing rod 31 drives a second driving gear 29 to rotate clockwise, when the second driving gear 29 rotates, a first driving gear 27 drives a connecting shaft 15 to rotate clockwise, when the connecting shaft 15 rotates, a second rotating helical gear 26 drives a first rotating helical gear 25 to rotate, further, a rotating shaft 24 is driven to rotate, when the rotating shaft 24 rotates, a second driving gear 23 and a first gear chain 22 drive a first driving gear 21 to rotate, when the first driving gear 21 rotates, a threaded rod 10 is driven to rotate relative to the inside of a cavity 6, when the threaded rod 10 rotates, a driving force is provided for the support sleeve 11, so that the support sleeve 11 vertically moves upwards along the inside of the cavity 6 under the limiting action of the connecting plate 16 and the two groups of first guide wheels 17 and second guide wheels 18, and further blank parts are placed on the support plate 7 conveniently;

meanwhile, when more blank parts need to be placed in the cavity 6, the pedal 33 is stepped along the other direction, so that the second driving gear 29 rotates along the counterclockwise direction, and at the moment, the supporting plate 7 moves downwards relative to the interior of the cavity 6, and further more blank parts on the supporting plate are driven to move along the interior of the cavity 6;

when the blank parts need to be taken from the cavity 6, a worker can take the blank parts and pedal the pedal plate 33 by using a foot at the same time, so that the support plate 7 moves upwards along the inside of the cavity 6, and the blank parts can be manually taken.

A moving port is formed in the supporting plate 7, a limiting auxiliary rod 41 penetrates through the moving port, an adjusting piece 42 for adjusting the position of the limiting auxiliary rod 41 relative to the moving port is arranged at the bottom end inside the cavity 6, the adjusting piece 42 comprises a moving frame 43 fixedly connected to the bottom end of the limiting auxiliary rod 41, two limiting screw rods 44 are in threaded connection with the bottom end of the moving frame 43, and the two limiting screw rods 44 are both rotatably connected with the inner wall of the cavity 6;

two the limit screw 44 outside all rotates and has cup jointed limit gear 45, two the transmission is connected with third gear chain 46 each other in the limit gear 45 outside, 1 outside of bin body rotates and is connected with handle 47, and the one end of handle 47 passes bin body 1 and one limit screw 44's one end fixed connection.

Spacing auxiliary rod 41 both can be convenient for place cavity centre of a circle blank part, make the blank part cover relatively and establish in its outside, simultaneously can also be convenient for anomalous part to place, when placing anomalous part promptly, it is placed in backup pad 7, and through rotating handle 47, make two spacing lead screws 44 carry out synchronous rotation under limit gear 45 and third gear chain 46's connecting action, further adjust the position of spacing auxiliary rod 41 and spacing lead screw 44 through removing frame 43, and then can be to the relative centre gripping effect of placing of anomalous part on backup pad 7, and then the blank part of the different grade type of being convenient for is placed.

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.

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.