Multifunctional crawling training mechanism for children and folding type protection mechanism thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field related to children education, in particular to multifunctional crawling training for children and a folding type protection mechanism thereof.
Background
Preschool education of children, be the supplementary teaching method before modern children's knowledge education and teaching, through the walking to children, training in the aspect of spoken language and limbs language, make the earlier learning stage that gets into speech knowledge accumulation of infant, can carry out speech and limbs communication interaction and exchange with external personnel earlier, before children preschool education, it is the top of the great importance of children's training with the walking training to crawl, through rolling to children, crawl and the training is cultivateed to the walking ability, can effectually reduce the emergence probability of children's muscular atrophy problem, make children's limbs joint muscle can quick healthy growth more.
However, the existing child crawling training device has the following problems when in use:
1. the device has a single use function, is not capable of isolating and protecting crawling and walking training of children, is easy to cause collision and fall in the training process of the children, has potential safety hazards in use, is large in overall size, is inconvenient to store, fold and store integrally after an additional protection mechanism is added, and occupies a large-size space for application;
2. crawling the in-process of training, because of children's the range of exerting oneself too big easily, cause slewing mechanism's quick roll for children are easily because of slewing mechanism's rotatory inertia force's increase, are got rid of to fly and fall down from the training mechanism, produce the injury of limbs, can not carry out the clearance of top layer deashing to the device in work simultaneously, make the large tracts of land of children's limbs and clothing in the training dirty.
Aiming at the problems, innovative design is urgently needed on the basis of the original crawling training device for the children.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a multifunctional crawling training mechanism for children and a folding type protection mechanism thereof, the prior child crawling training device provided by the background technology has single use function, is not enough to carry out isolation and protection on crawling and walking training of children, is easy to cause collision and fall in the process of child training, has potential safety hazards in use, has large integral volume, after the additional protection mechanism is added, the device is inconvenient to integrally store, fold and store, and the rotating mechanism is easy to rapidly roll due to the overlarge force application range of children in the crawling training process, so that the children are easy to fall down from the training mechanism due to the increase of the rotating inertia force of the rotating mechanism to cause limb injury, meanwhile, the device in work cannot be subjected to surface layer ash cleaning, so that the problem that large areas of limbs and clothes of children are dirty in training is solved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a multifunctional crawling training mechanism for children and a folding protection mechanism thereof comprise a base, an isolation screen plate, an inner hollow pipe, an ash cleaning pipe, a micro motor and a display screen, wherein the top of the base is fixedly provided with an isolation plate, a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller are rotatably arranged between the isolation plates, plastic conveying belts are movably arranged on the outer sides of the first rotating roller and the second rotating roller, compression rollers are rotatably arranged in the isolation plate on the inner side of the top of the plastic conveying belts, the isolation screen plate is positioned on the left side and the right side above the isolation plates and the plastic conveying belts, an installation support is fixedly connected to the bottom of the back surface of the isolation screen plate, a threaded rod is fixedly arranged in the middle of the installation support, the edge of the installation support and the threaded rod are respectively arranged between the second rotating roller and the isolation plate in a penetrating way, a sleeve is arranged at the penetrating joint of the isolation plate and the threaded rod, and a manual rotating rod is arranged on the side wall of the isolation plate below the sleeve in a penetrating way, and a first chain belt assembly is movably sleeved between the end part of the manual rotating rod and the outer wall of the sleeve, a push-pull rod is slidably mounted between the top of the base and the bottom of the isolation plate, a positioning groove is formed in the top of the right side of the push-pull rod, a telescopic screen plate is respectively hinged and mounted in the top of the left side of the push-pull rod and the positioning groove, a display screen is mounted at the top of the telescopic screen plate on the left side of the push-pull rod in an embedded mode, a positioning pin is mounted at the bottom of the push-pull rod in a penetrating mode, and an elastic piece is fixedly connected between the top of the positioning pin and the inside of the push-pull rod in the penetrating mode.
Preferably, the side cross-section of division board sets up to "U" style of calligraphy structure, and the top of division board and the outer wall edge of plastic conveyer belt set up to tangent laminating sliding connection to the inside symmetry of division board is provided with 2 first commentaries on classics rollers, and 2 first commentaries on classics rollers are the triangle-shaped structure combination of right angle with the compression roller moreover.
Preferably, the second is changeed the inside column structure setting of roller, and constitutes the laminating sliding connection who runs through between the marginal tip of the inside of second commentaries on classics roller and installing support to parallel arrangement each other between second commentaries on classics roller and the threaded rod, threaded connection between the outer wall of threaded rod and the sheathed tube inner wall, and the horizontal plane height at threaded rod place is higher than the horizontal plane height at the place of second commentaries on classics roller and interior hollow tube.
Preferably, interior hollow tube fixed mounting is between the inside wall of division board, and link up between the middle part of interior hollow tube and the tip of threaded rod to threaded rod is interior to set up, and the threaded rod is located the rod end top movable mounting in the division board outside has the pressure release to seal in addition, the inside of interior hollow tube is run through and is installed auger shaft, and the tip edge of interior hollow tube link up the flexible one end of pipe of fixedly connected with to the other end fixedly connected with damping rubber roller of flexible pipe, the mounting groove has been seted up on the second commentaries on classics roller edge outer wall on division board right side, and the cover is equipped with second chain belt subassembly between the inside of mounting groove and the tip of auger shaft.
Preferably, the auger shaft has 2 about the central axis symmetric distribution of hollow tube in, and 2 auger shafts and flexible pipe one-to-one setting to the auger shaft spiral trend of the left and right sides is opposite in the hollow tube.
Preferably, a relative rotation structure is formed between the damping rubber roller and the end part of the extension tube, the damping rubber roller is arranged in parallel with the second rotating roller, and the outer part of the damping rubber roller is arranged to be a rubber frosted granular structure.
Preferably, the deashing pipe is fixed in the front end of division board, and the inside of deashing pipe is provided with the deashing brush-holder stud to rotate between the deashing brush-holder stud and the front end outside of division board and be connected, the deashing brush-holder stud sets up with the outer wall of plastic conveyer belt is tangent moreover.
Preferably, the deashing brush-holder stud is horizontal coaxial distribution with the deashing pipe, and the length of deashing brush-holder stud is greater than the horizontal length of deashing pipe to thin brush on the deashing brush-holder stud outer wall is the heliciform structure setting, and the tip of deashing brush-holder stud is fixed in on micro motor's output shaft moreover, and micro motor fixed mounting is on the outer wall of division board simultaneously.
Preferably, the reserved gap between the push-pull rod and the base and between the push-pull rod and the isolation plate is in sliding connection in a fitting mode, the push-pull rod and the telescopic screen plates form a relative overturning structure, and the left telescopic screen plate and the right telescopic screen plate are arranged in parallel.
Preferably, the telescopic net plate and the positioning pin are in through clamping sliding connection, the positioning pin is in an L-shaped structure, and the lower end of the positioning pin is in through clamping connection with the push-pull rod.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the multifunctional child crawling training and folding type protection mechanism is convenient for overall form change of the mechanism, convenient for storage and transportation, and effective assistance for crawling and walking training, reduces potential safety hazards in the training process, and improves the safety and protection effect of child training;
1. under the effect of threaded connection of the threaded rod and the sleeve, the mounting and positioning positions of the threaded rod and the mounting bracket can be changed through manual control of sleeve rotation motion, the penetrating mounting effect between the edge end part of the mounting bracket and the interior of the second rotating roller ensures that the rotation motion of the second rotating roller is not limited, and simultaneously, auxiliary supporting force can be provided for mounting the mounting bracket, so that the mounting bracket and the threaded rod jointly act to stably support and position the isolation net plate, the looseness of the isolation net plate during use and collision can not be caused, meanwhile, the artificial intention adjustment of the distance between the isolation net plates can be facilitated, the push-pull rod and the upper structure thereof have the effect of sliding mounting between the base and the isolation plate, the integral folding storage of the push-pull rod and the upper structure thereof can be facilitated, the push-pull sliding of the push-pull rod and the hinged rotation of the telescopic net plate can be realized during use, and the penetrating and clamping of the positioning pin can be limited, the retractable net plate is convenient to unfold and use, and the enthusiasm and the protection effect of the crawling training of the children are improved under the action of different retractable net plates on the left side and the right side;
2. the first rotating roller, the compression roller and the second rotating roller are rotated only by being pushed by the gravity and the reaction force when the children crawl and train, the plastic conveying belt is driven to rotate, an auxiliary field is provided for the crawling and training of the children, the rotating speed of the second roller can be changed correspondingly due to different acting force pushing force and frequency of the children, through the hollow threaded rod and the hollow tube which is communicated with the hollow threaded rod, the auger shaft which is rotatably arranged in the hollow tube synchronously rotates on the second chain belt component and the second rotating roller, when the rotating speed of the second rotating roller is too high, liquid in the hollow pipe can be pressurized and guided into the telescopic pipe through the rotation of the auger shaft, the purpose that the mounting position of the damping rubber roller is changed by the telescopic motion of the telescopic pipe is achieved, the damping rubber roller is used for limiting and protecting the second rotating roller with too high rotating speed, and the phenomenon that children fall down and are damaged when crawling training is carried out due to the fact that the second rotating roller rotates too fast is avoided;
3. the plastic conveyer belt is rather than the deashing brush-holder stud that corresponds the installation, and tangent setting between both outer wall edges can utilize the heliciform brush effect on the deashing brush-holder stud outer wall when using in synchronous work, cleans and clears up the plastic conveyer belt outer wall when continuously using, maintains the clean of plastic conveyer belt outer wall, and truck and clothing are stained with dirty when reducing children and creep.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a second roller and mounting bracket connection structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the damping rubber roller mounting structure of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a threaded rod and sleeve connection of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the inner structure of the hollow tube according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the push-pull rod and the retractable net plate according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a retractable screen according to the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a locating pin mounting arrangement of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the ash removal brush bar of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a base; 2. a separator plate; 3. a first rotating roller; 4. a compression roller; 5. a second rotating roller; 6. a plastic conveyor belt; 7. isolating the screen plate; 8. mounting a bracket; 9. a threaded rod; 10. a sleeve; 11. a manual rotating rod; 12. a first chain belt assembly; 13. an inner hollow pipe; 14. a threaded hose; 15. pressure relief and sealing; 16. a packing auger shaft; 17. a telescopic pipe; 18. a damping rubber roller; 19. mounting grooves; 20. a second chain belt assembly; 21. a dust removal pipe; 22. a dust removal brush rod; 23. a micro motor; 24. a push-pull rod; 25. positioning a groove; 26. a retractable screen plate; 27. a display screen; 28. positioning pins; 29. an elastic member.
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. 1-10, the present invention provides a technical solution: a multifunctional child crawling training and folding type protection mechanism comprises a base 1, an isolation plate 2, a first rotating roller 3, a pressure receiving roller 4, a second rotating roller 5, a plastic conveying belt 6, an isolation screen 7, a mounting support 8, a threaded rod 9, a sleeve 10, a manual rotating rod 11, a first chain belt component 12, an inner hollow pipe 13, a threaded hose 14, a pressure relief seal 15, a packing auger shaft 16, an extension pipe 17, a damping rubber roller 18, a mounting groove 19, a second chain belt component 20, an ash cleaning pipe 21, an ash cleaning brush rod 22, a micro motor 23, a push-pull rod 24, a positioning groove 25, an extension screen 26, a display screen 27, a positioning pin 28 and an elastic piece 29, wherein the isolation plate 2 is fixedly installed at the top of the base 1, the first rotating roller 3 and the second rotating roller 5 are rotatably installed between the isolation plates 2, the plastic conveying belt 6 is movably installed at the outer sides of the first rotating roller 3 and the second rotating roller 5, the pressure receiving roller 4 is rotatably installed in the isolation plate 2 at the inner side of the top of the plastic conveying belt 6, the isolation screen plates 7 are positioned on the left side and the right side above the isolation plate 2 and the plastic conveyor belt 6, the bottom of the back of the isolation screen plate 7 is fixedly connected with an installation support 8, a threaded rod 9 is fixedly installed in the middle of the installation support 8, the edge of the installation support 8 and the threaded rod 9 are respectively arranged between the second rotating roller 5 and the isolation plate 2 in a penetrating mode, a sleeve 10 is installed at the penetrating connection position of the isolation plate 2 and the threaded rod 9 through a bearing, a manual rotating rod 11 is installed on the side wall of the isolation plate 2 below the sleeve 10 in a penetrating mode through a bearing, a first chain belt assembly 12 is movably sleeved between the end portion of the manual rotating rod 11 and the outer wall of the sleeve 10, a push-pull rod 24 is installed between the top of the base 1 and the bottom of the isolation plate 2 in a sliding mode, a positioning groove 25 is formed in the top of the right side of the push-pull rod 24, and telescopic screen plates 26 are respectively installed in the positioning groove 25 in a hinged mode, and a display screen 27 is embedded in the top of the telescopic screen plate 26 on the left side of the push-pull rod 24, a positioning pin 28 is penetratingly arranged at the bottom of the push-pull rod 24, and an elastic member 29 is fixedly connected between the top of the positioning pin 28 and the penetratingly inner portion of the push-pull rod 24.
The side cross-section of division board 2 sets up to "U" style of calligraphy structure, and the top of division board 2 sets up to tangent laminating sliding connection with the outer wall edge of plastic conveyer belt 6, and the inside symmetry of division board 2 is provided with 2 first rollers 3 of changeing, and 2 first rollers 3 of changeing are the combination of right angle triangle-shaped structure with pressurized roller 4, the hidden isolation of the outer wall edge of the plastic conveyer belt 6 of being convenient for, finger extrusion and tong problem between the gap when preventing children from appearing crawling the training, protection effect when improving children's training.
The inside column structure setting of second commentaries on classics roller 5, and constitute the laminating sliding connection that runs through between the marginal tip of the inside of second commentaries on classics roller 5 and installing support 8, and set up parallel to each other between second commentaries on classics roller 5 and the threaded rod 9, threaded connection between the outer wall of threaded rod 9 and the inner wall of sleeve pipe 10, and the horizontal plane height that threaded rod 9 was located is higher than the place horizontal plane height of second commentaries on classics roller 5 and interior hollow tube 13, the position of installing support 8 of being convenient for moves and changes the promotion, make installing support 8 can take it to fix on it and keep apart otter board 7 and carry out stable position change, the scope of restricting crawling to the not children of equidimension changes.
The inner hollow pipe 13 is fixedly arranged between the inner side walls of the isolation plates 2, a threaded hose 14 is connected between the middle part of the inner hollow pipe 13 and the end part of the threaded rod 9 in a penetrating way, the threaded rod 9 is arranged in a hollow way, a pressure relief seal 15 is movably arranged at the top of the rod end of the threaded rod 9 positioned at the outer side of the isolation plate 2, an auger shaft 16 is arranged in the inner hollow pipe 13 in a penetrating way, the edge of the end part of the inner hollow pipe 13 is fixedly connected with one end of a telescopic pipe 17 in a penetrating way, the other end of the telescopic pipe 17 is fixedly connected with a damping rubber roller 18, an installation groove 19 is arranged on the outer wall of the edge of the second rotating roller 5 at the right side of the isolation plate 2, a second chain belt component 20 is sleeved between the inner part of the installation groove 19 and the end part of the auger shaft 16, 2 auger shafts 16 are symmetrically distributed about the central axis of the inner hollow pipe 13, the 2 auger shafts 16 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the telescopic pipes 17, and the auger shafts 16 at the left and right sides in the inner hollow pipe 13 have opposite spiral directions, the liquid in the screw rod 9 can be guided into the inner hollow tube 13 through the threaded hose 14 under the action of the gravity of the liquid, and the liquid is pressurized and guided into the telescopic tube 17 from the inner hollow tube 13 under the action of the conveying and pushing action of the rotating force of the auger shaft 16, so that the telescopic tube 17 generates telescopic motion.
The damping rubber roller 18 and the end part of the extension tube 17 form a relative rotation structure, the damping rubber roller 18 and the second rotary roller 5 are arranged in parallel, the outside of the damping rubber roller 18 is set to be a frosted granular structure made of rubber, the frosted granular structure on the outer wall of the damping rubber roller 18 and the outer wall of the second rotary roller 5 can generate extrusion friction when the damping rubber roller 18 rotates, the rotation speed of the second rotary roller 5 is reduced, the second rotary roller 5 is prevented from sliding when children train due to the fact that the inertia rotation speed is too fast, the rotation of the damping rubber roller 18 and the structure of the outer wall of the damping rubber roller 18 are arranged, the damping rubber roller 18 is prevented from directly pressurizing the second rotary roller 5, the second rotary roller 5 is prevented from being rapidly stopped, and children fall down due to self inertia.
The ash cleaning pipe 21 is fixed at the front end of the isolation plate 2, the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is arranged inside the ash cleaning pipe 21, the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is rotatably connected with the outer part of the front end of the isolation plate 2, the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is tangentially arranged with the outer wall of the plastic conveyer belt 6, the ash cleaning brush rod 22 and the ash cleaning pipe 21 are transversely and coaxially distributed, the length of the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is greater than the transverse length of the ash cleaning pipe 21, a fine brush on the outer wall of the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is arranged in a spiral structure, the end part of the ash cleaning brush rod 22 is fixed on an output shaft of the micro motor 23, meanwhile, the micro motor 23 is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the isolation plate 2, the ash cleaning pipe 21 and the ash cleaning brush rod 22 arranged inside the ash cleaning pipe jointly act to cause the rotary motion of the ash cleaning brush rod 22, the ash on the outer wall of the plastic conveyer belt 6 in motion is cleaned by the ash cleaning brush rod 22, the outer wall of the plastic conveyer belt 6 is maintained to be clean, so that the children can not cause discomfort of body due to the problems of dirt and the like during training.
Push-and-pull rod 24 and base 1 and the sliding connection of reservation space between the division board 2 for the laminating, and push-and-pull rod 24 constitutes relative flip structure with flexible otter board 26, and control 2 flexible otter board 26 parallel arrangement each other, flexible otter board 26 sets up the block sliding connection who runs through with locating pin 28, and locating pin 28 sets up to "L" style of calligraphy structure, and the lower extreme and the push-and-pull rod 24 of locating pin 28 set up to the block that runs through to be connected, make things convenient for push-and-pull rod 24 and the use installation location of upper structure to exist with accomodating, can utilize 2 different flexible otter boards 26 simultaneously, anterior protection and improvement animation attraction when crawling and walking training children are carried out, make children's training have power and efficiency more.
The working principle is as follows: when the multifunctional child crawling training and folding type protection mechanism is used, firstly, as shown in figures 1-5, the distance between the isolation mesh plates 7 is changed according to the size of the child during the use training, so that the plastic conveyor belt 6 does not have the problem of too large or too small distance during the use, meanwhile, the isolation mesh plates 7 can provide good isolation protection effect during the training, as shown in figures 3-5, only the manual rotating rod 11 needs to be manually rotated, the sleeve 10 synchronously rotates along with the rotation of the manual rotating rod 11 under the transmission action of the first chain belt component 12, and as the inner wall of the sleeve 10 is in threaded connection with the outer wall of the threaded rod 9, the threaded rod 9 and the sleeve 10 do axial relative telescopic motion, the installation and positioning positions of the threaded rod 9 and the installation support 8 are changed, at the moment, the edge end of the installation support 8 and the middle part of the second rotating roller 5 are in axial fit sliding, the inner wall of the second rotating roller 5 can be supported in a fitting mode on the outer wall of the edge end of the mounting bracket 8 without influencing the normal rotating motion of the second rotating roller 5, the reserved space between the isolation mesh plates 7 at the top of the mounting bracket 8 is changed, the hollow second rotating roller 5 is arranged, when the crawling motion of the children is carried out, the plastic conveying belt 6 drives the first rotating roller 3, the compression roller 4 and the second rotating roller 5 to rotate by utilizing the self gravity of the children and the reaction force generated in the crawling motion, when the crawling frequency and the used force are increased, the rotating speeds of the first rotating roller 3, the compression roller 4 and the second rotating roller 5 are increased, in order to avoid the collision and the toppling caused by the generation of the crawling and walking training of the children due to the fact that the rotating speeds of the three are too large, the inner hollow pipe 13 and the auxiliary mechanism thereof are arranged, as shown in figures 1, 3 and 6, under the action of a pressure relief seal 15 arranged on the outer wall of the upper part of the rod end of the threaded rod 9, liquid to be installed can be conveniently and artificially guided into the threaded rod 9, after the pressure relief seal 15 is installed, the sealing of the inner part and the outer part of the threaded rod 9 can not be caused, when the crawling force and the crawling speed of a child are increased, the rotating speed of the second rotary roller 5 is increased, the rotating speed of an auger shaft 16 driven by the second chain belt assembly 20 of the second rotary roller 5 is increased, meanwhile, due to the combined action of the auger shaft 16 and the inner hollow tube 13, the liquid guided into the inner hollow tube 13 through the threaded hose 14 under the action of gravity in the threaded rod 9 is pushed and pressurized, the liquid enters the telescopic tube 17 from the inner hollow tube 13, the telescopic tube 17 performs telescopic motion to change the installation positioning position of the damping rubber roller 18 to be in contact with the outer wall of the rotating second rotary roller 5, and the use speed reduction effect of the second rotary roller 5 is achieved through the contact and the increase of friction force, the damping rubber roller 18 is rotatably arranged and distributed with a frosted granular structure on the outer wall, so that when the damping rubber roller 18 is in extrusion contact with the second rotating roller 5, the second rotating roller 5 is prevented from being suddenly stopped in extrusion clamping, and falling down and body injury of children are prevented;
according to the drawings 1-2 and 10, when the plastic conveyer belt 6 is in continuous rotary motion, in order to avoid the dirt on the plastic conveyer belt 6 and the dust from being polluted on the trunk of the child, the dust cleaning brush rod 22 is driven to perform continuous rotary motion by starting the micro motor 23, the outer wall of the dust cleaning brush rod 22 is tangent to the outer wall of the plastic conveyer belt 6, and the brushes on the outer wall of the dust cleaning brush rod 22 are distributed in a spiral structure, so that the dust on the outer wall of the plastic conveyer belt 6 can be cleaned by starting the dust cleaning brush rod 22 to rotate, the cleaned dust can be conveyed towards the left side and the right side, and the discharge of waste materials is completed;
according to fig. 1 and 7-9, when the partition net plate 7 is used for separating and protecting the left and right areas of a child, the push-pull rod 24 and the upper structure thereof can be pulled, so that the push-pull rod 24 is pulled out from the area between the bottom of the base 1 and the top of the partition plate 2 for use, the push-pull rod 24 and the upper structure thereof are stored and stored, the change and adjustment of the whole volume of the device are facilitated, the occupied space volume required for storage and transportation is reduced, and as shown in fig. 9, the telescopic net plate 26 can be stretched and retracted, the telescopic net plate 26 can be rotated under the hinging action, the mounting and positioning purposes and effects of the telescopic net plate 26 are achieved through the penetrating and clamping between the positioning pins 28 and the bottom of the push-pull rod 24, as shown in fig. 1 and 7, the telescopic net plates 26 on the left and right sides have different functions, and the display screen 27 on the left telescopic net plate 26 can be arranged, can carry out external electrical equipment interconnect, carry out the broadcast of scene picture, improve children's training enthusiasm, shift attention, and children's front side isolation can be carried out to the flexible otter board 26 on right side, prevents that children from producing phenomena such as dropping and falling down.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the embodiments and/or modifications of the invention can be made, and equivalents and modifications of some features of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.