Air humidifying purifier
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of humidifiers, in particular to an air humidifying purifier.
Background
Nowadays, consumers are increasingly pursuing quality of life, not only comfortable air temperature and humidity but also clean indoor air are required to achieve healthy quality of life, and air humidification purifier products with ionization function are produced at the same time.
The house interior decoration method can generate pollutants after the house interior decoration, the generated pollutants mainly comprise three types of pollutants such as volatile organic matters and other gas pollutants, microbial pollutants, solid particle pollutants and the like, and the volatile pollutants mainly comprise formaldehyde, benzene and the like. If people need to live after decoration, pollutants can cause damage to human health in the long-term living process, cancer can be caused for a long time, and the pollution is very harmful to health.
However, the existing air humidification purifier still has certain defects when in use, when air purification is carried out in some areas with less moisture in the air, the traditional air humidifier is slow in humidification speed, meanwhile, dust in the humidifier is easy to accumulate when the unpurified air is humidified, the service life of the humidifier is influenced for a long time, and meanwhile, if the traditional humidifier is left for a long time after being used for a period of time, the interior of the humidifier is mildewed, and the next use is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides an air humidifying purifier.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: an air humidifying purifier comprises a shell, wherein an air outlet is formed in one side of the shell, a filter screen layer is clamped at one end, far away from the air outlet, of the shell, an activated carbon layer is clamped at one end, far away from the air outlet, of the filter screen layer, a sealing cover is clamped at one end, far away from the filter screen layer, of the activated carbon layer, an air inlet is formed in the sealing cover, a support is fixed at a position, close to the filter screen layer, inside of the shell, a fan blade is rotatably connected with the support, a transmission assembly is connected in a transmission manner, a power plug is connected to the outer side of the shell, the power plug is connected with the transmission assembly, a humidifying assembly is connected in a transmission manner at the bottom of the transmission assembly, the humidifying assembly is fixedly connected at the bottom of the shell, an ionization assembly is connected in a transmission manner at one end, close to the air outlet, of the transmission assembly inside the shell, a stand column is fixedly connected at a position, close to the ionization assembly, the transmission assembly is provided with a clamping assembly, the clamping assembly is connected with the stand column in a sliding mode, and the clamping assembly penetrates through the shell and is movably clamped with a fixing assembly.
Preferably, the transmission assembly comprises a motor connected with a power plug, the motor is fixedly connected with an output shaft, the motor is fixedly connected with the top inside the shell, a waterproof layer is fixedly connected with the outer side of the motor, the output shaft penetrates through the waterproof layer, one end of the output shaft, which is far away from the motor, is fixedly connected with a first helical gear, the first helical gear is meshed with a second helical gear, the second helical gear is fixedly connected with a main shaft, one end of the main shaft is fixedly connected with fan blades, the other end of the main shaft is slidably sleeved with a diamond shaft, power is transmitted between the diamond shaft and the main shaft through a clamping assembly, the second helical gear is meshed with a third helical gear, the third helical gear and the first helical gear are symmetrically arranged at the upper side and the lower side of the second helical gear, the bottom of the third helical gear is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is in transmission connection with the humidifying assembly, the diamond shaft is sleeved with the clamping component and is in transmission connection with the ionization component.
Preferably, the clamping assembly comprises a loop bar which is slidably connected inside the upright column, the bottom of the loop bar is slidably connected with an inclined rod which is arranged obliquely, the inclined rod is slidably connected with the upright column, the contact surface of the loop bar and the inclined rod in sliding connection is provided with a roller a, the roller a is connected with the inclined rod in a rolling way, the top of the inclined rod is rotatably connected with a roller b, the roller b is connected with an inner top wall plate at the sliding connection part of the inclined rod and the upright column in a rolling way, a reset block is arranged at the diagonal position of the sliding connection part of the upright column and the inclined rod, the inclination angle of the reset block is complementary with the inclination angle of the inclined rod, the bottom of the inclined rod is fixedly connected with a bearing, the bearing is slidably connected at the center of the upright column, the sliding direction of the bearing is vertical to the axial direction of the upright column, the diamond shaft is sleeved in an inner ring of the bearing, one end of the diamond shaft close to the main shaft is fixedly connected with a U-shaped block, and the end of the U-shaped block is a right triangle, the novel diamond shaft guide device is characterized in that an annular groove is formed in one end, close to the diamond shaft, of the main shaft, the shape of the section of the groove is the same as that of the end portion of the U-shaped block, guide rods are connected to the upper end and the lower end of the inclined plane of the groove in a sliding mode, limiting blocks are arranged on the guide rods, a first spring is sleeved on the guide rods, the upper end and the lower end of the first spring are fixedly connected to the bottom of the limiting blocks and a wall plate at the sliding connection position of the main shaft and the diamond shaft respectively, the guide rods are movably clamped with the diamond shaft, one end, far away from the diamond shaft, of the guide rods is provided with a face with an inclination angle complementary to that of the end portion of the U-shaped block, a plurality of rollers are arranged on the face, and the U-shaped block is connected with the rollers in a rolling mode.
Preferably, the fixing component comprises a sliding groove arranged on the shell, the sliding groove is positioned on one side of the loop bar, the sliding chute is connected with a sliding block in a sliding way, the top of the sliding block is fixedly connected with a trapezoidal block, the inclined surface of the trapezoidal block is close to the loop bar, a cutting sleeve is fixedly connected on one side of the trapezoidal block far away from the loop bar, a clamping rod is connected in the cutting sleeve in a sliding way, the clamping bar is clamped with a rack which is arranged at the bottom of the chute, the trapezoidal block is connected with a roller c in a sliding way, the roller c is arranged on one side of the top of the loop bar close to the trapezoidal block, the top of the upright post is provided with a guide groove, the loop bar is connected with the guide groove in a sliding way, and the part of the loop bar positioned in the guide groove is sleeved with a second spring, the loop bar is fixedly connected with a limiting plate, and the upper end and the lower end of the second spring are respectively and fixedly connected to the bottom of the limiting plate and the bottom wall plate of the guide groove.
Preferably, the humidifying component comprises a flywheel fixedly connected to the bottom of the transmission shaft and a water tank fixedly connected to the bottom in the shell, the water tank is sleeved with the transmission shaft and is positioned between the support and the stand column, the water tank is communicated with a water pipe, the water pipe penetrates through the top of the shell, a sealing plug is arranged at one end of the water pipe, which is far away from the water tank, a pin is fixedly connected to one side of the bottom of the flywheel, a transmission rod is rotatably connected to the pin, a rotating shaft is rotatably connected to one end of the transmission rod, which is far away from the pin, a piston is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft, a barrel is slidably sleeved with the piston, the piston is sleeved inside the barrel, a second one-way valve is arranged at the bottom of one end, which is far away from the rotating shaft, a first one-way valve is arranged at the center of one end, which is far away from the transmission rod, in the barrel, a communicating pipe is communicated with the barrel through the first one-way valve, and a spray head is communicated with the top of the communicating pipe, the spray head is positioned at the position, close to the upright post, of the outer side of the water tank.
Preferably, the ionization subassembly includes fixed cover that fixed connection kept away from main shaft one end at the rhombus axle, fixed cover has cup jointed the coil of rectangle, one side that fixed cover was kept away from to the coil is connected with resistance, the both sides that the coil is located the connector of resistance are connected with the ionization end of a thread, the ionization end of a thread is located the gas outlet, both ends difference fixedly connected with permanent magnet' S the N utmost point and the S utmost point about the inside of casing is close to one side of gas outlet, the position department between the N utmost point and the S utmost point of permanent magnet is located with the coil of fixed cover axial vertical part on the coil.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the invention can drive the fan blades to rotate through the rotation of the main shaft, further the fan blades can suck air through the air inlet, the air passes through the activated carbon layer and the filter screen layer, further the particle impurities and harmful gases in the air are adsorbed and filtered, the rotation of the third bevel gear can drive the transmission shaft to rotate, further the transmission shaft drives the flywheel to rotate, the rotation of the flywheel can drive the pin to rotate, further the pin drives the transmission rod to do reciprocating motion, when the piston moves towards the direction of the transmission rod, the cylinder can open the second one-way valve to absorb water from the water tank, when the piston moves towards the direction far away from the transmission rod, the piston can extrude the water in the cylinder and open the first one-way valve, so that the water in the cylinder is sprayed out from the spray head to the position between the bracket and the upright post in the shell through the communicating pipe, and the air is effectively humidified, after the air is humidified, part of water is retained above the water tank, so that the purified air can be humidified, meanwhile, as the transmission shaft is rotatably connected with the top cover plate of the water tank, a vortex is formed at the joint of the water tank and the transmission shaft, the air is humidified, and the humidified air is discharged into the environment, so that the phenomenon that the interior of the water tank is mildewed when the water tank is placed for a period of time can be avoided.
2. Through the design of joint subassembly and fixed subassembly for whether the work of ionization subassembly is controlled to the mode of transmission connection disconnection and connection between the main shaft of the device and the rhombus axle, the effectual device of having avoided stops carrying out effectual humidification purification's drawback because of ozone concentration is too high to whether the ionization goes on and obtains effectual control, has avoided the inside complicated shortcoming of winding displacement of air humidifying clarifier again, has improved the security and the work efficiency of the device greatly.
Drawings
The invention is further illustrated with reference to the following figures and examples.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of an air humidifying purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a structural cross-sectional view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of section E of the clamping assembly shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of section F of the clamping assembly shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the securing assembly shown in FIG. 2;
fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the humidifying assembly shown in fig. 2.
In the figure: 1. a housing; 11. an air inlet; 12. an activated carbon layer; 13. a screen layer; 14. sealing the cover; 15. an air outlet; 16. a fan blade; 17. a support; 18. a power plug; 19. a column; 2. a transmission assembly; 21. a motor; 22. a waterproof layer; 23. an output shaft; 24. a first helical gear; 25. a second helical gear; 26. a main shaft; 27. a third bevel gear; 28. a drive shaft; 29. a diamond shaft; 3. a humidifying assembly; 31. a sealing plug; 32. a water pipe; 33. a water tank; 34. a spray head; 341. a communicating pipe; 35. a flywheel; 36. a pin; 37. a transmission rod; 371. a rotating shaft; 38. a piston; 39. a barrel; 391. a first check valve; 392. a second one-way valve; 4. an ionizing assembly; 41. an N pole; 42. a coil; 43. fixing a sleeve; 44. a resistance; 45. an ionizing wire head; 46. an S pole; 5. a clamping assembly; 51. a loop bar; 52. a roller a; 53. a reset block; 54. a diagonal bar; 55. a roller b; 56. a bearing; 57. a U-shaped block; 58. a guide rod; 581. a roller; 582. a first spring; 59. a groove; 591. a limiting block; 6. a fixing assembly; 61. a chute; 62. a card sleeve; 63. clamping the rod; 64. a trapezoidal block; 65. a slider; 66. a roller c; 67. a rack; 68. a guide groove; 69. a second spring; 691. and a limiting plate.
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.
As shown in fig. 1-6, the air humidifying purifier of the present invention comprises a housing 1, an air outlet 15 is disposed on one side of the housing 1, a filter screen layer 13 is fastened to one end of the housing 1 far from the air outlet 15, an activated carbon layer 12 is fastened to one end of the filter screen layer 13 far from the air outlet 15, a sealing cover 14 is fastened to one end of the activated carbon layer 12 far from the filter screen layer 13, an air inlet 11 is disposed on the sealing cover 14, a support 17 is fixed to a position inside the housing 1 close to the filter screen layer 13, a fan blade 16 is rotatably connected to the inside of the support 17, the fan blade 16 is in transmission connection with a transmission assembly 2, a power plug 18 is connected to the outside of the housing 1, the power plug 18 is connected to the transmission assembly 2, a humidifying assembly 3 is in transmission connection with the bottom of the transmission assembly 2, the humidifying assembly 3 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the housing 1, and an ionizing assembly 4 is in transmission connection with one end of the transmission assembly 2 close to the air outlet 15, the inside transmission assembly 2 of casing 1 is close to the fixedly connected with stand 19 of position department of ionization subassembly 4, is equipped with joint subassembly 5 on the transmission assembly 2, and joint subassembly 5 and stand 19 sliding connection, joint subassembly 5 run through casing 1 and 5 movable joint of joint subassembly have fixed subassembly 6.
Wherein, the transmission assembly 2 comprises a motor 21 connected with the power plug 18, the motor 21 is fixedly connected with an output shaft 23, the motor 21 is fixedly connected with the inner top of the shell 1, the outer side of the motor 21 is fixedly connected with a waterproof layer 22, the output shaft 23 penetrates through the waterproof layer 22, one end of the output shaft 23 far away from the motor 21 is fixedly connected with a first helical gear 24, the first helical gear 24 is engaged with a second helical gear 25, the second helical gear 25 is fixedly connected with a main shaft 26, one end of the main shaft 26 is fixedly connected with the fan blades 16, the other end of the main shaft 26 is slidably sleeved with a diamond shaft 29, power is transmitted between the diamond shaft 29 and the main shaft 26 through the clamping assembly 5, the second helical gear 25 is engaged with a third helical gear 27, the third helical gear 27 and the first helical gear 24 are symmetrically arranged at the upper side and the lower side of the second helical gear 25, the bottom of the third helical gear 27 is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft 28, the transmission shaft 28 is in transmission connection with the humidifying assembly 3, the diamond shaft 29 is in sleeve connection with the clamping assembly 5, and the diamond shaft 29 is in transmission connection with the ionizing assembly 4.
Wherein, the clamping assembly 5 comprises a loop bar 51 connected inside the upright post 19 in a sliding way, the bottom of the loop bar 51 is connected with an inclined rod 54 in a sliding way, the inclined rod 54 is connected with the upright post 19 in a sliding way, the contact surface of the loop bar 51 and the inclined rod 54 in the sliding way is provided with a roller a52, a roller a52 is connected with the inclined rod 54 in a rolling way, the top of the inclined rod 54 is connected with a roller b55 in a rotating way, the roller b55 is connected with the inner top wall plate at the sliding connection part of the inclined rod 54 and the upright post 19 in a rolling way, a reset block 53 is arranged at the diagonal position of the sliding connection part of the upright post 19 and the inclined rod 54, the inclination angle of the reset block 53 is complementary with the inclination angle of the inclined rod 54, the bottom of the inclined rod 54 is fixedly connected with a bearing 56, the bearing 56 is connected at the center of the upright post 19 in a sliding way, the sliding direction of the bearing 56 is vertical to the axial direction of the upright post 19, a diamond shaft 29 is sleeved inside the inner ring of the bearing 56, one end of the diamond shaft 29 close to the main shaft 26 is fixedly connected with a U-shaped block 57, and the end of the U-shaped block 57 is a right-angle triangle, an annular groove 59 is formed in one end, close to the diamond shaft 29, of the main shaft 26, the shape of the section of the groove 59 is the same as that of the end portion of the U-shaped block 57, guide rods 58 are connected to the upper end and the lower end of the inclined surface of the groove 59 in a sliding mode, limiting blocks 591 are arranged on the guide rods 58, a first spring 582 is sleeved on the guide rods 58, the upper end and the lower end of the first spring 582 are fixedly connected to the bottom of the limiting blocks 591 and a wall plate at the sliding connection position of the main shaft 26 and the diamond shaft 29 respectively, the guide rods 58 are movably clamped with the diamond shaft 29, a face with an inclination angle complementary to that of the end portion of the U-shaped block 57 is arranged at one end, far away from the diamond shaft 29, of the guide rods 58, a plurality of rollers 581 are arranged on the face, and the U-shaped block 57 is in rolling connection with the rollers 581.
Wherein, fixed subassembly 6 is including seting up spout 61 on casing 1 and spout 61 is located one side of loop bar 51, sliding connection has slider 65 on spout 61, slider 65's top fixedly connected with trapezoidal piece 64 and the inclined plane of trapezoidal piece 64 are close to loop bar 51, one side fixedly connected with cutting ferrule 62 that the trapezoidal piece 64 kept away from loop bar 51, sliding connection has stuck bar 63 in cutting ferrule 62, stuck bar 63 joint has rack 67, rack 67 sets up the bottom at spout 61, trapezoidal piece 64 sliding connection has gyro wheel c66, gyro wheel c66 sets up the one side that is close to trapezoidal piece 64 at loop bar 51 top, guide slot 68 has been seted up at the top of stand 19, second spring 69 has been cup jointed on loop bar 51 and guide slot 68 sliding connection and the loop bar 51 is located the part in guide slot 68, fixedly connected with limiting plate 691 on the loop bar 51, the upper and lower both ends difference fixed connection of second spring 69 is on the bottom of limiting plate 691 and the bottom wallboard of guide slot 68.
Wherein, the humidifying component 3 comprises a flywheel 35 fixedly connected at the bottom of the transmission shaft 28 and a water tank 33 fixedly connected at the bottom in the housing 1, the water tank 33 is sleeved with the transmission shaft 28, the water tank 33 is positioned between the bracket 17 and the upright post 19, the water tank 33 is communicated with a water pipe 32, the water pipe 32 penetrates through the top of the housing 1, one end of the water pipe 32 far away from the water tank 33 is provided with a sealing plug 31, one side of the bottom of the flywheel 35 is fixedly connected with a pin 36, the pin 36 is rotatably connected with a transmission rod 37, one end of the transmission rod 37 far away from the pin 36 is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft 371, the rotating shaft 371 is fixedly connected with a piston 38, the piston 38 is slidably sleeved with a cylinder 39, the piston 38 is sleeved inside the cylinder 39, the bottom of one end far away from the rotating shaft 371 in the cylinder 39 is provided with a second one-way valve 392, the center of one end far away from the transmission rod 37 in the cylinder 39 is provided with a first-way valve 391, the cylinder 39 is communicated with a communicating pipe 341 through the first-way valve 391, the top of the communication pipe 341 is communicated with the shower head 34, and the shower head 34 is located at a position close to the pillar 19 outside the water tank 33.
Wherein, the ionization assembly 4 includes fixed cover 43 of fixed connection in the rhombus axle 29 one end of keeping away from main shaft 26, fixed cover 43 cup joints rectangular coil 42, one side that fixed cover 43 was kept away from to coil 42 is connected with resistance 44, the both sides that coil 42 is located the connector of resistance 44 are connected with ionization end of a thread 45, ionization end of a thread 45 is located the gas outlet 15, the inside of casing 1 is close to the north pole 41 and the south pole 46 of permanent magnet of fixedly connected with respectively in both ends about one side of gas outlet 15, the position department between north pole 41 and the south pole 46 of permanent magnet is located with fixed cover 43 axial vertical part' S coil 42 on the coil 42.
The working principle is as follows: when the device is used, firstly, the device is electrified through the power plug 18, so that the motor 21 is turned on, the turning-on of the motor 21 enables the output shaft 23 to drive the first bevel gear 24 to rotate, the first bevel gear 24 further drives the second bevel gear 25 to rotate, the rotation of the second bevel gear 25 drives the main shaft 26 and the third bevel gear 27 to rotate, the rotation of the main shaft 26 drives the fan blades 16 to rotate, further the fan blades 16 suck air through the air inlet 11, the air passes through the activated carbon layer 12 and the filter screen layer 13, further, particle impurities and harmful gases in the air are adsorbed and filtered, the rotation of the third bevel gear 27 drives the transmission shaft 28 to rotate, further, the transmission shaft 28 drives the flywheel 35 to rotate, the rotation of the flywheel 35 drives the pin 36 to rotate, further, the pin 36 drives the transmission rod 37 to reciprocate, when the piston 38 moves towards the transmission rod 37, the cylinder 39 opens the second one-way valve 392 to absorb water from the water tank 33, when the piston 38 moves away from the transmission rod 37, the piston 38 will press the water in the cylinder 39 and open the first check valve 391, so that the water in the cylinder 39 is ejected from the nozzle 34 to the position between the bracket 17 and the upright post 19 inside the housing 1 through the communicating pipe 341, and the air is effectively humidified, after the air is humidified, part of the water will be retained above the water tank 33, because the transmission shaft 28 is rotatably connected with the top cover plate of the water tank 33, a vortex will be formed at the connection position of the water tank 33 and the transmission shaft 28, so that the water enters the water tank 33 again through the connection position of the transmission shaft 28 and the water tank 33, and the transmission shaft 28 will splash the water on part of the water tank 33, effectively improving the effect of humidifying the air, in the process that the air reaches the air outlet 15 through the upright post 19, the main shaft 26 drives the diamond shaft 29 to rotate, and further the diamond shaft 29 drives the coil 42 to make cutting magnetic induction line movement through the fixing sleeve 43, and then make the inside of coil 42 produce electric current, make the both ends of ionization end of a thread 45 produce the potential difference through resistance 44 simultaneously, and then carry out effectual ionization to the air, produce partial ozone in order to reach the effect of air-purifying, because the effective humidification of air process humidification subassembly 3, so make ionization subassembly 4 more abundant and effective to the ionization of air.
Because the ozone concentration is harmful to human body when being high, the transmission between the main shaft 26 and the diamond shaft 29 is effectively limited through the clamping assembly 5 and the fixing assembly 6, when the purified air needs to be ionized, the trapezoidal block 64 in the fixing assembly 6 is moved to one side of the loop bar 51, so that the trapezoidal block 64 is not in contact with the loop bar 51, at this time, the second spring 69 applies an upward force to the loop bar 51 through the limiting plate 691, the loop bar 51 is lifted through the upward force, the lifting of the loop bar 51 can enable the diagonal bar 54 and the two rollers a52 to slide, the diagonal bar 54 is further moved towards one end of the diamond shaft 29 away from the main shaft 26 through the roller a52, and the diagonal bar 54 drives the bearing 56 to further drive the diamond shaft 29 to move towards one end of the diamond shaft 29 away from the main shaft 26, and the diamond shaft 29 moves towards one end of the coil 42, diamond shaft 29 can drive U-shaped piece 57 to move towards coil 42's direction, and then make U-shaped piece 57 get into the inside of recess 59, and U-shaped piece 57 can push down guide bar 58, the inclined plane of U-shaped piece 57 and guide bar 58 are kept away from between the roller 581 of diamond shaft 29 one end this moment and are connected by rolling, along with U-shaped piece 57's motion can push down guide bar 58, and then make guide bar 58 and diamond shaft 29's side take place the joint, and then make main shaft 26 drive diamond shaft 29 carry out effectual rotation, diamond shaft 29 can drive coil 42 and do the motion of cutting magnetic induction line this moment, and then make ionizing wire head 45 carry out effectual ionization to the air after the purification.
When ozone generation is not required to be performed through air ionization, the slide block 65 in the fixed assembly 6 is moved towards the direction of the sleeve rod 51, so that the slide block 65 drives the trapezoidal block 64 to move towards the direction of the sleeve rod 51, the inclined surface of the trapezoidal block 64 presses the sleeve rod 51 downwards through the roller c66, the second spring 69 is compressed, the sleeve rod 51 moves downwards, the sleeve rod 51 further presses the inclined rod 54 downwards through the roller a52, the inclined rod 54 drives the bearing 56 to move towards the position of the spindle 26, the bearing 56 further drives the U-shaped block 57 to move towards the direction of the spindle 26, the U-shaped block 57 further does not press the roller 581 at the top of the guide rod 58 any more, the guide rod 58 is not clamped with the diamond-shaped shaft 29, the spindle 26 is disconnected from the transmission connection between the guide rod 58 and the diamond-shaped shaft 29, the coil 42 is not moved to cut the magnetic induction lines any more, and after the sleeve rod 51 is lowered to the position at which the transmission connection between the spindle 26 and the diamond-shaped shaft 29 is disconnected, the trapezoidal blocks 64 are fixed by inserting the catch bar 63 into the inside of the rack 67, preventing the elastic force of the second spring 69 from making the loop bar 51 ascend and rebound so that the coil 42 is not accidentally rotated.
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, and the embodiments and descriptions given above are only illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which fall within the scope of the claims. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.