Superfine filament bundle gravity tackifying device
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of plastic modification equipment, and particularly relates to a gravity tackifying device for superfine filament bundles.
Background
Polyester is a polymer obtained by polycondensation of a polyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid, has excellent heat resistance, corrosion resistance, toughness, electrical insulation and the like, and is inexpensive, and thus is widely used in the plastic fields such as fibers, films, polyester bottles and the like. In the current polyester industry, new materials are used as raw materials, or a mode of reducing polyester synthesis procedures or product processing flows is adopted to improve the product quality.
In recent years, along with expansion of the application market of polyester products, the application field of the polyester material not only pays attention to the safety and environmental protection of the production process, but also puts higher demands on the performance (such as temperature resistance, impact resistance, environmental protection, light weight and the like) of the products.
The existing polyester tackifying technology generally adopts a kettle type or rake type processing mode, and has the problems of complex technological process, long reaction time, low reaction efficiency, more occupied area, larger investment, equipment dead angle and the like.
The chinese patent with publication No. CN101321805B discloses an industrial preparation method of high quality aromatic polycarbonate, in which an aromatic dihydroxy compound is reacted with high purity diaryl carbonate to prepare a molten prepolymer of aromatic polycarbonate, and a deflector contact flow-down type polymerizer is used to transfer the molten prepolymer, but the problem of enlarging the surface area and improving the connection transmission efficiency cannot be solved.
Based on this, the inventor devised a device for thickening and separating materials by arranging a plurality of ultra-fine guide pipes in a bundle, fixing the ultra-fine guide pipes between an upper support plate and a lower support plate, and vacuumizing the materials passing through the ultra-fine guide pipes, so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a superfine filament bundle gravity tackifying device, which is characterized in that a plurality of superfine guide pipes are arranged into a bundle, the superfine guide pipes are fixed between an upper supporting plate and a lower supporting plate, and materials passing through the superfine guide pipes are vacuumized, so that the separation and tackifying of the materials are realized, and the problems of complex technological process, long reaction time, low reaction efficiency and the like in the polyester tackifying technology in the prior art are solved.
Based on the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a gravity tackifying device for superfine filament bundles comprises an upper cylinder, a lower seal head arranged at the bottom end of the lower cylinder and a tackifying structure; the bottom end of the upper cylinder body is detachably connected with the top end of the lower cylinder body;
The top end of the upper cylinder body is provided with a first top cover;
the side wall of the upper cylinder body is provided with a feeding pipe, and one end of the feeding pipe penetrates through the side wall of the upper cylinder body and stretches into the upper cylinder body;
The upper cylinder is internally provided with a feeding shunt tube, a supporting mechanism and a disc distributor; the feeding shunt pipe is arranged at the top end of the supporting mechanism;
The cloth disc device is arranged below the feeding shunt pipe and is communicated with the feeding shunt pipe through a connecting pipe, and the bottom end of the cloth disc device is open;
the bottom end of the upper cylinder body is provided with a bottom cover, and a plurality of first diversion holes are arranged on the bottom cover;
an upper supporting plate is arranged at the top end opening of the lower cylinder body, and a lower supporting plate is arranged at the bottom end opening of the lower cylinder body;
The upper supporting plate is provided with a plurality of second diversion holes corresponding to the first diversion holes on the bottom cover of the upper cylinder body, the lower supporting plate is provided with a plurality of third diversion holes corresponding to the second diversion holes on the upper supporting plate, the opening at the top end of the lower sealing head is provided with a second top cover, and the second top cover is provided with a plurality of fourth diversion holes corresponding to the third diversion holes on the lower supporting plate;
The tackifying structure comprises a tightening mechanism, a fixing mechanism and a plurality of superfine guide pipes vertically arranged in the lower cylinder;
The tightening mechanism comprises a cylindrical first fixing head, a first tightening nut and a compression spring, wherein the cylindrical first fixing head, the first tightening nut and the compression spring are arranged in the first diversion hole; the fixing mechanism comprises a cylindrical second fixing head arranged in the fourth diversion hole;
The outer diameter of the superfine guide pipe is consistent with the diameter of the second guide hole, and the superfine guide pipe sequentially passes through the first guide hole, the second guide hole, the third guide hole and the fourth guide hole from top to bottom;
the top end of the superfine honeycomb duct upwards passes through the first fixed head, the top end of the superfine honeycomb duct penetrates out of the top end of the first fixed head, the top end of the superfine honeycomb duct is abutted to the opening at the bottom end of the disc distributor, and the first fixed head is fixedly connected with the superfine honeycomb duct;
The outer wall of the first fixing head is provided with external threads, the first tightening nut can be in threaded connection with the first fixing head, the compression spring is positioned below the first tightening nut, the top end of the compression spring is propped against the lower end of the first tightening nut, and the lower end of the compression spring is propped against the bottom wall of the first diversion hole;
The bottom end of the superfine guide pipe downwards passes through the second fixed head, the bottom end of the superfine guide pipe penetrates out from the bottom end of the second fixed head, and the second fixed head is fixedly connected with the superfine guide pipe; the top end of the superfine honeycomb duct is fixed at a first guide hole through a first fixing head; the bottom end of the superfine guide pipe is fixed at the fourth guide hole through the second fixing head;
The bottom end of the conical lower end enclosure is provided with a discharge hole.
Further, the first top cover is connected with the top end flange of the upper cylinder body.
Further, the supporting mechanism comprises two first supporting frames which are horizontally arranged in the upper cylinder body and two second supporting frames which are horizontally arranged.
Further, the feeding shunt tubes comprise a main flow tube and two shunt tubes, the two shunt tubes are arranged in parallel, one end of the main flow tube is connected with the feeding tube in a flange manner, and the side walls of the two shunt tubes are communicated with the side wall of the main flow tube;
The two first support frames are arranged in parallel, the two second support frames are arranged in parallel, and the two first support frames are perpendicular to the two second support frames; two shunt tubes all erect the top at two second support frames, and the main flow tube erects the top at a first support frame.
Further, four connecting pipes are arranged at the top end of the cloth tray device, and the top ends of the four connecting pipes are respectively connected with the discharge ends of the two shunt pipes.
Further, in order to be convenient for observe the feeding condition in the upper cylinder, the upper cylinder lateral wall is provided with the first observation window that can observe inside.
Further preferably, two first observation windows are provided, and the two first observation windows are symmetrically arranged.
Further, the upper supporting plate is fixedly arranged at the opening part of the top end of the lower cylinder, the lower supporting plate is fixedly arranged at the opening part of the bottom end of the lower cylinder, and the upper supporting plate and the lower supporting plate are respectively arranged at the top end and the bottom end of the lower cylinder, so that the sealing of the inside of the lower cylinder is realized.
Further, the diameter of the second deflector hole is consistent with the diameter of the third deflector hole, the diameter of the first deflector hole is consistent with the diameter of the fourth deflector hole, and the diameter of the first deflector hole is larger than the diameter of the second deflector hole.
Further, the upper supporting plate is connected with the bottom cover flange of the upper cylinder body, the lower cylinder body and the upper cylinder body are detachably connected through the flange connection of the upper supporting plate and the bottom cover of the upper cylinder body, the lower supporting plate is connected with the second top cover flange, and the lower cylinder body and the upper cylinder body are detachably connected through the flange connection of the lower supporting plate and the second top cover.
Further, the side wall of the first fixing head is provided with a first threaded through hole, a first clamping bolt is arranged in the first threaded through hole in a penetrating mode, and the side wall of the superfine honeycomb duct is compressed by the first clamping bolt, so that the first fixing head is fixedly connected with the superfine honeycomb duct.
Further, the side wall of the second fixing head is provided with a second threaded through hole, a second clamping bolt is arranged in the second threaded through hole in a penetrating mode, and the side wall of the superfine honeycomb duct is pressed by the second clamping bolt, so that the second fixing head is fixedly connected with the superfine honeycomb duct.
Further, the diameter of the first fixing head is smaller than that of the first diversion hole, the diameter of the first fixing head is larger than that of the second diversion hole, and the diameter of the second fixing head is consistent with that of the fourth diversion hole.
Further, the side wall of the conical lower end socket is also provided with a second observation window.
Further, the superfine flow guide pipes are in filament shapes, the diameter of each superfine flow guide pipe is 0.01-2mm, the material is 316L stainless steel, and the total number of the superfine flow guide pipes is 1W-100W.
Further preferably, every 50-100 superfine guide pipes are bundled, the tightening amount of the superfine guide pipes can be adjusted by adjusting the first tightening nut and utilizing the stretching effect of the compression spring, and then the elasticity and the rigidity of the superfine guide pipes are adjusted.
Further, the lower cylinder body is also sleeved with an annular vacuum pipeline.
Further preferably, two vacuum pipelines are provided, namely a first vacuum pipeline and a second vacuum pipeline, wherein the first vacuum pipeline is sleeved on the upper part of the periphery of the lower cylinder body, and the second vacuum pipeline is sleeved on the lower part of the periphery of the lower cylinder body;
The first vacuum pipeline and the second vacuum pipeline are communicated with the inside of the lower cylinder body through pipelines, and the first vacuum pipeline and the second vacuum pipeline are externally connected with a vacuum pumping device.
Further, the side wall of the superfine honeycomb duct is also provided with micropores, the aperture of the micropores is smaller than the diameter of the material particles, and the micropores are mainly convenient for separating micromolecular volatile substances in the material.
Further, the outer wall of the lower cylinder body is also provided with a plurality of upper hanging lugs and a plurality of lower hanging lugs.
Further preferably, the upper hanging lugs are four, the lower hanging lugs are four, the four lower hanging lugs are arranged below the four upper hanging lugs, the four upper hanging lugs are symmetrically arranged on the outer wall of the lower cylinder, and the four lower hanging lugs are symmetrically arranged on the outer wall of the lower cylinder.
Compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that:
1. By utilizing the gravity tackifying device for the ultra-fine filament bundles, the reaction time can be shorter, the material flow is smoother, and the color of the finally produced product is better.
2. The superfine filament bundle gravity tackifying device adopts a unique shaftless design, and can realize the problems that different substances react more smoothly in the material descending process and volatile substances in the material are easier to separate only by using a plurality of bundles of superfine honeycomb ducts made of 316L stainless steel. In the whole material descending process, impurities can be removed better due to the increase of the contact area of the material and the superfine guide pipe, the viscosity of the material is improved, and the reacted material has higher purity.
3. According to the invention, a plurality of superfine guide pipes are arranged into a bundle, and the superfine guide pipes are fixed between the upper support plate and the lower support plate, so that the problems of difficult installation, debugging and replacement, difficult cleaning and maintenance and the like caused by the fact that the superfine guide pipes are too thin are solved, and the batch production of the superfine guide pipes can be realized.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a gravity tackifying device for ultra-fine filament bundles according to example 1;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view at AA in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the connection structure of the first stationary head and the ultra-fine nozzle at B in FIG. 1;
Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of a connection structure of the second fixed head and the ultra-fine fluid guide pipe in fig. 1at C.
Detailed Description
In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, which is therefore not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1-4, the gravity tackifying device for the ultra-fine filament bundles comprises an upper cylinder 2, a lower cylinder 1, a conical lower seal head 3 arranged at the bottom end of the lower cylinder 1 and a tackifying structure; the bottom end of the upper cylinder body 2 is detachably connected with the top end of the lower cylinder body 1;
the top end of the upper cylinder 2 is provided with a first top cover 21, and the first top cover 21 is in flange connection with the top end of the upper cylinder 2;
The side wall of the upper cylinder 2 is provided with a feeding pipe 22, one end of the feeding pipe 22 penetrates through the side wall of the upper cylinder 2 and stretches into the upper cylinder 2, and the other end of the feeding pipe 22 is connected with feeding equipment outside the upper cylinder 2;
the upper cylinder body 2 is internally provided with a feeding shunt pipe, two first supporting frames 24 which are horizontally arranged, two second supporting frames 25 which are horizontally arranged and a disc distributor 26;
The feeding shunt tubes comprise a main flow tube 231 and two shunt tubes 232, the two shunt tubes 232 are arranged in parallel, one end of the main flow tube 231 is connected with the feeding tube 22 in a flange manner, and the side walls of the two shunt tubes 232 are communicated with the side wall of the main flow tube 231;
The two first support frames 24 are arranged in parallel, the two second support frames 25 are arranged in parallel, and the two first support frames 24 are perpendicular to the two second support frames 25; two shunt tubes 232 are respectively arranged at the top ends of two second supporting frames 25, and a main flow tube 231 is arranged at the top end of one first supporting frame 24;
The disc distributor 26 is arranged below the feeding shunt tubes, four connecting pipes 261 are arranged at the top ends of the disc distributor 26, the top ends of the four connecting pipes 261 are respectively connected with the discharge ends of the two shunt tubes 232, and in particular, the disc distributor 26 is disc-shaped in the embodiment, and the bottom end of the disc distributor 26 is open;
the bottom end of the upper cylinder body 2 is provided with a bottom cover 27, and a plurality of first diversion holes are arranged on the bottom cover 27;
in order to facilitate the observation of the feeding condition in the upper cylinder 2, the side wall of the upper cylinder 2 is provided with first observation windows 28 capable of observing the inside, specifically, as shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, two first observation windows 28 are provided, and the two first observation windows 28 are symmetrically arranged.
An upper supporting plate 11 is arranged at the opening of the top end of the lower cylinder 1, a lower supporting plate 12 is arranged at the opening of the bottom end of the lower cylinder 1, specifically, in the embodiment, the upper supporting plate 11 is fixedly arranged at the opening of the top end of the lower cylinder 1, the lower supporting plate 12 is fixedly arranged at the opening of the bottom end of the lower cylinder 1, and the sealing of the interior of the lower cylinder 1 is realized by arranging the upper supporting plate 11 and the lower supporting plate 12 at the top end and the bottom end of the lower cylinder 1 respectively;
the position of the upper supporting plate 11 corresponding to the first diversion hole on the bottom cover 27 of the upper cylinder 2 is provided with a plurality of second diversion holes, the position of the lower supporting plate 12 corresponding to the second diversion hole on the upper supporting plate 11 is provided with a plurality of third diversion holes, the opening at the top end of the conical lower sealing head 3 is provided with a second top cover 31, and the position of the second top cover 31 corresponding to the third diversion hole on the lower supporting plate 12 is provided with a plurality of fourth diversion holes;
The diameter of the second diversion hole is consistent with that of the third diversion hole, the diameter of the first diversion hole is consistent with that of the fourth diversion hole, and the diameter of the first diversion hole is larger than that of the second diversion hole;
The upper supporting plate 11 is in flange connection with the bottom cover 27 of the upper cylinder 2, the lower cylinder 1 is detachably connected with the upper cylinder 2 through the flange connection between the upper supporting plate 11 and the bottom cover 27 of the upper cylinder 2, the lower supporting plate 12 is in flange connection with the second top cover 31, and the lower cylinder 1 is detachably connected with the upper cylinder 2 through the flange connection between the lower supporting plate 12 and the second top cover 31.
The tackifying structure comprises a tightening mechanism, a fixing mechanism and a plurality of superfine guide pipes 4 vertically arranged in the lower cylinder body 1;
The tightening mechanism comprises a cylindrical first fixing head 41, a first tightening nut 42 and a compression spring 43 which are arranged in the first diversion hole; the fixing mechanism comprises a cylindrical second fixing head 44 arranged in the fourth diversion hole;
The outer diameter of the superfine guide pipe 4 is consistent with the diameter of the second guide hole, and the superfine guide pipe 4 sequentially passes through the first guide hole, the second guide hole, the third guide hole and the fourth guide hole from top to bottom;
the top end of the superfine guide pipe 4 upwards passes through the first fixing head 41, the top end of the superfine guide pipe 4 passes through the top end of the first fixing head 41, the top end of the superfine guide pipe 4 is abutted to the opening at the bottom end of the dish distributor 26, the first fixing head 41 is fixedly connected with the superfine guide pipe 4, specifically, in the embodiment, the side wall of the first fixing head 41 is provided with a first threaded through hole, a first clamping bolt is arranged in the first threaded through hole in a penetrating way, and the side wall of the superfine guide pipe 4 is tightly pressed by the first clamping bolt, so that the first fixing head 41 is fixedly connected with the superfine guide pipe 4;
The outer wall of the first fixing head 41 is provided with external threads, the external threads of the outer wall of the first fixing head 41 are matched with the internal threads of the first tightening nut 42, the first tightening nut 42 can be in threaded connection with the first fixing head 41, the compression spring 43 is positioned below the first tightening nut 42, the top end of the compression spring 43 is propped against the lower end of the first tightening nut 42, and the lower end of the compression spring 43 is propped against the bottom wall of the first diversion hole;
The bottom end of the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 downwards passes through the second fixing head 44, the bottom end of the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 passes through the bottom end of the second fixing head 44, the second fixing head 44 is fixedly connected with the superfine flow guiding pipe 4, specifically, in the embodiment, the side wall of the second fixing head 44 is provided with a second threaded through hole, and a second clamping bolt is arranged in the second threaded through hole in a penetrating manner, and the side wall of the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 is tightly pressed by the second clamping bolt, so that the fixed connection between the second fixing head 44 and the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 is realized;
The diameter of the first fixing head 41 is smaller than that of the first diversion hole, the diameter of the first fixing head 41 is larger than that of the second diversion hole, and the diameter of the second fixing head 44 is consistent with that of the fourth diversion hole; the bottom end of the superfine guide pipe 4 is fixed at a fourth guide hole through a second fixing head 44;
The top end of the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 is fixed at the first flow guiding hole through the first fixing head 41, the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 has certain elasticity, and the superfine flow guiding pipe 4 can be further tightened by downwards screwing the first tightening nut 42, and the first tightening nut 42 is downwards propped against the compression spring 43; when the first tightening nut 42 is unscrewed upwards, the compression spring 43 is propped against the first tightening nut 42 due to the stretching action of the compression spring 43, so that the top end of the superfine guide pipe 4 can be prevented from excessively sagging, and the superfine guide pipe 4 can be prevented from excessively loosening.
The bottom of the conical lower head 3 is provided with a discharge hole 32, and the side wall of the conical lower head 3 is also provided with a second observation window 33.
The superfine flow guiding pipes 4 are in filament shapes, the diameter of each superfine flow guiding pipe 4 is 0.01-2mm, the material is 316L stainless steel, 1W-100W of the superfine flow guiding pipes are counted, in the embodiment, 50-100 of the superfine flow guiding pipes 4 are bundled, the tightening amount of the superfine flow guiding pipes 4 can be adjusted by adjusting the first tightening nut 42 and utilizing the stretching effect of the compression spring 43, and then the elasticity and the rigidity of the superfine flow guiding pipes 4 are adjusted.
The outer periphery of the lower cylinder body 1 is also sleeved with annular vacuum pipelines, specifically, two vacuum pipelines are arranged in the embodiment, namely a first vacuum pipeline 51 and a second vacuum pipeline 52, the first vacuum pipeline 51 is sleeved on the upper part of the outer periphery of the lower cylinder body 1, and the second vacuum pipeline 52 is sleeved on the lower part of the outer periphery of the lower cylinder body 1;
The first vacuum pipeline 51 and the second vacuum pipeline 52 are communicated with the inside of the lower cylinder 1 through pipelines, and the first vacuum pipeline 51 and the second vacuum pipeline 52 are externally connected with a vacuum pumping device.
Further, the side wall of the superfine guide pipe 4 is also provided with micropores, the aperture of the micropores is smaller than the diameter of the material particles, and the micropores are mainly convenient for separating micromolecular volatile substances in the material.
In the running process of the device, vacuum is pumped into the cylinder 1 through the first vacuum pipeline 51 and the second vacuum pipeline 52, and due to negative pressure existing outside the superfine guide pipe 4, volatile micromolecular substances in the material can be discharged from micropores on the side wall of the superfine guide pipe 4, meanwhile, larger particles in the material can be adhered to the inner wall of the superfine guide pipe 4, so that the reaction time of the material in the whole system is prolonged, and then the volatilized micromolecular substances can finally flow downwards in a gathering manner to the upper surface of the lower support plate 12, so that the purification and tackifying of the material are realized.
The outer wall of the lower cylinder body 1 is also provided with a plurality of upper hanging lugs 61 and a plurality of lower hanging lugs 62, specifically, in the embodiment, four upper hanging lugs 61 are arranged, four lower hanging lugs 62 are arranged below the four upper hanging lugs 61, four upper hanging lugs 61 are symmetrically arranged on the outer wall of the lower cylinder body 1, and four lower hanging lugs 62 are symmetrically arranged on the outer wall of the lower cylinder body 1;
In the use of the super-filament bundle gravity tackifying device, the super-filament bundle gravity tackifying device can be lapped on a bracket through the upper hanging lugs 61 and the lower hanging lugs 62, further, hanging holes can be formed in the upper hanging lugs 61 and the lower hanging lugs 62, and in the transportation process, the super-filament bundle gravity tackifying device can be moved in a hanging mode.
In the operation process, after the material containing polyester enters from the feeding pipe 22, the material sequentially passes through the main flow pipe 231, the shunt pipe 232, the connecting pipe 261 and the distributor 26, then falls to the opening of the top end of the superfine flow guide pipe 4 from the opening of the bottom end of the distributor 26, and because the material entering the feeding pipe 22 is prepolymer in a molten state, the material has certain fluidity, and because of the action of gravity, the material enters from the opening of the top end of the superfine flow guide pipe 4, moves downwards along the superfine flow guide pipe 4, finally flows out from the opening of the bottom end of the superfine flow guide pipe 4 to the conical lower sealing head 3, and is discharged from the discharge hole 32.
In the process, the first vacuum pipeline 51 and the second vacuum pipeline 52 are used for vacuumizing the lower cylinder 1, as the superfine guide pipe 4 is thinner, the pipe wall is thinner, the components in the materials react on one side in the falling process of the materials, volatile substances in the materials are continuously separated, volatile micromolecular substances in the materials are discharged from micropores on the side wall of the superfine guide pipe 4, the materials flow along the inner wall of the superfine guide pipe 4 in the downward flowing process, the contact area between the materials and the pipe wall is increased, the volatile substances in the materials volatilize along with the falling of the materials, the purity of the materials is further increased, the viscosity is increased, and the polyester compound with higher purity is formed.
In the whole material descending process, impurities can be removed better due to the increase of the contact area between the material and the superfine guide pipe 4, the viscosity of the material is improved, and the reacted material has higher purity.
The superfine guide pipe 4 has certain elasticity, and in the use process, the first tightening nut 42 can be screwed down, the first tightening nut 42 is propped against the compression spring 43 downward, so that the superfine guide pipe 4 can be further tightened; when the first tightening nut 42 is unscrewed upwards, the compression spring 43 is propped against the first tightening nut 42 due to the stretching action of the compression spring 43, so that the top end of the superfine guide pipe 4 can be prevented from excessively sagging, and the superfine guide pipe 4 can be prevented from excessively loosening.
By utilizing the gravity tackifying device for the ultra-fine filament bundles, the reaction time can be shorter, the material flow is smoother, and the color of the finally produced product is better.
The superfine filament bundle gravity tackifying device adopts a unique shaftless design, and can realize the problems that different substances react more smoothly in the material descending process and volatile substances in the material are easier to separate only by using a plurality of bundles of superfine guide pipes 4 made of 316L stainless steel.
In addition, the invention not only solves the problems of difficult installation, debugging, replacement, difficult cleaning and maintenance and the like caused by too thin superfine guide pipes 4, but also can realize the mass production of the superfine guide pipes 4 by arranging a plurality of superfine guide pipes 4 into a bundle and fixing the superfine guide pipes 4 between the upper support plate 11 and the lower support plate 12.
The foregoing examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention and are described in detail herein without thereby limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.