CN108358140B - Automatic cover sealing equipment and method for test tube - Google Patents

Automatic cover sealing equipment and method for test tube Download PDF

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CN108358140B
CN108358140B CN201810122165.4A CN201810122165A CN108358140B CN 108358140 B CN108358140 B CN 108358140B CN 201810122165 A CN201810122165 A CN 201810122165A CN 108358140 B CN108358140 B CN 108358140B
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狄英杰
孙福来
郑国明
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The invention provides automatic sealing equipment and a method for test tubes, which comprises a loading device, a screening device, a clamping device and a sealing device, wherein the loading device, the screening device, the clamping device and the sealing device are sequentially arranged and used for storing test tube covers, the clamping device is used for clamping test tubes and sealing the test tubes, and the screening device is used for screening postures of the test tube covers and outputting the test tube covers which pass the screening to the sealing device.

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Automatic cover sealing equipment and method for test tube
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of medical equipment, in particular to automatic cover sealing equipment and method for a test tube.
Background
With the development of biomedicine in the current society, laboratory medicine is more widely applied and developed in the current society, so that the number of people and laboratory tests for hospitalizing in hospitals is greatly increased.
The automation level of the current society is continuously developed, the requirement of laboratory medicine on automation is greatly improved, and further requirements on personnel cost reduction, work efficiency improvement and work quality improvement are provided, so that the automatic system of the medical laboratory is required to be more at the present stage.
In traditional closing cap device, the cap is installed a small amount additional, needs the frequent additional cap of staff, has consequently increased personnel's cost, and full-automatic closing cap device's cap is loaded the transportation from the screening and is had a complicated structure to closing cap device in-process, and is with high costs.
Accordingly, there is a need for improvements and developments in the art.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention is directed to an automatic capping apparatus and method for test tubes, which has the advantage of high capping efficiency.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
the utility model provides an automatic closing cap equipment for test tube, wherein, including the loading attachment, the sieving mechanism that are used for depositing the test tube lid that set gradually, be used for the clamping device of centre gripping test tube and be used for carrying out the closing cap device of closing cap to the test tube, the sieving mechanism is used for the test tube lid to carry out the gesture screening to the test tube lid of screening is passed through to the closing cap device output.
Furthermore, a cover storing mechanism for storing the test tube covers is arranged at the bottom of the loading device, and a cover pushing mechanism and a blanking mechanism are respectively connected to two sides of the cover storing mechanism;
push away and cover the mechanism and be arranged in will depositing the test tube lid in the lid mechanism and push blanking mechanism, blanking mechanism sends into sieving mechanism with the test tube lid.
The cover storage mechanism comprises a material storage box, a material stop door and a hinge, wherein the material stop door covers one end, facing the blanking mechanism, of the material storage box, and the material stop door is rotatably connected to the material storage box through the hinge;
the cover pushing mechanism comprises a cover pushing cover, a linear guide rail matched with the cover pushing cover and a cover pushing cylinder for driving the cover pushing cover to move along the linear guide rail, and the cover pushing cover is used for pushing the test tube covers stored in the material storage box to the blanking mechanism from the material blocking door;
the blanking mechanism comprises a cover connected with the material storage box and a funnel arranged below the cover.
Further, deposit and cover mechanism still including setting up the spring nail on the hinge and set up the spring on the spring nail, the spring is used for driving the striker door lid to fit in and deposits the magazine.
Furthermore, the screening device comprises a material vibrating mechanism and a feeding mechanism, wherein the material vibrating mechanism is used for outputting unordered test tube covers in order according to a specified posture;
the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding support, a guide groove and a cover judging sensor, the guide groove is arranged on the feeding support and connected with the vibrating mechanism, a cache area used for containing the test tube cover extracted by the to-be-covered device is arranged on the guide groove, and the cover judging sensor is used for judging whether the test tube cover exists in the cache area.
Further, be provided with the mounting bracket on the material loading support and rotate the deflector of connecting in the mounting bracket, be provided with the balancing weight on the deflector, the deflector is used for preventing the test tube lid from being in the in-process that closing cap device drawed the test tube lid takes place the biasing.
Furthermore, the cover sealing device comprises a cover sealing frame, wherein the cover sealing frame is provided with a grabbing mechanism, a lifting mechanism for driving the grabbing mechanism to move and a carrying mechanism for driving the lifting mechanism to move along the length direction of the cover sealing frame;
the grabbing mechanism comprises a grabbing pneumatic claw which moves along with the lifting mechanism and a test tube cover clamping hand which is arranged on the grabbing pneumatic claw.
Furthermore, the lifting mechanism comprises a feeding guide rail arranged on the sealing cover frame, an air cylinder mounting plate connected to the feeding guide rail in a sliding manner and a grabbing air cylinder arranged on the air cylinder mounting plate, and the grabbing air cylinder drives the grabbing mechanism to move along the direction vertical to the length direction of the sealing cover frame;
the carrying mechanism comprises a feeding cylinder and a cylinder connecting plate, wherein the feeding cylinder is arranged on the cover sealing frame and used for driving a cylinder mounting plate to move along a feeding guide rail, the cylinder connecting plate is connected between the feeding guide rail and the feeding cylinder, and the feeding cylinder and the grabbing cylinder are respectively arranged on two sides of the cover sealing frame.
Further, the test tube clamping device further comprises a conveying device, wherein the conveying device is used for conveying the test tube to the clamping device;
clamping device includes the mount, and the centre gripping gas that sets up on the mount is grabbed, is connected in the test tube tong that the centre gripping gas was grabbed and is used for judging whether the closing cap sensor of closing cap success, and the drive test tube tong that opens and shuts through the centre gripping gas is grabbed carries out the centre gripping to the test tube.
An automatic capping method for test tubes according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of:
the cover pushing mechanism pushes the test tube covers in the cover storing mechanism into the blanking mechanism, and the blanking mechanism sends the test tube covers into the screening device;
the material vibrating mechanism orderly outputs unordered test tube covers to the cache region according to the specified postures, and the cover judging sensor judges whether the test tube covers exist in the cache region or not;
when the test tube covers exist in the cache region, the cover sealing device grabs the test tube covers in the cache region and conveys the test tube covers to a cover sealing station; the conveying device conveys the test tube to the clamping device, the clamping device clamps the test tube, and the test tube is matched with the sealing cover device to realize the sealing cover of the test tube.
In summary, the following steps: according to the invention, the test tube caps are stored by the loading device, the test tube caps are subjected to posture screening by the screening device, the screened test tube caps are output to the capping device, the sample container test tube is clamped by the clamping device, and the clamping device and the capping device are matched to cap the test tube, so that the sample container is capped simply, quickly and reliably.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a loading mechanism in an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the loading mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a screening mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the front surface of the capping mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7-8 are schematic views of different angles of the capping mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a tube cap gripper according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a loading device; 11. a loading bin; 12. a cover pushing mechanism; 121. a cover pushing cylinder; 122. a cap pushing joint; 123. locking the nut; 124. a guide rail connector; 125. a linear guide rail; 126. pushing the cover; 13. a loading floor; 14. a cover storage mechanism; 141. a material storage box; 142. a material judging sensor; 143. judging a material mounting plate; 144. a spring; 145. a spring pin; 146. a material blocking door; 147. a hinge; 15. a blanking mechanism; 151. a cover; 152. a funnel; 2. a screening device; 21. screening a bottom plate; 22. a material vibrating mechanism; 221. a vibrating pan; 223. judging a material shortage sensor; 222. judging a material shortage mounting plate; 23. a feeding mechanism; 231. a feeding base; 232. a feeding support; 233. a self-lubricating bearing; 234. a mounting frame; 235. a balancing weight; 236. a guide plate; 237. a blocking sheet; 238. a rotating shaft; 239. a feeding bottom plate; 23a, a cap judging sensor; 23b, judging a cover mounting rack; 23c, a cover plate; 23d, a guide groove; 23e, a blocking plate; 24. a buffer area; 3. a capping device; 31. a cover sealing frame; 32. a lifting mechanism; 321. a grabbing cylinder; 322. a cylinder mounting plate; 323. a feeding guide rail; 33. a grabbing mechanism; 331. a test tube cover clamping hand; 3311. a stopper; 3312. an arc-shaped slot; 332. grabbing a pneumatic grab; 333. a pneumatic grab connection; 34. a carrying mechanism; 341. a feeding cylinder; 342. a feeding joint; 343. fastening a nut; 344. a cylinder connecting plate; 4. a clamping device; 41. clamping the pneumatic gripper; 42. a test tube gripper; 43. a silica gel pad; 44. a cover bracket; 45. a capping sensor; 46. a fixed mount; 5. a transmission device; 6. test tubes.
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The present embodiment is only for explaining the present invention, and it is not limited to the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make modifications of the present embodiment without inventive contribution as needed after reading the present specification, but all of them are protected by patent law within the scope of the claims of the present invention.
Example (b): an automatic capping device and method for test tubes, as shown in fig. 1, comprises a loading device 1 for storing test tube caps, a screening device 2, a clamping device 4 for clamping test tubes, and a capping device 3 for capping test tubes 6, which are arranged in sequence, wherein the screening device 2 is used for screening postures of the test tube caps and outputting screened test tube caps to the capping device 3.
After the test tube caps are put into the loading device 1, the test tube caps in the loading device 1 are in an unordered state, so that the test tube caps are subjected to posture screening by the screening device 2 and are output one by one, and the capping device 3 clamps, moves and caps the test tube caps. When the capping device 3 completes the capping action, the capping action needs to be completed by matching with the clamping device 4, the clamping device 4 stably clamps the test tube 6 to be capped, a transmission device 5 is further arranged at the downstream of the clamping device 4, the transmission device 5 transmits the test tube to the working position of the clamping mechanism 33, and the transmission device 5 can be a transmission assembly line of the laboratory, such as a conveyor belt.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, a cover storing mechanism 14 for storing the test tube covers is disposed at the bottom of the loading device 1, and a cover pushing mechanism 12 and a blanking mechanism 15 are respectively connected to two sides of the cover storing mechanism 14. The cap pushing mechanism 12 is used for pushing the test tube caps in the cap storing mechanism 14 into the blanking mechanism 15, and the blanking mechanism 15 sends the test tube caps into the screening device 2.
The loading device 1 further comprises a loading box 11, a loading bottom plate 13 is detachably connected to the lower end of the loading box 11, and a cover storing mechanism 14, a cover pushing mechanism 12 and a blanking mechanism 15 are all installed on the loading bottom plate 13.
The cover storage mechanism 14 comprises a storage box 141, a material blocking door 146 covering one end of the storage box 141 facing the blanking mechanism 15 and a hinge 147, and the material blocking door 146 is rotatably connected to the storage box 141 through the hinge 147. The hinge 147 is provided with a spring nail 145, the spring nail 145 is provided with a spring 144, and the spring 144 is used for driving the material blocking door 146 to cover the material storage box 141. The side wall of the storage box 141 is in threaded connection with a judging mounting plate 143, a judging sensor 142 is mounted on the judging mounting plate 143, and the judging sensor 142 is used for judging whether a test tube cover exists in the storage box 141.
The cap pushing mechanism 12 includes a cap pushing cover 126, a linear guide 125 adapted to the cap pushing cover 126, and a cap pushing cylinder 121 for driving the cap pushing cover 126 to move along the linear guide 125, wherein the cap pushing cover 126 is used for pushing the test tube caps stored in the material storage box 141 from the material blocking door 146 to the material dropping mechanism 15. The lower end of the storage box 141 facing the lid cover 126 is opened with an opening through which the lid cover 126 passes.
The cap-pushing cylinder 121 is connected to a cap-pushing cap 126 through a cap-pushing joint 122 and is fixed by a lock nut 123. A guide rail connecting piece 124 is connected to the lower end of the cap pushing cover 126 in a threaded manner, and the cap pushing cover 126 is driven by the cap pushing cylinder 121 to reciprocate under the guiding condition of the guide rail connecting piece 124 and the linear guide rail 125.
The blanking mechanism 15 includes a cover 151 connected to the storage box 141, and a funnel 152 disposed below the cover 151, wherein the cover 151 is open to one side of the storage box 141.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the screening device 2 includes a material vibrating mechanism 22 and a feeding mechanism 23, and the material vibrating mechanism 22 is configured to output the unordered test tube caps in order according to a specified posture. The vibrating mechanism 22 and the feeding mechanism 23 are both installed on a screening bottom plate 21.
The vibrating mechanism 22 comprises a vibrating disk 221, wherein an insufficient material judging mounting plate 222 is mounted on the vibrating disk 221, an insufficient material judging sensor 223 is mounted on the insufficient material judging mounting plate 222, and the insufficient material judging sensor 223 is used for judging the material storage amount of the test tube cover in the vibrating disk 221.
The feeding mechanism 23 comprises a feeding support 232, a guide groove 23d arranged on the feeding support 232 and connected with the vibrating mechanism 22, and a cap judging sensor 23a, wherein a buffer area 24 used for accommodating a test tube cap to be extracted by the capping device 3 is arranged on the guide groove 23d, the cap judging sensor 23a is used for judging whether the buffer area 24 is filled with test tube caps or not, and the cap judging sensor 23a is arranged in the buffer area 24.
The upper end of the feeding support 232 is provided with a feeding bottom plate 239, the guide groove 23d is installed on the feeding bottom plate 239, the upper end of the guide groove 23d is provided with a cover plate 23c, one side of the guide groove 23d is provided with a blocking plate 23e, and the buffer area 24 is formed among the guide groove 23d, the cover plate 23c and the blocking plate 23 e.
The feeding support 232 is provided with a mounting frame 234 and a guide plate 236 rotatably connected to the mounting frame 234, the guide plate 236 is provided with a rotating shaft 238, and the mounting frame 234 is provided with a self-lubricating bearing 233 adapted to the rotating shaft 238. The guide plate 236 is screwed with a weight-balancing block 235, and the guide plate 236 plays a guiding role in the movement process of the test tube cover and is used for preventing the test tube cover from being biased in the process of extracting the test tube cover by the cover closing device 3.
As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the capping device 3 includes a capping frame 31, and the capping frame 31 is provided with a gripping mechanism 33, a lifting mechanism 32 for driving the gripping mechanism 33 to move, and a conveying mechanism 34 for driving the lifting mechanism 32 to move along the length direction of the capping frame 31.
Snatch mechanism 33 including following the elevating system 32 motion snatch gas and grab 332 and set up test tube lid tong 331 on snatching gas and grabbing 332, grab and be provided with gas between gas and grab connecting piece 333 with test tube lid tong 331, test tube lid tong 331 fixes and grabs gas and grab 332 on, and the drive test tube lid tong 331 that opens and shuts through grabbing gas and grabbing 332 realizes the action of snatching to the test tube lid. Grab the diameter that opens and shuts that gas grabbed 332 and have a certain limit, the test tube lid in this scope all can press from both sides and get to reach the purpose of encapsulating the test tube lid of different diameters.
As shown in fig. 9, the space top that test tube cover holder 331 holds the test tube cover is not through, including a dog 3311 and the arcwall 3312 that is used for holding the test tube cover, when the closing cap, dog 3311 separates and keeps off in the test tube and covers the upper surface, applys the pressure to the test tube bottom to the test tube cover, guarantees that the test tube cover covers tightly, thereby avoids taking place the risk of the upper cover that slides because of test tube cover holder 331 clamping-force is not enough.
The lifting mechanism 32 comprises a feeding guide rail 323 arranged on the cover sealing frame 31, an air cylinder mounting plate 322 connected to the feeding guide rail 323 in a sliding manner, and a grabbing air cylinder 321 arranged on the air cylinder mounting plate 322, wherein the grabbing air cylinder 321 drives the grabbing mechanism 33 to move along the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the cover sealing frame 31.
The conveying mechanism 34 comprises a feeding cylinder 341 arranged on the cover sealing frame 31 and used for driving the cylinder mounting plate 322 to move along the feeding guide rail 323, and a cylinder connecting plate 344 connected between the feeding guide rail 323 and the feeding cylinder 341, wherein the feeding cylinder 341 and the grabbing cylinder 321 are respectively arranged on two sides of the cover sealing frame 31.
The feeding cylinder 341 is connected to a cylinder connecting plate 344 through a feeding joint 342 and a fastening nut 343, the cylinder connecting plate 344 is connected to the cylinder mounting plate 322, and when the feeding cylinder 341 makes a telescopic motion, the lifting mechanism 32 is driven to drive the grabbing mechanism 33 to make a reciprocating motion along the feeding guide rail 323.
As shown in fig. 8, the clamping device 4 includes a fixing frame 46, a clamping air gripper 41 disposed on the fixing frame 46, a test tube gripper 42 connected to the clamping air gripper 41, and a cover sensor 45 for determining whether the cover is successfully closed, the test tube gripper 42 is driven to clamp the test tube by opening and closing the clamping air gripper 41, a silica gel pad 43 is disposed on the test tube gripper 42, and the cover sensor 45 is fixed on the fixing frame 46 through a cover bracket 44.
The centre gripping gas claw 41, its space top that holds the test tube lid is not link up, and in the closing cap, the structure contact test tube that does not link up covers the upper surface, can apply the pressure to the test tube bottom to the test tube lid, guarantees that the test tube lid can easily be covered tightly.
Two different closing cap sensors 45 of height are installed to test tube tong 42 top for detect the test tube lid of different length specifications, ensure that the test tube lid encapsulation targets in place.
The working principle and the process are as follows:
at first the test tube lid is packed into and is loaded case 11, and when receiving and judging that lack material sensor 223 does not have the material signal, push away and cover cylinder 121 piston and stretch out and drive and push away lid 126 and move forward, make to push away the test tube lid in lid 126 dead ahead and take place to remove under the effect that pushes away lid 126, lead to keeping off the material door 146 and take place the upset, the test tube lid falls into vibration dish 221 along shroud 151 and funnel 152 this moment, and the quantity of just falling at every turn is certain. When the piston of the cap pushing cylinder 121 extends to the limit position, the cap pushing cylinder 121 retracts to drive the cap pushing cover 126 to move backwards, and the material blocking door 146 rotates under the action of the pulling force of the spring 144 to prevent the test tube cap from falling.
The test tube covers are output to the buffer area 24 according to the designated sequence after the vibration disc 221 is electrified, the test tube covers output by the vibration disc 221 enter the buffer area 24 to wait for sealing, the cover judging sensor 23a arranged on the cover judging mounting frame 23b is responsible for judging whether the test tube covers are in place or not in the conveying process of the test tube covers, when the vibration disc 221 is temporarily stopped to operate for a certain time, preferably 10 seconds, and the guide plate 236 is responsible for guiding the test tube covers in the moving process of the test tube covers, so that the test tube covers are prevented from being biased in the moving process.
When the test tube 6 runs to the working position of the clamping device 4 under the action of the conveying device 5, the stopping mechanism of the conveying device 5 stops the test tube 6, the clamping air gripper 41 closes the test tube clamping hand 42 to clamp the test tube, the cover judging sensor 23a judges whether the test tube 6 is covered and reports, and if the test tube 6 is not covered by the test tube, the cover closing device 3 is informed to close the cover.
When the capping device 3 receives a capping signal and the cap judging sensor 23a judges that the test tube cap is in place, the grasping gas gripper 332 opens, the grasping gas cylinder 321 moves downwards, when the grasping gas cylinder 321 moves to a limit position, the test tube cap gripper 331 closes and grips the test tube cap, the grasping gas cylinder 321 moves upwards and drives the guide plate 236 to rotate around the rotating shaft 238, when the grasping gas cylinder 321 moves to the limit position, the guide plate 236 is self-reset under the action of the counterweight 235, and preparation is made for the arrival of the next test tube cap.
When the gripping cylinder 321 moves to the limit position, the feeding cylinder 341 retracts to drive the lifting mechanism 32, the gripping mechanism 33 and the test tube cover to move together above the test tube 6 of the clamping device 4.
When the feeding cylinder 341 runs to the limit position, the grabbing cylinder 321 moves downwards, and when the grabbing cylinder 321 runs to the limit position, the test tube cap gripper 331 is opened and the grabbing cylinder 321 moves upwards. When the grabbing cylinder 321 moves to the limit position, the feeding cylinder 341 extends to drive the lifting mechanism 32 and the grabbing mechanism 33 to move to the upper part of the test tube cover together to wait for the next capping command.
The capping device of the invention has the following advantages:
through adopting the sample container closing cap of grabbing the cylinder to co-altitude, applicable in co-altitude test tube. The test tube cover is clamped by the clamping gas claw matched with the test tube cover clamping hand, and the test tube cover clamping device is suitable for test tube covers of different sizes. The test tube cap storage mechanism is arranged, and the test tube cap does not need to be frequently installed.
The whole machine has simple structure, high processing efficiency and stable and reliable operation.
The embodiment of the invention also provides an automatic capping method for test tubes, which is based on the above, and comprises the following steps:
the cover pushing mechanism pushes the test tube covers in the cover storing mechanism into the blanking mechanism, and the blanking mechanism sends the test tube covers into the screening device;
the material vibrating mechanism orderly outputs unordered test tube covers to the cache region according to the specified postures, and the cover judging sensor judges whether the test tube covers exist in the cache region or not;
when the test tube covers exist in the cache region, the cover sealing device grabs the test tube covers in the cache region and conveys the test tube covers to a cover sealing station; the conveying device conveys the test tube to the clamping device, the clamping device clamps the test tube and is matched with the sealing device to seal the test tube; as described above.
In summary, the following steps: according to the invention, the test tube caps are stored by the loading device, the test tube caps are subjected to posture screening by the screening device, the screened test tube caps are output to the capping device, the sample container test tube is clamped by the clamping device, and the clamping device and the capping device are matched to cap the test tube, so that the sample container is capped simply, quickly and reliably.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the examples described above, but that modifications and variations may be effected thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description, and that all such modifications and variations are intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. An automatic capping device for test tubes, characterized in that: comprises a loading device for storing test tube covers, a screening device, a clamping device for clamping test tubes and a sealing device for sealing the test tubes, which are arranged in sequence; the screening device is used for screening the postures of the test tube covers and outputting the screened test tube covers to the capping device;
the bottom of the loading device is provided with a cover storing mechanism for storing test tube covers, and two sides of the cover storing mechanism are respectively connected with a cover pushing mechanism and a blanking mechanism;
the cover pushing mechanism is used for pushing the test tube covers in the cover storing mechanism into the blanking mechanism, and the blanking mechanism sends the test tube covers into the screening device;
the cover storage mechanism comprises a material storage box, a material blocking door and a hinge, wherein the material blocking door covers one end of the material storage box, which faces to the blanking mechanism, and is rotatably connected to the material storage box through the hinge;
the cover pushing mechanism comprises a cover pushing cover, a linear guide rail matched with the cover pushing cover and a cover pushing cylinder for driving the cover pushing cover to move along the linear guide rail, and the cover pushing cover is used for pushing the test tube covers stored in the material storage box to the blanking mechanism from the material blocking door;
the blanking mechanism comprises a cover connected with the material storage box and a funnel arranged below the cover.
2. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cover storage mechanism further comprises spring nails arranged on the hinges and springs arranged on the spring nails, and the springs are used for driving the material blocking door to cover the material storage box;
and a material judging sensor for judging whether a test tube cover exists in the material storage box is arranged on the side wall of the material storage box.
3. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 1, characterized in that: the screening device comprises a material vibrating mechanism and a feeding mechanism, wherein the material vibrating mechanism is used for outputting unordered test tube covers in order according to a specified posture;
the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding support, a guide groove and a cover judging sensor, the guide groove is arranged on the feeding support and connected with the vibrating mechanism, a cache area used for containing the test tube cover extracted by the to-be-covered device is arranged on the guide groove, and the cover judging sensor is used for judging whether the test tube cover exists in the cache area.
4. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 3, characterized in that: the test tube cap loading device is characterized in that the loading support is provided with a mounting frame and a guide plate which is connected to the mounting frame in a rotating mode, a balancing weight is arranged on the guide plate, and the guide plate is used for preventing the test tube cap from being offset in the process of extracting the test tube cap by the capping device.
5. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cover sealing device comprises a cover sealing frame, wherein the cover sealing frame is provided with a grabbing mechanism, a lifting mechanism for driving the grabbing mechanism to move and a carrying mechanism for driving the lifting mechanism to move along the length direction of the cover sealing frame;
the grabbing mechanism comprises a grabbing pneumatic claw which moves along with the lifting mechanism and a test tube cover clamping hand which is arranged on the grabbing pneumatic claw.
6. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 5, characterized in that: the lifting mechanism comprises a feeding guide rail arranged on the cover sealing frame, an air cylinder mounting plate connected to the feeding guide rail in a sliding mode and a grabbing air cylinder arranged on the air cylinder mounting plate, and the grabbing air cylinder drives the grabbing mechanism to move along the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the cover sealing frame;
the carrying mechanism comprises a feeding cylinder and a cylinder connecting plate, wherein the feeding cylinder is arranged on the cover sealing frame and used for driving a cylinder mounting plate to move along a feeding guide rail, the cylinder connecting plate is connected between the feeding guide rail and the feeding cylinder, and the feeding cylinder and the grabbing cylinder are respectively arranged on two sides of the cover sealing frame.
7. Automatic capping apparatus for test tubes according to claim 1, characterized in that: the test tube clamping device is characterized by also comprising a conveying device, wherein the conveying device is used for conveying the test tubes to the clamping device;
clamping device includes the mount, and the centre gripping gas that sets up on the mount is grabbed, is connected in the test tube tong that the centre gripping gas was grabbed and is used for judging whether the closing cap sensor of closing cap success, and the drive test tube tong that opens and shuts through the centre gripping gas is grabbed carries out the centre gripping to the test tube.
8. A method for closing the caps of an automatic closing apparatus for test tubes according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of:
the cover pushing mechanism pushes the test tube covers in the cover storing mechanism into the blanking mechanism, and the blanking mechanism sends the test tube covers into the screening device;
the material vibrating mechanism orderly outputs unordered test tube covers to the cache region according to the specified postures, and the cover judging sensor judges whether the test tube covers exist in the cache region or not;
when the test tube covers exist in the cache region, the cover sealing device grabs the test tube covers in the cache region and conveys the test tube covers to a cover sealing station;
the conveying device conveys the test tube to the clamping device, the clamping device clamps the test tube and is matched with the sealing device to seal the test tube;
the cover storage mechanism comprises a material storage box, a material blocking door and a hinge, wherein the material blocking door covers one end of the material storage box, which faces to the blanking mechanism, and is rotatably connected to the material storage box through the hinge;
the cover pushing mechanism comprises a cover pushing cover, a linear guide rail matched with the cover pushing cover and a cover pushing cylinder for driving the cover pushing cover to move along the linear guide rail, and the cover pushing cover is used for pushing the test tube covers stored in the material storage box to the blanking mechanism from the material blocking door;
the blanking mechanism comprises a cover connected with the material storage box and a funnel arranged below the cover.
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