CN110470784A - A kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices and Automatic-expanding method - Google Patents

A kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices and Automatic-expanding method Download PDF

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CN110470784A
CN110470784A CN201910728806.5A CN201910728806A CN110470784A CN 110470784 A CN110470784 A CN 110470784A CN 201910728806 A CN201910728806 A CN 201910728806A CN 110470784 A CN110470784 A CN 110470784A
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许艺镌
郭隆钢
张奕尧
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许阳升
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The present invention relates to a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices for automatically beginning to and terminating experiment and Automatic-expanding methods.It includes expansion cylinder, it further include having the Automatic-expanding agent set being covered on expansion cylinder, the Automatic-expanding agent set includes cylinder cap, control module, elevating mechanism, clamping device, contact solvent sensor, developing solvent leading-edge sensor and lamellae, and control module is electrically connected with motor so that motor drives lifting of lifting table by motor drive part.Using the above structure and after experimental method, thin-layer chromatography Automatic-expanding experimental provision good leak tightness of the present invention, experiment is automatically begun to and terminated, the influence of external environment and human factor during thin-layer chromatography is reduced, improves the repeatability and reproducibility of device for thin-layer chromatography test, without manually checking the process of device for thin-layer chromatography test, reduce cost of labor, improve the working efficiency of experimenter, the thin-layer developing cylinder of regular size can be compatible with, it is small in size, facilitate popularization.

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A kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices and Automatic-expanding method
Technical field
The present invention relates to biological detection technical field of experiment equipment, refer in particular to a kind of thin layer color for automatically beginning to and terminating experiment Compose self-presenting devices and Automatic-expanding method.
Background technique
Thin-layer chromatography or thin-layer chromatography (thin-layer chromatography), are to be coated on support plate Support as stationary phase, using suitable solvent as mobile phase, to mixing sample separated, a kind of layer of identification and quantification Analyse isolation technics.This is a kind of quick separating such as fatty acid, steroids, amino acid, nucleotide, alkaloid and other a variety of objects The particularly effective chromatography method of matter.
Currently, Development of Thin-Layer Chromatography experiment mostly uses manual hand manipulation, carried out in open thin-layer developing cylinder Expansion experiment, thin-layer chromatography need people in the process vulnerable to external environment and interference from human factor, also, during the experiment Work checks device for thin-layer chromatography test process, and conventional efficient is low, poor reproducibility;In view of this, how to design a kind of automatic thin layer color Spectral expansion equipment come carry out Development of Thin-Layer Chromatography experiment become have technical problem to be solved.
Summary of the invention
The one kind proposed the purpose of the present invention is to the shortcoming of above situation automatically begins to and terminates experiment Thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices and Automatic-expanding method.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows: a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices, include expansion Cylinder further includes having the Automatic-expanding agent set being covered on expansion cylinder, which includes cylinder cap, control Module, elevating mechanism, clamping device, contact solvent sensor, developing solvent leading-edge sensor and lamellae, cylinder cap lid are set On the upper opening of expansion cylinder, control module is set on cylinder cap, and elevating mechanism is connected by motor, motor drive part and lifting platform It connects, motor is mounted on cylinder cap, and lifting column vertically upward is fixed on lifting platform, and lifting column makes after running through cylinder cap through-hole It obtains lifting platform to be in expansion cylinder cavity, clamping device is connected on lifting platform, and clamping device, which is folded at the top of lamellae, to be made Lamellae is erect downwards perpendicular to lifting platform, and contact solvent sensor vertical is installed in below lifting platform, and contact solvent passes The induction end of sensor and the bottom end of lamellae are concordant, and developing solvent leading-edge sensor is vertically fixed on lifting platform by connecting pipe Lower section, the induction end of developing solvent leading-edge sensor on lamellae solvent expansion frontal line it is corresponding;Control module connects Touching solvent sensor, developing solvent leading-edge sensor are electrically connected control motor with motor and drive lifting platform by motor drive part It is elevated to setting experimental site.
The contact solvent sensor is probe, and the induction end of contact solvent sensor is the bottom end of probe.
The connecting pipe is the interval double pipe structure being connected between lifting platform and developing solvent leading-edge sensor.
The top of the lifting column is further fixed on up and down balance system plate, and several locating rods are fixed at the top of valve deck, and lifting is flat Weighing apparatus plate is actively socketed in several locating rods so that lifting of lifting table is stablized.
The motor is stepper motor.
The clamping device is spring clip or buckle.
The contact solvent sensor and developing solvent leading-edge sensor be infrared sensor or laser sensor or Person's ultrasonic sensor or visible light sensor.
The control module includes power supply and control chip and motor positive/reverse rotation circuit.
The contact solvent sensor and developing solvent leading-edge sensor are infrared sensor, laser sensor, ultrasound Wave sensor, visible light sensor.
The sandwiched position at the top of the clamping device and lamellae is additionally provided with pressure sensor, pressure sensor induction The pressure change data of lamellae arrival cylinder bottom.
Successively include following steps using a kind of Automatic-expanding method of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices:
Step 1 starts state, and lamellae is vertically fixed on lifting by clamping device by the preparation and installation of lamellae The lower section of platform;
Step 2, presaturation state are added solvent in the bottom of expansion cylinder, seal cylinder cap, be arranged by control module Time started is pre-equilibrated.
Step 3 starts to spread out state, and after arrival time, control module drives lifting platform to link under lamellae by motor Drop, when lamellae contacts solvent, triggering contact solvent sensor sends a signal to control module stopping motor rotation, from And carry out expansion experiment;
Step 4, unfolded state, solvent are unfolded along the upward vertical direction of lamellae;
Step 5, solvent front state, when solvent is deployed into developing solvent line forward position, triggering developing solvent forward position is passed Sensor sends a signal to control module, and control module control motor drives lamellae to be lifted off the experiment of solvent meniscus ends.
In the step 3, when triggering contacts solvent sensor failure, substitute trigger is contacted exhibition by pressure sensor Open triggering work when agent sensor carries out lamellae contact solvent.
Using the above structure with after experimental method it is found that thin-layer chromatography Automatic-expanding experimental provision good leak tightness of the present invention, Experiment is automatically begun to and terminated, reduces the influence of external environment and human factor during thin-layer chromatography, improves thin layer The repeatability and reproducibility of chromatography experiment reduce cost of labor, improve without manually checking the process of device for thin-layer chromatography test The working efficiency of experimenter, apparatus of the present invention can be compatible with the thin-layer developing cylinder of regular size, small in size, can be used as conventional reality Equipment use is tested, popularization is facilitated.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the dimensional decomposition structure diagram of the embodiment of the present invention;
Structural schematic diagram when Fig. 2 is the beginning state and presaturation state after cutting of the embodiment of the present invention;
Structural schematic diagram when Fig. 3 is the unfolded state after cutting of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram that solvent front state is deployed into after cutting of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural schematic diagram of end state after cutting of the embodiment of the present invention.
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1-5 is described in further details a specific embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing.
A kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices of the invention, include expansion cylinder 10, further include being covered on expansion cylinder Automatic-expanding agent set 20 on 10, the Automatic-expanding agent set include cylinder cap 21, control module 22, elevating mechanism 23, clamping device 24, contact solvent sensor 25, developing solvent leading-edge sensor 26 and lamellae 27, the lid of cylinder cap 21 are set On the upper opening of expansion cylinder 10, control module 22 be set to cylinder cap 21 on, elevating mechanism 23 by motor, motor drive part and Lifting platform 231 is formed by connecting, and motor is mounted on cylinder cap 21, and lifting column 232 vertically upward is fixed on lifting platform 231, rises Drop column 232 is in lifting platform 231 in 10 cavity of expansion cylinder after 21 through-hole of cylinder cap, and clamping device 24 is connected to lifting platform On 231, the top that clamping device 24 is folded in lamellae 27 erects lamellae 27 downwards perpendicular to lifting platform 231, contacts exhibition It opens agent sensor 25 and is vertically installed in 231 lower section of lifting platform, contact the induction end of solvent sensor 25 and the bottom of lamellae 27 Hold level with both hands together, developing solvent leading-edge sensor 26 is vertically fixed on the lower section of lifting platform 231, developing solvent by connecting pipe 261 The induction end of leading-edge sensor 26 is corresponding with the solvent expansion frontal line 271 on lamellae 27;Control module 22, contact expansion Agent sensor 25, developing solvent leading-edge sensor 26 are electrically connected control motor with motor and drive lifting platform by motor drive part 231 are elevated to setting experimental site.
The contact solvent sensor 25 is probe, and the induction end of contact solvent sensor 25 is the bottom end of probe.
The connecting pipe 261 is that the interval that is connected between lifting platform 231 and developing solvent leading-edge sensor 26 is two-tube Structure.
The top of the lifting column 232 is further fixed on up and down balance system plate 233, and several locating rods are fixed at the top of valve deck 21 211, up and down balance system plate 233 is actively socketed in several locating rods 211 so that the lifting of lifting platform 23 is stablized.
The motor is stepper motor, can adjust height, adjustable distance 0-10cm according to development distance.
The clamping device 24 is spring clip or buckle.
Temperature Humidity Sensor is equipped in 10 cavity of expansion cylinder, which is electrically connected with control module 22; It is aobvious by control module 22 using the timer record time using temperature and humidity in Temperature Humidity Sensor detection thin-layer developing experiment Show on a display screen and triggering operates in next step, display screen is LCD display.
The control module 22 includes power supply and control chip and motor positive/reverse rotation circuit;Control chip type can adopt With ARM chip or STM30 chip or AVR chip or fpga chip or pic chip;Power supply can be used built-in 18650 Size battery or external 12V DC power supply.
The contact solvent sensor 25 and developing solvent leading-edge sensor 26 are infrared sensor or laser sensing Device or ultrasonic sensor or visible light sensor.
Plastics, kirsite, aluminium alloy, silica gel, stainless steel production can be used in the expansion cylinder 10 and cylinder cap 21.
The clamping device 24 and the sandwiched position at the top of lamellae 27 are additionally provided with pressure sensor, the pressure sensor Incude the pressure change data that lamellae 27 reaches cylinder bottom.
Successively include following steps using a kind of Automatic-expanding method of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices:
Step 1 starts state, and the preparation and installation of lamellae 27 are vertically fixed by clamping device 24 by lamellae 27 In the lower section of lifting platform 231;
Step 2, presaturation state are added solvent 30 in the bottom of expansion cylinder 10, cylinder cap 21 are sealed, by controlling mould The setting time started of block 22 is pre-equilibrated;
Step 3 starts to spread out state, and after arrival time, control module 22 is linked thin by motor drive lifting platform 231 Laminate 27 declines, and when lamellae 27 contacts solvent 30, triggering contact solvent sensor 25 sends a signal to control module 22 Stop motor rotation, to carry out expansion experiment;
Step 4, unfolded state, solvent 30 are unfolded along the upward vertical direction of lamellae 27;
Step 5, solvent front state trigger developing solvent when solvent 30 is deployed into developing solvent frontal line 271 Leading-edge sensor 26 issues buzzing and alarms and be simultaneously emitted by signal to control module 22, and control module 22 controls motor and drives thin layer Plate 27 is lifted off the experiment of 30 meniscus ends of solvent.
In the step 3, when triggering contacts 25 failure of solvent sensor, pressure sensor contacts substitute trigger Solvent sensor 25 carries out triggering work when lamellae 27 contacts solvent 30.
It composes finally, being analysed with thin layer chromatography scanning, is radiated on the chromatoplate after the chromatography of lamellae 27 with the light of certain wavelength, To having the chromatography spot that absorbs or can generate fluorescence to be scanned, the intensity absorbed is measured with bounce technique or transmission beam method, with inspection Survey chromatogram.
Certainly, the present invention can also have other numerous embodiments, ripe without departing substantially from spirit of that invention and essence Various corresponding changes and modifications, but these corresponding changes and modifications ought can be made according to invention by knowing those skilled in the art It all should belong to the protection scope of invention the attached claims.

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1. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices, include expansion cylinder, it is characterised in that: further include being covered on expansion cylinder Automatic-expanding agent set, which includes cylinder cap, control module, elevating mechanism, clamping device, connects Touching solvent sensor, developing solvent leading-edge sensor and lamellae, cylinder cap lid are located on the upper opening of expansion cylinder, are controlled Module is set on cylinder cap, and elevating mechanism is formed by connecting by motor, motor drive part and lifting platform, and motor is mounted on cylinder cap, Lifting column vertically upward is fixed on lifting platform, lifting column makes lifting platform be in expansion cylinder cavity after running through cylinder cap through-hole Interior, clamping device is connected on lifting platform, and clamping device, which is folded at the top of lamellae, keeps lamellae downward perpendicular to lifting platform It erects, contact solvent sensor vertical is installed in below lifting platform, contacts the induction end and lamellae of solvent sensor Bottom end is concordant, and developing solvent leading-edge sensor is vertically fixed on the lower section of lifting platform by connecting pipe, and developing solvent forward position passes The induction end of sensor is corresponding with the solvent expansion frontal line on lamellae;Control module, contact solvent sensor, expansion are molten Agent leading-edge sensor is electrically connected control motor with motor and drives lifting of lifting table to setting experimental site by motor drive part.
2. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the contact solvent passes Sensor is probe, and the induction end of contact solvent sensor is the bottom end of probe.
3. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: the connecting pipe is to connect Connect the interval double pipe structure between lifting platform and developing solvent leading-edge sensor.
4. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the top of the lifting column It is further fixed on up and down balance system plate, is fixed with several locating rods at the top of valve deck, up and down balance system plate is actively socketed on several positioning So that lifting of lifting table is stablized on bar.
5. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: the motor is stepping electricity Machine;The clamping device is spring clip or buckle.
6. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: in the expansion cylinder cavity Equipped with Temperature Humidity Sensor, which is electrically connected with control module;The control module includes power supply and control Chip and motor positive/reverse rotation circuit.
7. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the contact solvent passes Sensor and developing solvent leading-edge sensor are infrared sensor or laser sensor or ultrasonic sensor or visible light Sensor.
8. a kind of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the clamping device with it is thin The sandwiched position at the top of laminate is additionally provided with pressure sensor, which incudes the pressure change that lamellae reaches cylinder bottom Data.
9. use a kind of Automatic-expanding method of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to any one of claims 8, successively include with Lower step:
Step 1 starts state, and lamellae is vertically fixed on lifting platform by clamping device by the preparation and installation of lamellae Lower section;
Step 2, presaturation state are added solvent in the bottom of expansion cylinder, seal cylinder cap, started by control module setting Time is pre-equilibrated;
Step 3 starts to spread out state, and after arrival time, control module drives lifting platform linkage lamellae to decline by motor, When lamellae contacts solvent, triggering contact solvent sensor sends a signal to control module stopping motor rotation, thus into Row expansion experiment;
Step 4, unfolded state, solvent are unfolded along the upward vertical direction of lamellae;
Step 5, solvent front state trigger developing solvent leading-edge sensor when solvent is deployed into developing solvent frontal line Control module is sent a signal to, control module control motor drives lamellae to be lifted off the experiment of solvent meniscus ends.
10. a kind of Automatic-expanding method of thin-layer chromatography self-presenting devices according to claim 9, it is characterised in that: In the step 3, when triggering contacts solvent sensor failure, pressure sensor senses substitute trigger contact solvent Device carries out triggering work when lamellae contact solvent.
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