CN113598546B - High-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet - Google Patents

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CN113598546B
CN113598546B CN202110912653.7A CN202110912653A CN113598546B CN 113598546 B CN113598546 B CN 113598546B CN 202110912653 A CN202110912653 A CN 202110912653A CN 113598546 B CN113598546 B CN 113598546B
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The invention discloses a high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet which comprises a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body comprises two symmetrically arranged side doors, a plurality of fixing plates are uniformly arranged in the cabinet body from top to bottom, and a multi-layer fixing structure is adopted, so that the storage quantity of vessels is increased, and the storage of a plurality of groups of vessels is facilitated; the upper surface of each fixing plate is rotatably connected with a plurality of vessel fixing plates; household utensils fixed disk rotates the disc of being connected including with the fixed plate, disc upper surface radial sliding connection has the mounting bracket of a plurality of annular array installation, the door plant all articulates there is the preceding slat that corresponds and the adaptation with the mounting bracket, when taking out, it makes the household utensils that need take out correspond with preceding slat to rotate the household utensils fixed disk, open preceding slat afterwards, and the mounting bracket that will correspond is followed the spout inside and is pulled out, stretch out the door plant with the household utensils afterwards and be convenient for take out, can take out the household utensils of mounting bracket inboard, the open structure through preceding slat is less for the door plant simultaneously, and then improve the stability of the internal household utensils reactant of cabinet when the sample.

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High-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of vessel cabinets, in particular to a high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet.
Background
In the laboratory, the household utensils cabinet is common household utensils and stores the cabinet, current household utensils cabinet is when preserving multiunit household utensils, need open two door plants, then place different household utensils one by one inside the mount, however in actual operation process, current household utensils cabinet is when the door plant is opened, the open-ended area is great, and then cause outside bacterium to enter into the inside of household utensils cabinet through the door plant of opening easily, and then influenced the stability of reactant in the household utensils, and when the household utensils are more, place when the household utensils of fixed plate inboard need be taken out, in order to avoid knocking over preceding household utensils, then need one by one take out the household utensils in the place ahead, this just leads to the household utensils in the place ahead after taking out, cause easily to pollute after contacting with the outside air, influence the stability when the reactant reaction, and traditional household utensils cabinet structure is mostly simple cabinet body, the structure is comparatively single, the functionality is relatively poor.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet which is multifunctional and convenient to use, and can prevent more external air from entering the vessel cabinet during sampling so as to improve the stability of reactants in a vessel.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet comprises a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body comprises two symmetrically arranged side doors, and two door plates are movably connected between the two side doors through shafts;
a plurality of fixing plates are uniformly arranged in the cabinet body from top to bottom;
the upper surface of each fixing plate is rotatably connected with a plurality of vessel fixing plates;
the vessel fixing plate comprises a disc which is rotationally connected with the fixing plate, and the upper surface of the disc is radially and slidably connected with a plurality of mounting frames which are arranged in an annular array;
the door plant all articulates there is the preceding batten that corresponds and the adaptation with the mounting bracket.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, each disc is annularly provided with a plurality of chutes with outer walls and open tops, a first magnet is arranged at the joint of the inner wall of each chute and the front end of the mounting frame, and a second magnet which is magnetically attracted with each other is arranged on one side of the mounting frame, which is close to the first magnet.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the surface of the side door is hinged with a plurality of side strips matched with the circular disc from top to bottom.
As a preferable technical scheme, a guide rail is fixedly arranged at the bottom of each fixed plate between the two side doors, a slide rail which is connected with the guide rail in a sliding manner is rotatably connected to the bottom of each disc, the slide rail slides along the two side doors, a guide groove is formed in the upper surface of each fixed plate along the two side doors, and a rotating shaft at the bottom of each disc is matched with the guide groove to slide.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, a plurality of mounting cavities are uniformly formed in the upper surface of the mounting frame.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, a plurality of through holes are vertically and uniformly formed on the surfaces of the fixing plate, the mounting frame and the disc.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the side door and the door panel are both made of transparent materials.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the side walls between the through holes and the installation cavity are of an open structure.
Compared with the prior art, the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:
1. open the door plant, and place the household utensils in the inside of installation cavity one by one, and the upper end of household utensils is kept level with the upper surface of mounting bracket, when needs take out the household utensils, the rotating disc makes the household utensils that need take out correspond with preceding slat, open preceding slat afterwards, and pull out the mounting bracket that corresponds from the spout is inside, stretch out the door plant with the household utensils afterwards and be convenient for take out, can take out the household utensils of mounting bracket inboard, the open structure through preceding slat is less for the door plant simultaneously, and then improve the stability of the internal portion household utensils reactant of cabinet when taking a sample, the problem of getting the front end household utensils of need making a round trip when getting the household utensils of inboard has been avoided simultaneously, the function is various.
2. When the disc fixing device is used, the mounting frame on the surface of the disc is prevented from being thrown out when the disc is prevented from rotating through magnetic attraction of the first magnet and the second magnet and attraction between the mounting frame and the chute, and the fixing effect between the mounting frame and the disc is improved.
3. When using, when needs take out the whole inside from the cabinet body of disc, open the side slat in the side door outside this moment, stimulate the slide rail afterwards for the slide rail slides to the outside of the cabinet body along the guide way, and then need not to open the door plant alright take out the internal portion household utensils fixed disk of cabinet one by one, and the more bacterium that reduces in the air enters into the internal portion of cabinet, and then improves the stability of household utensils reactant.
4. When refrigerating the inside of the cabinet body, through a plurality of through-holes vertically seted up on fixed plate, mounting bracket, disc surface, the gaseous circulation of being convenient for improves cold-stored effect.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the cabinet of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the front panel opening structure of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the disk and the fixing plate of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a fixing plate according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the structure at A in FIG. 6 according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the disk explosion configuration of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of the mounting frame of the present invention.
Wherein: 1. a cabinet body; 11. a side door; 111. side laths; 12. a door panel; 121. a front ribbon board; 13. a fixing plate; 131. a guide rail; 132. a guide groove; 133. a through hole;
2. a vessel fixing disc; 21. a disc; 211. a chute; 212. a first magnet; 22. a mounting frame; 221. a mounting cavity; 222. a second magnet; 23. a slide rail.
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The present invention will be further described with reference to specific embodiments for the purpose of facilitating an understanding of technical means, characteristics of creation, objectives and functions realized by the present invention, but the following embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to be exhaustive. Based on the embodiments in the implementation, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention. The experimental procedures in the following examples were carried out in a conventional manner unless otherwise specified, and materials, reagents and the like used in the following examples were commercially available unless otherwise specified.
Example (b):
as shown in fig. 1-9, the invention provides a high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet, which comprises a cabinet body 1, wherein the cabinet body 1 comprises two symmetrically arranged side doors 11, two door panels 12 are movably connected between the two side doors 11 through a shaft, and the vessel is conveniently placed in the cabinet body 1 and the door panels 12 are closed through opening between the two door panels 12, so that external pollutants are placed in the cabinet body 1; a plurality of fixing plates 13 are uniformly arranged in the cabinet body 1 from top to bottom, and the storage quantity of utensils is increased due to a multi-layer fixing structure, so that a plurality of groups of utensils can be conveniently stored; the upper surface of each fixing plate 13 is rotationally connected with a plurality of vessel fixing plates 2; the vessel fixing plate 2 comprises a disc 21 rotationally connected with the fixing plate 13, the upper surface of the disc 21 is radially and slidably connected with a plurality of mounting frames 22 installed in an annular array, and a plurality of vessels are installed above the mounting frames 22; door plant 12 all articulates has the preceding slat 121 that corresponds and the adaptation with mounting bracket 22, when taking out, rotate household utensils fixed disk 2 and make the household utensils that need take out correspond with preceding slat 121, open preceding slat 121 afterwards, and pull out corresponding mounting bracket 22 from spout 211 is inside, stretch out door plant 12 with the household utensils afterwards and be convenient for take out, can take out the household utensils of mounting bracket 22 inboard, the open structure through preceding slat 121 is less for door plant 12 simultaneously, and then the stability of the internal household utensils reactant of the cabinet body 1 when the sample is improved.
When using, open door plant 12, and place the household utensils in the inside of installation cavity 221 one by one, and the upper end of household utensils and the upper surface of mounting bracket 22 keep flat, when needs take out the household utensils, rotating disc 21 makes the household utensils that need take out correspond with preceding slat 121, open preceding slat 121 afterwards, and pull out corresponding mounting bracket 22 from spout 211 is inside, stretch out door plant 12 with the household utensils afterwards and be convenient for take out, can take out the household utensils of mounting bracket 22 inboard, the open structure through preceding slat 121 is less for door plant 12 simultaneously, and then improve the stability of the inside household utensils reactant of cabinet body 1 when the sample, the problem of the front end household utensils that need make a round trip when getting inboard household utensils has been avoided simultaneously, the function is various.
In other embodiments, each of the discs 21 is annularly provided with a plurality of sliding slots 211 having an outer wall and an open top, a first magnet 212 is disposed at a connection portion between the inner wall of the sliding slot 211 and the front end of the mounting frame 22, and a second magnet 222 magnetically attracted to each other is disposed on one side of the mounting frame 22 close to the first magnet 212.
As shown in fig. 9, when the disk 21 is used, the first magnet 212 and the second magnet 222 are attracted by magnetic attraction when the mounting frame 22 and the chute 211 are mounted, so that the mounting frame 22 on the surface of the disk 21 is prevented from being thrown out when the disk 21 is rotated, and the fixing effect between the mounting frame 22 and the disk 21 is improved.
In other embodiments, the side door 11 has a plurality of side panels 111 hinged from top to bottom to fit the disc 21.
As shown in fig. 1, the side strip 111 outside the side door 11 is opened, and then the sliding rail 23 is pulled, so that the sliding rail 23 slides along the guiding groove 132 to the outside of the cabinet 1, and the vessel fixing tray 2 inside the cabinet 1 can be taken out one by one without opening the door panel 12.
In other embodiments, a guide rail 131 is fixedly installed at the bottom of each fixing plate 13 and is disposed between the two side doors 11, a slide rail 23 slidably connected with the guide rail 131 is rotatably connected to the bottom of the disc 21, the slide rail 23 slides along the two side doors 11, a guide groove 132 is formed in the upper surface of the fixing plate 13 along the two side doors 11, and the rotating shaft at the bottom of the disc 21 is adapted to slide in the guide groove 132.
As shown in fig. 1, 5, 6, and 7, when the disc 21 needs to be taken out from the cabinet 1, the side strip 111 outside the side door 11 is opened, and then the sliding rail 23 is pulled, so that the sliding rail 23 slides along the guide groove 132 to the outside of the cabinet 1, and the vessel fixing disc 2 inside the cabinet 1 can be taken out one by one without opening the door 12, thereby reducing the number of bacteria in the air entering the cabinet 1, and further improving the stability of the vessel reactant.
In other embodiments, the upper surface of the mounting frame 22 is uniformly provided with a plurality of mounting cavities 221;
as shown in fig. 9, the vessel is placed inside the installation chamber 221 with the upper end of the vessel being flush with the upper surface of the mounting frame 22.
In other embodiments, the surfaces of the fixing plate 13, the mounting frame 22 and the disc 21 are vertically and uniformly provided with a plurality of through holes 133;
as shown in fig. 5, when the interior of the cabinet 1 is refrigerated, the plurality of through holes 133 vertically formed on the surfaces of the fixing plate 13, the mounting frame 22 and the disc 21 facilitate the circulation of air, thereby improving the refrigerating effect.
In other embodiments, the side door 11 and the door panel 12 are made of transparent materials.
Through side door 11, 12 transparent material of door plant, be convenient for observe the position of household utensils when the sample, and then be convenient for take out the household utensils, be convenient for simultaneously observe the reaction condition of household utensils.
In other embodiments, the sidewalls between the through holes 133 and the mounting cavity 221 are open.
As shown in fig. 9, since the sidewall between the through hole 133 and the mounting cavity 221 has an open structure, the outer wall of the dish bottle can be in contact with the air flow sufficiently during refrigeration, thereby improving the refrigeration effect.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature "on," "above" and "over" the second feature may include the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the 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 preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in the above embodiments and the description, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. The utility model provides a multi-functional household utensils cabinet of high stability, including the cabinet body (1), its characterized in that: the cabinet body (1) comprises two symmetrically arranged side doors (11), and two door panels (12) are movably connected between the two side doors (11) through shafts;
a plurality of fixing plates (13) are uniformly arranged in the cabinet body (1) from top to bottom;
the upper surface of each fixed plate (13) is rotatably connected with a plurality of vessel fixed plates (2);
the vessel fixing plate (2) comprises a disc (21) rotatably connected with the fixing plate (13), and a plurality of mounting frames (22) arranged in an annular array are radially and slidably connected to the upper surface of the disc (21);
door plant (12) all articulate preceding slat (121) that correspond and the adaptation with mounting bracket (22), every a plurality of outer wall and top open structure's spout (211) have been seted up to disc (21) annular, spout (211) inner wall is provided with first magnet (212) with mounting bracket (22) front end junction, mounting bracket (22) are close to second magnet (222) that first magnet (212) one side was provided with the mutual magnetism actuation, side door (11) surface from top to bottom articulates side slat (111) that have a plurality of and disc (21) adaptation, every fixed plate (13) bottom is arranged fixed mounting between two side door (11) in and is had guide rail (131), disc (21) bottom is rotated and is connected with and guide rail (131) sliding connection slide rail (23), slide rail (23) slide along sliding between two side door (11), guide way (132) have been seted up along between two side door (11) to fixed plate (13) upper surface, disc (21) bottom axis of rotation slides with guide way (132) adaptation.
2. The high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet according to claim 1, wherein: a plurality of installation cavities (221) are uniformly formed in the upper surface of the installation frame (22).
3. The high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet according to claim 1, wherein: a plurality of through holes (133) are vertically and uniformly formed in the surfaces of the fixing plate (13), the mounting frame (22) and the disc (21).
4. The high-stability multifunctional vessel cabinet according to claim 1, wherein: the side door (11) and the door panel (12) are made of transparent materials.
5. A high stability multifunctional vessel cabinet according to claim 3, wherein: the side wall between the through holes (133) and the mounting cavity (221) is of an open structure.
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