CN203083855U - Device for automatically processing sample - Google Patents

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CN203083855U
CN203083855U CN 201220584232 CN201220584232U CN203083855U CN 203083855 U CN203083855 U CN 203083855U CN 201220584232 CN201220584232 CN 201220584232 CN 201220584232 U CN201220584232 U CN 201220584232U CN 203083855 U CN203083855 U CN 203083855U
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查尔斯·W·约翰斯
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The utility model provides a device for automatically processing a sample arranged on a bracket. The device comprises a sample processing chamber, an opening, a drawer and a shelf, wherein the opening is formed in the sample processing chamber, the drawer is movably supported in the device in a mode of dislocating between a closing position and an opening position, and is provided with a drawer surface for closing the opening when the drawer is in the closing position; the shelf is configured outside the sample processing chamber, and is basically directly positioned above the drawer surface when the drawer is in the closing position; the drawer comprises a support placing unit; when the drawer is in the closing position, the support placing unit is configured inside the sample processing chamber; and when the drawer is displaced to the opening position from the closing position, the support placing unit at least partially moves outside the sample processing chamber through the opening.

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Be used for handling automatically the equipment of sample
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of equipment that is used for handling automatically sample.
Background technology
In the laboratory, be used for handling automatically the equipment of sample just more and more, so that increase the throughput and the degree of accuracy of sample preparation process.In this equipment, sample to be processed is disposed in the sample preparation chamber usually, and is automatically handled by the treating apparatus that is arranged in the sample preparation chamber.According to processing protocol or according to user's instruction, automatically carry out this sample preparation process.
Yet, before handling, within the sample preparation chamber, arrange sample or replace or remove sample by the artificial implementation of user from the sample preparation chamber.In view of by user's artificial loading and the unloading sample, the equipment that sample is handled in traditional being used for automatically also is not optimized.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, providing the equipment that is used for handling sample automatically with improved availability is a problem.
This problem is solved by the equipment according to independent claims.Preferred embodiment is defined in the dependent claims.
According on the one hand, a kind of equipment that is arranged in the sample on the support that is used for automatically handling is provided, this equipment comprises: the sample preparation chamber; Opening in described sample preparation chamber; Drawer is supported in the described equipment movably in the mode that can be shifted between off-position and open position, and described drawer has the drawer face of closing described opening when described drawer is in described off-position; Shelf is disposed in outside the described sample preparation chamber, and when described drawer was in described off-position, described shelf was located immediately at the top of described drawer face basically; Wherein, described drawer comprises the support placement unit, when described drawer is in described off-position, described support placement unit is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, when described drawer when described off-position is shifted onto described open position, by described opening, described support placement unit can partly move outside described sample preparation chamber at least.
According to sample of the present invention can be any liquid to be processed, solid body or gas, such as organic chemical, inolrganic chemicals, body fluid, organic organization or the like.On the slide block that this sample can for example be accommodated in the test tube of being made by glass or plastic cement, made by glass or plastics, by the skin formula double dish that glass or plastics are made, perhaps can keep other containers or the portable object of sample to be processed.Sample can directly be kept by support equally.
Sample can be disposed on the support.Can be configured to keep more than one sample according to support of the present invention, preferably, keep a plurality of samples of arranging in order.This support can keep the container or the portable object of sample, perhaps can have to be used for directly keeping the more than one sample of sample to keep the space.This support can be specially configured to using in the device in accordance with the invention.
The processing of sample can mean to be added liquid, solid body or gas in the sample to.Especially, the processing of the sample sample preparation arm that can mean the machinery by being arranged in the sample processing device in the sample preparation chamber is drawn to reagent on the sample.The processing of sample can also for example mean heat, cooling, stirring or centrifugal treating.When sample is disposed on the support and this support when being placed on the support placement unit of drawer, can carry out the processing of sample, perhaps the anchor clamps of the sample preparation arm that sample can be by sample processing device are picked up and are placed in the sample preparation platform that is arranged in the sample preparation chamber.
Sample preparation chamber tegmentum at least in part surrounds, so that the atmosphere and/or the light of shielding sample preparation outdoor.This equipment can be configured to make the situation within the sample preparation chamber, such as temperature, humidity or air pressure, and can Be Controlled.The sample preparation chamber can also be partly to the atmosphere opening of sample preparation outdoor.
Opening in the sample preparation chamber can allow to be close in the sample preparation chamber.The opening of sample preparation chamber can also be implemented as the opening that is connected to the sample preparation chamber, perhaps leads to the opening of sample preparation chamber.This opening has enough sizes so that allow the support placement unit of drawer to pass through this opening at least in part.Can limit this opening at least in part by the shell of equipment.The coboundary of opening can also be limited by shelf at least in part.Be arranged in juxtaposition and adjacent in the horizontal direction more than one drawer if equipment comprises, one or two lateral edges of opening can also limit by the drawer face of adjacent drawer or by two drawer faces of adjacent drawer at least in part so.
Can the artificially or automatically be displaced to open position according to drawer of the present invention from off-position.In off-position, drawer is pulled in the equipment, so that the support placement unit all is disposed within the sample preparation chamber.In open position, drawer is pulled to the equipment outside, so that the support placement unit is disposed in the outside of sample preparation chamber at least in part.This drawer can also be displaced to or be maintained in its closed position and open position between any position.This drawer can be supported in the equipment movably by guide rail or guidance.The motion track of drawer between off-position and open position can be substantially horizontal or can be inclined relative to horizontal.The motion track of drawer between off-position and open position can also be crooked.This drawer can be disposed in and allow the convenient approaching height place of user.The lower limb of drawer can be at the 0.1m of built on stilts and the height place between the 1.8m, preferably, and between 0.4m and 1.6m, more preferably, between 0.6m and 1.4m.In an embodiment of the present invention, the coboundary of drawer can be at the height place of built on stilts 0.85m, and wherein, described height can have+/-tolerance of 10mm.In other words, this highly can be between 0.75m and 0.95m.This highly can also be between 0.8m and 0.9m.By drawer is set, the user catches the support of processing below needn't the shelf below lid because drawer can be displaced to open position so that can from directly near support.Therefore, the cargo handling process of equipment is simplified, and has avoided controlling usually the problem of support, the particularly problem of the support of filling in the output area of equipment.
When drawer when off-position is displaced to open position, the drawer face can be basically in the face of the moving direction of drawer.The surface of drawer face can be smooth or crooked.The surf zone perpendicular to the moving direction of drawer of drawer face can correspond essentially to the zone perpendicular to the opening of the sample preparation chamber of the moving direction of drawer.
Shelf is provided at the space on its upper surface, so as on this upper surface placing rack or sample.The upper surface of shelf can be arranged in surface level basically.This shelf can be the independent parts that are connected to device housings removably.Shelf can also form with device housings.This shelf can also form with protecgulum.Shelf can comprise the lug or the projection of extending along the outward flange of its upper surface, is used to prevent that support from sliding shelf.Shelf can be disposed between protecgulum and the opening in vertical direction, and wherein, when drawer was in off-position, opening can be closed by the drawer face.In other words, shelf means above directly being arranged in the drawer face basically when drawer is in off-position, and drawer face and the vertical range between the shelf when drawer is in off-position are very little.For example, the vertical range between the coboundary of drawer face and the upper surface of shelf can be preferably less than 0.1m less than 0.3m, more preferably is less than 0.05m.Between drawer face and shelf, has horizontal shift.This shelf allows the user to store more than one filling bracket provisionally on the user job level of the " loaded " position of close drawer, therefore, has simplified this cargo handling process.
The support placement unit has the function of the more than one support in the support drawer.This support placement unit can be detachably connected to drawer, perhaps forms with drawer.The support placement unit can have the form of basin or pallet, can place more than one support on the support placement unit, and can prevent the sample contamination of raw material sample preparation chamber of leaking.This support placement unit can have recess or teat, is used for suitably settling support on the support placement unit and prevents moving of support, so when drawer was in off-position, the position of support within the sample preparation chamber was defined.
By opening, the support placement unit is removable to small part in the outside of sample preparation chamber, and in other words, this means, and the support placement unit can be pulled to the outside of sample preparation chamber at least in part.When the support placement unit is moved to the outside of sample preparation chamber at least in part, promptly, when drawer is in open position, the user can be near the support placement unit, is used to arrange or replace support on the support placement unit, is used for taking out support, being used to arrange or replace the sample on the support that is placed on the support placement unit or being used for taking out sample from the support that is placed on the support placement unit from the support placement unit.Can also be used for cleaning near the support placement unit.
Advantageously, because the user can be placed on the support that has sample on the shelf that very closely directly is arranged in the drawer top easily provisionally, pull out drawer and support is placed on the support placement unit of the drawer of pulling out of shelf below just and simply drawer is back into off-position, manually be arranged in the sample preparation chamber optimised so will have the support of sample.The upper surface of shelf and the drawer of opening, especially the support placement unit with the drawer of opening is very approaching.The support placement unit both of the upper surface of shelf and the drawer of opening can be disposed on user's the working level.Therefore, the loading and unloading of equipment are simplified.
Selectively, described sample preparation chamber comprises the protecgulum that hides described sample preparation chamber, described protecgulum has the recess that is projected in the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, described recess is formed on the lowest portion of described protecgulum, and wherein, described recess is disposed in the top of described shelf, so that can be near the upper surface of described shelf.
The recess of protecgulum can extend along the whole width and/or the depth of shelf basically.The lowest edge of protecgulum, that is, the lowest edge of recess can be connected to the shell of equipment along the inward flange of the upper surface of shelf.The inward flange of the upper surface of shelf is the edge that faces sample preparation chamber 29 of upper surface.The inward flange of the upper surface of shelf is on the outer peripheral opposite side to equipment to the outside of the upper surface of shelf.The lowest edge of protecgulum can also be directly connected to shelf along the inward flange of the upper surface of shelf.Recess can have the depth of the depth that corresponds essentially to shelf, thus shelf all be included within the recess basically, perhaps in other words, recess spread all over whole depth and shelf overlapping.
Advantageously, recess generates the space or the chamber of shelf top, so that can be used for placing rack on the upper surface of shelf near the upper surface of shelf, keep space enough within the sample preparation chamber or chamber simultaneously, be used to arrange the sample processing device of the sample preparation arm that for example has machinery.Further advantageously, if shelf all is comprised within the space that is generated by recess basically, shelf is not projected into the outside of equipment so, prevents to disturb people's operating equipment.
According to another aspect, a kind of equipment that is arranged in the sample on the support that is used for automatically handling is provided, this equipment comprises: the sample preparation chamber; Opening in described sample preparation chamber; Drawer is supported in the described equipment movably in the mode that can be shifted between off-position and open position, and described drawer has the drawer face of closing described opening when described drawer is in described off-position; Shelf is disposed in outside the described sample preparation chamber; Wherein, described drawer comprises the support placement unit, when described drawer is in described off-position, described support placement unit is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber, wherein, when described drawer when described off-position is displaced to described open position, by described opening, described support placement unit is removable at least in part outside described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, described sample preparation chamber comprises the protecgulum that hides described sample preparation chamber, and described protecgulum has the recess that is projected in the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, described recess is formed on the lowest portion of described protecgulum.
Selectively, when described drawer was in described off-position, described shelf directly was arranged in the top of described drawer face basically, and wherein, described recess is disposed in the top of described shelf, so that can be near the described upper surface of described shelf.
Above two aspects that the following optional characteristic of equipment goes for inventing, and independent assortment each other:
Selectively, described drawer bread contains handle, and described handle is used for the artificially is shifted described drawer between described off-position and described open position.
This handle can be connected to drawer, perhaps forms with the drawer face.The center in vertical direction of handle, particularly handle can be disposed in the height place of built on stilts 0.85m, and wherein, described height can have+/-tolerance of 10mm.In other words, the height at handle center in vertical direction can be between 0.75m and 0.95m.This highly can also be between 0.8m and 0.9m.
Selectively, described handle is the handle that spreads all over the bending that the whole height of described drawer face extends basically.
Spreading all over whole height extends and means handle and extend to the coboundary of drawer face basically from the bottom margin of drawer face basically.The height of drawer face can be the vertical height of drawer face.This drawer face, handle and shelf can be configured to make handle all to be accommodated in basically within the space under the shelf, so that do not have the interference sections slave unit outstanding.
Advantageously, the handle that spreads all over the bending that the whole height of drawer face extends can be held easily in different positions.
Selectively, handle is configured to the whole luminous mistake that indicates whether to occur of different color, the perhaps state handled of indication, for example handle whether finish or handle be movable/inactive.
Advantageously, the user can discern the state of the processing that the sample which kind of mistake or each drawer occurs from the luminous color of handle, and can take measures promptly to tackle this mistake.Comprise at equipment under the situation of a plurality of drawers, equipment can further be configured to make the handle of the drawer that mistake wherein occurred luminous, so that the user can discern the drawer that mistake wherein occurred.
Selectively, described drawer is supported movably by guide rail, and this guide rail is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber.
Drawer can comprise roller bearing or the roller that is supported on the guide rail so that drawer can close and open position between reposefully the displacement.This equipment can also be configured to make drawer comprise guide rail, and roller bearing or roller are disposed within the sample preparation chamber.The displacement of drawer can be moving in the horizontal direction basically.
Selectively, described drawer face is configured to seal described opening, so that described sample preparation chamber and extraneous air are isolated.
The drawer face can comprise the seal of being made by rubber or any other material that is fit to, and seal is arranged along the edge of drawer face or facing on the back side of sample preparation chamber of drawer face, so, sealed opening when drawer is in off-position.
Advantageously, sealed and sample preparation chamber and extraneous air when isolating, can be controlled the situation within the sample preparation chamber when opening.In addition, can prevent undesirable organic or inorganic material intrusion sample preparation chamber.
Selectively, this protecgulum to small part is transparent.
Protecgulum can comprise glass or any transparent plastic, and wherein, glass or plastics can be configured to shielding of ultraviolet.
Advantageously, the protecgulum of partially transparent makes the user can watch the sample preparation process attentively at least, so that can come the end of identification processing procedure or the mistake of putting such as the sample mistake by seeing through transparent protecgulum.
Selectively, described recess is configured to have enough height, so that when support is placed on the described shelf, and can the approaching sample that is arranged in the described support in artificially.
The space that is generated by the recess of shelf top has height in vertical direction, and this is the height that the height of support adds sample hose highly at least, and when being placed on the shelf with convenient support, sample hose can be pulled to the outside of support.Recess can have for example height between 0.2m and 0.5m, preferably, has the height of 0.35m.
Selectively, described drawer is configured to when described drawer is in described open position, can be artificial at least in part near described support placement unit.
The support placement unit is come-at-able, and so, support can directly be placed on the support placement unit from the top, and without any the restraining mass that hinders.
Advantageously, by the setting of drawer, the loading and unloading that have the equipment of support are simplified widely.
Selectively, described equipment comprises and is arranged in juxtaposition and adjacent in the horizontal direction a plurality of drawers.
This equipment for example can comprise 3, and 4,5,6,7,8,9 or 10 drawers.This equipment can also comprise the drawer more than 10.If equipment comprises a plurality of drawers, this equipment also comprises a plurality of openings so.This opening can be arranged to when all drawers are all in open position, and all openings form a concentrated opening together.The opening that should concentrate can be limited by device housings at least in part or can be formed in the device housings at least in part.The opening that should concentrate can also be limited by shelf at least in part.
Selectively, equipment can comprise at least one sensor of the region in front of the zone of sensing shelf below and/or drawer face.Sensor can be configured to enter by the zone of sensor sensing and/or in appearing at by the zone of sensor sensing the time, signal is sent to the trigger that limits action when detecting object such as operator's hand.
Sensor can be a photoelectric sensor, IR-sensor, imageing sensor, radar sensor, laser radar sensor, ultrasonic sensor or any other sensor that is fit to.This sensor can be installed in the top of drawer face or drawer handle, for example be installed in the shelf, perhaps grip sensor can be installed among the drawer handle or on.This sensor can be configured to sensing and enter and/or appear at above shelf below and/or the handle and/or very near the object in the sensing region of handle.Very the zone near handle for example can mean the zone of leaving within handle 0 to 300mm or 20 to 150mm or 40 to 80mm.Sensor can be configured to detect when touching drawer face or drawer handle when the operator stretches out one's hand.
Selectively, this equipment can be configured to carry out more than one following action: the operating rate of slowing down aut.eq. when detecting object and enter by sensor sensing regional; And/or avoid zone around the drawer that the operator can be approaching; And/or drawer carried out release.
By aut.eq. handle that sample slows down or by the control aut.eq. to avoid the zone around the drawer that the operator can be approaching, can improve operator's security.This equipment can be configured to make that drawer is locked in the sample preparation process, and is controlled to avoid when aut.eq. has been slowed to safe speed or aut.eq. that the operator can be approaching is unlocked when regional.The operating rate of aut.eq. can be slowed to safe speed, this safe speed for example be aut.eq. operate as normal speed 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% or 5%.The operating rate of aut.eq. is slowed to safe speed can also means the translational speed that the maximum with aut.eq. occurs and be restricted to certain value, for example be maximum appearance in normal operation translational speed 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% or 5%.So, because have only the aut.eq. of working as, be sample preparation process when being slowed to safe speed or aut.eq. and being controlled as avoid that the operator can be approaching regional, just can open drawer, so the automatic unlocking of drawer has improved security for the operator.
Selectively, described equipment can be configured to when described drawer when described open position is displaced to described off-position, trigger described sensor by the drawer of closing, wherein, described flip-flop toggle timer, and after during setting, described equipment turns back to its normal operating conditions.
This equipment can comprise two sensors, that is, and and grip sensor and drawer sensor.Grip sensor can be configured to the zone of sensing shelf below and/or the region in front of drawer face, and enter by the zone of grip sensor sensing and/or in appearing at by the zone of grip sensor sensing the time, signal is sent to the trigger that limits action when the object such as operator's hand is detected.The drawer sensor can be configured to when described drawer when described open position is displaced to described off-position, trigger described sensor by the drawer of closing, wherein, described flip-flop toggle timer, and after during setting, described equipment turns back to its normal operating conditions.This drawer sensor can be to be configured to detect the whether feeler in off-position of drawer.
Can be set to during this period the hand that adapts to the operator removes from drawer handle.This equipment can be configured to remove this grip sensor when drawer is in off-position and/or when drawer is unlocked.After during setting, equipment can be configured to reactivate sensor.
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Fig. 1 shows equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 shows the sectional view of equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 shows the close up view of recess, shelf and the drawer of equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 shown in sensor is installed in structure in the shelf, according to an embodiment of the invention the cross-sectional view of equipment in the zone around the drawer handle.
Fig. 5 shown in sensor is installed in structure in the drawer handle, according to an embodiment of the invention the cross-sectional view of equipment in the zone around the drawer handle.
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1 equipment, 27 support placement units
3 shells sample preparation chambers 29
5 protecgulums, 31,31 ' support
7 top covers, 33 sample hoses
9 bonnets, 35 sample processing devices
11 recesses, 37 frameworks
13 shelves, 39 substantially horizontal parts
The part of 15 drawer faces, 41 perpendicular
17 drawers, 43 holes
19 handles, 45 pipe caps
21 cabinets, 47 indicators
23 49 sensors
25 handlebar stems
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Hereinafter, will embodiments of the invention be described by means of Fig. 1 to 5.
Fig. 1 has shown the equipment 1 that is used for handling automatically sample according to an embodiment of the invention, and this equipment comprises shell 3, top cover 7 and the bonnet 9 with protecgulum 5.Protecgulum 5, top cover 7 and bonnet 9 can be transparent to small part, so that allow surround lighting enter.Protecgulum 5 comprises the recess 11 of the lowest portion that is formed on protecgulum 5.This recess 11 provides the zone of the free space within the equipment that is formed on 1.
In the lowest portion of recess 11, arrange shelf 13.This shelf 13 may be implemented as the independent parts that are connected to shell 3 removably.This shelf 13 directly is arranged in the top of the drawer face 15 of drawer 17 basically.This shelf 13 also directly is arranged in the top of the handle 19 of drawer face 15 basically.Handle 19 can be the handle of bending that spreads all over the whole height of drawer face 15 basically.Selectively, this shelf 13 can comprise glass material or shelf 13 can be made by glass material.Shelf 13 can also form with protecgulum 5.
Selectively, the drawer 17 of equipment 1 can comprise drawer face 15, drawer face 15 has vertical cross-section and horizontal section 15, this vertical cross-section spreads all over the whole vertical height of drawer 17 basically and substantially perpendicularly extends, and the whole depth d that horizontal section 15 spreads all over shelf 13 basically essentially horizontally stretches out along the lower surface slave unit 1 of shelf 13.15 the outer end in the horizontal section can be furnished with handle 19, and this handle 19 extends on the vertical plane of the vertical cross-section 15 that is arranged essentially parallel to drawer face 15.The whole width that this handle 19 can spread all over drawer face 15 in the horizontal direction basically extends.Handle 19 can extend 1cm in vertical direction to 3cm above horizontal section 15, particularly 2cm.Handle 19 can extend 2cm in vertical direction to 4cm below horizontal section 15, particularly 3cm.The front of handle 19 can have indicator 47, and this indicator 47 can be configured to when mistake occurring luminous.
In Fig. 1, all drawers 17 are all in the closed position, close the opening (not shown) of sample preparation chamber.This equipment 1 comprises and is arranged in juxtaposition and nine adjacent in the horizontal direction drawers 17.In other embodiments, equipment 1 can comprise drawer or more drawer still less, for example 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11 or 12 drawers.Below drawer 17, be furnished with more than one cabinet 21, three cabinets 21 for example, cabinet 21 have door 23, and door 23 has horizontally disposed handlebar stem 25.Cabinet 21 is arranged in juxtaposition equally and is adjacent in the horizontal direction, and can be used to store consumables and the annex that is used for equipment 1, for example is used for the consumables of sample of the sample preparation chamber 29 of treatment facility 1.
Fig. 2 shows the sectional view of equipment 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.Along with all drawers 17 are in the closed position, all support placement units 27 of drawer 17 are disposed within the sample preparation chamber 29.This support placement unit 27 can orderly four supports 31 arranging in each self-supporting ground close to each other.Additionally, support placement unit 27 can be configured to support more support or support still less.This support placement unit 27 is implemented as the bottom surface of drawer 17.In Fig. 2, do not have sample to be disposed in to be arranged on the support 31 on the support placement unit 27 within the sample preparation chamber 29.Sample hose 33 is disposed on the support 31 ', and this support 31 ' is placed on the shelf 13 outside the sample preparation chamber 29.Further being arranged within the sample preparation chamber 29 is sample processing device 35, and sample processing device 35 has the sample preparation arm (not shown) that is supported on movably on the framework 37.Framework 37 is by ground supports, and the weight of support equipment.This framework equally can support drawer 17.The driver (not shown) of sample processing device 35 is to be arranged in after the part of shell 3 above protecgulum 5.
The recess 11 that is formed on the lowest portion of protecgulum 5 comprises the part 41 of substantially horizontal part 39 and perpendicular, wherein, the part 39 of level forms " top " of the upper surface that spreads all over shelf 13, and wherein, vertical part 41 forms the space of shelf 13 tops and the plate (boarder) between the sample preparation chamber 29.Substantially horizontal part 39 can with respect to the horizontal plane tilt a little.The corner of recess 11 can have smooth curvature in the corner, perhaps can form to have sharp edge.
Fig. 3 shows the close up view of recess 11, shelf 13 and some drawers 17 of equipment 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.Be presented at equally among Fig. 3 is the support 31 ' that is placed on the shelf 13.This shelf 13 is in the layout of level basically.The depth d of shelf 13 corresponds essentially to the width w of support 31 ', and wherein d is the depth on the top of shelf 13.Support 31 ' comprises a plurality of holes 43 that are used for keeping therein sample hose 33.Sample hose 33 can keep sample to be processed, and sample hose 33 is used to protect the pipe cap 45 of sample to cover separately, and wherein, pipe cap 45 can be configured to allow the pipette of sample processing device 35 to penetrate.Hole 43 is formed equidistantly on support 31 ' each other in the mode of six row and six row.Additionally, support 31 ' can comprise formation any other quantity thereon and/or the hole 43 of arrangement.When support 31 ' is disposed on the support placement unit 27 of the drawer 17 that is shown in an open position, by closing drawers 17 simply, support 31 ' just can easily be loaded onto in the sample preparation chamber 29 of equipment 1, when in the closed position, the sample that is arranged on the support 31 ' can automatically be handled in the sample preparation chamber 29 of equipment 1 with convenient drawer 17.
Fig. 4 shown in sensor 49 is installed in the shelf 13 selectable structure with the region in front of zone below the sensing shelf 13 and/or drawer face 15, according to an embodiment of the invention the cross-sectional view of equipment in the zone around the drawer handle.Sensor 49 can be configured to signal be sent to the trigger that limits action when detecting object such as operator's hand and enter by sensor 49 sensings regional.Sensor 49 can be installed in the bottom of shelf 13, near the outer boundary of avoiding the shelf of equipment.Sensor 49 can be configured to touch drawer face 15 or drawer handle 19 and detect when opening drawer 17 when the operator stretches out one's hand.
Fig. 5 shown in sensor 49 is installed in the drawer handle 19 structure with the replacement of zone below zone above the sensing handle 19 and/or the shelf 13 and/or drawer face 15 region in front, according to an embodiment of the invention the cross-sectional view of equipment in the zone around the drawer handle.Sensor 49 can be installed in the top or the upper surface place of handle 19.Sensor 49 can be installed in the bottom or the lower surface place of handle 19 equally, with the zone of sensing handle 19 belows.The structure that depends on handle, promptly, how the operator must stretch out one's hand is touched drawer handle 19 or drawer face 15 to open drawer 17, and sensor 19 can correspondingly be installed, and stretches out one's hand and touches drawer handle 19 or drawer face 15 to open the hand of drawer 17 so that can suitably detect the operator.
In case detect the object that enters sensing region by sensor 49, equipment can be configured to slow down the operating rate of the aut.eq. of handling the sample in the sample process chamber or make aut.eq. keep.Selectively, can control aut.eq. to avoid the drawer zone on every side that the operator can be approaching.In case aut.eq. has been controlled as and has slowed down, keeps or avoid zone around the drawer, this equipment can be configured to drawer is carried out release, so that the operator can open drawer.At this moment, equipment can be configured to remove sensor.This equipment can be configured to as operator once more during closing drawers, and another different pent drawer of sensor triggers, wherein, the flip-flop toggle timer, and after during setting, equipment turns back to its normal operating conditions.Can be set to during this period the hand that adapts to the operator removes from drawer handle.After during this is set, equipment can be configured to reactivate sensor.
Though described the present invention by means of preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and under the situation of the scope that does not deviate from claims, can make distortion.

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1. one kind is used for automatically handling the equipment that is arranged in the sample on the support, it is characterized in that described equipment comprises:
The sample preparation chamber;
Opening in described sample preparation chamber;
Drawer is supported in the described equipment movably in the mode that can be shifted between off-position and open position, and described drawer has the drawer face of closing described opening when described drawer is in described off-position;
Shelf is disposed in outside the described sample preparation chamber, and when described drawer was in described off-position, described shelf was located immediately at the top of described drawer face;
Wherein, described drawer comprises the support placement unit, when described drawer is in described off-position, described support placement unit is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, when described drawer when described off-position is displaced to described open position, by described opening, described support placement unit is movable to outside the described sample preparation chamber at least in part.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described sample preparation chamber comprises the protecgulum that hides described sample preparation chamber, described protecgulum has the recess that is projected in the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, described recess is formed on the lowest portion of described protecgulum, and wherein, described recess is disposed in the top of described shelf, so that can be near the upper surface of described shelf.
3. one kind is used for automatically handling the equipment that is arranged in the sample on the support, it is characterized in that described equipment comprises:
The sample preparation chamber;
Opening in described sample preparation chamber;
Drawer is supported in the described equipment movably in the mode that can be shifted between off-position and open position, and described drawer has the drawer face of closing described opening when described drawer is in described off-position;
Shelf is disposed in outside the described sample preparation chamber;
Wherein, described drawer comprises the support placement unit, when described drawer is in described off-position, described support placement unit is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber, wherein, when described drawer when described off-position is displaced to described open position, by described opening, described support placement unit is movable to outside the described sample preparation chamber at least in part, and wherein, described sample preparation chamber comprises the protecgulum that hides described sample preparation chamber, and described protecgulum has the recess that is projected in the described sample preparation chamber, and wherein, described recess is formed on the lowest portion of described protecgulum.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, when described drawer is in described off-position, described shelf directly is arranged in the top of described drawer face, and wherein, described recess is disposed in the top of described shelf, so that can be near the upper surface of described shelf.
5. as claim 1 or 3 described equipment, it is characterized in that described drawer bread contains handle, described handle is used for the artificially is shifted described drawer between described off-position and described open position.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described handle is the handle that spreads all over the bending that the whole height of described drawer face extends.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described handle is configured to the whole luminous mistake that indicates whether to occur of different colors.
8. as claim 1 or 3 described equipment, it is characterized in that described drawer is supported movably by guide rail, described guide rail is disposed within the described sample preparation chamber.
9. as claim 1 or 3 described equipment, it is characterized in that described drawer face is configured to seal described opening, so that described sample preparation chamber and extraneous air are isolated.
10. as claim 2 or 3 described equipment, it is characterized in that described protecgulum to small part is transparent.
11., it is characterized in that described recess is configured to have enough height as claim 2 or 3 described equipment, so that when support is placed on the described shelf, can the approaching sample that is arranged in the described support in artificially.
12., it is characterized in that described drawer is configured to when described drawer is in described open position as claim 1 or 3 described equipment, described support placement unit to small part can be manually approaching.
13., it is characterized in that described equipment comprises and is arranged in juxtaposition and adjacent in the horizontal direction a plurality of drawers as claim 1 or 3 described equipment.
14. as claim 1 or 3 described equipment, it is characterized in that, described equipment comprises at least one sensor, the zone and/or the described drawer face region in front of the described shelf of described at least one sensor sensing below, wherein, described sensor is configured to enter described when zone by described sensor sensing when detecting object, sends signal to the trigger that limits action.
15. equipment as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, enters described when zone by described sensor sensing when detecting object, described equipment is configured to carry out more than one following action:
-slow down the operating rate of aut.eq.;
-avoid the zone around the described drawer that described operator can be approaching;
-described drawer is carried out release.
16. equipment as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that, described equipment be configured to when described drawer when described open position is displaced to described off-position, trigger described sensor by the drawer of closing, wherein, described flip-flop toggle timer, and after during setting, described equipment turns back to its normal operating conditions.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 16, it is characterized in that, described equipment comprises two sensors, wherein, a sensor is configured to inspected object according to claim 14, and another sensor is configured to according to claim 16ly be triggered by described drawer of cutting out.
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