CN215508244U - Sterilizing device - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of medicine, in particular to a disinfection device; to treat sterile test tube and place placing the basket in, through the work that promotes the component, make the connecting plate reciprocate in the disinfect box, owing to place basket and connecting plate fixed connection to the drive is placed the basket and is reciprocated, and then is put into the soaking incasement, and it is inboard to put into the test tube with wasing the brush, and further through the work of drive component, the drive is washd the brush and is rotated about on the connecting plate, thereby washs the test tube inboard, and then makes the disinfection of test tube more thorough.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of medicine, in particular to a disinfection device.
Background
In clinic, when the amount of bleeding of a patient is large, vital signs of the patient need to be ensured by blood transfusion. When transfusion, the complete disinfection of various devices and instruments for transfusion is ensured.
But present degassing unit mainly adopts the antiseptic solution to soak and disinfects to the test tube, lacks the cleaning assembly and washs the test tube inboard to lead to the inboard disinfection to the test tube not thorough.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide a disinfection device, and aims to solve the technical problem that disinfection devices in the prior art are not thorough in disinfection of the inner side of a test tube due to the fact that disinfection devices mainly adopt disinfection liquid for soaking to disinfect the test tube and lack of cleaning assemblies for cleaning the inner side of the test tube.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a sterilizing apparatus comprising a sterilizing compartment, a soaking assembly and a drying assembly;
the drying component is connected with the sterilizing box;
the soaking assembly comprises a soaking box, a connecting plate, a placing basket, a cleaning brush, a driving member and a lifting member, the soaking box is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box, the connecting plate is slidably connected with the sterilizing box through the lifting member and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box, the placing basket is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, the cleaning brush is rotatably connected with the driving member through the connecting plate and is positioned on one side of the soaking box close to the connecting plate.
The test tube that will treat the disinfection is placed place in placing the basket, through the work of promotion component makes place the basket is put into soak in the case, will it is inboard to wash the brush and put into the test tube, further through the work of drive component drives it rotates to wash the brush to wash the test tube inboard, and then make the disinfection of test tube more thorough.
The placing basket comprises a side panel, a bottom plate and a limiting seat, wherein the side panel is fixedly connected with the connecting plate and is positioned on one side, close to the soaking box, of the connecting plate; the bottom plate is rotatably connected with the side panel; the limiting seat is connected with the bottom plate.
The bottom plate comprises a turnover rod and a turnover plate, the turnover rod is rotatably connected with the side panel and is positioned on one side of the side panel close to the soaking box; the turnover plate is fixedly connected with the turnover rod and is positioned on one side of the turnover rod close to the side panel.
The first limiting ring is fixedly connected with the turnover plate and is positioned on one side of the turnover plate close to the side panel; the second limiting ring is connected with the turnover plate in a sliding mode, is abutted to the first limiting ring and is located on one side, close to the first limiting ring, of the turnover plate.
Place the test tube through placing the hole on the returning face plate, through adjusting the position of second spacing ring makes first spacing ring with the second spacing ring can be fixed the test tube on the returning face plate, further passes through the rotation of trip bar can drive the returning face plate bilateral rotation to make the test tube overturn downwards, and then make the test tube can invert.
The driving component comprises a driving rod and a driving motor, the driving rod is rotatably connected with the connecting plate, is fixedly connected with the cleaning brush and is positioned on one side, close to the cleaning brush, of the connecting plate; the driving motor is fixedly connected with the connecting plate and is positioned on one side, close to the driving rod, of the connecting plate, and the output end of the driving motor is connected with the driving rod.
Through the work of driving motor, can drive the actuating lever rotates from side to can drive wash the brush and rotate from side to side.
The lifting member comprises a lifting block, a lifting rod and a lifting cylinder, the lifting block is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, is in sliding connection with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side, close to the sterilizing box, of the connecting plate; one end of the lifting rod is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box, the other end of the lifting rod is fixedly connected with the lifting block, and the lifting rod is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box close to the lifting block; the lifting cylinder is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box close to the lifting rod, and an output shaft of the lifting cylinder is connected with the lifting rod.
Through the work of promotion cylinder, enable the lift bar is flexible from top to bottom to drive the promotion piece is in reciprocate in the disinfect box, and then drive the connecting plate reciprocates.
The drying assembly comprises a mounting plate and an air heater, the mounting plate is connected with the sterilizing box in a sliding mode and is positioned on one side, close to the soaking box, of the sterilizing box; the air heater is fixedly connected with the mounting plate and is positioned on one side of the mounting plate close to the sterilizing box.
Wherein, drying assembly still includes the telescopic link, the one end of telescopic link with disinfect box fixed connection, the other end of telescopic link with mounting panel fixed connection, the telescopic link is located the disinfect box is close to one side of mounting panel.
The mounting plate can be driven to move back and forth by the front and back extension of the telescopic rod, so that the air heater can be driven to move back and forth, the air heater can reach the position below the turnover plate, a power supply is further connected, the air heater generates hot air, and the air heater can dry the sterilized test tubes.
According to the disinfection device, the test tube to be disinfected is placed in the placing basket, the connecting plate moves up and down in the disinfection box through the work of the lifting member, the placing basket is driven to move up and down due to the fact that the placing basket is fixedly connected with the connecting plate and then is placed in the soaking box, the cleaning brush is placed inside the test tube, the cleaning brush is further driven to rotate left and right on the connecting plate through the work of the driving member, the inside of the test tube is cleaned, and the disinfection of the test tube is more thorough.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a sterilization device provided by the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the sterilization case and the infusion assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the placing basket of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the cleaning brush and the driving member according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the sterilization case and the drying module according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1-a disinfection box, 2-a soaking component, 3-a drying component, 21-a soaking box, 22-a connecting plate, 23-a placing basket, 24-a cleaning brush, 25-a driving component, 26-a lifting component, 31-a mounting plate, 32-a hot air blower, 33-a telescopic rod, 100-a disinfection device, 231-a side panel, 232-a bottom plate, 233-a limiting seat, 251-a driving rod, 252-a driving motor, 261-a lifting block, 262-a lifting rod, 263-a lifting cylinder, 2321-a turnover rod, 2322-a turnover plate, 2331-a first limiting ring and 2332-a second limiting ring.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the utility model and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Further, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a sterilization apparatus 100, which includes a sterilization box 1, a soaking component 2 and a drying component 3;
the drying component 3 is connected with the sterilizing box 1;
In this embodiment, the disinfection box 1 is a rectangular box with an upward opening, the drying component 3 is installed in the disinfection box 1 and can dry the disinfected test tubes, the soaking box 21 is a rectangular box with an upward opening, the bottom of the soaking box 21 is installed at the bottom of the cavity of the disinfection box 1, the soaking box 21 stores disinfectant, the connecting plate 22 is a rectangular plate, the connecting plate 22 and the disinfection box 1 are slidably connected through the lifting member 26, the lifting member 26 can drive the connecting plate 22 to move up and down in the disinfection box 1, the top of the placing basket 23 is fixedly installed below the connecting plate 22 through bolts, the placing basket 23 can fix the test tubes to be disinfected in the placing basket 23, the cleaning brush 24 is a cylindrical brush, the cleaning brush 24 is installed below the connecting plate 22 through the driving member 25, the driving member 25 can drive the cleaning brush 24 to rotate left and right on the connecting plate 22, so that test tubes to be sterilized are placed in the placing basket 23, the connecting plate 22 is moved up and down in the sterilizing box 1 through the work of the lifting member 26, and the placing basket 23 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 22 so as to drive the placing basket 23 to move up and down and further to be placed in the soaking box 21, the cleaning brush 24 is placed in the inner side of the test tube and further driven by the work of the driving member 25 to rotate left and right on the connecting plate 22, so that the inner side of the test tube is cleaned, and the test tubes are sterilized more thoroughly.
Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the placing basket 23 includes a side panel 231, a bottom panel 232 and a limiting seat 233, wherein the side panel 231 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 22 and is located on one side of the connecting plate 22 close to the steeping box 21; the bottom plate 232 is rotatably connected with the side panel 231; the limiting seat 233 is connected with the bottom plate 232.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the bottom plate 232 includes a turning bar 2321 and a turning plate 2322, the turning bar 2321 is rotatably connected to the side panel 231 and is located at one side of the side panel 231 close to the steeping box 21; the turning plate 2322 is fixedly connected to the turning bar 2321 and is located on one side of the turning bar 2321 close to the side panel 231.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the limiting seat 233 includes a first limiting ring 2331 and a second limiting ring 2332, and the first limiting ring 2331 is fixedly connected to the turning plate 2322 and is located at one side of the turning plate 2322 close to the side panel 231; the second limiting ring 2332 is slidably connected to the turning plate 2322, abuts against the first limiting ring 2331, and is located on one side of the turning plate 2322 close to the first limiting ring 2331.
In this embodiment, the side panel 231 is in a shape of a square with four rectangular plates welded together, the top end of the side panel 231 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the connecting plate 22 by bolts, the turning bar 2321 is a cylindrical bar, the number of the turning bars 2321 is two, the turning bars 2321 are rotatably connected to the side panel 231 by bearings and are respectively located at the left and right sides of the bottom end of the side panel 231, the turning plate 2322 is a rectangular plate, the turning plate 2322 is fixedly connected to the turning bar 2321 by bolts and is installed between the two turning bars 2321, the turning plate 2322 has a placement hole, a test tube to be sterilized is placed on the turning plate 2322 through the placement hole, the first limit ring 2331 is in a shape of a semicircle, the first limit ring 2331 is fixedly installed at the left end of the placement hole of the turning plate 2322 by bolts, the second limit ring 2332 is in a shape of a semicircle, the second limit ring 2332 is slidably connected with the turnover plate 2322, is abutted to the first limit ring 2331 through an insertion rod, and is mounted at the right end of the placement hole of the turnover plate 2322, so that a test tube is placed on the turnover plate 2322 through the placement hole, and the test tube can be fixed on the turnover plate 2322 by the first limit ring 2331 and the second limit ring 2332 by adjusting the position of the second limit ring 2332, and further can be driven to rotate left and right by the rotation of the turnover rod 2321, so that the test tube is turned downwards, and further can be turned upside down.
Further, referring to fig. 4, the driving member 25 includes a driving rod 251 and a driving motor 252, the driving rod 251 is rotatably connected to the connecting plate 22, and is fixedly connected to the cleaning brush 24 and located at a side of the connecting plate 22 close to the cleaning brush 24; the driving motor 252 is fixedly connected to the connecting plate 22 and located on one side of the connecting plate 22 close to the driving rod 251, and an output end of the driving motor 252 is connected to the driving rod 251.
In this embodiment, the driving rod 251 is a cylindrical rod, the driving rod 251 is rotatably connected to the connecting plate 22 through a bearing, and is fixedly connected to the cleaning brush 24 through a bolt, and is installed between the connecting plate 22 and the cleaning brush 24, the driving motor 252 is a dc motor, the driving motor 252 is fixedly installed above the connecting plate 22 through a bolt, an output shaft of the driving motor 252 is fixedly connected to the driving rod 251, and the driving motor 252 can drive the driving rod 251 to rotate left and right, so that the driving rod 251 can be driven to rotate left and right by the operation of the driving motor 252, and the cleaning brush 24 can be driven to rotate left and right.
Further, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, the lifting member 26 includes a lifting block 261, a lifting rod 262 and a lifting cylinder 263, the lifting block 261 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 22, is slidably connected with the sterilization case 1, and is located at one side of the connecting plate 22 close to the sterilization case 1; one end of the lifting rod 262 is fixedly connected with the disinfection box 1, the other end of the lifting rod 262 is fixedly connected with the lifting block 261, and the lifting rod 262 is positioned on one side of the disinfection box 1 close to the lifting block 261; the lifting cylinder 263 is fixedly connected with the disinfection box 1 and is positioned on one side of the disinfection box 1 close to the lifting rod 262, and the output shaft of the lifting cylinder 263 is connected with the lifting rod 262.
In this embodiment, the number of the lifting members 26 is two, and the lifting members are respectively installed on the left and right sides of the sterilization box 1, the sterilization box 1 has a sliding slot, the lifting block 261 is a rectangular block, the lifting block 261 is slidably installed in the sliding slot of the sterilization box 1 through an internal roller, the lifting block 261 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 22 through a bolt, the lifting rod 262 is a cylindrical rod which can be extended and retracted up and down, the top of the lifting rod 262 is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the lifting cylinder 263, and the bottom of the lifting rod 262 is fixedly welded to the lifting block 261, so that the lifting rod 262 can be extended and retracted up and down through the operation of the lifting cylinder 263, thereby driving the lifting block 261 to move up and down in the sterilization box 1, and further driving the connecting plate 22 to move up and down.
Further, referring to fig. 1 and 5, the drying assembly 3 includes a mounting plate 31 and a hot air blower 32, the mounting plate 31 is slidably connected to the sterilizing box 1 and is located on a side of the sterilizing box 1 close to the soaking box 21; the air heater 32 is fixedly connected with the mounting plate 31 and is positioned at one side of the mounting plate 31 close to the sterilizing box 1.
Further, referring to fig. 5, the drying assembly 3 further includes an expansion link 33, one end of the expansion link 33 is fixedly connected to the sterilizing box 1, the other end of the expansion link 33 is fixedly connected to the mounting plate 31, and the expansion link 33 is located on one side of the sterilizing box 1 close to the mounting plate 31.
In this embodiment, the mounting plate 31 is a rectangular plate, the mounting plate 31 is slidably connected with the disinfection box 1 through the telescopic rod 33, the telescopic rod 33 is a cylindrical rod capable of stretching back and forth, the air heater 32 is fixedly mounted above the mounting plate 31 through a mounting seat, and the air heater 32 can generate hot air after being connected with a power supply, so that the mounting plate 31 can be driven to move back and forth through the front and back stretching of the telescopic rod 33, the air heater 32 can be driven to move back and forth, the air heater 32 can reach the lower part of the turnover plate 2322, the power supply is further connected, the air heater 32 can generate hot air, and the air heater 32 can dry the disinfected test tube.
According to the disinfection device 100, a test tube to be disinfected is placed in the placing basket 23, the connecting plate 22 moves up and down in the disinfection box 1 through the work of the lifting member 26, the placing basket 23 is driven to move up and down due to the fact that the placing basket 23 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 22 and then is placed in the soaking box 21, the cleaning brush 24 is placed on the inner side of the test tube, the cleaning brush 24 is further driven to rotate left and right on the connecting plate 22 through the work of the driving member 25, the inner side of the test tube is cleaned, and therefore the disinfection of the test tube is thorough.
While the utility model has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model.
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1. A disinfection device is characterized by comprising a disinfection box, a soaking component and a drying component;
the drying component is connected with the sterilizing box;
the soaking assembly comprises a soaking box, a connecting plate, a placing basket, a cleaning brush, a driving member and a lifting member, the soaking box is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box, the connecting plate is slidably connected with the sterilizing box through the lifting member and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box, the placing basket is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, the cleaning brush is rotatably connected with the driving member through the connecting plate and is positioned on one side of the soaking box close to the connecting plate.
2. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 1,
the placing basket comprises a side panel, a bottom plate and a limiting seat, wherein the side panel is fixedly connected with the connecting plate and is positioned on one side of the connecting plate close to the soaking box; the bottom plate is rotatably connected with the side panel; the limiting seat is connected with the bottom plate.
3. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 2,
the bottom plate comprises a turnover rod and a turnover plate, the turnover rod is rotatably connected with the side panel and is positioned on one side of the side panel close to the soaking box; the turnover plate is fixedly connected with the turnover rod and is positioned on one side of the turnover rod close to the side panel.
4. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 3,
the limiting seat comprises a first limiting ring and a second limiting ring, the first limiting ring is fixedly connected with the turnover plate and is positioned on one side of the turnover plate close to the side panel; the second limiting ring is connected with the turnover plate in a sliding mode, is abutted to the first limiting ring and is located on one side, close to the first limiting ring, of the turnover plate.
5. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 1,
the driving component comprises a driving rod and a driving motor, the driving rod is rotatably connected with the connecting plate, is fixedly connected with the cleaning brush and is positioned on one side of the connecting plate close to the cleaning brush; the driving motor is fixedly connected with the connecting plate and is positioned on one side, close to the driving rod, of the connecting plate, and the output end of the driving motor is connected with the driving rod.
6. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 1,
the lifting member comprises a lifting block, a lifting rod and a lifting cylinder, the lifting block is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, is in sliding connection with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side of the connecting plate close to the sterilizing box; one end of the lifting rod is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box, the other end of the lifting rod is fixedly connected with the lifting block, and the lifting rod is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box close to the lifting block; the lifting cylinder is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box and is positioned on one side of the sterilizing box close to the lifting rod, and an output shaft of the lifting cylinder is connected with the lifting rod.
7. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 1,
the drying assembly comprises a mounting plate and an air heater, the mounting plate is connected with the sterilizing box in a sliding mode and is positioned on one side, close to the soaking box, of the sterilizing box; the air heater is fixedly connected with the mounting plate and is positioned on one side of the mounting plate close to the sterilizing box.
8. A disinfection device as claimed in claim 7,
the drying component further comprises a telescopic rod, one end of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the sterilizing box, the other end of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the mounting plate, and the telescopic rod is located the sterilizing box is close to one side of the mounting plate.
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