CN216104670U - Slide conveyer and slide-pushing dyeing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a slide conveyer and push away piece dyeing machine, slide conveyer includes: the conveying table is provided with a first conveying channel extending along a first direction, and the first conveying channel comprises a slide basket receiving area and a first slide receiving area; a first transfer unit for transferring the slide basket from the slide basket receiving area to the first slide receiving area; the positioning unit comprises a positioning driving mechanism and a positioning assembly, the positioning driving mechanism is connected with the positioning assembly to drive the positioning assembly to clamp or loosen the slide basket, the position accuracy of the slide basket for receiving the slide in the first slide receiving area is improved, and the situation that the slide cannot be inserted into the slide basket due to the inaccurate position of the slide basket in the first slide receiving area is avoided.

Description

Slide conveyer and slide-pushing dyeing machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a slide conveying device and a push piece dyeing machine.

Background

In the disease diagnosis and treatment, after a sample is coated on a slide by a push piece, the sample is dyed, after the dyeing is finished, the slide is inserted into a slide basket and transported away, and finally, a detection result obtained by microscope detection is provided for a doctor to diagnose the disease. For example, microscopic examination of blood smears is the basic method of blood cytology examination, and has wide application, especially great value in diagnosis of various blood diseases.

Before the slide is inserted into the slide basket, the slide basket is easily positioned and deviated during the transportation process, so that the slide basket is transported to the inaccurate condition of the slide inserting position, and the slide cannot be inserted into the slide basket.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application mainly provides a slide conveyer and a slide-pushing dyeing machine, and can improve the position accuracy of a slide basket.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: there is provided a slide transport apparatus including: the conveying table is provided with a first conveying channel extending along a first direction, and the first conveying channel comprises a slide basket receiving area and a first slide receiving area; a first transfer unit for transferring a slide basket from the slide basket receiving area to the first slide receiving area; and the positioning unit comprises a positioning driving mechanism and a positioning assembly, and the positioning driving mechanism is connected with the positioning assembly so as to drive the positioning assembly to clamp or loosen the slide basket.

In a specific embodiment, the positioning driving mechanism comprises a positioning motor and a positioning transmission assembly, the positioning motor is connected with the positioning transmission assembly, and the positioning transmission assembly is connected with the positioning assembly so as to clamp or release the slide basket by the positioning assembly under the driving action of the positioning motor.

In a specific implementation mode, locating component includes two setting elements, first drive assembly includes the location action wheel, fixes a position from driving wheel and location drive belt, the location action wheel with the output shaft of location motor is connected, the location drive belt respectively around locating the location action wheel with the location is from the driving wheel to form two transmission portions that set up each other and reverse motion, two the setting element respectively with two transmission portions are connected.

In a specific embodiment, an elastic buffer is disposed between the two positioning members.

In a specific embodiment, the transport stage is further formed with a second transport channel comprising a second slide receiving area and a slide basket output area, the second slide receiving area communicating with the first slide receiving area for receiving a slide basket after a slide is inserted, the slide transport device further comprising a second transport unit for transporting the slide basket after a slide is inserted from the second slide receiving area to the slide basket output area.

In a specific embodiment, the slide transport device further includes a pushing unit, the pushing unit includes a pushing driving mechanism and a pushing member, and the pushing driving mechanism is connected with the pushing member to push the slide basket with the slide inserted therein from the first slide receiving area to the second slide receiving area.

In a specific embodiment, the slide transport device further comprises a back-off unit coupled to the positioning drive mechanism to drive the positioning assembly away from or toward the first slide receiving area.

In a specific embodiment, the slide transport device further comprises a stop unit disposed at the first slide receiving area and configured to stop the slide basket in the first direction.

In a specific embodiment, the stopping unit is connected with the pushing member in a bending manner to form an accommodating space

In order to solve the above technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present application is: the utility model provides a push away piece dyeing machine, push away piece dyeing machine includes push away piece device, dyeing apparatus and foretell slide conveyer.

The beneficial effect of this application is: in contrast to the state of the art, the present application provides a slide transport device comprising: the conveying table is provided with a first conveying channel extending along a first direction, and the first conveying channel comprises a slide basket receiving area and a first slide receiving area; a first transfer unit for transferring the slide basket from the slide basket receiving area to the first slide receiving area; the positioning unit comprises a positioning driving mechanism and a positioning assembly, the positioning driving mechanism is connected with the positioning assembly to drive the positioning assembly to clamp or loosen the slide basket, the position accuracy of the slide basket for receiving the slide in the first slide receiving area is improved, and the situation that the slide cannot be inserted into the slide basket due to the inaccurate position of the slide basket in the first slide receiving area is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a slide transport device provided herein;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the conveying table and the first conveying unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the transport table of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the positioning unit, the pushing unit and the retreating unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the positioning unit of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of the positioning conveyor of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the positioning assembly of FIG. 5 gripping a slide basket;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the positioning assembly of FIG. 5 in a state in which the slide basket is released;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the positioning assembly of FIG. 8 away from the first slide receiving area;

fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a push piece dyeing machine provided in the present application.

Detailed Description

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. In particular, the following embodiments are merely illustrative of the present application, and do not limit the scope of the present application. Likewise, the following embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive work are within the scope of the present application.

The terms "first", "second" and "third" in this application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any indication of the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of this application, "plurality" means at least two, in a manner such as two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. All directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a certain posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the certain posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. A process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to the listed steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In the present application, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are used in a broad sense, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3 together, fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a slide transport apparatus 10 provided in the present application, fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a transport stage 11 and a first transport unit 12 in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the transport stage 11 in fig. 2, and the slide transport apparatus 10 in the present embodiment includes the transport stage 11, the first transport unit 12 and a positioning unit 13.

The conveying table 11 is provided with a first conveying passage 101 extending in the first direction a1, and specifically, in the present embodiment, the conveying table 11 is provided with a side plate 111 and a side plate 112, and the side plate 111 and the side plate 112 are provided opposite to each other, so that the first conveying passage 101 is formed.

The first transportation channel 101 includes a slide basket receiving area R1 and a first slide receiving area R2, and it can be understood that the slide basket receiving area R1 is used for receiving an empty slide basket 110, the first slide receiving area R2 is used for receiving a slide 120, that is, the slide 120 is inserted into the empty slide basket 110 in the first slide receiving area R2, in practical application, the slide 120 may be a slide 120 after dyeing is completed, and the slide 120 after dyeing is clamped by a slide clamping mechanism such as a clamping jaw and inserted into the empty slide basket 110.

The first transfer unit 12 is adapted to transfer a slide basket 110 from a slide basket receiving area R1 to a first slide receiving area R2, i.e., the first transfer unit 12 transfers an empty slide basket 110 from the slide basket receiving area R1 to the first slide receiving area R2 in a first direction a1 when the empty slide basket 110 is positioned in the slide basket receiving area R1.

For a detailed description of the structure of the first transmission unit 12, please refer to the description of the second transmission unit 14 hereinafter.

Referring to fig. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 together, fig. 4 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the positioning unit 13, the pushing unit 15 and the retracting unit 16 of fig. 1, fig. 5 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the positioning unit 13 of fig. 4, fig. 6 is a schematic top view of the positioning conveyor 1313 of fig. 5, fig. 7 is a schematic view of the positioning assembly 132 of fig. 5 gripping the slide basket 110, the positioning unit 13 includes a positioning driving mechanism 131 and a positioning assembly 132, the positioning driving mechanism 131 is connected with the positioning assembly 132 to drive the positioning assembly 132 to grip or release the slide basket 110, in this embodiment, the positioning assembly 132 grips or releases the slide basket 110 in the second direction B, such that when the slide basket 110 is transported to the first slide receiving area R2 and the slide basket 120 is not inserted, the slide basket 110 is positioned by the positioning assembly 132 gripping the slide basket 110 from opposite sides of the slide basket 110, the positional accuracy of the slide basket 110 for receiving slides 110 in the first slide receiving area R2 is improved, preventing the slide basket 110 from being inserted into the slide basket 110 due to inaccurate positioning of the slide basket 110 in the first slide receiving area R2, and after the slides 120 are inserted, the positioning assembly 132 releases the slide basket 110 so that the slide basket 110 can be removed.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the second direction B is perpendicular to the first direction a1, and the second direction B includes a sub-direction B1 and a sub-direction B2.

The positioning driving mechanism 131 includes a positioning motor 131a and a positioning transmission assembly 131b, the positioning motor 131a is connected to the positioning transmission assembly 131b, the positioning assembly 132 includes two positioning members 1321, 1322, and the two positioning members 1321, 1322 are respectively connected to the positioning transmission assembly 131b to move toward or away from each other under the driving action of the positioning motor 131a, so as to clamp or release the slide basket 110 on two opposite sides of the slide basket 110.

Specifically, the positioning transmission assembly 131B includes a positioning driving wheel 1311, a positioning driven wheel 1312 and a positioning transmission belt 1313, the positioning driving wheel 1311 is connected to the output shaft of the positioning motor 131a, the positioning transmission belt 1313 is respectively wound around the positioning driving wheel 1311 and the positioning driven wheel 1312 to form two transmission portions 1314 and 1315 which are oppositely arranged and oppositely move, the two positioning members 1321 and 1322 are respectively connected to the two transmission portions 1314 and 1315, for example, the positioning member 1321 is connected to the transmission portion 1314, the positioning member 1322 is connected to the transmission portion 1315, when the transmission portion 1314 moves in the sub-direction B2, the transmission portion 1315 moves in the sub-direction B1, at this time, the positioning member 1 and the positioning member 1322 approach each other to clamp the slide basket 110 as shown in fig. 7, when the transmission portion 1314 moves in the sub-direction B1, the transmission portion 1315 moves in the sub-direction B2, at this time, the positioning member 1321 and the positioning member 1321322 move away from each other, and then unclamping the slide basket 110 in such a way that the positioning drive assembly 131b only requires one positioning drive belt 1313 to clamp or unclamp the slide basket 110 by the two positioning elements 1321, 1322, simplifying the structure of the positioning unit 13.

Optionally, the positioning unit 13 further includes a guide 133, and the guide 133 is disposed through the two positioning elements 1321, 1322, so that the two positioning elements 1321, 1322 are close to or far away from each other along the extending direction of the guide 133.

Further, an elastic buffer 134 is disposed between the two positioning elements 1321, 1322 to elastically buffer the two positioning elements 1321, 1322 when the two positioning elements 1321, 1322 approach each other to clamp the slide basket 110, so as to prevent the slide basket 110 from being damaged by an excessive clamping force of the two positioning elements 1321, 1322, in this embodiment, the elastic buffer 134 is a spring, and the spring is sleeved on the guide 133.

Further, the positioning unit 13 further includes a bracket 135, and the positioning motor and the guide 133 are both mounted on the bracket 135 to provide a supporting function for the whole positioning unit 13.

With further reference to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the transport stage 11 is further formed with a second transport channel 102, the second transport channel 102 including a second slide receiving region R3 and a slide basket output region R4, the second slide receiving region R3 communicating with the first slide receiving region R2, and in this embodiment, the second slide receiving region R3 communicating with the first slide receiving region R2 through a notch 103.

Optionally, the second transportation path 102 is disposed side by side with the first transportation path 101, and this arrangement may reduce the space occupied by the second transportation path 102 in the direction perpendicular to the first direction a1, in this embodiment, that is, the space occupied in the direction B, so that the whole device layout is reasonable, and of course, in other embodiments, the second transportation path 102 may also be disposed in other manners.

Wherein the second slide receiving region R3 is adapted to receive the slide basket 110 after insertion of a slide 120, i.e., after the slide basket 110 has been transported from the slide basket receiving region R1 to the first slide receiving region R2, the slide basket 110 receives the insertion of a slide 120 at the first slide receiving region R2 and the slide basket 110 after insertion of a slide 120 is then transported to the second slide receiving region R3.

In a specific application, the second transport channel 102 and the first transport channel 101 may be arranged seamlessly, that is, there is no gap between the second transport channel 102 and the first transport channel 101, or the second transport channel 102 and the first transport channel 101 are arranged at intervals, that is, there is a gap between the second transport channel 102 and the first transport channel 101, in which case, the width of the gap between the second transport channel 102 and the first transport channel 101 needs to be smaller than the width of the slide basket 110, so that the slide basket 110 can be transported from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3.

Specifically, the slide transport apparatus 10 in this embodiment further includes a second transfer unit 14, the second transfer unit 14 being adapted to transfer the slide basket 110, after the slides 120 have been inserted, from the second slide receiving region R3 to the slide basket output region R4,

wherein, the second transmission unit 14 comprises a transmission motor 141, a transmission driving wheel 142, a plurality of transmission driven wheels 143 and a transmission belt 144, the transmission driving wheel 142 is connected with the output shaft of the transmission motor 141, the transmission belt 144 is respectively wound on the transmission driving wheel 142 and the plurality of transmission driven wheels 143, the slide basket 110 is carried on the transmission belt 144, so that, when the transfer motor 141 is rotated, the slide basket 110 is moved by the transfer conveyer 144, thereby conveying the slide basket 110, by the arrangement of the plurality of transmission driven wheels 143, when being installed, the transmission driving wheel 142 and the transmission driven wheel 143 do not need to be installed at the same height, so that the transmission motor 141 does not need to be installed at the same height as the transmission driven wheel 143, such as in the present embodiment, the transmission motor 141 can be installed below the conveying table 11, saving installation space and reducing the volume of the whole device.

In the present embodiment, the structure of the second transfer unit 14 is the same as that of the first transfer unit 12, except that the first transfer unit 12 conveys the slide basket 110 in the first direction a1, and the second transfer unit 14 conveys the slide basket 110 in the third direction a2 opposite to the first direction a1, so that the second transfer unit 14 can be referred to for the specific structure of the first transfer unit 12, and will not be described again.

Further referring to fig. 3 and 4, the slide transport apparatus 10 of the present embodiment further includes a pushing unit 15, the pushing unit 15 includes a pushing driving mechanism 151 and a pushing member 152, and the pushing driving mechanism 151 is connected to the pushing member 152 to push the slide basket 110 with the inserted slides 120 from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3.

The pushing driving mechanism 151 includes a pushing motor 1511, a pushing driving wheel 1512, a plurality of pushing driven wheels 1513, and a pushing driving belt 1514, the pushing driving wheel 1512 is connected to an output shaft of the pushing motor 1511, the pushing driving belt 1514 is connected to the pushing member 152, and the pushing driving wheel 1512 and the plurality of pushing driven wheels 1513 are respectively wound around the pushing driving wheel 1512 and the pushing driven wheels 1513, so that when the pushing motor 1511 rotates, the pushing member 152 is driven by the pushing driving belt 1514 to move, in this embodiment, the pushing member 152 moves in the sub-direction B2, so that the slide basket 110 with the slide 120 inserted therein is pushed from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3 in the sub-direction B2.

Referring to fig. 4, 8 and 9 together, fig. 8 is a schematic view showing a state where the positioning assembly 132 releases the slide basket 110 in fig. 5, fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a state where the positioning assembly 132 is away from the first slide receiving area R1 in fig. 8, the slide transport apparatus 10 of the present embodiment further includes a retraction unit 16, the retraction unit 16 is connected to the positioning driving mechanism 131 to drive the positioning assembly 132 away from or close to the first slide receiving area R1, and in the present embodiment, the retraction unit 16 is connected to the rack 135 to drive the entire positioning unit 13 to move, so that the positioning assembly 132 is away from or close to the first slide receiving area R1.

Specifically, after the slide basket 110 has been inserted into a slide 120 at the first slide receiving area R2, the positioning drive mechanism 131 drives the positioning assembly 132 to release the slide basket 110 as shown in FIG. 8, at which time, since the positioning assembly 132 is still positioned on opposite sides of the slide basket 110, causing the pushing unit 15 to push the slide basket 110 after the slide 120 has been inserted from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3 in the sub-direction B2, the slide basket 110 is blocked from being pushed by the positioning assembly 132, thus requiring the positioning assembly 132 to move away from the first slide receiving area R1 until the slide basket 110 is no longer blocked in the sub-direction B2, the retraction unit 16 in this embodiment is used to drive the positioning assembly 132 in the first direction A1 so that the positioning assembly 132 moves away from the first slide receiving area R1, and when the slide basket 110 is cyclically conveyed, the previous slide basket 110 is pushed from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3, the retraction unit 16 then drives the positioning assembly 132 adjacent the first slide receiving area R1 to position the next slide basket 110.

The withdrawing unit 16 includes a lead screw motor 161 and a connecting member 162, the lead screw motor 161 is connected to the connecting member 162, and the connecting member 162 is connected to the positioning driving mechanism 131, so as to drive the positioning assembly 132 to move away from the first slide receiving region R1, in this embodiment, the connecting member 162 is connected to the bracket 135, and is indirectly connected to the positioning driving mechanism 131.

Optionally, the withdrawing unit 16 further includes a slide rail 163, and the connecting member 162 is mounted on the slide rail 163.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4 together, the slide transport apparatus of the present embodiment further includes a stopper unit 17, and the stopper unit 17 is disposed at the first slide receiving region R2 and stops the slide basket 110 in the first direction a 1.

Specifically, after the slide basket 110 is conveyed to the first slide receiving region R2 by the first transfer unit 12, the stop unit 17 stops the slide basket 110 so that the slide basket 110 no longer moves further in the first direction a1 to position the slide basket 110 in the first direction a1, and then clamps the slide basket 110 as described above with the positioning unit 13.

The stop unit 17 is connected with the pushing member 152 in a bending manner to form a containing space 104, and the containing space 104 is used for containing the slide basket 110 in the process that the pushing member 152 pushes the slide basket 110 with the slide 120 inserted from the first slide receiving area R2 to the second slide receiving area R3, so that the pushing process stability of the slide basket 110 is improved.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a slide dyeing machine 20 provided in the present application, where the slide dyeing machine 20 in the present embodiment includes a slide pushing device 21, a dyeing device (not shown), and a slide transporting device 10 in the above embodiment.

The slide pushing device 21 is used for coating the sample on the slide, the staining device is used for staining the slide coated with the sample, and the slide transporting device 10 is used for receiving the stained slide.

In contrast to the state of the art, the present application provides a slide transport device comprising: the conveying table is provided with a first conveying channel extending along a first direction, and the first conveying channel comprises a slide basket receiving area and a first slide receiving area; a first transfer unit for transferring the slide basket from the slide basket receiving area to the first slide receiving area; the positioning unit comprises a positioning driving mechanism and a positioning assembly, the positioning driving mechanism is connected with the positioning assembly to drive the positioning assembly to clamp or loosen the slide basket, the position accuracy of the slide basket for receiving the slide in the first slide receiving area is improved, and the situation that the slide cannot be inserted into the slide basket due to the inaccurate position of the slide basket in the first slide receiving area is avoided.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the content of the present application and the attached drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are all included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A slide transport device, comprising:

the conveying table is provided with a first conveying channel extending along a first direction, and the first conveying channel comprises a slide basket receiving area and a first slide receiving area;

a first transfer unit for transferring a slide basket from the slide basket receiving area to the first slide receiving area;

and the positioning unit comprises a positioning driving mechanism and a positioning assembly, and the positioning driving mechanism is connected with the positioning assembly so as to drive the positioning assembly to clamp or loosen the slide basket.

2. The slide transport apparatus of claim 1, wherein the positioning drive mechanism includes a positioning motor and a positioning transmission assembly, the positioning motor is connected to the positioning transmission assembly, and the positioning transmission assembly is connected to the positioning assembly so that the positioning assembly clamps or unclamps the slide basket under the driving action of the positioning motor.

3. The slide transporter according to claim 2, wherein the positioning assembly comprises two positioning members, the first transmission assembly comprises a positioning driving wheel, a positioning driven wheel and a positioning transmission belt, the positioning driving wheel is connected with an output shaft of the positioning motor, the positioning transmission belt is respectively wound around the positioning driving wheel and the positioning driven wheel to form two transmission portions which are arranged oppositely and move reversely, and the two positioning members are respectively connected with the two transmission portions.

4. A slide transport apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, wherein a resilient buffer is provided between the two locating elements.

5. The slide transport apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transport stage is further formed with a second transport channel including a second slide receiving area in communication with the first slide receiving area for receiving a slide basket inserted with slides and a slide basket output area, the slide transport apparatus further including a second transport unit for transporting a slide basket inserted with slides from the second slide receiving area to the slide basket output area.

6. The slide transport device of claim 5, further comprising a pushing unit comprising a pushing drive mechanism and a pusher, the pushing drive mechanism coupled to the pusher to push the slide basket with slides inserted therein from the first slide receiving area to the second slide receiving area.

7. The slide transport apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a back-off unit coupled to the positioning drive mechanism to drive the positioning assembly away from or toward the first slide receiving area.

8. The slide transport apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a stop unit disposed at the first slide receiving area and configured to stop the slide basket in the first direction.

9. The slide transport apparatus of claim 8, wherein the stop unit is connected to the pusher in a bent connection to form a receiving space.

10. A push-piece dyeing machine comprising a push-piece device, a dyeing device and a slide transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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