CN217600708U - Mould incubator with quick cleaning function - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a mould incubator technical field specifically is a mould incubator with quick cleaning function, including the incubator, the inside sliding connection of incubator has the removal base, the surface of removing the base is provided with first cleaning device and second cleaning device. The utility model has the advantages of: through dismantling the baffle pull play, multistage telescopic cylinder operation drives the removal base and removes, then the operation of second motor drives first pivot and rotates, the rotation of second pivot makes a plurality of second pivots follow through drive chain and rotates, then clean brush head carries out cleaning operation to the three inner wall in cultivation groove, first motor operation drives the lead screw and rotates when removing a locating position, make to clean the board and remove along the surface of lead screw, thereby the inside operation of cleaning of opposite side in cultivation groove, the speed and the efficiency that can greatly increased cleans, can alleviate staff's the amount of labour simultaneously.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a mould incubator technical field, especially a mould incubator with quick cleaning function.
Background
The mould incubator is one kind of incubator, and is mainly used for cultivating organisms and plants, setting corresponding temperature and humidity in a closed space, enabling mould to grow out in about 4-6 hours, serving as an artificial accelerating mould propagation, and checking the mould resistance and the mould development degree of electrical and electronic products. The method is an important detection means in artificial three-proofing climate, and is necessary test equipment for storing strains and performing biological culture in universities and colleges, medicine, military industry, electronics, chemical engineering and biological research departments in scientific research laboratories. The method is used for testing and judging the parameters and the performance of the test piece after the temperature environment changes.
Mould incubator can adhere to a large amount of remaining moulds in its inner wall after using, if will influence subsequent use for a long time not clear up, current mould incubator generally all clears up through the manual work, greatly increased staff's the amount of labour, and clear efficiency is slower simultaneously.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The object of the utility model is to solve at least one of the technical defects.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mold incubator with a quick cleaning function, so as to solve the problems mentioned in the background art and overcome the disadvantages existing in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the utility model provides a mould incubator with quick cleaning function, including the incubator, the inside sliding connection of incubator has the removal base, the surface of removing the base is provided with first cleaning device and second cleaning device, first cleaning device includes first motor, one side of first motor is rotated and is connected with the lead screw, the surperficial threaded connection of lead screw has the movable block, one side fixed mounting of movable block has the cleaning board, second cleaning device includes the second motor, one side of second motor is rotated and is connected with first pivot, the fixed surface of first pivot installs first gear, one side of removing the base is rotated and is connected with the second pivot, the fixed surface of second pivot installs second gear and third gear, the surface engagement of first gear, second gear and third gear has drive chain, the one end fixed mounting of first pivot and second pivot has clean brush head, and the technological effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the flexible cylinder operation of level drives and removes the base and removes, then the operation of second motor drives first pivot and rotates, the rotation of second pivot makes a plurality of second pivots follow through drive chain and rotates, then the cleaning brush head carries out cleaning operation to the three inner wall in culture tank, first motor operation drives the lead screw and rotates when removing a locating position, make the surface that cleans the board along the lead screw remove, thereby the inside operation that cleans of opposite side in culture tank, the speed and the efficiency that can greatly increased cleans, simultaneously can alleviate staff's the amount of labour.
Preferred by any of the above-mentioned scheme, the inside of artificial containers is provided with the artificial containers and accomodates the groove, the inner wall of artificial containers is provided with the slot, the inner wall sliding connection of slot has the dismantlement baffle, one side fixed mounting of artificial containers has multistage telescopic cylinder and water tank, and the technical effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: through will dismantling the baffle pull out, can make and remove the base and move to the inside of breeding the groove, insert when needs breed the operation and can cut apart the operation.
Preferred by any of the above-mentioned scheme, the one end fixed mounting of multistage telescopic cylinder output shaft has the removal base, it is located the inside of accomodating the groove to remove the base, the quantity of second pivot is four, four second pivot equidistance distributes in the one side of removing the base, the quantity of second cleaning device is three, three the second cleaning device distributes on the three side of removing the base, and the technical effect who adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the three inner walls of the cultivating tank can be cleaned by the three second cleaning devices.
Preferably by any of the above schemes, one side of the moving base is fixedly provided with a first motor, the lead screw is positioned in the moving base, one side of the moving base is provided with a chute matched with the moving block, and the technical effect achieved by adopting the above schemes is as follows: the moving direction of the moving block can be limited by the sliding groove.
By the preferred of any above-mentioned scheme, the size of breeding the groove is less than the size of accomodating the groove, one side of clean brush head is tangent with the inner wall of accomodating the groove, one side fixed mounting of water tank has coupling hose, adopts the technical effect that above-mentioned scheme reached to be: through cultivating the groove and than accomodating the groove little, can make cleaning brush head rather than the internal contact when entering into to cultivate the groove for cleaning brush head disperses, thereby can increase the area of contact of cleaning brush head and inner wall, makes to clean the effect better.
Preferred by any of the above-mentioned scheme, coupling hose keeps away from the one end fixed mounting of water tank and has the shunt tubes, coupling hose's one end fixed mounting is kept away from to the shunt tubes has small-size extraction pump, one side fixed mounting of small-size extraction pump has the reposition of redundant personnel seat, one side fixed mounting of reposition of redundant personnel seat has the shower nozzle, and the technical effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the inside pump-out water that the water tank can be followed through shunt tubes and coupling hose in the operation of undersize type suction pump, then on the inner wall through shower nozzle blowout water to the culture tank, can make clean effect better.
Preferred by any of the above-mentioned scheme, the quantity of shunt tubes, reposition of redundant personnel seat and small-size extraction pump is three, the quantity of shower nozzle is four, four one side of shower nozzle equidistance distribution reposition of redundant personnel seat, the shower nozzle pierces through the removal base, and the technical effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the inside pump-out water that the water tank can be followed through shunt tubes and coupling hose in the operation of undersize type suction pump, then on the inner wall through shower nozzle blowout water to the culture tank, can make clean effect better.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a mould incubator with quick cleaning function, with multistage telescopic cylinder change for electric telescopic handle on the basis of above-mentioned embodiment, the removal that drives through electric telescopic handle and remove the base can slow down the translation rate for clear effect is better.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages and beneficial effects do:
1. this mould incubator with quick cleaning function, through dismantling the baffle pull out, multistage telescopic cylinder operation drives and removes the base and removes, then second motor operation drives first pivot and rotates, the rotation of second pivot makes a plurality of second pivots follow through drive chain and rotates, then cleaning brush head carries out cleaning operation to the three inner wall in culture tank, first motor operation drives the lead screw and rotates when removing a locating position, make and clean the board and remove along the surface of lead screw, thereby culture tank's opposite side is inside to clean the operation, the speed and the efficiency that can greatly increased cleans, can alleviate staff's the amount of labour simultaneously.
2. This mould incubator with quick cleaning function, through the inside extract water that shunt tubes and coupling hose can follow the water tank of small-size extraction pump operation, then through shower nozzle blowout water to the inner wall of culture tank on, can make clean effect better.
3. This mould incubator with quick cleaning function, it is little than accomodating the groove through breeding the groove, can make the cleaning brush head rather than the inside contact when entering into the breeding the groove for the cleaning brush head disperses, thereby can increase the area of contact of cleaning brush head and inner wall, makes to clean the effect better.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a position a according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a mobile base according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic sectional view of a mobile base according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a location B according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein: 1-incubator, 2-incubation groove, 3-disassembly clapboard, 4-slot, 5-containing groove, 6-multistage telescopic cylinder, 7-mobile base, 8-first cleaning device, 801-first motor, 802-lead screw, 803-mobile block, 804-cleaning plate, 9-second cleaning device, 901-second motor, 902-first rotating shaft, 903-first gear, 904-second rotating shaft, 905-second gear, 906-third gear, 907-transmission chain, 908-cleaning brush head, 10-chute, 11-water tank, 12-connecting hose, 13-shunt pipe, 14-shunt base, 15-spray head and 16-small-sized extraction pump.
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The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the scope of the invention is not limited to the following description.
The first embodiment is as follows: as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 6, a mold incubator with a quick cleaning function, comprises an incubator 1, a movable base 7 is slidably connected inside the incubator 1, a first cleaning device 8 and a second cleaning device 9 are arranged on the surface of the movable base 7, the first cleaning device 8 comprises a first motor 801, one side of the first motor 801 is rotatably connected with a lead screw 802, a movable block 803 is in threaded connection with the surface of the lead screw 802, a cleaning plate 804 is fixedly mounted on one side of the movable block 803, the second cleaning device 9 comprises a second motor 901, one side of the second motor 901 is rotatably connected with a first rotating shaft 902, a first gear 903 is fixedly mounted on the surface of the first rotating shaft 902, a second rotating shaft 904 is rotatably connected with one side of the movable base 7, a second gear 905 and a third gear 906 are fixedly mounted on the surface of the second rotating shaft 904, the surfaces of the first gear 903, the second gear 905 and the third gear 906 are engaged with a transmission chain 907, one ends of the first rotating shaft 902 and the second rotating shaft 904 are fixedly mounted with a cleaning brush head 908, and the technical effect achieved by adopting the above scheme is that: the 6 operation of level telescopic cylinder drives and removes base 7 and removes, then the operation of second motor drives first pivot 902 and rotates, the rotation of second pivot 902 makes a plurality of second pivot 904 follow through drive chain 907 and rotates, then clean brush head 908 carries out cleaning operation to the three inner wall of breeding groove 2, first motor 801 operation drives lead screw 802 and rotates when removing a locating position, make cleaning plate 804 remove along the surface of lead screw 802, thereby the inside operation of cleaning of opposite side of breeding groove 2, the speed and the efficiency that can greatly increased cleans, the amount of labour that can alleviate the staff simultaneously.
As the utility model discloses an optional technical scheme, the inside of artificial containers 1 is provided with culture tank 2 and accomodates groove 5, and the inner wall of artificial containers 1 is provided with slot 4, and slot 4's inner wall sliding connection has dismantlement baffle 3, and one side fixed mounting of artificial containers 1 has multistage telescopic cylinder 6 and water tank 11, and the technical effect who adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: by pulling out the detaching board 3, the movable base 7 can be moved into the incubation groove 2, and when incubation work is required, the operation of division can be performed by insertion.
As the utility model discloses an optional technical scheme, the one end fixed mounting of 6 output shafts of multistage telescopic cylinder has removal base 7, removes base 7 and is located the inside of accomodating groove 5, and the quantity of second pivot 904 is four, and four second pivot 904 equidistance distribute in one side of removing base 7, and the quantity of second cleaning device 9 is three, and three second cleaning device 9 distributes on the three side of removing base 7, and the technological effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the three inner walls of the cultivation tank 2 can be cleaned by the three second cleaning devices 9.
As the utility model discloses an optional technical scheme, one side fixed mounting who removes base 7 has first motor 801, and lead screw 802 is located the inside of removing base 7, and one side of removing base 7 is provided with the spout 10 with movable block 803 looks adaptation, and the technical effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the moving direction of the moving block 803 can be limited by the chute 10.
As a selectable technical scheme of the utility model, the size of culture trough 2 is less than the size of accomodating groove 5, and one side of clean brush head 908 is tangent with the inner wall of accomodating groove 5, and one side fixed mounting of water tank 11 has coupling hose 12, and the technological effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: through cultivating the groove 2 and being less than accommodating groove 5, can make cleaning brush head 908 rather than the internal contact when entering into cultivating groove 2 for cleaning brush head 908 disperses, thereby can increase the area of contact of cleaning brush head 908 and inner wall, makes to clean the effect better.
As a selectable technical scheme of the utility model, connecting hose 12 keeps away from the one end fixed mounting of water tank 11 has shunt tubes 13, and connecting hose 12's one end fixed mounting is kept away from to shunt tubes 13 has small-size extraction pump 16, and one side fixed mounting of small-size extraction pump 16 has shunt seat 14, and one side fixed mounting of shunt seat 14 has shower nozzle 15, and the technical effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the operation of the undersize suction pump 16 enables the water to be drawn out from the inside of the water tank 11 through the shunt tube 13 and the connection hose 12 and then to be spouted out onto the inner wall of the cultivation tank 2 through the spouting head 15, enabling a better cleaning effect.
As a selectable technical scheme of the utility model, shunt tubes 13, reposition of redundant personnel seat 14 and small-size extraction pump 16's quantity is three, and shower nozzle 15's quantity is four, and one side of four shower nozzle 15 equidistance distribution reposition of redundant personnel seats 14, shower nozzle 15 pierce through and remove base 7, and the technological effect that adopts above-mentioned scheme to reach is: the operation of the undersized suction pump 16 can draw water from the inside of the water tank 11 through the shunt tube 13 and the connection hose 12 and then spout the water onto the inner wall of the cultivation tank 2 through the spray head 15, enabling a better cleaning effect.
The utility model provides a mould incubator with quick cleaning function, theory of operation as follows: through dismantling baffle 3 pull out, multistage telescopic cylinder 6 operation drives and removes base 7 and removes, then the first pivot 902 of second motor operation drive rotates, the rotation of second pivot 902 makes a plurality of second pivot 904 follow through drive chain 907 and rotates, then clean brush head 908 carries out cleaning operation to the three inner wall of culture tank 2, first motor 801 operation drives lead screw 802 and rotates when removing a locating position, make cleaning plate 804 remove along the surface of lead screw 802, thereby culture tank 2's the inside operation of cleaning of opposite side, can greatly increased the speed and the efficiency of cleaning, simultaneously can alleviate staff's the amount of labour, can follow the inside extraction water of water tank 11 through shunt tubes 13 and coupling hose 12 through the operation of small-size extraction pump 16, then on the inner wall of culture tank 2 through shower nozzle 15 blowout water, can make cleaning better.
In conclusion, this mould incubator with quick cleaning function, through drawing out dismantling partition plate 3, multistage telescopic cylinder 6 operation drives and removes base 7 and removes, then second motor operation drives first pivot 902 and rotates, the rotation of second pivot 902 makes a plurality of second pivot 904 follow through drive chain 907 and rotates, then cleaning brush head 908 carries out cleaning operation to three inner walls of culture trough 2, first motor 801 operation drives lead screw 802 and rotates when moving a certain position, make cleaning plate 804 remove along the surface of lead screw 802, thereby clean the operation inside the opposite side of culture trough 2, can greatly increase the speed and the efficiency of cleaning, simultaneously can alleviate staff's the amount of labour, can follow the inside extraction water of water tank 11 through shunt tubes 13 and connecting hose 12 through the operation of small-size extraction pump 16, then spout water to the inner wall of culture trough 2 through shower nozzle 15, can make the cleaning effect better, through culture trough 2 is less than storage tank 5, can make cleaning brush head 908 contact with the inside when entering culture trough 2, make cleaning brush head 908 disperse and cleaning effect better.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention, including any combination of the elements of the above description and the detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, is not limited to the details and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein for the sake of brevity. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is to be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a mould incubator with quick cleaning function, includes artificial containers (1), its characterized in that: the cleaning device is characterized in that a movable base (7) is connected to the inside of the incubator (1) in a sliding mode, a first cleaning device (8) and a second cleaning device (9) are arranged on the surface of the movable base (7), the first cleaning device (8) comprises a first motor (801), a lead screw (802) is connected to one side of the first motor (801) in a rotating mode, a moving block (803) is connected to the surface of the lead screw (802) in a threaded mode, a cleaning plate (804) is fixedly installed on one side of the moving block (803), the second cleaning device (9) comprises a second motor (901), a first rotating shaft (902) is connected to one side of the second motor (901) in a rotating mode, a first gear (903) is fixedly installed on the surface of the first rotating shaft (902), a second rotating shaft (904) is connected to one side of the movable base (7) in a rotating mode, a second gear (905) and a third gear (906) are fixedly installed on the surface of the second rotating shaft (904), a transmission chain (907) is meshed with the surfaces of the first gear (903), a second gear (905) and a third gear (906), and a cleaning brush head (908) is installed on the first rotating shaft (904) and one end of the first rotating shaft (904).
2. A mould incubator with rapid cleaning according to claim 1, characterised in that: the inside of artificial containers (1) is provided with culture tank (2) and accomodates groove (5), the inner wall of artificial containers (1) is provided with slot (4), the inner wall sliding connection of slot (4) has dismantlement baffle (3), one side fixed mounting of artificial containers (1) has multistage telescopic cylinder (6) and water tank (11).
3. A mould incubator with rapid cleaning according to claim 2, characterised in that: one end fixed mounting of multistage telescopic cylinder (6) output shaft has removal base (7), it is located the inside of accomodating groove (5) to remove base (7), the quantity of second pivot (904) is four, four second pivot (904) equidistance distributes in the one side of removing base (7), the quantity of second cleaning device (9) is three, and is three second cleaning device (9) distribute on the three side of removing base (7).
4. A mold incubator with a quick clean function according to claim 3, wherein: one side of the movable base (7) is fixedly provided with a first motor (801), the screw rod (802) is positioned in the movable base (7), and one side of the movable base (7) is provided with a sliding groove (10) matched with the movable block (803).
5. A mould incubator with a rapid cleaning function according to claim 4, characterised in that: the size of breeding groove (2) is less than the size of accomodating groove (5), one side of cleaning brush head (908) is tangent with the inner wall of accomodating groove (5), one side fixed mounting of water tank (11) has coupling hose (12).
6. A mould incubator with rapid cleaning according to claim 5, characterised in that: connecting tube (12) keep away from the one end fixed mounting of water tank (11) has shunt tubes (13), the one end fixed mounting that connecting tube (12) were kept away from in shunt tubes (13) has small-size extraction pump (16), one side fixed mounting of small-size extraction pump (16) has reposition of redundant personnel seat (14), one side fixed mounting of reposition of redundant personnel seat (14) has shower nozzle (15).
7. A mould incubator with rapid cleaning according to claim 6, characterised in that: the quantity of shunt tubes (13), reposition of redundant personnel seat (14) and small-size extraction pump (16) is three, the quantity of shower nozzle (15) is four, four shower nozzle (15) equidistance distributes the one side of reposition of redundant personnel seat (14), shower nozzle (15) pierce through and move base (7).
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