CN217920226U - Sampling pipe arrangement mechanism and medical equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses sampling pipe arrangement mechanism and medical equipment, sampling pipe arrangement mechanism includes: the funnel is used for placing a sampling pipe to be tidied; the loading mechanism comprises a conveying carrier and a first driving unit which are connected with each other, the conveying carrier is provided with a plurality of horizontally placed test tube positions, and the conveying carrier penetrates in from the lower end of the hopper and penetrates out from the upper end of the hopper; tilting mechanism sets up in one side of loading mechanism, including second drive unit, bracing piece and driving lever, and the second drive unit is connected with the driving lever, and the driving lever sets up in the one side of keeping away from the bracing piece of transport carrier, and the bracing piece is two at horizontal direction parallel placement, forms the turning position that the width is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe, is less than the tube cap diameter of sampling pipe between two spinal branch vaulting poles. This application carries carrier and tilting mechanism through setting up, can be with the sampling pipe automatic arrangement of placing a large amount of chaos for the mode of forward placing, when using manpower sparingly, also can effectively improve the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipe.

Description

Sampling pipe arrangement mechanism and medical equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to a sampling tube sorting mechanism and medical equipment.

Background

At present, when medical equipment is used for sample detection, the sampling pipes need to be manually arranged and placed in order to facilitate the automatic detection of the medical equipment on the sampling pipes. However, when a large number of samples are detected, manual sorting of the sampling tubes not only increases the task load of operators, but also slows down the efficiency of sample detection due to too slow sorting speed of the sampling tubes.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

For solving the task volume of a large amount of sampling pipes of current manual arrangement heavier, and the problem that arrangement speed is too slow, this application scheme provides a sampling pipe arrangement mechanism and medical equipment, can arrange the sampling pipe in order automatically, when lightening operating personnel task volume, also effectively improved the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipe.

A sampling tube collating mechanism according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application includes: the funnel is used for placing a sampling pipe to be sorted; the loading mechanism comprises a conveying carrier and a first driving unit, the conveying carrier is connected with the first driving unit, the conveying carrier is provided with a plurality of horizontally placed test tube positions, the conveying carrier penetrates in from the lower end of the hopper and penetrates out from the upper end of the hopper, and the first driving unit is used for driving the conveying carrier to move in the vertical direction; tilting mechanism, including second drive unit, bracing piece and driving lever, tilting mechanism sets up in one side of loading mechanism, and the second drive unit is connected with the driving lever, and the driving lever sets up in the one side of keeping away from the bracing piece of transport carrier top or transport carrier, and the bracing piece is provided with two, and two spinal branch vaulting poles are placed at the horizontal direction parallel, form the upset position between two spinal branch vaulting poles, and the width of upset position is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe, is less than the tube cap diameter of sampling pipe, and the second drive unit is used for driving the driving lever and moves along the direction of bracing piece.

The sampling tube arranging mechanism according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the application has at least the following advantages: the sampling tube sorting device comprises a hopper, a conveying carrier, a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a shifting lever and a second driving unit, wherein the conveying carrier is used for placing sampling tubes to be sorted into the hopper, penetrating into the hopper from the lower end of the hopper and penetrating out of the upper end of the hopper, and respectively loading the sampling tubes placed in the hopper into each horizontally placed test tube position through a plurality of horizontally placed test tube positions arranged on the conveying carrier; because the width of upset position is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe, is less than the tube cap diameter, when the sampling pipe was pushed to the upset position, received the action of gravity, the body of sampling pipe passed from the upset position, and the tube cap card can't drop in the upset position, and from this and with the automatic arrangement of a plurality of chaotic sampling pipes of placing for the mode of forward placing. This application carries carrier and tilting mechanism through setting up, can be with the sampling pipe automatic arrangement of placing a large amount of chaos for the mode of forward placing, when using manpower sparingly, also can effectively improve the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipe.

According to some embodiments of the application, a falling position is further formed between the two support rods, the falling position is arranged on one side, away from the conveying carrier, of the overturning position, and the width of the falling position is larger than the diameter of the tube cover of the sampling tube. Along with the driving lever continues to promote the sampling pipe along the direction of bracing piece, the width of whereabouts position is greater than the tube cap diameter of sampling pipe, and when the sampling pipe removed whereabouts position, the tube cap of sampling pipe passed from the whereabouts position, and the sampling pipe can be automatically forward fall into the mechanism of follow-up collection sampling pipe. Through the mode that sets up the position of falling behind the upset position, can the automatic collection from the sampling pipe that the position of falling dropped, utilize the automatic mode of falling of gravity, avoid increasing extra actuating mechanism and the increase of the equipment cost and the consumption of energy that bring.

According to some embodiments of the application, the sampling pipe includes first sampling pipe and second sampling pipe, the body diameter of first sampling pipe is less than the body diameter of second sampling pipe, the upset position includes first upset position and second upset position, the width of first upset position is greater than the body diameter of first sampling pipe, is less than the body diameter of second sampling pipe, the second upset position sets up in the one side that the transport carrier was kept away from to first upset position, the width of second upset position is greater than the body diameter of second sampling pipe, is less than the tube cap diameter of second sampling pipe. When the sampling pipe of two kinds of specifications has been placed in the funnel, through setting up the first upset position that corresponds first sampling pipe respectively and the second upset position that corresponds the second sampling pipe, not only can place the sampling pipe automation forward that the confusion was placed, can also be according to the body diameter automatic classification arrangement of sampling pipe.

Furthermore, the falling position comprises a first falling position and a second falling position, the width of the first falling position is larger than the diameter of the tube cover of the first sampling tube and smaller than the diameter of the tube cover of the second sampling tube, and the width of the second falling position is larger than the diameter of the tube cover of the second sampling tube. The first falling position and the second falling position are respectively arranged for the first sampling tube and the second sampling tube, so that the sorted sampling tubes can be reclassified and collected after the two turning positions sort the sampling tubes, and the sampling tubes can be conveniently taken subsequently.

According to some embodiments of the application, still include the spout and collect the frame, the entry of spout sets up in the position below that falls, collects the below that the frame set up in the spout export. Set up the spout through the below at the position that falls, the below of spout export sets up collects the frame, and the spout can restrict the direction of motion of the sampling pipe that falls from the position that falls, and the sampling pipe falls into to collect the frame along the spout direction is automatic, can automatic collection sampling pipe that has put in order.

Further, the spout includes first spout and second spout, collects the frame and includes that first collection frame and second collect the frame, and first spout sets up in the below of first position that falls, and first collection frame sets up in the below of first spout, and the second spout sets up in the below of second position that falls, and the frame is collected to the second and sets up in the below of second spout. Through setting up first spout in the below of first position of falling, the below of first spout sets up first collection frame to set up the second spout in the below of second position of falling, the below of second spout sets up the second and collects the frame, can be with the sampling pipe that the arrangement has been categorised, on automatic classification collected the collection frame that corresponds, be convenient for follow-up sampling pipe who takes corresponding specification.

Further, the inlet end of the chute is funnel-shaped. The entrance end of the sliding groove is set to be funnel-shaped, the falling range of the sampling pipe entering the sliding groove can be enlarged, and the problem that the sampling pipe cannot accurately fall into the sliding groove due to the fact that the sliding groove entrance is too narrow is avoided.

According to some embodiments of the application, the sampling tube collating mechanism further includes a push block and a third driving unit connected to each other, the push block is disposed on one side of the conveying carriage in the hopper, and the third driving unit is configured to drive the push block to move in a vertical direction. One side through carrying the carrier in the funnel sets up the ejector pad, and the ejector pad can be at vertical direction up-and-down motion under third drive unit's drive to at the in-process of motion, can push away the accumulational sampling pipe in the funnel, the sampling pipe of being convenient for gets into the test tube position on carrying the carrier more smoothly.

Furthermore, an inclined surface is arranged on the pushing block, and the inclined surface and the conveying carrier form a first angle. The inclined plane of first angle is formed with the transport carrier to the setting on the ejector pad, and the ejector pad can push the sampling pipe of chaotic placing in the funnel into the space that forms between transport carrier and the inclined plane earlier, will enter into the sampling pipe that transports between carrier and the inclined plane and push away gradually again for the sampling pipe enters into the test tube position on the transport carrier more smoothly, improves the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipe.

According to some embodiments of the application, still include transfer mechanism, transfer mechanism includes tongs arm, scanner and fourth drive unit, and the scanner sets up in one side of tongs arm, and the fourth drive unit is connected with the tongs arm, and the tongs arm is used for shifting the sampling pipe on the collection frame to the test tube carrier, and the fourth drive unit is used for driving the tongs arm horizontal rotation, and the scanner is used for scanning the bar code on the sampling pipe. The scanner is arranged on one side of the gripper arm, and the fourth driving unit drives the gripper arm to rotate, so that when the scanner scans the bar codes of the sampling pipes, the bar codes of the sampling pipes face the scanner, and the sorted sampling pipes can be further processed in a unified orientation mode. That is, when the sampling pipe that will arrange in order for forward placement shifts to the shelf of follow-up collection sampling pipe at transfer mechanism on, can adjust the sampling pipe for the bar code towards same direction in step, can the automatic scanning bar code on the sampling pipe when being convenient for follow-up sample in to the sampling pipe detects the experiment, avoids the bar code orientation of artificial adjustment sampling pipe, and increases operating personnel work load, reduces the problem of experimental efficiency.

Furthermore, the gripper arm comprises a clamping assembly, a fifth driving unit, a sixth driving unit and a seventh driving unit, wherein the fifth driving unit, the sixth driving unit and the seventh driving unit are connected with the clamping assembly, the fifth driving unit is used for driving the clamping assembly to clamp a sampling pipe or loosen the sampling pipe, the sixth driving unit is used for driving the clamping assembly to move in the horizontal direction, and the seventh driving unit is used for driving the clamping assembly to move in the vertical direction. The fifth driving unit controls the clamping assembly to open and close so as to clamp or loosen the sampling tube, the sixth driving unit and the seventh driving unit can drive the gripping arm to freely move in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, the gripping arm can automatically clamp the sampling tube and transfer the sampling tube to the test tube carrier frame conveniently, and the test tube carrier frame can be directly taken when a subsequent sample in the sampling tube is subjected to a detection test.

According to some embodiments of the application, the test tube position detection device further comprises a sensor, the sensor is arranged on one side of the conveying carrier and connected with the second driving unit, and the sensor is used for sensing the position reached by the test tube position. Through setting up the inductor in one side of carrying the carrier, the inductor can accurately respond to whether the test tube position on carrying the carrier arrives the position of keeping level with the bracing piece to when test tube position and sampling pipe reachd predetermined position, control second drive unit drive driving lever pushed sampling pipe to between two spinal branch vaulting poles, and continue to impel sampling pipe, removed the biggest stroke until the driving lever, regained the driving lever again, carried out the action of the promotion sampling pipe of next round.

In a second aspect of the present application, a medical device is provided that includes a sampling tube organizing mechanism as set forth in the first aspect of the present application.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

For a clearer explanation of the embodiments of the present application or technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of a sampling tube collating mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front structural view of a conveying carrier and a turnover mechanism of the sampling tube sorting mechanism in the embodiment of the application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a transport carriage and a canting mechanism of a sample tube collating mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a support rod of the sampling tube sorting mechanism according to the embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

the test tube loading device comprises a hopper 100, a third driving unit 110, a pushing block 120, an inclined plane 121, a conveying carrier 200, a test tube position 210, a first driving unit 220, a turnover mechanism 300, a supporting rod 310, a turnover position 320, a first turnover position 321, a second turnover position 322, a falling position 330, a sliding groove 340, a first sliding groove 341, a second sliding groove 342, a sensor 400, a deflector rod 410, a second driving unit 420, a collecting frame 500, a first collecting frame 510, a second collecting frame 520, a transfer mechanism 600, a seventh driving unit 610, a Y-direction motor 620, a Y-direction guide rail 621, an X-direction motor 630, an X-direction guide rod 631, a fourth driving unit 640, a scanner 650 and a test tube carrier 700.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present application, 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 exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the positional descriptions, such as the upper, lower, left, right, front, rear, and the like, referred to as positional or orientational relationships based on the drawings are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, the meaning of a plurality is two or more, greater than, less than, etc. are understood to exclude the present number, and at least, not greater than, below, inner, etc. are understood to include the present number. The description of first, second, etc. in this application is for the purpose of distinguishing between technical features and is not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated or to implicitly indicate the precedence of technical features indicated.

In the description of the present application, unless otherwise expressly limited, terms such as set, connected and the like should be construed broadly, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application in consideration of the detailed contents of the technical solutions.

With the continuous upgrade of medical equipment, a large number of samples can be detected simultaneously when in-vitro detection experiments are carried out. In the correlation technique, need the manual work to arrange the sampling pipe of chaos placing and put in order, nevertheless owing to arrange in order not only can greatly increased operating personnel's task volume to a large amount of sampling pipes, still can drag the efficiency that the sample detected because of the arrangement speed of sampling pipe is slow excessively.

Therefore, the application provides a sampling tube arranging mechanism and medical equipment with the same. This application carries carrier and tilting mechanism through setting up, can be with the automatic arrangement of a large amount of chaotic sampling pipes of placing for the mode of forward placing, when using manpower sparingly, also can effectively improve the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipes.

In a first aspect of the present application, a sampling tube collating mechanism is provided, including: a hopper 100 for placing sampling tubes to be sorted; a loading mechanism including a conveyance carrier 200 and a first driving unit 220, the conveyance carrier 200 being connected to the first driving unit 220, the conveyance carrier 200 being provided with a plurality of horizontally placed test tube sites 210, the conveyance carrier 200 penetrating in from a lower end of the funnel 100 and penetrating out from an upper end of the funnel 100, the first driving unit 220 being for driving the conveyance carrier 200 to move in a vertical direction; turnover mechanism 300, including second drive unit 420, supporting rod 310 and driving lever 410, turnover mechanism 300 sets up in one side of loading mechanism, second drive unit 420 is connected with driving lever 410, driving lever 410 sets up in conveying carrier 200 top, or conveying carrier 200 keeps away from one side of supporting rod 310, supporting rod 310 is provided with two, two supporting rods 310 are placed in the horizontal direction parallel, form upset position 320 between two supporting rods 310, the width in upset position 320 is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe, be less than the tube cap diameter of sampling pipe, second drive unit 420 is used for driving lever 410 and moves along the direction of supporting rod 310.

Specifically, the sampling tubes to be sorted are placed into the funnel 100, the conveying carrier 200 penetrates through the lower end of the funnel 100 and penetrates out of the upper end of the funnel 100, a plurality of sampling tubes placed in a messy manner in the funnel 100 can be loaded into the horizontally placed test tube positions 210 respectively through the plurality of horizontally placed test tube positions 210 arranged on the conveying carrier, the first driving unit 220 drives the conveying carrier 200 to move along the vertical direction to convey the sampling tubes to the height equal to the height of the supporting rods 310, and the second driving unit 420 drives the deflector rod 410 to push the sampling tubes between the two supporting rods 310; because the width of upset position 320 is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe, is less than the tube cap diameter, when the sampling pipe was pushed to upset position 320, receives the action of gravity, the body of sampling pipe passed from upset position 320, and the tube cap card can't drop at upset position 320, and from this and arrange the automatic mode of placing for the forward of arranging a plurality of sampling pipes of chaotic placing. The collated, forwardly positioned sample tubes may then be removed from the support rod 310 by the robotic arm.

It can be understood that two supporting rods 310 may be disposed above the hopper 100, and at this time, the first driving unit 220 drives the transporting carriage 200 to move vertically upward until the sampling tube is transported to a level with the supporting rods 310, and the driving lever 410 then pushes the sampling tube to the turning position 320 between the two supporting rods 310, so as to achieve a manner of automatically arranging a plurality of sampling tubes into a forward placement manner.

Of course, the two supporting rods 310 may also be disposed below the hopper 100, and at this time, the first driving unit 220 drives the transport carriage 200 to move vertically downward until the sampling tubes are transported to a height level with the supporting rods 310, and the shifter lever 410 pushes the sampling tubes to the turning position 320 between the two supporting rods 310, so as to achieve a manner of automatically arranging a plurality of sampling tubes into a forward placement manner.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sampling tube includes a first sampling tube and a second sampling tube, a tube diameter of the first sampling tube is smaller than a tube diameter of the second sampling tube, the flipping unit 320 includes a first flipping unit 321 and a second flipping unit 322, a width of the first flipping unit 321 is larger than the tube diameter of the first sampling tube and smaller than the tube diameter of the second sampling tube, the second flipping unit 322 is disposed on a side of the first flipping unit 321 away from the transport carrier 200, and a width of the second flipping unit 322 is larger than the tube diameter of the second sampling tube and smaller than a tube cap diameter of the second sampling tube. The sampling pipe of two kinds of specifications has been placed in funnel 100 is, through setting up the first upset position 321 that corresponds first sampling pipe respectively and the second upset position 322 that corresponds the second sampling pipe, not only can place the sampling pipe automation forward that the confusion was placed, can also be according to the body diameter automatic classification of sampling pipe.

Of course, when three or more sampling tubes of various specifications are placed in the hopper 100, a plurality of turning positions 320 of various widths corresponding to the various sampling tubes may be provided between the two support rods 310, and the width of each turning position 320 is set to widen with increasing distance from the transport carrier 200, that is, the first turning position 321, the second turning position 322, the third turning position 320, and the like are provided in sequence from near to far from the transport carrier 200, and the tube diameter of the third sampling tube corresponding to the third turning position 320 is larger than that of the second sampling tube. Analogize from this, through set up the upset position 320 that corresponds multiple specification sampling pipe between two spinal branch vaulting poles 310, can be automatically with the automatic arrangement of the sampling pipe of multiple specification for forward when placing, automatically with the categorised arrangement of the sampling pipe of multiple specification, can effectively promote the compatibility of sampling pipe arrangement mechanism to the sampling pipe.

In some embodiments of the present application, a drop site 330 is also formed between the two support bars 310, the drop site 330 being disposed on a side of the flipping site 320 away from the transport carrier 200, the drop site 330 having a width greater than the tube cap diameter of the sample tube. As the shifting lever 410 continues to push the sampling tube in the direction of the supporting rod 310, the width of the falling position 330 is larger than the diameter of the tube cap of the sampling tube, when the sampling tube is pushed to the falling position 330 by the shifting lever 410, the tube cap of the sampling tube can also pass through the falling position 330, and the sampling tube can automatically fall forward into a mechanism for collecting the subsequent sampling tube. By arranging the falling position 330 after the turning position 320, the sampling tubes falling from the falling position 330 can be automatically collected, and the increase of equipment cost and energy consumption caused by the addition of an additional driving mechanism can be avoided by utilizing the gravity automatic falling mode.

Further, the falling positions 330 include a first falling position 330 and a second falling position 330, the width of the first falling position 330 is larger than the diameter of the cap of the first sampling tube and smaller than the diameter of the cap of the second sampling tube, and the width of the second falling position 330 is larger than the diameter of the cap of the second sampling tube. Set up first drop position 330 and second drop position 330 respectively to first sampling pipe and second sampling pipe, can be after two 320 categorised sample pipes of upset position, collect categorised sample pipe after the arrangement again, can directly take when carrying out the testing to the sample in the follow-up sampling pipe.

Of course, if the diameter of the cap of the first sampling tube is smaller than or equal to the diameter of the tube of the second sampling tube, the second turning position 322 can be regarded as the first falling position 330, and there is no need to additionally provide the corresponding first falling position 330 of the first sampling tube between the two supporting rods 310.

Similarly, of course, when three or more sampling tubes of various sizes are placed in the hopper 100, and the turning positions 320 of various widths corresponding to the sampling tubes of various sizes are also provided between the two supporting rods 310, a plurality of falling positions 330 corresponding to the sampling tubes of various sizes may be provided, and the widths of the falling positions 330 increase with the distance from the transport carriage 200, similar to the turning positions 320. That is, between the two support rods 310, the first falling position 330, the second falling position 330, the third falling position 330, and the like are sequentially formed from the near side to the far side from the conveyance carriage 200, and the widths of the falling positions 330, such as the first falling position 330, the second falling position 330, and the third falling position 330, are gradually increased.

It will be appreciated that the third inversion position 320 may be considered the second drop position 330 when the cap diameter of the second sampling tube is less than the body diameter of the third sampling tube. By analogy, there may be an intersection between the plurality of flipping bits 320 and the plurality of falling bits 330.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sampling tube arranging mechanism further includes a sliding chute 340 and a collecting rack 500, an inlet of the sliding chute 340 is disposed below the falling position 330, the collecting rack 500 is disposed below an outlet of the sliding chute 340, the sliding chute 340 can limit a moving direction of the sampling tube falling from the falling position 330, the sampling tube automatically falls into the collecting rack 500 along the direction of the sliding chute 340, and the arranged sampling tube can be automatically collected.

Further, the sliding chute 340 includes a first sliding chute 341 and a second sliding chute 342, the collecting rack 500 includes a first collecting rack 510 and a second collecting rack 520, the first sliding chute 341 is disposed below the first falling position 330, the first collecting rack 510 is disposed below the first sliding chute 341, the second sliding chute 342 is disposed below the second falling position 330, and the second collecting rack 520 is disposed below the second sliding chute 342. Through set up first spout 341 in the below of first position 330 that falls, the below of first spout 341 sets up first collection frame 510 to set up second spout 342 in the below of second position 330 that falls, the below of second spout 342 sets up second collection frame 520, can be with the sampling pipe of categorised arrangement, on automatic classification collected the corresponding collection frame 500, be convenient for follow-up sampling pipe of taking corresponding specification.

Similarly, three or more sampling tubes of various specifications are placed in the funnel 100, and corresponding chutes 340 and collecting frames 500 are respectively arranged below the plurality of falling positions 330, so as to guide and collect the sampling tubes of different specifications.

Further, the entrance of the chute 340 is funnel-shaped. The entrance end of the sliding groove 340 is arranged to be funnel-shaped, so that the falling range of the sampling pipe entering the sliding groove 340 can be enlarged, and the problem that the sampling pipe cannot accurately fall into the sliding groove 340 due to the fact that the entrance of the sliding groove 340 is arranged to be too narrow is avoided.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sampling tube collating mechanism further includes a push block 120 and a third driving unit 110 connected to each other, the push block 120 is disposed at one side of the carriage 200 conveyed in the hopper 100, and the third driving unit 110 is configured to drive the push block 120 to move in a vertical direction. By arranging the push block 120 on one side of the conveying carrier 200 in the funnel 100, the push block 120 can reciprocate in the vertical direction under the driving of the third driving unit 110, and can push away the sampling tubes stacked in the funnel 100 in the moving process, so that the sampling tubes can enter the test tube positions 210 on the conveying carrier 200 more smoothly.

Further, the push block 120 is provided with an inclined surface 121, and the inclined surface 121 forms a first angle with the conveying carrier 200. The inclined plane 121 forming a first angle with the conveying carrier 200 is arranged on the push block 120, the push block 120 can push sampling tubes placed in a hopper 100 in a disordered manner into a space formed between the conveying carrier 200 and the inclined plane, and then push the sampling tubes entering the space between the conveying carrier 200 and the inclined plane away gradually, so that the sampling tubes can enter the test tube positions 210 on the conveying carrier 200 more smoothly, and the sorting efficiency of the sampling tubes is improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sampling tube sorting mechanism further comprises a transferring mechanism 600, the transferring mechanism 600 comprises a gripper arm, a scanner 650 and a fourth driving unit 640, the scanner 650 is disposed on one side of the gripper arm, the fourth driving unit 640 is connected with the gripper arm, the gripper arm is used for transferring the sampling tube on the collecting rack 500 to the test tube carrier 700, the fourth driving unit 640 is used for driving the gripper arm to rotate horizontally, and the scanner 650 is used for scanning the barcode on the sampling tube. By arranging the scanner 650 at one side of the gripper arm, and in the process that the fourth driving unit 640 drives the gripper arm to rotate, when the scanner 650 scans the barcode of the sampling tube, it is proved that the barcode of the sampling tube faces the scanner 650, so that the sorted sampling tubes can be further processed in a unified orientation manner. That is, when transfer mechanism 600 shifts the sampling pipe that has been put in order for forward to the shelf of follow-up collection sampling pipe on, can adjust the sampling pipe for the bar code towards same direction in step, the follow-up bar code that can the automatic scanning on the sampling pipe when detecting the experiment to the sample in the sampling pipe of being convenient for avoids the bar code orientation of artificial adjustment sampling pipe, and increases operating personnel work load, reduces the problem of experimental efficiency.

It can be understood that scanner 650 can set up in one side of grabbing arm on transfer mechanism 600, namely, when grabbing the sampling pipe at the tongs arm, grabbing the arm and can horizontal rotation sampling pipe on one side, shift the sampling pipe on one side, until the bar code of sampling pipe is just to scanner 650, or when reaching preset angle, scanner 650 can scan the bar code on the sampling pipe, at this moment, stop rotatory sampling pipe, and continue to shift the sampling pipe, compare in the tradition with scanner 650 fixed the setting on the board, grabbing the arm needs all to move to scanner 650's appointed scanning range specially at every turn, scan the bar code of sampling pipe, the bar code direction of rotatory adjustment sampling pipe is shifted in the limit in the scheme of this application, can effectively improve the efficiency of the transfer and the adjustment direction of sampling pipe, accelerate the progress of sampling pipe batch arrangement.

Further, the gripper arm comprises a clamping assembly, and a fifth driving unit, a sixth driving unit and a seventh driving unit 610 which are connected with the clamping assembly, wherein the fifth driving unit is used for driving the clamping assembly to clamp or unclamp the sampling tube, the sixth driving unit is used for driving the clamping assembly to move in the horizontal direction, and the seventh driving unit 610 is used for driving the clamping assembly to move in the vertical direction. The fifth driving unit controls the clamping assembly to open and close so as to clamp or loosen the sampling tube, the sixth driving unit and the seventh driving unit 610 can drive the gripper arms to freely move in the vertical and horizontal directions, so that the gripper arms can automatically clamp the sampling tube and transfer the sampling tube to the test tube carrier 700, and the test tube carrier 700 can be directly taken when a subsequent test experiment is performed on a sample in the sampling tube. Wherein, the horizontal direction includes an X direction and a Y direction, the X direction is a direction along the X-direction guide bar 631, the Y direction is a direction along the Y-direction guide rail 621, and the seventh driving unit 610 includes an X-direction motor 630 and a Y-direction motor 620 for driving the gripper arm to move along the X-direction guide bar 631 and the Y-direction guide rail 621, respectively.

Specifically, the seventh driving unit 610 that drives the gripper arm to move in the vertical direction, one end and Y-guide rail 621 sliding connection, the other end and one end fixed connection of X-guide rod 631, scanner 650 and clamping component all with X-guide rod 631 sliding connection, clamping component and the rotatable connection of fourth driving unit 640, that is, scanner 650 and clamping component move in space synchronously, and fourth driving unit 640 can drive clamping component horizontal rotation under the prerequisite that clamping component and scanner 650 keep the relative position unchanged, in order to adjust the orientation of the barcode on the sampling tube.

Certainly, when the sampling tube has multiple specifications of presetting, the biggest opening distance of the centre gripping subassembly of tongs arm is greater than the biggest tube cap diameter of all sampling tubes of waiting to arrange in order to the tongs arm can snatch the sampling tube of multiple specification of presetting.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sampling tube collating mechanism further includes a sensor 400, the sensor 400 is disposed on one side of the transport carriage 200, the sensor 400 is connected to the second drive unit 420, and the sensor 400 is used for sensing the position reached by the test tube position 210. By arranging the sensor 400 on one side of the conveying carrier 200, the sensor 400 can accurately sense whether the test tube position 210 on the conveying carrier 200 reaches a position which is flush with the supporting rods 310, and when the test tube position 210 and a sampling tube reach preset positions, the second driving unit 420 is controlled to drive the shifting rod 410 to push the sampling tube to a position between the two supporting rods 310, and the sampling tube is continuously pushed until the shifting rod 410 moves to the maximum stroke, and then the shifting rod 410 is retracted to perform the next round of movement for pushing the sampling tube.

Specifically, the sensor 400 may be a light-sensitive sensor, a distance-measuring sensor, or a magnetic-induction sensor.

In a second aspect of the present application, a medical device is provided that includes a sampling tube organizing mechanism as set forth in the first aspect of the present application. Specifically, the medical device may be a device that needs to sort the sampling tubes, such as a cup dispenser, a full-automatic blood type analyzer, or other medical devices.

The embodiments of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present application within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, a sampling tube collation mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail in a particular manner of use. It is to be understood that the following description is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting.

The randomly placed sampling tube is poured into the hopper 100, and the first driving unit 220 drives the transportation carrier 200 to move upwards; wherein, the conveying carrier 200 can be a rotary belt, and a plurality of horizontally arranged test tube positions 210 are arranged on the belt;

the pushing block 120 at the bottom of the funnel 100 is driven by the third driving unit 110 to reciprocate in the vertical direction, so as to push the sampling tube into the test tube position 210;

when the sensor 400 senses that the test tube position 210 carrying the sampling tube moves to a position flush with the support rods 310, the second driving unit 420 drives the shift lever 410 to push the sampling tube in the test tube position 210 to a position between the two support rods 310, and supports and pushes the sampling tube along the support rods 310 until the shift lever 410 moves to the maximum stroke, the second driving unit 420 drives the shift lever 410 to retract, and then the sampling tube in the next test tube position 210 moves; wherein, the maximum travel position of the shift lever 410 is the position of the last falling position 330 on the support rod 310, from which the sampling tube with the maximum tube cap diameter can fall;

when the sampling pipe is pushed to the turning position 320, the pipe body automatically moves downwards under the action of gravity, rotates 90 degrees, and then the sampling pipe is adjusted to be placed in the forward direction;

when the sampling pipe is pushed to the falling position 330, under the action of gravity, the pipe cover passes through the falling position 330, automatically falls, enters the chute 340 corresponding to the falling position 330, penetrates out of the bottom end of the chute 340, and enters the collecting rack 500 arranged below the chute 340;

the grabbing arm grabs the sampling tube on the collecting rack 500, rotates while transferring, stops rotating when the scanner 650 scans the bar code on the sampling tube, continues transferring the sampling tube, and transfers the sampling tube to the preset test tube carrier 700.

This application is through setting up tilting mechanism 300, can be automatically with sampling pipe automatic adjustment for forward placing, through set up scanner 650 in tongs arm one side, can shift the orientation of rotatory adjustment sampling pipe in the limit for the bar code orientation unified direction of sampling pipe, whole process is automatic goes on, when using manpower sparingly, also can effectively improve the arrangement efficiency of sampling pipe.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means 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 application. 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.

The applicant asserts that the above-described embodiments represent only the basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the application, and that various changes and modifications can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, which is intended to be covered by the claims.

Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (13)

1. A sampling tube collating mechanism characterized in that it comprises:

the funnel is used for placing a sampling pipe to be tidied;

a loading mechanism comprising a transport carrier and a first drive unit, the transport carrier being connected to the first drive unit, the transport carrier being provided with a plurality of horizontally placed test tube sites, the transport carrier passing through the interior of the hopper, the first drive unit being adapted to drive the transport carrier in a vertical direction;

tilting mechanism, including second drive unit, bracing piece and driving lever, tilting mechanism set up in one side of loading mechanism, the second drive unit with the driving lever is connected, the driving lever set up in keeping away from of the top of carrying the carrier or carrying the carrier the one side of bracing piece, the bracing piece is provided with two, two the bracing piece is placed in the horizontal direction parallel, two form the transposition position between the bracing piece, the width of transposition position is greater than the body diameter of sampling pipe is less than the tube cap diameter of sampling pipe, the second drive unit is used for driving the driving lever is followed the direction motion of bracing piece.

2. The sampling tube collating mechanism of claim 1 wherein a drop-off location is further defined between two of said support bars, said drop-off location being disposed on a side of said inverting location remote from said carriage, said drop-off location having a width greater than a cap diameter of said sampling tubes.

3. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the sampling tubes include a first sampling tube and a second sampling tube, a tube diameter of the first sampling tube is smaller than a tube diameter of the second sampling tube, the inverting position includes a first inverting position and a second inverting position, a width of the first inverting position is larger than the tube diameter of the first sampling tube and smaller than the tube diameter of the second sampling tube, the second inverting position is disposed on a side of the first inverting position away from the transport carriage, and a width of the second inverting position is larger than the tube diameter of the second sampling tube and smaller than a tube cap diameter of the second sampling tube.

4. The sampling tube collating mechanism of claim 3 wherein said downset positions include a first downset position having a width greater than a cap diameter of said first sampling tube and less than a cap diameter of said second sampling tube and a second downset position having a width greater than a cap diameter of said second sampling tube.

5. The sampling tube collating mechanism of claim 4 further comprising a chute having an inlet disposed below the drop position and a collection rack disposed below the chute outlet.

6. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to claim 5 wherein the slide slots include first and second slide slots, and the collection racks include first and second collection racks, the first slide slot being disposed below the first drop position, the first collection rack being disposed below the first slide slot, the second slide slot being disposed below the second drop position, and the second collection rack being disposed below the second slide slot.

7. The sampling tube organizing mechanism of claim 5, wherein the inlet end of the chute is funnel-shaped.

8. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to claim 1 further including a pusher block and a third drive unit interconnected, said pusher block being disposed within said hopper on one side of said carriage, said third drive unit being for driving said pusher block in vertical movement.

9. The sampling tube collating mechanism of claim 8 wherein said pusher block is provided with an inclined surface, said inclined surface forming a first angle with said carriage.

10. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a transfer mechanism including a gripper arm, a scanner disposed on one side of the gripper arm, and a fourth drive unit connected to the gripper arm, the gripper arm being configured to transfer the sampling tube to a test tube carrier, the fourth drive unit being configured to drive the gripper arm to rotate horizontally, the scanner being configured to scan a barcode on the sampling tube.

11. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to claim 10, wherein said gripper arm includes a gripping assembly, and a fifth drive unit, a sixth drive unit and a seventh drive unit coupled to said gripping assembly, said fifth drive unit for driving said gripping assembly to grip or release said sampling tube, said sixth drive unit for driving said gripping assembly to move in a horizontal direction, and said seventh drive unit for driving said gripping assembly to move in a vertical direction.

12. The sampling tube collating mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a sensor disposed on one side of the transport carriage, the sensor being coupled to the second drive unit, the sensor being configured to sense the position reached by the test tube positions.

13. A medical device comprising the sampling tube organizing mechanism of any of claims 1 to 12.

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