CN218709053U - Container cover opening and closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an automatic technical field in laboratory discloses a container lid device that opens and shuts, including setting up container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism and the container body centre gripping elevating system on vertical support, container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism includes the holding head, container body centre gripping elevating system includes the tongs, the tongs stretches out to the below of holding head, makes and forms container body passageway between holding head, the tongs is used for the centre gripping container body and goes up and down, the holding head is used for the centre gripping container lid and rotates, realizes the lid operation that opens and shuts to the container. The utility model discloses in the container from the removal in-process of input (output) position to sample processing position, can accomplish the operation of opening and shutting the lid, improved work efficiency greatly, throughput reaches more than the triple of current mode.

Description

Container cover opening and closing device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a laboratory automation technical field especially relates to a container device of opening and shutting.

Background

In an automated laboratory, a lot of automation works are to perform a sample taking and placing operation on a container, and the sample taking and placing process from the container is completed by a robot or a mechanical arm. The specific process is generally as follows, the mechanical arm picks the container from the charging tray through the clamping jaw mechanism, delivers to the container clamping position, and is fixed with the container centre gripping by fixture, then drives to open and close and cover the mechanism and move to the clamping position, uncaps the container, and after the uncapping is accomplished, at the clamping position, carries out sample processing, and after sample processing is accomplished, drives again to open and close and cover the mechanism and close and cover the operation. After the cover closing is finished, the container closed by the clamping jaw mechanism is moved to an output position.

In the existing automatic operation process, the clamping jaw mechanism is driven twice, and the cover opening and closing mechanism is driven twice, so that the sample processing can be finished once. The inefficiency, operating time is long, can't satisfy the convenience of the rapid processing of automatic realization, in addition, to the sample of active chemical property, has increased the risk long when contacting with the air, removes the in-process at many times arm, produces positioning error easily.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at solving the above problem, provide a container opening and closing lid device, from the removal in-process of input (output) position to sample processing position at the container, can accomplish the opening and closing lid operation, improved work efficiency greatly, throughput reaches more than the triple of current mode.

The utility model adopts the technical proposal that:

the utility model provides a container lid device that opens and shuts, characterized by, including container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism and the container body centre gripping elevating system of setting on vertical support, container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism includes the holding head, container body centre gripping elevating system includes the tongs, the tongs stretches out to the below of holding head, makes and forms container body passageway between holding head, the tongs is used for the centre gripping container body and goes up and down, the holding head is used for the centre gripping container lid and rotates, realizes opening and shutting the lid operation to the container.

Further, the vertical support is arranged on the XY axis moving mechanism, and the container body clamping and lifting mechanism moves to the position above the container through the XY axis moving mechanism and then carries out cover opening and closing operation after the container is grabbed by the grabber.

Further, container body centre gripping elevating system sets up the side at container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism, container body centre gripping elevating system's tongs stretches out to container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism's centre gripping head below from the below side.

Further, the tongs include two symmetrical clamping jaws, and the opposite side of two clamping jaws sets up the slipmat.

Further, set up vertical guide rail and rack on the vertical support, container body centre gripping elevating system cooperation sets up on the guide rail, set up the motor on the container body centre gripping elevating system, set up the gear on the motor shaft, gear and rack meshing makes container body centre gripping elevating system goes up and down.

Furthermore, the clamping head comprises two symmetrical arc-shaped clamps, and knurls are arranged in the two arc-shaped clamps.

Furthermore, the knurls are divided into an upper layer and a lower layer, and the inner diameter of the upper layer of knurls is smaller than that of the lower layer of knurls.

Further, the clamping head and the gripper are both electric claws.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) The container finishes the cover opening and closing operation in the moving process, so that the time is saved, and the efficiency is improved;

(2) The cover opening and closing mechanism and the clamping mechanism are combined into a whole, so that the driving parts of the two mechanisms are reduced, the space is saved, and the cost is greatly reduced;

(3) The integrated design can be installed on different laboratory processing modules.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a viewing angle of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of another viewing angle of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the working process of the present invention.

The reference numbers in the drawings are respectively:

1. a vertical support; 2, the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism;

3. the container body clamps the lifting mechanism; 4, a clamping head;

5. a gripper; 6, a guide rail;

7. a rack; 8, a motor;

9. a gear; 10, a clamping jaw;

11. a non-slip mat; an arc-shaped clamp;

13. knurling the upper layer; 14, lower knurling;

and 15.XY axis moving mechanism.

Detailed Description

The following describes in detail embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

Referring to the attached drawing 1, the utility model discloses a container opening and closing lid device, including setting up container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism 2 and the container body centre gripping elevating system 3 on vertical support 1, container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism 2 includes holding head 4, container body centre gripping elevating system 3 includes tongs 5, tongs 5 stretches out to the below of holding head 4, makes holding head 4, formation container body passageway between tongs 5, tongs 5 are used for the centre gripping container body and go up and down, and holding head 4 is used for the centre gripping container lid and rotates, realizes opening and closing the lid operation to the container.

Referring to fig. 2, the container body holding and lifting mechanism 3 is arranged at the side of the container lid holding and rotating mechanism 2, and the gripper 5 of the container body holding and lifting mechanism 3 extends from the lower side to the lower side of the holding head 4 of the container lid holding and rotating mechanism 2.

Set up vertical guide rail 6 and rack 7 on vertical support 1, container body centre gripping elevating system 3 cooperation sets up on guide rail 6, sets up motor 8 on container body centre gripping elevating system 3, sets up gear 9 on the motor shaft, and gear 9 makes container body centre gripping elevating system 3 go up and down with rack 7 meshing.

Referring to fig. 3, the gripper 5 of the container body gripping and lifting mechanism 3 comprises two symmetrical jaws 10, and anti-skid pads 11 are arranged on opposite sides of the two jaws 10. When two clamping jaws 10 are clamped tightly, can be fit for containers of different pipe diameters such as test tube, sampling bottle, centrifuging tube.

The clamping head 4 of the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2 comprises two symmetrical arc-shaped clamps 12, knurls are arranged in the two arc-shaped clamps 12, and the lines of the knurls can be matched with the lines of the container cover so as to achieve a better clamping effect. The annular knurls are two layers, the inner diameter of the annular knurls 13 on the upper layer is smaller than that of the annular knurls 14 on the lower layer, and the two layers of annular knurls are suitable for container covers with different diameters.

The clamping head 4 and the hand grip 5 are both selected to use electric claws, and the electric claws are small in size, large in power and simple in wiring.

Referring to the attached figure 4, in operation, the vertical support 1 is arranged on the XY-axis moving mechanism 15, and after the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 is displaced to the position above the container through the XY-axis moving mechanism 15, the container is grabbed by the grabbing hand 5 to open and close the cover. The XY-axis moving mechanism 15 is a sliding rail moving container cover opening and closing device in the X-axis direction, the sliding rail moving in the Y-axis direction moves along with the X-axis, and then the movement with six degrees of freedom is realized by combining the vertical lifting of the gripper 5.

The utility model discloses carry out the sample defeated with output and open and shut the concrete step as follows of lid:

the first step is as follows: the XY axis moving mechanism 15 moves the vertical bracket 1 and the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2 and the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 thereon to a container taking position;

the second step is that: the container body clamping lifting mechanism 3 descends, and the gripper 5 grips the container;

the third step: the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 drives the container to ascend, and the container cover is sent into a clamping head 4 of the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2;

the fourth step: the clamping head 4 clamps the container cover, the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2 drives the clamping head 4 to rotate anticlockwise, and meanwhile, the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 drives the container to descend by the length of the uncovering pitch, so that uncovering is completed;

the fifth step: the XY-axis moving mechanism 15 moves to the sample processing position;

and a sixth step: the container body clamping lifting mechanism 3 descends, the gripper 5 is opened, and the container is withdrawn after being put down for sample treatment;

the seventh step: the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 descends, and the gripper 5 grips the container;

eighth step: the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 drives the container to rise, and the top of the container is matched with the container cover in the clamping head 4 of the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2;

the ninth step: the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism 2 drives the clamping head 4 to rotate clockwise, meanwhile, the container body clamping and lifting mechanism 3 drives the container to ascend the length of the screw pitch for opening the cover, the cover closing is completed, and the clamping head 4 is opened;

the tenth step: the XY axis moving mechanism 15 moves to the sample return position;

the eleventh step: the container body clamping lifting mechanism 3 descends, the gripper 5 is opened, and the container is withdrawn after being put down, so that one-time sample processing is completed.

Because the fourth step and the fifth step are completed simultaneously, and the ninth step and the tenth step are also completed simultaneously, the actual automatic operation time is greatly shortened.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A container opening and closing cover device is characterized in that: including setting up container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism and the container body centre gripping elevating system on vertical support, container lid centre gripping rotary mechanism includes the holding head, container body centre gripping elevating system includes the tongs, the tongs stretches out to the below of holding head, makes and forms container body passageway between holding head, the tongs is used for the centre gripping container body and goes up and down, the holding head is used for the centre gripping container lid and rotates, realizes opening and shutting the lid operation to the container.

2. A container opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein: the vertical support is arranged on the XY axis moving mechanism, and the container body clamping and lifting mechanism is moved to the position above the container through the XY axis moving mechanism, and then the container is grabbed by the gripper to open and close the cover.

3. A container opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein: the container body clamping and lifting mechanism is arranged on the side edge of the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism, and the gripper of the container body clamping and lifting mechanism extends out of the side edge in the lower direction to be below the clamping head of the container cover clamping and rotating mechanism.

4. A container opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein: the tongs include two symmetrical clamping jaws, and the opposite side of two clamping jaws sets up the slipmat.

5. A container opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein: set up vertical guide rail and rack on the vertical support, container body centre gripping elevating system cooperation sets up on the guide rail, set up the motor on the container body centre gripping elevating system, set up the gear on the motor shaft, gear and rack meshing makes container body centre gripping elevating system goes up and down.

6. A container opening and closing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the clamping head comprises two symmetrical arc-shaped clamps, and knurls are arranged in the two arc-shaped clamps.

7. A container opening and closing device according to claim 6, wherein: the knurls are two-layer, and the inner diameter of the upper knurls is smaller than that of the lower knurls.

8. A container opening and closing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the clamping head and the gripper are both electric claws.

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