CN219928206U - Drawer device for online consumable replacement - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a drawer device for online consumable replacement, and belongs to the technical field of detection equipment. The drawer device comprises a bottom plate, a guide rail, a locking part, a front row of parts and a back row of parts, wherein the back row of parts are fixed on the bottom plate, a plurality of underframes for placing consumable boxes are arranged on the back row of parts, the guide rail is fixed on the bottom plate, the front row of parts are slidably connected with the guide rail and can move along the guide rail direction, a plurality of brackets for placing the consumable boxes are arranged on the front row of parts, the locking part comprises a locking driving device and a locking piece, the locking piece can move under the driving of the driving device and is respectively positioned at a locking position and a releasing position, the locking piece is used for locking the front row of parts, and the locking piece is positioned at the releasing position and can slide along the guide rail. By using the drawer device, consumable materials can be replenished under the condition of no stop in detection.

Description

Drawer device for online consumable replacement

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of detection equipment, in particular to a drawer device for online consumable replacement.

Background

At present, laboratory such as biology, chemistry, environment, medicine research and development, food and the like and units such as hospitals, disease control, blood stations and the like all need to use detection experimental equipment. Along with the rapid development of science and technology, the equipment tends to be automatically developed more and more, so that the working procedures of operators are greatly simplified, and the detection efficiency and stability are improved. However, in some experimental facilities, the operator is required to frequently manually supplement the consumable components for the experiment, and such consumables are widely involved, such as: disposable tips, reagent storage tubes, PCR tubes, test cups, etc. The requirement of frequently supplementing consumable materials reduces the automation degree of equipment, influences the experimental efficiency, and even more, operators are required to supplement the consumable materials in a shutdown state, so that the application of the equipment is greatly limited.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a drawer device for online replacement of consumable supplies, which is capable of replenishing consumable supplies without stopping the machine in the conventional automatic detection equipment, and can be applied to the automatic detection equipment.

The utility model provides a drawer device of online change consumptive material, includes bottom plate, guide rail, locking part, front row's part and back row's part, back row's part is fixed in on the bottom plate, and be equipped with a plurality of chassis that are used for placing the consumptive material box on this back row's part, the guide rail is fixed in on the bottom plate, front row's part with guide rail sliding connection can follow guide rail direction motion, be equipped with a plurality of brackets that are used for placing the consumptive material box on the front row's part, locking part includes locking drive arrangement and locking piece, the locking piece can be in under drive arrangement's drive remove, be located locking position and release position respectively, works as the locking piece is located locking position, the locking piece is locked front row's part, works as the locking piece is located release position, front row's part can be followed the guide rail slides.

Above-mentioned drawer device, the position of placing the consumptive material box divide into preceding row's part and back row's part, is located preceding row's station and back row's station respectively, and wherein back row's station is automation equipment operation station, and devices such as manipulator can directly snatch the consumptive material from back row's station and use, and preceding row's station is the consumptive material preparation station, for placing "standby" consumptive material. The drawer is pulled out by pulling the front row of components to move along the direction of the guide rail, so that the consumable box of the front row of components is replaced and supplemented, and the continuous working state of the rear row of stations is not influenced. After the consumable box of the current row of components is replaced and supplemented, the consumable box of the front row of stations can be grabbed and placed to the back row of stations by matching components such as a mechanical gripper of automatic detection equipment so as to supplement the consumable of the back row of components.

And through the use of the locking component, the system judges whether the front row component is in a drawer pullout state, so that the locking component is controlled to enable the locking piece to be respectively in a release position or a locking position, and equipment faults caused by pulling out the drawer when the front row component is in a working state (namely when the drawer is grabbed and converted into a working position) are avoided.

In one embodiment, the locking part further comprises a locking elastic resetting piece, the locking driving device is a locking motor, the locking elastic resetting piece is abutted against the locking piece, the locking piece has a trend of moving towards the locking position, the locking motor pushes the locking piece to move in the elastic direction of the locking elastic resetting piece through a motor pushing shaft capable of performing telescopic motion, the locking piece is respectively located at the locking position and the releasing position, the front row part is provided with a buckle, and the locking piece is provided with a bayonet for locking the buckle and a guiding slope for guiding the buckle into the bayonet. It will be appreciated that the locking means may be any locking means known in the art, such as providing a retractable stop on the path of travel of the rail, etc., to ensure that the control system of the automation device is able to control the locking or release state of the locking means under predetermined conditions. However, designing the locking member in the above-described manner has the advantage of being compact and reliable.

In one embodiment, the locking member further comprises a lock sensor and a lock detection tab secured to the lock tab, the lock detection tab triggering the lock sensor when the lock tab is in the locked position. So that the lock sensor emits a corresponding signal.

In one embodiment, the back row component is provided with a plurality of underframes for placing consumable boxes, the underframe is provided with a containing area matched with the shape of the consumable boxes, at least one side of the containing area is provided with an upward protruding edge, the drawer device further comprises a clamping component, the clamping component comprises a clamping driving device and a clamping hand, the clamping driving device is fixed on the underframe, and the clamping hand is arranged on one side of the containing area opposite to the protruding edge and can move towards the center direction of the containing area under the driving of the clamping driving device.

In practice, the inventor finds that, generally, the consumable box has a certain height, so when the equipment such as the mechanical gripper is used for taking the suction head at the edge position of the consumable box, the consumable box is easily influenced by the equipment such as the mechanical gripper to generate deflection, and the next consumable taking failure is caused. Meanwhile, when the automatic equipment vibrates in the operation process, the consumable box is easy to displace, so that the consumable cannot be taken out in the subsequent process, or the cover cannot be grasped by the gripper. Therefore, in order to overcome the problems, the consumable box clamp is fastened on the rear row component by adopting the clamping component in the design, so that the problem that consumable grabbing fails in the subsequent process caused by displacement, deflection and the like is avoided.

In one embodiment, the clamping component further comprises a clamping elastic piece, a clamping driving piece and a spool, the clamping driving device is a clamping motor, the clamping driving piece is connected with the output end of the clamping motor, one end of the spool is fixed on the clamping driving piece, one end of the spool is fixed on the clamping hand, the clamping elastic piece is sleeved on the spool in a compressed state, the clamping hand can be driven by the clamping motor to compress the clamping elastic piece to move towards the center direction of the accommodating area and be located in a clamping state position, or the clamping hand can be moved away from the center direction of the accommodating area and be located in a loosening state position under the action of the elasticity of the clamping elastic piece. It will be appreciated that the clamping means may be any means known in the art capable of clamping the consumable cartridge to the chassis of the rear component, but with the above described apparatus, it has the advantage of being simple and reliable in construction.

In one embodiment, the clamping member further includes a clamping sensor and a clamping detection tab secured to the clamping drive tab, the clamping detection tab triggering the clamping sensor when the clamping jaw is in the relaxed state position. So that the clamp sensor emits a corresponding signal.

In one embodiment, the front row component is provided with a plurality of brackets for placing consumable cartridges, the drawer device further comprises an identification component, the identification component comprises a chip sensor for identifying information of the consumable cartridges, and the chip sensor is fixed at the bottom of the brackets. Through the use of the identification component, the automatic identification judging function of the consumable box can be realized, and the type of the consumable box which is replaced in a current supplementing mode is fed back to the equipment control system in real time.

In one embodiment, the chip sensor is at least one selected from PFID chip sensor, NFC chip sensor, 5G chip sensor, one-dimensional code scanning sensor, two-dimensional code scanning sensor.

In one embodiment, a baffle is arranged around the bracket, and a wedge-shaped clamping piece is arranged on the baffle and is arranged in a thin-top and thick-bottom manner.

In one embodiment, the identification component further comprises electronics to receive and transmit the chip sensor. The electronic part can be used for transmitting the consumable box type obtained by the identification of the identification part to the control system in real time.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

according to the drawer device for online consumable replacement, the consumable placement position is divided into the front row of parts and the rear row of parts, and the parts are respectively located at the front row of stations and the rear row of stations, wherein the rear row of stations are automatic equipment operation stations, the consumable can be directly grabbed from the rear row of stations by using a manipulator and other devices, and the front row of stations are consumable preparation stations for placing consumable standby. The drawer is pulled out by pulling the front-row part to move along the direction of the guide rail, and the consumable box of the front-row part is replaced and supplemented, so that the continuous working state of the rear-row station is not influenced, and the purpose of online consumable replacement is realized. And through the joint application of the front row part and the rear row part, the drawer device has the advantages of large capacity and high flexibility.

And, this drawer device still is equipped with self-holding part to avoid in the equipment operation in-process, the consumable box produces the problem that follow-up process snatched the consumable that displacement, skew etc. caused and failed.

Meanwhile, the drawer device is further provided with the identification component, so that the automatic identification and judgment functions of consumable boxes can be realized, the type of the consumable boxes which are replaced in a current supplementing mode is fed back to the equipment control system in real time, and the automation degree of the equipment is further improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a drawer device according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a drawer device loading consumable cartridge according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a locking member structure in an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a rear row station structure in an embodiment;

a is a front view, B is a back view;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a front row station structure in an embodiment;

a is a front view, and B is a back view.

Wherein: 100. a bottom plate; 200. a guide rail; 300. a locking member; 310. locking the driving device; 311. a motor pushes a shaft; 320. a locking piece; 321. a bayonet; 322. a guide ramp; 330. locking the elastic resetting piece; 340. a lock sensor; 350. a lock detection piece; 400. a front row of components; 410. a handle; 420. a bracket; 421. a baffle plate; 422. a clamping piece; 500. a rear row of components; 510. a chassis; 511. a convex edge; 610. a clamping driving device; 620. a clamping hand; 630. clamping the elastic piece; 640. clamping the driving piece; 650. a spool; 660. clamping the sensor; 670. clamping the detection sheet; 710. a chip sensor; 720. a chip cover; 730. an electronic component; 800. a consumable box;

Detailed Description

In order that the utility model may be readily understood, a more complete description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present utility model are shown in the drawings. This utility model may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the utility model is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Examples

1-5, a drawer apparatus for online replacement of consumables includes a base plate 100, a guide rail 200, a locking part 300, a front row part 400, a rear row part 500, a clamping part, and an identification part. As shown in fig. 1, the back row component 500 is fixed on the base plate 100, and the back row component 500 is provided with a plurality of underframes 510 for placing the consumable cartridges 800, the guide rail 200 is fixed on the base plate 100, the front row component 400 is slidably connected with the guide rail 200, and can move along the guide rail direction, the front row component 400 is provided with a plurality of brackets 420 for placing the consumable cartridges 800, and the front row component 400 is also provided with a handle 410 for providing a drawing function.

The locking member 300 includes a locking driving means 310, a locking piece 320, and a locking elastic restoring member 330, the locking piece 320 being movable by the driving means to be located at a locking position and a releasing position, respectively, when the locking piece 320 is located at the locking position, the locking piece 320 locks the front row member 400, and when the locking piece 320 is located at the releasing position, the front row member 400 is slidable along the guide rail 200. Specifically, the locking driving device 310 is a locking motor, one end of the locking elastic restoring member 330 abuts against the locking piece 320, the other end of the locking elastic restoring member is fixed (e.g. abuts against other fixing elements), the locking motor pushes the locking piece 320 to move in the elastic direction of the locking elastic restoring member 330 through a motor pushing shaft 311 capable of performing telescopic motion, so that the locking piece 320 is located at a locking position and a releasing position respectively, the front row of components 400 is provided with a buckle, and the locking piece 320 is provided with a bayonet 321 for locking the buckle and a guiding slope 322 for guiding the buckle into the bayonet 321.

To feed back in real time whether the drawer is locked, in this embodiment, the locking member 300 further includes a locking sensor 340 and a locking detection tab 350, wherein the locking detection tab 350 is fixed to the locking tab 320, and when the locking tab 320 is in the locked position, the locking detection tab 350 triggers the locking sensor 340 to transmit a signal to the control system. The locking component 300 can also be directly displayed to a user through a built-in indicator lamp or a touch screen, for example, the indicator lamp is green, and the locking component 300 is in a release state and is used for extracting the drawer to replace consumable; if the indicator light is red, the locking member 300 is in the locked state, the front row member 400 is in the working state, and the front row member 400 is locked, so that the replacement consumable part cannot be drawn out.

Because the consumable box 800 has a certain height, when equipment such as a mechanical gripper is taking the suction head at the edge position of the consumable box 800, the consumable box 800 is easily influenced by the equipment such as the mechanical gripper to easily generate deflection, so that the next consumable taking (disposable suction head, disposable PCR tube and disposable PCR cover) fails. Meanwhile, when the automatic equipment vibrates during operation, the consumable box 800 is easy to displace, so that the consumable (disposable suction head, disposable PCR tube, disposable PCR cover) cannot be taken out in the subsequent process, or the cover cannot be grasped by a gripper. Therefore, in order to overcome the above-mentioned problem, the present solution adopts the clamping component in the design, and clamps and fastens the consumable cartridge 800 on the back row component 500, so as to avoid the problem that the subsequent process caused by displacement, deflection, etc. fails to grasp the consumable.

Specifically, the back row component 500 is provided with a plurality of underframe 510 for placing the consumable box 800, the underframe 510 is provided with a containing area matched with the consumable box 800 in shape, three sides of the containing area are provided with upward convex edges 511, and the other sides are clamping installation openings.

In this embodiment, the drawer device further includes a clamping member including: the clamping driving device 610 is a clamping motor and is fixed on the chassis 510, the clamping hand 620 is arranged on one side of the accommodating area opposite to the convex edge 511 and can move towards the center direction of the accommodating area under the driving of the clamping driving device 610. The clamping driving piece 640 is connected with the output end of the clamping motor, one end of the spool 650 is fixed on the clamping driving piece 640, one end of the spool 650 is fixed on the clamping hand, the clamping elastic piece 630 is sleeved on the spool 650 in a compressed state, the clamping hand 620 can move towards the center direction of the accommodating area under the driving of the clamping motor, and the clamping elastic piece 630 is matched with the convex edge 511 to clamp the consumable box 800, so that the consumable box is located in a clamping state position, or the clamping hand 620 can move away from the center direction of the accommodating area under the elastic action of the clamping elastic piece 630 and is located in a loosening state position.

Also, the clamping member further includes a clamping sensor 660 and a clamping detection tab 670, the clamping detection tab 670 being fixed to the clamping driving tab 640, the clamping detection tab 670 triggering the clamping sensor 660 when the clamping hand 620 is in a relaxed state, in consideration of the state of the clamping member available to the automated equipment and the user in real time.

In this embodiment, the front row component 400 is provided with a plurality of brackets 420 for placing the consumable cartridges 800, and the drawer device further includes an identification component, where the identification component includes a chip sensor 710 for identifying information of the consumable cartridges 800, and an electronic part 730 for receiving and sending the chip sensor 710, and the chip sensor 710 is fixed at the bottom of the brackets 420. The chip sensor 710 is disposed in the groove of the bracket 420 and is shielded and protected by the chip cover 720, and the electronic component 730 is disposed on the bottom back of the bracket 420 and is connected with other structural signals or electrically, so that the type of the consumable cartridge 800 identified by the identification component is transmitted to the control system of the detection device in real time. Through the use of the identification component, the automatic identification judging function of the consumable box 800 can be realized, and the type of the consumable box 800 (such as a suction head consumable box, a PCR tube consumable box, a PCR cover consumable box and the like) which is replaced in a current supplementing mode is fed back to the equipment control system in real time. Therefore, the user can be supported to carry out self-defined station setting according to own requirements, random placement of the user is not limited, and the method has the advantage of friendly user experience.

The specific type of the chip sensor 710 may be at least one selected from PFID chip sensor, NFC chip sensor, 5G chip sensor, one-dimensional code scanning sensor, and two-dimensional code scanning sensor, which may be designed according to experimental requirements.

In addition, in order to ensure the stability of the consumable cartridge 800 placed on the bracket 420 of the front-row component 400, a baffle 421 is disposed around the bracket 420, and a wedge-shaped clamping piece 422 is further disposed on the baffle 421, where the clamping piece 422 is thin at the top and thick at the bottom, so as to facilitate the consumable cartridge 800 to be clamped after being placed.

The working principle of the drawer device for online consumable replacement in this embodiment is as follows:

before the automatic detection equipment comprising the drawer device is started, a consumable box 800 for containing consumable materials (such as a suction head, a PCR tube, a PCR cover and the like) is at least placed on a bottom frame 510 on a front row of components 400, the automatic detection equipment is started and runs automatically, and a manipulator and other devices can directly grasp the consumable materials from a rear row of stations for use.

The front row station is a consumable preparation station for placing 'standby' consumables. By pulling the front row member 400 to move along the direction of the guide rail 200, the drawer is pulled out, and the consumable cartridge 800 of the front row member 400 is replaced and replenished without affecting the continuous working state of the rear row station. After the consumable box 800 of the current row of components 400 is replaced and supplemented, the consumable box 800 arranged at the front row of stations can be grabbed and placed at the back row of stations by matching components such as a mechanical gripper of automatic detection equipment so as to supplement consumable materials of the back row of components.

And through the use of the locking member 300, the system determines whether the front row member 400 is in a drawer pullout state, so that the locking member 300 is controlled to make the locking piece 320 be in a release position or a locking position, respectively, so as to avoid equipment failure caused by pulling out the drawer when the front row member 400 is in a working state.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the utility model, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a drawer device of online change consumptive material, its characterized in that includes bottom plate, guide rail, locking part, front row's part and back row's part, back row's part is fixed in on the bottom plate, and be equipped with a plurality of chassis that are used for placing the consumptive material box on this back row's part, the guide rail is fixed in on the bottom plate, front row's part with guide rail sliding connection can follow the guide rail direction motion, be equipped with a plurality of brackets that are used for placing the consumptive material box on the front row's part, the locking part includes locking drive arrangement and locking piece, the locking piece can be in under drive arrangement's drive remove, be located locking position and release position respectively, works as the locking piece is located front row's part, works as the locking piece is located release position, front row's part can follow the guide rail slides.

2. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to claim 1, wherein the locking part further comprises a locking elastic reset piece, the locking driving device is a locking motor, the locking elastic reset piece is abutted against the locking piece, the locking piece has a trend of moving towards the locking position, the locking motor pushes the locking piece to move in the elastic direction of the locking elastic reset piece through a motor pushing shaft capable of performing telescopic movement, the locking piece is respectively located at the locking position and the releasing position, the front row part is provided with a buckle, and the locking piece is provided with a bayonet for locking the buckle and a guiding slope for guiding the buckle into the bayonet.

3. The drawer apparatus for online consumable replacement according to claim 2, wherein the locking member further comprises a lock sensor and a lock detection piece, the lock detection piece being fixed to the lock piece, the lock detection piece triggering the lock sensor when the lock piece is in a locked position.

4. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to claim 1, wherein the back row component is provided with a plurality of underframes for placing consumable boxes, the underframe is provided with a containing area matched with the consumable boxes in shape, at least one edge of the containing area is provided with an upward protruding edge, the drawer device further comprises a clamping component, the clamping component comprises a clamping driving device and a clamping hand, the clamping driving device is fixed on the underframe, and the clamping hand is arranged on one side of the containing area opposite to the protruding edge and can move towards the center direction of the containing area under the driving of the clamping driving device.

5. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to claim 4, wherein the clamping component further comprises a clamping elastic piece, a clamping driving piece and a spool, the clamping driving device is a clamping motor, the clamping driving piece is connected with an output end of the clamping motor, one end of the spool is fixed on the clamping driving piece, one end of the spool is fixed on the clamping hand, the clamping elastic piece is sleeved on the spool in a compressed state, the clamping hand can be driven by the clamping motor to compress the clamping elastic piece to move towards the center of the accommodating area, and the clamping elastic piece is located in a clamping state position, or the clamping hand can move away from the center of the accommodating area under the action of the elastic force of the clamping elastic piece and is located in a loose state position.

6. The on-line consumable replacement drawer apparatus of claim 5 wherein the clamp member further comprises a clamp sensor and a clamp test tab secured to the clamp drive tab, the clamp test tab triggering the clamp sensor when the clamp is in the relaxed state.

7. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the front row component is provided with a plurality of brackets for placing consumable cartridges, and the drawer device further comprises an identification component, wherein the identification component comprises a chip sensor for identifying information of the consumable cartridges, and the chip sensor is fixed to the bottom of the brackets.

8. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to claim 7, wherein the chip sensor is at least one selected from the group consisting of a PFID chip sensor, an NFC chip sensor, a 5G chip sensor, a one-dimensional code scanning sensor, and a two-dimensional code scanning sensor.

9. The drawer device for online consumable replacement according to claim 7, wherein a baffle is arranged around the bracket, and wedge-shaped clamping pieces are arranged on the baffle and are arranged in a thin-top and thick-bottom mode.

10. The on-line consumable replacement drawer apparatus of claim 7, wherein the identification component further comprises electronics that receive and transmit the chip sensor.