EP0125996A1 - Modularer Träger für Behälter verschiedener Grössen, insbesondere für Analysiergeräte - Google Patents

Modularer Träger für Behälter verschiedener Grössen, insbesondere für Analysiergeräte Download PDF

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EP0125996A1
EP0125996A1 EP84400953A EP84400953A EP0125996A1 EP 0125996 A1 EP0125996 A1 EP 0125996A1 EP 84400953 A EP84400953 A EP 84400953A EP 84400953 A EP84400953 A EP 84400953A EP 0125996 A1 EP0125996 A1 EP 0125996A1
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    • B01L9/06—Test-tube stands; Test-tube holders

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  • the present invention relates to container supports used in high-throughput analysis systems for solid, liquid or pasty products, for example dairy products. It relates more particularly to a modular support usable with containers of different dimensions, used in analysis systems.
  • dairy products such as natural milk, cream, ice cream, cottage cheese, cheeses, condensed milk, casein, yogurt or other.
  • dairy products such as natural milk, cream, ice cream, cottage cheese, cheeses, condensed milk, casein, yogurt or other.
  • the samples contained in a container - called "pillbox" in the technique - pass at high speed under an analyzer, for example with infrared radiation, which determines for each sample a certain number of characteristics such as the content of fat, protein, lactose, total solids or non-fat solid.
  • the "pillboxes” generally have the shape of a cylindrical cup of glass or plastic, and they rest on a rigid support, which moves on the sampler of an automatic analysis device.
  • This rigid support generally supports a plurality of cups and these are housed in cells of appropriate diameter.
  • the drive system for these supports also varies with the type of support used, so that in the event of partial deterioration, the entire support must be replaced.
  • the invention aims to remedy these drawbacks by proposing an individual modular support for container or pill organizer, which can receive containers of various diameters and hold them firmly in position, which can be made integral with a similar support in plain view. to constitute a rigid assembly of a number of desired supports and which can be produced at a low cost by molding plastic material, for example polypropylene.
  • the subject of the invention is a modular support for a container, comprising a plastic frame constituting a housing for said container, said framework comprising a plurality of tabs projecting towards the inside of said housing, said tabs being suitable for deviate elastically from each other to adapt to the diameter of said container and to maintain it laterally, characterized in that said framework has the general shape of a rectangular parallelepiped open at its upper part and with rounded angles and edges and in that said tabs protrude inside said parallelepiped from the upper part of each of said edges.
  • the holding tabs of the container can be attached to the framework by a horizontal line of small dimension and have a curved end towards the base of the framework in order to allow an easy installation of the pill organizers and to facilitate their extraction.
  • the tongues can also be vertical and protrude towards the interior of the framework, so as to be able to flex elastically over their entire height, during the introduction into the interior of the framework, this arrangement ensuring a firm hold of the containers.
  • a large window will advantageously be provided in at least one face of the support, in order to allow the reading of a code by an appropriate device.
  • these supports will comprise, on one side, at at least one male element, projecting outside this face, and on the opposite face, at least one female member of complementary profile, capable of receiving said male element.
  • the male and female elements will advantageously have the shape of a cylinder with an axis perpendicular to the base of the support.
  • the supports can be made integral by simple sliding of the male element or elements of one in the female elements of the other and thus form a linear assembly or "rack".
  • These "racks” can also be assembled in parallel and adjacent lines by means of a plate comprising, on one of these faces, a series of male elements and, on the other, a series of female elements, intended for snapping items corresponding male and female supports.
  • the support shown in Figures 1 to 4 comprises a plastic frame 1, for example polypropylene or another semi-rigid material, capable of deforming easily to then return to its original shape by elasticity.
  • the frame 1 has the shape of a parallelepiped with a substantially square section, open at its upper part, with rounded angles and edges. From this the upper part of each of the edges, a tongue 2, directed towards the base of the support, projects inwardly of the latter.
  • the tongues 2 thus laterally hold the containers in the form of cups housed in the support.
  • the tongues 2 are more or less folded laterally and towards the bottom and can thus conform to pill boxes of widely different dimensions.
  • a modular support according to the invention can receive containers of very different diameters and will generally suffice to cover the whole range of diameters -26 to 40 mm- from the most common plastic pill dispensers.
  • the bottom of the frame 1 consists of flaps 3 adjoining the side walls.
  • the shape of the bottom of the module allows, in addition to an easy evacuation of the washing water, the extraction in block of all the bottles by a simple push from the bottom to the top.
  • the side walls of the latter are pierced with openings.
  • the opening 4 formed in the front wall is of large dimensions, so as to allow an appropriate code reader to read an identification code carried by the pill box.
  • the opening 5 formed in the rear face, below a reinforcing backsplash 11, is also large, because it acts as a drive hole over its entire height. The increased thickness of the material at this location allows the sampler drive lug to hang each module flawlessly for advancing the rack step by step.
  • female assembly members by two parallel hollow cylinders 6, are formed in one of the walls of the support 1, inside which they project, while, in corresponding positions of the opposite wall, two male members 7, constituted by cylinders of complementary profile of the hollow cylinders 6, protrude outside the wall to which they are adjoined by lugs 8.
  • a locking lug 9 is provided inside of them, in order to maintain in position the base of the male cylinders 7, which is offset relative to the base of the support 1 of a distance corresponding to the position of the lug 9.
  • These cylinders 7 are introduced from bottom to top into the female cylinders 6, so that the lug 9 retracts when the cylinder 7 passes, then returns to its initial position in thus locking in position the cylinder 7.
  • a slot 10 which extends along a generatrix of the cylinder, but is closed at its upper part. If necessary, it is thus possible to separate two assembled supports by spreading at their base the lips of the slots 10 of the hollow cylinders 6, so as to release the lower part of the male cylinders 8 from the corresponding lug 9.
  • the lugs 9 may possibly be removed and the slots 10 open over their entire length for certain supports intended to be arranged at the ends of a train of several assembled supports, in order to allow easy assembly and disassembly of these supports with others. "racks”.
  • the support may also include vertical fins 2 'projecting towards the inside of the frame. These fins 2 'have at their upper part a rounded profile, which allows the guidance and positioning of the containers when they are introduced into the frame 1, the fins 2 'are attached to the frame over their entire height and are therefore endowed with an elasticity which applies them firmly to the walls of the container in place in the support, thus maintaining the latter laterally , and which is likely to return them to their initial position as soon as the container has been removed from the support.
  • the fins 2 ' are oriented towards the axis of the support, but it goes without saying that they can have any other angular orientation ensuring good maintenance of the container.
  • the cylindrical connecting elements 6 and 7 have at their upper part a conical part preventing the male elements 7 from coming out from above.
  • a slot 10 In the wall of the hollow cylinder 6 is provided a slot 10, which extends over the entire height of a generator.
  • the supports can be assembled linearly, or in "racks", by means of their assembly elements 6 and 7.
  • racks can also be hung on a plate 13 (FIG. 9) by their end supports.
  • FIG. 9 shows four racks 17, 18, 19, 20 of three supports each, fixed to the rear face of the plate 13.
  • the plate 13 comprises, on one of its faces, a series of male elements 15, and on the other, a series of female elements 14, these elements being intended to come to fit with the complementary elements 6 and 7 of the supports.
  • the linear assemblies or racks can therefore be hung on the two faces of the plate 13.
  • the plates 13 include carrying handles 16.
  • each support allows the reading of container labels being analyzed by container extraction.
  • the support according to the invention can be produced in any desired size.
  • a single module with a height of approximately 50 mm and a side of 50 mm (width of the rails of the usual samplers) can accommodate all types of containers or pill dispensers used in analysis techniques .
  • the present invention therefore provides technical progress in the field of container supports containing samples, by improving, on the one hand, the system for guiding and holding the container inside the support, and by allowing, on the other part, to assemble them in rows or in rows and columns.

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EP19840400953 1983-05-10 1984-05-10 Modularer Träger für Behälter verschiedener Grössen, insbesondere für Analysiergeräte Expired EP0125996B1 (de)

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FR8307770 1983-05-10
FR8307770A FR2545708B1 (fr) 1983-05-10 1983-05-10 Support modulaire pour recipients de dimensions variables, notamment pour appareils d'analyse
FR8401180 1984-01-26
FR8401180A FR2558702B2 (fr) 1984-01-26 1984-01-26 Support modulaire pour recipients a dimensions variables

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EP0414644A2 (de) * 1989-08-25 1991-02-27 Greiner Vibrograf Ag Kettenartige Haltevorrichtung mit Hülsen zum Halten je eines röhrchenförmigen Gefässes
WO1994000238A1 (en) * 1992-06-29 1994-01-06 Baxter Diagnostics Inc. Sample tube carrier
EP0579486A2 (de) * 1992-07-14 1994-01-19 Automed, Inc. Träger für den Probenröhrchentransport
EP0649679A2 (de) * 1989-08-28 1995-04-26 Labsystems Oy Tablett für eine Küvetten-Matrix
WO1997016734A1 (de) * 1995-11-02 1997-05-09 Byk-Sangtec Diagnostica Gmbh & Co. Kg Modulare reagenzienkartusche
GB2312384A (en) * 1996-04-23 1997-10-29 Coulter Int Corp Test tube cassette for accommodating different size tubes
WO1999055462A1 (en) * 1998-04-27 1999-11-04 Beckman Coulter, Inc. Hands-free gripping device for containers
DE102011114526A1 (de) * 2011-09-29 2013-04-04 Bmz Batterien-Montage-Zentrum Gmbh Haltevorrichtung für elektrische Energiespeicher
WO2023020978A1 (en) * 2021-08-16 2023-02-23 F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag Closure processing equipment and method

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GB1259678A (en) * 1968-02-01 1972-01-12 Warren Ellsworth Gilson Apparatus for supporting and moving a plurality of containers past a workstation
FR2254243A5 (en) * 1973-12-05 1975-07-04 Montagne Jean Claude Moulded plastic object holder - partic. for sample-tubes, mechanical parts and surgical instruments
US3918920A (en) * 1974-01-07 1975-11-11 Beckman Instruments Inc Holder for sample containers of different sizes

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GB1259678A (en) * 1968-02-01 1972-01-12 Warren Ellsworth Gilson Apparatus for supporting and moving a plurality of containers past a workstation
FR2254243A5 (en) * 1973-12-05 1975-07-04 Montagne Jean Claude Moulded plastic object holder - partic. for sample-tubes, mechanical parts and surgical instruments
US3918920A (en) * 1974-01-07 1975-11-11 Beckman Instruments Inc Holder for sample containers of different sizes

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EP0414644A3 (en) * 1989-08-25 1991-08-28 Greiner Vibrograf Ag Chain fashioned holding device having tubes for holding a tubular vessel each
EP0414644A2 (de) * 1989-08-25 1991-02-27 Greiner Vibrograf Ag Kettenartige Haltevorrichtung mit Hülsen zum Halten je eines röhrchenförmigen Gefässes
EP0649679A3 (de) * 1989-08-28 1995-08-09 Labsystems Oy Tablett für eine Küvetten-Matrix.
EP0649679A2 (de) * 1989-08-28 1995-04-26 Labsystems Oy Tablett für eine Küvetten-Matrix
WO1994000238A1 (en) * 1992-06-29 1994-01-06 Baxter Diagnostics Inc. Sample tube carrier
US5651941A (en) * 1992-06-29 1997-07-29 Dade International Inc. Sample tube carrier
EP0579486A2 (de) * 1992-07-14 1994-01-19 Automed, Inc. Träger für den Probenröhrchentransport
EP0579486A3 (en) * 1992-07-14 1994-06-15 Automed Inc Specimen tube transfer carrier
WO1997016734A1 (de) * 1995-11-02 1997-05-09 Byk-Sangtec Diagnostica Gmbh & Co. Kg Modulare reagenzienkartusche
GB2312384A (en) * 1996-04-23 1997-10-29 Coulter Int Corp Test tube cassette for accommodating different size tubes
GB2312384B (en) * 1996-04-23 1999-08-25 Coulter Int Corp Test tube cassette for accommodating different tube sizes
WO1999055462A1 (en) * 1998-04-27 1999-11-04 Beckman Coulter, Inc. Hands-free gripping device for containers
DE102011114526A1 (de) * 2011-09-29 2013-04-04 Bmz Batterien-Montage-Zentrum Gmbh Haltevorrichtung für elektrische Energiespeicher
WO2023020978A1 (en) * 2021-08-16 2023-02-23 F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag Closure processing equipment and method

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