EP0125996B1 - 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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EP0125996B1
EP0125996B1 EP19840400953 EP84400953A EP0125996B1 EP 0125996 B1 EP0125996 B1 EP 0125996B1 EP 19840400953 EP19840400953 EP 19840400953 EP 84400953 A EP84400953 A EP 84400953A EP 0125996 B1 EP0125996 B1 EP 0125996B1
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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 glass or plastic cup, 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 invention aims to remedy this drawback and provides an individual modular support for container or pill box, of the aforementioned type, namely capable of receiving cylindrical containers of various diameters and keeping them closed in position, which can be made integral in a simple manner. 'a similar support in order to constitute a rigid assembly of a number of desired supports.
  • the subject of the invention is a support for a cylindrical container used in analysis systems comprising a plastic frame constituting a housing open at its upper part for said container, said frame comprising a plurality of tabs projecting towards the interior of said housing from the top, said tabs being capable of elastically deviating from one another to adapt to the diameter of said container and to hold it laterally, characterized in that said framework has the shape general of a rectangular parallelepiped with rounded vertical edges and comprises on an external face at least one male connection element and in a parallel external face, at least one female connection element of complementary profile, arranged in a corresponding position, the male and female elements in the form of cylinders with an axis perpendicular to the base of the support, the hollow cylinder constituting the female assembly element comprises at its base at least one locking lug, and the associated male element is offset in height relative to the base of the support by a distance corresponding to the position of the lug relative to said base .
  • This arrangement allows, in fact, the realization of a "coupling" of a plurality of identical supports to assemble them in rows in the form of "racks” or in rows and columns in the form of "baskets".
  • the supports are thus made integral by simple sliding of the male element or elements of one into 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 the attachment of the corresponding male and female elements of the supports.
  • a plate comprising, on one of these faces, a series of male elements and, on the other, a series of female elements, intended for the attachment of the corresponding male and female elements of the supports.
  • There is thus an assembly in rows and columns forming a horizontal "basket” making it possible to contain the desired number of supports in the two perpendicular directions of the rows and columns.
  • Sampling is then done, either by moving the sampling device on each of the samples, or by moving the supports in front of a fixed sampling device.
  • the supports may naturally include at the base of their framework, flaps connected to the side walls of the frame.
  • a large viewing window can be provided in at least one front face of the support, while on the opposite face is provided a large drive window for the support.
  • the support shown in Figures 1 to 4 comprises a plastic frame 1, for example polypropylene or another semi-rigid material, able to easily deform 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 the upper part of each of the edges, a tongue 2, directed towards the base of the support, projects towards the inside of the latter.
  • the tongues 2 thus laterally hold the containers in the form of cups housed in the support.
  • the tabs 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 constituted by two parallel hollow cylinders 6, are formed in one of the walls of the support 1, inside which they protrude.
  • 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 provided with this fact of 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 capable of returning 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 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 fit together 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 plagues 13 include carrying handles 16.
  • each support allows the labels of the containers being analyzed to be read by extracting the container by a simple push from the bottom up.
  • 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 making it possible to assemble them in rows or in rows and columns in a modular fashion.

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1. Träger für einen zylindrischen Behälter zur Verwendung für Analysesysteme mit einer Trägerkonstruktion (1) aus Plastik mit einer Aufnahmeöffnung für den Behälter an der Oberseite, wobei die Trägerkonstruktion mehrere Zungen (2,2') aufweist, die ausgehend von der Oberseite in das Innere der Aufnahmeöffnung ragen, wobei die Zungen (2, 2') elastisch unabhängig voneinander verbiegbar sind, um sich dem Durchmesser des Behälters anzupassen und diesen seitlich zu halten, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Trägerkonstruktion die allgemeine Form eines rechteckigen Parallelepipeds mit vertikalen abgerundeten Seitenkanten, auf einer Außenfläche wenigstens ein Zusammenbauelement (7) und auf einer parallelen Außenfläche wenigstens ein Gegenstück (6) zum Zusammenbauen mit komplementärem Profil in einer entsprechenden Position aufweist, daß das Element (7) und das Gegenstück (6) zylindrische Form mit einer zur Basis des Trägers normalen Achse aufweisen, daß der das Gegenstück (6) bildende Hohlzylinder an seiner Basis wenigstens einen Verriegelungshaken (9) aufweist und daß das entsprechende Element (7) relativ zur Basis des Trägers in Höhenrichtung um einen der Position des Hakens (9) relativ zur Basis entsprechenden Weg verschoben wird.
2. Träger nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der das Gegenstück zum Zusammenbauen bildende Hohlzylinder (6) einen sich längs einer Erzeugenden erstreckenden Schlitz (10) aufweist, der an der Oberseite geschlossen ist.
3. Träger für einen Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Gegenstück (6) von einem Rohr gebildet wird, dessen Bohrung an der Oberseite in einem Bereich mit verringertem Durchmesser endet.
4. Träger für einen Behälter nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet daß der Schlitz (10) des Gegenstückes (6) sich über die gesamte Höhe erstreckt.
5. Träger für einen Behälter nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mehrere lineare Sätze von Trägern, oder "Racks", längs parallelen Linien und an wenigstens eine Platte (13) anschließend zusammengebaut werden können, wobei die Platte an einer ihrer Flächen eine Serie von Elementen (15) und auf der anderen Fläche eine Serie von Gegenstücken (14) zum Einhängen von entsprechenden Elementen (7) bzw. Gegenstücken (6) der Träger aufweist.
6. Träger für einen Behälter nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Platte (13) einen Tragegriff (16) aufweist.
7. Träger nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Basis der Trägerkonstruktion (1) von an den Seitenwänden der Trägerkonstruktion befestigten Klappen (3) gebildet wird.
8. Träger nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein großes Sichtfenster (4) in wenigstens einer Frontfläche des Trägers angeordnet ist, während in der gegenüberliegenden Fläche ein großes Fenster (5) zur Handhabung des Trägers vorgesehen ist.
EP19840400953 1983-05-10 1984-05-10 Modularer Träger für Behälter verschiedener Grössen, insbesondere für Analysiergeräte Expired EP0125996B1 (de)

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