EP3538275B1 - Manual metering device - Google Patents

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EP3538275B1
EP3538275B1 EP17784844.7A EP17784844A EP3538275B1 EP 3538275 B1 EP3538275 B1 EP 3538275B1 EP 17784844 A EP17784844 A EP 17784844A EP 3538275 B1 EP3538275 B1 EP 3538275B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/02Burettes; Pipettes
    • B01L3/021Pipettes, i.e. with only one conduit for withdrawing and redistributing liquids
    • B01L3/0217Pipettes, i.e. with only one conduit for withdrawing and redistributing liquids of the plunger pump type
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/02Burettes; Pipettes
    • B01L3/0275Interchangeable or disposable dispensing tips
    • B01L3/0279Interchangeable or disposable dispensing tips co-operating with positive ejection means
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2200/00Solutions for specific problems relating to chemical or physical laboratory apparatus
    • B01L2200/02Adapting objects or devices to another
    • B01L2200/025Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other
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    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2300/00Additional constructional details
    • B01L2300/02Identification, exchange or storage of information
    • B01L2300/025Displaying results or values with integrated means
    • B01L2300/026Drum counters

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  • the invention relates to a hand-held metering device, in particular a pipette, with a base body which has a housing in which further components of the hand-held metering device, in particular components of a pipetting mechanism, a discharge mechanism and / or a volume adjustment mechanism of the hand-held metering device, are arranged.
  • a hand-held metering device in particular a pipette
  • Such hand metering devices are known from the prior art in a wide variety of embodiments.
  • the publications show, for example, different hand metering devices WO 2011/148365 A1 , US 2010/011889 A1 , US 2013/224087 A1 and EP 0 152 120 A2 .
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a hand-held metering device of the type mentioned at the outset, the general handling of which, and in particular its handling during dismantling, is simplified in comparison to the hand-held metering devices known from the prior art.
  • the manual dosing device comprises a component carrier positioned in the use position in the housing, on which the components are arranged, that the housing has an insertion opening through which the component carrier can be pushed into its use position into the housing , and that the component carrier is fastened within the housing by means of a releasable connection.
  • the connection can be designed in such a way that it can be released from outside the housing.
  • the component carrier can be pushed into the housing along a longitudinal axis or a longitudinal central axis of the manual metering device through the insertion opening, the component carrier can be axially secured in its position of use by the releasable connection.
  • the insertion opening can be arranged at an end of the housing facing away from the head end and thus facing away from the head end.
  • the component carrier can be removed from the housing through the insertion opening after the connection has been loosened.
  • connection with which the component carrier is fastened in its position of use in the interior of the housing is a form-fitting connection.
  • the handling of the hand metering device according to the invention can also be simplified if the aforementioned connection for, in particular, axial securing or fixing of the component carrier within the housing can be established by pushing the component carrier into the housing.
  • a component carrier has the advantage that, in particular, small components of the hand-held metering device can be preassembled on the component carrier before the individual parts of the hand-held metering device are finally assembled. This can be done before the component carrier is pushed into the interior of the housing. In particular, the handling of small or very small components can thus be simplified, since these do not have to be individually introduced into the comparatively narrow housing of the hand-held metering device.
  • the component carrier of the hand-held metering device according to the invention which is preassembled with individual components, can thus be pushed into the interior of the housing without great effort through the comparatively large insertion opening.
  • connection for fastening the component carrier in the housing can be established by plugging the component carrier into the housing, the component carrier can be positioned in the housing and the component carrier fixed in one step.
  • the hand-held metering device has a holder that can be or is arranged in the housing as a connecting element of the connection.
  • the component carrier can be fastened in its position of use inserted into the housing and, in particular, axially secured in the removal direction of the component carrier.
  • the special feature of using such a holder is that the housing itself does not have to have any separate fastening elements in order to fix the component carrier within the housing.
  • the holder can be introduced into the housing through a head opening formed in the housing and opposite the insertion opening, in order to bring the holder into its holding position.
  • the housing has a holder stop.
  • an insertion depth of the holder can be limited in the insertion direction and the holder can thus be secured axially within the housing of the hand-held metering device.
  • the housing can also have a component carrier stop. With this component carrier stop, an insertion depth of the component carrier into the housing of the manual metering device can be limited and the component carrier can thus be axially secured in the insertion direction.
  • the holder stop and the component carrier stop thus prevent the holder and the component carrier from approaching each other at a smaller distance than an, in particular axial, distance between the holder stop and the component carrier stop.
  • the holder stop and the component carrier stop can be formed on opposite sides of a shoulder present in or on the housing.
  • connection can be a snap connection which can be released without being destroyed.
  • This non-destructively releasable, with which the component carrier is fastened inside the housing, can comprise at least one snap element and a counter-snap element designed to correspond to it.
  • the snap element can be, for example, a snap hook or a latching element.
  • the counter-snap element can be, for example, a counter-snap hook or a snap-in recess configured to correspond to the snap-in element.
  • At least one snap element is arranged on the component carrier and at least one counter snap element is arranged either on the housing itself or on a holder that can be pushed into the housing, for example the previously mentioned one. It is also conceivable to reverse the arrangement of snap elements and counter snap elements. It can also be provided that the at least one counter-snap element is arranged on the component carrier and the at least one snap element is arranged on the housing or, in another embodiment of the hand-held metering device according to the invention, on a holder that can be pushed into the housing, for example the previously mentioned holder.
  • the manual dosing device preferably inside the housing, has a restoring element against the restoring force of the component carrier in its position of use can be inserted inside the housing and its restoring force acts on the connection and its elements, in particular on the at least one snap element and the at least one counter snap element, so that the connection is pretensioned.
  • the restoring element can be, for example, a restoring spring and / or a resilient element that acts on the component carrier and, if a holder as described above is provided, also on the holder.
  • the resilient return element can for example consist of plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber.
  • the housing and / or also the component carrier has / have at least one insertion slot through which a tool for releasing the connection up to a connection point in the housing is insertable.
  • the connection point can be the point at which, for example, the at least one snap element and the at least one counter snap element are locked to one another.
  • a correspondingly designed tool can then be advanced through the insertion slot as far as the connection point. The use of a special tool is not necessary.
  • the component carrier has a component carrier base which is arranged adjacent to the insertion opening of the housing when the component carrier is in the use position.
  • This component carrier base can be designed as a component carrier ring. This is particularly useful when the housing of the hand-held metering device has an essentially rotationally symmetrical cross section. From this component carrier base, at least one component carrier arm can then extend in the axial direction.
  • a snap element for example the aforementioned snap element or a counter snap element, for example the previously mentioned counter-snap element, can be formed on the component carrier arm.
  • this holder has a holder base.
  • the housing of the hand-held metering device and / or the component carrier have an essentially rotationally symmetrical or round cross-section, it can also be useful here if the holder base is designed as a holder base ring. From this holder base or from this holder base ring, at least one holder arm can extend in the axial direction.
  • a snap element for example the previously mentioned, or a counter-snap element, for example the previously mentioned, can be formed on the holder arm.
  • the snap elements and counter-snap elements arranged on the at least one component carrier arm and on the at least one holder arm can be arranged in a mutually connecting position and the connection established.
  • the snap element and the counter snap element can each have mutually complementary end bevels.
  • These mutually complementary face bevels can simplify the production of the connection for fixing the component carrier within the housing of the hand-held metering device. This is because the two mutually complementary bevels initially come into contact with one another when the snap element moves relative to the counter snap element. This, in particular axial, movement can be converted into a relative lateral evasive movement of the snap element to the counter snap element or vice versa with the aid of the two mutually complementary bevels. To this In this way, a lateral evasive movement of the snap element relative to the counter snap element which may be necessary for establishing the connection can be generated by pushing the component carrier through the insertion opening into the housing. If the two mutually complementary bevels have slid past one another, the connection between the snap element and the counter snap element closes automatically due to the material-related restoring forces of the two elements.
  • the elasticity of the two arms which is present due to the length of the two arms, can be used for this purpose.
  • the component carrier can have a fastening means at its end adjacent to the insertion opening of the housing in the position of use.
  • This fastening means can be designed as a thread matching a mating thread on the fluid delivery unit.
  • the fluid delivery unit can be a so-called piston unit, for example.
  • Such a piston unit can comprise a pipette shaft in which a dispensing channel with a dispensing opening is formed.
  • a pipette tip for example, can then be attached to a free shaft end of the pipette shaft, the inner volume of which corresponds to the dispensing opening, that is to say is in pressure connection with it.
  • the piston unit can also comprise a receiving space which is connected to the dispensing channel and which can be designed as a cylinder.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a hand-held metering device, designated as a whole by 1, which, in the present case, is designed as a pipette 2.
  • the pipette 2 comprises a base body 3, which is an upper part of the Figures 1 and 2 Hand-held metering device 1 shown forms.
  • the base body 3 has a housing 4 and a component carrier 5 which is positioned in the housing 4 in the position of use. Further components of the manual metering device 1 are arranged on this component carrier 5. These components are components of a pipetting mechanism 6 with a pipetting button 6a, an ejection mechanism 7 with an ejection button 7a and a volume adjustment mechanism 8.
  • the ejection mechanism 7 is triggered by pressing the ejection button 7a.
  • the volume adjustment mechanism 8 can be operated by means of the ejection button 7a to actuate the ejection mechanism 7.
  • the release button 7a has a double function.
  • the housing 4 comprises an insertion opening 10 facing away from a head end 9 of the housing 4, through which the component carrier 5 is pushed into the housing 4 in its position of use.
  • the component carrier 4 is fastened by means of a releasable connection 11 within the housing 4 and secured axially.
  • the previously mentioned ejection mechanism 7 serves to eject a pipette tip attached to a free shaft end 12 of a pipette shaft 13 of the hand-held dosing device 1, if necessary.
  • a fluid dispensing unit 14 which has a lower part of the in the Figures 1 and 2
  • the hand-held metering device 1 shown forms an ejector sleeve 15 which can be displaced axially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the pipette shaft 13 in the direction of the free shaft end 12 when the ejector button 7a is actuated.
  • connection 11 for fixing the component carrier 5 within the housing 4 is a form-fitting connection. This connection is established by pushing the component carrier 5 through the insertion opening 10 into the housing 4.
  • connection 11 is established with the aid of a holder 16 of the manual metering device 1.
  • the holder 16 is arranged in the housing 4 and serves as a connecting element of the connection 11.
  • the holder 16, in its function as a connecting element, enables a flow of force between the component carrier 5 and the housing 4 of the hand-held metering device 1 according to the invention 5 axially secure in its position of use inserted into the housing 4 in the removal direction of the component carrier 5. This means that the component carrier 5, as soon as the connection 11 is established, due to the effect of the holder 16, no longer out of the housing 4 can be pulled out without the connection 11 having been loosened beforehand.
  • the holder 11 is inserted into the housing 4 through a head opening 17 formed in the housing 4 and arranged opposite the insertion opening 10 and positioned in its holding position.
  • the housing 4 has a holder stop 18. With this holder stop 18, the holder 16 is axially fixed in the insertion direction. This means that the holder 16 can only be inserted into the housing 4 up to this holder stop 18.
  • the housing 4 also has a component carrier stop 19. Analogous to the function of the holder stop 18, the component carrier stop 19 serves to axially fix the component carrier 5 in the insertion direction and to axially limit an insertion depth of the component carrier 5 in the housing 4.
  • the holder stop 18 and the component carrier stop 19 are formed on opposite sides of a shoulder 44 in the interior of the housing 4.
  • the component carrier stop 19 is only indirectly loaded axially by the component carrier 5. This takes place via the resetting element 24 and a pressure piece 45 which is connected to the holder 16.
  • connection 11 is a non-destructive detachable snap connection.
  • This snap connection which can be released non-destructively, has at least one snap element 20 and one counter snap element 22.
  • the snap element 20 is designed as a snap hook 21 and the counter snap element 22 as a counter snap hook 23.
  • the at least one snap element 20 is arranged on the component carrier 5 and the at least one counter-snap element 22 is arranged on the holder 16 that can be pushed into the housing 4.
  • the hand dosing device also has a restoring element 24.
  • This restoring element 24 is arranged inside the housing 4.
  • the restoring element 24 is an elastic plastic part.
  • this return element 24 is designed as a return spring.
  • the restoring element 24 can thus be, for example, a resilient element, in particular a resilient plastic element or a resetting spring.
  • the component carrier 5 can be pushed into its position of use within the housing 4 against the restoring force of the restoring element 24.
  • the connection 11, with which the component carrier 5 is held in its position of use within the housing 4, can thus be pre-tensioned and is pre-tensioned when the connection is established.
  • the housing 4 and above all the component carrier 5 have at least one insertion slot 25.
  • a tool 26 (cf. Figure 5 ) to loosen the connection 11 are introduced into the area of a connection point 27 in the housing 4.
  • the component carrier 5 has a component carrier base 28 which is arranged adjacent to the insertion opening 10 of the housing 4 in the position of use of the component carrier 5.
  • this component carrier base 28 is designed as a component carrier ring. From the component carrier base 28, a total of two component carrier arms 29 extend in the axial direction. A snap element 20 is formed on each of the component carrier arms 29.
  • the holder 16 comprises a holder base 30, here as a holder base ring is trained. Similar to the component carrier base 28, two holder arms 31 also extend from the holder base 30 in the axial direction, a counter-snap element 23 being formed on each of the two holder arms 31.
  • FIG 5 shows clearly that the snap element 20 and the counter snap element 22 each have end bevels 32 which are complementary to one another.
  • the bevels 32 allow the snap elements 20 and counter-snap elements 22 to slide laterally past one another when they are moved towards one another and contact one another at the bevels 32.
  • the bevels 32 thus serve to convert an axial insertion movement of the component carrier 5 into the housing 4 into a lateral or lateral evasive movement of the snap elements 22 relative to the counter snap elements 24. This lateral or lateral evasive movement then favors the snapping in or production of the connection 11 designed as a snap connection.
  • the bevel 32 on the front side of the counter-snap element 22 formed on the holder arm 31 serves as an engagement surface for the previously mentioned tool 26.
  • This tool 26 has a corresponding or complementary tool bevel 33 on its front side.
  • the component carrier 5 has, at its end 34 adjacent to the insertion opening 10 of the housing 4 in the position of use, a fastening means 35 for fastening the fluid dispensing unit 14.
  • the fastening means 35 is designed as a thread and interacts with a corresponding mating thread 36 of the fluid dispensing unit 14 in order to connect the fluid dispensing unit 14 to the base body 3 and the housing 4.
  • the fluid delivery unit 14 is designed as a so-called piston unit.
  • This piston unit comprises the pipette shaft 13 already mentioned above, onto the free shaft end 12 of which a pipette tip, which is not shown separately in the figures, can be plugged.
  • the pipette shaft 13 is surrounded by the ejector sleeve 15, which was also mentioned above and which can be ejected from the free end of the shaft 12 by means of the ejector button 7a and the ejector mechanism 7.
  • a dispensing channel 37 is formed within the pipette shaft 13, which opens into a dispensing opening 38 on the one hand and into a cylinder 39 formed within the fluid dispensing unit 14 on the other hand.
  • a piston 40 is displaceably arranged within the cylinder 39.
  • the piston 40 is connected to a spindle 41 of the pipetting mechanism 6.
  • the spindle 41 is pushed axially downward, whereby the piston 40 is pushed into the cylinder 39 and an air cushion located in the cylinder is displaced in the direction of the dispensing channel 37 and the dispensing opening 38 of the pipette shaft 13.
  • a volume of liquid held in a pipette tip placed on the free shaft end 12 of the pipette shaft 13 can be expressed and dispensed.
  • the spindle 41 is also part of the volume adjustment mechanism 8, which can be controlled via the ejector button 7a. By screwing in or unscrewing the spindle 41 into or out of a spindle sleeve 42, the insertion depth of the piston 40 into the cylinder 39 and thus the volume to be pipetted can be changed.
  • the hand metering device is connected to a volume display 43.
  • the volume preset with the aid of the volume adjustment mechanism 8 is displayed on the pipette 2.
  • the component carrier 5 has two component carrier arms 29 which lie opposite one another and are offset from one another on the component carrier base 28.
  • the holder 16 has two holder arms 31 which are arranged on the holder base 30 in an analogous offset to one another. This allows a uniform introduction of force from the component carrier 5 via the connection point 27 and the connection 11 closed there to the holder 16 and from there to the housing 4 of the hand-held metering device 1.
  • the hand-held metering device 1 which comprises the component carrier 5.
  • this component carrier 5 can be pushed or plugged into the housing 4 through the insertion opening 10 formed in the housing 4.
  • the connection 11 in particular from the outside, is provided.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Handdosiervorrichtung, insbesondere eine Pipette, mit einem Grundkörper, der ein Gehäuse aufweist, in dem weitere Bauteile der Handdosiervorrichtung, insbesondere Bauteile eines Pipettiermechanismus, eines Abwurfmechanismus und/oder eines Volumenverstellmechanismus der Handdosiervorrichtung angeordnet sind. Derartige Handdosiervorrichtungen sind aus dem Stand der Technik in unterschiedlichsten Ausführungsformen bekannt.The invention relates to a hand-held metering device, in particular a pipette, with a base body which has a housing in which further components of the hand-held metering device, in particular components of a pipetting mechanism, a discharge mechanism and / or a volume adjustment mechanism of the hand-held metering device, are arranged. Such hand metering devices are known from the prior art in a wide variety of embodiments.

Unterschiedliche Handdosiervorrichtungen zeigen beispielsweise die Druckschriften WO 2011/148365 A1 , US 2010/011889 A1 , US 2013/224087 A1 und EP 0 152 120 A2 .The publications show, for example, different hand metering devices WO 2011/148365 A1 , US 2010/011889 A1 , US 2013/224087 A1 and EP 0 152 120 A2 .

Im Wartungs- oder Reparaturfall kann es notwendig sein, Bauteile einer solchen Handdosiervorrichtung auszutauschen. Hierzu wäre eine komfortable Demontage der Handdosiervorrichtung wünschenswert. Dies insbesondere dann, wenn es sich um eine hochwertige und daher vergleichsweise teure Handdosiervorrichtung handelt.In the event of maintenance or repairs, it may be necessary to replace components of such a hand-held metering device. For this purpose, a convenient dismantling of the manual metering device would be desirable. This is especially true when it comes to a high-quality and therefore comparatively expensive hand-held metering device.

Bei den aus dem Stand der Technik vorbekannten Handdosiervorrichtungen ist eine Demontage oftmals nicht möglich, ohne Verbindungsteile oder Gehäuseteile der Handdosiervorrichtungen zu zerstören.In the case of the hand-held metering devices known from the prior art, dismantling is often not possible without destroying connecting parts or housing parts of the hand-held metering devices.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es daher, eine Handdosiervorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art bereitzustellen, deren allgemeine Handhabung und insbesondere deren Handhabung bei der Demontage im Vergleich zu den aus dem Stand der Technik vorbekannten Handdosiervorrichtungen vereinfacht ist.The object of the invention is therefore to provide a hand-held metering device of the type mentioned at the outset, the general handling of which, and in particular its handling during dismantling, is simplified in comparison to the hand-held metering devices known from the prior art.

Diese Aufgabe wird bei einer Handdosiervorrichtung der eingangsgenannten Art mit den Mitteln und Merkmalen des auf eine solche Handdosiervorrichtung gerichteten unabhängigen Anspruchs gelöst. Bei der eingangs definierten Handdosiervorrichtung wird zur Lösung der Aufgabe vorgeschlagen, dass die Handdosiervorrichtung einen in Gebrauchsstellung in dem Gehäuse positionierten Bauteilträger umfasst, an dem die Bauteile angeordnet sind, dass das Gehäuse Einstecköffnung aufweist, durch die der Bauteilträger in seine Gebrauchsstellung in das Gehäuse einschiebbar ist, und dass der Bauteilträger mittels einer lösbaren Verbindung innerhalb des Gehäuses befestigt ist. Die Verbindung kann dabei derart ausgestaltet sein, dass sie von außerhalb des Gehäuses lösbar ist.This object is in a manual metering device of the type mentioned with the means and features of on a such hand-held metering device directed independent claim solved. In the manual dosing device defined at the outset, it is proposed to achieve the object that the manual dosing device comprises a component carrier positioned in the use position in the housing, on which the components are arranged, that the housing has an insertion opening through which the component carrier can be pushed into its use position into the housing , and that the component carrier is fastened within the housing by means of a releasable connection. The connection can be designed in such a way that it can be released from outside the housing.

Wenn der Bauteilträger entlang einer Längsachse oder einer Längsmittelachse der Handdosiervorrichtung durch die Einstecköffnung in das Gehäuse einschiebbar ist, kann der Bauteilträger in seiner Gebrauchsstellung durch die lösbare Verbindung axial gesichert sein.If the component carrier can be pushed into the housing along a longitudinal axis or a longitudinal central axis of the manual metering device through the insertion opening, the component carrier can be axially secured in its position of use by the releasable connection.

Bei einer zweckmäßigen Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung kann die Einstecköffnung an einem Kopfende abgewandten Ende des Gehäuses angeordnet und damit dem Kopfende abgewandt sein. Für eine Demontage der Handdosiervorrichtung kann der Bauteilträger nach Lösen der Verbindung durch die Einstecköffnung aus dem Gehäuse entnommen werden.In an expedient embodiment of the hand-held metering device according to the invention, the insertion opening can be arranged at an end of the housing facing away from the head end and thus facing away from the head end. To dismantle the manual dispensing device, the component carrier can be removed from the housing through the insertion opening after the connection has been loosened.

Besonders vorteilhaft kann es sein, wenn die Verbindung, mit der der Bauteilträger in seine Gebrauchsstellung im Inneren des Gehäuses befestigt ist, eine formschlüssige Verbindung ist. Die Handhabung der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung kann zudem vereinfacht sein, wenn die zuvor genannte Verbindung zur insbesondere axialen Sicherung oder Fixierung des Bauteilträgers innerhalb des Gehäuses durch Einschieben des Bauteilträgers in das Gehäuse hergestellt werden kann.It can be particularly advantageous if the connection with which the component carrier is fastened in its position of use in the interior of the housing is a form-fitting connection. The handling of the hand metering device according to the invention can also be simplified if the aforementioned connection for, in particular, axial securing or fixing of the component carrier within the housing can be established by pushing the component carrier into the housing.

Die Verwendung eines Bauteilträgers ist mit dem Vorteil verbunden, dass insbesondere kleine Bauteile der Handdosiervorrichtung vor einer endgültigen Montage der Einzelteile der Handdosiervorrichtung an dem Bauteilträger vormontiert werden können. Dies kann geschehen, bevor der Bauteilträger in das Innere des Gehäuses eingeschoben wird. Somit kann insbesondere das Handling kleiner oder kleinster Bauteile vereinfacht werden, da diese nicht einzeln in das vergleichsweise enge Gehäuse der Handdosiervorrichtung eingebracht werden müssen. Somit kann der mit einzelnen Bauteilen vorbestückte Bauteilträger der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung durch die vergleichsweise große Einstecköffnung ohne großen Aufwand in das Innere des Gehäuses eingeschoben werden.The use of a component carrier has the advantage that, in particular, small components of the hand-held metering device can be preassembled on the component carrier before the individual parts of the hand-held metering device are finally assembled. This can be done before the component carrier is pushed into the interior of the housing. In particular, the handling of small or very small components can thus be simplified, since these do not have to be individually introduced into the comparatively narrow housing of the hand-held metering device. The component carrier of the hand-held metering device according to the invention, which is preassembled with individual components, can thus be pushed into the interior of the housing without great effort through the comparatively large insertion opening.

Insbesondere dann, wenn die Verbindung zur Befestigung des Bauteilträgers in dem Gehäuse durch Einstecken oder Einschieben des Bauteilträgers in das Gehäuse hergestellt werden kann, lassen sich die Positionierung des Bauteilträgers in dem Gehäuse und die Fixierung des Bauteilträgers in einem Arbeitsschritt durchführen.In particular, if the connection for fastening the component carrier in the housing can be established by plugging the component carrier into the housing, the component carrier can be positioned in the housing and the component carrier fixed in one step.

Erfindungsgemäß ist ferner vorgesehen, dass die Handdosiervorrichtung einen in dem Gehäuse anordenbaren oder angeordneten Halter als Verbindungselement der Verbindung aufweist. Mit diesem Halter kann der Bauteilträger in seiner in das Gehäuse eingesetzten Gebrauchsstellung befestigt und insbesondere in Entnahmerichtung des Bauteilträgers axial gesichert sein. Das Besondere bei der Verwendung eines derartigen Halters ist, dass das Gehäuse selbst keine separaten Befestigungselemente aufweisen muss, um den Bauteilträger innerhalb des Gehäuses festzulegen.According to the invention it is further provided that the hand-held metering device has a holder that can be or is arranged in the housing as a connecting element of the connection. With this holder, the component carrier can be fastened in its position of use inserted into the housing and, in particular, axially secured in the removal direction of the component carrier. The special feature of using such a holder is that the housing itself does not have to have any separate fastening elements in order to fix the component carrier within the housing.

Dabei ist vorgesehen, dass der Halter durch eine in dem Gehäuse ausgebildete, der Einstecköffnung gegenüberliegende Kopföffnung in das Gehäuse eingeführt werden kann, um den Halter in seine Halteposition zu bringen.It is provided that the holder can be introduced into the housing through a head opening formed in the housing and opposite the insertion opening, in order to bring the holder into its holding position.

Bei der Verwendung eines derartigen Halters kann es vorteilhaft sein, wenn das Gehäuse einen Halteranschlag aufweist. Mithilfe dieses Halteranschlages kann eine Einstecktiefe des Halters in Einsteckrichtung begrenzt und so der Halter axial innerhalb des Gehäuses der Handdosiervorrichtung gesichert sein. Zudem kann das Gehäuse auch einen Bauteilträgeranschlag aufweisen. Mit diesem Bauteilträgeranschlag kann eine Einstecktiefe des Bauteilträgers in das Gehäuses der Handdosiervorrichtung begrenzt und so der Bauteilträger in Einsteckrichtung axial gesichert sein. Somit verhindern der Halteranschlag und der Bauteilträgeranschlag, dass sich der Halter und der Bauteilträger auf eine geringere Distanz annähern als ein, insbesondere axialer, Abstand zwischen dem Halteranschlag und dem Bauteilträgeranschlag. Bei einer Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung können der Halteranschlag und der Bauteilträgeranschlag an einander abgewandten Seiten einer im oder am Gehäuse vorhandenen Schulter ausgebildet sein.When using such a holder, it can be advantageous if the housing has a holder stop. With the aid of this holder stop, an insertion depth of the holder can be limited in the insertion direction and the holder can thus be secured axially within the housing of the hand-held metering device. In addition, the housing can also have a component carrier stop. With this component carrier stop, an insertion depth of the component carrier into the housing of the manual metering device can be limited and the component carrier can thus be axially secured in the insertion direction. The holder stop and the component carrier stop thus prevent the holder and the component carrier from approaching each other at a smaller distance than an, in particular axial, distance between the holder stop and the component carrier stop. In one embodiment of the hand metering device according to the invention, the holder stop and the component carrier stop can be formed on opposite sides of a shoulder present in or on the housing.

Die Verbindung kann eine zerstörungsfrei lösbare Schnappverbindung sein. Diese zerstörungsfrei lösbare, mit der der Bauteilträger innerhalb des Gehäuses befestigt ist, kann zumindest ein Schnappelement und ein korrespondierend dazu ausgebildetes Gegenschnappelement umfassen. Bei dem Schnappelement kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Schnapphaken oder auch um ein Rastelement handeln. Bei dem Gegenschnappelement kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Gegenschnapphaken oder eine zu dem Rastelement korrespondierend ausgebildete Rastmulde handeln.The connection can be a snap connection which can be released without being destroyed. This non-destructively releasable, with which the component carrier is fastened inside the housing, can comprise at least one snap element and a counter-snap element designed to correspond to it. The snap element can be, for example, a snap hook or a latching element. The counter-snap element can be, for example, a counter-snap hook or a snap-in recess configured to correspond to the snap-in element.

Bei einer Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung ist vorgesehen, dass zumindest ein Schnappelement an dem Bauteilträger und zumindest ein Gegenschnappelement entweder an dem Gehäuse selbst oder an einem, beispielsweise dem zuvor erwähnten, in das Gehäuse einschiebbaren Halter angeordnet ist. Ebenso ist es denkbar, die Anordnung von Schnappelementen und Gegenschnappelementen umgekehrt vorzusehen. So kann ebenfalls vorgesehen sein, dass das zumindest eine Gegenschnappelement an dem Bauteilträger und das zumindest eine Schnappelement an dem Gehäuse oder, bei einer anderen Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung, an einem, beispielsweise dem bereits zuvor erwähnten, in das Gehäuse einschiebbaren Halter angeordnet ist.In one embodiment of the hand metering device according to the invention it is provided that at least one snap element is arranged on the component carrier and at least one counter snap element is arranged either on the housing itself or on a holder that can be pushed into the housing, for example the previously mentioned one. It is also conceivable to reverse the arrangement of snap elements and counter snap elements. It can also be provided that the at least one counter-snap element is arranged on the component carrier and the at least one snap element is arranged on the housing or, in another embodiment of the hand-held metering device according to the invention, on a holder that can be pushed into the housing, for example the previously mentioned holder.

Um den Bauteilträger in seiner Gebrauchsstellung unter einer gewissen Vorspannung zu halten und somit auch die lösbare Verbindung mithilfe dieser Vorspannung zu sichern, kann es zweckmäßig sein, wenn die Handdosiervorrichtung, vorzugsweise innerhalb des Gehäuses, ein Rückstellelement aufweist, gegen dessen Rückstellkraft der Bauteilträger in seine Gebrauchsstellung innerhalb des Gehäuses einschiebbar ist und dessen Rückstellkraft so auf die Verbindung und ihre Elemente, insbesondere auf das zumindest eine Schnappelement und das zumindest eine Gegenschnappelement, einwirkt, dass die Verbindung vorgespannt ist.In order to keep the component carrier in its position of use under a certain bias and thus also to secure the detachable connection with the aid of this bias, it can be useful if the manual dosing device, preferably inside the housing, has a restoring element against the restoring force of the component carrier in its position of use can be inserted inside the housing and its restoring force acts on the connection and its elements, in particular on the at least one snap element and the at least one counter snap element, so that the connection is pretensioned.

Bei dem Rückstellelement kann es sich beispielsweise um eine Rückstellfeder und/oder um ein federelastisches Element handeln, das auf den Bauteilträger und, sofern ein Halter, wie er zuvor beschrieben wurde, vorgesehen ist, auch auf den Halter wirkt. Das federelastische Rückstellelement kann beispielsweise aus Kunststoff, Gummi oder Kunstgummi bestehen.The restoring element can be, for example, a restoring spring and / or a resilient element that acts on the component carrier and, if a holder as described above is provided, also on the holder. The resilient return element can for example consist of plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber.

Um die Verbindung zur Fixierung des Bauteilträgers innerhalb des Gehäuses komfortabel lösen zu können, kann vorgesehen sein, dass das Gehäuse und/oder auch der Bauteilträger zumindest einen Einführschlitz aufweist/aufweisen, durch den ein Werkzeug zum Lösen der Verbindung bis zu einer Verbindungsstelle in das Gehäuse einführbar ist. Die Verbindungsstelle kann dabei die Stelle sein, an der beispielsweise das zumindest eine Schnappelement und das zumindest eine Gegenschnappelement miteinander verrastet sind. Zum Lösen dieser Verrastung, mit der die als lösbare Schnappverbindung ausgebildete Verbindung hergestellt ist, kann dann ein entsprechend ausgebildetes Werkzeug durch den Einführschlitz bis zu der Verbindungsstelle vorgeschoben werden. Die Verwendung eines Spezialwerkzeuges ist dabei nicht notwendig. Im einfachsten Falle reicht es aus, einen entsprechend schlanken Schraubendreher oder eine Klinge oder ein vergleichbares schaftförmiges Element durch den Einführschlitz bis zu der Verbindungsstelle vorzuschieben, um die Verbindung zu lösen und den Bauteilträger entgegen der Einsteckrichtung durch die Einstecköffnung aus dem Gehäuse herauszuziehen.In order to be able to comfortably release the connection for fixing the component carrier inside the housing, it can be provided that the housing and / or also the component carrier has / have at least one insertion slot through which a tool for releasing the connection up to a connection point in the housing is insertable. The connection point can be the point at which, for example, the at least one snap element and the at least one counter snap element are locked to one another. To release this latching, with which the connection designed as a releasable snap connection is established, a correspondingly designed tool can then be advanced through the insertion slot as far as the connection point. The use of a special tool is not necessary. In the simplest case, it is sufficient to push a correspondingly slim screwdriver or a blade or a comparable shaft-shaped element through the insertion slot to the connection point in order to release the connection and pull the component carrier out of the housing through the insertion opening against the insertion direction.

Bei einer Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Bauteilträger eine in Gebrauchsstellung des Bauteilträgers benachbart zur Einstecköffnung des Gehäuses angeordnete Bauteilträgerbasis aufweist. Diese Bauteilträgerbasis kann als Bauteilträgerring ausgebildet sein. Dies ist insbesondere dann zweckmäßig, wenn das Gehäuse der Handdosiervorrichtung einen im Wesentlichen rotationssymmetrischen Querschnitt hat. Von dieser Bauteilträgerbasis kann sich dann zumindest ein Bauteilträgerarm in axialer Richtung erstrecken. An dem Bauteilträgerarm kann ein, beispielsweise das bereits zuvor erwähnte, Schnappelement oder ein, beispielsweise das zuvor bereits erwähnte Gegenschnappelement ausgebildet sein.In one embodiment of the hand metering device according to the invention, it can be provided that the component carrier has a component carrier base which is arranged adjacent to the insertion opening of the housing when the component carrier is in the use position. This component carrier base can be designed as a component carrier ring. This is particularly useful when the housing of the hand-held metering device has an essentially rotationally symmetrical cross section. From this component carrier base, at least one component carrier arm can then extend in the axial direction. A snap element, for example the aforementioned snap element or a counter snap element, for example the previously mentioned counter-snap element, can be formed on the component carrier arm.

Bei Verwendung eines Halters, so wie er bereits zuvor beschrieben wurde, kann es zweckmäßig sein, wenn dieser Halter eine Halterbasis aufweist. Haben das Gehäuse der Handdosiervorrichtung und/oder der Bauteilträger einen im Wesentlichen rotationssymmetrischen oder runden Querschnitt, kann es auch hier zweckmäßig sein, wenn die Halterbasis als Halterbasisring ausgebildet ist. Von dieser Halterbasis oder von diesem Halterbasisring aus kann sich zumindest ein Halterarm in axialer Richtung erstrecken. Dabei kann an dem Halterarm ein, beispielsweise das bereits zuvor erwähnte, Schnappelement oder ein, beispielsweise das bereits zuvor erwähnte, Gegenschnappelement ausgebildet sein.When using a holder, as already described above, it can be useful if this holder has a holder base. If the housing of the hand-held metering device and / or the component carrier have an essentially rotationally symmetrical or round cross-section, it can also be useful here if the holder base is designed as a holder base ring. From this holder base or from this holder base ring, at least one holder arm can extend in the axial direction. In this case, a snap element, for example the previously mentioned, or a counter-snap element, for example the previously mentioned, can be formed on the holder arm.

In Gebrauchsstellung des Bauteilträgers innerhalb des Gehäuses der Handdosiervorrichtung können so die an dem zumindest einem Bauteilträgerarm und an dem zumindest einen Halterarm angeordneten Schnappelemente und Gegenschnappelemente in gegenseitiger Verbindungsstellung angeordnet und die Verbindung hergestellt sein.In the use position of the component carrier within the housing of the hand-held metering device, the snap elements and counter-snap elements arranged on the at least one component carrier arm and on the at least one holder arm can be arranged in a mutually connecting position and the connection established.

Das Schnappelement und das Gegenschnappelement können jeweils zueinander komplementäre stirnseitige Schrägungen aufweisen. Diese zueinander komplementären stirnseitigen Schrägungen können die Herstellung der Verbindung zur Fixierung des Bauteilträgers innerhalb des Gehäuses der Handdosiervorrichtung vereinfache. Dies indem die beiden zueinander komplementären Schrägungen bei einer relativen Bewegung des Schnappelements zu dem Gegenschnappelement zunächst miteinander in Kontakt geraten. Diese, insbesondere axiale, Bewegung kann mithilfe der beiden zueinander komplementären Schrägungen in eine relative seitliche Ausweichbewegung des Schnappelements zu dem Gegenschnappelement oder umgekehrt umgewandelt werden. Auf diese Weise kann eine für die Herstellung der Verbindung möglicherweise erforderliche seitliche Ausweichbewegung des Schnappelements relativ zu dem Gegenschnappelement durch das Einschieben des Bauteilträgers durch die Einstecköffnung in das Gehäuse erzeugt werden. Sind die beiden zueinander komplementär ausgestalteten Schrägungen aneinander vorbei geglitten, schließt sich die Verbindung zwischen dem Schnappelement und dem Gegenschnappelement aufgrund der materialbedingten Rückstellkräfte der beiden Elemente automatisch.The snap element and the counter snap element can each have mutually complementary end bevels. These mutually complementary face bevels can simplify the production of the connection for fixing the component carrier within the housing of the hand-held metering device. This is because the two mutually complementary bevels initially come into contact with one another when the snap element moves relative to the counter snap element. This, in particular axial, movement can be converted into a relative lateral evasive movement of the snap element to the counter snap element or vice versa with the aid of the two mutually complementary bevels. To this In this way, a lateral evasive movement of the snap element relative to the counter snap element which may be necessary for establishing the connection can be generated by pushing the component carrier through the insertion opening into the housing. If the two mutually complementary bevels have slid past one another, the connection between the snap element and the counter snap element closes automatically due to the material-related restoring forces of the two elements.

Bei Verwendung eines Bauteilträgerarms und eines Halterarms kann die aufgrund der Länge der beiden Arme vorhandene Elastizität der beiden Arme zu diesem Zwecke ausgenutzt werden.When using a component support arm and a holder arm, the elasticity of the two arms, which is present due to the length of the two arms, can be used for this purpose.

Zur Befestigung einer Fluidabgabeeinheit der Handdosiervorrichtung kann der Bauteilträger an seinem der Einstecköffnung des Gehäuses in Gebrauchsstellung benachbarten Ende ein Befestigungsmittel aufweisen. Diese Befestigungsmittel kann als ein zu einem Gegengewinde an der Fluidabgabeeinheit passendes Gewinde ausgebildet sein. Die Fluidabgabeeinheit kann beispielsweise eine sogenannte Kolbeneinheit sein.To fasten a fluid dispensing unit of the hand-held metering device, the component carrier can have a fastening means at its end adjacent to the insertion opening of the housing in the position of use. This fastening means can be designed as a thread matching a mating thread on the fluid delivery unit. The fluid delivery unit can be a so-called piston unit, for example.

Eine derartige Kolbeneinheit kann einen Pipettenschaft umfassen, in dem ein Abgabekanal mit einer Abgabeöffnung ausgebildet ist. Auf ein freies Schaftende des Pipettenschaftes kann dann beispielsweise eine Pipettenspitze aufgesteckt sein, deren inneres Volumen mit der Abgabeöffnung korrespondiert, also in Druckverbindung mit dieser steht. Die Kolbeneinheit kann außerdem einen mit dem Abgabekanal verbundenen Aufnahmeraum umfassen, der als Zylinder ausgebildet sein kann. In diesen Zylinder taucht bei Betätigung eines Pipettiermechanismus der Handdosiervorrichtung, also bei Betätigung eines Pipettierknopfes, ein Kolben ein, der ein Luftpolster im inneren des Zylinders verdrängt. Durch Verdrängung des Luftpolsters im inneren des Zylinders in Richtung des Abgabekanals in dem Pipettenschaft und in Richtung einer Abgabeöffnung des Abgabekanals kann ein innerhalb einer auf das freie Schaftende aufgesteckten Pipettenspitze vorgehaltenes Volumen an Flüssigkeit aus der Pipettenspitze angegeben werden. Wenn der Kolben aus dem Zylinder der Kolbeneinheit zurückgezogen wird und sich das Luftpolster zurück in den Zylinder verlagert, entsteht an der Abgabeöffnung und an der Pipettenspitze ein Unterdruck, mit dessen Hilfe Flüssigkeit in die Pipettenspitze eingezogen werden kann.Such a piston unit can comprise a pipette shaft in which a dispensing channel with a dispensing opening is formed. A pipette tip, for example, can then be attached to a free shaft end of the pipette shaft, the inner volume of which corresponds to the dispensing opening, that is to say is in pressure connection with it. The piston unit can also comprise a receiving space which is connected to the dispensing channel and which can be designed as a cylinder. When a pipetting mechanism of the hand-held dosing device is actuated, that is to say when a pipetting button is actuated, a piston plunges into this cylinder, which creates an air cushion inside the cylinder repressed. By displacing the air cushion inside the cylinder in the direction of the dispensing channel in the pipette shaft and in the direction of a dispensing opening of the dispensing channel, a volume of liquid from the pipette tip held within a pipette tip attached to the free end of the shaft can be specified. When the piston is withdrawn from the cylinder of the piston unit and the air cushion moves back into the cylinder, a negative pressure is created at the dispensing opening and at the pipette tip, with the aid of which liquid can be drawn into the pipette tip.

Anhand der Zeichnung ist nachfolgend ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung näher beschrieben. Es zeigen in teilweise schematisierter Darstellung:

Figur 1
eine Seitenansicht einer als Pipette ausgebildeten Handdosiervorrichtung, wobei zu erkennen ist, dass die Pipette ein Oberteil mit einem Gehäuse und einem Griff und ein als Fluidabgabeeinheit ausgebildetes Unterteil aufweist,
Figur 2
eine geschnittene Seitenansicht der in Figur 1 dargestellten Handdosiervorrichtung, wobei ein Bauteilträger der Handdosiervorrichtung im Inneren des Gehäuses zu erkennen ist.
Figur 3
eine Explosionsdarstellung des Gehäuses der in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellten Handdosiervorrichtung in teilgeschnittener Ansicht, wobei im Inneren des Gehäuses ein Halter mit einem von zwei Halterarmen und unterhalb davon ein Bauteilträger mit daran angeordneten Bauteilen der Handdosiervorrichtung sowie einem von zwei Trägerarmen zu erkennen sind.
Figur 4
eine geschnittene Seitenansicht eines Oberteils einer mit der in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellten Handdosiervorrichtung vergleichbaren Handdosiervorrichtung, sowie
Figur 5
eine Seitenansicht des in den vorherigen Figuren dargestellten Bauteilträgers in verbundener Gebrauchsstellung mit dem in den vorherigen Figuren ebenfalls dargestellten Halter und mit einem Demontagewerkzeug zum Lösen der Verbindung zwischen dem Halter und dem Bauteilträger, das durch einen an dem Bauteilträger ausgebildeten Schlitz bis nahe an eine Verbindungsstelle zwischen dem Bauteilträger und dem Halter eingeführt ist.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the drawing. They show in a partially schematic representation:
Figure 1
a side view of a hand-held dosing device designed as a pipette, it being evident that the pipette has an upper part with a housing and a handle and a lower part designed as a fluid dispensing unit,
Figure 2
a sectional side view of the in Figure 1 hand-held metering device shown, wherein a component carrier of the hand-held metering device can be seen in the interior of the housing.
Figure 3
an exploded view of the housing in the Figures 1 and 2 hand-held metering device shown in a partially sectioned view, wherein a holder with one of two holder arms and below it a component carrier with components of the hand-held metering device arranged thereon and one of two carrier arms can be seen in the interior of the housing.
Figure 4
a sectional side view of an upper part of a with the in the Figures 1 and 2 hand-held metering device shown comparable hand-held metering device, as well as
Figure 5
a side view of the component carrier shown in the previous figures in a connected position of use with the holder also shown in the previous figures and with a disassembly tool for releasing the connection between the holder and the component carrier, which passes through a slot formed on the component carrier to close to a connection point between the component carrier and the holder is inserted.

Die Figuren 1 und 2 zeigen eine im Ganzen mit 1 bezeichnete Handdosiervorrichtung, die vorliegenden Fall als Pipette 2 ausgebildet ist.the Figures 1 and 2 show a hand-held metering device, designated as a whole by 1, which, in the present case, is designed as a pipette 2.

Die Pipette 2 umfasst einen Grundkörper 3, der ein Oberteil der in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellten Handdosiervorrichtung 1 bildet. Der Grundkörper 3 weist ein Gehäuse 4 und einen in Gebrauchsstellung in dem Gehäuse 4 positionierten Bauteilträger 5 auf. An diesem Bauteilträger 5 sind weitere Bauteile der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 angeordnet. Diese Bauteile sind Bestandteile eines Pipettiermechanismus 6 mit einem Pipettierknopf 6a, eines Abwurfmechanismus 7 mit einem Abwurfknopf 7a und eines Volumenverstellmechanismus 8. Der Abwurfmechanismus 7 wird durch Drückend es Abwurfknopfes 7a ausgelöst. Der Volumenverstellmechanismus 8 kann mittels des Abwurfknopfes 7a zur Betätigung des Abwurfmechanismus 7 bedient werden. Insofern hat der Abwurfknopf 7a eine Doppelfunktion.The pipette 2 comprises a base body 3, which is an upper part of the Figures 1 and 2 Hand-held metering device 1 shown forms. The base body 3 has a housing 4 and a component carrier 5 which is positioned in the housing 4 in the position of use. Further components of the manual metering device 1 are arranged on this component carrier 5. These components are components of a pipetting mechanism 6 with a pipetting button 6a, an ejection mechanism 7 with an ejection button 7a and a volume adjustment mechanism 8. The ejection mechanism 7 is triggered by pressing the ejection button 7a. The volume adjustment mechanism 8 can be operated by means of the ejection button 7a to actuate the ejection mechanism 7. In this respect, the release button 7a has a double function.

Das Gehäuse 4 umfasst eine einem Kopfende 9 des Gehäuses 4 abgewandte Einstecköffnung 10 auf, durch die der Bauteilträger 5 in seine Gebrauchsstellung in das Gehäuse 4 eingeschoben wird. Der Bauteilträger 4 ist mittels einer lösbaren Verbindung 11 innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 befestigt und axial gesichert.The housing 4 comprises an insertion opening 10 facing away from a head end 9 of the housing 4, through which the component carrier 5 is pushed into the housing 4 in its position of use. The component carrier 4 is fastened by means of a releasable connection 11 within the housing 4 and secured axially.

Der zuvor bereits erwähnte Abwurfmechanismus 7 dient dazu, eine auf ein freies Schaftende 12 eines Pipettenschaftes 13 der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 aufgesteckte Pipettenspitze bei Bedarf abzuwerfen. Dazu weist eine Fluidabgabeeinheit 14, die einen Unterteil der in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellten Handdosiervorrichtung 1 bildet, eine Abwerferhülse 15 auf, die axial in Bezug auf eine Längsachse des Pipettenschaftes 13 in Richtung des freien Schaftendes 12 bei Betätigung des Abwurfknopfes 7a verschoben werden kann.The previously mentioned ejection mechanism 7 serves to eject a pipette tip attached to a free shaft end 12 of a pipette shaft 13 of the hand-held dosing device 1, if necessary. For this purpose, a fluid dispensing unit 14, which has a lower part of the in the Figures 1 and 2 The hand-held metering device 1 shown forms an ejector sleeve 15 which can be displaced axially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the pipette shaft 13 in the direction of the free shaft end 12 when the ejector button 7a is actuated.

Die Verbindung 11 zur Fixierung des Bauteilträgers 5 innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 ist eine formschlüssige Verbindung. Diese Verbindung wird durch Einschieben des Bauteilträgers 5 durch die Einstecköffnung 10 in das Gehäuse 4 hergestellt.The connection 11 for fixing the component carrier 5 within the housing 4 is a form-fitting connection. This connection is established by pushing the component carrier 5 through the insertion opening 10 into the housing 4.

Die Verbindung 11 wird mithilfe eines Halters 16 der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 hergestellt. Der Halter 16 ist in dem Gehäuse 4 angeordnet und dient als Verbindungselement der Verbindung 11. Der Halter 16 ermöglicht in seiner Funktion als Verbindungselement einen Kraftfluss zwischen dem Bauteilträger 5 und dem Gehäuse 4 der erfindungsgemäßen Handdosiervorrichtung 1. Mit dem Halter 16 lässt sich somit der Bauteilträger 5 in seiner in das Gehäuse 4 eingesetzten Gebrauchsstellung in Entnahmerichtung des Bauteilträgers 5 axial sichern. Das bedeutet, dass der Bauteilträger 5, sobald die Verbindung 11 hergestellt ist, aufgrund der Wirkung des Halters 16 nicht mehr aus dem Gehäuse 4 herausgezogen werden kann, ohne dass zuvor die Verbindung 11 gelöst wurde.The connection 11 is established with the aid of a holder 16 of the manual metering device 1. The holder 16 is arranged in the housing 4 and serves as a connecting element of the connection 11. The holder 16, in its function as a connecting element, enables a flow of force between the component carrier 5 and the housing 4 of the hand-held metering device 1 according to the invention 5 axially secure in its position of use inserted into the housing 4 in the removal direction of the component carrier 5. This means that the component carrier 5, as soon as the connection 11 is established, due to the effect of the holder 16, no longer out of the housing 4 can be pulled out without the connection 11 having been loosened beforehand.

Der Halter 11 wird durch eine in dem Gehäuse 4 ausgebildete, der Einstecköffnung 10 gegenüberliegend angeordnete Kopföffnung 17 in das Gehäuse 4 eingeführt und in seiner Haltestellung positioniert.The holder 11 is inserted into the housing 4 through a head opening 17 formed in the housing 4 and arranged opposite the insertion opening 10 and positioned in its holding position.

Das Gehäuse 4 weist einen Halteranschlag 18 auf. Mit diesem Halteranschlag 18 wird der Halter 16 in Einsteckrichtung axial festgelegt. Das bedeutet, dass der Halter 16 nur bis zu diesem Halteranschlag 18 in das Gehäuse 4 eingeführt werden kann. Ferner weist das Gehäuse 4 auch einen Bauteilträgeranschlag 19 auf. Analog zu der Funktion des Halteranschlags 18, dient der Bauteilträgeranschlag 19 dazu, den Bauteilträger 5 in Einsteckrichtung axial festzulegen und eine Einstecktiefe des Bauteilträgers 5 in dem Gehäuse 4 axial zu begrenzen. Der Halteranschlag 18 und der Bauteilträgeranschlag 19 sind an einander abgewandten Seiten einer Schulter 44 im Inneren des Gehäuses 4 ausgebildet. Der Bauteilträgeranschlag 19 wird von dem Bauteilträger 5 nur mittelbar axial belastet. Dies erfolgt über das Rückstellelement 24 und ein Druckstück 45, das mit dem Halter 16 verbunden ist.The housing 4 has a holder stop 18. With this holder stop 18, the holder 16 is axially fixed in the insertion direction. This means that the holder 16 can only be inserted into the housing 4 up to this holder stop 18. The housing 4 also has a component carrier stop 19. Analogous to the function of the holder stop 18, the component carrier stop 19 serves to axially fix the component carrier 5 in the insertion direction and to axially limit an insertion depth of the component carrier 5 in the housing 4. The holder stop 18 and the component carrier stop 19 are formed on opposite sides of a shoulder 44 in the interior of the housing 4. The component carrier stop 19 is only indirectly loaded axially by the component carrier 5. This takes place via the resetting element 24 and a pressure piece 45 which is connected to the holder 16.

Die Verbindung 11 ist eine zerstörungsfrei lösbare Schnappverbindung. Diese zerstörungsfrei lösbare Schnappverbindung weist zumindest ein Schnappelement 20, und ein Gegenschnappelement 22 auf. Das Schnappelement 20 ist Schnapphaken 21 und das Gegenschnappelement 22 als Gegenschnapphaken 23 ausgebildet.The connection 11 is a non-destructive detachable snap connection. This snap connection, which can be released non-destructively, has at least one snap element 20 and one counter snap element 22. The snap element 20 is designed as a snap hook 21 and the counter snap element 22 as a counter snap hook 23.

Das zumindest eine Schnappelement 20 ist dabei an dem Bauteilträger 5 und das zumindest eine Gegenschnappelement 22 an dem in das Gehäuse 4 einschiebbaren Halter 16 angeordnet. Die Handdosiervorrichtung weist zudem ein Rückstellelement 24 auf. Dieses Rückstellelement 24 ist innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 angeordnet. Gemäß der Schnittdarstellung der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 aus Figur 2 handelt es sich bei dem Rückstellelement 24 um ein elastisches Kunststoffteil. Bei der Ausführungsform der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 gemäß Figur 4 ist dieses Rückstellelement 24 als Rückstellfeder ausgebildet. Je nach Ausführungsform der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 kann das Rückstellelement 24 somit beispielsweise ein federelastisches Element, insbesondere ein federelastisches Kunststoffelement oder eine Rückstellfeder sein.The at least one snap element 20 is arranged on the component carrier 5 and the at least one counter-snap element 22 is arranged on the holder 16 that can be pushed into the housing 4. The hand dosing device also has a restoring element 24. This restoring element 24 is arranged inside the housing 4. According to the sectional view of the hand-held metering device 1 from Figure 2 the restoring element 24 is an elastic plastic part. In the embodiment of the hand metering device 1 according to Figure 4 this return element 24 is designed as a return spring. Depending on the embodiment of the manual metering device 1, the restoring element 24 can thus be, for example, a resilient element, in particular a resilient plastic element or a resetting spring.

Der Bauteilträger 5 ist gegen die Rückstellkraft des Rückstellelements 24 in seine Gebrauchsstellung innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 einschiebbar. Damit ist die Verbindung 11, mit der der Bauteilträger 5 in seiner Gebrauchsstellung innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 gehalten ist, vorspannbar und bei hergestellter Verbindung vorgespannt.The component carrier 5 can be pushed into its position of use within the housing 4 against the restoring force of the restoring element 24. The connection 11, with which the component carrier 5 is held in its position of use within the housing 4, can thus be pre-tensioned and is pre-tensioned when the connection is established.

Das Gehäuse 4 und vor allem der Bauteilträger 5 weisen zumindest einen Einführschlitz 25 auf. Durch diesen Einführschlitz 25 kann ein Werkzeug 26 (vgl. Figur 5) zum Lösen der Verbindung 11 bis in den Bereich einer Verbindungsstelle 27 in das Gehäuse 4 eingeführt werden.The housing 4 and above all the component carrier 5 have at least one insertion slot 25. A tool 26 (cf. Figure 5 ) to loosen the connection 11 are introduced into the area of a connection point 27 in the housing 4.

Der Bauteilträger 5 weist eine in Gebrauchsstellung des Bauteilträgers 5 benachbart zur Einstecköffnung 10 des Gehäuses 4 angeordnete Bauteilträgerbasis 28 auf. Diese Bauteilträgerbasis 28 ist bei dem in den Figuren dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel der Handdosiervorrichtung 1 als Bauteilträgerring ausgebildet. Von der Bauteilträgerbasis 28 erstrecken sich insgesamt zwei Bauteilträgerarme 29 in axialer Richtung. An den Bauteilträgerarmen 29 ist jeweils ein Schnappelement 20 ausgebildet. Der Halter 16 umfasst eine Halterbasis 30, die hier als Halterbasisring ausgebildet ist. Ähnlich wie bei der Bauteilträgerbasis 28 erstrecken sich auch von der Halterbasis 30 zwei Halterarme 31 in axialer Richtung, wobei an jedem der beiden Halterarme 31 jeweils ein Gegenschnappelement 23 ausgebildet ist.The component carrier 5 has a component carrier base 28 which is arranged adjacent to the insertion opening 10 of the housing 4 in the position of use of the component carrier 5. In the exemplary embodiment of the hand-held metering device 1 shown in the figures, this component carrier base 28 is designed as a component carrier ring. From the component carrier base 28, a total of two component carrier arms 29 extend in the axial direction. A snap element 20 is formed on each of the component carrier arms 29. The holder 16 comprises a holder base 30, here as a holder base ring is trained. Similar to the component carrier base 28, two holder arms 31 also extend from the holder base 30 in the axial direction, a counter-snap element 23 being formed on each of the two holder arms 31.

Insbesondere Figur 5 zeigt gut, dass das Schnappelement 20 und das Gegenschnappelement 22 jeweils zueinander komplementäre stirnseitige Schrägungen 32 aufweisen. Die Schrägungen 32 erlauben, dass die Schnappelemente 20 und Gegenschnappelemente 22 seitlich aneinander vorbei gleiten, wenn sie aufeinander zu bewegt werden und sich an den Schrägungen 32 kontaktieren.In particular Figure 5 shows clearly that the snap element 20 and the counter snap element 22 each have end bevels 32 which are complementary to one another. The bevels 32 allow the snap elements 20 and counter-snap elements 22 to slide laterally past one another when they are moved towards one another and contact one another at the bevels 32.

Somit dienen die Schrägungen 32 dazu, eine axiale Einsteckbewegung des Bauteilträgers 5 in das Gehäuse 4 in eine seitliche oder laterale Ausweichbewegung der Schnappelemente 22 relativ zu den Gegenschnappelementen 24 umzusetzen. Diese seitliche oder laterale Ausweichbewegung begünstigt dann das Einschnappen oder Herstellen der als Schnappverbindung ausgebildeten Verbindung 11.The bevels 32 thus serve to convert an axial insertion movement of the component carrier 5 into the housing 4 into a lateral or lateral evasive movement of the snap elements 22 relative to the counter snap elements 24. This lateral or lateral evasive movement then favors the snapping in or production of the connection 11 designed as a snap connection.

Zudem dient die Schrägung 32 an der Stirnseite des an dem Halterarm 31 ausgebildeten Gegenschnappelements 22 als Angriffsfläche für das bereits zuvor erwähnte Werkzeug 26. Dieses Werkzeug 26 weist eine entsprechende oder komplementäre Werkzeugschrägung 33 an seiner Stirnseite auf.In addition, the bevel 32 on the front side of the counter-snap element 22 formed on the holder arm 31 serves as an engagement surface for the previously mentioned tool 26. This tool 26 has a corresponding or complementary tool bevel 33 on its front side.

Der Bauteilträger 5 weist an seinem der Einstecköffnung 10 des Gehäuses 4 in Gebrauchsstellung benachbartem Ende 34 ein Befestigungsmittel 35 zur Befestigung der Fluidabgabeeinheit 14 auf. Das Befestigungsmittel 35 ist als Gewinde ausgebildet und wirkt mit einem entsprechenden Gegengewinde 36 der Fluidabgabeeinheit 14 zusammen, um die Fluidabgabeeinheit 14 mit dem Grundkörper 3 und dem Gehäuse 4 zu verbinden.The component carrier 5 has, at its end 34 adjacent to the insertion opening 10 of the housing 4 in the position of use, a fastening means 35 for fastening the fluid dispensing unit 14. The fastening means 35 is designed as a thread and interacts with a corresponding mating thread 36 of the fluid dispensing unit 14 in order to connect the fluid dispensing unit 14 to the base body 3 and the housing 4.

Die Fluidabgabeeinheit 14 ist als sogenannte Kolbeneinheit ausgebildet. Diese Kolbeneinheit umfasst den bereits zuvor erwähnten Pipettenschaft 13 auf dessen freies Schaftende 12 eine in den Figuren nicht gesondert dargestellte Pipettenspitze aufsteckbar ist. Den Pipettenschaft 13 umgibt die ebenfalls bereits zuvor erwähnte Abwerferhülse 15, die mittels des Abwerferknopfes 7a und des Abwerfermechanismus 7 von dem freien Schaftende 12 abgeworfen werden kann. Innerhalb des Pipettenschafts 13 ist ein Abgabekanal 37 ausgebildet, der einerseits in eine Abgabeöffnung 38 und andererseits in einen innerhalb der Fluidabgabeeinheit 14 ausgebildeten Zylinder 39 mündet.The fluid delivery unit 14 is designed as a so-called piston unit. This piston unit comprises the pipette shaft 13 already mentioned above, onto the free shaft end 12 of which a pipette tip, which is not shown separately in the figures, can be plugged. The pipette shaft 13 is surrounded by the ejector sleeve 15, which was also mentioned above and which can be ejected from the free end of the shaft 12 by means of the ejector button 7a and the ejector mechanism 7. A dispensing channel 37 is formed within the pipette shaft 13, which opens into a dispensing opening 38 on the one hand and into a cylinder 39 formed within the fluid dispensing unit 14 on the other hand.

Innerhalb des Zylinders 39 ist ein Kolben 40 verschieblich angeordnet. Der Kolben 40 ist mit einer Spindel 41 des Pipettiermechanismus 6 verbunden. Bei Betätigung des Pipettierknopfes 6a wird die Spindel 41 axial nach unten gedrückt, wodurch der Kolben 40 in den Zylinder 39 eingeschoben und ein in dem Zylinder befindliches Luftpolster in Richtung des Abgabekanals 37 und der Abgabeöffnung 38 des Pipettenschafts 13 verlagert werden. Dadurch kann ein in einer auf das freie Schaftende 12 des Pipettenschaftes 13 aufgesteckten Pipettenspitze vorgehaltenes Volumen an Flüssigkeit ausgedrückt und abgegeben werden kann.A piston 40 is displaceably arranged within the cylinder 39. The piston 40 is connected to a spindle 41 of the pipetting mechanism 6. When the pipetting button 6a is actuated, the spindle 41 is pushed axially downward, whereby the piston 40 is pushed into the cylinder 39 and an air cushion located in the cylinder is displaced in the direction of the dispensing channel 37 and the dispensing opening 38 of the pipette shaft 13. As a result, a volume of liquid held in a pipette tip placed on the free shaft end 12 of the pipette shaft 13 can be expressed and dispensed.

Die Spindel 41 ist gleichzeitig auch Teil des Volumenverstellmechanismus 8, der über den Abwerferknopf 7a angesteuert werden kann. Durch ein Einschrauben oder ein Ausschrauben der Spindel 41 in eine oder aus einer Spindelhülse 42 lässt sich die Einstecktiefe des Kolbens 40 in den Zylinder 39 und damit das zu pipettierende Volumen verändern.The spindle 41 is also part of the volume adjustment mechanism 8, which can be controlled via the ejector button 7a. By screwing in or unscrewing the spindle 41 into or out of a spindle sleeve 42, the insertion depth of the piston 40 into the cylinder 39 and thus the volume to be pipetted can be changed.

Gemäß Figur 3 ist die erfindungsgemäße Handdosiervorrichtung mit einer Volumenanzeige 43 verbunden. Auf dieser Volumenanzeige 43 wird das mithilfe des Volumenverstellmechanismus 8 voreingestellte Volumen an der Pipette 2 angezeigt.According to Figure 3 the hand metering device according to the invention is connected to a volume display 43. On this volume display 43 the volume preset with the aid of the volume adjustment mechanism 8 is displayed on the pipette 2.

Es ist zu erwähnen, dass der Bauteilträger 5 zwei sich gegenüberliegende, versetzt zueinander an der Bauteilträgerbasis 28 angeordnete Bauteilträgerarme 29 aufweist. Der Halter 16 weist dazu zwei analog versetzt zueinander an der Halterbasis 30 angeordnete Halterarme 31 auf. Dies erlaubt eine gleichmäßige Krafteinleitung von dem Bauteilträger 5 über die Verbindungsstelle 27 und die dort geschlossene Verbindung 11 auf den Halter 16 und von dort auf das Gehäuse 4 der Handdosiervorrichtung 1.It should be mentioned that the component carrier 5 has two component carrier arms 29 which lie opposite one another and are offset from one another on the component carrier base 28. For this purpose, the holder 16 has two holder arms 31 which are arranged on the holder base 30 in an analogous offset to one another. This allows a uniform introduction of force from the component carrier 5 via the connection point 27 and the connection 11 closed there to the holder 16 and from there to the housing 4 of the hand-held metering device 1.

Zur vereinfachten Demontage von Handdosiervorrichtung 1 wird die Handdosiervorrichtung 1 vorgeschlagen, die den Bauteilträger 5 umfasst. Dieser Bauteilträger 5 ist in seine Gebrauchsstellung in das Gehäuse 4 durch die in dem Gehäuse 4 ausgebildete Einstecköffnung 10 einschiebbar oder einsteckbar. Zur lösbaren Befestigung des Bauteilträgers 5 in seine Gebrauchsstellung innerhalb des Gehäuses 4 ist die, insbesondere von außen, lösbare Verbindung 11 vorgesehen.For the simplified dismantling of the hand-held metering device 1, the hand-held metering device 1 is proposed, which comprises the component carrier 5. In its position of use, this component carrier 5 can be pushed or plugged into the housing 4 through the insertion opening 10 formed in the housing 4. For the releasable fastening of the component carrier 5 in its position of use within the housing 4, the connection 11, in particular from the outside, is provided.

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HanddosiervorrichtungHand dosing device
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Pipettepipette
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GrundkörperBase body
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Gehäusecasing
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BauteilträgerComponent carrier
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PipettiermechanismusPipetting mechanism
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PipettierknopfPipette button
77th
AbwurfmechanismusEjection mechanism
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Abwurfknopf/VolumenverstellknopfEjection button / volume adjustment button
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VolumenverstellmechanismusVolume adjustment mechanism
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Kopfende von 3Head end of 3rd
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EinstecköffnungInsertion opening
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Verbindunglink
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freies Schaftendefree shaft end
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PipettenschaftPipette shaft
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FluidabgabeeinheitFluid delivery unit
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AbwerferhülseEjector sleeve
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Halterholder
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KopföffnungHead opening
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HalteranschlagHolder stop
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BauteilträgeranschlagComponent carrier stop
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SchnappelementSnap element
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SchnapphakenSnap hook
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GegenschnappelementCounter snap element
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GegenschnapphakenCounter snap hooks
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RückstellelementReset element
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EinführschlitzInsertion slot
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Werkzeugtool
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VerbindungsstelleLiaison
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BauteilträgerbasisComponent carrier base
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BauteilträgerarmComponent carrier arm
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HalterbasisHolder base
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HalterarmHolder arm
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Schrägungen an 20, 22Bevels at 20, 22
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Werkzeugschrägung an 26Tool bevel at 26
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Ende von 5End of 5th
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Befestigungsmittel an 5Fasteners on 5
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Gegengewinde an 14Counter thread on 14
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AbgabekanalDelivery channel
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AbgabeöffnungDispensing opening
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Zylindercylinder
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KolbenPistons
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Spindelspindle
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SpindelhülseSpindle sleeve
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VolumenanzeigeVolume display
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Schultershoulder
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Claims (11)

  1. Manual metering device (1), in particular pipette (2), having a main body (3), which has a housing (4), in which further components, in particular components of a pipetting mechanism (6), of an ejecting mechanism (7) and/or of a volume-adjustment mechanism (8), of the manual metering device (1) are arranged, wherein the manual metering device (1) comprises a component carrier (5), which in the use position is positioned in the housing (4) and on which the components are arranged, wherein the housing (4) has an insertion opening (10), through which the component carrier (5) can be pushed into its use position in the housing (4), and wherein the component carrier (5) is fastened within the housing (4) by means of a releasable connection (11), characterized in that the manual metering device (1) has a holder (16) forming the connecting element of the connection (11), which holder can be, or is, arranged in the housing (4) and by means of which the component carrier (5) in its use position, in which it has been inserted into the housing (4), is secured, wherein the holder (16) can be introduced into the housing (4) through a head opening (17), which is formed in the housing (4) and which is located opposite the insertion opening (10).
  2. Manual metering device (1) according to Claim 1, characterized in that the connection (11) can be established in a form-fitting manner and/or by virtue of the component carrier (5) being pushed into the housing (4).
  3. Manual metering device (1) according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, by means of the holder (16), the component carrier (5) in its use position, in which it has been inserted into the housing (4), is secured in the removal direction of the component carrier (5).
  4. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing (4) has a holder stop (18), which delimits a depth to which the holder (16) can be inserted into the housing (4), and a component-carrier stop (19), which delimits a depth to which the component carrier (5) can be inserted into the housing (4).
  5. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connection (11) is a snap-fit connection which can be released in a non-destructive manner and which comprises at least one snap-fit element (20) and a mating snap-fit element (22).
  6. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the manual metering device (1) has a restoring element (24), counter to the restoring force of which the component carrier (5) can be pushed into its use position within the housing (4), and therefore the connection (11) which retains the component carrier (5) in its use position can be, or is, preloaded.
  7. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing (4) and/or the component carrier (5) have/has at least one introduction slot (25), through which a tool (26) can be introduced into the housing (4), up to a connecting location (27), in order to release the connection (11).
  8. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the component carrier (5) has a component-carrier base (28), which in the use position of the component carrier (5) is arranged adjacent to the insertion opening (10) of the housing (4) and from which at least one component-carrier arm (29) extends in the axial direction, wherein a snap-fit element (20) or a mating snap-fit element (22) is formed on the component-carrier arm (29).
  9. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holder (16) has a holder base (30), from which at least one holder arm (31) extends in the axial direction, wherein a snap-fit element (20) or a mating snap-fit element (22) is formed on the holder arm (31).
  10. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a or the snap-fit element (21) and a or the mating snap-fit element (23) each have end-side slopes (32) which complement one another.
  11. Manual metering device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, at its end (34) which in the use position is adjacent to the insertion opening (10) of the housing (4), the component carrier (5) has a fastening means (35) for fastening a fluid-dispensing unit (14).
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