JP5102517B2 - Luminescent reagent packaging box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging box for a luminescent reagent, and more particularly to a packaging box containing a reagent set used when a predetermined component contained in a sample such as food is measured using a luminescent reagent.

  As a packaging box, as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, a box-shaped box made of a paper member is known. Patent Document 3 discloses a packaging box that accommodates a plurality of vials, and Patent Document 4 discloses a technique for aligning the height of contents. Patent Document 4 discloses a sleeve that maintains the fastening state between the main body and the lid. These patent documents do not disclose a technique for smoothly performing the reagent processing operation.

  By the way, absorbance measurement is used to measure a predetermined component (for example, polyphenol) contained in food or the like. In the absorbance measurement, a plurality of luminescent reagents are dropped and injected into a sample tube containing a sample as a liquid to be measured. As a result, luminescence is generated in the sample tube, and the luminescence is observed in the absorbance measuring device. It is complicated for the measurer to prepare a plurality of luminescent reagents separately. In addition, when a plurality of luminescent reagents are sequentially dispensed into the sample tube, if the sample tube is placed in the vicinity of the plurality of luminescent reagents, the dispensing operation can be easily performed, and the time required for this can be shortened.

JP 2001-97370 A JP 11-115930 A JP-A-7-300156 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-51113

  Although it is necessary to inject a plurality of liquids into the sample tube as a pretreatment for measuring the luminescent reagent, in that case, it is troublesome to drop the reagent while holding the sample tube by hand. In addition, when the arrangement | sequence and height of the several container which accommodated the luminescent reagent differ, there exists a problem that movement of a pipette will become obstructed and work efficiency cannot be raised.

  An object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of pretreatment work in the measurement of a luminescent reagent, and to perform it efficiently. Another object of the present invention is to increase the functionality of the packaging box.

The present invention is a packaging box for a luminescent reagent kit having a plurality of containers containing a plurality of liquids containing a luminescent reagent and a sample tube into which a sample to be measured for luminescence is placed, and has a top plate A member comprising a main body, a cover as a lid covering the upper side of the main body, an upper plate, a bottom plate, and two side plates between them, and a box made of the main body and the cover inserted therein anda sleeve for holding the coupling state of the cover and the body is wrapped around the box body at said top plate includes a plurality of container-receiving apertures for standing holding a plurality of containers, said sample tube the has a first auxiliary housing hole for holding upright, the bottom plate is of use in the state of inside out after a second auxiliary housing hole, the sleeve was the box body is pulled out from the inside of the said sleeve A shall, said second auxiliary housing hole is a hole for holding upright it the sample tube is inserted in the state of the Turn relates to a light-emitting reagent for packaging boxes, characterized in that. Preferably, the first auxiliary accommodation hole is used when the sample tube is temporarily placed during the operation of adding the plurality of liquids, and the second auxiliary accommodation hole is provided after the operation of adding the plurality of liquids. This is used when the sample tube is temporarily placed. Preferably, a plurality of the second auxiliary accommodation holes are formed in the bottom plate of the sleeve, and the plurality of second auxiliary accommodation holes are arranged in the insertion direction of the box.

According to the above configuration, since the first auxiliary storage hole for storing the sample tube is formed in the main body in addition to the container storage hole for storing a liquid container such as a reagent, the sample is formed in the first auxiliary storage hole. With the tube inserted, reagents and the like can be injected. Workability can be improved because the sample tube can be temporarily placed. A plurality of first auxiliary accommodation holes may be provided. The first auxiliary accommodation hole is preferably formed on the front side as viewed from the operator, but may be formed on the back side or the like. According to the above configuration, the bottom plate of the sleeve has the second auxiliary accommodation hole, and the second auxiliary accommodation hole holds the sample tube upright while the sleeve is turned over.

  Preferably, the main body has a pedestal structure that raises the height of at least one container among the plurality of containers raised and held in the plurality of container receiving holes to adjust the height of the plurality of containers. And the pedestal structure is such that the upper surface heights of the plurality of containers are substantially the same. According to this configuration, problems such as inadvertently catching a pipette on any of the containers can be reduced, and the workability of the pipette work can be improved. Moreover, it becomes easy to suppress the movement by pressing and holding the upper surface of each container with a cover.

Preferably, each of the main body , the cover, and the sleeve is formed by bending a paper member. The above-mentioned sleeve can naturally hold the coupled state of the main body and the lid. The sleeve is formed with at least one second auxiliary accommodation hole for standingly holding the sample tube. It is possible to temporarily place the sample tube after the reagent is dropped into the second auxiliary accommodation hole, that is, in a state where the liquid addition operation is finished. Preferably, a structure for standing the sample tube is formed on the cover covering the main body. For example, the sample tube before or after the reagent addition can be easily held using the structure. In order to prevent the cylindrical sample tube from freely moving in the standing state, a recess having a corrugated shape or the like may be provided in the standing structure, and the bottom portion, the trunk portion, or the like of the sample tube may be caught there.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden of the pretreatment work in the measurement of the luminescent reagent and to perform it efficiently. Alternatively, the functionality of the packaging box can be enhanced.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a luminescent reagent kit according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 particularly shows the appearance of a packaging box. The luminescent reagent kit 10 according to the present embodiment is for measuring a predetermined component contained in a sample as a target liquid such as food. In this embodiment, in particular, the antioxidant capacity is measured for the sample. For example, the antioxidant capacity of a food is evaluated by the amount of a predetermined component such as polyphenol contained in the food. The luminescent reagent kit according to this embodiment is for quantitatively measuring such properties or components. is there.

The luminescent reagent kit 10 is roughly divided into a packaging box 12 and a reagent kit described later. The packaging box 12 is comprised by the main body 14, the cover 16, and the sleeve 20, as shown in the figure. These members are all bent by cardboard in the present embodiment, but are not limited thereto. A box 18 is constituted by the main body 14 and a cover 16 as a lid , and the box 18 is inserted into a sleeve 20. The sleeve 20 functions as a binder that wraps around the box 18.

FIG. 2 shows a state where the box 18 is pulled out from the sleeve 20 by about half. The sleeve 20 has an upper plate 20A, 2 one side plate 20B, 20 C, the bottom plate 20D, the accommodation hole row 22 is formed in the bottom plate 20D. As is apparent from the figure, there are two side plates 20B and 20C between the upper plate 20A and the bottom plate 20D. The accommodation hole row 22 includes a plurality of accommodation holes (second auxiliary accommodation holes) 24 arranged in the sliding direction of the box 18. Specifically, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 7, the sample tubes are inserted into the respective accommodation holes 24 in a state where the sleeve 20 is inverted. That is, each accommodation hole 24 functions as an auxiliary accommodation hole.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main body 14. As described above, the upper side of the main body 14 is covered with the cover 16 . The main body 14 has an outer frame 26 and an inner frame 28. Although a slight gap is seen between the outer frame 26 and the inner frame 28 in FIG. 3, such a gap may not actually exist. A top plate 30 provided horizontally is present inside the inner frame 28, and a receiving hole array 32 is formed in the top plate 30. The accommodation hole array 32 includes six accommodation holes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 in the present embodiment, and further includes auxiliary accommodation holes as will be described later. Each accommodation hole is provided with a plurality of tabs 46, and the containers accommodated in the respective accommodation holes are stably held by the elasticity of these tabs.

FIG. 4 shows the upper surface of the main body 14. As described above, the top plate is formed with a plurality of receiving holes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, and an auxiliary receiving hole (first auxiliary receiving hole) in front of the operator. 48 is formed. As will be described later, the accommodation hole 48 functions as an insertion hole for temporarily placing a sample tube containing a sample in the reagent injection operation.

  5 shows the AA cross section shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows the BB cross section shown in FIG. As shown in these cross sections, the space in the inner frame 28 is vertically divided into two by the top plate 30, that is, spaces 50 and 52 are formed. Among them, a pedestal structure is provided in a space 50 corresponding to the internal space, and specifically, pedestals 56 and 58 are provided. These pedestals 56 and 58 are bent on the bottom plate 54. Such a pedestal structure is for making the upper surface level of the containers accommodated in the respective accommodation holes substantially the same, and the raising amount is set larger for the containers having a short vertical length. With such a configuration, the upper surface level of each container can be made uniform, so that the containers can be stably pressed by the cover to suppress the movement of each container within the main body, and the height of each container If the pipettes are aligned, it is possible to avoid or reduce the possibility that the tip of the pipette will accidentally collide with any of the containers even when it is desired to move the pipette on the upper side of the main body.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a working state using the luminescent reagent kit according to the present embodiment. As described above, the housing hole array 32 is formed in the main body 14, and the luminescent reagent containers 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72 are held upright in the respective housing holes constituting the housing hole array 32. . They constitute a reagent set 61. In addition, the sample tube 74 to be operated is inserted into the auxiliary accommodation hole described above, and the sample tube 74 is held upright. Incidentally, the reagent set 61 is composed of a plurality of purified water, hydrogen peroxide solution, cobalt solution, luminol solution, etc., and injecting them into the sample tube 74 in a predetermined order for measuring absorbance. Pre-addition work is performed.

  The sleeve 20 is placed in an inverted state adjacent to the main body 14, that is, the main body 14 and the sleeve 20 are provided side by side on the table. As described above, the accommodation hole row 22 is formed in the bottom plate 20 </ b> D of the sleeve 20. Each accommodation hole 24 is an auxiliary accommodation hole into which, for example, a sample tube 60 after completion of the work is inserted and temporarily placed therein. That is, in the packaging box of this embodiment, a place for temporarily placing the sample tube during work and a place for temporarily placing the sample tube after work are set, and by using these, the efficiency of the reagent addition work is improved. Has been enhanced.

  FIG. 8 shows a luminescent reagent kit 100 according to another embodiment. The luminescent reagent kit 100 includes a packaging box and a reagent set 108.

  The reagent set 108 is composed of a plurality of reagent containers containing the same reagents as the plurality of reagents described above. The packaging box includes a main body 102 and a cover 104, which are connected via a connecting side 106. The main body 102 includes a top plate 102A, a bottom plate 102F, a plurality of side plates 102B, 102C, 102D, and 102E. An accommodation hole array 103 is formed in the top plate 102A. Further, the auxiliary housing hole 110 described above is formed in the top plate 102A. The upper edges of the side plates 102B and 102D have a waveform 102G. In FIG. 8, the sample tube 112 accommodated in the accommodation hole 110 is indicated by a wavy line.

  The cover 104 includes side plates 104A, 104B, 104C, and 104D and a bottom plate 104E, and further includes a bent plate 114 that is bent over the cover 104 as shown in the drawing. The upper edges of the two side plates 104A and 104C each have a waveform 113, and the waveform 102D and the waveform 113 described above are alternately meshed with each other. The side of the bent plate 114 also has a waveform 114A. With such a waveform, a plurality of sample tubes can be held upright. That is, the bottom of the sample tube 116 is held by any of the dents in the waveform 114A, and the body of the sample tube 116 is held in any of the dents in the waveform 113. This effectively prevents the sample tube 116 from rolling laterally. The sample tube 116 may be a sample tube before addition of a reagent or a sample tube after addition of a reagent.

  In any case, the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 also has an advantage that the reagent addition work can be efficiently performed because a plurality of places for temporarily placing the work sample tubes are set. Also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, a pedestal structure is provided in the main body 102, and thereby the raising adjustment is made according to the vertical length of each container. That is, the top level of each container is substantially the same. Moreover, since the whole packaging box shown by FIG. 8 is comprised with the cardboard, there exists an advantage that a packaging box can be comprised cheaply.

It is a perspective view which shows suitable embodiment of the luminescent reagent kit which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which pulled out the box from the sleeve. It is a perspective view which shows a main body. It is a figure which shows the upper surface of a main body. It is a figure which shows the AA cross section shown by FIG. It is a figure which shows the BB cross section shown by FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a working state. It is a figure which shows the luminescent reagent kit which concerns on other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Luminescent reagent kit, 12 Packaging box, 14 Main body, 16 Cover, 20 Sleeve, 22 Storage hole row, 30 Top plate, 32 Storage hole array, 48 Storage hole.

Claims (6)

A packaging box for a luminescent reagent kit having a plurality of containers containing a plurality of liquids containing a luminescent reagent, and a sample tube into which a sample to be luminescent is measured,
A main body having a top plate ;
A cover as a lid covering the upper side of the main body;
A member composed of a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates between them, and in the state in which the box consisting of the main body and the cover is inserted, the periphery of the box is wrapped around the main body and the cover. A sleeve that holds the coupled state;
Have
The top plate includes a plurality of container-receiving apertures for standing holding a plurality of containers, and the first auxiliary housing hole erected holding the sample tube, and
The bottom plate of the sleeve has a second auxiliary receiving hole;
The sleeve is used in an inverted state after the box is pulled out from the inside,
The second auxiliary accommodation hole is a hole in which the sample tube is inserted and held upright in the inverted state.
A packaging box for a luminescent reagent. In the packaging box of claim 1,
The main body has a pedestal structure that raises the height of at least one container among the plurality of containers raised and held in the plurality of container receiving holes and adjusts the height of the plurality of containers,
The packaging structure for a luminescent reagent, wherein the pedestal structure has the same upper surface height of the plurality of containers. In the packaging box of claim 1,
The luminescent reagent packaging box , wherein the main body , the cover, and the sleeve are each formed by bending a paper member. In the packaging box of claim 1,
The first auxiliary accommodation hole is used when temporarily placing the sample tube during the operation of putting the plurality of liquids,
The second auxiliary accommodation hole is used when the sample tube is temporarily placed after the operation of putting the plurality of liquids.
A packaging box for a luminescent reagent. In the packaging box of claim 1 ,
A plurality of the second auxiliary accommodation holes are formed in the bottom plate of the sleeve,
The plurality of second auxiliary accommodation holes are arranged in the insertion direction of the box,
A packaging box for a luminescent reagent. In the packaging box of claim 1,
A luminescent reagent packaging box, wherein a cover for covering the main body is formed with a structure for leaning the sample tube.

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