JP5916492B2 - Ophthalmic equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention controls the forward movement of the gantry that slides in the front / rear / left / right direction with respect to the base toward the eye to be examined, thereby improving the safety of the patient's eyes and braking the gantry in the front / rear / left / right direction. The present invention relates to an improvement of an ophthalmologic apparatus capable of protecting against an impact when not in use.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an ophthalmologic apparatus is known that includes a safety stopper mechanism that prevents a pedestal as a movable base that slides in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to a base as a fixed base from contacting the eye to be examined. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In addition, an ophthalmologic apparatus is also known that includes a brake mechanism that performs braking in the front-rear and left-right directions of the gantry with respect to the base (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-8-126608 JP-A-7-255668

  By the way, the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism are arranged as separate mechanisms at different positions, and when these are integrated together into one ophthalmic apparatus, the structure becomes complicated, so that the members are as much as possible. It is desirable to make it common.

  In addition, in the case of a structure for performing the setting change operation of the base movement restriction of the safety stopper mechanism and the brake setting operation of the brake mechanism by the operator's manual operation, it is also desired to improve the operability as much as possible. In particular, it is desirable to prevent the pedestal from moving relative to the base as much as possible when performing these operations manually by the examiner.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to incorporate a safety stopper mechanism and a brake mechanism together in one ophthalmic apparatus, and manually perform these setting change operations and braking. An object of the present invention is to provide an ophthalmologic apparatus in which a member can be shared as much as possible when a structure for performing a setting operation is used.

  The ophthalmologic apparatus of the present invention includes a base, a pedestal that is provided on the base and is movable in the front / rear, up / down, left / right directions by operation of operating means, and a safety stopper mechanism that is provided on the pedestal and prevents the gantry from contacting the eye And a brake mechanism provided on the gantry for braking the gantry in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to the base.

  The safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism have a manual operation lever member that can rotate about a rotation axis that extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gantry as a common manual operation member. The operating means for operating the pedestal may be a control lever or a touch panel. When the control lever is provided on the pedestal as the operating means, a manual operation lever member is provided in the vicinity of the control lever to improve operability. It is desirable to plan.

  According to the present invention, the rotatable manual operation lever member is configured to be rotatable about a rotation shaft extending in parallel with the front-rear direction of the gantry, and one of the rotation directions is set as a brake setting operation of the brake mechanism. Since the other rotation direction corresponds to the setting change operation of the safety stopper mechanism, the manual operation lever member can be shared by the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism.

  In addition, since the manual operation lever member is configured to be pivotable about a pivot shaft extending in parallel with the anteroposterior direction of the gantry, a force is applied to the manual operation lever member to change the setting of the safety stopper mechanism. Even in this case, the force component is applied in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the gantry. Therefore, when the manual operation lever is operated, the possibility that the gantry moves forward in the presence of the eye to be examined can be avoided. Thus, the safety for the eye to be examined is improved.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ophthalmologic apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a state where the cover shown in FIG. 1 is removed. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the gantry viewed from above with the measurement apparatus main body and the control lever shown in FIG. 1 removed. FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line A'-A 'shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of main components of the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from one side. FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of main components of the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from the other side. FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of the safety stopper mechanism shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a side view of the state in which the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 is in the neutral position, as viewed from one side wall portion of the manual operation lever member. FIG. 10 is a side view of the state in which the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 is in the neutral position, as viewed from the other side wall of the manual operation lever member. FIG. 11 is a side view of a state in which the operation knob portion of the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is lifted from the neutral position in order to operate the brake mechanism, as viewed from one side wall portion of the manual operation lever member. FIG. FIG. 12 shows a state in which the operation knob portion of the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is lifted from the neutral position in order to operate the brake mechanism 12 as viewed from the other side wall portion of the manual operation lever member. It is a side view. FIG. 13 shows a state where the operation knob portion of the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is pushed down from the neutral position in order to change the setting by the safety stopper mechanism, from one side wall portion of the manual operation lever member. FIG. FIG. 14 shows a state where the operation knob portion of the manual operation lever member shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is pushed down from the neutral position in order to change the setting by the safety stopper mechanism, from the other side wall portion of the manual operation lever member. FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the safety stopper mechanism shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 14, and (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a state before changing the setting of the safety stopper mechanism, (B) is an explanatory view showing a state in the middle of changing the setting of the safety stopper mechanism, wherein the engagement between the engagement hole and the engagement pin is released, and the engagement with the engagement hole is shown. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the engagement pin is located above the plate-shaped body part between joint holes.

(Overall configuration of ophthalmic apparatus)
FIG. 1 is an external view of an ophthalmic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a non-contact tonometer as an ophthalmic apparatus. This non-contact tonometer 1 has a base 2, a gantry 3, a chin rest 4, and a forehead rest 5.

  The gantry 3 is provided with a measuring device main body 6 and a control lever 7 as an operation means. A nozzle cylinder 6 a is provided in the front part of the measuring apparatus main body 6, and a display part 6 b is provided in the rear part of the measuring apparatus main body 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the control lever 7 has a knob portion 7a and a measurement button 7b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the measurement device main body 6 is provided with a measurement head 10 having the nozzle cylinder 6a described above. A known measurement optical system (not shown) is provided inside the measurement head 10.

  The measurement head unit 10 is mounted on a drive mechanism 11, and the drive mechanism 11 drives the measurement head 10 in the front-rear, left-right, up-down directions. A known mechanical mechanism can be used as a mechanism for moving the gantry 3 in the front-rear and left-right directions and the drive mechanism 11 of the measurement head unit 10.

  In the vicinity of the control lever 7, a manual operation lever member 9 having a function to be described later is provided. The gantry 3 can be moved in the front-rear direction when the control lever 7 is tilted manually in the front-rear direction, and can be moved in the left-right direction when the control lever 7 is tilted manually in the left-right direction. It is said that.

When the knob portion 7a of the control lever 7 is rotated, the measurement head portion 10 is driven in the vertical direction, and when the measurement button 7b is pressed, air is injected from the nozzle cylinder 6a to measure the intraocular pressure of the eye to be examined. Is executed.
Instead of providing the control lever 7 on the gantry 3, the display unit 6b can be configured as a touch panel, and the gantry 3 can be moved up, down, front, back, left, and right by touching the screen of the display unit 6b. . Further, when the alignment with respect to the eye to be examined is completed, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which air is automatically ejected from the nozzle cylinder 6a toward the eye to be examined.

(Schematic configuration of safety stopper mechanism 12 and brake mechanism 13)
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the gantry 3 includes a safety stopper mechanism 12 that prevents the gantry 3 from coming into contact with the eye to be examined, and a brake that brakes the gantry 3 in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to the base 2. A mechanism 13 is provided.

  3 and 4 show the state of the base 3 and the state of the base 2 before assembling the measuring device main body 6, the control lever 7, etc., although the members such as the safety stopper mechanism 12 and the brake mechanism 13 are assembled. Reference numeral 6A denotes a measuring device arrangement place, and reference numeral 7A denotes a control lever arrangement place. Note that the shapes of the gantry 3 and the base 2 are shown in detail only in the portions related to the present invention, and the shapes of the remaining portions are appropriately omitted.

  The safety stopper mechanism 12 and the brake mechanism 13 have the manual operation lever member 9 as a common manual operation member. The manual operation lever member 9 is rotatable about a rotation shaft 9a extending parallel to the front-rear direction (Z-axis direction) of the gantry 3.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the gantry 3 is formed with a pair of bearing portions 3 a and 3 b with an interval in the front-rear direction of the gantry 3. The space between the bearing portions 3a and 3b is an installation space for the manual operation lever member 9, an installation space for the safety stopper mechanism 12, and the brake mechanism 13.

  The safety stopper mechanism 12 and the brake mechanism 13 are covered with a decorative cover member 8 that covers the gantry 3 as shown in FIG. The manual operation lever member 9 has an operation knob portion 9b as shown in an enlarged manner in FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a part of the manual operation lever member 9 including the operation knob portion 9b is exposed to the outside. As shown in FIG. 4, the manual operation lever member 9 has a pair of side wall portions 9c and 9d. The rotation shaft 9a passes through the pair of side wall portions 9c and 9d.

(Detailed configuration of brake mechanism 13)
As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the brake mechanism 13 includes a shaft member 15, an urging spring 16, and a sliding roller 17. A guide cylinder 3c for guiding the shaft member 15 in the vertical direction is formed on the gantry 3.

  The shaft member 15 is fixed to the mounting plate 18 with a set screw 19. The sliding roller 17 is rotatably supported on the bent plate portion 18a of the mounting plate 18. A cam surface 20 is formed at the lower portion of one side wall portion 9d of the manual operation lever member 9. The sliding roller 17 is in sliding contact with the cam surface 20. Details of the cam surface 20 will be described later.

  The shaft member 15 penetrates the gantry 3 in the thickness direction, and the lower portion of the shaft member 15 faces the upper surface 2 a of the base member 2. A pressure contact pad 21 is provided below the shaft member 15. The shaft member 15 is movable in the vertical direction along the guide tube 3c. The urging spring 16 is provided between the mounting plate 18 and the gantry 3 and urges the shaft member 15 upward.

  The pressure contact pad 21 is pressed against the upper surface 2a of the base member 2 when the shaft member 15 is lowered, and the pressure contact with the upper surface 2a of the base member 2 is released when the shaft member 15 is lifted.

  As shown in FIGS. 9, 11, and 13, the cam surface 20 includes a neutral position holding surface 20 a that holds the sliding roller 17 in a neutral position where the setting operation of the safety stopper mechanism 12 and the brake mechanism 13 is not performed. Pressure contact that maintains the pressure contact state of the pressure contact pad 21 against the upper surface 2a of the base 2 by operating the brake mechanism 13 when the operation lever member 9 is rotated in one rotation direction (when the operation knob portion 9b is lifted). When the state holding surface 20b and the manual operation lever member 9 are rotated in the other rotation direction (when the operation knob portion 9b is pressed down), the setting operation change of the safety stopper mechanism 12 is not disturbed. For this purpose, the sliding roller 17 has a sliding surface 20c that slides in a direction away from the pressure contact state holding surface 20b.

  Between the neutral position holding surface 20a and the press contact state holding surface 20b, there is formed a rotation preventing projection 20d for preventing the manual operation lever member 9 from unintentionally rotating from the neutral position to the press contact position. Has been.

(Detailed configuration of safety stopper mechanism 12)
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the safety stopper mechanism 12 includes a movement restricting plate 22, a spring member 23, and a plate spring 24. The movement restricting plate 22 is composed of a plate-like body. The plate-like body is disposed on the gantry 3 so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the gantry 3.

  The front end of the plate-like body is bent as shown in FIG. 8 to be an abutting wall portion 22a that abuts against the movement restricting wall portion 2b of the base 2 shown in FIGS. ing. A plurality of engagement holes 22b are formed in the plate-like body at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction.

  One end 23a of the spring member 23 is locked to one locking piece 3c of the gantry 3 as shown in FIG. 3, and the other end 23b is locked to the upright wall 22c of the plate-like body. The movement restricting plate 22 is slidably supported at the lower part of the gantry 3 and is urged by the spring member 23 to be slidable forward with respect to the gantry 3. The movement restricting plate 22 functions to restrict the movement of the gantry 3 in the front-rear direction in cooperation with the movement restricting wall 2b.

  The leaf spring 24 is disposed on the gantry 3 so as to extend in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction in which the movement restricting plate 22 extends. The base end of the leaf spring 24 is fixed to the gantry 3 with a set screw 25.

An engagement pin 26 that engages with the engagement hole 22 b is formed at the free end of the leaf spring 24. The engagement pin 26 faces the engagement hole 22b.
As shown in FIGS. 10, 12, and 14, an engaging convex portion 27 is formed in the lower portion of the other side wall portion 9 c of the manual operation lever member 9. The engaging convex portion 27 faces the lower surface of the leaf spring 24, and when the manual operation lever member 9 is rotated in one rotational direction (when the operation knob portion 9b is lifted), the brake mechanism 13 It is located at a position away from the lower surface of the leaf spring 24 so as not to hinder the operation.

  When the manual operation lever member 9 is rotated in the other rotation direction (when the operation knob portion 9b is pressed down), in order to allow the safety stopper mechanism 12 to change the setting of the movement restriction of the gantry 3, The leaf spring 24 has a function of bending so that the engagement pin 26 is disengaged from the engagement hole 22b.

(Description of the action of the brake mechanism 13)
As shown in FIG. 9, when the sliding roller 17 is positioned on the neutral position holding surface 20a of the cam surface 20, the pressure contact pad 21 is separated from the upper surface 2a of the base 2, and in this state, the control lever 7 Is tilted in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, the gantry 3 is smoothly moved in the front-rear, left-right direction with respect to the base 2.
Further, the movement of the gantry 3 to the forward movement position with respect to the base 2 is regulated by the safety stopper mechanism 12.

  When the operation knob 9b of the manual operation lever member 9 is picked and the manual operation lever member 9 is rotated in one rotation direction (arrow A direction), the sliding roller 17 gets over the rotation prevention protrusion 20d, As shown in FIG. 11, it is located on the pressure contact state holding surface 20b. At the same time, the engagement protrusion 27 is moved away from the lower surface of the leaf spring 24, so that the operation of the brake mechanism 13 is prevented from being hindered.

  By operating the manual operation lever member 9, the shaft member 15 is lowered against the urging force of the urging spring 16, and the pressure contact pad 21 is pressed against the upper surface of the base 2. The pressure contact pad 21 is made of a friction material such as rubber, for example.

  Even if the operation by the operation knob portion 9b of the manual operation lever member 9 is released, the movement of the sliding roller 17 is restricted by the rotation preventing projection 20d. The pressure contact state with respect to the base 2 is maintained.

  Therefore, even if the control lever 7 is tilted in the front / rear / right / left direction to move the mount 3 in the front / rear / left / right direction with respect to the base 2, braking is applied to the mount 3, and the mount 3 is smooth with respect to the base 2. Do not move to.

  In order to return the operation knob portion 9b of the manual operation lever member 9 from the state shown in FIG. 11 to the state shown in FIG. 9, the operation knob portion 9b is rotated in the direction of the arrow B, and the sliding roller 17 gets over the rotation prevention protrusion 20d to be neutral. When returned to the position, the shaft member 15 is raised by the urging force of the urging spring 16, whereby the pressure contact with the base 2 by the pressure contact pad 21 is released.

(Operation of safety stopper mechanism 12)
When the manual operation lever member 9 is in the neutral position, the engagement pin 26 at the free end of the leaf spring 24 is engaged with the engagement hole 22b of the movement restricting plate 22 as shown in FIG. At this time, assuming that the contact wall 22a is in contact with the movement restricting wall 2b, the contact wall can be moved forward with respect to the base 2 by operating the control lever 7. The forward movement of the gantry 3 with respect to the base 2 is restricted by the cooperative action of the 22a and the movement restricting wall portion 2b, thereby ensuring safety for the eyes. The retraction of the gantry 3 with respect to the base 2 is not restricted by the safety stopper mechanism 12.

When the manual operation lever member 9 is in the neutral position, the engagement convex portion 27 faces the lower surface of the leaf spring 24, and the operation knob portion 9b of the manual operation lever member 9 is gripped, as shown in FIG. When the manual operation lever member 9 is rotated in the other rotation direction (arrow B direction), as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the leaf spring 24 is bent by the engagement convex portion 27 to be engaged. The engagement pin 26 is disengaged from the hole 22b.
Since the sliding roller 17 slides along the sliding surface 20c as shown in FIG. 13, it is prevented that the sliding roller 17 hinders the setting change operation by the safety stopper mechanism 12.

  In the state shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, that is, in the state shown in FIG. 15A in which the contact wall portion 22a of the movement restriction plate 22 is in contact with the movement restriction wall portion 2b, the control lever 7 is operated. 15A, when the gantry 3 is moved backward (in the direction of arrow C) with respect to the base 2, the movement restricting plate 22 is urged forward by the urging force of the spring member 23. Therefore, the movement restricting plate 22 is slid forward relative to the gantry 3 until the abutting wall 22a comes into contact with the movement restricting wall 2b. As a result, the position of the engagement pin 26 with respect to the engagement hole 22b is changed from the position shown in FIG. 15 (a) to the position shown in FIG. 15 (b).

  Next, when the operation knob portion 9b is released, the engagement pin 26 is engaged with the corresponding engagement hole 22b by the restoring force of the leaf spring 24. Further, the manual operation lever member 9 is rotated and returned to the original position by the return force of the leaf spring 24 around the rotation shaft 9a.

  As described above, when the position of the engagement hole 22b of the movement restricting plate 22 with which the engagement pin 26 engages is changed by retreating the pedestal 3 with respect to the base 2 and stopping, the retraction stop position of the pedestal 3 is reached. Since the abutting wall portion 22a abuts against the movement restricting wall portion 2b, even if it is intended to move the gantry 3 forward relative to the base 2 with respect to the retreat stop position, the engagement pin 26 causes the movement restricting plate 22 to move. Relative sliding with respect to the gantry 3 is prohibited. As a result, the gantry 3 is prevented from moving forward relative to the base 2 with respect to the set position, and safety for the eyes of each patient is achieved.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, one rotation direction of the manual operation lever member 9 corresponds to the operation of the brake mechanism 13 and the other rotation direction of the manual operation lever member 9 is the safety stopper mechanism 12. Since the manual operation lever member 9 is configured so as not to interfere with both operations, the manual operation lever member 9 can be shared by the safety stopper mechanism 12 and the brake mechanism 13.

1 ... Non-contact tonometer (ophthalmic device)
2 ... Base 2a ... Upper surface 2b ... Movement restriction wall 3 ... Base 7 ... Control lever (operating means)
9 ... Manual operation lever member (manual operation member)
9b ... Operation knob part 12 ... Safety stopper mechanism 13 ... Brake mechanism 15 ... Shaft member 17 ... Sliding roller 20 ... Cam surface 22 ... Movement restricting plate 22a ... Abutting wall part 22b ... Engaging hole 23 ... Spring member 24 ... Plate Spring 26 ... engaging pin

Claims (6)

A base, a base provided on the base and movable in the front / rear, up / down, left / right directions by operation of an operating means; a safety stopper mechanism provided on the base for preventing the base from contacting the eye to be examined; and the base A brake mechanism for braking in the front-rear and left-right directions of the gantry with respect to the base,
The safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism have a manual operation lever member that is rotatable about a rotation axis that extends parallel to the front-rear direction of the gantry as a common manual operation member. .   The ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation means is a control lever, and the manual operation lever member is provided in the vicinity of the control lever.   One rotation direction of the manual operation lever member corresponds to a setting operation of the brake mechanism, and the other rotation direction of the manual operation lever member corresponds to a setting change operation of the safety stopper mechanism. The ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.   The brake mechanism is provided in a shaft portion that is provided with a pad in pressure contact with the base at a lower end portion and is movable in the vertical direction, an urging spring that urges the shaft portion in an upward direction, and the shaft portion. The manual operation lever member has a pair of side wall portions through which the rotation shaft passes, and the sliding roller is in sliding contact with one side wall portion of the pair of side wall portions. A cam surface is formed, the cam surface holding a neutral position holding surface for holding the sliding roller in a neutral position, and the pad on the base when the manual operation lever member is rotated in one rotation direction. A pressure contact state holding surface that holds the pressure contact state, and a slide that slides the sliding roller away from the pressure contact state holding surface when the manual operation lever member is rotated in the other rotation direction. Having a moving surface Ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 3, characterized.   The safety stopper mechanism extends in the front-rear direction of the gantry, and the front end thereof is a contact wall portion that abuts against a movement restricting wall portion formed in the base, and is formed with an interval in the front-rear direction of the gantry. A movement restricting plate configured by a plate-like body having an engagement hole and restricting movement of the gantry in the front-rear direction in cooperation with the movement restricting wall, and urging the movement restricting plate in the forward direction of the gantry A spring member that extends in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction in which the plate-like body extends, and a base end portion is fixed to the gantry, and an engagement pin that engages with the engagement hole is formed at the free end portion. An engagement pin for the engagement hole when the manual operation lever member is rotated in the other rotation direction. So that the engagement of the plate is released Ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the engagement protrusion to deflect the Ne is formed.   The manual operation lever member has an operation knob portion, and the safety stopper mechanism and the brake mechanism are covered with a decorative cover member that covers the mount, and the manual operation lever member includes the operation knob portion. The ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the portion is exposed to the outside.