JP6035457B2 - Blood collection tube capping device - Google Patents

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  In the present invention, a blood collection tube in which blood collected from a patient is sealed is opened at a blood laboratory, applied to an analyzer, and the blood remaining in the blood collection tube is stored when the internal blood test is completed. Therefore, the present invention relates to a capping device for a blood collection tube that is used to reclose the opening of the capped blood collection tube.

  The blood collected in the blood collection tube is transported to the blood test laboratory together with the blood collection tube, where a film-like plug made of a rubber material / resin material that seals the opening of the blood collection tube is cut off. The blood collection tube can be taken out to the outside, and the whole blood collection tube is put on a biochemical analyzer, taken out by a suction means equipped in the device, and inspected. Thereby, the blood remaining in the blood collection tube when the examination is completed is sealed in the blood collection tube by closing the opening of the opened blood collection tube, and is stored for a certain period of time together with the blood collection tube.

  The operation of closing the opened blood collection tube opening at this laboratory to re-seal the remaining blood is done by using a cork stopper that fits into the opening of the blood collection tube. Molded with rubber / resin material, hold this stopper with one hand, insert it into the opening of the blood collection tube held by the other hand, and push it in to manually seal it one by one Every go.

  For this reason, it takes time and effort to close the blood collection tube after the blood test, and there is a problem that requires skill for reliable sealing, and it remains in the blood collection tube after the blood test. Since there is a problem of increasing the entire processing time of the blood test including blood storage processing, a capping device that can provide a reliable sealing by mechanical means is desired, regardless of manual work.

  Furthermore, in the examination of the blood collected in the blood collection tube at the blood laboratory, the opened blood collection tube is mounted in parallel on the blood collection rack and is loaded in parallel to the blood collection rack, and the whole blood collection rack is analyzed. Blood is taken out from a plurality of blood collection tubes arranged in parallel on the blood collection rack by means of a plurality of suction means provided in parallel with the inspection device, and set in the inspection device. The test tubes (titration plates) that are aligned with each other are dispensed all at once into the formed test holes, so that when the test process is completed, the blood collection tube with the remaining blood is removed. This test was completed because the whole blood collection rack was taken out from the inspection device, and was performed in units of each blood collection rack in a state of being supported in parallel with the blood collection rack. Vascular plugging even in the state where allowed parallel 支架 blood collection tube rack, the appearance of the plugging device which can be stoppered simultaneously on a per-blood collection tube rack is desired.

  The problem to be solved in the present invention is to open the blood collection tube in which the collected blood is sealed and set it in an inspection device such as an analyzer, and the inspection device allows the blood injected into the tube to be collected. When the inspection is completed, the blood collection tube taken out from the inspection device is plugged into the opening of the blood collection tube so that the blood collection remaining in the blood collection device is sealed again. The capping operation is to configure a capping device for a blood collection tube that can be accurately performed in a state in which the blood collection tube having undergone the inspection process is mounted in parallel on the blood collection rack.

A cap head portion arranged in a row or a plurality of rows on the upper part of the machine body, and mounted so as to be vertically movable at a lowering position that is lowered by the driving means and an upward movement position, and a lower part of the body A movable table that is movably mounted back and forth and moves back and forth between a lower position of the cap head portions aligned and arranged in a row and a position retracted from the lower position by the driving means, A holder set base that is mounted on the front half of the movable table and occupies a position facing the lower position of the cap head portion by moving the movable table, and a plurality of caps are aligned and set on the surface of the holder set base A cap holder that is placed and set on the rear side of the movable table and mounted in parallel with the holder set base on the second half of the movable table. A rack set base for placing and setting a blood collection tube rack in which a plurality of blood collection tubes occupying a position facing the lower position of the top head portion are set, and when the cap head portion is in the lowered downward movement position, The cap is inserted and fitted along the inner peripheral surface, and the cap holding hole formed in an inner peripheral cylindrical shape that holds the cap with the frictional resistance at the time of the insertion fitting, and the cap is forced downward from the cap holding hole A blood collection tube capping device characterized by comprising a cap capping piston for pushing out
Along with this, in the above blood collection tube capping device, a holder set base for mounting a movable table mounted on the lower half of the machine body so as to be movable back and forth on the front half side of the movable table is provided on the upper part of the machine body. The start set position that occupies the position retracted from the lower position of the cap head part that can be mounted vertically movable, the one-stage advance position that occupies the position where the holder set base faces the lower position of the cap head part, and the holder set base is the cap The rack set that can be mounted on the second half of the movable table, passing the lower position of the head part forward, is regulated to move back and forth in three stages with the two-stage forward position facing the lower position of the cap head part. It is possible to supply cap holders with caps aligned to the base of the holder set base and supply blood collection racks to the rack base. Proposing a blood collection tube capping device characterized in that the holder set base and the rack set base can be performed with the table set as the start set position and retracted from the lower position of the cap head part and exposed to the front side of the machine body, further,
In the above blood collection tube capping device, the holder set base for mounting the movable table mounted on the lower half of the machine body so as to be movable back and forth on the front half side of the movable table is mounted on the upper part of the machine body so as to be movable up and down. The state position that occupies the lower position of the head portion and the rack set base that can be mounted on the rear half of the movable table are alternately switched to the position position that occupies the position facing the lower position of the cap head portion, and are moved back and forth. In addition, an opening that allows the cap holder to pass is formed in the side wall of the fuselage, the supply of the cap holder to the base surface of the holder set base is the movable table, and the holder set base is the cap head part. From the side of the fuselage, the cap holder is formed on the side wall of the fuselage through an opening formed in a state where the position is restricted to the position occupying the lower position of the fuselage. Blood collection tube plugging apparatus being characterized in that so as to perform by going inserted toward the Ruda set table of the table surface. as well as,
In the blood collection tube capping device, the movable table is arranged in parallel with the rack set base, and when the movable table is in the two-stage advance position, the blood collection tubes in the blood collection rack are pressed and restrained in a horizontal row. The present invention proposes a blood collection tube closing device characterized by having a blood collection tube pressing member.

  The blood collection tube capping device according to the present invention means that the capping of the blood collection tube that has been opened and finished the internal blood test processing is in a state where the blood collection tube that has undergone the test processing is suspended in parallel on the blood collection rack. Set the whole collection tube rack on the rack set base, set the plug (cap) to be inserted into the opening of the collection tube and seal it in parallel with the cap holder, and place the entire cap holder on the surface of the holder set base. In the set state, the cap head part is lowered by the operation of the driving means, so that the blood collection tubes arranged in parallel to the blood collection rack are collectively and properly closed. The capping of the blood collection tube can be performed in units of the blood collection tube rack supported in parallel with the blood collection tube rack, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved.

  Further, in the second means of the present invention in which the moving operation of the movable table is regulated in three stages, the supply of the cap holder to the surface of the holder set base mounted on the movable table and the mounting on the movable table are performed. The blood collection rack can be supplied to the mounted rack set table in a state in which the holder set table and the rack set table are positioned and held at positions exposed on the front side of the machine body in front of the cap head part. Therefore, the setting work of the cap holder and the blood collection tube rack becomes easy.

  Further, the moving means of the movable table is regulated so that the holder set base mounted on the movable table and the rack set base are positioned so as to alternately face below the cap head portion, and the holder set base In the third means of the present invention, the set of the cap holder is inserted from the side of the airframe through the opening formed in the side wall of the airframe. By moving the holder set base and the rack set base alternately below the cap head, the cap holder and the blood collection rack can be set by moving the movable table. The entire structure of the blood collection tube capping device including the mechanism can be simplified.

  In addition, the movable table includes a blood collection tube that can be supported in parallel with the blood collection tube rack by an operation in which the blood collection tube rack loaded on the rack set base on which the movable table is supported is moved forward to a position occupying the lower position of the cap head portion. In the fourth means of the present invention equipped with a pressure-collecting tube pressing member that presses and restrains, the blood-collecting rack moves to a position that occupies the lower position of the cap head portion by the moving operation of the movable table. And the blood collection tubes mounted in parallel on the blood collection rack are simultaneously pressed and correctly aligned and held in a horizontal row in the blood collection rack so that the blood collection tube of the cap by the lowering operation of the cap head portion As a result, the pushing operation into the opening is reliably performed. In addition, it is possible to avoid the problem that the blood collection tube is lifted together with the cap head portion when the cap head portion is lifted after the end of plugging.

It is a perspective view of the left rear upper view in the state which removed the cover of the blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus which implements this invention. It is the perspective view of the right rear upper view in the state of the same as the blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above, and the perspective view of the blood-collecting blood rack and cap holder set to this. It is a perspective view in the state where the cover of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above was assembled and the blood collection tube rack which supported the blood collection tube was set. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal front view of the main part in the capping operation state in which the cap held in the cap holding hole of the cap head portion of the blood collection tube capping device is plugged against the collection tube mounted in parallel with the set blood collection rack. is there. It is the front view at the time of a state same as the above, and the expansion perspective view of the part of a blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is the side view which carried out the vertical section at the time of the state which pulled out the movable table to the start set position of the blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a cross-sectional top view at the time of a state same as the above of a blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a vertical side view in the state which advanced the movable table one step of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above, and the holder set stand was located under the cap head part. It is a cross-sectional top view at the time of a state same as the above of a blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a vertical side view in the state which advanced the movable table two steps of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above, and has located the blood collection tube rack under the cap head part. It is a cross-sectional top view at the time of a state same as the above of a blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a vertical side view in the state which moved the movable table to the start set position of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a vertical side view in the state where the blood collection tube rack which parallelly supported the blood collection tube was set to the rack set stand of the blood collection tube closing apparatus same as the above, and the cap holder which mounted the cap in parallel was set to the holder set stand. It is a vertical side view at the time of the state where the holder set stand which set the cap of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above was located under the cap head part. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a vertical side view at the time of the state where the cap holding hole of the cap head part grasped the cap of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a vertical side view at the time of the state where the cap holding hole picked up the cap of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is an expanded vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a vertical side view in the state just before starting the operation | movement which plugs the cap caught in the cap holding hole into the opening of a blood collection tube of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view at the time of the state which the lower end of the cap hold | maintained at the cap holding | maintenance hole of the blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above has fallen to the position which faces the opening of a blood collection tube. It is an expanded side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above apparatus. It is a vertical side view at the time of the state which the cap hold | maintained by the cap holding | maintenance hole by the downward operation | movement of the cap head part of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above was pushed into the opening of the blood collection tube. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a vertical side view at the time of closing the cap with respect to opening of a blood collection tube by raising a cap head part of the blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a perspective view at the time of the non-operation state of the blood-collecting-tube press means integrated in a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above. It is a perspective view at the time of the press action of a blood collection tube press means same as the above incorporated in a blood collection tube closing device same as the above. It is a side view at the time of the press action of the same blood collection tube press means incorporated in the same blood collection tube closing device. It is explanatory drawing of an effect | action of the cap capping piston of a blood collection tube capping apparatus same as the above. It is a vertical side view of the blood collection tube capping device of the second embodiment of the present invention means in a state immediately before starting the capping operation. It is an expansion vertical side view of the principal part at the time of a state same as the above of a blood-collecting blood vessel capping apparatus same as the above.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the entire blood collection tube capping device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the left side viewed from the upper rear side, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear upper perspective view, FIG. 2 shows a blood collection tube rack that is placed and set on a rack set base equipped in the blood collection tube capping device, a blood collection tube that is supported in parallel with the blood collection tube rack, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cap holder placed and set on a table surface of a holder set base to be equipped in the blood collection tube closing apparatus, and a cap (plug body) set in alignment with the cap holder.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine body as a machine frame that serves as a base for assembling and constructing the blood collection tube capping device W, 2 denotes a cap head portion mounted on the upper portion of the machine body 1 so as to be movable up and down, and a denotes this Driving means assembled to the machine body 1 to move the cap head part 2 up and down, 3 is a movable table mounted on the lower part of the machine body 1 so as to be movable back and forth, and 4 is mounted on the front half of the upper surface of the movable table 3. The holder setting base 5 is a cap holder that is placed and set on the surface of the holder setting base 4, A is a cap that is aligned and set on the upper surface side of the cap holder 5, and 6 is the second half side of the movable table 3. A rack set base mounted on the rack set base B is a blood collection tube rack placed and set on the rack set base 6, and C is a blood collection tube set in an aligned state on the blood collection tube rack B. 7 is a blood collection tube pressing member that presses the blood collection tubes C aligned and supported on the blood collection tube rack B in a state where the blood collection rack B is placed and set on the rack set base 6, and aligns and holds them in a horizontal row. Indicates.

  The machine body 1 includes a base 10 formed in the shape of a square base plate, and a machine-like assembly for assembling a mechanism part of a blood collection tube capping device W mounted on the rear half of the upper surface of the base 10. The machine frame 11 is composed of left and right side wall plates 110 and 110 erected on the left and right side edge portions of the base 10 at portions approaching the rear half, and the side wall plates 110 and 110. It is assembled in a square frame shape with a girder 111 that is supported so as to span within the facing interval, and a cover plate is attached to the front side, the upper side, and the rear side, and is shown in the overall perspective view of FIG. It is structured like a machine casing. And the cap head part 2, the raising / lowering mechanism b for raising and lowering the cap head part 2 and the driving means a for driving the raising / lowering mechanism b are incorporated in the upper part of the machine casing 11 of the machine casing. The movable table 3 is installed in the lower part in the machine casing 11 so as to be able to enter and exit through the opening 12 provided in the front wall of the machine casing 11.

  The driving means a is a means for driving an elevating mechanism b that elevates and lowers the cap head portion 2 and may be appropriately configured together with the elevating mechanism b. In this example, the elevating mechanism b is 1 and 6 and 7, a rotating plate 81 that rotates about the support shaft 80 is pivotally supported on the inner surfaces of the left and right side wall plates 110 and 110, respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the rotation support shaft 82 is installed between the rotation end portion of the moving plate 81 and the rotation end portion of the right rotation plate 81, and this rotation support shaft is assembled. The upper end side of the link plate 83 formed in the shape of a horizontally long plate is pivotally connected to 82, and the lower end side of the link plate 83 is connected to a connecting bracket 84 provided on the upper surface side of the support rod 20 of the cap head portion 2. On the other hand, it is connected by a connecting shaft 85 so as to be rotatable, so that it can be rotated back and forth around the support shaft 80 of the rotating plate 81. The link plate 83 is lifted and lowered, and the cap head portion 2 is lifted and pushed down. The drive mechanism a that drives the link mechanism lift mechanism b is as follows. The base end side of the manually operated manual lever 86 is integrally connected to the turntable 81, and the lever 86 is rotated back and forth by grasping the grip portion provided on the distal end side of the lever 86. The moving plate 81 is rotated, the link plate 83 is moved up and down, and the cap head unit 2 is moved up and down. The lever 86 is pivoted around the support shaft 80 in the front-rear direction (on the front side of the machine body 1) at the upper part of the rear edges of the left and right side wall plates 110 of the machine frame 11. It is restricted by the stopper s1 and is restricted until it abuts on the girder 111 spanned between the left and right side wall plates 110 and 110 of the machine frame 11 in the forward rotation.

The cap head portion 2 is placed and set on the upper surface of the holder set base 4 by the lifting and lowering operation of the cap head portion 2 performed through the lifting mechanism b by the turning operation of the manual lever 86 which is the driving means a. The upper part of the machine body 1 is operated so as to perform the operation of grasping the cap A set in parallel from the cap holder 5 and the operation of pushing the grasped cap A into the opening c of the blood collection tube C and closing the blood collection tube C. In this example,
As shown in the front view of FIG. 5 and the longitudinal front view of the cap head portion 2 and the rack set base 6 of FIG. 6, it substantially corresponds to the facing distance between the pair of side wall plates 110, 110 facing the left and right that constitute the machine frame 11. A horizontally long support rod 20 that is formed to have a length that is approximately half the width of the front and rear of the left and right side wall plates 110, and a horizontally long prismatic holding main body that is assembled and supported on the lower surface side of the support rod 20. 21 and
Like the holding main body portion 21, it is formed in a horizontally long prismatic shape and is arranged in parallel with the lower surface side of the holding main body portion 21, and the lowering operation with respect to the holding main body portion 21 is performed within a certain range by the connecting rod 22. And a cap holding member 24 that is connected to be movable up and down and is pushed out by a spring member 23 to a limit position of the lowering operation,
A bottomed cylindrical cap holding hole 25 formed on the bottom surface of the cap holding member 24 with its inner peripheral surface corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the cap A;
The base end side is integrally connected to the center portion of the holding main body portion 21 and the tip end side is slidably inserted vertically into the center portion of the cap holding member 24. Is formed in a disc shape having a flat pressing surface 26a and is positioned in the cap holding hole 25, and a closing piston 26,
It is comprised by.
And this cap head part 2 is a left and right side wall plate of the fuselage 1 with a shaft rod-like guide shaft 27 suspended from the lower surface on the front edge side at the left and right end portions of the support rod 20 formed in a horizontally long shape. By being inserted into a shaft-shaped guide member 28 attached to 110 and 110, the body 1 is supported so as to be vertically movable.

  The range of the lowering operation in the up and down movement guided by the fitting of the guide shaft 27 and the guide member 28 of the cap head portion 2 moves the movable table 3 forward from the start position shown in FIG. 8, the cap A on the cap holder 5 set on the holder set base 4 is placed on the cap holding member 24 of the cap head section 2 with the holder set base 4 positioned below the cap head section 2. When the operation of grasping by the cap holding hole 25 provided on the bottom surface of the rack is performed, the movable table 3 is advanced by two stages as shown in FIG. 9 and set on the rack set base 6 and the rack set base 6. Position the rack B so that it is positioned below the cap head 2 and hold it in the cap holding hole 25 of the cap head 2. The cap A, when to perform plugging operation to continue to stoppered the opening c of the blood collection tube C to parallel 支架 blood collection tube rack B, and TMG, regulates so as to stop at a height position different from each other.

  That is, by moving the movable table 3, the holder set base 4 is positioned below the cap head part 2 as shown in FIGS. When performing an operation of grasping the cap A placed on the upper surface of the cap holder 5 set on the base surface of the set base 4 by the cap holding hole 25 provided on the bottom surface of the cap head portion 2, On the lower surface side of the support rod 20 of the cap head portion 2, the shaft rod-shaped restricting member k <b> 1 suspended from the front edge side of the support rod 20 descends together with the cap head portion 2, and the restricting member k <b> 1 As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the lower end surface abuts on the upper end surface of the shaft-shaped restricting member k <b> 2 erected on the upper surface side of the movable table 3 and close to the front end side. And to stop the lowering operation of the head unit 2, it is so to regulate the end of the lowering operation of the cap head portion 2.

  Then, the stop of the lowering operation of the cap head portion 2 due to the contact between the regulating member k1 provided on the cap head portion 2 and the regulating member k1 provided on the movable table 3 is as shown in FIG. The cap is carried out in a state in which the hook-shaped portion A ′ on the upper end side of the cap A set in the cap holder 5 on the holder set base 4 is fitted in the cap holding hole 25 provided in the bottom surface of the holding operation portion 24. The hanging length of the restricting member k1 suspended from the head part 2 and the rising height of the restricting member k2 standing from the movable table 3 are set. The operation of grasping the cap A by the cap holding hole 25 of the member 24 is correctly performed without causing the cap A to be deformed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the movable table 3 is moved forward by two steps, and the rack set stand 6 and the blood collection tube B set on the rack set base 6 and the blood collection tube C supported by the blood collection tube rack B are located below the cap head portion 2. In the state where the cap head 2 is lowered, the cap A held by the cap holding hole 25 of the cap holding member 24 of the cap head 2 is plugged into the opening c of the blood collection tube C by the lowering operation of the cap head 2. When the movable table 3 is moved forward, the regulating member k2 erected on the movable table 3 is moved forward from the lower position of the regulating member k1 suspended from the cap head portion 2 by the two-stage advance of the movable table 3. Even if the head portion 2 is lowered, the restriction member k1 and the restriction member k2 do not collide with each other. Therefore, the lowering operation of the cap head portion 2 is regulated separately from the braking portion. By providing a z, it is to perform.

  The braking member z is arranged on the movement trajectory of the cap holding member 24 that is lowered by the lowering operation of the cap head portion 2, and is fixedly installed on the airframe 1. In this embodiment, It is attached and fixed to the side wall plate 110 so as to protrude from the inner surfaces of the left and right side wall plates 110 of the body 1 with respect to the movement trajectory of the holding member 24 of the cap.

  Then, the mounting position is such that the lower end of the body portion of the cap A held in the cap holding hole 25 on the bottom surface of the cap holding member 24 is as shown in FIGS. Set to a position where the braking member z abuts the lower surface of the holding member 24 and stops the lowering operation of the holding member 24 when it comes into contact with or directly above the lip of the opening c of the blood vessel C. It is.

  Therefore, the braking member z that restricts the lowering operation of the holding member 24 by stopping the holding member 24 by engaging with the holding member 24 of the cap of the cap head portion 2 is a lever that drives the raising / lowering operation of the cap head portion 2. As shown in FIG. 22, the lever 86 that has been rotated backward contacts the stopper s <b> 1 provided on the front side of the front of the machine body 1 and stops. The mounting position is set so that the upper surface of the braking member z abuts the lower surface of the cap holding member 24 in a state before reaching the end position.

  As a result, the cap 86 is lowered by the backward rotation of the lever 86, the lower surface of the cap holding member 24 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the braking member z, and the lowering operation of the cap holding member 24 is stopped. If the cap head part 2 is pushed down by further rearward rotation of the lever 86, the cap head part 2 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the cap holding member 24 where the lower surface of the holding main body part 21 is stopped by the braking member z. The cap closing piston 26, which is integrally connected to the holding main body 21 at the base end side (upper end side), is lowered while pressing and contracting the spring member 23 until it abuts. The tip end portion (lower end portion) that moves downward together with the portion 21 and is formed in a disk shape of the cap closing piston 26 has the cap holding hole 25 as shown in FIG. The cap A, which is held in the cap holding hole 25 by the pushing operation of the cap closing piston 26, is taken out from the cap holding hole 26 while being pushed out. The tube C is pushed into the opening c of the blood vessel C so as to be surely closed.

  The movable table 3 is equipped with the holder set base 4 assembled and mounted on the front half side of the upper surface of the movable table 3 and the rack set base 6 assembled and mounted on the rear half side of the upper surface on the upper part of the above-described body 1. It is for switching to a lower position of the cap head portion 2 and is arranged on the lower surface side of the movable table 3 formed in a base plate shape on the horizontal axis as shown in FIGS. In the state where the rotating wheels 30 and 31 are pivotally supported and mounted on the upper surface of the base 10 of the machine body 1, the gripping portion 32 provided at the rear end portion on the upper surface side of the movable table 3 is pushed and pulled. By operating, the base body 10 of the machine body 1 is moved back and forth by the operation of the ring bodies 30 and 31. Then, on the upper surface of the movable table 3 on the front end side and in front of the holder set base 4, when moving forward one step as shown in FIGS. 8 and 14 from the start position shown in FIGS. 6 and 13. Under the condition, when the cap head portion 2 is lowered to perform the operation of grasping the cap A, the upper end surface collides with the lower end surface of the regulating member k1 provided in the cap head portion 2 described above. A regulating member k2 for regulating the lowering operation of the cap head portion 2 to an operation position for correctly grasping the cap A by the cap holding hole 25 is formed in a shaft-like shape and is erected.

  In addition, on the lower surface side of the movable table 3, the holder set base 4 on the movable table 3 is disposed on one of the left and right side edges as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. When the holder set base 4 is positioned below the cap head portion 2 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the holder set base 4 is as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. The vertical axis for positioning the movable table 3 at each state position when the set base 4 is located on the front end side in the machine casing 11 and the rack set base 6 is located below the cap head portion 2. In addition, when the movable table 3 is moved to the above-described state position, the restriction wheel 33 is inserted into the side edge portion of the base 10 to start position, one step. Advance position, 2-stage advance position Cutout recess 34 for positioning the movable table 3 in each state position is provided in parallel in triplicate.

  The holder set base 4 that can be mounted on the front half of the upper surface of the movable table 3 stands upright on the upper surface of the movable table 3 with a plurality of shaft rod-like columns 40 arranged in parallel on the left and right sides. It is configured by suspending a set base 41 formed in the shape of a horizontally long and long horizontal plate on the upper end of the support column 40, and the upper side of the plate-shaped set table 41 is the same as that described above. In FIG. 2, the horizontally long strip-shaped cap holder 5 described on the left half side is formed in a shape to be set. The cap A that is sealed in the opening c of the blood collection tube C is placed on the upper surface of the set base 41 of the holder set base 4 together with the cap holder 5 in a state of being placed in parallel on the upper face of the cap holder 5. It is set on the holder set base 4.

  The rack set base 6 mounted on the rear half of the upper surface of the movable table 3 has a blood collection rack B in which blood collection tubes C to be plugged are mounted in parallel as shown in the lower left part in FIG. A state in which the blood collection tube C to be plugged is supported in parallel with the blood collection tube rack B by moving to the lower position of the cap head portion 2 together with the blood collection tube rack B to be supported by the moving operation of the movable table 3. In order to be positioned below the cap head portion 2, it is formed in a bowl shape into which the blood collection rack B is inserted.

  Then, on the rear wall plate 60 located on the front side of the body 1 of the rack set base 6, an operation for inserting the blood collection rack B into the lumen of the rack set base 4 having a bowl shape at the left and right ends. Cutouts 61 are respectively formed to eliminate time obstacles.

  Further, the front wall plate 62 facing the rear end side of the machine body 1 is formed separately from the bottom plate 63 which is a main part of the rack set base 6, and both left and right end portions are in front of the bottom plate 63. It is assembled and supported by a pivot arm 65 that pivots back and forth about the pivot shaft 64 provided at the left and right end portions on the edge side, and tilts and pivots forward and backward around the pivot shaft 64; and The base end portion of the pivot arm 65 and the left and right side wall plates 66 or the bottom plate 63 in contact with the base end portion are normally held in a state inclined forward as shown in FIG.

  The blood collection tube pressing member 7 has a blood collection tube C supported by the blood collection tube rack B set on the rack set base 6 together with the blood collection tube rack B. When the cap head portion 2 is moved to a position where the cap head portion 2 is lowered and receives a capping operation, the blood collection tube C is pressed to one side so that the capping of the opening c of the blood collection tube C of the cap A is performed correctly. It is intended to be fixedly held in a state of being aligned in a row, on a portion of the rack set base 6 that is formed in a bowl shape that is located above the inner surface of the front wall plate 62 that can be tilted forward and backward. The front surface of the front wall plate 62 is abutted against the front wall plate 62 by the pressing projection 70 provided so as to protrude inward and the rack set base moving forward by the forward movement of the movable table 3. Plate 62 Positioned on the front side of the front wall plate 62 of the rack set base 6 so as to be rotated backward toward the blood collection tube rack B in the cup set base 6, as shown in FIGS. The pressing member 71 is equipped with a box-shaped case 710 that is assembled and fixed to the inner surface of the front wall of the airframe 1, and is supported by the case 710 so as to be slidable back and forth, and a spring 711. And a pressing rod 712 that is urged to be pushed rearward and has a tip projecting rearward from the case 710.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 18, the blood collection tube pressing member 7 moves the movable table 3 forward from the state in which the blood collection rack B with the blood collection tube C to be plugged is set on the rack set base 6. When the rack set base 6 is moved forward, the front surface of the front wall plate 62 of the rack set base 6 strikes the tip of the pressing rod 712 of the pressing member 71 as shown in FIGS. The front wall plate 62 is rotated rearward about the pivot shaft 64 by being pushed back together, so that the pressing protrusion 70 provided on the inner surface of the front wall plate 62 is moved into the rack set. It enters into the blood collection rack B through a window hole-shaped opening e established in the front wall of the blood collection rack B set in the table 6 and presses against the outer wall of the blood collection tube C. Holding the blood collection tube C in a horizontal row to restrain the upward movement Both the state of allowed fixed alignment, correctly set the vertical positional relationship between the blood collection tube C and the cap retaining hole 25.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the blood collection tube capping device W of this embodiment configured as described above is configured such that the movable table 3 is retracted forward, and the holder set base 4 and the rack set base 6 are combined with the machine body 1. In this state, the cap holder 5 on which the cap A is set in parallel is placed and set on the upper surface of the holder set base 4. 6, the blood collection rack B on which the blood collection tubes C to be closed are supported in parallel is placed and set, and the movable table 3 is moved forward when the state shown in FIG. The cap A placed and set in parallel via the holder 5 is in the state shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 located below the cap head portion 2, and from this state, the elevating mechanism b is driven to drive the cap head. 2 is lowered, the lower end surface of the regulating member k1 provided on the cap head portion 2 is opposed to the upper end surface of the regulating member k2 provided upright on the front end side of the upper surface of the movable table 3. It stops by combining, and it will be in the state shown in FIG.16 and FIG.17. At this time, the cap holding member 24 at the lower end of the cap head portion 2 presses the cap A set on the cap holder 5 placed on the holder set base 4, and the cap A receiving the press is shown in FIG. The cap holding hole 25 is pushed into the cap holding hole 25 formed on the bottom surface of the holding operation portion 24 and the frictional resistance between the outer peripheral surface of the cap A and the inner peripheral surface of the holding hole 25 at that time. Grabbed and held.

  In this state, the elevating mechanism b is driven to the ascending operation side, and the cap head portion 2 is raised as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, so that the cap head portion 2 is engaged with the cap holding hole 25. The cap A thus grasped is separated from the cap holder 5 on the holder set base 4 and is lifted while being grasped by the cap head portion 2. As a result, the plurality of caps A placed and set in parallel with the cap holder 5 are grasped all at once by the cap head portion 2.

  Next, from the state shown in FIGS. 19 and 19, the movable table 3 is further advanced, and the rack set base 6 is moved to a state position below the cap head portion 2 as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21. The opening c of each blood collection tube C supported in parallel with the blood collection tube rack B set on the rack set base 6 faces the lower side of each of the plurality of caps A held in parallel with the cap head portion 2. In this state, when the cap head portion 2 is lowered as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the cap holding member 24 stops lowering due to contact with the braking member z during the lowering operation. Then, the cap opening piston 26 descends with respect to the stopped cap holding member 24, and the entire area surface of the upper surface of the cap A fitted in the cap holding hole 25 is covered with the cap opening piston 26. As shown in the drawings (a), (b), (c), and (d) of the explanatory view of FIG. 31, the pressure is uniformly applied by the pressing surface 26a formed on the lower surface side of the disk-shaped tip. The posture of the cap A is corrected to a correct posture in which the axial center line is along the vertical line, and the cap A is pushed into the opening c of the blood collection tube C to be plugged.

  Then, by raising the cap head portion 2 from the state shown in FIGS. 24 and 25 as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the cap A moves away from the holding hole 25 of the holding operation portion 24, and It remains in the state of being fitted into the opening c, and the capping of the blood collection tube C is completed. At this time, since the blood collection tube C is pressed and held by the blood collection tube pressing member 7, there is no problem of being lifted together. Accordingly, the operation of closing the opening of the blood collection tube after the completion of the inspection process can be performed in a unit that is supported in parallel with the blood collection rack in a state where the blood collection tube is supported in parallel with the blood collection rack.

FIGS. 32 to 33 show how the movable table 3 is simplified in the blood collection tube capping device of the above-described embodiment, and the cap A that has been set is gripped from the set of the cap A with respect to the holder set base 4. This is an example in which the entire closing operation of the cap A up to the closing of the blood collection tube C can be performed quickly and easily.
More specifically, the rack set base 6 is provided on the front half side of the movable table 3 supported so as to move back and forth by the grip portion 32, and the holder set base 4 is provided on the rear half side, as in the first embodiment. When the movable table 3 moves back and forth, the holder set table 4 is positioned below the cap head unit 2 and the rack set table 6 is mounted on the airframe 1 at the initial start when the cap A is grasped by the cap head unit 2. The holder set base 4 moves forward and the rack set base 6 moves to the cap head when the front position is exposed and when the cap A held by the cap head 2 is closed to the opening c of the blood collection tube C. Each of the moved positions is a front-rear movement that is switched to a state position that becomes a lower position of the part 2 and is moved. As a result, when the movable table 3 is retracted after the cap A with respect to the blood collection tube C supported in parallel with one blood collection rack B is closed, the position is changed to the following. In this example, the capping operation of the blood collection tube C of the blood collection tube rack B is in an initial start state, and the movable table 3 is moved back and forth alternately so that the blood collection tube can be continuously capped.

  As shown in the first embodiment, the movable table 3 is positioned by the restriction wheel 33 provided on the movable table 3 and the V-shaped notch recesses 34 provided before and after the base 10 (both not shown). This is a simple means that requires only two operations with the start set position omitted. As a result, the restriction wheel 33 faces the notch recesses 34 at the front or rear, and positioning at the front and rear positions becomes possible.

  The supply of the cap holder 5 and the blood collection rack B at this time is performed when the movable table 3 holds the cap A at the initial start, that is, when the holder set base 4 is positioned below the cap head portion 2. 32, the cap holder 5 is inserted toward the base surface of the holder set base 4 through the openings y provided in the left and right side wall plates 110 of the machine body 1. Further, the supply of the blood collection rack B can be performed by setting the rack set stand 6 exposed from the front side of the machine body 1 from above.

  On the other hand, the machine body 1 constituting the blood collection tube closing device W includes a cap head portion 2 having a rack holding hole 25 and a cap closing piston 26 (both not shown) and a drive means for moving the cap head portion 2 up and down. Since “a” and the like are the same as those in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, after the cap holder 5 and the blood collection rack B are inserted and set, the cap head portion 2 is lowered to complete the cap A holding operation quickly. Further, after the cap A is held, the movable table 3 is advanced and the cap head portion 2 is lowered, so that the cap A can be closed with respect to the opening c of the blood collection tube C. In this case, in these series of cap closing operations, the movable table 3 needs only two operations of forward movement and backward movement, and there is an advantage that the structure including the movable table 3 can be simplified.

A cap A 'bowl-shaped part B blood collection tube rack C blood collection tube W blood collection tube capping device a drive means b lifting mechanism c opening e window hole shaped opening k1 k2 regulating member s1 stopper y opening z braking member 1 body 10 base Table 11 Assembly machine frame 110 Left and right side wall plates 111 Girder 12 Open port 2 Cap head portion 20 Support rod 21 Holding main body portion 22 Link rod 23 Spring material 24 Cap holding member 25 Cap holding hole 26 Closing piston 26a Pressing surface 27 Guide Shaft 28 Guide member 3 Movable table 30 31 Ring body 32 Gripping part 33 Restriction wheel 34 Notch recessed part 4 Holder set stand 40 Support column 41 Set stand 5 Cap holder 6 Rack set stand 60 Rear wall plate 61 Notch 62 Front wall plate 63 Bottom plate 64 Pivot shaft 65 Rotating arm 7 Blood collection tube pressing member 70 Pressing protrusion 71 Pressing member 71 Case 711 spring 712 pressing rod 80 pivot 81 Kaidoban 82 pivoting axles 83 link plate 84 connecting fitting 85 connecting shaft 86 lever

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  A cap head portion arranged in a row or a plurality of rows on the upper part of the machine body, and mounted so as to be vertically movable at a lowering position that is lowered by the driving means and an upward movement position, and a lower part of the body A movable table that is movably mounted back and forth and moves back and forth between a lower position of the cap head portions aligned and arranged in a row and a position retracted from the lower position by the driving means, A holder set base that is mounted on the front half of the movable table and occupies a position facing the lower position of the cap head portion by moving the movable table, and a plurality of caps are aligned and set on the surface of the holder set base A cap holder that is placed and set on the rear side of the movable table and mounted in parallel with the holder set base on the second half of the movable table, and the key is moved by moving the movable table. A rack set base for placing and setting a blood collection tube rack in which a plurality of blood collection tubes occupying a position facing the lower position of the top head portion are set, and when the cap head portion is in the lowered downward movement position, The cap is inserted and fitted along the inner peripheral surface, and the cap holding hole formed in an inner peripheral cylindrical shape that holds the cap with the frictional resistance at the time of the insertion fitting, and the cap is forced downward from the cap holding hole And a cap capping piston for extruding the blood collection tube.   A rack set base and a holder set base for mounting a movable table that can be mounted movably back and forth on the lower part of the fuselage, respectively, on the front half side and the rear half side of the movable table, are mounted on the upper part of the fuselage in a vertically movable manner. The start set position occupying a position retracted from the lower position of the cap head section to be moved, the one-stage forward position occupying the position where the holder set base faces the lower position of the cap head section, and the rack set base is the lower position of the cap head section. The cap set and the blood collection rack are controlled to move back and forth by positioning at the two-stage forward position facing the front and the start set position again. It is possible to do it in a state where it is retracted from the lower position of the part and exposed to the front side of the aircraft Blood collection tube plugging apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein that.   A rack set base that mounts a movable table that can be mounted back and forth movably in the lower part of the fuselage on the front half of the movable table occupies the lower position of the cap head part that can be mounted vertically on the upper part of the fuselage. The position of the holder set base mounted on the second half of the movable table is restricted to move back and forth alternately to the position facing the lower position of the cap head, and the side wall of the fuselage An opening that allows the holder to pass is formed, and the cap holder is supplied to the base surface of the holder set base in the state where the movable table is restricted to the position where the holder set base occupies the lower position of the cap head section. The cap holder can be inserted from the side of the holder toward the base surface of the holder set base through the opening. The placing of the blood collection tube plugging apparatus.   The movable table of the blood collection tube capping device is arranged in parallel with the rack set base, and when the movable table is at the two-stage advance position, presses each blood collection tube of the blood collection tube rack and presses and restrains them in a horizontal row. The blood collection tube capping device according to claim 1, further comprising a blood vessel pressing member.

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