JPH061395A - Simultaneous capping method of a number of cyindrical containers - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously apply a number of caps, by carrying out drawing of an intermediate case, covering of an upper body, reversing up side down, removing of the intermediate case, setting of a lower body, reversing up side down, removing the upper body, placing of intermediate body holding caps, and placing of the upper body in turn and pressing the bodies from the upper side, in the captioned method for collecting blood or the like by which tubes are erected in the intermediate case and contained in the outer case. CONSTITUTION:Tubes 1 erected in an intermediate case 32 and contained in an outer case 31 are taken out with the intermediate case 32 and an upper body 15 is placed so that the opening of tubes 1 is fitted in the recessions 13. Next, the intermediate case is taken out upward by reversing upside down. Next, after the tubes 1 are erected in the insertion holes 2 of the lower body 4, these are reversed upside down. In this way, the tubes 1 are kept in the lower body 4 and held normally. Next, the upper body 15 is removed and the intermediate body 8 holding caps in the fitting holes 6 is placed so as to be capped at the openings and then again the upper body 15 is placed. In this condition, the bodies are pressed by a pressing plate 49 from the upper side in order to fit the caps 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is mainly useful for obtaining a tubular container such as a blood collection tube, a urine collection tube, and a stool collection tube containing a reagent in which a reagent is adhered to the inner wall surface by dry coagulation. The method for fitting the cap to the tubular container at once.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is extremely inefficient to fit caps one by one by hand. There is also a system in which the caps are fitted one by one with an automatic machine efficiently. However, this system is not preferable because the automatic machine becomes expensive.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described in the above prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel method capable of fitting a plurality of caps at once.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a structure in which an inner casing is stored in an outer casing so that it can be put in and out, and a large number of insertion holes are provided in the inner casing. In the case where the tubular container is stored by placing it in each hole, it is a method adopted when fitting the cap into the tubular container placed in the placing hole. A lower body with a large number of setting holes of the tubular container having the same arrangement and the same spacing, and a plurality of escape holes at appropriate places on the same upper surface, and the same arrangement and the same spacing as the setting holes. A large number of fitting holes for the cap are opened in the cap, and a rod shaft with a retaining head is erected downward at a location corresponding to the escape hole, and a washer is vertically movably fitted to the rod shaft. Back to give the washer elasticity towards the retaining head A step of forming an intermediate body in which a coil spring is wound, and an upper body having a recessed hole formed in the lower surface at the same arrangement and at the same intervals as the insertion holes, and forming the middle housing from the outer housing, The step of placing the upper body on this middle casing and dropping the mouth end of the tubular container and fitting it into the concave hole, the step of turning the whole body upside down and placing it on the pedestal after the fitting, The process of pulling out the casing upwards and leaving the tubular container in an upright state, covering the tubular container group in this upright state with the lower body in the upside down state and inserting the tubular container into the insertion hole provided in the lower body The step of inserting the bottom side part of the above, the step of reversing the whole upside down after this insertion and placing it on the gantry again, the step of removing the upper body, on the other hand, the outer periphery in the fitting hole formed in the intermediate Drop the cap consisting of the knob part with the tapered surface and the plug part from the top The step of fitting the taper of the part hooked on the edge of the placing hole is done, then the intermediate body with the cap is lowered from above the lower body where the tubular container is installed, and the head of the rod shaft escapes. There is a step of dropping the washer into the hole, locking the washer to the opening edge of the escape hole, and placing the plug part of the cap directly above the mouth of the tubular container, and then the top surface of all the caps at once with a pressure plate. The step of pressurizing the plug portion into the mouth of the tubular container by applying pressure is performed.

[0005]

Since the present invention is as described above, it is possible to fit the caps to a large number of tubular containers at once by performing each step.

[0006]

According to the method of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently fit the caps to a large number of tubular containers by press fitting, and the method can be carried out without using expensive equipment such as an automatic machine. It is suitable and easy to implement when a large amount of equipment cost cannot be spent.

[0007]

The method of the present invention is, for example, an outer casing 31 which can be folded and assembled, and a height which is half the depth of the outer casing 31 and an outer peripheral size which is the same as an inner peripheral size of the outer casing 31. A folding and assembling middle casing 32 having a flat tubular shape, and this middle casing 3
2 main leg plates 34, 35 having the same height as the depth of the outer casing 31 which is continuously provided on both left and right edges of the upper side plate 33, and can be raised and lowered on both left and right sides of the lower side plate 36 of the middle casing 32. Auxiliary leg plates 37, 3 which are half the height of the main leg plates 34, 35 connected in series.
8 and the insertion holes 39 and 40 of the tubular container 1 which are opened up and down through the upper plate 33 and the lower plate 36 in a vertically corresponding arrangement, and the middle casing 32 is provided inside the outer casing 31.
It is used when a large number of tubular containers 1 in which the reagent 27 is attached to the inner wall surface by dry coagulation are stored and stored in advance in the packaging container 41 in which is inserted and removed. That is, this is a method for fitting the cap 5 into the tubular container 1 containing the coagulation reagent 27, which is fitted and stored in the insertion holes 39 and 40. Incidentally, the insertion hole 39,
The tubular container 1 containing the coagulation reagent 27 fitted in 40 has a taper that becomes thicker from the bottom toward the mouth (the figure is shown without taper), and the insertion hole 39,
From 40, it can be pulled out toward the mouth and cannot be pulled out toward the bottom.

In order to carry out the method of the present invention, it is first necessary to prepare the following specific product. That is, the lower body 4 is formed by forming a large number of insertion holes 2 and a large number of escape holes 3 of the tubular container 1 on the upper surface. Separately from this, a large number of fitting holes 6 of the cap 5 are formed at the same positions and the same intervals as the setting holes 2, and the positioning holes 7 are provided at appropriate positions.
The intermediate body 8 in which a large number of
A bar shaft 10 with a positioning / preventing head 9 is erected downward at a position corresponding to the escape hole 3 on the lower surface of the bar shaft 10.
A washer 11 is vertically movably fitted to the washer 11 and a return coil spring 12 is wound around the washer 11 and the lower surface of the intermediate body 8 of the rod shaft 10. Separately from these, the lower surface is provided with the recessed holes 13 at the same arrangement and the same intervals as the insertion holes 2 and the positioning pins 14 are provided at the positions corresponding to the positioning recessed holes 7. The upper body 15 is provided upright.

Next, the inner casing 32 is removed from the outer casing 31, the contents 51 are taken out, the contents 51 are placed on the pedestal 17, and the upper body 15 is placed on the contents 51 (see FIG. 2). After this placement, the upper body 15 is turned upside down as a fall-off preventing member for the tubular container 1 and then placed on the pedestal 17 (see FIG. 3).
2 is moved upward to leave the tubular container 1 in an upright state (see FIG. 4). In this way, a state in which the tubular container 1 containing the coagulation reagent is orderly upright on the bottom surface of each of the recessed concave holes 13 of the upper body 15 is obtained.

After that, the reagent-containing tubular container 1 in an orderly upright position is lowered from above the container 1 group while the lower body 4 is turned upside down. After fitting, the upper body 15 is turned upside down as a fall-off preventing member for the tubular container 1, and the whole body is again turned upside down.
7 (see FIG. 6), and in this state, the upper body 1
Remove 5 (See Figure 7).

On the other hand, a fitting portion hole 6 formed in the intermediate body 8 has a knob portion 43 and a plug portion 4 each having a tapered outer peripheral surface.
A plastic cap 5 made of 4 is dropped from above and fitted. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the taper of the knob portion 43 is fitted on the edge of the fitting hole 6 and is prevented from falling downward. On top of this intermediate body 8 a flat toy board 45
The cap 5 is horizontally corrected by placing it (see FIG. 9) and pressing it lightly, and the intermediate body 8 containing the cap 5 is placed in the tubular container 1 while the oscillating plate 45 is placed on the lower body 4.
Down from above, thus allowing the head 9 of the rod shaft 10 to escape through the escape hole 3
Then, the washer 11 is locked to the opening edge of the escape hole 3 and the plug portion 44 of the cap 5 is applied to the mouth of the tubular container 1 (see FIG. 10). After that, the whole worktable 4 of the press 46
7 and the entire cap 5 is pushed down by the pressure plate 49 fixed to the lower end of the ram 48 to press the plug portion 44 into the mouth of the tubular container 1 (see FIG. 11).

After the press-fitting, the pressure plate 49 is returned, and the intermediate body 8 is also returned by the force of the coil spring 12. When this intermediate body 8 returns, since the plug portion 44 of the cap 5 is fitted into the tubular container 1 by the above-mentioned press fitting, the tubular container 1 is in a state of floating from the bottom of the insertion hole 2 (FIG. 12). reference). After confirming this state, the whole is removed from the press.

Next, the upper body 15 is placed on the intermediate body 8 (see FIG. 13), and the whole body is turned upside down to mount the pedestal 50.
The bottom of the lower body 4 is lightly pressed down in this state to bring the coil spring 12 into a contracted state. As a result, the tubular container 1 with the cap 5 falls by its own weight into the drop recess 13 of the upper body 15, the top surface of the cap 5 lands, and the tubular container 1 is in an upright state (see FIG. 14). The lower body 4 and the intermediate body 8 are removed so as not to collapse the tubular container 1 in the upright state.

After this removal, as shown in FIG. 15, the inner casing 32 is moved downward in an upside down state to obtain a state in which the tubular container 1 is inserted into the insertion holes 39 and 40, and the entire structure is obtained. The upper body 15 is turned upside down to remove the upper body 15 (see FIG. 16).
After this removal, the inner casing 32 containing the tubular container 1 is replaced by the outer casing 3
It is stored in 1 and the repackaging is completed.

In the above embodiment, the tubular container 1 after the cap 5 is fitted is returned to the original packaging container 41.
It can also be returned to a separately prepared makeup container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a packaging container containing a tubular container.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of placing an upper body on the middle casing.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an inner casing is turned upside down and placed on a pedestal.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of leaving the tubular container on the upper body in an upright state.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a lower body is covered on an inverted tubular container group.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lower body is covered and then the whole body is turned upside down and placed on the mount again.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an upper body is removed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of fitting a cap on an intermediate body.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the step of placing a torso plate.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of placing an intermediate body on a lower body.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of pressing with a press.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a process in which pressurization by a press is released.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of placing the upper body on the intermediate body.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of erecting the tubular container with a cap on the upper body.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a step of inserting the tubular container into the middle casing.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the tubular container is completely inserted into the middle casing.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view showing a completed state of repackaging.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a tubular container.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a lower body, an intermediate body, and an upper body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tubular container 2 Standing hole 3 Escape hole 4 Lower body 5 Cap 6 Fitting hole 7 Positioning hole 8 Intermediate 9 Positioning and retaining head 10 Rod shaft 11 Washer 12 Return coil spring 13 Dropping recessed hole 14 Position Alignment pin 15 Upper body 17 Mounting base 18 Mounting leg 19 Reagent dish 20 Bottom wall 21 Fixed amount hole 22 Shutter 23 Rail 24 Drop hole 25 Guide 26 Guide 27 Reagent 28 Reagent batch loading device 29 Sliding spatula 31 Outer casing 32 Middle casing 33 top Side plate 34 Main leg plate 35 Main leg plate 36 Lower side plate 37 Auxiliary leg plate 38 Auxiliary leg plate 39 Insertion hole 40 Insertion hole 41 Packaging container 43 Knob part 44 Plug part 45 Omoshi plate 46 Press 47 Working table 48 Ram 49 Pressing plate 50 stand 51 contents

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A case in which an inner casing is stored in an outer casing so that it can be put in and out, and a large number of insertion holes are provided in the inner casing, and a tubular container is inserted into each of the holes for storage. In the method of adopting when the cap is fitted to the tubular container placed in the insertion hole, first, a large number of the insertion holes of the tubular container are arranged on the upper surface in the same arrangement and at the same intervals as the insertion hole. Also, a lower body having a plurality of escape holes formed at appropriate places on the same upper surface, and a plurality of cap fitting holes at the same arrangement and at the same intervals as the insertion holes and the escape holes are provided. A rod shaft with a retaining head is erected downward at a location corresponding to the hole, a washer is vertically movably fitted to the rod shaft, and a return is given to the washer to give elastic force to the washer toward the retaining head. Intermediate body wound with a coil spring for
A step of forming an upper body having recessed holes formed in the lower surface at the same arrangement and the same distance as the insertion holes, and bringing the inner casing out of the outer casing; the upper body is placed on the inner casing. The step of placing and placing the mouth end of the tubular container into the concave hole, the step of flipping the whole body upside down after placing it, and placing it on the gantry. A step of leaving it in an inverted state, a step of covering the tubular container group in this inverted state with the lower body in an upside-down state and inserting the bottom side portion of the tubular container into a staking hole provided in the lower body, After this fitting, there is no step of flipping the whole body upside down and placing it on the gantry again, and removing the upper body.On the other hand, on the other hand, there are knobs and plugs with tapered outer peripheral surfaces in the fitting holes formed in the intermediate body. The cap made of is dropped from the top, the taper of the knob is fitted, and the Then, the intermediate body with the cap fitted is lowered from above the lower body with the tubular container, and the head of the rod shaft is dropped into the escape hole to allow the washer to escape. The step of engaging with the opening edge of the cap and positioning the cap part of the cap directly above the mouth of the tubular container is performed. A method of fitting caps into a large number of tubular containers all at once, which comprises the step of press-fitting into the mouth.