JPH0741069B2 - Dialyzer processing device for artificial dialysis - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION “Industrial field of application” The present invention relates to a treatment device for an artificial dialysis dialyzer, in which an artificial dialysis dialyzer is washed, filled with a filling solution, and capped at the mouth. Regarding

"Prior Art" Conventionally, a container cleaning device for cleaning the inside of the container, a filling device for filling the container with a filling liquid, and a capping device for capping the container mouth are known to have various configurations. .

And these devices are generally premised on a container having an opening at the upper end.For example, in a container cleaning device, the container is placed on a support table, and a filling nozzle is inserted from the mouth of the container into the container. The container is filled with the liquid from the filling nozzle.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" By the way, conventionally, a dialyzer for artificial dialysis is usually loaded with a hollow fiber bundle along the longitudinal direction in a cylindrical container, and the hollow part of the hollow fiber is The blood supply / discharge ports provided at both ends of the container are communicated with each other, and the outer peripheral portions of the hollow fibers are communicated with the dialysate supply / discharge ports provided on both sides of the outer peripheral surface of the container.

The dialyzer is usually supplied to a hospital or the like in a dry state, but in recent years, for reasons such as shortening the preparation time on the hospital side, the dialyzer is supplied in a state filled with a chemical solution such as an antioxidant. It has started to be done. However, conventionally,
For a container having mouths at both ends like a dialyzer, there is no treatment device for artificial dialysis dialyzer that was prepared by washing the container, filling the filling liquid, and further capping the mouth. Was being processed.

“Means for Solving the Problems” In view of such circumstances, the present invention is rotatably provided,
A rotary body that sequentially conveys an artificial dialysis dialyzer having upper and lower mouths to a work set position, a cleaning position, a filling position, a capping position, and a discharge position, and an outer peripheral portion of the rotary body is provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. , A plurality of clamp devices for respectively holding the dialyzer in a vertical state with its mouth portions arranged vertically, a supply device provided at the work set position for supplying the dialyzer to the clamp device, and provided at the cleaning position. And a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the inside of the dialyzer by circulating a cleaning liquid from one mouth of the dialyzer to the other mouth, and the cleaning mechanism is provided at the filling position, and the one mouth of the dialyzer is inserted into the dialyzer. A filling mechanism for filling a filling liquid and one of the dialyzer, which is provided at the capping position and seals one mouth of the dialyzer, And the capping mechanism for capping a section, is further provided in the discharge position, there is provided a processing apparatus for artificial dialysis dialyzer, characterized in that it comprises a discharge device for discharging to the outside the dialyzer from the rotating member.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, the dialyzer for artificial dialysis having the upper and lower mouth portions is in a state where the mouth portions of the dialyzer are arranged vertically due to the supply position provided at the work set position.
It is supplied to and clamped by a clamp device provided on the rotating body.

The dializer gripped in the vertical state with the mouth portions arranged vertically by the clamp device is sequentially conveyed from the work set position to the washing position, the filling position, the capping position, and the discharging position by the rotation of the rotating body. become.

Then, by the cleaning mechanism provided at the cleaning position, the cleaning liquid is circulated from the one mouth of the dialyzer to the other mouth and the inside of the dialyzer is cleaned, and by the filling mechanism provided at the filling position, A filling liquid is filled into the dialyzer from one opening of the dialyzer.

Furthermore, the capping mechanism provided at the capping position caps the other mouth of the dialyzer while sealing the other mouth, and thus the dialyzer with the mouth capped is moved to the discharge position. It is discharged from the rotating body to the outside by the provided discharge position.

[Examples] The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated examples. In Fig. 1, an artificial dialysis dialyzer 1 as a hollow fiber type body fluid treatment device includes a container 2 and a hollow fiber bundle 3 housed therein. The hollow fiber bundle 3 is provided at its upper and lower ends with a sealing hardening material 4 inside the container 2, and the inside of the container 2 is divided into three chambers 5, 6, 7 by the upper and lower hardening materials 4. is doing.

Both ends of each hollow hole of the hollow fiber bundle 3 are provided with the hardener 4
Are communicated with the chambers 5 and 7 formed above and below, respectively. The upper chamber 5 is connected to the first upper opening 8 formed in the container 2, and the lower chamber 7 is connected to the first lower opening 9. Each is communicated with the outside via. Also, in the middle of the upper and lower curing material 4,
The chamber 6 on the outside of each hollow hole of the hollow fiber bundle 3 has a second upper opening portion 10 formed above the middle portion of the container 2 and a second lower opening portion 11 formed below the middle portion of the container 2. It communicates with the outside through.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a processing device 14 that cleans the dialyzer 1, fills it with a chemical solution, and caps each of the mouths 8 to 11.

In the figure, the dialyzer 1 is placed horizontally and in parallel on the pallet 15 as a set of four, and as shown in FIG. 3, each second upper opening 10 and second lower opening 11 are placed. Are maintained downward by engaging them in the holes formed in the pallet 15 so that they face downward. The pallet 15 is conveyed by a supply conveyor 16 and is intermittently carried into a predetermined supply position A.

Two work introduction handlers 18 for sequentially delivering the dialyzer 1 on the pallet 15 and introducing the dialyzer 1 into the rotating body 17 between the supply position A and the rotating body 17 constituting the processing device 14,
19 and a direction control device 20 arranged between them.

The first work introduction handler 18 grips the body portions of the four dialyzer 1 on the pallet 15 from above, respectively, and then raises each dialyzer 1 to raise the second upper mouth portion 10.
And the second lower port 11 is removed from the hole formed in the pallet 15. Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the dialyzer 1 is made to stand upright with the first upper opening 8 facing upward, and is then rotated approximately 90 degrees counterclockwise in FIG. 2 to face the direction regulating device 20. At this time, the second upper opening 10 of the dialyzer 1
And, the second lower opening 11 faces outward with respect to the rotation center of the first work introduction handler 18.

When the dialyzer 1 is directed to the direction setting device 20 by the first work introduction handler 18, the first work introduction handler 18 advances the dialyzer 1 to carry it into the direction setting device 20. Then, the direction regulating device 20 is connected to the dialyzer 1.
The upper and lower parts, that is, the first upper opening portion 8 and the first lower opening portion 9 are lightly supported. When the direction regulating device 20 supports the upper and lower parts of the dialyzer 1, the first work introduction handler 18 releases the grip of the dialyzer 1 and returns to the original position.

The direction regulating device 20 includes the second lower mouth portions protruding laterally.
It is equipped with four clampers (not shown) for sandwiching 11 from both sides thereof, and each clamper has the second lower opening 11
By sandwiching each of them, each second lower opening portion 11 is accurately directed in a predetermined direction, that is, in the right direction in FIG.

In this way, when the direction regulating device 20 accurately aligns the direction of the dialyzer 1 with a predetermined direction, the second work introduction handler 19 then grips the body of the dialyzer 1 whose direction is regulated. When the 2 work introduction handler 19 grips the dialyzer 1, the upper and lower grips of the dialyzer 1 by the direction regulating device 10 are released. Then, the second work introduction handler 19 pulls out the dialyzer 1 from the inside of the direction regulating device 20 to the right in FIG. 2, and then rotates each dialyzer 1 by about 90 degrees in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 to rotate the processing device 14. Direct it to body 17.

Next, the second work introduction handler 19 pushes the dialyzer 1 toward the rotating body 17, and when the clamp device 21 (FIG. 4) provided in the rotating body 17 grips the dialyzer 1, the gripper is released to release the original. Return to the position. Therefore, the dialyzer 1 on the pallet 15 allows the second upper opening portion 10 and the second lower opening 11 to move radially outward of the rotating body 17 via the two work introduction handlers 18 and 19 and the direction regulating device 20. It is introduced into the processing device 14 in a state of being directed.

In the present embodiment, the above two work introduction handlers 1
8 and 19 and the direction control device 20 allow dialyzer 1
A supply device is configured to supply to the clamp device 21 in the rotating body 17.

In the illustrated embodiment, the rotating body 17 is adapted to make one rotation by intermittent movement of 15 steps, and receives the dialyzer 1 from the second work introduction handler 19 at the work set position. Then, at the next degassing position, air is sucked and discharged from the dialyzer 1, and at the subsequent cleaning positions 1 to 3, the cleaning liquid is circulated in the dialyzer 1 to perform cleaning.

When the dialyzer 1 is located at the next chemical liquid filling position, the flow path switching means is switched and the supply liquid to the dialyzer 1 is switched from the cleaning liquid to the chemical liquid. Then, the dialyzer 1 is filled with the chemical liquid at the chemical liquid filling position and the chemical liquid filling position subsequent thereto.

When the dialyzer 1 is in the air replacement and first capping position, a predetermined amount of the chemical liquid is discharged from the inside of the chamber 6 outside the hollow holes of the hollow fiber bundle 3 in the middle of the upper and lower hardening materials 4 described above. Air is introduced so that the dialyzer 1 is not damaged even if the chemical solution thermally expands after the product is completed. And at this position, the first
The capping mechanism 24 caps the second upper opening 10 of the dialyzer 1.

Continue to the second capping mechanism at the second capping position.
The second lower opening 11 is capped by 25, and the third
The first upper opening 8 is capped by the third capping mechanism 26 at the capping position. Then, at the ejection position, the first workpiece ejection handler 27 having the same configuration as the second workpiece introduction handler 19 receives the dialyzer 1 from the clamp device 21 of the rotating body 17, and rotates the dialyzer 1 clockwise about 180 degrees. Then, the dialyzer 1 is carried into the fourth capping mechanism 28.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the first work discharge handler is
Reference numeral 27 constitutes a discharging device for discharging the dialyzer 1 from the rotating body 17 to the outside.

At this time, the first lower opening portion 9 of the dialyzer is conveyed from the rotating body 17 to the capping mechanism 28 with the first lower opening portion 9 opened, but since the first upper opening portion 8 is capped and closed, The chemical liquid in the dialyzer 1 does not leak.

When the first lower opening portion 9 is capped by the capping mechanism 28, the dialyzer 1 is carried out from the capping mechanism 28 by the second work discharge handler 29 having the same configuration as the first work introduction handler 18, and the dialyzer 1 Is placed on the empty pallet 15 in the same state as when it was loaded. And this pallet 15 is a discharge conveyor.
It is conveyed to the next process by 30.

However, the specific configuration of the processing device 14 will be described in more detail. In FIG. 4, the rotating body 17 has a support column 35 arranged in parallel with a central rotation shaft (not shown), and the rotation shaft and the support shaft 35. It is provided with an upper surface table 36 and a lower surface table 37 attached above and below, and is intermittently driven to rotate by a drive source (not shown).

Between the upper surface table 36 and the lower surface table 37, 15 sets of cleaning and filling mechanisms corresponding to the number of each of the intermittent stop positions to.
38 is provided so that each cleaning and filling mechanism 38 can simultaneously process one set of four dialyzer 1.

Each of the cleaning and filling mechanisms 38 seals the first lower opening 9 and the second lower opening 11 below the dialyzer 1, and supplies them to the cleaning liquid supply source 40 via the flow path switching means 39.
Alternatively, a lower sealing mechanism 42 that communicates with a chemical liquid supply source 41
And an upper sealing mechanism 42 'for sealing the first upper opening 8 and the second upper opening 10 above the dialyzer 1 and communicating them with the negative pressure source 43, the liquid recovery unit 44 or the atmosphere 45.
It has and.

The lower seal mechanism 42 includes four clamp members 49 that are attached to the lower surface table 37 and clamp the lower portion of the dialyzer 1. The upper surface of each clamp member 49 has the first lower opening 9 of the dialyzer 1. Recess 50 to accommodate
And the clamp member around the recess 50.
A seal member (not shown) that seals between the upper surface of 49 and the dialyzer 1 is provided.

The recess 50 is provided with a passage 51 formed in the shaft portion of the clamp member 49, a conduit 52 connected thereto, a pneumatically operated valve 53 for closing the conduit, and a pneumatically operated valve 54 constituting the flow path switching means 39 described above. , 55 via the above-mentioned washing liquid supply source 40
Alternatively, it can be selectively connected to the chemical liquid supply source 41.

An elevating block 58 is attached to the clamp member 49 so as to be able to ascend and descend (see FIG. 5), and a valve block 59 is attached to the elevating block 58 so as to move back and forth in the radial direction of the rotating body 17. Then, the lifting block 58 is attached to the lower surface table 37.
A cylinder device 60 for raising and lowering the valve block 59 is attached to the raising and lowering block 58, and usually the valve block 59
A spring (not shown) is provided to hold the member 17 at a position protruding outward in the radial direction.

The valve block 59 is moved against the spring by a cylinder device 61 (see FIG. 2) provided in the degassing position, and the valve means 62 provided in the valve block 59 is connected to the second lower part of the dialyzer 1. The mouth 11 is crimped so that the periphery of the mouth 11 can be sealed. The second lower opening 11 of the dialyzer 1 has the valve means 62,
It communicates with the above-mentioned conduit 52 communicating with the first lower opening portion 9 of the dialyzer 1 through the passage 63 formed in the valve block 59 and the conduit 64 connected thereto, whereby the supply source 40 of the cleaning liquid or the chemical liquid is communicated. The source 41 is selectively connectable.

Further, the conduit 52 connected to the passage 51 formed in the clamp member 49 is provided with a suction cylinder device 65 for discharging a required amount of chemical solution from the dialyzer 1 and introducing air into the dialyzer 1. . A check valve 66 is provided in the conduit on the passage 51 side of the cylinder device 65 so that the chemical solution is not sucked from the passage 51 side when the suction cylinder device 65 is operated.

The valve means 62 provided in the valve block 59 is the fifth
As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 6, the valve block 59 is provided with a tubular member 67 for accommodating the tip end portion of the second lower opening portion 11 while keeping the liquid tightness thereof. 3 holes are made in the radial direction, and balls are placed in each hole.
68 is housed so as not to fall off inward in the radial direction.

The diameter of the ball 68 is set to be slightly larger than the thickness of the tubular member 67, and each ball 68 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the lock ring 69 rotatably provided on the outer periphery of the tubular member 67.
Is formed with a cutout portion 70 for accommodating a part thereof. In the open position in which each ball 68 is located in each notch 70, the tip of the second lower opening 11 can be fitted into the tubular member 67, while the tubular With the tip of the second lower opening portion 11 fitted in the member 67, the lock ring 69
When the ball is rotated to the lock position, each ball 68 is projected into the tubular member 67 and engaged with the annular groove (see FIG. 1) formed in the second lower opening portion 11 to thereby form the tubular shape. The member 67 and the second lower opening 11 are kept liquid-tight so that they can be integrally connected.

The lock rings 69 are interlocked with each other via a connecting rod 72, and a cylinder device 73 for rotating the lock ring 69 from the open position to the locked position is provided at one end of the connecting rod 72. This cylinder device 73
It is provided at the deaeration position and can be advanced by the cylinder device 61 to be positioned at one end of the connecting rod 72. Further, although not shown, a cylinder device is provided at a second capping position for capping the second lower opening portion 11 in the same manner as the cylinder device 73, and the cylinder device moves the lock ring 69 from the lock position to the open position. It can be rotated.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, a guide rod 77 is attached to the upper surface table 36 in a vertically downward direction. An elevating plate 78 is attached to the guide rod 77 so as to be vertically movable, and a cylinder device attached to the upper surface table 36. The lifting plate 78 can be moved up and down by 79. The lifting plate 78 is attached to the upper sealing mechanism 4 described above.
2'is provided.

The main part of this upper sealing mechanism 42 'is the lower sealing mechanism 42'.
Since it has the same structure as the above, the description of its specific structure will be omitted by showing the same parts as the lower sealing mechanism 42 with the same reference numerals as "". However, the clamp member 49 'that constitutes the upper sealing mechanism 42' is provided on the elevating plate 78 so as to be able to move up and down and is urged downward by the spring 80, and clamps the dialyzer 1 with the lower clamp member 49. In doing so, the error in the amount of lowering of the elevating plate 78 can be absorbed.

Also, two passages 51 'and 51 "are formed in parallel in the clamp member 49' of the upper sealing mechanism 42 ', and one passage 5'
1'is branched into three via a conduit 81, two branch pipes of which connect the washing liquid to a measuring pot 84 and a medicinal liquid measuring pot 85 via pneumatically operated valves 82 and 83, respectively.
Further, each of the measuring pots 84 and 85 is connected to the above-mentioned liquid recovery section 44 via pneumatically operated valves 86 and 87, respectively.

The passage 63 'formed in the valve block 59' is also connected to the liquid recovery part 44 in the same manner as the passage 51 'side. Also, a third branch pipe from the conduit 81 on the side of the passage 51 '.
A conduit 93 connected to the atmosphere 45 via 89 and connected to the other passage 51 ″ formed in the clamp member 49 ′.
The on-off valve 94 is connected to the negative pressure source 43. The conduit 93 is also communicated with the passage 63 'formed in the valve block 59' through the conduit 81.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the first capping mechanism 24 provided at the first capping position.
Holds a cap (not shown) and attaches it to the second upper opening 10
It is equipped with four capping heads 101 for capping. Each capping head 101 is attached to a carriage 102 via a bracket 103 so as to be swingable in a vertical plane, and is swingably operated by a cylinder device 104.

The carriage 102 is reciprocally mounted on a lift 105, and is reciprocated by a cylinder device 106 provided on the lift 105. Further, the elevating table 105 is provided on a rotating table 107 so as to be vertically movable, and is vertically moved by a cylinder device 108. And the turntable
The 107 is rotationally driven by a drive source (not shown).

When the capping head 101 holds the cap, each capping head 101 is directed vertically downward,
And the carriage 102 is located at the right retracted position in FIG. 7,
Moreover, when the lift 105 is raised, the turntable 107 is moved to the 7th position.
It is located approximately 90 degrees from the position shown in the figure.

In this state, the caps are supplied to the positions directly below them by the linear cap supply mechanism (not shown) so as to match the intervals of the four dialyzer 1, that is, the intervals of the four capping heads 101.

Then, the elevator 105 is lowered by the cylinder device 108, whereby each capping head 101 holds a cap (not shown). When each capping head 101 grips the cap, the elevating table 105 is raised, and then the rotary table 107 is rotated to face each capping head 101 to the dialyzer 1.

In this state, the cylinder device 102 raises the capping heads 101 to the horizontal position, and the caps held by the capping heads 101 face the second upper opening portions 10. Then, the cylinder device 106 advances the carriage 102 to the left in FIG. 7 to cap the cap on the second upper opening 10.

Although not shown, the second to fourth capping mechanisms 2
It is clear that 5, 26, and 28 have the same configuration, and capping can be performed by appropriately controlling the direction and the moving direction of the capping head 101 during capping.

In the above configuration, when the rotating body 17 stops at the work set position, the lift plate 78 is positioned at the rising end position by the cylinder device 79, whereby the distance between the pair of upper and lower clamp members 49, 49 'is increased. Has been expanded. Further, the pair of upper and lower elevating blocks 58 and 58 'are located at positions separated from each other by the cylinder devices 60 and 60', respectively, so that they do not interfere with the dialyzer 1. Further, the passages 51, 51 ', 51 ", 63, 6 formed in each clamp member 49, 49' and valve block 59, 59 '.
Each 3'is closed.

In this state, when the dialyzer 1 is loaded into the rotating body 17 by the second work introduction handler 19, the clamp device 21 grips the body of the dialyzer 1 and the second work introduction handler 19 moves the dialyzer 1 into the dialyzer 1. When the grip is released, the clamp device 21 moves the dialyzer 1 downward so that the lower surface of the dialyzer 1 is clamped.
Crim it to 49 and seal it.

Next, when the elevating plate 78 is lowered by the cylinder device 79, the dialyzer 1 is clamped by the pair of upper and lower clamp members 49, and the elevating blocks 58 and 58 'are respectively in the cylinder devices 60 and 60. ′ Is moved to a position close to each other by each valve block
The valve means 62, 62 'of 59, 59' are respectively the second upper opening 1
0, so as to face the second lower opening 11.

Next, when the rotating body 17 advances one step to the degassing position, the cylinder device 61 provided at that position moves forward to move the valve blocks 59 and 59 'against the springs, and the valve means 62. The second upper opening 10 and the second lower opening 11 are fitted in the tubular members 67 of 62, 62 ', respectively. Then, in this state, the cylinder device 73 moves the lock ring 69 from the open position to the lock position via the connecting rod 72, so that the valve means 62, 62 ′ have the second upper opening portion 10 and the second lower opening portion. 11 are integrally connected to each other.

Further, in this state, the opening / closing valve 94 is opened and the inside of the dialyzer 1 is formed with the upper clamp member 49 '.
Since the negative pressure source 43 is communicated with the negative pressure source 43 through the passage 1'and the passage 63 'formed in the valve block 59', the air in the dialyzer 1 is sucked and discharged. Then, the on-off valve 94 is closed.

When the rotating body 17 reaches the next cleaning position, the pneumatically operated valve
53 and 54 are opened, and the cleaning liquid is supplied first from the cleaning liquid supply source 40.
It is supplied from the lower opening 9 and the second lower opening 11 into the dialyzer 1 in a vacuum state. In this manner, the air inside the dialyzer 1 is sucked and discharged, and the dialyzer 1 is erected so that the longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber bundles 3 therein is the vertical direction. By supplying and filling the cleaning liquid into the dialyzer 1 from the second lower opening 11, even if the cleaning liquid is rapidly supplied into the dialyzer 1, the cleaning liquid does not remain in the hollow portion of the hollow fiber. The cleaning liquid can be filled in the hollow portion.

Further, the pneumatically operated valve 82 is continuously opened, and the cleaning liquids flowing through the dialyzer 1 and discharged from the first upper opening portion 8 and the second upper opening portion 10 are respectively stored in the cleaning liquid measuring pot 84. It

When the rotating body 17 sequentially passes through the cleaning position to the chemical liquid filling position, the pneumatic pressure operating valve 54 constituting the flow path switching means 39 is closed and the pneumatic pressure operating valve 55 is opened,
As a result, the liquid supplied to the dialyzer 1 is switched from the cleaning liquid to the chemical liquid. Further, the pneumatic operation valve 82 on the side of the washing liquid measuring pot 84 is closed, and
The pneumatically operated valve 83 on the 85 side is opened, and the chemical liquid flowing through the dialyzer 1 is stored in the measuring pot 85.

When the rotary body 17 sequentially passes through the chemical solution filling positions 1 to 3, the dialyzer 1 is filled with the chemical solution, and when the rotary body 17 reaches the last chemical solution filling position, the pneumatic actuation valves 53 and 55 are closed to supply the chemical solution. Pneumatically operated valve 83
Is closed. In this state, the cylinder device (not shown) unlocks the upper valve means 62 ',
The valve block 59 'has a second upper opening portion by a spring (not shown).
When the cylinder device 60 'is removed from the elevator 10, the lifting block 58' is retracted upward. At this time, the second upper mouth
The second lower opening 11 communicating with 10 is sealed by the pneumatically operated valve 53, so that the liquid in the dialyzer 1 does not leak to the outside.

When the pneumatically operated valve 83 is closed, each weighing pot is closed.
The stored amount of 84, 85 is measured, and if the amount is abnormal, an alarm is issued. Then, the liquid in each of the measuring pots 84 and 85 is thereafter discharged to the liquid recovery unit 44 by opening the air pressure operating valves 86 and 87, and further, after the liquid is discharged from each of the measuring pots 84 and 85, the pneumatic operation is performed. The valves 86 and 87 are closed.

When the rotating body 17 reaches the next air displacement and the first capping position, the suction cylinder device 65 is operated and the conduits 52, 64 are activated.
And a predetermined amount of the liquid medicine is sucked from the second lower opening 11 via the passage 63. Then, at this time, since the second upper opening 10 is opened, air is sucked into the dialyzer 1 from the second upper opening 10 to seal the respective openings 8 to 11 of the dialyzer 1 and then the chemical solution thermally expands. However, the dialyzer 1 will not be damaged. Incidentally, the suction cylinder device 65,
The original state at the time of supplying the cleaning liquid to the next dialyzer 1 is restored. Then, when air is introduced into the dialyzer 1, the second upper opening 10 of the dialyzer 1 is capped by the first capping mechanism 24.

When the rotating body 17 reaches the second capping position, the open / close valve 8
9 and 94 are opened, and the chemical liquid remaining in the conduit 81 and the passage 51 'is sucked and recovered to the negative pressure source 43 side through the passage 51 "and the conduit 93.

On the other hand, a lower valve means is provided by a cylinder device (not shown).
When the lock of 62 is released and the valve block 59 is separated from the second lower opening 11 by a spring (not shown), the cylinder device 60 retracts the elevating block 58 downward. As a result, the sealing of the second lower opening 11 is released, but at this time, since the second upper opening 10 communicating with this is sealed by the cap (not shown), the liquid in the dialyzer 1 is There is no leakage from the lower opening 11 to the outside. Then, in this state, the second capping mechanism 25
The lower opening 11 is capped.

When the rotating body 17 reaches the third capping position, the on-off valves 89 and 94 are closed, and the lifting / lowering plate 78 is lifted by the cylinder device 79, whereby the clamping member 49 'is lifted and the first dialyzer 1 of the dialyzer 1 is moved. 1 upper mouth 8
Is released. When the first upper opening 8 is opened, the first upper opening 8 is capped by the third capping mechanism 26.

At this time, when the clamp member 49 ′ is lifted, the clamp of the dialyzer 1 by the pair of clamp members 49, 49 ′ is released, but the dialyzer 1 is urged downward by the clamp device 21 and the clamp member 49 below. Is crimped and sealed to
Moreover, the passage 51 provided in the clamp member 49 is provided with the pneumatically operated valve 53.
Since it is hermetically sealed, the liquid in the dialyzer 1 does not leak outside.

Next, as described above, when the rotating body 17 reaches the discharging position, the first work discharge handler 27 receives the dialyzer 1 from the clamp device 21 of the rotating body 17, and carries the dialyzer 1 into the fourth capping mechanism 28. Like At this time, the first lower opening 9 remains open,
At this time, since the first upper opening 8 is sealed by a cap (not shown), the liquid in the dialyzer 1 is
There is no leakage from the lower opening 9 to the outside. When the dialyzer 1 is introduced into the fourth capping mechanism 28, the fourth lower cap 9 is capped by the fourth capping mechanism 28.

Although the dialyzer 1 is used as a container having upper and lower mouths in the above embodiment, it is needless to say that it is not limited thereto.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, an artificial dialysis dialyzer having upper and lower mouths, which is supplied to the rotating body at the work set position, is provided with a washing position and a filling position as the rotating body rotates. It is possible to wash the dialyzer at the washing position, fill the dialyzer with the filling liquid at the filling position, and cap the mouth portion at the capping position while sequentially transporting to the position and the capping position. Further, since the dialyzer can be discharged from the rotating body to the outside at the discharging position, the series of processes of cleaning, filling and capping are automatically executed with the rotation of the rotating body without requiring human labor. The effect that can be obtained is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a sectional view of a dialyzer, FIG. 2 is an overall schematic plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the state of a dialyzer placed on a pallet 15, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing an essential part of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a first capping mechanism. FIG. 24 is a side view of 24. 1 ... Dializer, 2 ... Container 8-11 ... Port, 14 ... Processor 17 ... Rotator, 24-26 Capping mechanism 38 ... Cleaning and filling mechanism 39 ... Flow path switching means 40 ...... Cleaning supply source, 41 …… Chemical solution supply source …… Work set position, ～ …… Cleaning position ～ …… Filling position, ～ …… Capping position …… Discharging position

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rotating body which is rotatably provided and sequentially conveys an artificial dialysis dialyzer having upper and lower mouths to a work set position, a washing position, a filling position, a capping position, and a discharging position, and a rotating body of the rotating body. A plurality of clamp devices, which are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the outer circumference and grip the dialyers in a vertical state with their mouths arranged vertically, and the dialyzer as a clamp device provided at the work set position. A supply device for supplying, a cleaning mechanism provided at the cleaning position, a cleaning liquid for cleaning the inside of the dialyzer by circulating a cleaning liquid from one mouth of the dialyzer to the other mouth, and provided at the filling position, A filling mechanism for filling a filling liquid into the dialyzer from one mouth of the dialyzer, and the capping position.
A capping mechanism for capping the other mouth of the dialyzer while sealing the other mouth thereof; and a discharge device provided at the discharge position for discharging the dialyzer from the rotating body to the outside. Device for dialyzer for artificial dialysis.