KR101762372B1

KR101762372B1 - UV Irradiation Equipment With Auto Open-and-close Device

Info

Publication number: KR101762372B1
Application number: KR1020150090480A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이진희; 최준혁
Original assignee: 한국표준과학연구원
Priority date: 2015-06-25
Filing date: 2015-06-25
Publication date: 2017-07-28
Also published as: CN107406817A; WO2016209003A1; KR20170001064A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening and closing apparatus, and more particularly, to a UV irradiator having a UV irradiator, an illuminator and a lamp mounted on the top surface thereof, a UV irradiator having a light shielding part, Is a UV irradiator that provides a precise amount of time and amount of light for a sample of an irradiated portion to be irradiated with light.

Description

(UV Irradiation Equipment With Auto Open-and-close Device)

The present invention relates to a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening and closing apparatus, and is a device for studying DNA damage and biochemical reaction of cells by UV irradiation using microorganisms cultured in a culture apparatus, mammalian cells, and the like. More specifically, a light-blocking unit and an irradiating unit, which are equipped with an illuminator and a lamp on the upper surface of a UV irradiator, capable of automatically opening and closing the UV irradiator, and a timer and a control unit mounted on the UV irradiator, Is a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening / closing device that accurately provides a predetermined amount of light for a predetermined period of time.

The important factors in the UV irradiator are the kind of ray, time, etc., and the above conditions must be adjustable according to the sample to be irradiated. Conventional UV irradiator is designed to measure the seconds directly to irradiate the beam for a certain period of time and to block the UV transmitted to the sample when the beam is blocked. When the user manually counts the seconds, accurate time measurement can not be performed, and the result is inconvenient that the result is not correct because the ray is not irradiated for a certain period of time.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening / closing device designed to provide an appropriate amount of light to a sample to be tested for an accurate time.

In addition, in the present invention, when a sample to be irradiated is mounted on a UV irradiator, an accurate amount of light is supplied to the timer through an automatic opening / closing device, and a detachable lamp is mounted for various experiments.

The present invention relates to a UV irradiation apparatus for irradiating microorganisms and mammalian cells, which comprises a box-shaped body, an opening portion mounted on the front surface of the body, a door rotatably formed on the body to open and close the opening portion, A lighting unit mounted in the lighting unit, a lamp for emitting a light beam into the main unit, a plate-shaped irradiation unit formed in parallel with at least one lower surface of the main unit and capable of placing a sample thereon, And a control unit for controlling an opening / closing interval of the light blocking unit according to a time input to the timer, and a control unit for controlling the interval between the light blocking unit and the light blocking unit, And a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening and closing device.

The lamp is replaceable and can be equipped with either UV-A, UV-B or UV-C. In addition, the light blocking portion is made of a material for blocking light rays, and the main body is also made of a material for blocking rays of light for safety of the user, and the irradiation portion is formed to be able to select a distance from the light blocking portion .

According to the UV irradiator equipped with the automatic opening and closing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the conventional UV irradiator is designed to reduce errors caused by the conventional culture apparatus failing to provide an accurate amount of light to the sample.

Conventionally, in order to irradiate a sample with a light beam, the user manually counts the seconds and directly blocks the UV transmitted to the sample through a light blocking portion of a material that the light source can not pass through. When the user directly measures the time, there is an inconvenience that the error is not accurate and the accuracy and reproducibility of the result are poor.

The present invention intends to reduce the error of the experiment by opening and closing at an accurate time using an automatic opening and closing apparatus and correcting the amount of light transmitted to the sample. In addition, various lamps providing light beams are made detachable so that they can be used in various experiments.

1 is an overall perspective view showing a UV irradiator equipped with an automatic opening and closing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a door according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view of a light blocking portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view of a light blocking part according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and changed.

Modifications and variations of other arrangements of the invention may be practiced by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, particularly as defined in the claims, and aspects of the above embodiments may be modified in whole or in part And those skilled in the art will understand that the description is merely exemplary and is not intended to limit the spirit of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the technical concept of the present invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the present invention, an automatic opening and closing device is attached to an irradiation device for irradiating a microbe, mammalian cell, or the like with light rays. The UV irradiator equipped with the automatic opening and closing device comprises an illumination unit 400 for mounting a main body 100, an opening 200 in which a door 300 is formed, and a lamp 500 for providing a light beam into the main body 100 A light blocking part 700 formed between the illuminating device 400 and the irradiation part 600 and an opening and closing part 710 mounted to the light blocking part 700. The light blocking part 700 may be formed of a transparent material, A timer 800 mounted on the main body 100, and a control unit 900.

The main body 100 is formed in a box shape and has an opening 200 mounted on its front surface. A door 300 is rotatably formed on the main body 100 so that the opening 200 can be opened and closed. In the present embodiment, two doors 300 opened and closed in the left and right direction for opening and closing the opening 200 mounted on the front surface are shown. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and one door 300 may be used Of course, it is also possible to use one or a plurality of doors 300 which are opened and closed in the vertical direction.

The door 300 is provided with a handle for allowing the user to rotate the door 300. The shape and structure of the handle are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and various structures can be selected.

The illumination device 400 is mounted in communication with the upper surface of the main body 100. A lamp 500 is mounted inside the illumination device 400. The lamp 500 is detachable and can be replaced depending on the type of light to be tested. The lamp 500 inside the illumination device 400 emits light rays into the main body 100. At this time, a battery may be mounted to drive the lamp 500 to emit light into the main body 100, or may be powered to emit light.

It is preferable that the illumination device 400 installed in the main body 100 is adjusted to an angle desired by the user when the light is emitted.

The lamp 500 may be equipped with any one of UV-A, UV-B and UV-C, and may further include a lamp 500 such as an infrared lamp and an ozone generating lamp.

The irradiation unit 600 is formed in parallel with at least one lower surface in the main body 100. The irradiating unit 600 is in the form of a plate for placing the sample 610, and has a fitting groove 650. The main body 100 has a fitting protrusion 660 formed on the inner left and right sides thereof so as to engage with the irradiation unit 600. At this time, a plurality of fitting protrusions 660 inside the main body 100 are formed on the inner wall surface of the main body 100 in the vertical direction so that the height between the lamp 500 and the irradiation unit 600 is measured You can choose to use it. In addition, the irradiation unit 600 can be taken out to the outside through the front surface, and can be more conveniently used when the sample 610 is mounted on the irradiation unit 600.

The fitting protrusions 660 can be conveniently used when it is desired to investigate the influence of the irradiation intensity on the sample depending on the distance to be irradiated by the light beam. It is also possible to install a plurality of irradiating units 600 on the fitting protrusions 660 formed inside the main body 100 to examine changes in culture depending on distances.

In this embodiment, the fitting protrusion 660 is mounted on the main body 100 and the fitting groove 650 is mounted on the irradiation unit 600. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, It is also possible to mount the fitting protrusion on the irradiating unit 600.

The light blocking part 700 is formed between the illumination device 400 and the irradiation part 600 in parallel with the bottom surface. The light blocking part 700 is equipped with an opening / closing part 710 which can be opened and closed by the control part, and repeatedly opens and closes for the time input to the timer 800. The shape of the opening / closing part 710 is not limited to that shown in the drawing, and various shapes such as a rectangle can be selected.

In order to automatically open and close the opening / closing part 710, the light blocking part 700 is equipped with a driving motor 750. The light shielding part 700 has a shape of a plate having a predetermined thickness and mounts the driving motor 750 inside the plate. The light blocking portion 700 may be mounted in various spaces to facilitate the opening and closing of the light blocking portion 710 mounted on the light blocking portion 700.

When a time is input to the timer 800, a signal is transmitted from the control unit 900 to the driving motor 750, and the opening / closing unit 710 flows to the left / right by the driving motor 750 to repeat opening and closing. When the time is input to the timer 800, the controller 900 causes the drive motor 750 to open the door. After the door is opened and the time input to the timer 800 is passed, the driving motor 750 closes the door again, and the opening / closing unit 710 repeats this process.

The timer 800 is mounted on the main body 100 so that the user can directly input the time and the opening and closing time is determined by the time input to the timer 800.

The control unit 900 controls the opening and closing unit 710 of the light blocking unit 700 according to the time input to the timer 800.

The UV irradiation method of the UV irradiation apparatus equipped with the automatic opening and closing apparatus according to the present invention having the above-described structure will be described as follows.

The user installs the sample 610 to be tested on the irradiation unit 600. At this time, the distance between the lamp 500 and the irradiation unit 600 can be adjusted by adjusting the irradiation unit 600 in the vertical direction. In order to test the difference between the lamp 500 and the sample 610 according to the distance, a plurality of irradiation units 600 may be mounted and tested. When the open / close time is input to the timer 800, the control unit 900 repeats opening and closing of the light blocking unit 700 according to the opening / closing time of the light blocking unit 700.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100:
200: opening portion
300: Door
400: Lighting device
500: lamp
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610: sample
650: Fitting groove
660: insertion projection
700: light blocking portion
710:
750: drive motor
800: timer
900:

Claims

In a UV irradiator for irradiating microbial, mammalian cells,
A box-shaped main body 100;
An opening (200) mounted on a front surface of the main body;
A door 300 rotatably formed on the body to open and close the opening 200;
A lighting device 400 mounted in communication with the upper surface of the main body 100;
A lamp 500 mounted in the illumination device 400 and emitting a light beam into the main body 100;
A plate-shaped irradiating unit 600 formed in parallel with at least one lower surface of the main body 100 and capable of placing a sample 610 thereon;
A light blocking part 700 formed between the illumination device 400 and the irradiation part 600 in parallel with the lower surface;
An opening / closing part 710 mounted on the light blocking part 700;
A timer 800 mounted on the main body 100; And
A control unit 900 for controlling an opening / closing interval of the light blocking unit 700 according to the time input to the timer 800;
A UV irradiation device equipped with an automatic opening and closing device.

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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lamp (500)
UV irradiator equipped with automatic opening / closing device equipped with either UV-A, UV-B or UV-C.

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the irradiation unit (600)
And an automatic opening / closing device capable of selecting a distance from the light blocking portion (700).