KR20100042614A

KR20100042614A - Container attached spoon for preventing reagent contamination

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Publication number: KR20100042614A
Application number: KR1020100019387A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 나인성
Original assignee: 나인성
Priority date: 2010-03-04
Filing date: 2010-03-04
Publication date: 2010-04-26
Also published as: WO2011108818A3; KR101141100B1; WO2011108818A2

Abstract

PURPOSE: A container with a spoon is provided to adjust a penetration depth of the spoon in a vessel according to a container reagent by combining the spoon to a cover, and to prevent contamination of the reagent due to the spoon. CONSTITUTION: A container(10) with a spoon for preventing reagent pollution includes a vessel, a cover(20), the spoon(30), a rotating knob(40), and a cover(50). The vessel is formed on a receiving space, and stores reagent of a solid or a liquid phase to be stored and kept. The cover is formed to seal the top of the vessel. The cover seals the vessel to prevent the reagent from being discharged. The cover includes a boss in which a female screw is formed.

Description

Spoon-mounted container to prevent reagent contamination {CONTAINER ATTACHED SPOON FOR PREVENTING REAGENT CONTAMINATION}

The present invention relates to a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination, and more particularly, the spoon is integrally coupled to move up and down with respect to the lid to adjust the depth of penetration of the spoon into the container according to the reagent of the container. In addition, the present invention relates to a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination that can prevent the spoon from being contaminated.

In general, a reagent refers to a chemical used in a reaction for detecting or quantifying a substance by chemical and biological methods. These reagents are usually stored in a reagent container and stored in a reagent container.In addition to general reagents used for dissolution, precipitation, acidity control, and various reactions such as acids, alkalis, and salts, Nessler performs qualitative and quantitative analysis by special reactions. There are also reagents for analysis, such as reagents and milon reagents.

In addition, a medium mainly used in biological experiments is also called a culture medium or a culture medium, and is mainly composed of nutrients required by the culture medium to culture microorganisms or tissues of animals and plants, and again, substances for special purposes. Put it and mix it. The medium is cultured or analyzed by supplying reagents such as carbon source, nitrogen source, inorganic salts and growth factors (vitamins) as nutrients, including water, which is essential for survival, except that obtained in the gas phase. In addition, if the culture medium is not cultured after the sterilization of the medium, there is a possibility that various germs may grow, and sterilization is necessary to preserve the medium. Therefore, to remove the reagent from the container containing the reagent, the reagent must be taken out using a sterile spoon.

On the other hand, conventionally, the container containing the reagent is composed only of the container body containing the reagent and the lid for sealing it. Therefore, in order to carry out the reagent in a container main body, the spoon for carrying out a reagent outside must be prepared separately, and this reagent must be carried out outside.

However, the conventional reagent container has a problem that it is difficult to carry out the reagent to the outside when there is no spoon for carrying the reagent out in the container.

In addition, conventionally, to remove the reagent through a spoon in a reagent container, and then to reuse the spoon, the spoon with the reagent is washed, sterilized the spoon in a wet and high temperature manner through a sterilizer, and then the spoon is stacked with aluminum foil and dried. The spoon was reused after drying through storage. Therefore, there was a problem that the storage and procedure for reusing the spoon is too cumbersome. In addition, when the storage of the spoon is wrong, there is a problem that causes pollution due to the pollution of the spoon is severe and must be discarded after one use.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is a reagent that can adjust the depth of penetration of the spoon into the container according to the amount of the container reagent by the spoon is integrally coupled to move up and down with respect to the lid It is to provide a spoon-mounted container to prevent contamination.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination that can prevent the spoon from being contaminated even if the spoon is continuously reused.

The object of the present invention is a container; A lid for sealing an upper portion of the container and having a boss having a female thread formed on an inner circumferential surface near a central portion thereof; It consists of a bowl for holding the reagent and a rod extending upward from the bowl, the outer surface of the rod is formed with a male thread coupled to the female thread of the boss is coupled to the slide at right angles to the lid at the center of the lid A spoon having an insertion groove formed at an upper end of the rod of the spoon; It is configured to be selectively separated and coupled to one side of the container, it is fitted in the insertion groove to seal the top of the lid to cover and protect the rotary knob and the rod for rotating the spoon for adjusting the height of the spoon, Insertion hole is formed in the center portion of the rotary knob is fitted, the central portion of the upper surface of the inner surface comprises a cover formed with a sealing plate is formed to form a coupling hole that is selectively opened and closed by the opening means for preventing reagent contamination By providing a spoon-mounted container.

As described above, the present invention can adjust the depth of penetration of the spoon into the container according to the container reagent by integrally moving the spoon up and down with respect to the lid, so that the rod of the spoon is sealed from the outside through the cover Because it is configured, even if the spoon is continuously reused, the spoon can be prevented from being contaminated.

1 is a cross-sectional view of the combination of the spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention,
Figure 2 and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the combined use of the spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention.

1 is a combined cross-sectional view of a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are combined cross-sectional views of a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view coupled to the container such that the spoon is thinly penetrated into the container, and FIG. 3 is a view coupled to the container such that the spoon penetrates deep into the container.

Referring to FIG. 1, the spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention includes a container 10, a lid 20, a spoon 30, a rotary knob 40, and a cover 50. .

The container 10 is provided with a receiving space (S) therein to transport and store the liquid or solid reagent, and is not limited as long as the material can safely store the reagent (R), but is made of glass and synthetic resin materials. It is preferable.

The lid 20 is configured to seal the upper portion of the vessel 10, that is, the lid 20 is a portion that seals the reagent R in the vessel so as not to be discharged to the outside of the container 10 and the known It is configured to be combined in the manner of. Specifically, the lid 20 may be coupled to the upper portion of the container 10 by an interference fit method or a fastening method of the female / male screw portion as shown. The lid 20 is formed with a boss 21 having a female screw 21a formed on an inner circumferential surface near the center thereof. That is, the boss 21 is a portion that is configured to adjust the depth of the spoon 30 penetrates into the container while the rod of the spoon to be coupled later sliding up and down will be described below.

Here, it is preferable that the cleaning member 21b is coated on the female screw 21a of the boss so that the outer surface can be cleaned while the rod 32 is fitted. That is, when the rod 32 enters the boss 21, the outer surface of the rod is hardened through the coated cleaning member 21b of the female thread of the boss, thereby causing dust to be buried in the rod 32. And it is configured to remove foreign substances such as bacteria.

The spoon 30 is composed of a bowl portion 31 for containing a reagent and a rod 32 extending upward from the bowl portion 31. Here, the outer surface of the rod 32 is formed with a male screw (32a) coupled to the female screw (21a) of the boss is slidably coupled in a direction perpendicular to the lid in the center of the lid (20). That is, when the spoon 30 is coupled to the boss 21 and rotated, the spoon may be screwed with the lid to move up and down with respect to the lid to adjust the depth of penetration into the container. In addition, an insertion groove 32b is formed at an upper end of the rod of the spoon 30. Here, the insertion groove (32b) is the lower portion of the rotary knob 40 to be described later is inserted into the portion to rotate the spoon to adjust the height of the spoon, the insertion groove (32b) to prevent idling to be formed in a square If necessary, by forming at least two or more insertion grooves and inserting a handle in each of the insertion grooves will be able to solve the problem caused by the wear of the insertion grooves for a long time use.

The rotary knob 40 is configured to be selectively separated and coupled to one side of the container (10). Here, the rotary knob 40 may be coupled in a variety of known manners if it can be selectively detachably fixed to the container, but specifically, the handle holder 11 is formed on the outer surface of the container to rotate the knob 40 Is preferably configured to be selectively detachable and coupled to the handle holder. And, the lower end of the rotary knob 40 is inserted into the insertion groove 32b. That is, the rotary knob 40 can hold the spoon 30 firmly so that the reagent in the container can be easily taken out while rotating the spoon for height adjustment of the spoon 30 at the same time. The rotation of the spoon can be facilitated. Here, the rotation knob 40 is preferably formed in a square so as to correspond to the insertion groove (32b). In addition, although not shown, a male screw portion is formed on the outer surface of the rotary knob 40, and a female screw portion is formed on the inner surface of the fitting hole 51, the coupling hole 52a and the insertion groove 32b of the rod, and the rotary knob Is fitted into the cover can be configured to be coupled while being sequentially fastened to the insertion hole, the coupling hole, the insertion groove of the rod.

The cover 50 is configured to seal the upper portion of the lid 20 so as to surround and protect the rod. That is, the present invention is always wrapped around the rod through the cover 50 to be sealed so that it is not exposed to the outside, when the spoon is continuously reused, a portion of the unused rod enters the inside of the container, foreign matter and germs adhered to the outer surface of the rod It is configured to prevent penetration into the vessel and contaminate the reagent. Here, the cover 50 may be provided in a variety of shapes as long as it can wrap and protect the rod 32, it is preferably provided in a dome shape as shown.

In addition, a fitting hole 51 into which the rotary knob 40 is fitted is formed at the central portion of the cover 50. In addition, the inner surface of the cover 50 is formed in the upper central portion of the sealing plate 52 is formed a coupling hole 52a that is selectively opened and closed by the opening and closing means. Here, the coupling hole 52a is a hole into which the rotary knob 40 fitted through the fitting hole 51 is coupled, and is configured to be automatically closed through the opening and closing means when the rotary knob is not coupled to the rotary knob. In other words, when the rotary knob 40 is not fitted to the coupling hole 52a, it is configured to be closed by the opening and closing means, so that external dust or microorganisms are introduced into the cover through the coupling hole 52a to contaminate the rod. This is to prevent.

Specifically, the opening and closing means is a pair of blocking holes 61 for sliding the opening of the coupling hole 52a by sliding toward the center of the coupling hole (52a) to close the coupling hole or sliding to both sides of the coupling hole, and the blocking A spring 62 is coupled to the rear end of the sphere 61 to provide elasticity to the blocking port, and a fixture 62 is coupled to the rear end of the spring 62 to fix the spring. That is, when the rotary knob 40 is fitted into the coupling hole 52a, the blocking hole 61 elastically installed by the spring 62 opens while sliding to both sides of the coupling hole, and rotates to the coupling hole 52a. After the handle is fitted, it is in close contact with the outer surface of the rotary knob while supporting the rotary knob to seal the coupling hole (52a) at the same time. Here, the pair of blocking holes 61 is configured such that the upper surface of the end of the blocking block 61 facing each other inclined downward toward the center of the coupling hole so that the rotary knob can be easily entered when the rotary knob is fitted into the coupling hole. It is preferable to be.

On the other hand, the inner surface of the fitting hole 51, when the rotary knob 40 is fitted, it is preferable that the cleaning member 51a is mounted so that the outer surface of the rotary knob 40 can be wiped and cleaned. That is, when the rotary knob 40 coupled to the outer surface of the container 10 enters the fitting hole 51, the outer surface of the rotary knob is disposed through the cleaning member 51a mounted on the inner surface of the fitting hole 51. By being pinched, the rotary knob 40 is configured to remove foreign matters such as dust and various germs that may be on the surface.

In addition, the inner surface of the cover 50, UV lamp 70 for sterilizing the inside of the cover is preferably installed. That is, the ultraviolet lamp 70 is installed to sterilize the inside of the cover 50 by emitting ultraviolet rays, and when the spoon 30 is continuously reused, by sterilizing the rod that is not used, the rod 32 It is possible to enter the container and to prevent foreign substances and germs on the outside of the rod from penetrating into the container and contaminating the reagent. Here, the ultraviolet lamp 50 is configured to operate when the rotary knob 40 is fitted in the coupling hole, even if the bacteria enter the cover through the coupling hole 52a, irradiated from the ultraviolet lamp 70 It is preferable to be comprised so that the invasive germs can be sterilized quickly by the ultraviolet-ray which becomes. In addition, the ultraviolet lamp 70 can be selectively turned on through a switch not shown outside of the container to sterilize the inside of the cover 50 only when necessary, so that the ultraviolet lamp 70 is turned on for a long time. Not only is it possible to suppress the generation of ozone and the temperature rise in the cover, but it is also configured to achieve long life and reduction of power consumption of the ultraviolet lamp 70. On the other hand, although not shown, the ultraviolet lamp 70 is installed in the band-shaped mounting opening that is selectively detachably coupled to the outer surface of the cover 50, can be used in conjunction with the outer surface of the cover only when sterilization is required It can be configured to be.

The use and operation / effect of the spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, in order to carry out the reagent in the container 10 to the outside in the state of FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotary knob 40 is inserted through the fitting hole 51, and then into the coupling hole 52a. Insert into the insertion groove 32b of the spoon rod 32 to engage. At this time, dust and various germs adhered to the outer surface of the rotary knob 40 through the cleaning member (51a) mounted on the inner surface of the fitting hole 51 is wiped and cleaned, the rotary knob 40 is fitted into the coupling hole (52a) The blocking opening 61 elastically installed by the ground spring 62 is opened while sliding to both sides of the coupling hole 52a, and after the rotary knob 40 is fitted in the coupling hole, it is brought into close contact with the outer surface of the rotary knob and rotates. At the same time supporting the handle to seal the coupling hole (52a). In addition, the rotary knob 40 is held in the insertion groove of the rod 32 to grip the rotary knob to carry out the reagent in the container to the outside.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the reagent contained in the container is lowered, the rotary knob 40 is rotated to move the bowl portion 31 of the spoon downward. Here, the male screw 32a of the spoon rod 32 is coupled to the female screw 21a of the boss, and when the handle 40 is rotated, the spoon 30 moves downward with respect to the lid 20 so that the container 10 Penetrate into). Then, the inside of the container is carried out to the outside through the bowl portion 31 moved downward by holding the rotary knob 40. At this time, the present invention is wrapped around the rod 32 through the cover 50 is always configured to be sealed so as not to be exposed to the outside because the foreign matter and bacteria are not attached to the rod rod 32 is not used as described above (10) Even if it enters inside, there is an advantage that foreign substances and various germs are penetrated into the container to prevent contamination of the reagent. In addition, since the present invention is configured to always sterilize the inside of the cover 50 through the ultraviolet lamp 70 installed in the cover, even if the rod penetrates into the container, the reagent is prevented from being contaminated.

10: container 20: lid
30: spoon 40: rotary knob
50: cover 61: blocking hole
62: spring 62: fixture
70: UV lamp

Claims

Vessel;
A lid for sealing an upper portion of the container and having a boss having a female thread formed on an inner circumferential surface near a central portion thereof;
It consists of a bowl for holding the reagent and a rod extending upward from the bowl, the outer surface of the rod is formed with a male thread coupled to the female thread of the boss is coupled to the slide at right angles to the lid at the center of the lid A spoon having an insertion groove formed at an upper end of the rod of the spoon;
It is configured to be selectively separated and coupled to one side of the container, the rotary knob is inserted into the insertion groove for rotating the spoon for height adjustment of the spoon and
The upper part of the lid is sealed to protect the rod, and a fitting hole is formed in the center portion thereof to allow the rotation handle to be fitted, and a sealing hole is formed in the central portion of the upper portion of the inner surface to be selectively opened and closed by an opening and closing means. Spoon-mounted container for reagent contamination prevention comprising a plate formed cover.

The method of claim 1,
The opening and closing means is a pair of blocking holes for sliding to open the coupling hole by sliding toward the center of the coupling hole to close the coupling hole or sliding to both sides of the coupling hole,
Springs coupled to the rear ends of the blocking holes to provide elasticity to the blocking holes,
Spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination, characterized in that it comprises a fixture which is coupled to each of the rear end of the spring to fix the spring.

The method of claim 1,
Spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination, characterized in that the cleaning member is coated on the female screw of the boss so that the outer surface is cleaned while the rod is inserted.

The method of claim 1,
Spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination, characterized in that the cleaning member is mounted on the inner surface of the fitting hole so that the outer surface of the rotating handle can be wiped and cleaned.

The method of claim 1,
A portion of the cover is a spoon-mounted container for preventing reagent contamination, characterized in that the ultraviolet lamp for sterilizing the inside of the cover is installed.