KR20140007302A - Hopper for test strip - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hopper which test strip cut into several parts from an uncut test scrip card which is a parent is inserted into and discharged from and, more particularly, to a hopper for test strip capable of preventing direction switching for the test strip inserted into an entrance to be discharged from one exit without changing the direction of test strip when it is inserted into or discharged from the same. The hopper for test strip capable of preventing direction switching comprises a base plate and a plurality of partitions arranged along the exit from the entrance of the base plate. The distance between each partition is shorter than the length of the test strip inserted into the entrance, so that the test strip inserted into the entrance is not changed its direction while it is transferred to be discharged from the exit.

Description

Test strip hopper with reversing protection {Hopper for test strip}

The present invention relates to a hopper into which a test strip (see K in FIG. 4) cut to a certain width in a mother-uncut test strip card (see K1 in FIG. 4) is introduced and discharged. The present invention relates to a test strip hopper having a reversal prevention function such that the front end and the rear end of the test strip are not reversed during the transfer process and the front end of the test strip introduced into the inlet is discharged to the outlet as it is.

As is well known, test strips are used to easily diagnose diseases such as infections, diabetes, anemia, AIDS, or pregnancy using body fluids such as urine or blood, or to test for water quality and antibiotics in milk.

As such, test strips are widely used not only for humans, but also for animals and industry.

The test strip consists of a substrate, a membrane attached to the substrate surface and absorbing bodily fluid, and a reagent in contact with the membrane or in contact with the membrane and reacting with a specific component of the bodily fluid, the reagent reacting with a specific component of the bodily fluid to produce color By changing or changing the electronic signal, the user can check whether the disease or pregnancy from the change of color or the change of the electronic signal.

The test strip is a widthwise cut of the parent, uncut test strip card. That is, when the uncut test strip card, in which the membrane and the reagent are attached in the longitudinal direction, is cut in the width direction on a substrate having a predetermined width and length, a long rod-shaped test strip is produced. In other words, the width and length of the uncut test strip card are the length and width of the test strip.

Test strips cut and produced from uncut test strip cards are packaged in batches and shipped as finished products.

A bundle of test strips shipped as a finished product is usually packaged to align in the same direction. For example, wrap all test strips in the same direction so that the area with the reagent is placed on top of the package.

In the prior art, such as Patent No. 0985851, "Test Strip Separation Discharge Device", and Patent No. 0795910, "Card Cutting Device with Adhesive Glue Applied on the Inner Side," and the like, a test strip cut from an uncut test strip card through a cutting device. Is discharged to the container in a free-falling manner.

Test strips stacked in the container in a free-fall manner are randomly mixed and stacked without direction.

Therefore, the operator takes out the test strips from the container and arranges the test strips so that they are arranged in the same direction, and then bundles them up by a certain number, so that a lot of manpower and time are required for packaging work to ship the test strips to the finished product. There is.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problem according to the prior art as described above, the test strips cut from the uncut test strip card is discharged as it is inserted, the test strips in the packaging operation for shipment to the finished product the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a test strip hopper having a reversal prevention function to eliminate the need for alignment.

In addition, the discharged test strips to be stored in a container that is directly shipped packaged, by packaging the number of units or a number of units of the test strips cut from one uncut test strip card in a bundle, so that There is no hassle for the operator to count the number of test strips one by one, and the mounting member mounted to the container has a vibration means for vibrating the container so that the test strip can be quickly and smoothly aligned in the container. It is another object to provide a test strip hopper having a switching protection function.

Test strip hopper having a reversing prevention function according to the present invention for achieving the above object

Base plate;

It is arranged in the direction of the inlet to the outlet of the base plate, a plurality of diaphragm to prevent the reversal of the front and rear ends during the transfer process of the test strip introduced into the inlet to the outlet.

And the separation distance between the plurality of diaphragm is characterized in that the shorter than the length of the test strip is introduced into the inlet,

The base plate surface is characterized in that the emboss is formed to reduce the contact area of the test strip to facilitate the transfer,

The mounting member is provided at the outlet of the base plate, the mounting member is installed to be replaceable to accommodate the discharge test strip discharged; characterized in that it further comprises.

The present invention having such a configuration does not require the operator to arrange the test strips in the same direction because the test strips introduced into the hopper are discharged as they are, without changing the direction.

Receptacle used for packaging of finished product is installed in the mounting member of the hopper outlet, and several times the number of test strips or cuts that are cut into one uncut test strip card and simultaneously fed into and discharged from the hopper Since the unit number of test strips are stored in a container as a bundle of finished products, the operator does not need to count the number of test strips for shipping the finished product.

The test strip inserted by forming an emboss on the surface of the base plate is less likely to be stuck to the base plate and is not discharged. The test strip which is discharged to the outlet and stored in the container is provided with a vibration means for vibrating the container in the mounting member of the outlet. As a test strip hopper having a reversal prevention function that is stored quickly and smoothly, it is a very useful invention for industrial development.

1 is a perspective view of a test strip hopper having a reversing prevention function installed in an uncut test strip card cutting device according to the present invention;
Figure 2a, b, c is a view schematically showing a process in which the test strip cut in the cutting device is put into the hopper according to the present invention and discharged and finally received in the receiving container.
3 is a perspective view of the vibration means provided in the mounting member.
4 is a perspective view showing an example of an uncut test strip card and a strip-shaped test strip in which the uncut test strip card is cut in the width direction.

Hereinafter, a test strip hopper having a turning prevention function according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to describing in detail the configuration of the present invention, the present invention provides a reversal prevention function for various test strips used for the purpose of, for example, test strips for testing antibiotic residue in milk, in addition to diagnostic test strips for human body. It is to be noted that the test strip hopper having

First, referring to FIG. 4, a test strip card K1 is provided in a plurality of rows in an uncut test strip sheet K3 having a large area. The uncut test strip sheet K3 is cut along each row to be separated into an uncut test strip card K1, and the uncut test strip card K1 is cut by the cutting device C to test strips. K) produced separately.

As shown in the drawings, the test strip hopper H having the anti-direction function according to the present invention includes a base component 10, a diaphragm 20, a mounting member 30, and a large component of the vibration means 40. It is done by

The base plate 10 has a triangular shape that gradually decreases in width from the inlet to the outlet, the inlet is connected to the outlet of the cutting device (C), the mounting member 30 is mounted to the outlet (S) at the outlet ) Is connected.

An emboss 11 is formed on the surface of the base plate 10 to reduce the contact area between the surface of the base plate 10 and the test strip K during the transfer of the test strip K, which is introduced into the inlet and discharged to the outlet. A space is formed between the surface of the base plate 10 and the bottom surface of the test strip K so that the transferred test strip K is smoothly transferred without being attached to the surface of the base plate 10.

The diaphragm 20 is arranged in the vertical direction in the direction from the inlet to the outlet of the base plate 10. The diaphragm 20 arranged on both outer sides of the diaphragm 20 is formed by bending both sides of the base plate 10 vertically, and since there are many contacts with the test strip K, the emboss 21 is formed on the surface as the base plate 10. It is preferably formed. It may be desirable to form the emboss 21 on the surface of the diaphragm 20 disposed at the center. For reference, the vertical direction of the diaphragm 20 with respect to the base plate 10 does not mean an exact right angle (90 degrees), but may be an acute angle or an obtuse angle, and in particular, both sides of the base plate 10. The diaphragm 20 arranged in the case will often have an obtuse angle with respect to the base plate 10.

And both sides of the outer plate 20 is rolled on the outlet side so that the ends are in contact with or close to each other, the test strip (K) discharged from the outlet is not received by the storage container (S) mounted on the mounting member 30 is separated It is desirable not to.

The mutual separation distance L1 of the diaphragms 20 is shorter than the length L2 of the input test strip K, so that the test strip K transferred from the inlet to the outlet is not redirected in the transfer process. That is, the front end of the test strip (K) first introduced into the inlet is discharged first to the outlet. In other words, the front end of the test strip is disposed at the lower side and the upper end at the rear end so that it is transported and discharged from the hopper (H) to be stored in the storage container (S). Do not cause the redirection arranged in the.

When a plurality of test strips K cut from one uncut test strip card K1 are fed into the hopper H at the same time, the test strips K collide with each other during the transfer process, and the test strips K are irregular. Some parts are in contact with the surface of the base plate 10 or diaphragm 20, and some parts are not in contact.

Thus, when the front part of the conveyed test strip K is in contact with the surface of the base plate 10 or the diaphragm 20, the immediately contacted front part is slowed down, and the non-contacted rear part maintains the speed so that the test strip K is maintained. Is inclined to the side, and when continuously hitting another test strip K in the inclined state, the test strip K is often reversed.

In this way, the test strips (K) accommodated by changing the direction of the storage container (S) is a finished product before shipping to cause the hassle of having to take out again and change the direction to the normal direction, and increase the human cost and time cost It becomes a factor.

In order to solve the problem that the test strip (K) put into the hopper (H) as described above in the transfer process, the present invention is provided with a plurality of diaphragm 20 on the base plate 10 of the hopper (H) , The separation distance (L1) between the diaphragm 20 was shorter than the length (L2) of the test strip (K).

Since the separation distance L1 between the diaphragms 20 is shorter than the length L2 of the test strip K, the test strips K introduced between the two diaphragms 20 are inclined in the diaphragm 20 even though they are inclined during the transfer process. If it is blocked and cannot be inclined more than 90 degrees (ie, the horizontal direction), and the rear end of the upper end contacts the diaphragm 20, the speed of the rear end is slowed down and the speed of the front end remains almost unchanged. As it is standing and conveyed, it is stored intact without changing the front and rear ends in the storage container (S).

The mounting member 30 is connected to the outlet of the base plate 10, the storage container (S) in which the test strip (K) is accommodated is replaceably mounted.

For reference, it is preferable to use the storage container S for storing the test strip K accommodated as a finished product. That is, it is preferable to use the storage container S directly as a packaging container without having to take out the stored test strip K and transfer it to another packaging container.

When the storage container S is used as a packaging container for the test strip K to be shipped as a finished product, the number of test strips K inserted once into the hopper H (that is, one uncut test strip card) If the number of test strips (K) cut in step 2) is the number of packages of the test strips K to be shipped, or the number of test strips K that is added several times is the number of packages of the test strips K shipped, the operator Since the trouble of having to count and pack the test strips K is eliminated, it is preferable in terms of time, cost, and efficiency.

The mounting member 30 includes a support part 31 which supports the bottom surface of the storage container S, a cover part 33 which encloses a portion of the outer surface of the storage container S in the longitudinal direction, and a cover part 33. It includes a replacement space (35) for providing a space that can be gripped by the storage container (S) placed in the worker for easy replacement.

The vibrating means 40 vibrates the storage container S mounted on the mounting member 30 so that the test strips K entering the storage container S are stored more quickly and smoothly.

The test strips K entering the storage container S enter the storage container S from all four directions in a short time while having an irregular time difference. Thus, many of the test strips K entered into the storage container S are not completely stored in the storage container S, and some of the test strips K are exposed to the outside of the storage container S. When one is incompletely received as described above, the test strips K entered thereafter are easily caught by the incompletely received test strips K.

Therefore, the incompletely received test strip K needs to be immediately and completely received, which is the vibration means 40 of the present invention.

The vibrating means 40 reciprocates and rotates the storage container S vertically.

The vibration means 40 includes a motor 41, a cam 43 eccentrically coupled to the motor shaft 42 of the motor 41, a rotation shaft 44 intersecting the motor shaft 42, A bevel gear 45 connecting the motor shaft 42 and the rotating shaft 44, and a disk 46 is coupled to the rotating shaft 44, made of a material of high friction.

The motor shaft 42 is disposed outside the support part 31 of the mounting member 30, and the cam 43 coupled to the motor shaft 42 is formed on the support part 31. It is disposed in the hole 32, as the motor shaft 42 rotates, the long radius repeats the inflow and outflow into the base portion 31, and thus the storage container (S) placed on the base portion 31 Reciprocate up and down.

The rotating shaft 44 is a ball bearing 47 is coupled to the outside of the cover portion 33 of the mounting member 30 in the longitudinal direction, the disk 46 coupled to the rotating shaft 44 is the cover portion It is arrange | positioned in the side hole 34 formed in 33, and as the rotating shaft 44 rotates, it contacts with the side surface of the storage container S put on the cover part 33, and rotates the storage container S. As shown in FIG. At this time, the storage container (S) is rotated by the contact frictional force with the disk 46, and the contact is made while the reciprocating motion by the cam 43, the rotation of the storage container (S) becomes irregular, the irregular rotation As a result, the storage container S is shaken more roughly up, down, left and right. Therefore, the test strip K is completely stored in the container S more quickly and smoothly.

And when the storage container (S) vibrates up, down, left, and right (ie, vibrates) by the vibrating means 40, there is a possibility that the storage container (S) may unintentionally leave the mounting member 30 in some cases.

Therefore, it is preferable to have a means for preventing the vibration receiving container (S) from being separated from the mounting member 30.

As a means for preventing separation and separation of the storage container (S), the locking projections 37 are provided on both sides of the cover portion 33 of the mounting member 30, and the locking projections 37 are springs (not shown). It can be introduced so that it can be moved forward and backward, and the distance between the two engaging projections 37 facing each other is shorter than the diameter of the storage container S at the time of advancement and longer than the diameter of the storage container S at the time of retreat. .

The locking projection 37 is inclined to both sides, and the spring force is a worker can easily put or remove the storage container (S) into the mounting member 30, but is hit by the vibration by the vibration means 40 By the impact of the storage container (S) it is preferable to have a level of force that the storage container (S) is not to be separated, the storage container (S) and the locking projections 37 mounted on the mounting member 30 is sufficient. It is preferable to set the distance so that the locking projection 37 does not interfere with the vibration of the storage container S by the vibration means 40.

Injecting the test strip K into the hopper H from the cutting device C, replacing the mounting container S with the mounting member 30, and vibrating the storage container S are related. It is preferable to proceed.

In other words, the cutting device C needs to insert the cut test strip K into the hopper H only when the housing S is mounted on the mounting member 30. To this end, the mounting member 30 includes a detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the storage container S, and the detection sensor transmits the detected signal to the controller of the cutting device C to cut the cutting device C. It is preferable to allow the cutting of the uncut test strip card and the feeding of the cut test strip K into the hopper H in

In addition, the cutting device (C) feeds the test strip (K) into the hopper (H) and simultaneously sends a signal to the motor (41) provided in the mounting member (30) to drive the motor (41) to receive the storage container (S). It is preferable to make the vibration).

In addition, it is preferable that the driving time of the motor 41 is set by a timer so that the driving stops when a sufficient time has elapsed for all the test strips K to be stored in the storage container S.

In addition, when all the number of test strips K to be shipped as finished products are accommodated in the storage container S (that is, when the test strips K are discharged from the cutting device C for the set number of times), the detection sensor is placed in the storage container. It is preferable that the cutting device C and the motor 41 are not driven until S is sensed to be replaced.

In the above description of the present invention, a test strip hopper having a change prevention function having a specific shape and structure has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art. Changes should be construed as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

C: Cutting device H: Hopper
K: test strip S: reservoir
10: base plate 11: emboss
20: plate 21: emboss
30: mounting member 31: support portion
33: cover portion 35: replacement space
37: locking projection 40: vibration means
41: motor 42: motor shaft
43: cam 44: rotation axis
45: Bevel Gear 46: Disc

Claims (4)

Base plate;
A plurality of diaphragms arranged in an inlet-outlet direction of the base plate to prevent the reversal of the front end and the rear end during the transfer process of the test strip introduced into the inlet to the outlet; Strip hopper. The method of claim 1,
The test strip hopper having a turning prevention function, characterized in that the separation distance between the plurality of diaphragm is shorter than the length of the test strip introduced into the inlet. The method of claim 1,
The base strip surface is a test strip hopper having an anti-turn function, characterized in that the embossed to reduce the contact area of the test strip to facilitate the transfer is formed. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
And a mounting member provided at an outlet of the base plate, the mounting member being replaceably mounted to accommodate a container for discharging the test strip to be discharged.

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