KR20160127432A - Glass slide bucket management and storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a specimen slide bucket management and storage system, and more particularly, to a specimen slide bucket management and storage system which can efficiently use a space by conveying and storing a specimen slide in a bucket and can prevent contamination and reduce man hours by mechanically conveying the specimen slide. The specimen slide bucket management and storage system of the present invention comprises: a conveyor (110) which conveys the specimen slide (10) mounted thereon; a loading means (130) in which the specimen slides (10) conveyed by the operation of the conveyor (110) are sequentially loaded; a pusher (150) which pushes the specimen slide (10) to move the specimen slide (10) to one side when the specimen slide (10) is loaded in the loading means (130); and the bucket (160) in which the specimen slide (10) moved by the pusher (150) is inserted.

Description

[0001] GLUT SLIDE BUCKET MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE SYSTEM [0002]

The present invention relates to a specimen slide bucket management and storage system, and more particularly, to a specimen slide bucket management and storage system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a specimen slide bucket management and storage system, To a sample slide bucket management and storage system.

In general, a specimen slide is a slide for storing blood, tissue, etc. of a patient or an examinee who has come for a health examination, and is mainly made of glass.

These sample slides may be used temporarily by physicians for examination and may be discarded, but if necessary, sample slides should be kept and dispensed as needed.

In particular, if a change in the sample is to be checked with the passage of time, a system for dispensing and storing the sample slide must be provided.

As a system for dispensing and storing conventional sample slides, sample slides are collected and aligned in rows and columns on a tray. In order to conveniently dispense each of the aligned sample slides, Give a symbol or number.

The specimen slides to which unique symbols or numbers are assigned in this manner are sequentially stored in a cabinet after the specimen slides are sequentially stacked in the cabinet as shown in Fig. 1 disclosed in the prior art document 1.

However, if the number of bed injuries is increased, there is a problem that the conventional system as described above has insufficient space when storing sample slides.

In addition, since sample slides are stored manually, there is a problem that sample slides are contaminated.

The background art of the present invention has been filed by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) No. 1992-019435 (October 10, 1992).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sample slide bucket management and storage system capable of efficiently using a space for storing a sample slide on a bucket.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a specimen slide bucket management and storage system capable of preventing contamination of specimen slides and saving airflow by mechanically storing the specimen slides on a bucket.

A pusher for pushing a specimen slide to move the specimen slide to one side when the specimen slide is loaded on the loading means; and a pusher for pushing the specimen slide to one side, And a bucket for inserting the sample slide moved by the slide bucket.

As described above, the sample slide bucket management and storage system according to the present invention can store the sample slide at a higher level by loading the sample slide in the bucket, so that the space can be used more efficiently and the sample slide is mechanically stored. So that contamination can be minimized.

In addition, since the plurality of adsorption openings formed on the specimen slides are independently closed, the vacuum of the adsorption openings corresponding to the tray portions in which the specimen slides are not located can be released to prevent the trays from being adsorbed to the adsorption openings.

In addition, since the present invention prevents the tray from being attracted to the suction port as described above, it is possible to prevent the tray alignment from being disturbed due to the adsorption of the tray.

Further, the present invention has a conduction means for conducting the bucket so that the opened one side of the bucket faces upward, thereby preventing the specimen slide from separating from the bucket when the bucket is moved.

Further, since the loading means according to the present invention is provided with the sliding door on the side plate, the sample slide can be inserted at the correct position without being disturbed while entering the inside of the bucket.

Further, since the base on which the driving cylinder is installed can be moved along the moving direction of the pusher, the distance between the loading means and the bucket can be adjusted, so that the sample slide can be prevented from falling during insertion of the sample slide into the bucket have.

In addition, since the space of the bucket in which the specimen slide can be inserted is divided into a plurality of specimen slides, a large number of specimen slides can be moved at a time, so that the specimen slides can be transported more conveniently.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the slide of the specimen slide is detected by the loading means and the drive cylinder is lowered by a preset height, the specimen slide is loaded, so that the impact applied to the specimen slide can be minimized.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet for storing sample slides in general.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a sample slide and a tray applied to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a view schematically showing a sample slide storage system provided with a sample slide bucket management and storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a perspective view showing the robot arm of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing the conveyor, the loading means and the guide of the present invention.
6 is an enlarged view of the portion 'A' in FIG. 4; FIG.
7 is a perspective view showing a shingling door of the loading means of the present invention.
8 is an enlarged view of the portion 'B' in FIG. 7;
9 is a perspective view showing a conducting means and a carrying means of the present invention.
10 is a block diagram for explaining an operation method of the present invention.
11 is a perspective view showing a main configuration applied to the present invention.
12 is an exploded perspective view showing the inside of a loading cabinet according to the present invention.
13 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a bucket loading / discharging portion according to the present invention.
FIG. 14 shows another embodiment of a bucket loading / unloading part according to the present invention. FIG.
15 illustrates a bucket being moved into a loading cabinet of the present invention.
16 is a view showing a state in which a bucket is seated in a bucket seating portion of the present invention.
17 is a view showing a state in which the bucket seating portion of the present invention is raised.
18 is a view showing a state in which the bucket is loaded in the loading cabinet by the bucket loading / discharging portion of the present invention.
19 is a view showing a state in which the bucket loading / discharging portion of the present invention is inverted and the bucket is loaded in the loading cabinet;

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sample slide bucket management and storage system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2, the present invention includes a tray loading unit 30 on which a tray 20 containing a sample slide 10 is loaded, a conveying unit 30 for feeding the tray 20 from the tray loading unit 30, A vision scanner 50 for photographing the tray 20 transported by the transporting conveyor belt 40 to acquire a video image of the sample slide, and a control unit 50 for processing the image photographed by the vision scanner 50 And a tray processing unit 70 for processing the empty tray 20 remaining after inserting the sample slide 10 into the bucket 160.

Four trays are vertically formed at four corners of the sheet material so that a plurality of trays 20 are stacked in a multi-stage manner. The trays 20 are stacked in a multi- A discharge unit may be provided.

The conveyance conveyor belt 40 can be positioned between the tray stacking portion 30 and the tray processing portion 70 to convey the tray 20 discharged from the tray stacking portion 30 to the tray processing portion 70 one by one.

The vision scanner 50 may be a digital camera provided at one side of the conveying conveyor belt 40 for photographing the upper part of the conveying conveyor belt 40 and for digitizing the photographed image.

The management server 60 may be a PC for managing and storing images photographed by the vision scanner 50. [ The management server 60 can be configured to control the sample slide management and storage system 100 of the present invention, the tray loading unit 30, the conveying conveyor belt 40, and the vision scanner 50 .

The tray processing unit 70 is provided adjacent to one side of the conveying conveyor belt 40 so that four guides are vertically formed on the four corners of the sheet material so that the empty tray 20 conveyed from the conveying conveyor belt 40 is stacked in multi- do. Therefore, the empty tray 20 discharged by the conveying conveyor belt 40 can be stacked and stored.

3, the specimen slide 10 is formed in the shape of a rectangular plate, specimen information 11 is formed on one side, and the specimen 12 is provided on the other side. The sample slide 10 may be formed to be transparent so as to facilitate observation of the microscope.

The sample information 11 is preferably a letter, a number, a one-dimensional code, or a two-dimensional code so as to provide information on the subject's name, sex, age, medical history and specimen. Here, the one-dimensional code is a bar code, and the two-dimensional code is a QR code, a data matrix, and a maxicode. The sample information 11 may be the kind of the sample 12 and the acquisition time of the sample 12. The specimen 12 is a tissue of the body extracted from the body of the subject, and may be tissue such as skin or internal organs. The specimen information 11 can be printed on a sticker that can be attached to the specimen slide 10 and used.

A plurality of receiving grooves 21 for receiving the tray 20 are formed at predetermined intervals in the tray 20 and accommodating groove information 22 may be displayed on one side of the receiving grooves 21, respectively. Here, the accommodation groove information 22 may be displayed in letters and numbers or a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code so as to indicate the order of the accommodation grooves 21. [

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 10, the sample slide bucket management and storage system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a conveyor 110 for conveying a sample slide 10 to be placed thereon, a sample slide A loading means 130 for sequentially loading a specimen slide 10 transferred by the operation of the conveyor 110 and a robot arm 120 for moving the conveyor 110 to the conveyor 110, A pusher 150 for slidably moving the specimen slide 10 to one side when the specimen slide 10 is loaded on the loading means 130, A bucket 160 into which the specimen slide 10 moved by the pusher 150 is inserted and a bucket 160 into which the open side of the bucket 160 into which the specimen slide 10 is inserted faces upward A conductive means 170 for conducting the conductive material, Comprises a bucket out means 180 to 160, the taken out to the outside.

The conveyor 110 is a belt conveyor to which the sample slide 10 is fed, and moves in a state in which the sample slide 10 is placed in a heat-loaded state. Here, the conveyor 110 is preferably made of a material having elasticity such as rubber in order to prevent damage of the specimen slide 10 when it is seated.

The robot arm 120 is provided to move the specimen slide 10 accommodated in the tray to the conveyor 110. As described above, the tray containing the sample slide 10 is conveyed by the conveying conveyor belt 40 and is in the air. Accordingly, the robot arm 120 sucks the specimen slide 10 accommodated in the waiting tray and transfers it to the conveyor 110. The robot arm 120 should be provided so as to be capable of at least two-dimensional movement and preferably three-dimensional movement. In this embodiment, the robot arm 120 is provided so as to move at least two-dimensionally using the X-axis guide rails 124 and the Y-axis guide rails 126. In addition, it is preferable that the robot arm 120 is rotatable around a rotational axis in the vertical direction so that various arrangements of the sample slides 10 can be performed according to the layout of the workplace. The robot arm 120 has a plurality of attracting apertures 122 and a negative pressure is applied to each attracting aperture 122 to attract the specimen slide 10. At this time, it is preferable that a separate solenoid valve (not shown) is installed on the supply line to which the vacuum is applied so that the suction port 122 can be independently opened and closed. Since the solenoid valves can be independently controlled to individually open and close the suction ports 122, only the solenoid valves of the suction ports 122 corresponding to the portions where the sample slides 10 of the trays are received, Open. Therefore, misalignment can be prevented from being disturbed by the adsorption of the tray on which the sample slide 10 is not located.

The loading means 130 is provided so that the specimen slides 10 conveyed by the operation of the conveyor 110 are sequentially stacked on the seating plate 132. The loading means 130 includes a driving cylinder 134 installed on the base 135 so as to be able to move up and down, a seating plate 132 formed on the end of the driving cylinder 134 so as to be able to move up and down, A plurality of side plates 136 installed parallel to the sample slide 10 and a hinged door 138 pivotally mounted on a hinge shaft 139 extending in a direction perpendicular to the side plate 136 .

The base end of the drive cylinder 134 is connected to the base 135 and the tip end of the drive cylinder 134 is connected to the lower end of the seat plate 132. Here, the base 134 is preferably provided so as to be movable along the direction in which the pusher 150 moves in order to bring the loading means 130 into close contact with the bucket, if necessary. In the present embodiment, a ground rail 133 is provided so that the base can move. In addition, the driving cylinder 134 is preferably made of a pneumatic cylinder to prevent contamination of the surroundings.

The seating plate 132 is provided at the end of the driving cylinder 134 and is raised and lowered by the expansion and contraction of the driving cylinder 134. It is of course possible to provide a flooring (not shown) having elasticity such as rubber or cloth on the upper surface of the seating plate 132 in order to prevent the specimen slide from being damaged when the specimen slide 10 is seated.

The side plates 136 are installed on both sides of the seating plate 132 and guide the sample slides 10 to be aligned. Here, the width of the specimen slide 10 should be larger than the gap inside the side plate 136 in order to prevent the specimen slide from being caught between the side plates 136.

The hinged door 138 is installed to rotate about the hinge shaft 139 and the hinge shaft 139 is installed in a direction perpendicular to the side plate 136. It is preferable that the hinge shaft 139 is formed at the end of the side plate 130 so as to correspond to the side of the bucket 160 without interfering with movement of the sample slide 10. The hinge shaft 139 is installed in each of the plurality of side plates 136 so as to be positioned at the center of the divided space of the bucket 160 into which the sample slide 10 is inserted so that the plurality of hinges 138 are simultaneously opened .

The loading means 130 must be provided with sensing means 190 for sensing the sample slide 10 falling from the conveyor 110 to actuate the drive cylinder 134. The sensing means 190 may include a drop sensing means 190a for sensing the number of specimen slides 10 falling from the conveyor 110, a specimen slide 130a falling from the conveyor 110, A height sensing means 190b for sensing the height of the sample slide 10 and a weight sensing means 190c for sensing the weight of the sample slide 10 dropped from the cone bay 110 and mounted on the seating plate, . It is preferable that the falling of the sample slide 10 is sensed directly or indirectly from each of the sensing means 190a, 190b and 190c so that the driving cylinder 134 is lowered by one sample slide 10. Therefore, the impact of the sample slide 10 falling from the conveyor 110 can be minimized, so that the sample slide 10 can be prevented from being damaged. Here, a control unit 192 for controlling the driving cylinder 134 by calculating the signals inputted by the respective sensing means 190a, 190b and 190c is provided. The control unit 192 includes a first control unit 192a for calculating a signal input from the drop sensing means 190a and lowering the drive cylinder 134 by a preset height, A second controller 192b for lowering the drive cylinder 134 by a predetermined height and a third controller 192c for calculating the signal inputted from the weight sensing means 190c to lower the drive cylinder 134 by a predetermined height, It is needless to say that one controller 192 can function as each of the controllers 192a, 192b, and 192c as needed.

The guide 140 is installed downwardly in a direction in which the conveyor 110 advances in the lower front side of the conveyor 110 so that the specimen slide 10 discharged from the conveyor 110 is not reversed. When the guide 140 is inclined downwardly to less than 15 degrees forward from the plane parallel to the conveying surface of the conveyor 110, the sample slide 10 are not slid but are inclined downwardly by more than 75 degrees, they can be reversed by an external factor at the moment of falling in the process of falling. Therefore, the guide 140 is preferably installed to be inclined downward at an angle of 15 to 75 degrees forward with respect to a plane parallel to the conveying surface of the conveyor 110. [

The pusher 150 is provided to slide the specimen slide 10 when the specimen slide 10 is loaded on the loading means 130 and to move the specimen slide 10 to one side. The pusher 150 is provided at the front end of the pushing cylinder 154 and at the tip of the pushing cylinder 154 so as to be able to expand and contract in the horizontal direction to the proximal end 152, And a contact portion 156. When the pushing cylinder 154 is extended, the pusher 150 pushes the specimen slide 10 into the divided space of the bucket 160 so that the specimen slide 10 is inserted into the space defined by the pushing cylinder 154 It works. The operation of the pusher 150 is performed by sensing the sensing means 190a, 190b and 190c when a predetermined number of sample slides 10 are loaded and when the sensed signals are inputted, The pushing cylinder 154 is operated in accordance with the control so that the specimen slide 10 is inserted into the partitioned space of the bucket 160.

The bucket 160 is adapted to insert the specimen slide 10 moved into the pusher 150. In this embodiment, one side of the bucket 160 into which the sample slide 10 is inserted is opened as a housing. The bucket 160 is formed by dividing a space into which the sample slide 10 is inserted. Therefore, a larger amount of sample slides 10 can be moved and stored at the same time. The width of the divided space of the bucket 160 should be wider than the width of the specimen slide 10 so that the specimen slide 10 is inserted into the bucket 160 so that the hinged door 138 can be easily inserted and extracted.

The conduction means 170 includes a rotation center axis 172 and a rotation center axis 172 that extend parallel to the traveling direction of the conveyor 110 as means for conducting the bucket so that one open side of the bucket 160 faces upward, And an arm 176 extending in the radial direction from the rotation center shaft 172. When the specimen slide 10 is inserted and the inserting of the specimen slide 10 is completed with the bucket 160 mounted on the arm 176 of the conducting means 170, the driving motor 174 is operated, (172) is rotated. When the rotation center shaft 172 rotates, the arm 176 fixed to the rotation center shaft 172 rotates and the bucket 160 mounted on the arm 176 rotates to one side of the open side And is turned to be directed upward. Here, the arm 176 is preferably provided with a rolling member 178 for rolling contact with the bucket 160. Needless to say, the rolling member 178 may be provided with various members such as a ball and a roller. The driving motor 174 that rotates the rotation center shaft 172 is preferably provided as a step motor or the like so as to be able to control the angular velocity of the rotation center shaft 172. Therefore, the angular velocity of the rotation center shaft 172 can be controlled to reduce the impact of the bucket 160, thereby preventing the specimen slide 10 from being damaged.

The conveying means 180 is provided to convey the conveyed bucket 160 to the outside by the conveying means 170. The conveying means 180 is a conveying belt conveyor 182 formed vertically with the conveyor 110, And the bucket 160 slides along the arm 176 of the bucket 160 to discharge the bucket 160 to the outside.

As another example of the carry-out means 180, the take-out belt conveyor 182 is formed of a plurality of belt belts spaced apart from each other so that the arm of the conducting means can pass therethrough, thereby increasing the space utilization.

As another example of the carry-out means 180, a roller conveyor (not shown) may be installed between the rollers so that the arm of the conducting means can pass therethrough, thereby increasing the utilization of the space.

As described above, the bucket 160 taken out to the outside by the carrying out means 180 is moved to a separate space inside or outside the hospital and stored and can be dispensed again if necessary.

Hereinafter, a method of operating the sample slide bucket management and storage system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, an image of the tray containing the sample slide 10 moving through the conveying conveyor belt 40 is stored in the management server 60.

The management server 60 stops the movement of the conveying conveyor belt 40 when the tray arrives at the front end of the conveying conveyor belt 40 and moves the robot arm 120 to the upper portion of the tray accommodating the sample slide 10 .

When the robot arm 120 reaches the upper portion of the tray, the management server 60 opens only the solenoid valve on the supply line to which the vacuum of the suction port 122 corresponding to the position where the specimen slide 10 of the tray is accommodated is applied do.

Next, the robot arm 120 is lowered, the specimen slide 10 is sucked through the suction port 122, and then the specimen slide 10 is transferred to the upper portion of the conveyor 110.

When the sample slide 10 is transferred to the upper portion of the conveyor 110, the solenoid valve of the supply line for applying vacuum to the suction port 122 is closed so that the sample slide 10 drops onto the conveyor 110.

The specimen slide 10 dropped on the conveyor 110 is moved downward by the operation of the conveyor 110. [

Next, the specimen slide 10 moving along the surface of the conveyor 110 falls forward when reaching the lower end.

At this time, a guide 140 is provided in front of the lower end of the conveyor 110 so that the specimen slide 10 drops onto the seating plate 132 along the guide 140. Here, the guide 140 allows the bottom surface of the specimen slide 10 to move along the surface of the guide 140, thereby preventing the specimen slide 10 from being reversed during the drop of the specimen slide 10.

The fall sensing means 190a, the height sensing means 190b and the weight sensing means 190c, which are sensing means for sensing the drop of the sample slide 10 when the sample slide 10 falls into the seating plate 132, The drop of the sample slide 10 is detected. The signals sensed by the sensing means 190a, 190b and 190c are input to the respective control units 192a, 192b and 192c and the control units 192a, ) To be lowered by one height.

When a predetermined number of sample slides 10 are loaded on the seating plate 132 by the respective sensing means 190a, 190b and 190c, the control units 192a, 192b and 192c move the conveyor 110 and the robot arm 120 and causes the pushing cylinder 154 of the pusher 150 to extend so that the specimen slide 10 is inserted into the compartment of the bucket 160.

At this time, the hinged door 138 formed on the side plate 136 is opened to guide the movement of the specimen slide 10, so that it is correctly inserted into the predetermined position of the bucket 160.

Next, when the specimen slide 10 is correctly inserted into the predetermined position of the bucket 160, the pushing cylinder 154 is contracted and returned to its original position.

When the pushing cylinder 154 returns to its original position, the seating plate 132 is raised. When the seating plate 132 is returned to its initial position before descending, the conveyor 110 and the robot arm 120 are operated again So that the specimen slide 10 is loaded on the seating plate 132.

Meanwhile, since the bucket 160 in which the specimen slide 10 is inserted is divided into a plurality of portions, the divided portion into which the specimen slide 10 is to be inserted is moved so as to be positioned in the front corresponding to the advancing direction of the pusher 150.

When the specimen slide 10 is inserted into the bucket 160 to fill the plurality of compartments of the bucket 160, the driving motor 174 of the conducting means 170 is operated to rotate the rotating center shaft 172 . The rotation of the rotation center shaft 172 causes the arm 176 to rotate and the rotation of the arm 176 causes the bucket 160 to be opened so that one side opened for insertion of the sample slide 10 is directed upward .

At this time, the bucket 160 is slid to the outside through the rolling member 178 formed on the arm 176 and the bucket 160 to be slid to the outside is seated on the carry-out conveyor belt 182 which is the carry-out means 180.

Next, when the bucket 160 is seated on the take-out conveyor belt 182, the take-out conveyor belt 182 is operated to take out the bucket 160 to the outside.

When the bucket 160 is unloaded, the operator puts the sample slide 10 in the warehouse for storage in the hospital or outside the hospital.

11 to 12, the present invention is characterized in that a conveying means 200 for conveying a bucket 160 and a conveying means 200 for conveying a bucket 160 conveyed by the conveying means 200, A loading robot 400 for loading the bucket 160 transferred by the transfer means 200 into the loading cabinet 300 or discharging the bucket 160 loaded in the loading cabinet 300, And a discharging means 500 for discharging the bucket 160 discharged by the robot 400.

The conveying means 200 may be constituted by a conveyor belt for conveying the bucket 160 carried out by the carry-out means 180 to the loading cabinet 300. Here, the conveying means 200 may be disposed in such a state that an end of the conveying means 200 passes through one side of the loading cabinet 300.

The loading cabinet 300 may be formed with a plurality of bucket loading spaces 311 on both sides thereof. That is, a plurality of partition walls 310 are formed on the standing outer wall 320 so as to be spaced vertically and horizontally at intervals of the height of the bucket 160 and the width of the bucket 160, thereby forming the bucket mounting space 311 . As the outer walls 320 face each other, the bucket mounting spaces 311 face each other. The through-holes may be formed on one side or the other side of the stacking cabinet 300 so that the conveying means 200 or the discharging means 500 may pass through the through-holes.

In addition, as shown in the enlarged view, the barrier ribs 310 may be formed with recognition marks 330 formed of letters, numerals, or bar codes.

The loading robot 400 is provided inside the loading cabinet 300. That is, between the outer walls 320. Then, the loading robot 400 can be controlled by the management server 60 described above.

The loading robot 400 includes a bucket seating portion 410 on which a bucket 160 to be conveyed by the conveying means 200 is seated and a bucket supporting portion 410 provided on the bucket seating portion 410, A bucket loading / unloading unit 420 for pushing and discharging the buckets 160 to the loading cabinet 300 or sucking and discharging the buckets 160 loaded on the loading cabinet 300, A switching unit 430 for switching the direction of the bucket seating unit 410 fixed to the bucket seat 410 in the fore and aft direction, a left and right transfer unit 440 for transferring the switching unit 430 to the left and right, And a lifting portion 450 for lifting the wafer W.

The bucket seating portion 410 is formed to have a width corresponding to the width of the bucket 160 and is formed with side walls 411 for supporting both sides of the bucket 160 on both sides, The discharge portion 420 may be fixed and the loading space confirming member 460 may be fixed at the rear end.

The bucket loading / discharging unit 420 is closely attached to the side surface of the bucket 160 and has an air passage 422 through which air is sucked in the front surface thereof. An air hose for discharging air or supplying air to the rear surface is connected A pad 421 on which the air hose connector 423 is formed and an extensible and contractible portion 424 for expanding and contracting the shaft connected to the pad 421.

The pad 421 may be composed of a concave and elastic rubber pad. When the pad 421 is in contact with the outer surface of the bucket 160 and air is sucked through the air hose connected to the air hose connector 423, air is sucked through the air path 422 of the pad 421 The pad 421 can be strongly attracted to the bucket 160. At this time, the bucket 160 is discharged from the bucket loading space 311 by driving the stretchable and contractible portion 424, which will be described later, with the pad 421 sucking the bucket 160 loaded in the bucket loading space 311 Can be seated on the bucket seating portion (410).

Air can also be supplied through the air hose connector 423 when the pad 421 pushes the bucket 160 to load the bucket 160 into the bucket loading space 311 or after the pushing operation is completed. That is, the pad 421 can be easily separated from the bucket 160 by the supplied air, so that the bucket 160 can be prevented from being discharged again by the recovered pad 421 in the adsorbed state.

Here, a compressor (not shown) for supplying or discharging air may be connected to the air hose. Of course, when air flows through the air hose connector 423, air is discharged through the air passage 422 of the pad 421, so that the pad 421 can be separated from the outer surface of the bucket 160.

The stretchable and contractible portion 424 may be constituted by a cylinder for expanding and contracting a cylinder axis connected to the rear surface of the pad 421. [ When the stretchable and contractible portion 424 stretches the cylinder shaft, the pad 421 can push the bucket 160 seated in the bucket seating portion 410 and load it in the bucket loading space 311.

Further, as shown in Fig. 13, the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 may be configured as a clamping unit instead of the pad 421. [ The clamp unit includes a plurality of clamp pads 425 for holding the buckets 160 and a clamp pad driver 426 for opening and closing the clamp pads 425.

The clamping pads 425 may be formed in a plate shape while being configured in a plurality of configurations so as to press both sides of the bucket 160 and may be provided with a non-slip formed by a rubber plate, .

The gripper pad driving unit 426 may include a guide rail fixed to the cylinder shaft serving as the stretchable and contractible portion 424 and a plurality of guide blocks movably coupled along the guide rail and fixed with the grip pads 425 have. Here, the clamp guide rail and the guide block may be constituted by a linear motor. Thus, when the guide blocks are moved along the clamp guide rails, the clamp pads 425 grip the bucket 160. Alternatively, leadscrews may be applied to bring the grippads 425 closer or further away.

14, the clamp unit includes a plurality of clamp pads 425 for gripping the buckets 160, an intermediate portion of each of the clamp pads 425 being rotatably fixed, and a stretchable portion 424 And a plurality of rotation portions 428 facing the base plate 427 and rotating the clamp pads 425 in the forward or reverse direction.

The grip pads 425 are bent in the shape of an 'S', and the non-slip as described above may be formed to prevent slippage when gripping the bucket 160 at one end, Can be rotatably fixed to the plate (427).

Since the base plate 427 is connected to the cylinder axis of the stretchable and contractible portion 424, the base plate 427 can be advanced or retracted together with the cylinder axis to be stretched.

The rotary part 428 is constituted by a cylinder and is rotatably fixed to the base plate 427 through a hinge (not shown), and the cylinder axis can be connected to the other end of the grip pads 425.

Accordingly, when the rotary part 428 is operated to retract the cylinder shaft, the clamp pads 425 are rotated so that the one ends of the clamp pads 425 are close to each other, thereby pressing both sides of the bucket 160 to grip the bucket 160.

In this case, it is preferable that the side wall 411 is not formed or formed at a low height in the bucket seating portion 410 described above so that the operating space of the clamp pads 425 is secured.

As shown in FIGS. 15 to 19, the switching unit 430 may include a motor that rotates a shaft coupled to a lower portion of the bucket seating unit 410 at an angle of 180 degrees. The bucket seating portion 410 is turned at an angle of 180 degrees by driving the switching portion 430 so that the bucket 160 seated on the bucket seating portion 410 is formed on both sides of the loading cabinet 300 And can be selectively loaded in the bucket loading space 311.

The left and right conveying unit 440 includes left and right guide blocks 441 fixed to the lower portion of the switching unit 430 and left and right guide rails 442 horizontally installed to guide the left and right guide blocks 441 to the left and right. The left and right transfer unit 440 may be a linear motor or a ball screw.

The elevating part 450 is composed of a lift block 451 to which both ends of the left and right guide rails 442 of the left and right conveying part 440 are respectively fixed and a lift rail which is vertical to guide the lift of the lift blocks 451 respectively. The elevating part 450 may be composed of a linear motor or a ball screw.

The loading robot 400 includes a loading space identifying unit 460 that identifies the bucket loading space 311 of the loading cabinet 300. The loading space verifying unit 460 may be constituted by a digital camera for photographing the bucket loading space 311 of the loading cabinet 300. Therefore, the camera, which is the loading space identifying unit 460, can photograph the bucket loading space 311 and transmit it to the management server 60 described above. At this time, the management server 60 can recognize the recognition mark 330 by checking the transmitted image. Thus, the management server 60 can precisely control the left and right transfer unit 440 and the elevation unit 450 based on the recognized recognition mark 330 to move the loading robot 400 to the correct position.

When the bucket storage space 311 in which the bucket 160 is loaded is loaded in the bucket loading space 311 from the image transferred by the management server 60, And the bucket loading space 311 in which the bucket 160 is not loaded.

The discharging means 500 may be constituted by a conveyor belt for discharging the bucket 160 discharged by the loading robot 400 to the outside. Here, the discharging means 500 may be arranged so that its end passes through one side of the loading cabinet 300. In other words, the conveying means 200 and the discharging means 500 may be arranged in a state of passing through one side of the stacking cabinet 300 in a state of being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, or may be arranged so as to penetrate both sides.

Hereinafter, the operation and effects of the present invention will be described.

First, the bucket 160 carried out by the carry-out means 180 is conveyed by the conveying means 200. At this time, the bucket 160 transferred by the transfer means 200 is seated on the bucket seating portion 410 of the loading robot 400.

The bucket 160 is raised and the bucket seat 410 is raised by operating the elevator 450 in a state where the bucket 160 is seated on the bucket seat 410. At this time, the loading space identifying unit 460 takes a picture of the bucket loading space 311 and transfers the photographed image to the management server 60. [

The management server 60 recognizes the recognition mark 330 through the transmitted image and moves the loading robot 400 to the bucket loading space 311 previously inputted based on the recognized recognition mark 330 . Or the loading robot 400 can be moved to the bucket loading space 311 where the loading bucket 160 is not loaded. That is, the bucket seating portion 410 is precisely moved together with the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 by the driving of the left and right conveying portion 440 and the elevating portion 450 to be aligned with the bucket mounting space 311. In this manner, the bucket loading space 311 can be accurately confirmed through the photographed image.

When the stretchable portion 424 of the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 is operated to advance the pad 421, the pad 421 pushes the bucket 160 seated on the bucket seating portion 410, It is possible to accurately load the light beam on the light source 311.

When the other bucket 160 is conveyed by the conveying means 200, the bucket seating portion 410 is moved together with the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 by driving the left and right conveying portion 440 and the elevating portion 450, And is located at the end of the conveying means 200.

Subsequently, another bucket 160 to be conveyed by the conveying means 200 is seated on the bucket seating portion 410. In this state, the bucket seating portion 410 is moved up and down with the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 being moved up and down by driving the left and right conveying portion 440 and the elevating portion 450.

At this time, when the buckets 160 are all loaded in the bucket mounting spaces 311 of one side, the direction of the bucket seating portion 410 is changed by the switching portion 430 together with the bucket loading / 180 degree angle. In this state, the bucket loading / unloading portion 420 is operated to push another bucket 160 seated in the bucket seating portion 410 and load it in the bucket loading space 311.

When air is discharged through the air hose connector 423 while the pad 421 is in contact with the bucket 160 loaded in the bucket mounting space 311, air is sucked into the air passage 422, 421 are adsorbed on the bucket 160.

When the stretchable portion 424 of the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 is operated to pull the pad 421, the bucket 160 sucked together with the pad 421 is discharged from the bucket loading space 311, (Not shown). The bucket 160 can be accurately discharged from the bucket loading space 311 by the pad 421 forming the vacuum.

Subsequently, the bucket seating portion 410 is lowered together with the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 by the driving of the horizontal conveying portion 440 and the elevating portion 450, and is moved to the end of the discharging means 500.

In this state, when the stretchable and contractible portion 424 is actuated to push the pad 421, the bucket 160 is seated on the discharge means 500. At this time, when the air is sucked through the air hose connector 423 and then air is supplied in the opposite direction, the air is discharged through the air passage 422, so that the bucket 160 is separated from the pad 421. That is, the bucket 160 can be discharged to the outside by the discharging means 500.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the buckets 160, into which the plurality of sample slides 10 are inserted, are automatically loaded or discharged into the loading cabinet 300, a very useful invention .

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is to be understood, therefore, that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, All changes or modifications that come within the scope of the equivalent concept are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

10: sample slide 11: sample information
12: sample 20: tray
21: accommodating groove 22: accommodating groove information
30: tray loading section 40: conveying conveyor belt
50: vision scanner 60: management server
70: Tray processor 110: Conveyor
120: Robot arm 130: Loading means
140: Guide 150: Pusher
160: bucket 170: conduction means
180: transport means 200: transport means
300: Loading cabinet 400: Loading robot
500: exhaust means 410: bucket seat
420: bucket loading / unloading unit 430: switching unit
440: Transmitting left and right 450:
460: Loading space checking unit 421: Pad
422: Air passage 423: Air hose connector
424:

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A conveyor 110 for conveying the sample slide 10 to be placed thereon,
A loading means 130 for sequentially loading sample slides 10 transported by the operation of the conveyor 110,
A pusher 150 for pushing the sample slide 10 to one side when the sample slide 10 is loaded on the loading means 130,
And a bucket (160) into which the sample slide (10) moved by the pusher (150) is inserted. The sample slide bucket management and storage system of claim 1, comprising a robot arm (120) for moving the sample slide (10) contained in the tray to the conveyor (110). The sample slide bucket management and storage system according to claim 2, wherein the robot arm (120) is formed with a plurality of adsorption openings (122) for simultaneously adsorbing or individually adsorbing a plurality of sample slides (10). The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the loading means (130)
A drive cylinder 134 installed to be able to move up and down on the base 135,
A seating plate 132 formed to be able to move up and down at an end of the driving cylinder 134 and on which the sample slide 10 is seated,
A plurality of side plates 136 installed on both sides of the seating plate 132 so as to be parallel to the sample slides 10,
And a hinged door (138) installed to rotate about a hinge shaft (139) extending in a vertical direction to the side plate (136). 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the loading means (130)
Drop detecting means 190a for detecting the number of sample slides 10 falling from the conveyor 110,
And a first controller (192a) for controlling the drive cylinder (134) to descend by a predetermined height when dropping of the specimen slide (10) is detected in the drop detecting means (190a) Storage system. The first control unit 192a stops rotation of the conveyor 110 when the number of sample slides 10 sensed by the drop detection means 190a reaches the number of predetermined sample slides 10, And the pusher (150) pushes the sample slide (10) and controls the sample slide (10) to be inserted into the bucket (160). 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the loading means (130)
Height detecting means 190b for sensing the height of the specimen slide 10 which has fallen from the conveyor 110 and is stacked thereon,
And a second controller (192b) for controlling the drive cylinder (134) to descend by a predetermined height when the height of the specimen slide (10) loaded on the height detecting means (190b) is changed, Management and archiving system. The second control unit 192b controls the second control unit 192b such that when the height of the sample slide 10 loaded in the height sensing unit 190b reaches a height corresponding to the number of sample slides 10, 110 to stop the pusher 150 to push the sample slide 10 and to cause the sample slide 10 to be inserted into the bucket 160. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the loading means (130)
A weight sensing means 190c for sensing the weight of the specimen slide 10 which has fallen from the conveyor 110 and loaded,
And a third controller (192c) for controlling the drive cylinder (134) to descend by a predetermined height when the weight of the specimen slide (10) loaded by the weight sensing means (190c) is changed. Management and archiving system. When the weight of the specimen slide 10 loaded in the weight sensing means 190c reaches the weight corresponding to the number of specimen slides 10 set in advance, the third control unit 192c controls the conveyor 110 to stop the pusher 150 to push the sample slide 10 and to cause the sample slide 10 to be inserted into the bucket 160. The conveyor according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a guide (140) installed at a lower front side of the conveyor (110) so that the specimen slide (10) discharged from the conveyor And the sample slide bucket management and storage system. The specimen slide according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a conduction means (170) for conducting the bucket (160) such that one side of the bucket (160) into which the specimen slide (10) Bucket management and archiving system. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the conducting means (170)
A rotation center axis 172 extending parallel to the traveling direction of the conveyor 110,
A drive motor 174 for rotating the rotation center shaft 172,
And an arm (176) extending radially from the rotational center axis (172) to support the bucket (160). The sample slide bucket management and storage system according to claim 12, comprising a carry-out means (180) for taking out the bucket (160) conducted by the conducting means (170) to the outside. The method according to claim 1,
A conveying means 200 for conveying the bucket 160,
A loading cabinet 300 on which a bucket 160 to be transferred by the transfer means 200 is loaded,
A loading robot 400 for loading the bucket 160 transferred by the transfer means 200 into the loading cabinet 300 or discharging the bucket 160 loaded in the loading cabinet 300,
And a discharge means (500) for discharging the bucket (160) discharged by the loading robot (400). 16. The loading robot according to claim 15,
A bucket seating portion 410 on which the bucket 160 to be conveyed by the conveying means 200 is seated,
The bucket 160 mounted on the bucket seating part 410 to push the bucket 160 seated on the bucket seating part 410 to be stacked on the stacking cabinet 300 or the bucket 160 loaded on the stacking cabinet 300 to be sucked and discharged A bucket loading / discharging portion 420,
A switching portion 430 for switching the direction of the bucket seating portion 410 to which the bucket loading / discharging portion 420 is fixed,
A horizontal transfer unit 440 for transferring the switching unit 430 to the left and right,
And a lift part (450) for moving the left and right transfer part (440) up and down. The bucket loading / discharging device according to claim 17, wherein the bucket loading /
An air passage connection hole 423 is formed in the rear surface of the bucket 160 and is connected to an air hose for discharging air or supplying air. A pad 421,
And a stretchable and contractible portion (424) for expanding and contracting the shaft connected to the pad (421). The sample slide bucket management and storage system of claim 15, wherein the switching unit (430) comprises a motor that rotates a shaft coupled to a lower portion of the bucket seating unit (410) at an angle of 180 degrees.

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