A centrifugal tube intermittent rotary inkjet device

Abstract

The present invention discloses an intermittent rotary coding device for centrifuge tubes, comprising a workbench, a rotary positioning support mechanism fixed on the upper part of the workbench, a centrifuge tube rotary driving mechanism, a transport mechanism, a cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and a spray terminal, wherein the rotary positioning support mechanism comprises a centrifuge tube clamping and coding part, the centrifuge tube rotary driving mechanism comprises a rotary driving part, and the rotary driving part corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part below it; the transport mechanism comprises a transport clamping part, and the transport clamping part transports and places the centrifuge tube to be coded stored by the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part; the spray terminal corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part. The present invention performs rotary spraying on the centrifuge tube, so that the tube body can be sprayed with a maximum of 4 lines of information, the information richness is greatly improved, the characters are clear and easy to recognize, and the coding work on the tube wall of the centrifuge tube can be completed in one process without closing the gland, with a high degree of automation and labor cost saving.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of life science experimental equipment, and more specifically to an intermittent rotary coding device for a centrifuge tube. Background Art

[0002] The centrifuge tube with a cap is sealed by pressing. The last step of the production of the centrifuge tube with a cap needs to be coded.

[0003] However, the existing centrifuge tube coding mechanism can only code the tube wall of the centrifuge tube in one direction. The centrifuge tube is driven by the X and Y axis motors to be moved to the bottom of the spraying terminal for coding. On the one hand, due to the limitation of this coding method, the coding can only print two lines of information, and the information richness is insufficient. On the other hand, it is greatly affected by the curvature of the centrifuge tube surface, causing serious deformation of the information on both sides. Finally, it is impossible to code the tube wall without closing the pressure cap, which reduces the degree of automation and wastes labor costs.

[0004] Therefore, providing a centrifuge tube intermittent rotary coding device with clear and complete coding is a problem that technical personnel in this field urgently need to solve. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of this, the present invention provides an intermittent rotary inkjet coding device for centrifuge tubes, which performs rotary spraying on the centrifuge tubes so that a maximum of 4 lines of information can be sprayed on the tube body, the information richness is greatly improved, the characters are clear and easy to recognize, and the coding work on the wall of the centrifuge tube can be completed in one process without closing the pressure cap, with a high degree of automation and saving labor costs.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0007] A centrifuge tube intermittent rotary inkjet device comprises a workbench, a rotary positioning support mechanism, a centrifuge tube rotary drive mechanism, a transport mechanism, a cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and an inkjet terminal.

[0008] The rotating positioning support mechanism comprises a centrifugal tube clamping and coding part and a connecting support, and the centrifugal tube clamping and coding part is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the connecting support;

[0009] The centrifuge tube rotation driving mechanism comprises a rotation driving part and a support assembly, wherein the rotation driving part is mounted and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the support assembly; the rotation driving part corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part below it;

[0010] The transport mechanism comprises a transport clamping part and a slide rail support part, wherein the transport clamping part is fixedly mounted on the upper part of the workbench through the slide rail support part; the slide rail support part is arranged between the rotation positioning support mechanism and the centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism; the transport clamping part transports the centrifuge tube to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and places it on the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part;

[0011] The inkjet terminal corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding portion.

[0012] By adopting the above scheme, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0013] The transporting mechanism transports the centrifuge tube to be coded on the cache pneumatic clamping mechanism and places it on the rotating positioning support mechanism, and then rotates the centrifuge tube to be coded on the rotating positioning support mechanism through the centrifuge tube rotating drive mechanism above it. The spray terminal is aligned with the wall of the centrifuge tube to be coded for coding, so that a maximum of 4 lines of information can be sprayed on the tube body, the richness of information is greatly improved, the characters are clear and easy to recognize, and the coding work on the wall of the centrifuge tube can be completed in one process without closing the pressure cap, with a high degree of automation and saving labor costs.

[0014] Furthermore, the rotation positioning support mechanism also includes a first lifting cylinder, which is installed on the connecting support; the centrifuge tube clamping and inkjet printing part is fixed on the upper part of the first lifting cylinder.

[0015] Furthermore, the centrifuge tube clamping and coding unit comprises a clamping and rotating carrier plate, a centrifuge tube positioning member and a bearing.

[0016] The clamping and rotating carrier plate is fixedly connected to the upper part of the first lifting cylinder; the clamping and rotating carrier plate has a through hole;

[0017] The centrifuge tube positioning member is installed in the through hole through the bearing.

[0018] The beneficial effect of adopting the above-mentioned further technical solution is that the centrifuge tube to be coded is placed in the centrifuge tube positioning member, and under the action of the first lifting cylinder, the clamping rotating carrier plate and the centrifuge tube positioning member are driven to move upward, corresponding to the downward pressing rotating drive part.

[0019] Furthermore, the centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism also includes a slide and a second lifting cylinder.

[0020] The side of the support assembly is provided with a vertical guide rail; the slide is installed on the vertical guide rail;

[0021] The second lifting cylinder is mounted on the support assembly, and its piston rod is fixedly connected to the top of the slide;

[0022] The rotation driving part is fixed to the side surface of the slide.

[0023] Furthermore, the rotary drive unit includes a motor, a motor support seat, a rotary head and a coupling.

[0024] The motor is fixed to the side of the slide table through the motor support seat;

[0025] The rotating head is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the motor through the coupling; the rotating head corresponds to the centrifuge tube positioning piece below it.

[0026] The beneficial effect of adopting the above further technical solution is that, under the action of the second lifting cylinder, the motor moves downward with the slide, and the rotating head supports the centrifuge tube to be coded, driving it to rotate in the centrifuge tube positioning piece.

[0027] Furthermore, the transport and clamping part includes a slide block, a carrying plate, a plurality of clamping manipulators, a transverse cylinder and a longitudinal cylinder.

[0028] The slider is mounted on the slide rail support portion; the slider has a longitudinal guide rail;

[0029] The bearing plate is embedded in the longitudinal guide rail;

[0030] A plurality of the clamping manipulators are fixed at intervals on the upper portion of the carrier plate; the clamping manipulators carry the centrifuge tubes to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and place them in the centrifuge tube positioning member;

[0031] The traverse cylinder drives the slider to move laterally on the slide rail support portion;

[0032] The longitudinal movement cylinder drives the bearing plate to move longitudinally on the slider.

[0033] Furthermore, the slide rail support portion includes a transverse slide rail and a plurality of support blocks.

[0034] The transverse sliding rail is fixed to the upper part of the workbench through a plurality of the support blocks and is arranged between the connecting support and the support assembly;

[0035] The sliding block is mounted on the transverse sliding rail.

[0036] The beneficial effect of adopting the above-mentioned further technical solution is that under the joint action of the transverse movement cylinder and the longitudinal movement cylinder, the supporting plate is pushed to move horizontally and vertically, driving the clamping robot to remove the centrifuge tube to be coded on the cache pneumatic clamping claw mechanism and send it to the centrifuge tube positioning piece.

[0037] Furthermore, the cache pneumatic gripper mechanism includes an L-shaped support, a clamping cylinder and a contoured pneumatic finger.

[0038] The L-shaped support is fixed on a workbench on one side of the transverse slide rail close to the spraying terminal;

[0039] The clamping cylinder is installed on the L-shaped support and drives the contour-forming pneumatic fingers to clamp the centrifuge tube to be coded.

[0040] The beneficial effect of adopting the above further technical solution is that the clamping cylinder drives the contour-profiling pneumatic fingers to firmly and reliably clamp the centrifuge tube to be coded. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the provided drawings without paying creative work.

[0042] Figure 1 The accompanying drawing is a schematic structural diagram of a centrifuge tube intermittent rotary inkjet coding device provided by the present invention;

[0043] Figure 2 The accompanying drawing is a schematic structural diagram of a rotation positioning support mechanism provided by the present invention;

[0044] Figure 3 The accompanying drawing is a structural schematic diagram of the centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism provided by the present invention;

[0045] Figure 4 The accompanying drawing is a schematic structural diagram of the transport mechanism provided by the present invention;

[0046] Figure 5 The accompanying drawing is a schematic structural diagram of the cache pneumatic clamping jaw mechanism provided by the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0047] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0048] like Figure 1-5As shown, the embodiment of the present invention discloses an intermittent rotary inkjet device for centrifuge tubes, including a workbench, a rotary positioning support mechanism 1, a centrifuge tube rotary drive mechanism 2, a transport mechanism 3, a cache pneumatic clamp mechanism 4 and an inkjet terminal 5, the rotary positioning support mechanism 1 includes a centrifuge tube clamping inkjet part 11 and a connecting support 12, the centrifuge tube clamping inkjet part 11 is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the connecting support 12; the centrifuge tube rotary drive mechanism 2 includes a rotary drive part 21 and a support assembly 22, the rotary drive part 21 is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the supporting assembly 22 It is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench; the rotation driving part 21 corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part 11 below it; the transporting mechanism 3 includes a transport clamping part 31 and a slide rail support part 32, and the transport clamping part 31 is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the slide rail support part 32; the slide rail support part 32 is arranged between the rotation positioning support mechanism 1 and the centrifuge tube rotation driving mechanism 2; the transport clamping part 31 transports the centrifuge tube to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamping claw mechanism 4 and places it on the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part 11; the coding terminal 5 corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part 11.

[0049] The transport mechanism 3 of the present invention transports the centrifuge tube to be coded on the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism 4 and places it on the rotating positioning support mechanism 1, and then the centrifuge tube rotating drive mechanism 2 above it rotates the centrifuge tube to be coded on the rotating positioning support mechanism 1, and the spray terminal 5 is aligned with the wall of the centrifuge tube to be coded to spray the code, so that a maximum of 4 lines of information can be sprayed on the tube body, the information richness is greatly improved, the characters are clear and easy to recognize, and the coding work on the wall of the centrifuge tube can be completed in one process without closing the pressure cap, with a high degree of automation and saving labor costs.

[0050] Specifically, the rotary positioning support mechanism 1 further includes a first lifting cylinder 13 , which is mounted on the connecting support 12 ; the centrifugal tube clamping inkjet printer part 11 is fixed on the upper part of the first lifting cylinder 13 .

[0051] Specifically, the centrifuge tube clamping and inkjet printing part 11 includes a clamping rotating carrier plate 111, a centrifuge tube positioning member 112 and a bearing 113. The clamping rotating carrier plate 111 is fixedly connected to the upper part of the first lifting cylinder 13; the clamping rotating carrier plate 111 has a through hole; the centrifuge tube positioning member 112 is installed in the through hole through the bearing 113.

[0052] Specifically, the centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism 2 also includes a slide 23 and a second lifting cylinder 24, and the side of the support assembly 22 has a vertical guide rail; the slide 23 is installed on the vertical guide rail; the second lifting cylinder 24 is installed on the support assembly 22, and its piston rod is fixedly connected to the top of the slide 23; the rotation drive unit 21 is fixed on the side of the slide 23.

[0053] Specifically, the rotating drive unit 21 includes a motor 211, a motor support seat 212, a rotating head 213 and a coupling 214. The motor 211 is fixed to the side of the slide 23 through the motor support seat 212; the rotating head 213 is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the motor 211 through the coupling 214; the rotating head 213 corresponds to the centrifuge tube positioning piece 112 below it.

[0054] Specifically, the transporting and clamping part 31 includes a slider 311, a carrying plate 312, a plurality of clamping robots 313, a transverse cylinder 314 and a longitudinal cylinder 315. The slider 311 is installed on the slide rail support part 32; the slider 311 has a longitudinal guide rail; the carrying plate 312 is embedded in the longitudinal guide rail; a plurality of clamping robots 313 are fixed at intervals on the upper part of the carrying plate 312; the clamping robots 313 transport the centrifuge tubes to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamping mechanism 4 and place them in the centrifuge tube positioning member 112; the transverse cylinder 314 drives the slider 311 to move transversely on the slide rail support part 32; the longitudinal cylinder 315 drives the carrying plate 312 to move longitudinally on the slider 311.

[0055] Specifically, the slide rail support portion 32 includes a transverse slide rail 321 and a plurality of support blocks 322 . The transverse slide rail 321 is fixed to the upper portion of the workbench through the plurality of support blocks 322 and is disposed between the connecting support member 12 and the support assembly 22 . The slider 311 is mounted on the transverse slide rail 321 .

[0056] Specifically, the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism 4 includes an L-shaped support 41, a clamping cylinder 42 and a contour-profiling pneumatic finger 43. The L-shaped support 41 is fixed on a workbench on the side of the transverse slide rail 321 close to the inkjet terminal 5; the clamping cylinder 42 is installed on the L-shaped support 41 and drives the contour-profiling pneumatic finger 43 to clamp the centrifuge tube to be coded.

[0057] In this specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the embodiments can be referred to each other. For the device disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method part.

[0058] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables one skilled in the art to implement or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to one skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but rather to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A centrifuge tube intermittent rotary inkjet device, comprising a workbench, characterized in that: It also includes a rotating positioning support mechanism, a centrifuge tube rotating drive mechanism, a transport mechanism, a cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and a spray terminal. The rotating positioning support mechanism comprises a centrifugal tube clamping and coding part and a connecting support, and the centrifugal tube clamping and coding part is installed and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the connecting support; The centrifuge tube rotation driving mechanism comprises a rotation driving part and a support assembly, wherein the rotation driving part is mounted and fixed on the upper part of the workbench through the support assembly; the rotation driving part corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part below it; The transport mechanism comprises a transport clamping part and a slide rail support part, wherein the transport clamping part is fixedly mounted on the upper part of the workbench through the slide rail support part; the slide rail support part is arranged between the rotation positioning support mechanism and the centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism; the transport clamping part transports the centrifuge tube to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and places it on the centrifuge tube clamping and coding part; The inkjet terminal corresponds to the centrifuge tube clamping and inkjet coding part; The rotary positioning support mechanism further includes a first lifting cylinder, which is mounted on the connecting support; the centrifugal tube clamping and inkjet printing part is fixed on the upper part of the first lifting cylinder; The centrifuge tube clamping and coding unit comprises a clamping and rotating carrier plate, a centrifuge tube positioning member and a bearing. The clamping and rotating carrier plate is fixedly connected to the upper part of the first lifting cylinder; the clamping and rotating carrier plate has a through hole; The centrifuge tube positioning member is installed in the through hole through the bearing; The centrifuge tube rotation drive mechanism also includes a slide and a second lifting cylinder. The side of the support assembly is provided with a vertical guide rail; the slide is installed on the vertical guide rail; The second lifting cylinder is mounted on the support assembly, and its piston rod is fixedly connected to the top of the slide; The rotary drive unit is fixed to the side of the slide; The rotary drive unit includes a motor, a motor support seat, a rotary head and a coupling. The motor is fixed to the side of the slide table through the motor support seat; The rotating head is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the motor through the coupling; the rotating head corresponds to the centrifuge tube positioning piece below it; The transport and clamping part includes a slider, a bearing plate, a plurality of clamping manipulators, a transverse cylinder and a longitudinal cylinder. The slider is mounted on the slide rail support portion; the slider has a longitudinal guide rail; The bearing plate is embedded in the longitudinal guide rail; A plurality of the clamping manipulators are fixed at intervals on the upper portion of the carrier plate; the clamping manipulators carry the centrifuge tubes to be coded stored in the cache pneumatic clamp mechanism and place them in the centrifuge tube positioning member; The traverse cylinder drives the slider to move laterally on the slide rail support portion; The longitudinal movement cylinder drives the bearing plate to move longitudinally on the slider.

2. A centrifuge tube intermittent rotary inkjet device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The slide rail support portion includes a transverse slide rail and a plurality of support blocks. The transverse sliding rail is fixed to the upper part of the workbench through a plurality of the support blocks and is arranged between the connecting support and the support assembly; The sliding block is mounted on the transverse sliding rail.

3. A centrifuge tube intermittent rotary inkjet printer according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cache pneumatic gripper mechanism comprises an L-shaped support, a clamping cylinder and a contour-profiling pneumatic finger. The L-shaped support is fixed on a workbench on one side of the transverse slide rail close to the spraying terminal; The clamping cylinder is installed on the L-shaped support and drives the contour-forming pneumatic fingers to clamp the centrifuge tube to be coded.

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