A slide labeling device

Abstract

The application discloses a slide labeling device, which comprises a slide conveying mechanism, a slide stacking component, a slide carrier and a slide conveying part for conveying the slides in the slide stacking component to the slide carrier, the slide carrier is provided with a first placing groove, the slide conveying part is provided with a first conveying part for outputting the slides from the lower part of the slide stacking component to a first station and a second conveying part for conveying the slides in the first station to the first placing groove, the slide stacking component is provided with a storage cavity, and the lower end of the storage cavity is provided with an opening for the falling slides; a label printing mechanism; and a taking mechanism for pasting the label on the slide; the slide stacking device can carry a large number of slides, and can automatically convey the slides, so that the labor cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the label corresponding to the body fluid to be smeared is pasted on the slide, so that the situation that the analysis result does not correspond to the body fluid is avoided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of medical automation, in particular to a slide labeling device. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, in the medical field, the health and corresponding consciousness of the people are paid more and more attention by all aspects, and the effect of antibiotics in the medical field and on the health of the people is very significant, but due to the lack of understanding of antibiotics in the past, the use of antibiotics has appeared the situation of abuse, thus bringing certain negative influence on the health of the people, therefore, medical workers will gradually adopt more scientific and stable ways and methods to treat patients when the people get sick, the current practice is to collect the body fluid sample of the patient, put it into a special test tube for standby, then use the inoculation ring to smear the standby body fluid on the corresponding position of the slide, observe and analyze the body fluid, so as to quickly understand the real disease mechanism of the patient, and then treat the disease accordingly, the current way and method are manual operation, which not only consumes time and effort, but also is easy to cause certain mistakes due to the possibility of fatigue of medical workers, therefore, it is necessary to find an automatic way and method, and the automatic way and method will inevitably involve the conveying of the slide, the confirmation of the one-to-one correspondence between the slide and the smearing body fluid, therefore, it is necessary to design a corresponding structure to solve such problems. SUMMARY

[0003] Therefore, in order to overcome at least one of the above defects in the prior art, the present application provides a slide labeling device, which comprises: a slide conveying mechanism, having a slide stacking part for placing the slide, a slide carrier for placing the slide, and a slide conveying part for conveying the slide in the slide stacking part to the slide carrier, the slide carrier having a first placing groove matched with the slide, the slide conveying part having a first conveying part for outputting the slide from the lower part of the slide stacking part to a first station, and a second conveying part for conveying the slide in the first station to the first placing groove, the slide stacking part having a storage cavity matched with the shape of the slide, the lower end of the storage cavity having an opening for falling the slide; a label printing mechanism for printing out labels corresponding one-to-one to the body fluid to be smeared; and a taking mechanism for taking out the labels from the label printing mechanism and pasting the labels on the slide in the slide carrier.

[0004] According to the prior art in the background of the present application, the current mode and method are manual operation, which not only consumes time and effort, but also is prone to cause certain errors, and therefore an automatic mode and method need to be found, and the automatic mode and method will inevitably involve the conveying of the glass slides and the confirmation of the one-to-one correspondence between the glass slides and the body fluids on the smears, and therefore a corresponding structure needs to be designed to solve such problems; the glass slide labeling device disclosed in the present application can carry a large number of glass slides by using the stacking device, reduce manual operation, and automatically convey the glass slides, so that the degree of automation is greatly improved, the manual operation of the relevant personnel is liberated, the efficiency is greatly improved, the labor cost is also reduced, and the one-to-one correspondence between the glass slides to be smeared and the body fluids to be smeared is determined by labeling the glass slides with labels corresponding to the body fluids to be smeared, so that the situation that the analysis result does not correspond to the body fluid is avoided.

[0005] In addition, the glass slide labeling device disclosed in the present application further has the following additional technical features:

[0006] Further, the first conveying part comprises: a first conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the glass slides; a first conveying slider slidingly arranged on the first conveying track and capable of passing directly below the glass slide stacking component and the first station, the upper surface of the first conveying slider being composed of a flat area and a second placing groove for placing the glass slides, the second placing groove having a side wall capable of pushing a single glass slide; and a first horizontal driving source connected with the first conveying slider. Still further, the vertical distance between the bottom surface of the second placing groove and the lower bottom surface of the glass slide stacking component is less than or equal to twice the thickness of the glass slide, and the vertical distance between the flat area and the lower bottom surface of the glass slide stacking component is less than the thickness of the glass slide.

[0007] When the second placing groove on the first conveying slider slides to the lower side of the glass slide stacking component, the glass slide located at the lowermost layer of the glass slide stacking component falls from the opening of the glass slide stacking component into the second placing groove, and as the first conveying slider slides, the side wall of the second placing groove pushes the glass slide to move together, thereby automatically outputting the glass slide at the lowermost layer of the glass slide stacking component from the glass slide stacking component.

[0008] Still further, the number of the glass slide stacking components is two, the first conveying slider is capable of passing directly below the two glass slide stacking components, and the first station is located in the middle of the two stacking devices; two second placing grooves are formed on the first conveying slider, and the second placing grooves have shapes matching the glass slides, and the distance between the two second placing grooves is half the distance between the two glass slide stacking components.

[0009] Further, the first placing groove is located at the back of the first station, and has a first opening for allowing the slide to pass through at one side of the first placing groove, and a blocking wall at the other side. The second placing groove has a second opening for allowing the slide to pass through at the side of the first placing groove. The second conveying part includes a second transmission groove for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a pulling rod which is slidably arranged on the output groove by a sliding member, and is used for hooking the front side of the slide and pulling the slide from the first station to the first placing groove, and a second horizontal driving source connected with the pulling rod.

[0010] Further, the pulling rod is an L-shaped member including a rod part and a hook part arranged at the lower end of the rod part, and the other end of the rod part away from the hook part is connected with the second horizontal driving source.

[0011] Further, the initial position of the slide carrier is located at a second station which is adjacent to the first station and located at the back of the first station. The slide conveying part further includes a third conveying part for conveying the slide carrier from the second station to a third station, and the third station is a position away from the pulling rod and allowing the upper surface of the slide in the slide carrier to be exposed. The third conveying part includes a third conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a third conveying slider slidably arranged on the third conveying track and capable of passing through the second station and the third station, and a third horizontal driving source connected with the third conveying slider. The slide carrier is fixedly arranged on the third conveying slider.

[0012] Further, the third conveying track extends to the body fluid smear device.

[0013] Further, the slide conveying part further includes a fourth conveying part for outputting the slide. The fourth conveying part includes a conveying belt for outputting the slide, and a fourth driving source for driving the conveying belt to convey. The taking mechanism is further used for taking the slide located at the third station and conveying the slide to the conveying belt.

[0014] Further, the taking mechanism includes a sucking part for taking the label and sticking the label on the slide, and a moving part for moving the sucking part. The sucking part includes a suction nozzle and a suction member connected with the suction nozzle and used for providing suction force to the suction nozzle.

[0015] Further, the moving part comprises: a horizontal moving part having a horizontal sliding rail extending in a horizontal direction of the slide carrier towards the label printing mechanism, a horizontal sliding block slidingly arranged on the horizontal sliding rail, and a horizontal driving source connected with the horizontal sliding block; a lifting moving part having a lifting driving source fixedly installed on the horizontal sliding block; the suction part is installed on the lifting moving part and connected with the output end of the lifting driving source.

[0016] Further, the first conveying part comprises: a rotating disc, m slide stack parts are arranged on the upper surface of the outer side of the rotating disc, m semi-closed through grooves corresponding to the m slide stack parts are arranged on the disc, and the outer side of the disc is located on the upper side of the first station; the outer side of the m semi-closed through grooves has a gap for conveying the slide to the first placing groove through the second conveying part; and a rotating driving source connected with the rotating disc.

[0017] The rotating disc is driven by the rotating driving source, so that the semi-closed through groove with the slide is located at the first station, and then the slide is conveyed from the first station to the first placing groove through the second conveying part.

[0018] Further, the bottom of the semi-closed through groove has a transverse groove penetrating from top to bottom, the second conveying part comprises a second transmission groove for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a pull rod slidingly arranged on the output groove through a sliding part and used for hooking the front side of the slide and pulling the slide from the first station to the first placing groove, and a second horizontal driving source connected with the pull rod; the pull rod is an L-shaped part composed of a rod part and a hook part arranged on the upper end of the rod part, and the other end of the rod part away from the hook part is connected with the second horizontal driving source.

[0019] The hook part pulls the slide from bottom to top through the transverse groove to convey the slide to the first placing groove.

[0020] Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be made apparent from the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and be readily understood from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0022] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a slide labeling device in an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 2is a structure diagram of a slide stacking component cooperating with the first conveying part in an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 3 is a structure diagram of a slide labeling device hiding the slide stacking component and the label printing mechanism in an embodiment of the present application; and

[0025] Figure 4 is a structure diagram of the second conveying part in an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] In the figure, 1 is a slide stacking component, 2 is a slide carrier, 21 is a first placing groove, 3 is a first station, 4 is a label printing mechanism, 5 is a first conveying part, 51 is a first conveying slider, 52 is a first horizontal driving source, 53 is a second placing groove, 6 is a second conveying part, 61 is a second conveying groove, 62 is a pull rod, 63 is a second horizontal driving source, 7 is a third conveying part, 71 is a third conveying track, 72 is a third conveying slider, 73 is a third horizontal driving source, 8 is a fourth conveying part, 81 is a conveying belt, 9 is a taking mechanism, 91 is a horizontal sliding rail, 92 is a horizontal driving source, 93 is a lifting driving source, 94 is a suction part, and 10 is a second station. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar notations represent the same or similar elements having the same or similar functions throughout; the embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only, and are used to explain the present application, but cannot be interpreted as a limitation of the present application.

[0028] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms “upper”, “lower”, “bottom”, “top”, “front”, “back”, “inner”, “outer”, “horizontal”, “vertical” and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present application.

[0029] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms “coupling”, “communication”, “connection”, “connection”, “cooperation” should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, integrally connected, or detachably connected; it can be the communication inside two elements; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; “cooperation” can be the cooperation of surfaces, or the cooperation of points and surfaces or lines and surfaces, and also includes the cooperation of holes and shafts, and the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances by those skilled in the art.

[0030] The inventive concept of the present application is as follows, to provide a slide labeling device, by adopting a stacking device, a large number of slides can be carried, manual work is reduced, and the slides can be automatically transmitted, so that the degree of automation is greatly improved, the manual operation of the relevant personnel is liberated, the efficiency is greatly improved, the labor cost is also reduced, and by pasting a label corresponding to the body fluid to be smeared on the slide, the one-to-one correspondence between the slide to be smeared and the body fluid to be smeared is determined, so that the situation that the analysis result does not correspond to the body fluid is avoided.

[0031] The present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a slide labeling device in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a slide stacking component cooperating with a first conveying part in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a slide labeling device in an embodiment of the present application, in which the slide stacking component and the label printing mechanism are hidden; and Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a second conveying part in an embodiment of the present application.

[0032] As Figures 1-4 shown, according to an embodiment of the present application, the slide labeling device comprises: a slide conveying mechanism having a slide stacking component 1 for placing the slide, a slide carrier 2 for placing the slide, and a slide conveying part for conveying the slide in the slide stacking component 1 to the slide carrier 2, the slide carrier 2 having a first placing groove 21 matched with the slide, the slide conveying part having a first conveying part 5 for outputting the slide from the lower part of the slide stacking component 1 to a first station 3 and a second conveying part 6 for conveying the slide in the first station 3 to the first placing groove 21, the slide stacking component 1 having a storage cavity matched with the shape of the slide, the lower end of the storage cavity having an opening for dropping the slide; a label printing mechanism 4 for printing out a label corresponding to the body fluid to be smeared; and a taking mechanism 9 for taking the label from the label printing mechanism 4 and pasting the label on the slide in the slide carrier 2.

[0033] According to the prior art in the background of the present application, the current mode and method are all manual operation, which not only consumes time and effort, but also is prone to cause certain errors, and therefore an automatic mode and method need to be found, and the automatic mode and method will inevitably involve the conveying of the glass slides and the confirmation of the one-to-one correspondence between the glass slides and the body fluid to be smeared, and therefore a corresponding structure needs to be designed to solve such problems; the glass slide labeling device disclosed in the present application can carry a large number of glass slides by using the stacking device, reduce manual operation, and automatically convey the glass slides, so that the degree of automation is greatly improved, the manual operation of the relevant personnel is liberated, the efficiency is greatly improved, the labor cost is also reduced, and the one-to-one correspondence between the glass slide to be smeared and the body fluid to be smeared is determined by labeling the glass slide with a label corresponding to the body fluid to be smeared, so that the situation that the analysis result does not correspond to the body fluid is avoided.

[0034] In addition, the glass slide labeling device disclosed in the present application also has the following additional technical features:

[0035] According to one embodiment of the present application, the first conveying part 5 comprises a first conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the glass slides; a first conveying slider 51 is slidingly arranged on the first conveying track and can pass below the glass slide stacking component 1 and the first station 3, the upper surface of the first conveying slider 51 is composed of a flat area and a second placing groove 53 for placing the glass slides, the second placing groove 53 has a side wall capable of pushing a single glass slide; and a first horizontal driving source 52 is connected with the first conveying slider 51.

[0036] According to one embodiment of the present application, the vertical distance between the bottom surface of the second placing groove 53 and the lower bottom surface of the glass slide stacking component 1 is less than or equal to twice the thickness of the glass slide, and the vertical distance between the flat area and the lower bottom surface of the glass slide stacking component 1 is less than the thickness of the glass slide.

[0037] When the second placing groove 53 on the first conveying slider 51 slides to the lower side of the glass slide stacking component 1, the glass slide located at the lowermost layer of the glass slide stacking component 1 falls into the second placing groove 53 from the opening of the glass slide stacking component 1, and as the first conveying slider 51 slides, the side wall of the second placing groove 53 pushes the glass slide to move together, thereby automatically outputting the glass slide at the lowermost layer of the glass slide stacking component 1 from the glass slide stacking component 1.

[0038] According to one embodiment of the present invention, there are two slide stacking components 1, the first conveying slider 51 can pass directly below the two slide stacking components 1, and the first station 3 is located in the middle of the two stacking devices; the first conveying slider 51 has two second placement grooves 53, and the second placement grooves 53 have a shape that matches the slide, and the distance between the two second placement grooves 53 is half the distance between the two slide stacking components 1.

[0039] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first placement slot 21 is located directly behind the first station 3. The first placement slot 21 has a first opening on one side facing the first station 3 for the glass slide to pass through, and a baffle on the other side. The second placement slot 53 has a second opening facing the first placement slot 21 for the glass slide to pass through. The second conveying part 6 includes a second transmission slot 61 for controlling the conveying direction of the glass slide, a pull rod 62 with one end slidably disposed on the output slot via a sliding member and used to hook the front side of the glass slide and pull the glass slide from the first station 3 to the first placement slot 21, and a second horizontal drive source 63 connected to the pull rod 62.

[0040] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second transmission groove 61 is provided with a second horizontal drive source 63. The pull rod 62 is an L-shaped component consisting of a rod portion and a hook portion disposed at the lower end of the rod portion. The other end of the rod portion away from the hook portion is connected to the second horizontal drive source 63.

[0041] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the initial position of the slide carrier 2 is located at the second station 10, which is adjacent to the first station 3 and located directly behind the first station 3. The slide conveying part further includes a third conveying part 7 for conveying the slide carrier 2 from the second station 10 to the third station. The third station is a position away from the pull rod 62 where the upper surface of the slide in the slide carrier 2 is exposed. The third conveying part 7 includes: a third conveying track 71 for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a third conveying slider 72 slidably disposed on the third conveying track 71 and capable of passing through the second station 10 and the third station, and a third horizontal drive source 73 connected to the third conveying slider 72. The slide carrier 2 is fixedly mounted on the third conveying slider 72.

[0042] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the third transport track 71 extends toward the body fluid smear device.

[0043] According to one embodiment of the present application, the slide conveying part further comprises a fourth conveying part 8 for outputting the slide, the fourth conveying part 8 comprising a conveying belt 81 for outputting the slide and a fourth driving source for driving the conveying belt 81 to move; the taking mechanism 9 is further used for taking the slide on the third work station and conveying the slide to the conveying belt 81.

[0044] According to one embodiment of the present application, the taking mechanism 9 comprises a suction part 94 for taking out the label and sticking the label on the slide and a moving part for moving the suction part 94, the suction part 94 comprising a suction nozzle and a suction component connected with the suction nozzle and used for providing suction force to the suction nozzle.

[0045] According to one embodiment of the present application, the moving part comprises a horizontal moving part having a horizontal sliding rail 91 extending in a horizontal direction of the slide carrier 2 towards the label printing mechanism 4, a horizontal sliding block slidingly arranged on the horizontal sliding rail and a horizontal driving source 92 connected with the horizontal sliding block; a lifting moving part having a lifting driving source 93 fixedly arranged on the horizontal sliding block; the suction part 94 is arranged on the lifting moving part and connected with an output end of the lifting driving source 93.

[0046] According to one embodiment of the present application, the first conveying part 5 comprises a rotating disc, m slide stack parts 1 are arranged on the upper surface of the outer side of the rotating disc, m semi-enclosed through grooves corresponding to the m slide stack parts 1 are arranged on the disc, the outer side of the m semi-enclosed through grooves has a gap for conveying the slide to the first placing groove 21 by the second conveying part 6, and a rotating driving source connected with the rotating disc.

[0047] The rotating disc is driven by the rotating driving source to make the semi-enclosed through groove with the slide located at the first work station 3, and then the slide is conveyed from the first work station 3 to the first placing groove 21 by the second conveying part 6.

[0048] According to one embodiment of the present application, the bottom of the semi-enclosed through groove has a transverse groove penetrating up and down, the second conveying part 6 comprises a second transmission groove 61 for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a pull rod 62 slidingly arranged on the output groove by a sliding component and used for hooking the front side of the slide and pulling the slide from the first work station 3 to the first placing groove 21, and a second horizontal driving source 63 connected with the pull rod 62; the pull rod 62 is an L-shaped component composed of a rod part and a hook part arranged on the upper end of the rod part, the other end of the rod part away from the hook part is connected with the second horizontal driving source 63.

[0049] The hook portion pulls the slide from bottom to top through the transverse slot to transport the slide to the first placement slot 21.

[0050] According to another aspect of the present application, a slide labeling method based on the above slide labeling device is also provided, comprising the following steps: step 1, transferring the slide in the slide stack storage device to the first placement slot 21 of the slide carrier 2, and printing a label corresponding to the to-be-stained body fluid by the label printing mechanism 4; step 2, taking the label and sticking the label on the slide; and step 3, outputting the slide, wherein the method for transporting the slide in the slide stack storage device to the slide carrier 2 in the step 1 comprises the following steps: step S1, transporting the slide located at the lowermost layer of the slide stack device to the first station 3; and step S2, transferring the slide from the first station 3 to the slide carrier 2 located at the second station 10, the second station 10 being adjacent to and located at the rear side of the first station 3.

[0051] In addition, the slide labeling method according to the present application also has the following additional technical features:

[0052] According to an embodiment of the present application, the method for transporting the slide in the slide stack device to the first station 3 in the step S1 comprises the following steps: step S1-1, sliding the first transport slider 51 located below the slide stack device along the first transport track so that the second placement slot 53 of the first transport slider 51 is located directly below the lower end opening of the slide stack device, and allowing the slide to fall from the opening to the second placement slot 53; and step S1-2, continuously sliding the first transport slider 51 along the first transport track to the first station 3.

[0053] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of slide stacking devices is 2, the first station 3 is located between the two slide stacking devices, the first conveying slider 51 has two second placement slots 53 formed on it, the distance between the two second placement slots 53 is half the distance between the two slide stacking devices, and the shape of the second placement slot 53 matches the shape of the slide; in step S1, the method of conveying the slide in the slide stacking device to the first station 3 includes the following steps: step S1-1, the first conveying slider 51 located below the slide stacking device is slid along the current forward direction so that one of the second placement slots 53 of the first conveying slider 51 is located directly below the lower opening of one of the slide stacking devices, so that the slide falls from the opening into the second placement slot 53, while the other second placement slot 53 is located at the first station 3; step S1-2, the opposite direction of the current forward direction is taken as the current forward direction of the first conveying slider 51.

[0054] According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S1, the method of conveying the glass slide in the glass slide stacking device to the first station 3 includes the following steps: detecting whether there is a glass slide in the semi-enclosed through slot on the rotating disk located at the first station 3; when no glass slide is detected, driving the rotating disk to rotate so that the semi-enclosed through slot with the glass slide on the rotating disk is located at the first station 3, wherein m glass slide stacking components 1 are provided on the upper surface of the outer side of the rotating disk, and m semi-enclosed through slots are provided on the rotating disk corresponding one-to-one with the lower openings of the m glass slide stacking components 1, and the outer side of each of the m semi-enclosed through slots has a notch.

[0055] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the bottom of the semi-enclosed through groove has a horizontal groove that runs vertically through it.

[0056] According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step 1, the method of transferring the slide to the slide carrier 2 includes the following steps: Step S2-1, sliding the pull rod 62 along the second transmission groove 61 so that the pull rod 62 hooks the slide from the front end of the slide and pulls the slide into the slide carrier 2; Step S2-2, resetting the pull rod 62 and sliding the slide carrier 2 along the third conveying track 71 to the third station, the third station being a position away from the pull rod 62 where the labeling area of ​​the slide is exposed.

[0057] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the initial position of the pull rod 62 is such that the hook is located above or below the first work station 3.

[0058] According to one embodiment of the present application, the step 2 comprises the following sub-steps: step 2-1, sucking the label by the taking assembly; step 2-2, conveying the taking assembly along the horizontal slide rail 91 to directly above the third work station; step 2-3, lowering the taking assembly to the third work station and pasting the label on the slide glass; and step 2-4, raising the taking assembly to a position above the upper end surface of the slide glass.

[0059] According to one embodiment of the present application, the initial position of the taking assembly is directly above the label printing mechanism 4, and in the step 2-1, the taking assembly is lowered to suck the label and then raised to a position above the upper end surface of the slide glass on the slide glass carrier 2.

[0060] According to one embodiment of the present application, the step 3 comprises the following sub-steps: step 3-1, continuously sliding the slide glass carrier 2 along the third conveying rail 71 to the body fluid smear area so that the body fluid smear device smears the slide glass; step 3-2, continuously sliding the slide glass carrier 2 along the third conveying rail 71 to the third work station after the slide glass is smears with body fluid; step 3-3, sucking the slide glass by the taking assembly and moving the slide glass to the conveying belt 81; and step 3-4, outputting the slide glass by the conveying belt 81.

[0061] Any reference to "one embodiment", "an embodiment", "certain embodiments", etc., means that a particular element, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular element, structure, or characteristic is said to have been added "in one embodiment" to another element, that particular element can or can not have been added in other embodiments.

[0062] While the present application has been described in detail with respect to specific illustrative embodiments thereof, it will be understood that many modifications and variations can be resorted to by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, which is defined by the following claims. In particular, it is within the scope of the application to make reasonable variations and improvements in the arrangement of the components and / or the layout of the dependent combinations, within the scope of the foregoing disclosure, drawings and claims; apart from the variations and improvements in the arrangement of the components and / or the layout, the scope of the present application is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A slide labeling apparatus, characterized by, The application relates to a slide conveying mechanism, which comprises: a slide stack component for placing the slides, a slide carrier for placing the slides, and a slide conveying part for conveying the slides in the slide stack component to the slide carrier; the slide carrier has a first placing groove matched with the slides; the slide conveying part has a first conveying part for outputting the slides from the lower part of the slide stack component to a first station and a second conveying part for conveying the slides in the first station to the first placing groove; the first conveying part comprises a first conveying slider, the upper surface of the first conveying slider is provided with a second placing groove, the side wall of the second placing groove can push the single slide from the lower part of the stack component to the first station; the second conveying part comprises an L-shaped pull rod, the hook part of the pull rod is in surface contact with the front side edge of the slide, and the slide in the first station is smoothly pulled to the first placing groove through sliding along the second conveying groove; the slide stack component has a storage cavity matched with the shape of the slide, and the lower end of the storage cavity has an opening for dropping the slide; a label printing mechanism for printing labels corresponding to the body fluids to be smeared; a taking mechanism for taking the labels from the label printing mechanism and pasting the labels on the slides in the first placing groove; the slide conveying part further comprises a third conveying part for conveying the slide carrier to a third station, the third station is a position where the upper surface of the slide is exposed, and the third conveying track of the third conveying part extends to a body fluid smearing device; wherein the first conveying part comprises a first conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a first conveying slider slidingly arranged on the first conveying track and capable of passing directly below the slide stack component and the first station, the upper surface of the first conveying slider is composed of a flat area and a second placing groove for placing the slide, the second placing groove has a side wall capable of pushing the single slide, a first horizontal driving source connected with the first conveying slider; the first placing groove is located directly behind the first station, one side of the first placing groove towards the first station has a first opening for allowing the slide to pass, and the other side has a blocking wall, the second placing groove towards the first placing groove has a second opening for allowing the slide to pass; the second conveying part comprises a second conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a pull rod slidingly arranged on the second conveying track through a sliding part and used for hooking the front side of the slide and pulling the slide from the first station to the first placing groove, and a second horizontal driving source associated with the pull rod.

2. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, The pull rod is an L-shaped part.

3. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, The initial position of the slide carrier is located at a second station, which is adjacent to and located at the rear side of the first station, the slide conveying part further comprises a third conveying part for conveying the slide carrier from the second station to a third station, which is a position away from the pull rod and exposing the upper surface of the slide in the slide carrier, the third conveying part comprises a third conveying track for controlling the conveying direction of the slide, a third conveying slider slidingly arranged on the third conveying track and capable of passing through the second station and the third station, and a third horizontal driving source connected with the third conveying slider, and the slide carrier is fixedly installed on the third conveying slider.

4. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, The third conveying track extends to the body fluid smear device.

5. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, The slide conveying part further comprises a fourth conveying part for outputting the slide, which comprises a conveying belt for outputting the slide and a fourth driving source for driving the conveying belt to convey; and the taking mechanism is further used for taking the slide located at the third station and conveying the slide to the conveying belt.

6. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, The taking mechanism comprises a suction part for taking out the label and attaching the label on the slide, and a moving part for moving the suction part, the suction part comprises a suction nozzle and a suction component connected with the suction nozzle and used for providing suction force to the suction nozzle.

7. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, The moving part comprises: a horizontal moving part having a horizontal slide rail extending in the horizontal direction of the slide carrier towards the label printing mechanism, a horizontal slider slidingly arranged on the horizontal slide rail, and a horizontal driving source connected with the horizontal slider; a lifting moving part having a lifting driving source fixedly installed on the horizontal slider; the suction part is installed on the lifting moving part and connected with the output end of the lifting driving source.

8. A slide labeling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, The first conveying part comprises: a rotating disc, m slide stacking components are arranged on the upper surface of the outer side of the rotating disc, m semi-closed through grooves corresponding to the m slide stacking components are arranged on the rotating disc, and the outer side of the disc passes through the first station; the outer side of each of the m semi-closed through grooves has a notch for conveying the slide to the first placing groove through the second conveying part; a rotating driving source connected with the rotating disc.

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