Embedding work station for laboratory
By incorporating a wax supply mechanism and a rotatable wax discharge mechanism into the laboratory embedding workstation, the problem of space occupation by the embedding machine is solved, space occupation is reduced during non-embedding operations, and the applicability of the laboratory is improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422682774.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-05
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-03
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-05
AI Technical Summary
The embedding machine on the existing pathology laboratory bench takes up a lot of space, making it impossible to conduct other experiments on the bench.
A laboratory embedding workstation is designed with a built-in wax supply mechanism. A vertical plate and a rotatable wax discharge mechanism are arranged on the main body of the workstation. The wax discharge mechanism is controlled by a control panel to rotate to the operating area during embedding operation and return to the vertical plate after embedding is completed, thereby reducing space occupancy.
It reduces space occupation during non-embedding operations, improves laboratory applicability, and facilitates other experimental operations.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of laboratory embedding equipment, in particular to an embedding workstation for a laboratory. Background Art
[0002] Paraffin pathology sections are an indispensable pathology section scheme in pathology technology. The preparation of paraffin pathology sections includes specimen collection, fixation, dehydration, transparency, wax immersion, embedding, pathology sectioning, slide spreading, staining and other steps; among them, embedding is to inject melted paraffin into a specific mold, then place the tissue at the bottom of the mold, cover it with a lid, wait for the paraffin to cool down, demold it to form a wax block, and thus complete the embedding.
[0003] The existing pathology laboratory bench has a flat table with a cleaning trough and faucet for easy cleaning of laboratory tools. Since the pathology laboratory bench itself does not have an embedding function, an embedding machine needs to be added to the pathology laboratory bench. The existing embedding machine includes a wax discharge mechanism and a wax supply mechanism. Due to its fixed structure, the overall volume is large and it is not convenient to disassemble, store, and move. The embedding machine occupies a large space on the pathology laboratory bench, making it impossible to perform other experiments on the laboratory bench. Utility Model Content
[0004] The utility model aims to provide a laboratory embedding workstation, which can reduce space occupation during non-embedding operations, so as to facilitate other experiments and improve applicability.
[0005] The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions:
[0006] A laboratory embedding workstation includes a workstation main body with a built-in wax supply mechanism, a vertical plate provided on the workstation main body, a rotatable wax discharge mechanism provided on the vertical plate, and a control panel that can control the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the vertical plate to the embedding operation area on the workstation main body during the embedding operation. The wax supply mechanism is connected to the wax discharge mechanism via a wax supply pipe for wax supply.
[0007] On the basis of the above technical solution, the present invention can be improved as follows:
[0008] Furthermore, a foot switch for controlling the wax discharge of the wax discharge mechanism is provided at the bottom of the workstation body.
[0009] Furthermore, a cavity is formed inside the vertical plate, and the wax discharge mechanism is rotatably installed in the internal cavity of the vertical plate; a mounting opening connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate is opened on the front plate surface of the vertical plate, and the mounting opening is used to allow the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the inside of the vertical plate to the embedding operation area on the workstation body during the embedding operation.
[0010] Furthermore, the wax discharge mechanism includes a swing arm rotatably connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate, and a driving member that drives the swing arm to swing; a wax discharge nozzle is provided at the free end of the swing arm, and a wax discharge pipe through which the wax liquid can flow is built into the swing arm; one end of the wax discharge pipe is connected to the wax discharge nozzle, and the other end of the wax discharge pipe is connected to the wax supply mechanism; the driving member is controlled by the control panel.
[0011] Furthermore, the wax outlet pipe is provided with a solenoid valve near the wax outlet nozzle, and the solenoid valve is controlled by the foot switch.
[0012] Furthermore, the wax supply mechanism includes a wax storage box and a liquid supply pump. A wax storage chamber for accommodating liquid wax is formed inside the wax storage box. The wax storage box is connected to the input end of the liquid supply pump at the liquid outlet through a wax supply pipe. The output end of the liquid supply pump is connected to the wax outlet pipe built into the swing arm through the wax supply pipe. The liquid supply pump is controlled by a control panel.
[0013] Furthermore, the wax storage box includes an outer box body and an inner box body, a heating cavity is formed between the outer box body and the inner box body, a heating wire is provided in the heating cavity, and the heating wire is arranged around the inner box body.
[0014] Furthermore, a temperature sensor is provided in the wax storage chamber for obtaining the temperature of the wax liquid and sending the wax liquid temperature value to the control panel.
[0015] Furthermore, the output end of the liquid supply pump is provided with a flow meter for obtaining the wax liquid flow rate and sending the wax liquid flow rate value to the control panel.
[0016] Furthermore, the workstation body is provided with a waste wax trough in the embedding operation area, and the waste wax trough is embedded with a partition net at the trough; the workstation body is provided with a pull-out port and a wax collecting box installed at the pull-out port on the operation side, and the wax collecting box is connected to the end of the waste wax trough.
[0017] Compared with the existing technology, the technology of this utility model has the following advantages:
[0018] The utility model has a wax supply mechanism built into the workstation body, and a vertical plate is provided on the workstation body, and a rotatable wax discharge mechanism is provided on the vertical plate; during the embedding operation, the wax discharge mechanism can be rotated from the vertical plate to the embedding operation area on the workstation body; when the embedding is completed, the wax discharge mechanism can be rotated from the embedding operation area on the workstation body to the vertical plate to complete reset, thereby reducing space occupation during non-embedding operations, making it easier to carry out other experiments and improving applicability. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0020] Figure 1Schematic diagram of the external structure of the laboratory embedding workstation in the embodiment;
[0021] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the internal structure of the laboratory embedding workstation in the embodiment.
[0022] Markings on the attached figure: 1-workstation body, 2-vertical board, 3-control panel, 4-foot switch, 5-wax waste tank, 6-partition, 7-wax collection box, 8-swing arm, 9-wax outlet pipe, 10-servo motor, 11-solenoid valve, 12-wax storage box, 13-liquid supply pump, 14-flow meter, 15-heating wire, 16-temperature sensor, 17-exhaust tank, 18-storage cabinet, 19-exhaust pipe, 20-wax supply pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] The following further describes the specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The description of these embodiments is used to help understand the present invention, but does not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the various embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
[0024] See also Figure 1 and Figure 2 The utility model relates to an embedding workstation for laboratory use, comprising a workstation main body 1, a vertical plate 2 arranged on the workstation main body 1, and a control panel 3 and a rotatable wax discharge mechanism arranged on the vertical plate 2; the workstation main body 1 is equipped with a wax supply mechanism, which is used to transport wax liquid to the wax discharge mechanism; the workstation main body 1 has an embedding operation area, and the control panel 3 is used to monitor the wax liquid temperature and flow of the liquid supply mechanism, and to control the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the vertical plate 2 to the embedding operation area; a foot switch 4 is provided at the bottom of the workstation main body 1, and the foot switch 4 is used to control the wax discharge mechanism to discharge wax for embedding biological tissues.
[0025] Specifically, the workstation body 1 is a rectangular platform structure with a cavity formed inside the workstation body 1; the side of the workstation body 1 facing the experimenter is the operating side, the top surface of the workstation body 1 is a flat surface, and the top surface of the workstation body 1 close to the operating side is used as an embedding operation area for the experimenter to perform embedding operations; the workstation body 1 is provided with a long waste wax trough 5 in the embedding operation area, and the waste wax trough 5 forms a notch on the top surface of the workstation body 1, and the waste wax trough 5 is embedded with a partition net 6 at the notch, and the partition net 6 has multiple meshes. The holes are formed on the partition net 6, and the embedded partition net 6 remains flush with the top surface of the workstation body 1, so that the embedding mold can be placed steadily during the embedding operation; the workstation body 1 is provided with a pull-out port and a wax collecting box 7 installed at the pull-out port on the operation side, and the wax collecting box 7 is connected to the end of the waste wax trough 5; the waste wax overflowing from the embedding mold flows into the waste wax trough 5 through the mesh holes on the partition net 6, and flows along the waste wax trough 5 into the wax collecting box 7 for collection. The waste wax can be centrally removed by pulling out the wax collecting box 7, thereby keeping the embedding operation area of the workstation body 1 clean and tidy.
[0026] The vertical plate 2 is a hollow plate structure with a cavity formed inside the vertical plate 2. The front plate surface of the vertical plate 2 faces the experimenter, and the rear plate surface of the vertical plate 2 faces away from the experimenter. The vertical plate 2 is provided with an installation opening on the front plate surface that is connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate 2, and the wax discharge mechanism is rotatably installed in the internal cavity of the vertical plate 2 through the installation opening. When embedding is performed, the control panel 3 is operated to control the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the inside to the outside of the vertical plate 2 and rotate to the operating area of the workstation main body 1. When embedding is completed, the control panel 3 is operated again to control the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the outside to the inside of the vertical plate 2 to complete the reset, so as to reduce space occupancy during non-embedding operations, enable other experiments to be performed, and improve applicability.
[0027] The wax discharge mechanism includes a swing arm 8 rotatably connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate 2, and a driving member for driving the swing arm 8 to swing; a wax discharge nozzle is provided at the free end of the swing arm 8, and a wax discharge pipe 9 is built into the swing arm 8 for circulating wax liquid; one end of the wax discharge pipe 9 is connected to the wax discharge nozzle, and the other end of the wax discharge pipe 9 is connected to the wax supply mechanism; in this embodiment, the driving member is a servo motor 10 in the prior art, and the control panel 3 controls the servo motor 10 to rotate forward or reverse to drive the swing arm 8 to swing between the outside and the inside of the vertical plate 2 through the mounting port on the vertical plate 2; when the swing arm 8 is perpendicular to the front plate surface of the vertical plate 2, the swing arm 8 is in the maximum swing position and is placed in the embedding operation area; when the swing arm 8 is parallel to the front plate surface of the vertical plate 2, the swing arm 8 is in the minimum swing position and is placed in the internal cavity of the vertical plate 2.
[0028] The wax outlet pipe 9 is provided with a solenoid valve 11 near the wax outlet nozzle. The solenoid valve 11 is controlled by the foot switch 4. By pressing the foot switch 4, the solenoid valve 11 is controlled to open and close, thereby realizing the on and off of the wax liquid. During the embedding operation, the experimenter can not only adjust the placement of the biological component in the mold, but also inject wax liquid to fix it at the same time. Compared with the prior art in which a switch is provided on the wax outlet mechanism and the switch is manually operated to inject wax, the technical solution in this embodiment effectively improves the convenience and efficiency of the embedding operation, and ensures that the embedded biological tissue meets the embedding requirements.
[0029] The wax supply mechanism includes a wax storage box 12 and a liquid supply pump 13. A wax storage chamber for accommodating wax liquid is formed inside the wax storage box 12. A liquid outlet is opened on the wax storage box 12. The wax storage box 12 is connected to the input end of the liquid supply pump 13 through a wax supply pipe 20 at the liquid outlet. The output end of the liquid supply pump 13 is connected to the wax outlet pipe 9 built into the swing arm 8 through the wax supply pipe 20. The liquid supply pump 13 is controlled by the control panel 3; a flow meter 14 is provided at the output end of the liquid supply pump 13. The flow meter 14 obtains the wax liquid flow rate and sends the wax liquid flow rate value to the control panel 3 by wire or wireless means. The liquid supply pump 13 is controlled by the control panel 3 to adjust the wax liquid flow rate.
[0030] The wax storage box 12 adopts a double-layer structure, including an outer box body and an inner box body, and a heating cavity is formed between the outer box body and the inner box body. A heating wire 15 is provided in the heating cavity, and the heating wire 15 is arranged around the inner box body. The inner cavity of the inner box serves as a wax storage chamber. The inner box body is heated by the heating wire 15 to melt the solid wax material filled in the wax storage chamber into wax liquid; a temperature sensor 16 is provided in the wax storage chamber, and the temperature sensor 16 obtains the temperature of the wax liquid and sends the temperature value of the wax liquid to the control panel 3 by wire or wireless means, and the control panel 3 controls the heat generation of the heating wire 15 to adjust the temperature of the wax liquid.
[0031] In this embodiment, the control panel 3 is a touch-type control panel in the prior art. The control panel 3 is embedded on the front surface of the vertical plate 2 . The embedded control panel 3 is flush with the front surface of the vertical plate 2 .
[0032] A vertically arranged exhaust duct 19 is provided inside the vertical plate 2, and the top end of the exhaust duct 19 forms an outlet for connecting to an external exhaust device at the top of the vertical plate 2; the vertical plate 2 is provided with an exhaust port connected to the bottom end of the exhaust duct 19 on the front plate surface, and an exhaust groove 17 installed at the exhaust port, and the exhaust groove 17 is located above the wax discharge mechanism; a negative pressure is generated inside the exhaust duct 19 through the external exhaust equipment, and the exhaust groove 17 sucks in the exhaust gas generated during the embedding operation and discharges it through the exhaust duct 19, effectively ensuring the health of the experimenters.
[0033] A storage cabinet 18 is provided on the top of the front panel of the vertical panel 2. The storage cabinet 18 is used to place experimental instruments, containers and tools, making it convenient for experimenters to take them in and out.
[0034] The above embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention, and the implementation methods of the present invention are not limited thereto. All other modifications, replacements or changes made to the above structure of the present invention based on the above contents of the present invention, in accordance with common technical knowledge and customary means in this field, without departing from the above basic technical ideas of the present invention, should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
Claims
1. A laboratory embedding workstation, characterized in that: The invention comprises a workstation body with a built-in wax supply mechanism, a vertical plate provided on the workstation body, a rotatable wax discharge mechanism provided on the vertical plate, and a control panel which can control the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the vertical plate to the embedding operation area on the workstation body during embedding operation. The wax supply mechanism is connected to the wax discharge mechanism through a wax supply pipe for wax supply.
2. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: A foot switch for controlling the wax dispensing mechanism to dispense wax is provided at the bottom of the workstation body.
3. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 2, characterized in that: A cavity is formed inside the vertical plate, and the wax discharge mechanism is rotatably installed in the internal cavity of the vertical plate; a mounting opening connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate is opened on the front plate surface of the vertical plate, and the mounting opening is used to allow the wax discharge mechanism to rotate from the inside of the vertical plate to the embedding operation area on the workstation body during the embedding operation.
4. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 3, characterized in that: The wax discharge mechanism includes a swing arm rotatably connected to the internal cavity of the vertical plate, and a driving member that drives the swing arm to swing; a wax discharge nozzle is provided at the free end of the swing arm, and a wax discharge pipe through which the wax liquid can flow is built into the swing arm; one end of the wax discharge pipe is connected to the wax discharge nozzle, and the other end of the wax discharge pipe is connected to the wax supply mechanism; the driving member is controlled by the control panel.
5. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 4, characterized in that: The wax outlet pipeline is provided with a solenoid valve near the wax outlet nozzle, and the solenoid valve is controlled by the foot switch.
6. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 4, characterized in that: The wax supply mechanism includes a wax storage box and a liquid supply pump. A wax storage chamber for accommodating liquid wax is formed inside the wax storage box. The wax storage box is connected to the input end of the liquid supply pump at the liquid outlet through a wax supply pipe. The output end of the liquid supply pump is connected to the wax outlet pipe built into the swing arm through the wax supply pipe. The liquid supply pump is controlled by a control panel.
7. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 6, characterized in that: The wax storage box includes an outer box body and an inner box body, a heating cavity is formed between the outer box body and the inner box body, a heating wire is provided in the heating cavity, and the heating wire is arranged around the inner box body.
8. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 6, characterized in that: The wax storage chamber is provided with a temperature sensor for obtaining the temperature of the wax liquid and sending the wax liquid temperature value to the control panel.
9. The laboratory embedding workstation according to claim 6, characterized in that: The output end of the liquid supply pump is provided with a flow meter for obtaining the wax liquid flow rate and sending the wax liquid flow rate value to the control panel.
10. The laboratory embedding workstation according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The workstation body is provided with a waste wax trough in the embedding operation area, and a partition net is embedded in the trough; the workstation body is provided with a pull-out port and a wax collecting box installed at the pull-out port on the operation side, and the wax collecting box is connected to the end of the waste wax trough.