Microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment

By introducing the adjustment components of the humidification tube and the temperature control tube into the microbial incubator, combined with the water pump and the air cooler, the problem of insufficient humidity regulation is solved, and the precise adjustment and uniformity of the environment in the incubator are achieved to meet the growth needs of different microorganisms.

CN223445538UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-17CHENGDU WEIQI BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422525179.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-18
Publication Date
2025-10-17
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-18

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Technical Problem

Existing microbial incubators have deficiencies in humidity regulation, resulting in poor adaptability and inability to meet the growth requirements of different microorganisms.

Method used

A regulating assembly including a humidifying tube and a thermostatic tube is designed. Through the cooperation of a water pump and a cooling fan, the humidity and temperature in the incubator can be precisely regulated. The humidifying tube and the thermostatic tube are moved within the box through a reciprocating structure to ensure the uniformity of temperature and humidity.

Benefits of technology

It achieves precise adjustment of the environment inside the incubator, improves the adaptability to different microbial growth environments, and ensures the uniformity of temperature and humidity.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a microorganism incubator with an adjustable culture environment, which belongs to the technical field of microorganism incubators and comprises an incubator body, partition plates are fixed at the left end and the right end of the inner wall of the incubator body, two support plates are fixed on the left wall and the right wall of the inner cavity of the incubator body respectively, and placing plates are placed at the top ends of the two support plates on the same side. Temperature and humidity sensors are fixed to the top wall of an inner cavity of the box body and the bottom wall of the partition plate, and an adjusting assembly is arranged in the box body. The adjusting assembly comprises two humidifying pipes slidably connected with the interior of the box body, and temperature adjusting pipes are fixed to the right side walls of the humidifying pipes. According to the microorganism incubator with the adjustable culture environment, by arranging the adjusting assembly, adjustment can be conducted according to the temperature and humidity needed by growth of cultured microorganisms, so that the adaptation degree of the incubator can be effectively improved, and the humidifying pipe and the temperature adjusting pipe can move in the incubator body in a reciprocating mode so that it can be guaranteed that the temperature and humidity in the incubator body can be adjusted to be uniform.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of microbial incubator, concretely to a microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment. BACKGROUND

[0002] The incubator is a medical and biological laboratory equipment for microorganism, bacteria and cell culture, which is composed of a thermostat, forming a microorganism, bacteria and cell culture environment.

[0003] A microbial culture device for biotechnology is disclosed in Chinese patent (publication number: CN 216513877 U), which circulates water in the first water tank, the second water tank and the heat conducting pipes through the cooperation of the water pump and the heating wire, effectively controls the temperature of the incubator, and adjusts the temperature in the incubator. Different microorganisms require different temperature and humidity of the growth environment, and the above-mentioned document only controls the temperature in the incubator, so that the incubator is not suitable for the culture of other microorganisms, resulting in poor practicability. UTILITY MODEL

[0004] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment, which has the advantages of convenient humidity adjustment and solves the problem of inconvenient humidity adjustment.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment, comprising a box body, the left and right ends of the inner wall of the box body are fixed with a partition, the left and right walls of the inner cavity of the box body are both fixed with two supporting plates, the top ends of the two supporting plates on the same side are placed with a placing plate, the top wall of the inner cavity of the box body and the bottom wall of the partition are both fixed with a temperature and humidity sensor, and the inside of the box body is provided with an adjusting assembly.

[0006] The adjusting assembly comprises two humidifying pipes in sliding connection with the inside of the box body, the right side wall of the humidifying pipe is fixed with a temperature adjusting pipe, the top ends of the humidifying pipe and the temperature adjusting pipe are both fixed and communicated with a feeding pipe, the adjusting assembly further comprises a water tank and a temperature adjusting tank fixed respectively with the left side wall of the box body, the rear wall of the temperature adjusting tank is fixed with an air cooler, the adjusting assembly further comprises a concave plate fixed with the rear wall of the box body, and the adjusting assembly further comprises a reciprocating structure arranged at the rear ends of the two groups of humidifying pipes and temperature adjusting pipes.

[0007] Further, the upper and lower ends of the left side wall of the box body are both provided with a through hole for the feeding pipe to penetrate into the inside thereof, and the feeding pipe is a corrugated pipe.

[0008] Further, the rear wall of the water tank is fixed and communicated with two water pumps, the output ends of the two water pumps are fixed with the left two feeding pipes away from the humidifying pipes, and the right two feeding pipes away from the temperature adjusting pipes are fixed and communicated with the front wall of the temperature adjusting tank.

[0009] Further, the inside of the temperature adjusting box is fixed with a plurality of electric heating wires, and the top wall of the box cavity and the bottom wall of the partition are both fixed with a plurality of illumination lamps.

[0010] Further, the reciprocating structure comprises a double-shaft motor fixed to the rear wall of the concave plate cavity, an output end of the double-shaft motor is fixed with a rotating rod, the reciprocating structure further comprises two screw rods rotatably connected to the left and right walls of the concave plate cavity through bearings, outer surfaces of the two screw rods are both threadedly connected with a moving block, and outer surfaces of the two screw rods and the two rotating rods are both fixed with bevel gears at ends opposite to the two rotating rods.

[0011] Further, the front end of the moving block is fixed with the rear end of the same side humidifying pipe and temperature adjusting pipe, the rear side of the box body and the front side of the concave plate are both provided with two through holes, and the moving block is slidingly connected to the inner side of the through hole.

[0012] Further, the right side wall of the two moving blocks is both provided with a threaded hole for the screw rod to penetrate into the inside thereof.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme has the following beneficial effects:

[0014] The culture environment adjustable microbial culture box can adjust the temperature and humidity required by the growth of the cultured microorganism, thereby effectively improving the adaptability of the culture box, and the humidifying pipe and the temperature adjusting pipe can reciprocally move in the box body, so that the temperature and humidity in the box body can be uniformly adjusted. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Fig. 1 It is a structural schematic view of the utility model;

[0016] Fig. 2 It is a structural schematic view of the placing plate and the supporting plate of the utility model;

[0017] Fig. 3 It is a structural schematic view of the box body of the utility model from the top;

[0018] Fig. 4 It is a sectional view of the concave plate cavity of the utility model.

[0019] In the figure: 1 box body, 2 partition, 3 supporting plate, 4 placing plate, 5 temperature and humidity sensor, 51 humidifying pipe, 52 temperature adjusting pipe, 53 feeding pipe, 54 water tank, 55 temperature adjusting box, 56 air cooler, 57 concave plate, 58 moving block, 59 screw rod, 510 double-shaft motor, 511 rotating rod, 512 bevel gear. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] 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 embodiments described 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 making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0021] See also Figs. 1 to 4 In this embodiment, a microbial incubator with an adjustable culture environment includes a box body 1, partitions 2 are fixed to the left and right ends of the inner wall of the box body 1, two support plates 3 are fixed to the left and right walls of the inner cavity of the box body 1, and a placement plate 4 is placed on the top of the two support plates 3 on the same side. Temperature and humidity sensors 5 are fixed to the top wall of the inner cavity of the box body 1 and the bottom wall of the partition 2, and an adjustment component is provided inside the box body 1.

[0022] In addition, a placement groove is provided at the top of the placement plate 4 for placing the culture dish therein, and two sliders are fixed to the lower end of the placement plate 4. A slide groove is provided at the top of the two support plates 3 on the same side, and the sliders are slidably connected to the inside of the slide groove, so that the placement plate 4 can slide on the two support plates 3 on the same side.

[0023] See also Figs. 1 to 4 The adjustment component in this embodiment includes two humidifying tubes 51 that are slidably connected to the inside of the box body 1. A temperature regulating tube 52 is fixed to the right side wall of the humidifying tube 51. The top ends of the humidifying tube 51 and the temperature regulating tube 52 are fixed and connected to a feeding tube 53. The adjustment component also includes a water tank 54 and a temperature regulating box 55 that are respectively fixed to the left side wall of the box body 1. A cold air blower 56 is fixed to the rear wall of the temperature regulating box 55. The adjustment component also includes a concave plate 57 fixed to the rear wall of the box body 1. The adjustment component also includes a reciprocating structure arranged at the rear end of the two groups of humidifying tubes 51 and the temperature regulating tube 52.

[0024] Among them, the upper and lower ends of the left side wall of the box body 1 are provided with through holes for the feed pipe 53 to pass through the interior, so that the upper and lower groups of feed pipes 53 can be connected to the water tank 54 and the temperature control box 55. The feed pipe 53 is a corrugated pipe.

[0025] In addition, two water pumps are fixed to and connected to the rear wall of the water tank 54, and the output ends of the two water pumps are fixed to one end of the two supply pipes 53 on the left side away from the humidifying pipe 51, so that the supply pipes 53 connected to the humidifying pipe 51 can transport the water in the water tank 54 to the humidifying pipe 51, and a plurality of atomizing nozzles are fixed to the lower end of the humidifying pipe 51, and the ends of the two supply pipes 53 on the right side away from the temperature regulating pipe 52 are fixed to and connected to the front wall of the temperature regulating box 55, and a plurality of air outlets are provided at the lower end of the temperature regulating pipe 52, so that the supply pipes 53 connected to the temperature regulating pipe 52 can transport the hot air or cold air in the temperature regulating box 55 into the box body 1.

[0026] And, the inside of the temperature adjusting box 55 is fixed with a plurality of electric heating wires, which can heat the cold air entering the temperature adjusting box 55, and the top wall of the inner cavity of the box body 1 and the bottom wall of the partition plate 2 are both fixed with a plurality of light lamps, so as to provide a light environment for the microorganisms needing light.

[0027] Please refer to Fig. 4 The reciprocating structure in the embodiment comprises a double-shaft motor 510 fixed to the rear wall of the inner cavity of the concave plate 57, and the output end of the double-shaft motor 510 is fixed with a rotating rod 511. The reciprocating structure further comprises two screw rods 59 rotatably connected to the left and right walls of the inner cavity of the concave plate 57 through bearings, the outer surfaces of the two screw rods 59 are both threadedly connected with a moving block 58, and the outer surfaces of the two screw rods 59 and the ends opposite to the two rotating rods 511 are both fixed with bevel gears 512.

[0028] Secondly, the front end of the moving block 58 is fixed with the rear end of the humidifying pipe 51 and the temperature adjusting pipe 52 on the same side, and the rear side of the box body 1 and the front side of the concave plate 57 are both provided with two through holes, and the moving block 58 is slidingly connected to the inner side of the through holes, so that the moving block 58 can penetrate into the box body 1, and the moving block 58 can drive the humidifying pipe 51 and the temperature adjusting pipe 52 on the same horizontal plane to reciprocate in the box body 1.

[0029] Meanwhile, the right side walls of the two moving blocks 58 are both provided with screw holes for the screw rods 59 to penetrate into the inside, so that the screw rods 59 can be threadedly connected with the moving blocks 58 through the screw holes, so as to drive the moving blocks 58 to move.

[0030] It should be noted that the temperature and humidity sensor 5, the electric heating wires, the light lamps and the electronic elements appearing in the specification are all known to the public in the prior art, and the control method is controlled by the control end, which is a conventional known device for controlling computers and the like, and the existing disclosed power connection technology and power supply also belong to the common knowledge in the field, and the skilled in the art can realize it through simple programming, therefore, the present application will not be described in detail in the specification.

[0031] The working principle of the above embodiment is as follows:

[0032] In use, the water pump delivers the water in the water tank 54 to the two humidifying pipes 51 through the feeding pipe 53, so that the two humidifying pipes 51 spray water mist into the box body 1 through the atomizing nozzles, so as to adjust the humidity in the box body 1; the air cooler 56 delivers cold air into the temperature adjusting box 55, the plurality of electric heating wires in the temperature adjusting box 55 are heated, the feeding pipe 53 delivers the heated or unheated cold air into the temperature adjusting pipe 52, and the two temperature adjusting pipes 52 deliver cold air or hot air into the box body 1 through the air outlets, so as to adjust the temperature in the box body 1, so as to adjust the culture environment in the incubator and improve the adaptability.

[0033] And, when the humidifying pipe 51 and the temperature adjusting pipe 52 work, the output end of the double-shaft motor 510 drives the two rotating rods 511 to rotate, so that the two rotating rods 511 drive the two inner bevel gears 512 to rotate, the two inner bevel gears 512 mesh with the two outer bevel gears 512, so that the two outer bevel gears 512 drive the two screw rods 59 to rotate, and the screw rod 59 drives the moving block 58 to drive the humidifying pipe 51 and the temperature adjusting pipe 52 on the same horizontal plane to reciprocate in the box body 1, so as to ensure that the temperature and humidity in the box body 1 are adjusted uniformly.

[0034] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms such as first and second are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "contain" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or equipment including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or equipment. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including a" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or equipment including the element.

[0035] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A microbial incubator with an adjustable culture environment, comprising a box body (1), characterized in that: Partitions (2) are fixed to the left and right ends of the inner wall of the box (1), two support plates (3) are fixed to the left and right walls of the inner cavity of the box (1), a placement plate (4) is placed on the top of the two support plates (3) on the same side, temperature and humidity sensors (5) are fixed to the top wall of the inner cavity of the box (1) and the bottom wall of the partition (2), and an adjustment component is provided inside the box (1); The regulating assembly includes two humidifying tubes (51) slidably connected to the inside of the box (1), a thermostat tube (52) is fixed to the right side wall of the humidifying tube (51), and the top ends of the humidifying tube (51) and the thermostat tube (52) are fixed and connected to a feed tube (53). The regulating assembly also includes a water tank (54) and a thermostat box (55) respectively fixed to the left side wall of the box (1), a cooling fan (56) is fixed to the rear wall of the thermostat box (55), and the regulating assembly also includes a concave plate (57) fixed to the rear wall of the box (1). The regulating assembly also includes a reciprocating structure arranged at the rear ends of the two groups of humidifying tubes (51) and the thermostat tube (52).

2. The microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper and lower ends of the left side wall of the box body (1) are both provided with through holes for the feeding pipe (53) to pass through the interior thereof, and the feeding pipe (53) is a corrugated pipe.

3. The microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two water pumps are fixed to and connected to the rear wall of the water tank (54), and the output ends of the two water pumps are fixed to one end of the two left-side feed pipes (53) away from the humidifying pipe (51), and one end of the two right-side feed pipes (53) away from the temperature regulating pipe (52) is fixed to and connected to the front wall of the temperature regulating box (55).

4. The microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of electric heating wires are fixed inside the temperature regulating box (55), and a plurality of lighting lamps are fixed on the top wall of the inner cavity of the box body (1) and the bottom wall of the partition (2).

5. The microbial incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The reciprocating structure comprises a dual-axis motor (510) fixed to the rear wall of the inner cavity of the concave plate (57), a rotating rod (511) being fixed to the output end of the dual-axis motor (510), and the reciprocating structure further comprises two screw rods (59) rotatably connected to the left and right walls of the inner cavity of the concave plate (57) via bearings, the outer surfaces of the two screw rods (59) being threadedly connected to the moving blocks (58), and the outer surfaces of the two screw rods (59) being fixed to the ends opposite to the two rotating rods (511) with bevel teeth (512).

6. The microorganism incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 5, characterized in that: The front end of the shift block (58) is fixed to the rear ends of the humidifying tube (51) and the temperature regulating tube (52) on the same side. Two through holes are provided on the rear side of the box body (1) and the front side of the concave plate (57). The shift block (58) is slidably connected to the inner side of the through holes.

7. The microorganism incubator with adjustable culture environment according to claim 5, characterized in that: The right side walls of the two shifting blocks (58) are each provided with a threaded hole for allowing the screw rod (59) to pass through the interior thereof.

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Microorganism culture device for biotechnology

    CN216513877U