Circulating lifting device matched with artificial climate box

By installing a circulating lifting device and a smart camera inside the artificial climate chamber, the automatic circulating lifting of the petri dishes is achieved, solving the problem of low efficiency in traditional observation methods, improving the accuracy and safety of the experiment, and ensuring the stability of the culture process and the reliability of the data.

CN223723117UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26HUZHOU UNIVERSITY
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Application Number
CN202520148019.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-22
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-22

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Technical Problem

Traditional artificial climate chamber methods for observing petri dishes are inefficient, affecting the accuracy and reliability of experimental results, and pose a risk of microbial contamination.

Method used

Design a circulating lifting device for an artificial climate chamber, combined with an intelligent high-definition camera, to achieve automatic circulating lifting and non-invasive monitoring of the culture dishes. The culture dishes are kept level by an annular positioning groove and positioning rollers, reducing the number of times the door is opened and ensuring environmental stability.

Benefits of technology

It improves observation efficiency, ensures the continuity and stability of the culture process, reduces the risk of microbial contamination, ensures the accuracy and reproducibility of experimental data, and avoids culture medium spillage and culture damage.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a circulation lifting device matched with an artificial climate box, which belongs to the technical field of artificial climate box equipment, is used for solving the problems that in the artificial climate box culture process, a traditional method for observing culture conditions is low in efficiency and is not beneficial to large-scale experiments, and comprises a device main body, a driving mechanism and a lifting balance mechanism, the circulation lifting device is installed in the artificial climate incubator to be matched with the intelligent high-definition camera, the observation efficiency of cultures is improved, a driving mechanism is additionally installed on the circulation lifting device, automatic circulation lifting of culture dishes can be achieved, an annular positioning groove is formed in the device body, and the device body is convenient to operate. The chain is arranged on the balance frame and is matched with the positioning roller which moves along with the circumferential direction of the chain, so that the displacement track and the moving state of the balance frame are effectively limited, the culture dish located on the balance frame is always in a horizontal state no matter which position the culture dish is lifted to, the problems of culture solution overflow, culture damage and the like caused by inclination are avoided, and the culture quality is further improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the artificial climate chamber equipment technical field, especially, relate to a circulating lifting device of artificial climate chamber matching. BACKGROUND

[0002] As a kind of laboratory equipment, artificial climate chamber is widely used in the cultivation of bacteria, mould and other microorganisms and seed germination test and other fields, and its core function is to provide a precisely controlled constant temperature and illumination environment to simulate natural climate conditions, so as to meet the needs of scientific experiments for specific environmental parameters. In order to realize efficient and multi-batch cultivation operation, modern artificial climate chamber is often designed with multiple cultivation partitions, which not only optimizes space utilization, but also enables multiple experiments to be carried out simultaneously in the same equipment, greatly improving cultivation efficiency. During the use of artificial climate chamber, culture dishes play a crucial role as containers for carrying microorganisms or seed cultures. According to experimental requirements, culture dishes come in various sizes, from small culture bottles to large culture pots. These culture dishes are placed in order on the partitions within the climate chamber to ensure that each culture can grow under the preset environmental conditions. However, in traditional observation methods, frequent door opening operations not only disrupt the constant temperature and illumination environment within the climate chamber, causing fluctuations in the cultivation conditions, which in turn affect the accuracy and reliability of experimental results. The actions of opening the door and pulling out the culture dishes can also increase the risk of external microbial contamination, threatening the sterile experimental environment. Therefore, traditional observation methods are not only inefficient, but also hinder the rapid advancement of large-scale experiments. SUMMARY

[0003] In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the purpose of the present utility model is to provide a circulating lifting device for artificial climate chamber, which solves the problems of low efficiency and unsuitability for large-scale experiments in traditional observation methods during the cultivation process of artificial climate chamber by combining with intelligent high-definition cameras.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purposes and other related purposes, the present utility model provides a circulating lifting device for artificial climate chamber, comprising a device main body, a driving mechanism and a lifting balance mechanism.

[0005] The device main body is vertically fixed inside the side wall of the artificial climate chamber and is provided with an annular positioning groove.

[0006] The driving mechanism is arranged on the device main body and comprises a driving device fixedly connected to the device main body, a driving sprocket hingedly connected to the device main body and a chain cooperating with the driving sprocket. The output end of the driving device is in transmission connection with the driving sprocket.

[0007] The lifting balance mechanism comprises a lifting support frame fixedly connected to the chain and a balance frame hingedly connected to the lifting support frame; the balance frame is fixedly connected with a positioning roller used in cooperation with the annular positioning groove for balancing the culture dish.

[0008] Optionally, the annular positioning groove comprises a first annular positioning groove and a second annular positioning groove; the first annular positioning groove and the second annular positioning groove are identical in shape, and the first annular positioning groove is located directly above the second annular positioning groove.

[0009] Optionally, the positioning roller comprises a first positioning roller and a second positioning roller; the first positioning roller is used in cooperation with the first annular positioning groove; and the second positioning roller is used in cooperation with the second annular positioning groove.

[0010] Optionally, the balance frame comprises a culture partition, a hinged pillar and a balance pillar.

[0011] The culture partition is horizontally arranged and used for mounting and fixing the culture dish.

[0012] One end of the hinged pillar is fixedly connected with the culture partition, and the other end is fixedly connected with the balance pillar.

[0013] The balance pillar is vertically arranged, and the top end of the balance pillar is fixedly connected with the first positioning roller, and the tail end is fixedly connected with the second positioning roller.

[0014] Optionally, the top end of the culture partition is provided with an annular protrusion used for fixedly clamping the culture dish.

[0015] Optionally, the lifting support frame is a triangular support frame comprising two lifting support ends and one lifting output end; the two lifting support ends are fixedly connected with the chain; and the lifting output end is provided with a circular hinged hole.

[0016] Optionally, the lifting support frame is a hollow square support frame comprising a lifting support end fixedly connected with the chain, a lifting limiting end away from the lifting support end and a circular hinged hole arranged in the middle part.

[0017] Optionally, the lifting limiting end is provided with a strip-shaped through groove; the two sides of the support frame body are fixedly provided with limiting plates which are used in cooperation with the strip-shaped through groove.

[0018] Optionally, the top of the device body is provided with a camera.

[0019] Optionally, the driving device is a driving motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor.

[0020] As described above, the circulating lifting device matched with the artificial climate chamber has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0021] 1. The utility model discloses a circulating lifting device is installed in the artificial climate incubator cooperation intelligent high definition camera, realized under the premise of not destroying the environment in the box, to the culture continuous, non-invasive monitoring, reduces or avoids the door number of opening in the culture midway, improves the observation efficiency, guarantees the continuity and stability of the culture process simultaneously, the driving mechanism of circulating lifting device, can control the circumferential displacement of lifting balance mechanism accurately, realizes the automatic circulation of petri dish lifting, not only alleviates the burden of manual operation, but also ensures that every petri dish can obtain uniform and stable processing time in the lifting process, be favorable to the accuracy and repeatability of experimental data, through setting up annular positioning groove on the device main part, and cooperate with the positioning roller of following chain circumferential displacement, effectively limit the displacement track and moving state of the balance frame, ensure that no matter what position is lifted to, the petri dish on the balance frame is always in the horizontal state, avoid the culture liquid overflow, culture damage and other problems caused by inclination, further improve the culture quality.

[0022] 2. The utility model discloses a balance frame is split into culture partition, articulated pillar and balance pillar, and the culture partition of horizontal arrangement is fixedly connected with the balance pillar of vertical arrangement through articulated pillar, and the first positioning roller fixedly connected at the top of balance pillar and the second positioning roller at the tail cooperate with the first annular positioning groove and the second annular positioning groove on the device main part, ensure that the balance pillar is always in the vertical state in the lifting displacement process, and further ensure that the culture partition is in the horizontal state, and the culture partition and balance pillar fixedly connected at the both ends of articulated pillar provide counterweight for the both ends of articulated pillar and increase the balance of balance frame main part, and the annular protrusion on culture partition can be clamped and fixed petri dish, avoid the culture liquid overflow, culture damage and other problems caused by inclination or shaking.

[0023] 3. The utility model discloses a lifting support frame is designed into the square support frame of openwork, reduces the weight of support frame, and the lifting support end fixedly connected on the chain and the circular articulated hole in the middle drive articulated pillar circumferential movement, and the strip-shaped through slot of opening on the lifting limiting end away from lifting support end cooperates with the limiting plate designed on the both sides of support frame main part, ensures the position of support frame in the circulation lifting process is accurate, prevents the shaking or dumping risk caused by external interference or culture partition weight, and the design of strip-shaped through slot increases the flexibility of limiting adjustment, can adapt to the stable demand under different height and load conditions, provides solid security guarantee for the whole lifting system. ACCURACY

[0024] Figure 1 It is the whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model cooperation camera;

[0025] Figure 2 It is the whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0026] Figure 3 is a structure diagram of the annular positioning groove of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 4 is a structure diagram of the overall structure of the balance frame of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 5 is a structure diagram of the utility model Figure 1 is an enlarged diagram of A in the middle.

[0029] Element number explanation

[0030] 1, device main body; 101, first annular positioning groove; 102, second annular positioning groove; 2, driving mechanism; 201, driving sprocket; 202, chain; 3, lifting support frame; 4, balance frame; 401, culture partition; 402, hinged support column; 403, balance support column; 404, first positioning roller; 405, second positioning roller. Specific implementation

[0031] The implementation of the utility model will be illustrated by specific embodiments below, and other advantages and effects of the utility model can be easily understood by those skilled in the art from the content disclosed in the specification.

[0032] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 It should be understood that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings of the specification are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the specification for understanding and reading by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the implementation conditions of the utility model, so they do not have technical substantive significance. Any modification of structure, change of proportion relationship or adjustment of size, without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the utility model, should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed by the utility model. At the same time, the terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" in the specification are only for the convenience of clear understanding of the description, and are not used to limit the scope of implementation of the utility model. The change or adjustment of the relative relationship, without substantial change of technical content, is also considered as the implementation scope of the utility model.

[0033] The following embodiments are only for illustration. The embodiments can be combined, which are not limited to the content shown in the following single embodiment.

[0034] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5The utility model provides a kind of circulating lifting device matched with artificial climate cabinet, including device main body 1, driving mechanism 2 and lifting balance mechanism;The device main body 1 is fixed in the inside of artificial climate cabinet side wall vertically, and is provided with annular positioning groove, the top of the device main body 1 is provided with video camera;Driving mechanism 2 is arranged on device main body 1, including the driving device of fixed connection on device main body 1, the driving sprocket 201 of hinging on device main body 1 and the chain 202 of cooperation driving sprocket 201, the output end of the driving device is connected with driving sprocket 201 (the driving device can be driving motor, hydraulic motor or pneumatic motor) transmission;Lifting balance mechanism includes lifting support frame 3 of fixed connection on chain 202 and balance frame 4 of hinging on lifting support frame 3;Balancing frame 4 is fixedly connected with the positioning roller of cooperation use with annular positioning groove, for balancing culture dish, the present application is installed in the circulating lifting device cooperation fixed intelligent high-definition camera in artificial climate incubator (the intelligent high-definition camera realizes online data monitoring and data storage through wireless network, and the growth process of culture in climate cabinet is convenient for record), realizes on the premise of not destroying the environment in box, to culture continuously, non-invasive monitoring, reduces or avoids the number of door opening in culture, improves observation efficiency, also guarantee the continuity and stability of culture process, driving mechanism 2 is added on circulating lifting device, can accurately control the circumferential displacement of lifting balance mechanism, realizes the automatic circulation of culture dish lifting, not only reduce the burden of manual operation, also ensure that every culture dish can obtain uniform and stable processing time in lifting process, be favorable to the accuracy and repeatability of experimental data, by setting annular positioning groove on device main body 1, and cooperate with the positioning roller following the circumferential displacement of chain 202, effectively limit the displacement track and movement state of balance frame 4, ensure that no matter to what position lifting, culture dish on balance frame 4 is always in horizontal state, avoid the problems such as culture liquid overflow, culture damage caused by inclination, further improve culture quality.

[0035] In the embodiment, Figures 1 to 5The annular positioning groove comprises a first annular positioning groove 101 and a second annular positioning groove 102; the first annular positioning groove 101 and the second annular positioning groove 102 are of the same shape, and the first annular positioning groove 101 is located directly above the second annular positioning groove 102; the positioning roller comprises a first positioning roller 404 and a second positioning roller 405; the first positioning roller 404 is used in cooperation with the first annular positioning groove 101; the second positioning roller 405 is used in cooperation with the second annular positioning groove 102; the balance frame 4 comprises a culture partition plate 401, a hinged support column 402 and a balance support column 403; the culture partition plate 401 is horizontally arranged and used for mounting and fixing a culture dish; one end of the hinged support column 402 is fixedly connected with the culture partition plate 401, and the other end is fixedly connected with the balance support column 403; the balance support column 403 is vertically arranged, and the top end of the balance support column 403 is fixedly connected with the first positioning roller 404, and the tail end is fixedly connected with the second positioning roller 405; the top end of the culture partition plate 401 is provided with an annular protrusion, which is used for fixedly clamping a culture dish; the balance frame 4 is split into the culture partition plate 401, the hinged support column 402 and the balance support column 403; the horizontally arranged culture partition plate 401 is fixedly connected with the vertically arranged balance support column 403 through the hinged support column 402; the first positioning roller 404 fixedly connected with the top end of the balance support column 403 and the second positioning roller 405 fixedly connected with the tail end are used in cooperation with the first annular positioning groove 101 and the second annular positioning groove 102 respectively opened on the device main body 1, so as to ensure that the balance support column 403 is always in a vertical state during lifting displacement, and then ensure that the culture partition plate 401 is in a horizontal state; the culture partition plate 401 and the balance support column 403 fixedly connected with both ends of the hinged support column 402 provide counterweights for both ends of the hinged support column 402, thereby increasing the balance of the balance frame 4; the annular protrusion arranged on the culture partition plate 401 can clamp and fix a culture dish, thereby avoiding problems such as overflow of culture liquid and damage to culture caused by inclination or shaking.

[0036] In the embodiment, the lifting support frame 3 can be a triangular support frame, comprising two lifting support ends and one lifting output end; the two lifting support ends are fixedly connected with the chain 202; the lifting output end is provided with a circular hinge hole; the lifting support frame 3 can also be a hollow square support frame (for example Figure 5The lifting support end fixedly connected with the chain 202, the lifting limiting end away from the lifting support end and the circular hinge hole opened in the middle part of the lifting support frame main body, the lifting limiting end is provided with a strip-shaped through slot; The two sides of the support frame main body are fixed with limiting plates, and the limiting plates are used in cooperation with the strip-shaped through slot, the lifting support frame 3 is designed into a hollow square support frame, the weight of the support frame is reduced, the lifting support end fixedly connected with the chain 202 and the circular hinge hole opened in the middle part drive the hinge column 402 to move circumferentially; The strip-shaped through slot opened on the lifting limiting end away from the lifting support end is used in cooperation with the limiting plates designed on the two sides of the support frame main body, the position of the support frame in the circulating lifting process is ensured to be accurate and correct, the shaking or dumping risk caused by external force interference or the weight of the culture partition plate 401 is prevented, the flexibility of the limiting adjustment is increased by the design of the strip-shaped through slot, the stable demand under different height and load conditions can be adapted, and a solid safety guarantee is provided for the whole lifting system.

[0037] In summary, the utility model overcomes various shortcomings in the prior art.

[0038] The above-mentioned embodiments only exemplarily illustrate the principles and effects of the utility model, and are not used to limit the utility model. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and category of the utility model. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes completed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical thought disclosed by the utility model should be covered by the claims of the utility model.

Claims

1. A circulating lifting device for a climatic chamber, characterized in that: The device comprises a device body, a driving mechanism and a lifting balance mechanism. The device body is vertically fixed inside the side wall of an artificial climate chamber and is provided with an annular positioning groove. The driving mechanism is arranged on the device body and comprises a driving device fixedly connected to the device body, a driving sprocket hingedly connected to the device body and a chain matched with the driving sprocket; the output end of the driving device is in transmission connection with the driving sprocket. The lifting balance mechanism comprises a lifting support frame fixedly connected to the chain and a balance frame hingedly connected to the lifting support frame; the balance frame is fixedly connected with a positioning roller matched with the annular positioning groove for balancing the culture dish.

2. The circulating lifting device for the artificial climate chamber set according to claim 1, characterized in that: The annular positioning groove comprises a first annular positioning groove and a second annular positioning groove; the first annular positioning groove and the second annular positioning groove are identical in shape, and the first annular positioning groove is located directly above the second annular positioning groove.

3. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 2, characterized in that: The positioning roller comprises a first positioning roller and a second positioning roller; the first positioning roller is matched with the first annular positioning groove; the second positioning roller is matched with the second annular positioning groove.

4. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 3, characterized in that: The balance frame comprises a culture partition plate, a hinged support column and a balance support column. The culture partition plate is horizontally arranged and used for mounting and fixing the culture dish. One end of the hinged support column is fixedly connected with the culture partition plate, and the other end is fixedly connected with the balance support column. The balance support column is vertically arranged, and the top end of the balance support column is fixedly connected with the first positioning roller, and the tail end is fixedly connected with the second positioning roller.

5. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 4, characterized in that: The top end of the culture partition plate is provided with an annular protrusion for fixedly clamping the culture dish.

6. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting support frame is a triangular support frame comprising two lifting support ends and one lifting output end; the two lifting support ends are fixedly connected with the chain; the lifting output end is provided with a circular hinged hole.

7. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting support frame is a hollow square support frame comprising a lifting support end fixedly connected to the chain, a lifting limiting end away from the lifting support end and a circular hinged hole arranged in the middle.

8. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 7, characterized in that: The lifting limiting end is provided with a strip-shaped through slot; the two sides of the support frame body are fixedly provided with limiting plates matched with the strip-shaped through slot.

9. The circulating lifting device for the climate chamber set according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the device body is provided with a video camera.

10. The circulating lifting device for the climatic chamber according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving device is a driving motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor.