Auxiliary device for prompting adding amount of measuring cup

By integrating a liquid level tracking drive component and a liquid level indicator screen into a measuring cup filling indicator, the problems of inaccurate measuring cup liquid level measurement and increased cost are solved, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of solution preparation.

CN223910319UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-13TONGJI HOSPITAL ATTACHED TO TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE HUAZHONG SCI TECH
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Application Number
CN202520312649.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-26
Publication Date
2026-02-13
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-26

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Technical Problem

Existing measuring cups in the medical field have insufficient accuracy in liquid level measurement, cannot provide indication of the expected liquid level during solution preparation, leading to large human errors. Furthermore, improving the measuring cup body would increase costs and is not suitable for conventional glass measuring cylinders.

Method used

Design a measuring cup addition prompt auxiliary device that integrates a liquid level tracking drive component, a liquid level detection component, and a liquid level prompt screen. The solution volume is input through the input screen, and the system calculates the liquid level position as a base point to indicate the liquid level that needs to be reached after the solution is added.

Benefits of technology

It reduces human calculation errors, improves the accuracy and efficiency of solution preparation, avoids errors in emergency situations, and is suitable for use with standard measuring cups without increasing costs.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an auxiliary device for prompting the adding amount of a measuring cup. The auxiliary device comprises a main machine body, a liquid level prompting unit and an input screen, wherein the main machine body consists of a base station and a vertical shell; the liquid level prompting unit is arranged on the vertical shell; the measuring cup is placed on the base station; the auxiliary prompting device is additionally arranged, so that the technical problems of low cost and portability caused by improvement of a traditional measuring cylinder body are solved. Besides, by designing and integrating a liquid level tracking driving assembly, a liquid level detection assembly and a liquid level prompting screen, after the amount of the added solution is input through an input screen and the height difference is calculated by a system, the tracked liquid level position serves as a base point, and the liquid level required to be reached after the solution is added can be prompted in advance through the liquid level prompting screen. The liquid adding process of workers is facilitated to a great extent, and the technical problem that solution proportioning is wrong due to the fact that the workers are extremely prone to distracting and making mistakes under the emergency working condition is solved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The embodiment of the utility model relates to a measuring cup adding amount prompting auxiliary device in the solution preparation technical field, more particularly, relates to a measuring cup adding amount prompting auxiliary device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Measuring cups are widely used in the medical field for accurately proportioning various solutions such as drugs, disinfectants, and experimental reagents. However, in actual operation, the staff is prone to reading errors when observing the measuring cup scale line due to factors such as viewing angle, light, or scale density. Especially when multiple solutions need to be quickly proportioned or processed, this tedious operation not only reduces work efficiency, but also may affect the accuracy of solution proportioning, thereby adversely affecting medical or experimental results. Therefore, there is an urgent need to design a device that can assist staff in accurately controlling solution addition, reduce human error through automation or intelligent means, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of solution proportioning, thereby better meeting the needs of the medical field for high-precision operations.

[0003] To solve the above technical problems, a kind of intelligent measuring cup is disclosed in Chinese utility model patent CN213120700U.The device includes: cup body, liquid level detection module, processor module, display module;The liquid level detection module is suitable for detecting the liquid level of liquid in cup body;The processor module is suitable for receiving the liquid level signal sent by liquid level detection module, and is displayed by display module.The beneficial effects of the utility model are that the liquid level detection module of the intelligent measuring cup can detect the liquid level of liquid in cup body, transmit to processor module, and display by display module, which is convenient for reading.

[0004] The above-mentioned patent technology improves the measuring cup body to achieve accurate liquid level reading, but still has the following technical problems:(1) Although liquid level measurement can be achieved, the pre-liquid level prompting function during solution proportioning cannot be achieved, in other words, it does not have the intuitive prompting function of the liquid level difference before and after each time the solution is injected, so that the staff needs to calculate the cumulative total liquid level during use, and the staff needs to keep watching the display module reading, which is prone to errors in emergency conditions, resulting in solution proportioning errors. When adding solution each time, if the liquid level that needs to be reached after adding this solution can be prompted in advance, it will greatly facilitate the staff's liquid adding process and save the error-prone step of manual calculation;(2) The method of improving the measuring cup body cannot be applied to the liquid level prompting of conventional glass measuring cylinders or measuring cups, and will increase the cost. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] In view of the above defects or improvement needs of the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of auxiliary device for prompting of adding amount to measuring cup.The auxiliary prompting device is additionally provided, which avoids improving the traditional measuring cylinder body, leading to the technical problems of poor cost and portability.In addition, by designing integrated liquid level tracking drive assembly, liquid level tracking drive assembly, liquid level detection assembly and liquid level prompting screen, the amount of solution added this time is input through input screen, and after the system calculates the height difference, the tracked liquid level position is used as the base point, so that the liquid level prompting screen can pre-prompt the liquid level reached after adding solution this time, which greatly facilitates the liquid adding process of staff and saves the error-prone link of manual calculation.The technical problems of easily distracted and wrong under emergency working conditions, leading to solution ratio error are avoided.

[0006] To achieve the above object, an auxiliary device for prompting of adding amount to measuring cup, comprising:

[0007] The main body is composed of base and vertical shell, liquid level prompting unit is arranged on the vertical shell, and input screen is installed on the side of base; measuring cup is placed on the upper surface of base;

[0008] The liquid level prompting unit comprises liquid level detection assembly and liquid level tracking drive assembly for detecting and measuring the liquid level in the measuring cup, and liquid level prompting screen is arranged on the side of vertical shell;

[0009] The measuring cup is placed on the upper surface of base, the liquid level in the measuring cup is tracked in real time by liquid level detection assembly and liquid level tracking drive assembly, the amount of solution added this time is input through input screen, and the liquid level reached after adding solution this time is pre-prompted by liquid level prompting screen.

[0010] Preferably, it further comprises measuring cup clamping unit for clamping measuring cup.

[0011] Preferably, the measuring cup clamping unit comprises:

[0012] The mounting cavity is opened in the base, the guide rod and lead screw shaft positioned in the mounting cavity through bearing seat, the sliding block connected to the guide rod and lead screw shaft, the clamping drive motor controlling the rotation of the lead screw shaft, the outer extension link arranged above the sliding block, the intermediate chuck fixed on the upper end of the outer extension link, and the pressure sensor arranged on the side of the intermediate chuck.

[0013] Preferably, the liquid level detection assembly comprises:

[0014] The laser emitter is vertically upward arranged in the base, the through hole is opened above the laser emitter, and the laser sensor is installed on the output end of the liquid level tracking drive assembly.

[0015] The laser is emitted into the vector cylinder through the laser emitter, the laser scattered from the side of the cylinder is sensed through the laser sensor, and the liquid level position is determined by the obvious difference between the solution and air in the laser scattering capability.

[0016] Preferably, the liquid level tracking drive assembly comprises:

[0017] The tracking drive motor, the transmission screw rod vertically coaxially fixed to the output shaft of the tracking drive motor, and the nut block mounted on the transmission screw rod are fixedly connected with the laser sensor.

[0018] Preferably, the liquid level tracking drive assembly comprises a fine adjustment handle arranged at the upper end of the transmission screw rod.

[0019] Preferably, the input screen is installed in a side inclined position.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the above technical scheme conceived by the utility model can achieve the following beneficial effects:

[0021] The auxiliary liquid adding prompting device of the utility model, by adding auxiliary prompting device, avoids improving the traditional measuring cylinder body, leading to the technical problems of poor cost and portability. In addition, by designing the integrated liquid level tracking drive assembly, the liquid level tracking drive assembly, the liquid level detection assembly and the liquid level prompting screen, the amount of the solution added this time is input through the input screen, the system calculates the height difference, and the tracked liquid level position is taken as the base point. The liquid level prompting screen can prompt the liquid level that needs to be reached after the solution is added this time, which greatly facilitates the liquid adding process of the staff and saves the error-prone link of manual calculation. The technical problem of easily making mistakes under emergency working conditions and leading to solution ratio error is avoided. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is a whole structure schematic view of the auxiliary device for prompting liquid adding of the utility model embodiment;

[0023] Figure 2 It is a structure schematic view of the measuring cup clamping unit of the auxiliary device for prompting liquid adding of the utility model embodiment;

[0024] In all the drawings, the same reference signs represent the same technical features, specifically: 1-main body, 100-base, 110-vertical housing, 2-measuring cup clamping unit, 201-bearing seat, 202-guide rod, 203-screw rod shaft, 204-sliding block, 205-outer extension link, 206-intermediate chuck, 3-liquid level prompting unit, 301-tracking drive motor, 302-transmission screw rod, 303-nut block, 304-fine adjustment handle, 305-laser sensor, 306-laser emitter, 310-liquid level prompting screen, 4-input screen, 5-measuring cup. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0026] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited.

[0027] In the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connection", "fixing" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the communication inside two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0028] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific examples described herein are only used to explain the present application and not to limit the present application. In addition, the technical features involved in each embodiment of the present application described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0029] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the embodiment of the present application, the cup adding prompting auxiliary device comprises:

[0030] The main body 1 is composed of the base 100 and the vertical shell 110, the liquid level prompting unit 3 is arranged on the vertical shell 110, and the input screen 4 is mounted on the side of the base 100; the measuring cup 5 is placed on the base 100;

[0031] The liquid level prompting unit 3 comprises a liquid level detecting assembly and a liquid level tracking driving assembly for detecting and measuring the liquid level in the measuring cup 5, and a liquid level prompting screen 310 arranged on the side surface of the vertical shell 110.

[0032] The measuring cup is placed on the upper surface of the base 100, the liquid level in the measuring cup 5 is tracked in real time through the liquid level detecting assembly and the liquid level tracking driving assembly, the amount of the solution to be added this time is input through the input screen 4, and the liquid level reached after the solution is added this time is prompted in advance through the liquid level prompting screen 310.

[0033] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the embodiment of the utility model, the measuring cup adding amount prompting auxiliary device further comprises a measuring cup clamping unit 2 for clamping the measuring cup 5.

[0034] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the embodiment of the utility model, the measuring cup clamping unit 2 comprises:

[0035] The mounting cavity is opened in the base 100, the guide rod 202 and the screw rod shaft 203 positioned in the mounting cavity through the bearing seat 201, the sliding block 204 connected to the guide rod 202 and the screw rod shaft 203, the clamping driving motor for controlling the rotation of the screw rod shaft 203, the outer extension connecting rod 205 arranged above the sliding block 204, the intermediate chuck 206 fixed to the upper end of the outer extension connecting rod 205, and the pressure sensor arranged on the side surface of the intermediate chuck 206.

[0036] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the embodiment of the utility model, the liquid level detecting assembly comprises:

[0037] The laser emitter 306 is vertically upward arranged in the base 100, the through hole is opened above the laser emitter 306, and the laser sensor 305 is mounted at the output end of the liquid level tracking driving assembly.

[0038] The laser emitter 306 emits laser to the measuring cylinder, the laser sensor 305 senses the scattered laser on the side of the measuring cylinder, and the position of the liquid surface is determined by the characteristics that the scattering ability of laser is obviously different between the solution and the air.

[0039] As shown in Figure 1 In the embodiment of the utility model, the liquid level tracking driving assembly comprises:

[0040] The tracking driving motor 301, the transmission screw rod 302 fixed vertically and coaxially to the output shaft of the tracking driving motor 301, and the nut block 303 mounted to the transmission screw rod 302; the laser sensor 305 is fixedly connected with the nut block 303.

[0041] As Figure 1 shown in the utility model embodiment, the liquid level tracking drive assembly, including being located in the transmission screw rod 302 upper end's fine adjustment handle 304.

[0042] As Figure 1 shown in the utility model embodiment, the input screen 4 is installed in lateral oblique position.

[0043] The utility model working principle is:

[0044] S100: the measuring cup is placed on the upper surface of the base station 100, the fine adjustment handle 304 is manually rotated, the laser sensor 305 is aligned with the bottom surface of the measuring cylinder, the inner diameter of the measuring cylinder is input through the input screen 4, so as to calculate the liquid level height difference subsequently, the measuring cup is clamped through the measuring cup clamping unit, and the preparation work is completed.

[0045] S200: the laser is emitted to the measuring cylinder through the laser emitter 306, the scattered laser of the measuring cylinder side is sensed through the laser sensor 305, and the liquid surface position is determined by the characteristics that the scattering ability of laser of solution and air is obviously different.

[0046] S300: the laser sensor 305 is driven to move up and down along the side of the measuring cylinder by controlling the tracking drive motor 301, so as to scan and track the liquid surface position.

[0047] S400: the amount of solution added this time is input through the input screen 4, the system calculates the height difference, the tracked liquid surface position is taken as the base point, the liquid level reached after the solution is added this time is calculated, and the liquid level prompt screen 310 is used to pre-prompt.

[0048] In the utility model embodiment, by additionally arranging the auxiliary prompting device, the technical problem that the cost and portability are poor due to the improvement of the traditional measuring cylinder body is avoided.In addition, by designing the integrated liquid level tracking drive assembly, the liquid level tracking drive assembly, the liquid level detection assembly and the liquid level prompt screen, the amount of solution added this time is input through the input screen 4, the system calculates the height difference, the tracked liquid surface position is taken as the base point, the liquid level reached after the solution is added this time is pre-prompted through the liquid level prompt screen 310, which greatly facilitates the liquid adding process of the staff, and the error-prone link of manual calculation is saved.The technical problem that the solution ratio is easily wrong due to distraction under emergency working conditions is avoided.

[0049] The above merely preferred embodiments of the present application are not used to limit the present application, any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application. The above is merely the preferred embodiment of the present application, it should be pointed out that, for the ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the technical principle of the present application, a number of improvements and variations can be made, these improvements and variations should also be considered as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A measuring cup dispensing indicator device, characterized in that, include: The main body (1) is composed of a base (100) and a vertical housing (110); a liquid level indicator unit (3) is provided on the vertical housing (110); an input screen (4) is installed on the side of the base (100); and a measuring cup (5) is placed on the base (100). The liquid level indicator unit (3) includes a liquid level detection component and a liquid level tracking drive component for detecting the liquid level in the measuring cup (5), and a liquid level indicator screen (310) disposed on the side of the vertical housing (110). Place the measuring cup on the upper surface of the base (100). The liquid level in the measuring cup (5) is tracked in real time by the liquid level detection component and the liquid level tracking drive component. The amount of solution to be added is input through the input screen (4). The liquid level prompt screen (310) will indicate the liquid level reached after the solution is added.

2. The measuring cup addition indicator device according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: Measuring cup clamping unit (2) for clamping measuring cup (5).

3. The measuring cup addition indicator device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The measuring cup clamping unit (2) includes: An installation chamber is formed within the base (100), and a guide rod (202) and a lead screw shaft (203) are positioned within the installation chamber via a bearing seat (201). A slider (204) is connected to the guide rod (202) and the lead screw shaft (203). A clamping drive motor controls the rotation of the lead screw shaft (203). An extended connecting rod (205) is located above the slider (204). An intermediate chuck (206) is fixed to the upper end of the extended connecting rod (205). A pressure sensor is located on the side of the intermediate chuck (206).

4. The measuring cup addition indicator device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The liquid level detection component includes: A laser emitter (306) is vertically mounted in the base (100), a through hole is opened above the laser emitter (306), and a laser sensor (305) is installed at the output end of the liquid level tracking drive assembly; The laser emitter (306) emits a laser into the vector cylinder, and the laser sensor (305) senses the side-scattered laser in the measuring cylinder. The liquid surface position is determined by taking advantage of the significant difference between the laser scattering ability of the solution and the air.

5. The measuring cup addition indicator device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The liquid level tracking drive component shown includes: The system includes a tracking drive motor (301), a transmission screw (302) vertically coaxially fixed to the output shaft of the tracking drive motor (301), and a nut block (303) mounted on the transmission screw (302); the laser sensor (305) is fixedly connected to the nut block (303).

6. The measuring cup addition indicator device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The liquid level tracking drive assembly includes a fine-tuning handle (304) located at the upper end of the transmission lead screw (302).

7. The measuring cup addition indicator auxiliary device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The input screen (4) is installed at an angle.

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  • Intelligent measuring cup

    CN213120700U