Sample Analyzer Bearing Box Transfer Path for Compact Recycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The traditional circulating device has a complex path for conveying bearing boxes, making the structure bulky and affecting its structural compactness.
Innovation Solution
The circulating device employs a transferring component with a push-and-pull synchronous belt and rotating shaft, allowing the same path for conveying bearing boxes from the input mechanism to the output mechanism and from the output mechanism to the recycling mechanism, utilizing conveyor belt units, transferring bodies, and mechanisms with rotating and sliding parts to simplify the structure and reduce volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate paths are used for conveying bearing boxes from input to output and from output to recycling, then the conveying function is reliable, but the device structure becomes bulky and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the conveying path from input to output with the conveying path from output to recycling into a single shared path. The bearing box moves from input to output along this path, then returns from output to recycling along the same path, eliminating the need for separate dedicated paths and reducing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The single conveying path serves multiple functions: it conveys bearing boxes from input to output during the forward motion, and conveys bearing boxes from output to recycling during the return motion. This multi-functional path replaces what would traditionally require two separate specialized paths.
2Reliability
If separate paths are used for conveying bearing boxes, then the conveying function is reliable, but the device volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the forward conveying path (input to output) and the return conveying path (output to recycling) into one shared physical path. This consolidation reduces the total volume required for the conveying system compared to having two separate paths that would occupy more space.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes vertical dimension by employing an overhead carrier system that moves bearing boxes along a rail. The carrier can service multiple positions (input, output, recycling) along the same horizontal path by moving vertically to load/unload bearing boxes, allowing multiple functions in a compact three-dimensional space.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a circulating device, a circulating method, and a sample analyzer. The circulating device includes a mounting rack and an input mechanism, an output mechanism, a recycling mechanism and a transferring mechanism arranged on the mounting rack. The input mechanism is configured to provide a bearing box holding a reaction vessel. The output mechanism is configured to output the bearing box holding the reaction vessel from the input mechanism. The recycling mechanism is configured to recycle the bearing box, which is from the output mechanism and the reaction vessel held by which has been unloaded. The transferring mechanism includes transferring components corresponding to the input mechanism, the output mechanism and the recycling mechanism simultaneously. The transferring components are configured to not only convey the bearing box holding the reaction vessel from the input mechanism to the output mechanism, but also convey the bearing box, the reaction vessel held by which has been unloaded, from the output mechanism to the recycling mechanism. Thus, the structure of the circulating device is more compact.