TW201945736A - Holder transport apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A holder transport apparatus according to an embodiment includes, an elevator device comprising a conveyance member which includes an ascending path and a descending path arranged along an ascending and descending circulation path that circulates, and a plurality of support plates which are attached to the conveyance member and support a holder which holds a sample container in an erect state.

Description

Support handling device

The present invention relates to a stent transporting device for lifting and lowering a specimen holder holding a specimen container.

As a transporting apparatus for transporting a specimen container that can hold a specimen such as blood, a stent transporting apparatus that transports a rack holding a specimen container in an upright state is known (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-212064).

The rack conveying device includes, for example, a pair of guide rails provided along a predetermined conveyance path, and a belt conveyor that is fed between the pair of guide rails in a predetermined direction. For example, when a plurality of conveyance lines are provided, the conveyance lines are plurally juxtaposed in a horizontal plane.

In the above-mentioned rack conveyance device, since it is necessary to have an installation space corresponding to the number of conveyance lines, it is necessary to secure a large space corresponding to the number of conveyance lines.

One form of the rack conveying device includes an elevator device including a feeding member arranged along a lifting circulation path having a loop of a rising path and a descending path extending vertically, and a feeding member mounted on the feeding member and holding the feeding member. A plurality of supporting pallets supported by the holder of the specimen container in the standing position.

The advantages of the present invention will be explained in the following description, and partly obvious from the description, or can be learned through the practice of the present invention. The advantages of the invention can be realized and obtained by means and combinations particularly pointed out below.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, the stent carrying device 1 and the stent carrying method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rack transporting device 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a conveyor line of the rack transporting device 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the rack transporting device 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a part of the rack transporting device 1, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams showing the operation of the rack transporting device 1. The arrows x, y, and z in the figure show three directions that intersect vertically with each other.

The stand conveyance device 1 includes a pair of elevator devices 10, a conveyor belt device 20 provided between the pair of elevator devices 10, and a control unit 50.

The pair of left and right lift devices 10 are arranged to face each other with the conveyor belt device 20 being held in a gripped manner, and are arranged at a predetermined interval from each other. A pair of elevator devices 10 includes a casing 11 constituting the periphery, and a lifting mechanism section including a plurality of transport rollers provided along a predetermined lift circulation path A1 (elevator path), and a plurality of transport rollers as a rack. The lifting chain 13 of the feeding member of the roller, the plurality of supporting pallets 14 (supporting portions) on which the lifting chain 13 is arranged, the lifting driving device 15 that rotates and drives the belt conveying roller 24; and The mobile device 16 which the bracket 30 moves. In addition, the pair of lifter devices 10 are configured in the same manner except that the points are set in opposite directions to the front and back of the support pallet 14.

The casing 11 includes, for example, a rectangular parallelepiped frame 11a that is long in the vertical direction, that is, in the Z direction, and four leg portions 11b formed on the bottom of the frame 11a. The frame 11 a has an opening on a surface facing the conveyor belt device 20 and on both sides on the opposite side. The support pallet 14 projects from this opening.

The elevating drive device 15 feeds the elevating chain 13 hung on the outside of the plurality of conveyance rollers in a predetermined direction by rotationally driving the plurality of conveyance rollers.

The ascending and descending circulation path A1 includes a vertically extending ascending path A11 and a descending path A12, and these ascending paths A11 and descending paths A12 are connected at their upper and lower ends to form a vertically long loop.

The lifting chain 13 is provided with a pair of chain belts 13a and 13b, and the pair of chain belts 13a and 13b are hung along the lifting circulation path A1 and constitute a loop shape. For example, each of the chain belts 13a and 13b is a belt having a chain structure in which a plurality of chain plates are connected in the conveying direction. The plurality of supporting pallets 14 are provided on the lifting chain 13 at predetermined intervals.

The plurality of supporting pallets 14 are fixed to the lifting chain 13 by a bracket 13d. The support pallet 14 is supported on the outer peripheral side of the loop of the elevating chain 13. The support pallet 14 includes a pallet member 14a provided with a mounting surface 14c perpendicularly intersecting the circulation path, and a guide wall 14b, which is a main surface of one of the pallet members 14a, that is, the outer periphery of the surface. (Guide member), and a holding portion 14d provided with a pair of claw pieces 14e protruding inward from the guide wall 14b.

The guide wall 14b is formed in a U-shape opening to the conveyor line side when viewed from above, and has an inner wall 14f inclined in a tapered shape so that the opening side is wide. One surface of the pallet member 14a is a support surface which has a perpendicular | vertical cross | intersection with respect to the path | route of the up-and-down circulation path A1.

The supporting pallet 14 is such that the bracket 30 is placed on one of the main surfaces of the pallet member 14a, that is, the placing surface 14c, and the bracket 30 is in an upright state by the guide wall 14b and the holding portion 14d. Under the support. The plurality of supporting pallets 14 are mounted on the conveying path on the side of the conveyor device 20 with the mounting surface 14c on the front side facing upward.

The holding portion 14d has a pair of claw pieces 14e and 14e protruding inwardly from the inner wall 14f of the guide wall 14b, and the interval between the pair of claw pieces 14e and 14e is elastically deformable in an expandable and contractible manner.

In this embodiment, the elevator device 10 on one side is a lowering device. The lowering path A12 is disposed on the conveyor belt device 20 side, and the upward path A11 is disposed on the side opposite to the conveyor belt device 20. The stand 30 sent from the device 20 is lowered. On the other side of the lift device 10, the ascending path A11 is disposed on the conveyor belt device 20 side, and the descending path A12 is disposed on the opposite side of the conveyor belt device 20, and the ascending bracket 30 sent from the conveyor belt device 20 rises. Device.

The moving device 16 is provided in each of the elevator devices 10, and the conveyor belt lines are respectively provided at two positions above and below each other. The moving device 16 includes a stand arm 16 a that moves the stand 30 between the support pallet 14 and the conveyor line, and an arm drive device 16 b that moves the stand arm 16 a at a predetermined time point. The moving device 16 is rotated or moved by the support arm 16a, and for example, the support 30 arranged on the conveyor belt 23 is moved on the support pallet 14, or the support 30 on the support pallet 14 is moved on The conveyor belt 23 moves.

On the other hand, for example, on the right side of the figure, the moving device 16 on the upper part of the lifter device 10 is a control that the control unit 50 repeatedly controls the movement of the bracket 30 by moving the bracket arm 16a at a predetermined point of time. The bracket 30 is sequentially moved from the conveyor belt 23 toward the support pallet 14. The moving device 16 under the one lift device 10 is, for example, an action of repeatedly controlling the control unit 50 to slide the bracket 30 at a predetermined time, and sequentially moves the plurality of brackets 30 from the support pallet 14 toward the conveyor belt 23 Move up.

On the other hand, for example, on the left side of the figure, the moving device 16 on the upper part of the elevator device 10 is, for example, an action of repeatedly controlling the control unit 50 to move the support arm 16a at a predetermined time and slidingly move the support 30. The sequence moves from the support pallet 14 toward the conveyor belt 23. The moving device 16 at the lower part of the other elevator device 10 is, for example, an action of repeatedly controlling the control unit 50 to slide the bracket 30 at a predetermined time point, and sequentially moving the plurality of brackets 30 from the conveyor belt 23 toward the support pallet. Move on 14.

The conveyor device 20 is provided with a plurality of conveyance lines 21A and 21B for vertically conveying the holder 30 holding the specimen container 40 in a standing position along a predetermined conveyance path. For example, in the present embodiment, the conveyor belt device 20 is a conveying line 21A, 21B having two upper and lower stages.

Each of the conveying lines 21A and 21B includes a pair of guide rails 22 provided along a conveying path extending horizontally in the X direction, a loop-shaped conveyor belt 23 disposed between the pair of guide rails 22, And a plurality of belt conveyance rollers 24 arranged on the back side of the conveyor belt 23, and a conveyance drive device 25 that feeds the conveyor belt 23 by driving at least a part of the plurality of belt conveyance rollers 24 rotationally.

The plurality of belt conveyance rollers 24 include a driving roller and a support roller including an axis along the Y direction and disposed along a predetermined conveyance path. The driving roller is connected to the elevating driving device 15 and rotates the driving roller by the conveyance driving device 25 to feed the conveyor belt 23 that is hung on the outside of the plurality of belt conveying rollers.

The upper and lower pairs of conveying lines 21A and 21B have a conveying path arranged along the X direction so that the lower conveying line 21B faces from one side to the other, and the upper conveying line 21A has a conveying path from the other side to one side.

The holder 30 includes a bottomed cylindrical holding tube portion 31 and a plurality of holding pins 32 extending upwardly from the holding tube portion 31. The holding tube portion 31 has a step 31a having an annular shape on the outer peripheral surface. By engaging this step 31 a to the inner wall of the guide rail 22, the bracket 30 is guided toward the guide rail 22. The holding pin 32 is, for example, a metal pin member, and is formed by being bent so as to partially protrude toward the inside of the bracket 30 in the radial direction. The retaining pin 32 is elastically deformable. The holder 30 is configured to hold the specimen container 40 by pressing the outer peripheral surface of the specimen container 40 inserted into the holding cylinder portion 31 by the bent portion of the plurality of holding pins 32. The holder 30 holding the specimen container 40 is engaged between the pair of guide rails 22 and is supported in an upright position, and is carried along with the movement of the conveyor belt 23.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the specimen container 40 is, for example, a flexible tube-shaped blood collection tube made of transparent glass or the like, and formed into a cylinder having a cylindrical space containing a specimen such as serum inside. Shape with upper opening. A plug body 41 is provided in the upper opening. For example, the label 42 is adhered to the outer peripheral side surface of the specimen container 40. A bar code as an information display section that displays various kinds of information such as identification information of the specimen is displayed on the label 42.

The control unit 50 is provided with a processor that controls the operation of each unit based on various data, calculations, and determination results. The control unit 50 specifically transports the transport mechanism at a predetermined time.

Next, a stent transportation method using the stent transportation device 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. Here, one example illustrates the procedure of "lowering the bracket 30 on the upper conveying line 21A from the elevator device 10, moving toward the lower conveying line 21B, and raising it from the other elevator device 10", but it is not limited. herein.

The method for carrying a stent according to this embodiment includes a first movement process (ST1) for moving the stent 30 from an upper conveyor line to a support line 14 of a descending line by a moving device 16 and moving the support 30 by a descending line. Lowering process (ST2) of the lowering of the stent 30, and a second moving process (ST3) of moving the stent 30 by the moving device 16 from the support line 14 of the lowering line to the downward conveyor line, and the lower conveyor belt The lower conveying process (ST4) for conveying the carriage 30 with the line toward the ascending line, and the third moving process (ST5) for moving the carriage 30 from the lower conveyor line toward the supporting pallet 14 of the ascending line by the moving device 16 and The ascent process (ST6) for raising the stent 30 by the ascending line, and the fourth movement process (ST7) for moving the stent 30 from the support pallet 14 of the ascending line to the upper conveyor line (ST7), and by the conveyance from above The upper conveyance process in which the belt line conveys the holder 30 toward the lower line (ST8).

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the control unit 50 enters from the retreat position by driving the moving arm with respect to the moving process (ST1, ST3, ST5, ST7) between the conveyor belt line and the support pallet 14. In the stand-by position of the stand 30, the stand 30 is further pushed toward the predetermined target position by moving the moving arm in the X direction, or retracted. At this time, since the support pallet 14 is opened on the surface facing the conveyor line and the upper surface, the bracket 30 moves to a predetermined position on the mounting surface 14c through this opening. At this time, the outer periphery of the bracket 30 is held between the guide wall 14b and a pair of claw pieces 14e of the elastically deformable holding portion 14d.

For the upper conveyance process (ST8) and the lower conveyance process (ST4), the control unit 50 moves the lifting drive device 15 to feed the conveyor belt 23 and moves the bracket 30 in the conveying direction.

For the descending process (ST2) and the ascending process (ST6), the control unit 50 feeds the elevating chain 13 by driving the driving roller of the elevator apparatus 10. At this time, the support pallet 14 of the descending line and the ascending line is lowered or raised with the surface thereof facing upward. On the other hand, on the opposite side of the descending line and the ascending line of the circulation lifting path, that is, the side far from the conveyor belt line, the support pallet 14 rises or descends with the back surface of the support pallet 14 facing upward.

In the rack conveying device 1 configured as described above, by including the elevator device 10 that raises and lowers the rack 30 in a standing state, the plurality of conveying lines 21A and 21B can be juxtaposed up and down, and space saving can be achieved. That is, compared with arranging the forward path and the return path in parallel, since the space above and below can be effectively used, the installation space can be reduced. In addition, in each of the elevator apparatuses 10, as long as a simple configuration is provided in which the support pallet 14 vertically intersects with the loop-shaped lifting chain 13, the bracket 30 can be sequentially lifted. Furthermore, only the bracket 30 is slid on the support pallet 14 having a guide wall 14 b having a tapered opening on one side, and is placed on the support pallet 14. The guide wall 14b can be held, and a stable lifting operation can be realized with a simple structure.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the state of each of the embodiments described above, and the constituent elements can be modified and embodied in a range that does not depart from the essence thereof in the implementation stage.

For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although the conveyance lines 21A and 21B have a two-segment configuration in which one line is arranged on each of the forward path and the return path, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, two or more lines may be used for the return route, the return route, or both of them. The multiple transfer lines 21A and 21B may be horizontally arranged, and the transfer line may be arranged in three or more stages.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, a configuration has been exemplified in which a loop-shaped conveyance path is set, and the same distance is raised and lowered, and the carried-in position and the carried-out position have the same height, but it is not limited to this. The moving path can be arbitrarily set, and for example, it may be set to a path moving toward a carry-out position away from a predetermined carry-in position. In addition, for example, the distances for ascending or descending may be different paths, or the heights of the carrying-in position and the carrying-out position may be different by performing only one of the ascending and descending operations.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, a configuration in which one conveyor belt device 20 is provided between a pair of elevator devices 10 has been exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By continuously disposing the plurality of conveyor belt devices 20, One path configuration is also possible. The stent transporting device may further include a sample container 40 that moves on the transfer line 21A, or a processing device that performs various processes on the sample in the sample container 40.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned first embodiment, an example is shown in which the elevator device 10 and the conveyor belt device 20 are separated into different devices, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the elevator device 10 and the conveyor belt device 20 are fixed to a common one. The configuration of the stand is also possible.

For example, in the first embodiment described above, an example in which the ascending and descending circulation path A1 and the conveying path are arranged in a single row is not limited to this. The plurality of ascending and descending circulation path A1 and the conveying path are provided in parallel, and the configuration for conveying in a plurality of rows is also can.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, although the lifting mechanism is a mechanism that moves along the loop-shaped circulation path A1 by the lifting chain 13, it is not limited to this. For example, another lift driving mechanism such as a cylinder may be used, and the support pallet 14 may be reciprocated by a predetermined lift path.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although the example in which the specimen container 40 is moved up and down one by one is shown on one support pallet 14, it is not limited to this, and a plurality of batches are placed on the support pallet each time. The plate 14 may be configured.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the configuration of the upper stage conveyance line 21A of the rack conveying device 1B according to another embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the structure of the lower stage conveyance line 21B of the same rack conveying device 1B. In other embodiments, for example, the rack conveying device 1B shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is a processing device including a plurality of conveyor belt devices 20. The rack conveying device 1B is a conveyor belt device 20, a bolt opening device 110 as a processing device and a plurality of analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D having the conveyor belt device 20, which are arranged in parallel at one end disposed at both ends. Pair of lift devices 10. One example of the bolt opening device 110 and the four analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D are arranged alternately on one side and the other side of the upper transfer line 21A.

The stand transporting device 1B further includes a loading device 130 for loading the sample container 40 into the elevator device 10 and a loading device 140 for loading the sample container from the elevator device.

Each of the conveyor belt devices 20 is configured in the same manner as the rack conveying device 1 of the first embodiment, and includes two upper and lower conveying lines 21A and 21B.

The cap opening device 110 is provided with a conveyor belt device 20 and a cap opening head 112 provided with a specimen container flowing on an upper transfer line 21A or a cap opening head 112 as a processing head for performing a cap opening process on a specimen. unit. The plug opening portion removes the plug body 41 from the specimen container 40 by moving the plug body 41 installed in, for example, the specimen container upward.

The plural analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D are arranged in parallel so that the conveying lines 21A and 21B are continuous. Each analysis device 120 includes a conveyor device 20, a guide device 122, and an analysis processing device 123.

The conveyor device 20 of the analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D includes a transfer line 21A and a sub-line 121 provided in parallel with the transfer line 21A. The analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D may be the same device. For example, different types of analysis devices may be used for the inspection items.

The guide device 122 is provided with a rotating blade that guides the specimen container on the transfer line 21A toward the auxiliary line 121.

The analysis processing device 123 is provided with a dispensing nozzle 124 for a processing head that dispenses a specimen placed in the specimen container 40 on the transfer line 21A or the sub-line 121. Aliquots are analyzed. For example, the analysis processing device 123 of the analysis device 120A and the analysis device 120C is provided on the side of one side of the transfer line 21A, and the analysis processing device 123 of the analysis devices 12B and 120D is provided on the other side of the transfer line 21A. square. The dispensing nozzles 124 of the analysis devices 120A and 120C are disposed on the transfer line 21A, and the dispensing nozzles 124 of the analysis devices 120B and 120D are disposed on the auxiliary line 121. That is, the adjacent analysis devices 120A to 120D are arranged on a line different from the dispensing position, and the analysis processing devices 123 are also arranged alternately.

The carry-in device 130 includes a transfer head as a processing head, and transfers the sample container 40 from a rack 150 that holds a plurality of sample containers to a stand 30 that stands by in the elevator apparatus 10.

The conveying lines 21A and the conveying lines 21B of the plural conveyer belt devices 20 respectively provided in the carrying-in device 130, the bolt-opening device 110, the plural analysis device 120, and the carrying-out device 140 are continuously arranged, and predetermined Conveying path configuration.

The bolt opening device 110 is disposed on the downstream side of the conveyance line 21A of the loading device 130. The plug opening device 110 is provided with a plug opening head 112 as a processing head, and holds the plug 41 of the specimen container which is carried in and flows on the transfer line 21A, and moves the plug 41 upward. This is to remove the plug from the specimen container.

The analysis processing device 123 is disposed on the downstream side of the transport line 21A of the plug opening device 110. It has a dispensing nozzle 124 for a processing head that dispenses the specimen flowing in the specimen container of the transfer line 21A in the unplugged state, and specifies items for the specimen dispensed by the dispensing nozzle 124. Analysis.

The control unit specifies the sample container 40 to be analyzed by each of the analysis devices 120A to 120D based on information such as the label of the sample container 40, and passes the analysis devices 120A to 120D so that the analysis devices 120A to 120D become the analysis devices 120A to 120D. The specimen container 40 to be inspected is guided toward the line directly below the dispensing nozzle 124 of the analysis devices 120A to 120D, and the specimen container 40 outside the subject is guided through the other line, and the guide device 122 and The analysis processing device 123 controls.

The analysis devices 120A to 120D are the sample containers 40 reaching the target line under the dispensing nozzle 124, and then the samples are dispensed by the dispensing nozzle 124, and a predetermined inspection item is analyzed by the analysis processing device 123. .

The unloading device 140 transfers the sample container 40 held by, for example, the stand 30 of the elevator device 10 to the carrier 150.

Also in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be achieved.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the sub-line 121 may be set in parallel with one side or the other side of the transfer line 21A, and processing devices may be arranged on both sides of the transfer line 21A. Therefore, compared with a configuration in which the forward path and the return path are juxtaposed in the same plane, for example, since the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the processing device is higher, shortening and miniaturization of the conveying path are easy.

9 to 13 are explanatory diagrams of a rack conveying device 1C according to another embodiment. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the rack conveying device 1C, and FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an upper conveying line 21A, and FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a lower conveying line 21B. 12 and 13 are perspective views showing a part of the configuration of the elevator devices 210A and 210B provided at both ends of the conveyance path, and only one of the four lift paths A and the conveyance lines 21A and 21B is shown.

As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, the rack conveying device 1C has four paths on the lifting path A and the upper and lower conveying lines 21A and 21B, respectively, and a plurality of support pallets 214 (supporting portions) are placed. The configuration of the strip holder 30. Each of the elevator devices 210A and 210B is a common platform in which the lifting mechanism 212 and the conveyor device 20 are mounted. The elevating mechanism 212 is configured to reciprocate the supporting pallet 214 along an elevating shaft 213 extending in the vertical direction. The other configurations and operations are the same as those of the rack conveying devices 1 and 1B in the above-mentioned embodiment, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

The rack conveying device 1C is a pair of lift devices 210A and 210B having a conveyor belt device 20 integrally, and a block loader 180, a bolt opening device 110, and a carrying device 130 as a processing device. The conveying path is continuous. They are arranged in parallel between a pair of lift devices 210A and 210B.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the elevator devices 210A and 210B include a stand 211, a plurality of lifting mechanisms 212 provided on the stand 211, a plurality of conveyor devices 20, and a plurality of moving devices 216. In this embodiment, the one-side elevator device 210A is a lowering device that lowers the bracket 30. The lift device 210B on the other side is a lifting device that raises the bracket 30.

Each lifting mechanism 212 includes a lifting shaft 213 provided along a predetermined lifting path A, a support bracket 214 supported by the lifting shaft 213, and a lifting drive device 215.

Each support pallet 214 is fixed to the elevating shaft 213 by a bracket. The support pallet 214 is the same as the support pallet 14 and includes a pallet member 14a having a mounting surface 14c perpendicularly intersecting the lift path, and a main surface on one of the pallet members 14a, that is, the outer periphery of the surface. A standing guide wall 14b and a holding portion 14d protruding inward from the guide wall 14b. In the present embodiment, each support plate 214 holds a plurality of brackets 30. The guide wall 14b is opened toward the end of the adjacent conveyor belt device 20, and the moving bracket 30 is accommodated by the rotation of the bracket arm 16a of the moving device 216, and is held by the holding portion 14d.

The supporting pallet 214 is a state in which the bracket 30 is placed on one of the main surfaces of the pallet member 14a, that is, the placement surface 14c, and the guide wall 14b and the holding portion 14d are used to hold the bracket 30 in an upright position. Under the support. The plurality of supporting pallets 214 are mounted on the conveying path on the side of the conveyor device 20 with the mounting surface 14c on the front side facing upward. In the support pallet 214 of the present embodiment, three brackets 30 are placed and supported in a parallel direction along the conveyance paths 21A and 21B.

The moving device 216 includes a stand arm 16a and an arm drive device 16b that operates the stand arm 16a at a predetermined point in time. The arm driving device 16b includes a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the stand arm 16a, and a movement shaft that movably supports the rotation shaft in a predetermined direction. The moving device 216 moves the bracket 30 between the support pallet 214 and the conveying lines 21A and 21B.

The stand arm 16a is rotatably connected to a rotation shaft 16b that is movable in the conveyance direction, and can be rotated and moved in the conveyance direction at a predetermined time. The stand arm 16a can be switched to a state retracted from the conveyance path and a state where the tip end is intruded into the conveyance path by turning, for example, and the rotating shaft 16b is moved along the moving axis 16c in the conveying direction to move the stand The arm 16a moves along a conveyance path. The stand arm 16a retreats to a position deviated from the passage of the stand 30 in the standby state, enters the conveyance path at a predetermined time point, and moves in the conveyance direction in the state, thereby holding the stand 30 in the conveyance path. Push in the direction of transport. For example, the moving device 216 arranged at the end of the conveyance path 21A in one of the lift devices 210A shown in FIG. 12 is configured to push the bracket 30 sent through the upper conveyance path 21A and arrange it facing each other. After moving the support pallet 214 down, the support pallet 214 is lowered, and the support 30 is moved from the support pallet 214 on the conveying path 21B disposed opposite to each other by the moving device 216 arranged at the lower stage. For example, in the other elevator device 210B shown in FIG. 13, the moving device 216 disposed at the end of the lower conveyance path 21B is a bracket 30 that is sent through the lower conveyance path 21B. After moving on the supporting support plate 214 arranged, after raising the supporting support plate 214, the moving device 216 arranged on the upper stage will lift the supporting support plate 214 from the supporting support plate 214 on the oppositely arranged conveying path 21A, The bracket 30 moves.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, a pair of lift devices 210A and 210B and processing devices 180, 110, and 130 are processing devices in which the conveying lines 21A and 21B of the conveyor belt device 20 are continuously arranged and adjacent to each other. The gap between the transfer lines 21A and 21B is smaller than that of the bracket 30.

The processing devices 210A, 210B, 180, 110, and 130 including the elevator devices 210A and 210B are each provided with four conveyor devices 20 in the upper and lower stages. The upper and lower sections are provided separately: 4 pairs of guide rails and 4 carrying belts.

Each processing device includes a conveyor belt device 20 and a processing position disposed directly above the upper conveying line 21A of the conveyor belt device 20 or a processing head configured to be movable in an area including the processing position.

The block loader 180 includes a gantry 181, a plurality of conveyor belt devices 20 provided on the gantry 181, and a sorting head 182 as a processing head that classifies the specimen container 40 in the standing state on the conveyance path 21A. .

The unscrewing device 110 includes a gantry 111 and a plurality of conveyor belt devices 20 provided on the gantry 111 and a plurality of unclamping heads 112 as processing heads provided on the gantry 111 and arranged on the upper conveying line 21A.

The unloading device 130 includes a gantry 131, a plurality of conveyor belt devices 20 provided on the gantry 131, and a transfer head 134 as a processing head provided on the gantry 131 and movable in a moving area including the upper transfer line 21A. .

The other structures are the same as those of the rack conveying devices 1 and 1A of the above-mentioned embodiments.

In this embodiment, the same effects as those of the rack conveying devices 1 and 1A of the above-described embodiments can also be achieved. Furthermore, by arranging a plurality of lift paths and conveying paths individually, a large number of specimens can be processed at high speed.

In this embodiment, a plurality of processing units having a common conveyor belt device 20 are arranged in parallel to increase or decrease the number of processing devices, and the device layout can be changed and implemented in accordance with processing content and space conditions.

For example, in another embodiment, the rack conveying device 1D shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 has a configuration in which a plurality of analysis devices 120A to 120D are added to the rack conveying device 1C. FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an upper conveyance line 21A, and FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a lower conveyance line 21B. The analysis devices 120A, 120B, 120C, and 120D are provided with an analysis processing device 123 and a dispensing nozzle 124 for a processing head that is movable as a moving area on the upper transfer line 21A. In this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above embodiments can be achieved.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the two-stage conveying mechanism is exemplified, but it is not limited to this. For example, the stop position may be set at three or more positions, and a configuration including three or more transport mechanisms may be used.

In each of the embodiments described above, the conveyor belt devices 20 of the plurality of processing devices are shown as being configured individually, and the conveying lines 21A and 21B of the adjacent processing devices are arranged side by side continuously, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be configured to integrally turn on the conveyance devices across the plurality of processing units, and it is also possible to provide a processing head extending from the processing device disposed on the side of the conveyance device toward the conveyance path.

In addition, each of the constituent elements exemplified in the above embodiment may be deleted, and the shape, structure, material, and the like of each constituent element may be changed. Various appropriate combinations of the plural constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments can form various inventions.
Those skilled in the art can easily think of other advantages and modifications. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the scope of the appended patent applications and their equivalents.

1, 1A, 1B, 1C‧‧‧ rack handling device

10‧‧‧ lift device

11‧‧‧ shell

11a‧‧‧Frame

11b‧‧‧foot

12B, 120D‧‧‧analytical device

13‧‧‧Lifting chain

13a, 13b‧‧‧chain belt

13d‧‧‧carriage

14‧‧‧ support pallet

14a‧‧‧ pallet member

14b‧‧‧Guide wall

14c‧‧‧mounting surface

14d‧‧‧holding department

14e‧‧‧claw

14f‧‧‧Inner wall

15‧‧‧ Lifting drive

16‧‧‧ mobile device

16a‧‧‧Stent arm

16b‧‧‧arm drive

16c‧‧‧moving axis

20‧‧‧ conveyor belt device

21A‧‧‧Uploading line

21B‧‧‧ Lower Handling Line

22‧‧‧rail

23‧‧‧ Conveyor Belt

24‧‧‧Belt Handling Roller

25‧‧‧handling driving device

30‧‧‧ Bracket

31‧‧‧ holding tube

31a‧‧‧step difference

32‧‧‧ keep pin

40‧‧‧ specimen container

41‧‧‧ Plug

42‧‧‧ tags

50‧‧‧Control Department

110‧‧‧ bolt opening device

111‧‧‧stand

112‧‧‧Open the head

120, 120A, 120B, 120C, 120D‧‧‧analytical devices

121‧‧‧ Subline

122‧‧‧Guide

123‧‧‧Analytical processing device

124‧‧‧dispensing nozzle

130‧‧‧ Moved into the device

131‧‧‧stand

134‧‧‧Transfer Head

140‧‧‧ removal device

150‧‧‧ Carrier

180‧‧‧ Block Loader

181‧‧‧stand

182‧‧‧Classification head

210A, 210B‧‧‧Lift device

211‧‧‧stand

212‧‧‧Lifting mechanism

213‧‧‧ Lifting shaft

214‧‧‧Support pallet

215‧‧‧Lifting driving device

216‧‧‧mobile device

A1‧‧‧Lifting circulation road

A11‧‧‧Ascent Road

A12‧‧‧Descent

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

[FIG. 1] A perspective view of a rack conveying device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 2] A cross-sectional view of a conveying line of the rack conveying device of the same embodiment.

[FIG. 3] A cross-sectional view showing a part of a rack transporting device of the same embodiment.

[FIG. 4] A perspective view showing a part of a rack transporting device of the same embodiment.

[FIG. 5] An explanatory diagram showing the operation of the rack conveying device in the same embodiment.

[FIG. 6] An explanatory diagram showing the operation of the rack transporting device of the same embodiment.

[FIG. 7] An explanatory diagram of a rack conveying device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 8] An explanatory view of the same rack carrying device.

[FIG. 9] An explanatory diagram of a rack conveying device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 10] An explanatory view of the same rack carrying device.

[Fig. 11] An explanatory view of the same rack carrying device.

[Fig. 12] An explanatory view of the same rack carrying device.

[Fig. 13] An explanatory view of the same rack carrying device.

[Fig. 14] An explanatory diagram of a rack conveying device according to another embodiment.

[FIG. 15] An explanatory diagram of a rack transporting device of the same embodiment.

Claims (8)

A bracket carrying device, An elevator device is provided, which includes a feeding member arranged along a lifting circulation path having a loop of an ascending path and a descending path extending upward and downward, and a stand mounted on the feeding member and holding a specimen container in a standing position. A plurality of supporting pallets supported in a bit position. For example, the stent handling device in the scope of patent application No. 1 includes: A plurality of the aforementioned lift devices, and A conveyor belt device is provided with a plurality of conveying lines arranged vertically between the elevator devices. For example, the bracket handling device of the second patent application range, wherein The support pallet includes a pallet member erected on the outer peripheral side of the elevating circulation path, and a guide wall having an opening on a side adjacent to the conveying line. A bracket carrying device comprising: The lifter device is provided with a support portion that supports a holder holding a specimen container in an upright position and moves along a predetermined lift path; and The plurality of conveyance mechanisms are arranged at a plurality of positions in the direction of the elevating path, are arranged adjacent to the support portion in the elevating path of the elevator device, and convey the bracket along a conveying line crossing the elevating path. For example, the bracket handling device of the second patent application range, wherein The end of the transport line and the lift path of the lifter device are arranged adjacent to each other, A moving device for moving the bracket between the support pallet and the conveyance line is provided. For example, the bracket handling device of the second patent application range, wherein It further includes a processing device for applying processing to the specimen container flowing through the transport line. For example, the bracket handling device of the second patent application range, wherein The direction in which the direction of the elevating path and the direction of the conveying line intersect are provided in parallel with each other in plural: the elevating path and the conveying line. For example, the rack conveying device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the conveying mechanism includes a guide rail disposed along a side of the conveyance line and supporting the bottom of the support. The feeding member that moves ground in the conveying direction, the support portion is provided with a support pallet that supports a bottom of the bracket, and a guide member disposed on a side of the bracket, and is disposed at a predetermined stop position. The length between the support pallet of the support portion and the end of the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism is narrower than the length in the direction of the conveyance path of the holder.