公开(公告)号：US3844428A

公开(公告)日：1974-10-29

申请号：US24218272

申请日：1972-04-07

Applicant: PACKARD INSTRUMENT CO INC

Inventor： OLSEN R

IPC: G01N21/75 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01T7/08 ,  B65G65/04

CPC classification number: G01N35/04 ,  G01N2035/041 ,  G01N2035/0422 ,  G01T7/08

Abstract: A system for storing and handling a plurality of trays of sample vials which are conveyed past a transfer station where successive transverse rows of vials are transferred from the tray to an operating station and then returned to the tray. In the illustrative arrangement, the vials are transferred to a counting station where the radioactivity of the samples is measured. The system for storing and handling the trays includes a pair of vertically spaced, parallel conveyors each of which is adapted to support a plurality of trays. A pair of elevators at opposite ends of the two conveyors transfer the trays between the two conveyors, and reciprocating transfer arms on the conveyors transfer the trays between the elevators and the conveyors. The transfer arm on the lower conveyor also serves to index the trays past the transfer station, with the indexing movement being stopped each time a row of vials is transferred out of a tray located at the transfer station. Limit switches associated with the elevators and the transfer arms control the movement thereof. Each of the conveyors comprises a plurality of tray pallets which are continually cycled through the system regardless of whether a tray is contained in any given pallet at any given time.

Abstract translation: 一种用于存储和处理多个样品瓶的托盘的系统，其经过传送站传送，其中连续横排的小瓶从托盘传送到操作站，然后返回到托盘。 在说明性的布置中，将小瓶转移到其中测量样品的放射性的计数站。 用于存储和处理托盘的系统包括一对垂直间隔开的平行输送机，每个输送机适于支撑多个托盘。 在两个输送机的两端的一对电梯在两个输送机之间传送托盘，并且输送机上的往复传送臂将托盘传送到电梯和输送机之间。 下传送带上的传送臂还用于将托盘转移通过传送站，每当将一排小瓶从位于传送站的托盘传送出去时，分度运动就停止。 与电梯和传送臂相关联的限位开关控制其运动。 每个输送机包括多个托盘托盘，其不管托盘是否在任何给定的时间被包含在任何给定的托盘中，它们不断循环通过系统。