CN209905496U

CN209905496U - Algae sample storage box

Info

Publication number: CN209905496U
Application number: CN201920122168.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵志娟
Original assignee: Guangxi Normal University
Current assignee: Guangxi Normal University; Guangxi Teachers College
Priority date: 2019-01-24
Filing date: 2019-01-24
Publication date: 2020-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 2029-01-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses an algae sample storage box, it includes box and case lid, the inside box bottom surface department that is close to of box is provided with horizontal baffle, so will separate for upper and lower two parts in the box, the box upper portion lateral wall reaches horizontal baffle's upper surface has set gradually heat preservation and box inner bag from outer to interior, the heat preservation is hugged closely the face of box inner bag inlays and is equipped with refrigerating plant, fluorescent tube and ultraviolet tube have set firmly on the lateral wall of box inner bag, still be provided with the first switch of control fluorescent tube and the second switch of control ultraviolet tube on the lateral wall of box inner bag, the bottom surface of box inner bag has set firmly the centrifuge tube rack, the lower part is provided with for in the box the battery of fluorescent tube and ultraviolet tube power supply. The utility model discloses have illumination, disinfect, refrigeration function, can realize the sample and the short-term storage of open-air plant sample, prolong the biological activity of sample.

Description

Algae sample storage box

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a biological sample preserves apparatus field. More specifically, the utility model relates to an algae sample storage box.

Background

Algae sample collection is an important step in algae taxonomy research, and it is often necessary for a time interval for a sample to be collected before being sent back to a laboratory for analysis. During carrying or transporting, the algae often has the conditions of reduced biological activity, aging or death due to the change of conditions such as temperature, illumination and the like. Most sample storage boxes in the current market often do not have a good temperature control function, are lack of an illumination and sterilization system, and cannot well meet the requirement of laboratory staff on maintaining the biological activity of algae samples.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is an object of the present invention to solve at least the above problems and to provide at least the advantages which will be described later.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an algae sample storage box with illumination, sterilization and refrigeration functions, so that the samples stored in the algae sample storage box can maintain their biological activities during transportation.

In order to realize according to the utility model discloses a these purposes and other advantages provide an algae sample storage box, it includes box and case lid, the inside box bottom surface department that is close to of box is provided with horizontal baffle, with inciting somebody to action separate for upper and lower two parts in the box, the box internal upper portion lateral wall reaches horizontal baffle's upper surface has set gradually heat preservation and box inner bag from outer to interior, the heat preservation is hugged closely the surface of box inner bag inlays and is equipped with refrigerating plant, fluorescent tube and ultraviolet tube have set firmly on the lateral wall of box inner bag, still be provided with the first switch of control fluorescent tube and the second switch of control ultraviolet tube on the lateral wall of box inner bag, the bottom surface of box inner bag has set firmly centrifuge tube rack, the internal lower part of box is provided with for the battery of fluorescent tube and ultraviolet tube power supply.

Preferably, the refrigeration device is an evaporator, a subminiature compressor, a throttle valve and a condenser are further arranged in the lower portion of the box body, a first through hole and a second through hole are formed in the horizontal partition plate, an exhaust pipeline of the evaporator penetrates through the first through hole to be communicated with an air suction hole of the subminiature compressor, an exhaust hole of the subminiature compressor is communicated with an air inlet pipeline of the condenser, an exhaust pipeline of the condenser is communicated with an air inlet pipeline of the evaporator penetrating through the second through hole through the throttle valve, and the subminiature compressor is electrically connected with the battery;

the side wall and the bottom surface of the inner lower part of the box body are both provided with a first heat dissipation window, and the side wall of the inner container of the box body is provided with a third switch for controlling the subminiature compressor.

Preferably, the refrigerating device is a plurality of semiconductor refrigerating pieces connected in series, a cold plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece is tightly attached to the inner container of the box body, a hot plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece faces the heat insulation layer, a plurality of heat dissipation holes are further formed in the heat insulation layer, one end of each heat dissipation hole is opposite to the hot plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece, the other end of each heat dissipation hole is opposite to the side wall of the upper part in the box body, and the plurality of semiconductor refrigerating pieces are electrically connected with the battery;

the side wall of the upper part in the box body is further provided with second heat dissipation windows corresponding to the heat dissipation holes respectively, and the side wall of the inner container of the box body is provided with a fourth switch for controlling the plurality of semiconductor refrigeration pieces.

Preferably, the material of the heat-insulating layer is one of polyurethane rigid foam, mineral wool and foam.

Preferably, the centrifuge tube rack is provided with a plurality of 15ml centrifuge tube holes and a plurality of 50ml centrifuge tube holes.

Preferably, the box body and the box cover are provided with locking components so that the box body and the box cover are locked.

Preferably, the top surface of the box cover is provided with a handle, and a pair of opposite outer walls of the box body are respectively provided with a lifting lug.

The utility model discloses at least, include following beneficial effect: the utility model provides a be provided with fluorescent tube in the alga sample storage box, so after the alga sample is gathered and is preserved in the alga sample storage box, can open fluorescent tube daytime according to the nature illumination condition, close fluorescent tube night, the simulation natural environment as far as possible is in order to do benefit to the maintenance of alga biological activity. And the ultraviolet lamp tube is arranged in the algae sample storage box, so that the interior of the algae sample storage box can be sterilized by opening the ultraviolet lamp tube before sampling each time and after the sample is transferred out of the algae sample storage box, and the problem that the algae sample is polluted due to bacteria accumulated in the box body after long-term use is avoided. Meanwhile, as the refrigerating device is arranged in the algae sample storage box, the algae sample storage box can be in a low-temperature environment in the transportation period, the metabolism speed of the sample is reduced, and the survival time of the sample is prolonged.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a vertical cross-sectional structure of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet installed in the heat insulation layer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can implement the invention with reference to the description.

It is to be noted that the experimental methods described in the following embodiments are all conventional methods unless otherwise specified, and the reagents and materials, if not otherwise specified, are commercially available; in the description of the present invention, the terms "lateral", "longitudinal", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the utility model provides an algae sample storage box, it includes box 1 and case lid 2, box 1 and case lid 2 can be metal material and make through the stamping die shaping, box 1 and case lid 2 can also be engineering plastics and make through injection moulding. The inside horizontal partition 3 that is provided with near 1 bottom surface department of box 1, when box 1 and case lid 2 are when metal material makes, horizontal partition 3 can be fixed through the welded mode in the box 1, when box 1 and case lid 2 are when engineering plastics make, horizontal partition 3 can be fixed through the mode of gluing in the box 1. The box body 1 is divided into an upper part and a lower part by the horizontal partition plate 3, the side wall of the upper part in the box body 1 and the upper surface of the horizontal partition plate 3 are sequentially provided with a heat preservation layer 4 and a box body inner container 5 from outside to inside, and ideally, the inner wall of the box cover 2 is also provided with a heat preservation layer 4. The heat preservation 4 can be the hard bubble body of polyurethane, mineral wool, foam etc. if the hard bubble body of polyurethane, then through the mode of spraying in box 1 upper portion lateral wall and the hard bubble body layer of polyurethane of the same thickness is formed to the upper surface of horizontal separators 3, if mineral wool or foam, then through the mode of cementing in box 1 upper portion lateral wall and the same thickness of mineral wool or foam board are pasted to the upper surface of horizontal separators 3. The box inner bag 5 is an open rectangular channel in fact, and its shape just matches with 4 inner walls of heat preservation, and like this, 4 inner walls of heat preservation can be hugged closely to 5 outer walls of box inner bag, and heat preservation 4 can play good heat preservation effect, box inner bag 5 can be through the mode of splicing and 4 inner wall rigid couplings of heat preservation. The surface of the heat-insulating layer 4, which is tightly attached to the inner container 5 of the box body, is embedded with a refrigerating device, and the refrigerating device has multiple types, and the following embodiments are described one by one. The side wall of the box inner container 5 is fixedly provided with the fluorescent tube 6 and the ultraviolet tube 7, the fluorescent tube 6 and the ultraviolet tube 7 actually comprise a tube and a lamp holder, and the lamp holder is fixed on the side wall of the box inner container 5 through glue joint or screws, because the prior art is adopted, detailed description is omitted, here, the fluorescent tube 6 and the ultraviolet tube 7 can be installed not only in a vertical installation mode as shown in the figure, but also in a horizontal installation mode, and the fluorescent tube 6 and the ultraviolet tube 7 can be installed on a pair of opposite side walls of the box inner container 5 as shown in the figure, and can also be installed on the same side wall. The side wall of the box body inner container 5 is also provided with a first switch 9 for controlling the fluorescent lamp tube 6 and a second switch 10 for controlling the ultraviolet lamp tube 7. The bottom surface of the box inner container 5 is fixedly provided with a centrifuge tube rack 8, the fixing can be glue joint, in the figure, the fluorescent lamp tube 6 and the ultraviolet lamp tube 7 are respectively arranged on a pair of opposite side walls of the box inner container 5, and the centrifuge tube rack 8 is only abutted against the other pair of opposite side walls of the box inner container 5 in order to not touch the fluorescent lamp tube 6 and the ultraviolet lamp tube 7. The lower part in the box body 1 is provided with a battery 11 for supplying power to the fluorescent lamp tube 6 and the ultraviolet lamp tube, and actually, the horizontal partition plate 3 is also provided with a small hole for allowing an electric wire to pass through.

In the use process of the embodiment, after the working personnel collects the algae sample in the field, the centrifugal tube with the collected sample is placed on the centrifugal tube frame 8, the fluorescent tube 6 is opened in the daytime according to the natural illumination condition, the fluorescent tube 6 is closed at night, and the natural environment is simulated as much as possible so as to be beneficial to maintaining the biological activity of the algae. And the ultraviolet lamp tube 7 is also arranged in the algae sample storage box, so that the interior of the algae sample storage box can be sterilized by opening the ultraviolet lamp tube 7 before sampling each time and after the sample is transferred out of the algae sample storage box, and the pollution of the algae sample caused by bacteria accumulation due to long-term use of the box body is avoided. Meanwhile, because the refrigerating device is arranged in the algae sample storage box, the algae sample storage box can be in a low-temperature environment in the transportation period, the metabolism speed of the samples in the algae sample storage box is slowed down, and the survival time of the samples is prolonged, wherein the low-temperature environment is not subzero temperature, but 4-10 ℃ beneficial to the storage of the algae samples.

As shown in fig. 1, in another embodiment, the refrigeration device is an evaporator 12, a shallow groove matched with the shape of the evaporator 12 is firstly dug on the heat insulating layer 4 during installation, and then the evaporator 12 is installed in the lower portion of the box body 1, a subminiature compressor 13, a throttle valve 14 and a condenser 15 are further arranged in the lower portion of the box body 1, a first through hole and a second through hole are arranged on the horizontal partition plate 3, an exhaust pipeline of the evaporator 12 passes through the first through hole to be communicated with an air suction hole of the subminiature compressor 13, an exhaust hole of the subminiature compressor 13 is communicated with an air inlet pipeline of the condenser 15, an exhaust pipeline of the condenser 15 passes through the throttle valve 14 to be communicated with an air inlet pipeline of the evaporator 12 passing through the second through hole, and the subminiature compressor 13 is electrically connected. The evaporator 12 and condenser 15 are constructed as in the prior art and are only reduced in size to accommodate the algae sample storage tank. Only a few basic devices that can perform the cooling function together are described here, and actually, for better cooling, some other devices may be needed, which are disclosed in the existing cooling devices such as refrigerators and air conditioners, and thus will not be described in detail;

first heat dissipation windows are formed in the side wall and the bottom face of the inner lower portion of the box body 1, and a third switch 16 for controlling the subminiature compressor 13 is arranged on the side wall of the box body inner container 5.

In the use process of the embodiment, the subminiature compressor 13 can be started by opening the third switch 16, the gas working medium is compressed into high-temperature high-pressure steam and then is discharged into the condenser 15, the high-temperature steam is released into air in the condenser 15 and is condensed into high-pressure liquid, the high-pressure liquid is throttled into low-pressure low-temperature liquid by the throttle valve 14 and enters the evaporator 12 to absorb heat for vaporization, the heat in the algae sample storage box is taken away, and the vaporized gas working medium enters the subminiature compressor 13 again to achieve the purpose of continuous refrigeration in a circulating. The temperature reached by the refrigeration in the above embodiment is generally obtained by adjusting the devices such as the subminiature compressor 13 and the throttle valve 14 according to 4-10 ℃ of the algae sample preservation requirement, and it is needless to say that a thermometer may be arranged on the inner wall of the box body inner container 5, and the subminiature compressor 13 is turned on or off according to the temperature displayed by the thermometer, so that the temperature in the algae sample storage box is maintained at 4-10 ℃.

As shown in fig. 2 to 3, in another embodiment, the refrigeration device is a plurality of semiconductor refrigeration sheets 17 connected in series, a shallow groove matched with the shape of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 is firstly dug out on the heat preservation layer 4 during installation, and then the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 is installed in the heat preservation layer, wherein the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 is the prior art, so the structure of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet is not described in detail, a cold plate of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 is tightly attached to the box body liner 5, a hot plate of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 faces the heat preservation layer 4, the heat preservation layer 4 is further provided with a plurality of heat dissipation holes 18, one end of each heat dissipation hole 18 is over against the hot plate of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17, the other end is over against the upper side wall in the box body 1, and the plurality of semiconductor refrigeration sheets 17 are electrically connected;

wherein, the upper part lateral wall in the box 1 still is seted up respectively with the second heat dissipation window that each louvre 18 corresponds, be provided with the fourth switch 19 of controlling a plurality of semiconductor refrigeration pieces 17 on the box inner bag 5 lateral wall.

In the use process of the above embodiment, the plurality of semiconductor refrigerating sheets 17 can be started by opening the fourth switch 19, the cold plate absorbs heat and cools, the hot plate releases heat, and the heat released by the hot plate is released to the outside air through the heat dissipation holes 18 and the second heat dissipation window, so that the refrigeration can be continuously performed. The temperature reached by refrigeration in the above embodiment is generally obtained by adjusting the current and voltage at two ends of the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 according to 4-10 ℃ of the storage requirement of the algae sample, and certainly, a thermometer can be arranged on the inner wall of the box body inner container 5, and the semiconductor refrigeration sheet 17 is turned on or off according to the temperature displayed by the thermometer, so that the temperature in the algae sample storage box is kept at 4-10 ℃.

In another embodiment, the material of the heat-insulating layer 4 is one of polyurethane rigid foam, mineral wool and foam, and the materials have good heat-insulating effect and light weight, so that the algae sample storage box is not tired when being carried.

In another embodiment, the centrifuge tube rack 8 is provided with a plurality of 15ml centrifuge tube holes and a plurality of 50ml centrifuge tube holes.

In another embodiment, the box body 1 and the box cover 2 are provided with a locking assembly to lock the box body 1 and the box cover 2, and the locking assembly is a product in the prior art.

In another embodiment, the top surface of the box cover 2 is provided with a handle 20, and a pair of opposite outer walls of the box body 1 are respectively provided with a handle 21.

While the embodiments of the invention have been described above, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, or described, but rather to cover all modifications, which would come within the scope of the appended claims, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the art are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

1. The algae sample storage box comprises a box body and a box cover, and is characterized in that a horizontal partition plate is arranged in the box body and close to the bottom surface of the box body so as to divide the box body into an upper part and a lower part, a heat preservation layer and a box body inner container are sequentially arranged on the side wall of the upper part in the box body and the upper surface of the horizontal partition plate from outside to inside, a refrigerating device is embedded on the surface of the heat preservation layer close to the box body inner container, a fluorescent lamp tube and an ultraviolet lamp tube are fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body inner container, a first switch for controlling the fluorescent lamp tube and a second switch for controlling the ultraviolet lamp tube are further arranged on the side wall of the box body inner container, a centrifugal tube frame is fixedly arranged on the bottom surface of the box;

the refrigerating device is composed of a plurality of semiconductor refrigerating pieces which are connected in series, a cold plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece is tightly attached to the inner container of the box body, a hot plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece faces the heat insulation layer, a plurality of heat dissipation holes are further formed in the heat insulation layer, one end of each heat dissipation hole is opposite to the hot plate of each semiconductor refrigerating piece, the other end of each heat dissipation hole is opposite to the side wall of the upper portion in the box body, and the plurality of semiconductor refrigerating pieces are electrically connected with the battery;

2. The algae sample storage box of claim 1, wherein the insulation layer material is one of rigid polyurethane foam, mineral wool, foam.

3. The algae sample storage tank of claim 1, wherein the centrifuge tube rack is provided with a plurality of 15ml centrifuge tube apertures and a plurality of 50ml centrifuge tube apertures.

4. The algae sample storage box of claim 1, wherein the box body and the box cover are provided with a latch assembly to latch the box body and the box cover.

5. The algae sample storage box of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the box cover is provided with a handle and a pair of opposing outer walls of the box body are each provided with a handle.