Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.

Katsuhiro Suzuki

Dai Takano

Riichi Katou

Minoru Kadowaki

Shinji Shibata

Itsunori Utsumi

Kunihisa Matsuura

Satoshi Sera

A specimen transportation system is configured from linear modules, turn modules, and connection modules. The modules can freely combine with one another. Moreover, the modules form multiple paths through which specimen racks outputted from one specimen output device are transported to multiple analysis devices. When transporting a specimen rack from an upstream side to a downstream side, each module attaches a destination signal associated with the specimen rack to the specimen rack and transfers the destination signal to the downstream side. As a consequence of each module transporting the specimen rack from the upstream side to the downstream side that corresponds to the destination signal, the specimen rack becomes transported along a path that corresponds to the destination signal.

Kolspecimen transportation system

A specimen transportation system is configured from linear modules, turn modules, and connection modules, wherein adjacent modules are connected to one another, and the modules form multiple paths through which specimen racks outputted from one specimen output device are transported to multiple analysis devices. Each path is associated with a node signal indicating whether said path can be used for transportation, and a node signal sequence comprising multiple node signals of the paths is configured. In the specimen transportation system, the node signal sequence is transferred from the downstream side to the upstream side, and problems such as the detention of a specimen rank in the specimen transportation system are dealt with by using said node signal sequence.

Specimen transportation system

A bill receiving and paying port and a bill discriminating unit are arranged in the upper part of the bill recycling machine, bill accommodating boxes (a reject box, recycling boxes, and a charge and collection box) are arranged in the lower part of the bill recycling machine, and each of the reject box, and the charge and collection box is horizontally provided with two bill accommodating units. In the reject box, a bill accommodation carrying path to the reject box and a bill carrying path to the charge and collection box arranged in the lower row are provided. The low bill carrying paths are arranged in the vicinity of the sidewall face on the user manipulation side and in the vicinity of the sidewall face opposite thereto, respectively, so that the bill accommodating boxes can be made detachable in the front direction as well as in the back direction.

Bill recycle machine

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Mitaka, Japan

Katsuhiro Suzuki