Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.

Hitachi-High-Technologies Corporation

Taichiro Yamashita

Junichi Tamamoto

Kazushi Yoshida

Yasunori Hamada

Takenori Okusa

Tadashi Osaka

Toshihiko Tajiri

Takao Terayama

Yusuke Shimizu

Toru Miyasaka

Ai Masuda

Masahiro Yagi

Shintaro Yamada

Shunichi Oohara

Susumu Sakairi

Kenji Asuwa

Daichi Furukawa

Junji Fujita

Yu Iijima

Takashi Yoshida

Kichio Nakajima

Kazuo Sakai

Shigeki Yamaguchi

Masashi Endo

Tsukasa Suenari

Shigeyuki Kobata

Naoki Sasaki

Masahisa Aoyagi

Hideo Inui

Nobuyuki Kaku

Shunsuke Sasaki

Shigemitsu Higuchi

Kenji Ogiro

Yoshihiro Yamashita

Kazunori Hashimoto

Hiroaki Hashimoto

Takeshi Shibuya

Riichi Katou

Junichi Matsuno

Kenmei Masuda

Makoto Hirose

Fumio Takeda

Masao Iwakura

Itsunori Utsumi

Fujio Tajima

Masanao Terada

Takayuki Munemoto

Hajime Urai

Yasuhiro Nemoto

Nobuyoshi Sasaki

Takushi Miyakawa

Fukuyasu Abe

Tomokazu Ishii

Hiroshi Endo

Masatoshi Ishikawa

Takashi Ohwada

Yoshihiro Kawakatsu

Kooetsu Okuyama

Masahito Saegusa

Katsubumi Ohuchi

Noriaki Hagiwara

Problem Provided is an electrolyte analyzer that allows reducing a load of a user in a replacement work compared with conventional one. Solution An electrolyte analyzer includes an ISE electrodethat includes at least one electrode, a reference electrodethat includes at least one electrode different from the ISE electrode, and a housingthat houses the electrodes of the ISE electrodeand the reference electrode. The housingincludes a pressing unit that presses the electrodes to one another, a first press switching unitthat switches the ISE electrodebetween a secured state and a released state, and a second press switching unitthat switches the reference electrodebetween a secured state and a released state. The ISE electrodeand the reference electrodeare each switched between the secured state and the released state.

Electrolyte analyzer

Provided are: a connection device with which it is possible to improve the degree of freedom in positioning of an analysis device that analyzes a specimen; and an automated system for inspecting a specimen, the system comprising the connection device. A connection device for connecting a specimen transport device that transports a specimen container in which a specimen is accommodated and an analysis device that analyzes the specimen, the connection device being characterized by comprising: a carousel that transports a specimen carrier, on which the specimen container is placed, during a prescribed interval; a grip part positioned inside the carousel, the grip part gripping the specimen container at a specimen collection position, which is a position at which the specimen is collected; and a housing that covers the carousel, the connection device also being characterized in that the specimen collection position is above the transport path of the carousel and is positioned within a prescribed distance from the housing.

Connection device and automated system for inspecting specimen

An automatic analyzer capable of improving maintainability by facilitating access to an interlock unit. The interlock unit includes an operation member configured to be movably supported between a lock position and a lock release position, and obstruct rotation to an open position of a cover; an electromagnetic driving unit configured to drive the operation member, and a driving connecting unit configured to connect the operation member and the electromagnetic driving unit and drive the operation member by conveying an operation of the electromagnetic driving unit to the operation member. The interlock unit is provided to be attachable and detachable to and from the housing.

Automatic analyzer

Clinical analyzer

Provided are a sample container gripping device capable of gripping a sample container without allowing foreign matter to be mixed into a sample, a sample conveyance device comprising the sample container gripping device, and a connection device. This sample container gripping device for gripping a sample container accommodating a sample is characterized by comprising a pair of clamps that are kept outside of a conveyance path, which is for conveying a sample carrier upon which the sample container is placed, until the sample carrier is conveyed to a prescribed position and, when the sample carrier is conveyed to the prescribed position, move horizontally toward the conveyance path so as to grip the sample container from the horizontal direction at the prescribed position.

Sample container gripping apparatus, sample conveyance apparatus, and connection apparatus

An interlock unit for preventing rotation from a closed position of a cover to an open position thereof, includes: a hollow case having a rectangular parallelepiped shape disposed at a position adjacent to an inner side surface of a casing, below an end part opposite to a support shaft at the closed position of the cover; an action member that is provided on an upper surface of the case, supported to be movable between a non-operating position and an operating position, and engaged with a protruding part provided on the cover at the operating position to inhibit the cover from rotating toward the open position; electromagnetic drive means provided below the action member to drive the action member; and drive connecting means for driving the action member by connecting the action member and the electromagnetic drive means and transmitting an operation of the electromagnetic drive means to the action member.

Interlock unit and automated analyzer equipped with same

A driving mechanism for moving a vessel having a disposal box placed thereon in a front-rear direction the same as an opening/closing direction of a drawer is provided lower than a bottom surface of the vessel. A first rail extended in a movement direction of an operating unit, a second rail extended in a movement direction of the vessel provided in the drawer, and toothed pulleys for rotating a toothed belt within a horizontal plane are arranged. The first rail, the second rail, and the toothed belt are placed side by side without overlapping with each other in a vertical direction. As a result, the operation of taking out the disposal box in which used sample dispensing tips or reaction vessels are accumulated is simple.

Automatic analysis apparatus

Cartridge for clinical analyzer

The automatic analysis device includes: a reagent tank that holds a reagent container that contains a reagent; and a lid opening/closing device including a lid opening/closing member configured to be movable in a first direction parallel to a vertical direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The lid opening/closing member has a first member for opening a lid of the reagent container and a second member for closing the lid. The lid opening/closing member is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, the first position located above the reagent container and the second position located below the first position in the first direction such that the bottom surface of the lid opening/closing member comes into contact with the reagent container, and the lid opening/closing member is configured to be movable between the second position and a third position that is away from the second position in the second direction.

Automatic analysis device

The present invention provides: a drawer that is supported so as to be horizontally movable in the front-rear direction between an open position and a closed position through a front-face opening; a table that allows an expendable or a processing unit used for analysis to be mounted in the drawer; and a moving-direction transforming means that, while the drawer is moved toward the rear side from the open position to the closed position, moves horizontally until the expendable or the processing unit mounted on the table passes through the front-face opening from the front side to the rear side and moves the table toward the upper side in synchronization with the horizontal movement of the drawer toward the rear side after the expendable or the processing unit mounted on the table passes through the front-face opening. This makes it possible to easily and reliably perform the work of replacing a chip rack.

Automated analyzing device

An automated analysis device is provided with a casing accommodating an analysis device. A cover is axially supported with freedom to pivot, between a closed position and an upwardly-open open position, about a support shaft provided at one side of the casing. A closing device is capable of inhibiting opening of the cover in the closed position, and is provided with a projecting portion that protrudes from a front surface of the cover toward the rear, a lock lever which is axially supported with freedom to pivot about a pivoting support shaft, and which pivots from the work surface in a direction approaching the projecting portion to engage with the projection portion, thereby inhibiting opening of the cover. A safety cover can thus be locked securely.

An automated analyzer includes a reagent container holder () including an openable and closable opening () and including a plurality of reagent container holding slots capable of holding reagent containers at internal predetermined positions, and loading assisting means () for executing a loading process of conveying the reagent container () from outside of the reagent container holder () into the reagent container holder () via the opening () to load the reagent container () into the reagent container holding slot () and a taking-out process of conveying the reagent container () from the reagent container holding slot () to outside of the reagent container holder () via the opening (). The loading assisting means () is further provided with placing means () for the reagent container (), and an operation handle () to be operated for driving the loading assisting means (). Thus, an automated analyzer can be provided that allows a reagent replacing operation to be easily and reliably achieved.

Automated analyzer

Realized is a shape of a grooved cam that maximizes break performance by appropriately setting an electrode operation, with a minimum weight increase. A gas circuit breaker includes a drive side electrode and a driven side electrode which are disposed to face each other in a sealed tank, the drive side electrode having a drive side main electrode and a drive side arcing contact, the driven side electrode having a driven side main electrode and a driven side arcing contact, the drive side arcing contact being connected to an operating device, and the driven side arcing contact being connected to a double motion mechanism portion, in which the double motion mechanism portion includes a drive side connection rod that receives driving force from the drive side electrode, a driven side connection rod that is connected to the driven side arcing contact, a lever that is bent to the operating device side around a rotation axis by causing the driven side connection rod to operate in an opposite direction with respect to an operation of the drive side connection rod, and a guide that defines operations of the drive side connection rod and the driven side connection rod.

Gas circuit breaker

Provided is a small-sized electrophotographic apparatus for which maintenance such as disposal of a jam of sheets, replacement of consumables including toner, or replacement of components to be periodically replaced can be facilitated. Thus, there is provided a tandem type electrophotographic apparatus using an intermediate transfer belt, in which photosensitive drums are arranged in a vertical one row, the intermediate transfer belt is located on one side of the row of the photosensitive drums, the developing means are located on the other side of the row of the photosensitive drums, a transfer means for transfer a toner image from the intermediate transfer belt onto a recording medium is located above the row of the photosensitive drums, a recording medium conveying path composed of a vertical conveying path (a front opening door) for conveying a recording medium fed from the recording medium supply means, outside of the developing means and substantially in parallel with the intermediate transfer belt, a curved part and a horizontal conveying path for conveying the recording medium up to a transfer means in a substantially horizontal direction, and a fixing means for fixing a toner image transferred onto the recording medium is incorporated in the horizontal conveying path (a top surface opening door), downstream of the transfer means.

Electrophotograhic apparatus

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Tsuchiura, Japan

Taichiro Yamashita