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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Takushi Miyakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Kambara, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to stably hold the lid of a reagent container in an open state without being influenced by reagent container lid opening and closing operations. An automated analyzer is provided with reagent containers-, a cassette, a reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism, and a lid holding mechanism. The reagent containers-accommodate the reagent and have lids-that pivot about a pivot point. The reagent containers-are mounted on the cassette. The reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism opens and closes the lids-. The lid holding mechanismholds the lidsopened by the reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism.