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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Kouichi Masutani, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 65/42 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 59/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2013.01); B01L 9/543 (2013.01); B65G 47/1407 (2013.01); B65G 47/1492 (2013.01); B65G 65/42 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 59/12 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0434 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0475 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0484 (2013.01); G01N 2035/103 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipette tip supply mechanism includes: a pipette tip storage unit for storing a plurality of tapered shaped pipette tips; a belt for transporting a pipette tip supplied from an opening of the pipette tip storage unit; and a belt drive unit that drives the belt in a transport direction. The belt is inclined upwards toward the transport direction so that the pipette tip is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the pipette tip on a surface of the belt and the pipette tip is rolled to orient the longitudinal axis of the pipette tip along the transport direction in conjunction with the drive of the belt in the transport direction.