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Patent No.:

US 5455006 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 03, 1995

Filed:

Aug. 12, 1994

Sample container turning apparatus

Applicant:

Inventors:

Kensaku Aota, Hyogo, JP;

Kunio Ishikawa, Akashi, JP;

Jun Toyoda, Kobe, JP;

Souichi Tani, Kakogawa, JP;

Assignee:

Toa Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

James C Housel

Assistant Examiner:

Long V Le

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G01N / ;

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

422 63 ; 422 65 ; 422100 ; 422103 ; 422104 ; 436 47 ; 436 43 ;

Abstract

A sample container turning apparatus including: a holding member for holding a plurality of sample containers in a predetermined direction; an intermittent conveyor for conveying the holding member intermittently; an arm member; a rotary member rotatably mounted on the arm member; a hand member attached to the rotary member and including a plurality of grip hands hinged to the rotary member so as to pivot on hinge shafts for gripping and releasing the one of the sample containers; a couple member coupled to the hand member and including a shaft member adapted to reciprocate through the rotary member; a first drive mechanism for pivoting the hand members by reciprocating the shaft member of the coupling member; a second drive mechanism for rotating the rotary member; and controller for controlling the first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism. The hand member is pivoted by the first drive mechanism and the coupling member to cause its plurality of grip hands to grip the one sample container, and the rotary member is then rotated by the second drive mechanism to turn the one sample container on its axis.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Aota, Kensaku. (1995). Sample container turning apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 5455006). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5455006

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