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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Tanihata, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386481 ;
Abstract
An automatic sampler has a robot arm capable of moving linearly and/or rotationally in a plurality of directions. A pair of gripper plates, attached to the robot arm, can be driven towards or away from each other such that vials of different sizes can be gripped between them. Vials of different sizes are carried on a plurality of trays each provided with slits representing the size of vials carried on it. Motions of both the drivers for moving the robot arm in these different directions and the gripper plates towards or away from each other are controlled by a central processing unit.