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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Koji Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;
Sadato Igarashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Koji Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;
Sadato Igarashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
First and second shelf sections are positioned side by side in an outer frame having front left and right doors. The first self section is fixed to a rear wall of the outer frame, and the second shelf section is secured to the front left and right doors. By opening the front left and right doors, access to the first self section is facilitated for storing a plurality of racks therein, the racks holding sample containers. A transfer section is movable along a linear space defined between the first and second shelf sections. The transfer section includes a pair of rack pull-out mechanisms each for pulling out each rack stored in the shelf sections. A repacking mechanism including a picker mechanism is provided on the transfer section for moving a sample container from the rack on the first rack pull-out mechanism to a rack on the other rack pull-out mechanism.