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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Daisuke Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tokuo Kasai, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tokuo Kasai, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Arkay, Inc., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A measuring instrument (A) includes: a storage () which has an insertion port () for insertion of measuring articles (S) and is capable of storing the measuring articles stacked in a direction of the insertion; and movable members (A,B) for a movement of dispensing a predetermined quantity of the measuring articles (S) out of the storage () toward a measuring position (P). With such an arrangement, refilling of the measuring articles (S) to the measuring instrument (A) becomes easy, and the measuring instrument (A) can be always loaded suitably with a quantity of the measuring articles.