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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Issei Yokoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Kimihiko Arimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Issei Yokoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Kimihiko Arimoto, Kyoto, JP;
HORIBA, Ltd., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
To make it possible to alter a cell length with reduction of a manufacturing cost so that a spacer can be securely positioned at a desired position, a cell includes: a pair of optical windows sandwiching a flow channel; a cell body provided with an accommodating recess and a solution introduction part and a solution deriving part; a pair of light transmitting members in the accommodating recess and forming the pair of optical windows; a spacer defining a distance between the opposing surfaces of the pair of light transmitting members; and a pressing mechanism for pressing the light transmitting members and the spacer toward the bottom surface of the accommodating recess so as to form the flow channel, wherein a positioning recess having a shape corresponding to the spacer is provided on at least one of the opposing surfaces and the spacer is fitted therein.