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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
Akihiro Ohiso, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshiteru Hirama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuya Fukugaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tetsuya Isobe, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroaki Sakai, Hitachinaka, JP;
Akihiro Ohiso, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshiteru Hirama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuya Fukugaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tetsuya Isobe, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroaki Sakai, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sample transfer mechanism of the present invention is characterized broadly by a sample gripping method in which a downward part of a sample vessel is gripped and a cover that achieves an effect as a guide such that gripping arms that grip the sample vessel avoid contact with other objects and bypass surrounding objects, particularly, the sample vessels in approaching and retracting motions. To enhance the effect as the guide and to ensure that the sample vessels can be mounted with a high degree of integration, the shape of the cover and disposition of the sample transfer mechanism are characterized in a number of manners. Thus, a sample transfer mechanism that can perform a transfer process safely with high throughput even under conditions in which a variety of types of sample vessels is mixed together and the sample vessels are mounted with a high degree of integration is provided.