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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Aoki, Tsukuba, JP;
Masaki Torimura, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroaki Tao, Tsukuba, JP;
Takashi Ikeda, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/0046 (2013.01); B01L 3/0262 (2013.01); B01L 3/0268 (2013.01); B01L 9/54 (2013.01); B01L 9/547 (2013.01); G01N 35/1067 (2013.01); G01N 35/1074 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00369 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00387 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00527 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00585 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00596 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00659 (2013.01); B01L 3/0244 (2013.01); B01L 2200/022 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0838 (2013.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01);
Abstract
A spotter that includes a plurality of spotting heads, each of the plurality of spotting heads having a discharging portion at a tip portion, the plurality of spotting heads form an m×n array (m, n>1) with m spotting heads arranged lengthwise and n spotting heads arranged crosswise; and a pitch varying mechanism configured to vary an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a lengthwise direction and an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a crosswise direction.