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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Takafumi Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Takafumi Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a needle moving device which can detect a fault in a signal provided by a system controller to a performing device. An X-direction driving motor () and a Y-direction driving motor () in a driving portion () of an autosampler () are provided with encoders () for measuring moving distances of a needle () in respective directions from rotation numbers of the respective driving motors (and). A determining portion () provided to a system controller () locates a position of the needle () after the movement based on signals from the encoders () and determines whether the position is a position of a designated sample vessel.