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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Takai, Kobe, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yamakawa, Kobe, JP;
Hiroo Tatsutani, Kobe, JP;
Yuji Takano, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/06 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a tube sorter comprising: a transporting section configured to transport a sample rack; a storage arranged at a higher level than the transporting section, capable of storing a plurality of sample tubes; a lifting section configured to lift up the sample rack transported by the rack transporting section; and a sample tube transferring section configured to remove a sample tube from the sample rack lifted up by the lifting section and set the removed sample tube in the storage.