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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Kei Takai, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/06 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/06 (2013.01); B65G 65/00 (2013.01); G01N 35/02 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tube sorter includes a rack stocker configured to have stocked therein a sample rack capable of holding one or more sample tubes. A transporting section is configured to transport the sample rack and a tube conveyor is configured to unload a sample tube from the sample rack and load the sample tube onto a sample rack supplied from or stocked in the rack stocker. A rack pushing mechanism is configured to convey an empty sample rack or a sample rack to be emptied to the rack stocker.