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US 12,516,277 B2Granted
Culture device with a vibration prevention mechanism
AssigneePhc Holdings Corporation
InventorsEisuke Ishikawa, Ryo Yonehara, Shota Tanabe, Tomoyuki Otake
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Abstract
A culture apparatus includes an inner box for housing a culture, an outer box surrounding the inner box, and a first vibration prevention mechanism that is disposed between the inner box and the outer box, and is configured to prevent the inner box from vibrating due to the vibration of the outer box.
Claims8
A culture apparatus, comprising:
- an inner box for housing a culture;
- an outer box surrounding the inner box;
- and
- a first vibration prevention mechanism disposed between the inner box and the outer box,
- wherein the first vibration prevention mechanism is configured to prevent the inner box from vibrating due to vibration of the outer box,
- the first vibration prevention mechanism includes a plurality of plates and a plurality of spheres,
- the plurality of plates includes a first plate fixed to the inner box and a second plate fixed to the outer box, and the rest of the plurality of plates are disposed between the first plate and the second plate,
- the plurality of spheres are rotatably disposed between the plurality of plates,
- the plurality of spheres are configured to rotate to move an upper plate of the plurality of plates with respect to a lower plate of the plurality of plates, and
- the upper plate and the lower plate are two plates of the plurality of plates directly facing each other.
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