US 12,595,457 B2Granted

Cultivation container rack and analyzing device

AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation

InventorsTadao Yabuhara, Yukie Tokiwa, Yu Kusaka

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Abstract

A cultivation container rack according to the present disclosure is characterized by being provided with a cultivation container storage section for storing a cultivation container, the cultivation container storage section being provided with a first member that constitutes the top surface of the cultivation container storage section, a second member that constitutes the bottom surface of the cultivation container storage section, and a third member that is disposed on the second member and supports the cultivation container, the third member supporting the cultivation container such that the distance between the first member and the cultivation container is no greater than the distance between the second member and the cultivation container.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A cultivation container rack comprising:

a cultivation container;
at least one cultivation container storage section, in an interior area of which the cultivation container is disposed, wherein each of the at least one cultivation container storage section includes
a first member that configures a top of the at least one cultivation container storage section disposed above the cultivation container,
a second member that configures a bottom of the at least one cultivation container storage section and is parallel to the first member,
a third member that is disposed between the first member and the second member, the third member being disposed below the cultivation container such that an upper surface of the third member is in contact with a lower surface of the cultivation container,
a fourth member connected to the first, second and third members at a first lateral end of the first, second and third members,
a fifth member connected to the first, second and third members at a second lateral end of the first, second and third members, the second lateral end being opposite from the first lateral end, wherein the interior area is delimited by the first, second, fourth and fifth members,
a first heat source that is installed on an exterior surface of the fourth member and a second heat source that is installed on an exterior surface of the fifth member of the at least one cultivation container storage section, and
a first temperature sensor that is disposed on an interior surface of the first member and the fourth member of the at least one cultivation container storage section and a second temperature sensor that is disposed on the interior surface of the first member and an interior surface of the fifth member of the at least one cultivation container storage section,
wherein the third member is arranged so that a distance in a height direction of the at least one cultivation container storage direction between the first member and the cultivation container is no greater than a distance in the height direction between the second member and the cultivation container.

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A cultivation container rack comprising:

a cultivation container;
at least one cultivation container storage section, in an interior area of which the cultivation container is disposed, wherein each of the at least one cultivation container storage section includes
a first member that configures a top of the at least one cultivation container storage section disposed above the cultivation container,
a second member that configures a bottom of the at least one cultivation container storage section and is parallel to the first member,
a third member that is disposed between the first member and the second member, the third member being disposed below the cultivation container such that an upper surface of the third member is in contact with a lower surface of the cultivation container,
a fourth member connected to the first, second and third members at a first lateral end of the first, second and third members, and
a fifth member connected to the first, second and third members at a second lateral end of the first, second and third members, the second lateral end being opposite from the first lateral end,
a thermal conductivity of the first member is higher than a thermal conductivity of the second member, and
a thermal conductivity of the third member is lower than the thermal conductivity of the first member and the thermal conductivity of the second member.

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A cultivation container rack comprising:

a cultivation container;
at least one cultivation container storage section, in an interior area of which the cultivation container is disposed, wherein each of the at least one cultivation container storage section includes
a first member that configures a top of the at least one cultivation container storage section disposed above the cultivation container,
a second member that configures a bottom of the at least one cultivation container storage section and is parallel to the first member,
a third member that is disposed between the first member and the second member, the third member being disposed below the cultivation container such that an upper surface of the third member is in contact with a lower surface of the cultivation container,
a fourth member connected to the first, second and third members at a first lateral end of the first, second and third members, and
a fifth member connected to the first, second and third members at a second lateral end of the first, second and third members, the second lateral end being opposite from the first lateral end,
an upper surface of the cultivation container and a lower surface of the first member are spaced apart from each other,
an emissivity of thermal energy of the first member is higher than an emissivity of thermal energy of the second member,
a thermal conductivity of the first member is higher than a thermal conductivity of the second member, and
a central portion of the third member is spaced apart from a lower part of the cultivation container.

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A cultivation container rack comprising:

a cultivation container;
and
at least one cultivation container storage section, in an interior area of which the cultivation container is disposed, wherein each of the at least one cultivation container storage section includes
a first member that configures a top of the at least one cultivation container storage section disposed above the cultivation container,
a second member that configures a bottom of the at least one cultivation container storage section and is parallel to the first member,
a third member that is disposed between the first member and the second member, the third member being disposed below the cultivation container such that an upper surface of the third member is in contact with a lower surface of the cultivation container,
a fourth member connected to the first, second and third members at a first lateral end of the first, second and third members, and
a fifth member connected to the first, second and third members at a second lateral end of the first, second and third members, the second lateral end being opposite from the first lateral end,
an emissivity of thermal energy of the first member that faces the cultivation container is higher than an emissivity of thermal energy of the second member that faces the cultivation container, and
a central portion of the third member is spaced apart from a lower part of the cultivation container.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/276,374Filed 18 Feb 2019
Published: US 2022/0039334 A110 Feb 2022
Granted: 7 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

C12M 41/14
Of temperature: incubators; Climatic chambers
C12M 23/12
Form or structure of the vessel: well or multiwell plates
C12M 23/48
Constructional details, e.g. recesses, hinges: holding appliances; Racks; Supports
C12M 41/48
Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control, e.g. flow regulation: automatic or computerized control

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