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US 12,609,266 B2Granted
Sample cartridge holding apparatus
AssigneeJEOL Ltd.
InventorsNorimasa Sakuta, Tomohisa Fukuda, Osamu Suzuki, Masateru Shibata
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Abstract
A sample cartridge has a sample stand and an inclining mechanism. A sample cartridge holding apparatus has a housing part which is inclined. When the sample cartridge is inserted into the housing part, a contact portion contacts a lever of the inclining mechanism, and the sample stand is inclined by a predetermined angle. With this process, an appropriate inclination angle is realized for the sample stand.
Claims10
A sample cartridge holding apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising a housing part into which a sample cartridge having a frame, a sample stand and an inclining mechanism is inserted;
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- a contact portion fixed on the body, and configured to contact a lever, provided on the inclining mechanism, during insertion of the sample cartridge into the housing part, to thereby cause a motion of the lever, wherein
- the sample stand is arranged to be inclinable in the frame,
- the inclining mechanism converts the motion of the lever into an inclining motion of the sample stand, the inclining motion of the sample stand being a motion with respect to the frame, and
- in an attached state in which the insertion of the sample cartridge into the housing part is completed, an inclination angle of the sample stand in the sample cartridge is set to a predetermined angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.