Sample dispensing apparatus

A sample dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a dispensing device for dispensing a sucked sample;
• a dispensing head provided in the dispensing device;
• a disposable nozzle chip detachably mounted on the dispensing head;
• and
• an XYZ mechanism provided in the dispensing device and capable of moving the dispensing head in the horizontal direction as well as in the horizontal direction,
• wherein a sample is dispensed into child sample containers while the child sample containers are replaced one by one;
• and
• wherein the nozzle chip is released from the dispensing head when a dispensing-suspended time elapses a prespecified period of time, the dispensing-suspended time being a period of time when a dispensing operation of the sample into the child sample container cannot be performed.

A sample dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a parent sample container in which a sample is put;
• a dispensing device for dispensing a sample sucked from the parent sample container;
• a dispensing head provided in the dispensing device;
• a disposable nozzle chip detachably mounted on the dispensing head;
• and
• an XYZ mechanism provided in the dispensing device and capable of moving the dispensing head in the vertical direction as well as in the horizontal direction;
• wherein a sample is dispensed into child sample containers while the child sample containers are replaced one by one;
• and
• after a dispensing-suspended time elapses a prespecified period of time, the dispensing-suspended time being a period of time when a dispensing operation of the sample into the child sample container cannot be performed, the dispensing head is moved by the XYZ mechanism to a position where the parent sample container is placed, the sample still remaining in the nozzle chip is returned to the parent sample container, and then the nozzle chip is released from the dispensing head.