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US 2015/0316467 A1Published application
Cuvette supplying device and specimen analyzer
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorShuhei KANEKO
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Abstract
A cuvette supplying device is disclosed. The cuvette supplying device comprises: a cuvette storage for storing cuvettes; a carrier, provided inside the cuvette storage, for carrying the cuvettes in the cuvette storage outside the cuvette storage; a conveyor for conveying the cuvettes existing at the bottom of the cuvette storage towards the carrier; and an arranging section for arranging the cuvettes carried outside the cuvette storage by the carrier at a predetermined position. The specimen analyzer comprising the cuvette supplying device is also disclosed.
Claims20
A specimen analyzer comprising:
- a cuvette supplying device, wherein the cuvette supplying device comprises:
- a cuvette storage for storing cuvettes,
- a carrier, provided inside the cuvette storage, for carrying the cuvettes in the cuvette storage outside the cuvette storage;
- a conveyor for conveying the cuvettes existing at the bottom of the cuvette storage towards the carrier,
- an arranging section for arranging the cuvettes carried outside the cuvette storage by the carrier at a predetermined position, and
- a partitioning member for regulating the cuvettes at an upper layer part of a stack of cuvettes in the storage from rolling towards the carrier;
- an optical detector for optically interrogating a specimen accommodated in the cuvette;
- and
- a container transport unit for transporting the cuvette arranged at the predetermined position to the optical detector,
- wherein the arranging section comprises:
- a receiving portion configured to store the cuvettes carried by the carrier;
- and
- a transport rail configured to accommodate the cuvettes stored in the receiving portion in a line, and to arrange the cuvette accommodated in the line at the predetermined position, and
- wherein the partitioning member is inclined towards a receiving portion side with advancement to a lower side.
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A cuvette supplying device comprising:
- a cuvette storage for storing cuvettes,
- a carrier, provided inside the cuvette storage, for carrying the cuvettes in the cuvette storage outside the cuvette storage;
- a conveyor for conveying the cuvettes existing at the bottom of the cuvette storage towards the carrier,
- an arranging section for arranging the cuvettes carried outside the cuvette storage by the carrier at a predetermined position, and
- a partitioning member for regulating the cuvettes at an upper layer part of a stack of cuvettes in the storage from rolling towards the carrier;
- wherein the arranging section comprises:
- a receiving portion configured to store the cuvettes carried by the carrier;
- and
- a transport rail configured to accommodate the cuvettes stored in the receiving portion in a line, and to arrange the cuvette accommodated in the line at the predetermined position, and
- wherein the partitioning member is inclined towards a receiving portion side with advancement to a lower side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.