Automated analyzer
AssigneeHitachi High-Technologies Corporation
InventorsYoshiteru HIRAMA, Tatsuya FUKUGAKI
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Abstract
An automatic analysis device is provided with a storage chamber for adjusting the temperature of and storing a container in which liquid is stored, an opening provided in a portion of the storage chamber, and a loader mechanism for bringing the container in and out of the storage chamber by moving the container through the opening, and is characterized in that the loader mechanism and storage chamber are closed by an elastic body. In the present invention, attaching a sealing member for sealing to an upper part from among overlapping parts makes it difficult for debris and dust to adhere to the sealing member and makes it possible to maintain the sealed state of a reagent storage chamber over a long period of time.
Claims8
An automated analyzer comprising:
- a storage chamber for adjusting the temperature of a container in which liquid is stored and storing the container;
- an opening provided in a portion of the storage chamber;
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- a loader mechanism for loading and unloading the container into and out of the storage chamber by moving the container into and out of the storage chamber via the opening, wherein
- the loader mechanism moves from lower side to upper side in the gravity direction to move the container from the inside of the storage chamber to the outside, moves from upper side to lower side in the gravity direction to move the container from the outside of the storage chamber to the inside, and includes a first closing member configured to close the opening in a state of being located the lower end of movement range inside the storage chamber and a second closing member configured to close the opening in a state of being located the upper end of movement range outside the storage chamber, and
- an elastic body is provided which seals a periphery of the opening by being pressed by the first or second closing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.