Cap attachment device and cap plate
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorKenta MATSUMOTO
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Abstract
A cap attachment device includes a cap holder, a vial platform, a cap pushing rod and a driver. The cap holder is provided to be liftable and lowerable between a first height and a second height lower than the first height, and holds a cap plate holding a cap. The vial platform is provided below the cap holder. On the vial platform, a vial plate holding a snap vial corresponding to a cap is placed. The cap pushing rod is provided above the cap holder and extends in an up-and-down direction. When the cap holder is at the second height, the driver lifts and lowers the cap pushing rod such that the cap pushing rod pushes a cap held by the cap plate downwardly.
Claims10
A cap attachment device comprising:
- a cap holder that is provided to be liftable and lowerable between a first height and a second height lower than the first height, and holds a cap plate holding a cap;
- a vial platform which is provided below the cap holder and on which a vial plate holding a snap vial corresponding to the cap is placed;
- a cap pushing rod that is provided above the cap holder and extends in an up-and-down direction;
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- a driver that lifts and lowers the cap pushing rod such that the cap pushing rod pushes the cap held by the cap plate downwardly when the cap holder is at the second height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.