Modular rack lifting equipment and rack lifting system

Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide to provide modular rack lifting equipment and a rack lifting system which allow a conveyor path to be flexibly extended in a height direction and which can convey racks carrying sample containers in the vertical direction. Solution The object is achieved in that the modular rack lifting equipment of the present invention is characterised in having: a lifting unit including a basket loadable with a rack for holding sample containers and a drive mechanism for lifting and lowering the basket; a conveyor unit including a conveyor portion for conveying racks in a horizontal direction and a traverser for moving the racks loaded into the basket to the conveyor portion; and a support body for supporting the lifting unit and the conveyor unit. A plurality of said modular rack lifting equipment can be linked together.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.