Sample tray feeding apparatus for use with an automated analyzer
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideaki Ida, Toshihide Fujiwara
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Abstract
A sample tray feeding apparatus comprising a sample tray accommodating container having an opening for inserting sample trays and another opening at the lower end thereof, and a sample tray feeding mechanism for shifting said sample trays from said opening located at the lower end, said sample tray feeding apparatus being so adapted as to accommodate a large number of sample trays in said accommodating container in piled up condition and feed said sample trays consecutively from the lower ones to a sample adhering position through the opening located at the lower end by operating said sample tray feeding mechanism.
Claims2
A sample tray feeding apparatus comprising a sample tray accommodating container having means to accommodate a large number of sample trays in a condition piled up on one another and to allow only the sample tray located at the lowermost position to be shifted in a lateral direction, each said tray having at least one cavity therein on a first surface thereof, a protective cover for placement on the uppermost one of said sample trays, a sample tray feeding mechanism for shifting said lowermost one of said sample trays to a sample adhering position, each said sample tray having a second surface opposite said first surface thereof shaped so that when said second surface of a said tray engages said first surface on a subjacent tray, said cavity of said subjacent tray will be covered and sealed so as to prevent material in said cavity from evaporating.
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