Incubator and analyzer including such incubator
AssigneesToyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Uematsu, Takashi Nakajima, Tatsuo Arai, Keiji Okumoto
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Abstract
An incubator comprises an incubating block (12) for incubating a sample at an any desired processing temperature by storing a well rack (14) held the sample such as specimens for instance, under that temperature, a cooling block (13) set to a cooling temperature, a dummy rack (15) which are cooled in the cooling block (13) during an incubating process, as well as first and second pushers (18a, 18b) and first and second carriages (19a, 19b) which together exchange the well rack (14) and the dummy rack (15) with each other.
Claims9
An incubator comprising:
- a vessel for holding a sample;
- a well rack for accommodating said vessel;
- incubation means for incubating said sample at an any desired processing temperature by storing said well rack under that temperature;
- cooling means set to a cooling temperature;
- a dummy rack being cooled by said cooling means during said sample incubation;
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- exchange means for exchanging said well rack and said dummy rack with each other between said incubation means and said cooling means.
An incubator comprising:
- a vessel for holding a sample;
- a plurality of well racks for accommodating said vessel, being arranged parallel to one another;
- incubation means for incubating said sample at an any desired processing temperature by storing said well racks under that temperature;
- cooling means set to a cooling temperature;
- a plurality of dummy racks being cooled by said cooling means during said sample incubation, and said dummy racks being, arranged parallel to one another and;
- injection means, settled at an injecting position set between said incubation means and said cooling means, for injecting the sample into said well of said well racks passing the injecting position;
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- exchange means for exchanging said well racks and said dummy racks with one another between said incubation means and said cooling means by transporting said well racks and said dummy racks through the injecting position.
An incubator according to wherein a groove for accelerating heat dissipation by increase of its surface area is formed in said dummy rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.