Bar code generating apparatus

A bar code generating apparatus comprising:

• a specimen container holder which holds a container containing a specimen;
• a holder conveyance device provided to convey the specimen container holder;
• a sensor which senses information indicating that the holder conveyance device conveys the specimen container holder to a specific position and outputs the information;
• a conveyance temporary stop mechanism which operates based on the information output from the sensor and temporarily stops conveyance of the specimen container holder;
• a rotation control mechanism which rotates the specimen container holder, which is stopped temporarily by the conveyance temporary stop mechanism, on an axis of the holder;
• an electronic camera which picks up an image of recording information on a surface of the specimen container held by the specimen container holder rotated by the rotation control mechanism;
• and
• a bar-coding device which codes the recording information into a bar code based on data of the image picked up by the electronic camera.