Sample conveyor apparatus and sample processing apparatus

A sample conveyor apparatus for conveying a sample holder which permits a sample container to be held therein, the sample container permitting a sample to be received therein, comprising:

• a belt base extending along a conveyance path;
• a conveyor belt stretched on the belt base and to be run to form the conveyance path;
• a frame unit including a pair of guide rails which extend along the conveyance path to guide the sample holder along the conveyance path,
• the frame unit being detachable from the belt base,
• the conveyor belt being detachable from the belt base;
• a base support member provided on a lower portion of the belt base, and including a base receiving portion which permits the belt base to be received therein, and running driving means which runs the conveyor belt;
• fixing blocks provided at widthwise opposite sides of the belt base and including a plurality of frame attachment holes;
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• to-be-fixed blocks provided on lower portions of the frame unit and including base attachment holes corresponding to the frame attachment holes, the to-be-fixed blocks being attachable to the fixing blocks,
• the belt base being detachable from the base support member.