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US 8,506,785 B2Granted
Analysis apparatus with renewable electrode contact tip
AssigneeARKRAY, Inc.
InventorsDaisuke Matsumoto, Yasunori Shiraki, Yusuke Nakayama, Genki Adachi
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Abstract
An analysis apparatus enables a plurality of analysis processes to be accurately and efficiently performed. The analysis apparatus includes a detention tank in which a specimen is stored, and a voltage applier. The voltage applier includes a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the specimen for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the specimen. The voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting the subsequent analysis.
Claims17
An analysis apparatus comprising:
- a detention tank in which a liquid is stored;
- and
- a voltage applier including a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the liquid for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the liquid;
- wherein the voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting a subsequent analysis,
- wherein the voltage applier includes a plurality of electrodes and sequentially soaks each of the electrodes in the detention tank, so that a portion of said each of the electrodes soaked in the liquid is used as the contact tip,
- wherein the voltage applier further includes a retention unit that retains the plurality of electrodes aligned thereon so as to form a circle concentric with a center of the retention unit, the retention unit being configured to rotate about the center.
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An analysis apparatus comprising:
- a detention tank in which a liquid is stored;
- and
- a voltage applier including a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the liquid for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the liquid;
- wherein the voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting a subsequent analysis,
- wherein the voltage applier includes a plurality of electrodes and sequentially soaks each of the electrodes in the detention tank, so that a portion of said each of the electrodes soaked in the liquid is used as the contact tip,
- wherein each of the plurality of electrodes has a bar shape, and the voltage applier further includes a retention unit that slidably retains the plurality of electrodes serially aligned in a longitudinal direction thereof,
- wherein the retention unit includes a conductive portion for electrical connection between the power source and each of the electrodes,
- wherein each of the electrodes includes a through-hole longitudinally penetrating therethrough, and the voltage applier further includes an introduction nozzle for introducing the liquid through the through-hole.
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An analysis apparatus comprising:
- a detention tank in which a liquid is stored;
- and
- a voltage applier including a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the liquid for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the liquid;
- wherein the voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting a subsequent analysis,
- wherein the voltage applier includes a bar-shaped electrode, and a cutter that cuts the electrode so as to longitudinally divide the electrode.
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An analysis apparatus comprising:
- a detention tank in which a liquid is stored;
- and
- a voltage applier including a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the liquid for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the liquid;
- wherein the voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting a subsequent analysis,
- wherein the voltage applier includes a tape-shaped electrode, a delivery wheel that delivers the electrode wound thereon, and a takeup wheel that takes up the electrode delivered from the delivery wheel, and the voltage applier utilizes a portion of the electrode soaked in the liquid as the contact tip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.