Incubator
AssigneeShibuya Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Nishimura, Masaomi Shioya, Katsuki Hashimoto
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Abstract
An incubator 1 includes a cultivating chamber 4 for cultivating culture in a plurality of containers 3 and a supply device 5 provided outside the cultivating chamber 4 and supplying steam into the cultivating chamber 4 for humidification. The supply device 5 includes a supply chamber 5A in which a tray 42 for reserving water is accommodated and an ultrasonic atomizing device 43 for atomizing water. The water in the tray 42 is easily made into steam by the ultrasonic atomizing device 43, passes through an HEPA filter 45 provided in an opening portion 5B and is supplied into the circulation passage 37 of the cultivating chamber 4.
Claims4
An incubator comprising:
- an aseptic cultivating chamber for cultivating a culture, the aseptic cultivating chamber comprising a sealable housing, an opening portion provided therein, an air filter provided in the opening portion and a steam supply device provided in a non-aseptic environment outside of the aseptic cultivating chamber for introducing steam into the aseptic cultivating chamber through the air filter, wherein the steam supply device comprises a supply chamber covering the opening portion in the cultivating chamber from the outside, a reserving portion provided in the supply chamber for reserving water and a humidifying device for making steam from the water in the reserving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.