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Automatic analyzing apparatus

US5147610A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1991
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/1076
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic analyzing apparatus includes a drainage line for conveying a reaction liquid which has been subjected to an analysis and water used to clean a reaction vessel from the reaction vessel to a waste liquid reservoir. The drainage line includes a vacuum tank, a vacuum pump for sucking a gas separated from a liquid within the vacuum tank and containing suspended particles, and a filter for filtering the gas discharged from the vacuum pump and thereby preventing discharge of an infectious aerosol from the apparatus. The waste liquid reservoir is provided with a sterilizing liquid supply bottle for supplying a sterilizer or a disinfectant into the reservoir.

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