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Specimen-conveying conveyer

US6669002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 2002
Grant dateDec 30, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G19/306
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A specimen-conveying conveyor includes a holding roller mechanism including a roller unit having a plurality of holding rollers, which are arranged in a horizontal direction so as to form a valley region in which a test tube is laid down and held, along a conveyance path, a rotation driving mechanism which simultaneously rotates the holding rollers of the roller unit of the holding roller mechanism in a first direction and thus rotates the test tube laid down and held in the valley region in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a slide driving mechanism which slides the test tube laid down and held in the valley region in a direction along an axis of each of the holding rollers.

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