Patent ID: 11959844
Assignee: JEOL LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A cool box for use in an automatic analyzer for analyzing analytes, comprising:
a cool box body having a receiving space configured to accommodate therein receptacles for receiving liquid;
a cover-like member configured to close the receiving space by closing a top opening of the box body;
a cooling portion for cooling the receiving space of the cool box body and provided on a bottom of the box body external from the at least one air circulator; and
an air circulator having an intake portion, a fan, and an exhaust portion and operating to circulate air in the receiving space that is closed by sucking air from the receiving space through the intake portion and discharging the sucked air into the receiving space through the exhaust portion by rotation of the fan;
wherein the air circulator further comprises at least one removing agent retaining portion on which a removing agent for removing components adversely affecting analysis of analytes from the air circulating inside the receiving space is set, the at least one removing agent retaining portion being formed on at least one of the intake portion and the exhaust portion, and
wherein said exhaust portion exhausts air toward the cooling portion.