Patent ID: 9459036
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A01N,F25B,F25D,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A sample cooling device comprising: a sample storage storing a sample rack in the sample storage, the sample rack holding a sample container in which a sample is put; a first temperature regulation mechanism including a first heat transfer member arranged at a position in contact with the sample rack stored in an inside of the sample storage and a first cooler cooling the sample rack to a temperature equal to or lower than a room temperature through the first heat transfer member; a second temperature regulation mechanism including a second heat transfer member arranged at a position separately from the first heat transfer member in the inside of the sample storage and a second cooler cooling the inside of the sample storage to a temperature equal to or lower than the room temperature through the second heat transfer member; and a condensate discharge mechanism including a condensate collection tray arranged at a position for collecting condensate condensing on the second heat transfer member and a channel for discharging the condensate collected in the condensate collection tray to an outside of the sample storage, wherein an internal space of the sample storage is not sealed due to the existence of a leak path located between the inside and the outside of the sample storage for air to flow from the inside of the sample storage to the outside of the sample storage, the leak path including at least the channel, the sample storage includes an outside air introduction unit, the outside air introduction unit forcibly blowing outside air into the internal space so that a pressure inside the sample storage becomes higher than a pressure outside of the sample storage, and the outside air introduction unit includes an outside air outlet, wherein the outside air outlet is located inside the sample storage, the position and the direction of the outside air outlet being set so that the outside air blown into the sample storage through the outside air outlet directly heads for the second heat transfer member.