Patent ID: 9696330
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B65G,G01N

Claim:
1. A sample conveyor apparatus comprising: two or more conveyor paths provided along a conveyor route, the two or more conveyor paths being disposed to form a predetermined angle; a belt used in common by the conveyor paths; a driving source which drives the belt, thereby conveying at least one of a sample, a sample holder, and a sample rack on the belt as a conveyance object along the conveyor route including across a connection between the conveyor paths; and a plurality of driven pulleys including a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley disposed at the connection between first and second ones of the conveyor paths, the first driven pulley being in contact with the belt extending from the first one of the conveyor paths and the second driven pulley being in contact with the belt extending to the second one of the conveyor paths, wherein at least one of the first and second driven pulleys is movable to adjust an angle of the belt at the connection between the first and second conveyor paths, and wherein a distance between the first driven pulley and the second driven pulley is less than or equal to half of a length of the conveyance object in a conveyance direction of the belt.