Patent ID: 9556477
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A light measurement apparatus for a reaction vessel, the light measurement apparatus comprising: two or more linking portions to which is provided front ends of one or two or more light guide portions that are directly or indirectly linkable with two or more reaction vessels and optically connect with the interior of the reaction vessel to which it is linked; a connecting end arranging body that has an arranging surface that arranges and supports along a predetermined path, two or more connecting ends, to which is provided back ends of the light guide portions, in which the front ends thereof are provided to the linking portions, the connecting ends are provided corresponding to the respective linking portions; a measurement device that has one or two or more measuring ends that are successively optically connectable with the respective connecting ends along a predetermined path, and in which light based on an optical state within the reaction vessels is receivable by means of optical connections between the connecting ends and the measuring ends, the measuring ends are provided approaching or making contact with the arranging surface; and a light guide switching mechanism that relatively moves the respective connecting ends arranged on the connecting end arranging body and the respective measuring ends such that they are successively optically connected, wherein the measurement device comprises a plurality of types of measurement devices, and provided with respect to the respective measurement devices, and at the very least between adjacent measurement devices, are a modulator that modulates the intensity of the light to be received by the respective measurement devices at mutually different predetermined frequencies, and a tuner that, with regard to the light received by the respective measurement devices, performs tuning to the predetermined frequencies, and obtains the corresponding intensity of the received light, wherein front ends of a light guide portion bundle which comprises a plurality of light guide portions, are provided to the respective linking portions, back ends of a light guide portion bundle of a portion of the light guide portion bundle are provided to first connecting ends of the connecting end arranging body, a portion or all of the remainder of the light guide portion bundle is provided to second connecting ends of the connecting end arranging body, the predetermined path comprises a first path and a second path, and the connecting end arranging body has a plurality of pairs of first connecting ends and second connecting ends that are optically connected with the linking portion, and a single pair of a third connecting end and a fourth connecting end that is optically mutually connected by means of the light guide portion, and the first measuring end provided to the measurement device is provided relatively movable along a first path, which comprises a plurality of the first connecting ends and a single third connecting end, and the second measuring end provided to the measurement device is provided relatively movable along a second path, which comprises a plurality of the second connecting ends and a single fourth connecting end, and the first measuring end is optically connect with the irradiation source of the measurement device, and the second measuring end is connected with the light receiving portion of the measurement device, and for each pair, the first measuring end is successively connectable with the plurality of first connecting ends and the single third connecting end, and the second measuring end is successively connectable with the plurality of second connecting ends and the single fourth connecting end.