Patent ID: 6935567
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. An incubator comprising: a reaction chamber disposed in an incubator body; a heat conductive reaction block disposed in the reaction chamber to hold one or plural vessels containing reaction samples; a cover for covering an upper part of the reaction chamber in an openable manner; upper heating means positioned on a lower surface of the cover to heat an upper part of the vessel held by the reaction block; and pressure means for pressing the upper heating means to the vessel side; the reaction block being heated/cooled while the upper part of the vessel is heated by the upper heating means, to incubate the reaction sample; wherein the cover is disposed rotatably and movably in a horizontal direction with respect to the incubator body; and wherein the cover is rotatable to be freely brought into contact with and separated from the vessel held by the reaction block, and is movable in the horizontal direction in a state in which a lower surface thereof is down, to open the upper part of the reaction chamber.