Patent ID: 7661325
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A test piece magazine capable of storing a plurality of specimen component test pieces aligned in a predetermined direction under an external bias force and extruding a specimen component test piece via a feed outlet under an external extrusion force, comprising: a boxlike casing having an inner space storing a plurality of specimen component test pieces aligned in a thickness direction; an aperture formed in at least a rear side surface portion of the boxlike casing to which a rear side surface of a biasing plate faces, and supplying a bias force to the biasing plate; a test piece outlet formed at an upper surface portion of the boxlike casing via which a foremost specimen component test piece can be extruded in an up-and-down direction; and a slit provided in a front side surface portion of the boxlike casing to which the specimen component test pieces are pressed, the slit extending over a full length of the front side surface portion from a lower surface portion of the boxlike casing to the upper surface of the boxlike casing with a uniform width for supplying an extrusion force to extrude the specimen component test piece upward, wherein, at the lower surface portion of the boxlike casing, the slit has an extrusion length in the thickness direction of the specimen component test piece, the extrusion length being equivalent to the sum of the thickness of the front side surface portion of the boxlike casing and the thickness of the specimen component test piece, on the upper surface portion of the boxlike casing, the slit is connected to the test piece outlet and has a length corresponding to the extrusion length in the thickness direction of the specimen component test piece, and the external extrusion force can be applied to the specimen component test piece using an extrusion surface defined by the extrusion length and the slit width.