Patent ID: 8703056
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A reagent vessel holding device for placing thereon a plurality of sets of reagent vessels, each of the sets including a plurality of reagent vessels, and each of the reagent vessels including a reagent to be used for analysis of a sample, comprising: a holding member for holding thereon the plurality of sets of reagent vessels; and a reagent vessel opening/closing device to open or close a lid of at least one of the reagent vessels in one of the sets when the one of the sets is at a dispensing/stirring position on the reagent vessel holding device, wherein the reagent vessel opening/closing device includes: a unit base arranged on the holding member; a hook base secured to the unit base; a hook-base drive unit which moves the hook base with respect to the unit base in opening/closing directions of the lids of the reagent vessels in the one of the sets; a plurality of hooks attached to the hook base; and a plurality of hook drive units, each of the hook drive units configured to drive a respective one of the hooks to move independently of the other hooks on the hook base to engage/disengage the respective one of the hooks with/from the lid of a corresponding one of the reagent vessels in the one of the sets.