Patent ID: 9103810
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A sealing structure, including: a) a sealing member having a through-hole for allowing a passage of a sample; b) a housing having a cavity for holding the sealing member, the cavity having a sample introduction hole at a bottom thereof, the sample introduction hole communicating with the through-hole; and c) a pressure device for pressing the entire sealing member from an opening of the cavity toward the bottom of the cavity, wherein the cavity is shaped so that the wall surface of the cavity fits with the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state from the opening of the cavity to a predetermined depth thereof while a space is left between the wall surface of the cavity and the external shape of the sealing member in pressure-free state at and around the bottom of the cavity from the aforementioned depth.