Patent ID: 8658096
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack transport system using a rack tray having a rack dropout-preventing mechanism including a dropout-preventing lever, a shaft that supports the dropout-preventing lever on a rack tray, and a spring that biases the dropout-preventing lever upward about the shaft to cause the dropout-preventing lever to project from a rack tray opening to prevent a rack from dropping out, the rack transport system comprising: a rack tray set section on which the rack tray that arranges and holds a plurality of racks supporting a plurality of specimen containers is placed; a lock canceling mechanism of the rack dropout-preventing mechanism located on the rack tray set section, the lock canceling mechanism includes a lock canceling lever, a shaft that supports the lock canceling lever on a rack tray set section, and a spring that biases a lock canceling lever end on a guide wall side behind the rack tray set section to push up the lock canceling lever end, the lock canceling mechanism also includes a lock canceling button formed at a position where the rack tray that stores the plurality of racks supporting the plurality of specimen containers is slid to be able to be set in the rack tray set section; a rack collecting section on which an empty rack tray is placed and the rack collecting section collects the racks supporting the specimen containers obtained after a dispensing operation is performed; and a transporting mechanism that transports the rack from the rack tray set section to a dispensing mechanism and transports the rack to the rack collecting section after a specimen is dispensed from the specimen container.