Patent ID: 8182745
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. An automatic analyzer comprising: reaction cuvettes for mixing a sample and a reagent; a reaction disk for holding the cuvettes in order thereon, the disk being adapted to transfer a cuvette to a rinsing position; a rinse nozzle for suctioning rinse liquid from the cuvette transferred to the rinsing position; a suction member connected to the nozzle; and a shifter for moving the nozzle in a vertical direction; and a first positioning guide mounted on one side of the nozzle and a second positioning guide mounted on an opposite side of the nozzle; and wherein the first positioning guide is positioned over a first cuvette on the one side of the nozzle and the second positioning guide is positioned over a second cuvette on the opposite side of the nozzle whereby the position guides are inserted into openings of the first and second cuvettes when the shifter inserts the nozzle into the cuvette transferred to the rinsing position, the position guides being inserted into the openings of the first and second cuvettes prior to the nozzle being inserted into the cuvette transferred to the rinsing position.