Patent ID: 8828331
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B01J,B01L,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A various-substance holder treating apparatus comprising: a nozzle head having one or more nozzles through which gas is sucked and discharged, a suction and discharge mechanism that sucks and discharges the gas via the nozzle, one or more various-substance holders each having a plurality of particulate carriers or plural sets of the particulate carriers to which one type selected from plural types of chemical substances are or can be immobilized respectively and a carrier holding portion one-dimensionally holding the plurality of particulate carriers or the plural sets of particulate carriers in a straight line in a substantially stationary state such that the plurality of particulate carriers or the plural sets of the particulate carriers can be externally measured and being or capable of being installed in the nozzle, wherein each of the plurality of particulate carriers or at least one of the particulate carriers belonging to the plural sets of the particulate carriers are labeled according to types of the chemical substances or for each of the particulate carriers or each set of the particulate carriers so as to be mutually identifiable before the particulate carriers are introduced and held in the carrier holding portion, a temperature increasing and reducing member which is provided outside the carrier holding portion and which is movable, relative to the various-substance holder, such that the member can be placed close to or in contact with the carrier holding portion by moving the member relative to the various-substance holder, the temperature increasing and reducing member increasing or reducing temperature in response to an external signal, a liquid accommodating portion group that accommodates or can accommodate various liquids, and a horizontal moving mechanism configured to move the temperature increasing and reducing member, together with the nozzle head, horizontally and relative to the liquid accommodating portion group, wherein the carrier holding portion includes a tip-like container having an installing opening that can be installed around a nozzle through which gas is sucked and discharged, and a mouth portion through which a fluid is allowed to flow in and out by sucking and discharging the gas, wherein the tip-like container has a storage portion which can store liquid and which has the installing opening, and a capillary which is in communication with the storage portion and which has the mouth portion, the capillary being formed to be thinner than the storage portion, and the particulate carriers are held in the capillary wherein, when the tip-like container is installed around the nozzle, the tip-like container extends from the nozzle in a vertical direction; the various-substance holder treating apparatus further comprises: a housing in which the temperature increasing and reducing member is provided; a motor connected to the housing and configured to cause the temperature increasing and reducing member to move, relative to each of the various-substance holder and the housing, in another a horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction of extension of the tip-like container such that the temperature increasing and reducing member can be placed close to or in contact with the carrier holding portion; and a vertical movement mechanism configured to move the nozzle head vertically and relative to each of the housing, the temperature increasing and reducing member, and the liquid accommodating portion group, wherein at least a portion of the vertical movement mechanism is contained in the housing; and wherein the horizontal moving mechanism is configured to move the housing, together with each of the nozzle head, the temperature increasing and reducing member, the motor, and the vertical movement mechanism, horizontally and relative to the liquid accommodating portion group.