Patent ID: 6524057
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60L,H01L,H01R,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A manual guide vehicle comprising:transporting means for transporting cassettes with a plurality of samples to be processed; driving means for driving the transporting means; and a power supplying interface portion for supplying the driving means with electric power from external processing equipment, the power supplying interface portion comprising: a power receiving device, installed on the manual guide vehicle and which cooperates with a power supplying device installed on external processing equipment, that receives electric power from the processing equipment when inserted into the power supplying device, the power receiving device comprising: a first plate on the manual guide vehicle; at least one slide bar having opposing first and second ends, the first end of which is perpendicularly connected to the first plate; a second plate connected to the second end of the slide bar; an electrode block, inserted in the slide bar, for moving up and down between the first and the second plates; a spring inserted in the slide bar between the first plate and the electrode block or between the second plate and the electrode block; a first guide unit which guides the power receiving device; and a second guide unit which guides and limits the movement of the first guide unit.