Patent ID: 6117343
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A filler-packing apparatus, comprising:a filler-receiving space assembly having a plurality of upright filler-receiving spaces, each having a top opening and a bottom opening;a movable bottom stopper assembly having, bottom stoppers, each of said bottom stopper being provided with a porous body and liquid-tightly securable t o the bottom opening of each of said filler-receiving spaces; a base member positioned under said filler-receiving space assembly and holds said bottom stoppers at positions respectively corresponding to the bottoms of the respective filler-receiving spaces in the upright position; and conduits connected to said bottom stoppers so that said conduits communicate with said bottom stoppers;top stoppers provided with a porous body inside thereof, each top stopper being a hollow cylinder liquid-tightly fixed to the top opening of each of said filler-receiving spaces; anda unit adapted to insert said movable bottom stopper assembly in said filler-receiving space assembly and maintain said movable bottom stopper assembly in the inserted state.