Patent ID: 7988400

Claim:
A vial conveyance device for conveying a vial from a receiving position to a delivery position, comprising: at least two arms that open and close so as to hold and release the vial, at least one of the arms including a frame body stopper; an urging member that moves the arms so as to hold the vial; a frame body that reciprocates parallel to a conveying direction of the vial to open and close the arms, and is configured to abut against a first abutment member of the vial when the arms move to a receiving position to release the frame body from the frame body stopper and to hold the vial with the arms; an arm moving device that moves the arms to the receiving position and a delivery position for the vial; and a second abutment member that abuts against the frame body when the arms move to the delivery position to engage the frame body with the frame body stopper and to release the arms from the vial, wherein the frame body stopper stops the frame body in a state in which the arms release the vial.