Patent ID: 6849236

Claim:
A laboratory analyzer system comprising a base housing ( 1 ); a sample tray ( 4 ) movably supported on the base housing; at least two holding accommodations ( 5 ) arranged on the sample tray ( 4 ) for holding a sample container ( 32 ) for a sample that is to be analyzed; a drive mechanism ( 2 ) arranged inside the base housing and operable to move the sample tray ( 4 ) so that the sample container ( 32 ) is advanced in a stepwise motion˜ along a prescribed track; an analyzer module installed on the base housing along the prescribed track and operable to analyze the sample as it arrives at the analyzer module; and a lid-opening device ( 50 ) arranged along the prescribed track at a location that the sample container ( 32 ) reaches before it arrives at the analyzer module ( 16 ), said lid-opening device ( 50 ) being operable to open a lid ( 32 ′) by which the sample container ( 32 ) may be covered, said lid ( 32 ′) having a predetermined shape and thickness (H), wherein the lid-opening device ( 50 ) comprises an electromagnet ( 51 ) energizable through a switch (S) and configured to hold the lid ( 32 ′) in an open position.