Patent ID: 7338635

Claim:
An analyzing apparatus whose interior is divided into an upper space and lower space, further comprising: a set of elements contained within the upper space, including: a reagent unit, a cooling device for cooling said reagent unit, a sample storage unit, and a reaction unit; a power supply/control unit contained within the lower space, said power supply/control unit for feeding electric power to and controlling said set of elements; a housing enclosing said set of elements and power supply/control unit; a partition dividing the interior of said housing into the upper space and the lower space; and at least two hinges provided between said housing and a cover covering a top surface of said housing, said hinges supporting the cover in a manner that the cover can be freely opened and closed and held at a desired position; wherein at least one of said hinges is a first hinge which produces a force acting on the cover in its opening or closing direction, the direction, the direction of the force reversing at a specific position of the cover, and at least another one of said hinges is a second hinge which produces a force acting on the cover in a direction opposite to the direction of its swing motion.