Patent ID: 7921989

Claim:
A sample conveyor apparatus for conveying a sample holder which permits a sample container to be held therein, the sample container permitting a sample to be received therein, comprising: a belt base extending along a conveyance path; a conveyor belt stretched on the belt base and to be run to form the conveyance path; a frame unit including a pair of guide rails which extend along the conveyance path to guide the sample holder along the conveyance path, the frame unit being detachable from the belt base, the conveyor belt being detachable from the belt base; a base support member provided on a lower portion of the belt base, and including a base receiving portion which permits the belt base to be received therein, and running driving means which runs the conveyor belt; fixing blocks provided at widthwise opposite sides of the belt base and including a plurality of frame attachment holes; and to-be-fixed blocks provided on lower portions of the frame unit and including base attachment holes corresponding to the frame attachment holes, the to-be-fixed blocks being attachable to the fixing blocks, the belt base being detachable from the base support member.