Patent ID: 8883078

Claim:
A sample testing system comprising: a test unit for loading and testing a sample in a rack; first and second rack storages; a rack feeder for feeding a rack to a feed position; a transporting part, configured to transport the rack in a first direction and in a second direction that is a reverse direction of the first direction between the first and second rack storages along a single and straight transporting path comprising, the feed position where a rack is fed by the rack feeder, a standby position corresponding to the first rack storage, a transfer position different from the feed position, and a sample loading position corresponding to the test unit, wherein the first direction is a direction towards the transfer position from the feed position and the sample loading position is located between the standby position and the feed position along the transporting path, wherein the first rack storage extends along the longitudinal axis of the transporting path past the transfer position in the first direction and comprises a length and width that allows the first rack storage to retain a single rack; a rack transfer part for transferring the rack present on the transfer position in a perpendicular direction with respect to the second direction to the second rack storage; and a controller including a memory under control of a processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the transporting part to hold a rack in the standby position until testing result of sample in the rack is obtained; control the transporting part to transport the rack in the second direction to return it from the standby position to the sample loading position or to the transfer position, according to the testing result, after obtaining the testing result.