Patent ID: 8906671

Claim:
A chilled reagent container comprising, a reagent vessel containing part for containing therein a plurality of reagent vessels, a closing member including holes through which the reagent vessels contained by the reagent vessel containing part are accessible, and a cooling part for cooling the reagent vessels contained by the reagent vessel containing part, wherein the closing member is capable of sliding to be changeable between an opened situation wherein the reagent is accessible from an outside of the container and a closed situation wherein the reagent is prevented from being accessed from the outside of the container, wherein the chilled reagent container further comprises a sealing member including other holes through which the reagent vessels are accessible and arranged between the closing member and the reagent vessel containing part to be pressed against the closing member, wherein the sealing member has a plurality of supporting columns arranged to have uneven intervals between adjacent ones thereof, wherein a first supporting column of the plurality of supporting columns contacts the cooling part, the first supporting column being arranged to be positioned below the holes of the closing member when the closing member closes the reagent vessels, and wherein the holes of the closing member and the reagent vessel containing part are arranged to change one of the reagent vessels accessible from the outside in accordance with a direction in which the closing member slides.