Patent ID: 8450114

Claim:
An automatic analysis apparatus comprising: a reagent table in which a cooling container with a coolant circulating therein keeps a reagent contained inside the cooling container cool; a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a specimen or the reagent into a reaction container; a reaction table for retaining the reaction container with a liquid dispensed therein, the reaction table heating the reaction container by a constant-temperature bath; and an analytical optical system for measuring reaction contents in the reaction container, the automatic analysis apparatus further comprising: a storage tank for storing a temperature controlling liquid L 1 dispensed into the reaction container using the dispensing apparatus; a storage tank cooling means for cooling the temperature controlling liquid down to substantially a same temperature as the dispensed reagent wherein part of a pipe, which is positioned between a cooler for cooling the coolant and the reagent table and which circulates the coolant, is located within the temperature controlling liquid in the storage tank; and a dispensation control means for performing a control of dispensing the temperature controlling liquid, using the dispensing apparatus, into an empty reaction container when there is such an empty reaction container, into which neither the specimen nor the reagent is dispensed, on the reaction table; wherein the storage tank includes: a temperature controlling liquid cooling bath with the storage tank cooling means positioned therein; and a temperature controlling liquid storage bath for storing the temperature controlling liquid cooled in, and provided by, the temperature controlling liquid cooling bath, wherein the temperature controlling liquid storage bath includes a dispensation opening for dispensing the temperature controlling liquid using the dispensing apparatus.