Patent ID: 7754477

Claim:
An incubator comprising: an adiabatic box main body having an opening on a front face thereof, an adiabatic door mounted on the adiabatic box main body in an openable and closable manner, an inner door for openably closing the opening, an incubation room surrounded by the inner door and the adiabatic box main body for incubating samples such as cells, microbes and the like; a gas supply to control gas concentration in the incubation room; a humidifying tray for storing humidification water for controlling the humidity in the incubation room; a gas outlet port of the gas supply means being immersed in the humidification water in the humidifying tray, from which gas from the gas supply is jetted into the humidification water; a support for supporting the gas outlet port of the gas supply means; and a duct and a circulation blower for causing forced convection of air in the incubation room; wherein each one of the humidifying tray, the gas outlet port, the duct, and the circulation blower is contained inside the incubation room, wherein the humidifying tray is arranged in the duct and at the bottom of the incubation room, and wherein the support forms a passage in the same direction as the air flowing direction formed by the duct.