Patent ID: 8534456

Claim:
A conveyor device for analyzer comprising: a conveyance track capable of conveying a specimen rack along a fixed path; and a frame positioned around the conveyance track, the frame being provided with a separable and removable portion which is separable and removable from the frame and which is capable of providing the frame with a cutout in open condition when separated and removed from the frame, wherein when the frame is provided with the cutout in open condition, the cutout allows at least one of an operation to advance the specimen rack onto the conveyance track from an outer lateral side of the frame through the cutout and an operation to discharge the specimen rack from the conveyance track to outside of the frame through the cutout, wherein the conveyance track has a starting area located close to a first widthwise end of the frame and an ending area located close to an opposite second widthwise end of the frame; the separable and removable portion is provided at each of the first and second widthwise ends of the frame to enable a first cutout to be formed at the first widthwise end of the frame for allowing the specimen rack to advance therethrough into the starting area from a first outer lateral side of the frame and enable a second cutout to be formed at the second widthwise end of the frame for allowing the specimen rack to be discharged therethrough from the ending area to a second outer lateral side of the frame.