Patent ID: 8915120

Claim:
A chromatograph device comprising: a specimen container tray for holding a plurality of specimen containers; a heating device for housing and heating the specimen containers; and a container-feeding device for transporting the specimen containers from the specimen container tray to the heating device and vice versa; wherein: the container-feeding device comprises: a feed arm having a flat arm structure, positioned lower than the specimen container tray or the heating device to be moved between the two; a cooling housing unit provided on the feed arm, for storing one of the specimen containers; a first container moving unit provided to the feed arm, for lowering one of the specimen containers from the heating device into the cooling housing unit disposed below the heating device; a second container moving unit provided to the feed arm, for raising the specimen container to the specimen containing tray from the cooling housing unit that is moved below the specimen containing tray by the feed arm; a feeding housing unit provided on the feed arm adjacent to the cooling housing unit, for storing the specimen containers, wherein the second container movement unit moves one of the specimen containers from the specimen container tray to the feeding housing unit, and the feed arm is then moved to place the feeding housing unit below the heating device for the first container movement unit to raise the specimen container into the heating device; a controller for controlling the first container moving unit, the feed arm, and the second container movement unit, wherein the controller controls the first container moving unit, the feed arm, and the second container movement unit so that the specimen containers are moved one by one from the cooling housing unit to the specimen container tray after the specimen containers that are stored in the cooling housing unit have cooled to a normal temperature.