Patent ID: 7112303

Claim:
A specimen centrifuge apparatus comprising: a centrifuge device including specimen centrifuge units stacked one on another; a carry-in conveyor which horizontally conveys pre-processed specimen containers; a carry-out conveyor which horizontally conveys processed specimen containers; a carry-in elevator which is provided at a side of the centrifuge units and vertically conveys a given number of pre-processed specimen containers from a container delivering section of the carry-in conveyor to a container delivering section of one of the centrifuge units; a carry-out elevator which is provided at a side of the centrifuge units and vertically conveys a given number of processed specimen containers from the one of the centrifuge units to a container receiving section of the carry-out conveyor; a loading arm attached to each of the specimen centrifuge units, the loading arm removing the pre-processed specimen containers from the carry-in elevator and loading the pre-processed specimen containers into one of the specimen centrifuge units; and an unloading arm attached to each of the specimen centrifuge units, the unloading arm unloading the processed specimen containers from one of the specimen centrifuge units and moving the processed specimen containers to the carry-out elevator.