Patent ID: 8329102

Claim:
A conveying device conveying a rack which holds a sample container, and supplying the sample container to a sample analyzer to analyze a sample in the sample container, comprising: a storing section configured to store the rack and to supply the stored rack to a first position; a conveying section configured to convey the rack from the first position to a supplying position to supply the sample container to the sample analyzer and to convey the rack from the supplying position to a second position; and a carry-out section configured to carry-out the rack from the second position and to store the carried-out rack; wherein the conveying section comprises; a fitting member configured to fit the rack, and a moving member configured to hold the fitting member, and being movable in a first direction from the first position to the second position through the supplying position and in a second direction from the second position to the first position through the supplying position, wherein the moving member is configured to convey the rack fitted by the fitting member from the first position to the supplying position, and to convey the rack fitted by the fitting member from the supplying position to the second position, and wherein the moving member is configured to convey the rack fitted by the fitting member in the second direction from the second position to the first position when the sample analyzer re-analyzes the sample in the sample container held by the rack.