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Title:
ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD EMPLOYED THEREIN
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011137677
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a mechanism suitable for certainly achieving the closure of a plug in an analysis apparatus for automatically performing the feed of a container and the closure of the plug by a lid member.

The analysis apparatus includes an optical sensor composed of at least a pair of light sources 4, which are arranged so as to irradiate a container installation position with light, and a pair of light detectors 5 opposed to each other so as to hold the container installation position and, corresponding to the quantity of the transmitted light detected by the optical sensor, the presence of the installation of the container 1 or the presence of the lid of the container 1 is detected. By this constitution, the closure of the lid without the container or the feed of the container without the lid can be prevented.


Inventors:
YAMAMOTO SHUHEI
SANO MINORU
NEMOTO AKIYUKI
FUJIOKA MITSURU
Application Number:
JP2009296655A
Publication Date:
July 14, 2011
Filing Date:
December 28, 2009
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Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP
International Classes:
G01N35/02
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009204360A2009-09-10
JPH068995A1994-01-18
JPH07156994A1995-06-20
JPH0217449A1990-01-22
JPH04232870A1992-08-21
JP2008051531A2008-03-06
JP2009204360A2009-09-10
JPH068995A1994-01-18
JPH09243328A1997-09-19
JPH11321988A1999-11-24
JPH01158990U1989-11-02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Manabu Inoue
Yuji Toda