To prevent the intrusion of dust, etc., into a culture vessel even in the case of power shut-off e.g. by the failure of power supply.
The automatic culture apparatus 1 is provided with a culture chamber 4 removably holding a vessel 3 for automatic culture apparatus, a treating device 30 placed outside the culture chamber 4 and applying a prescribed treatment to the content of the vessel 3 for automatic cultivation, a controlling device 40 to control the culture chamber 4 and the treating device 30, a means 50 for detecting the failure of power supply and an auxiliary power unit 60 to supply electric power in the case of power supply failure. The treating device 30 has a lid-opening means 10 to open or close the lid of the automatic cultivation vessel 3. The controlling device 40 has a power-failure controlling means 41 to switch the power source to the auxiliary power unit 60 by the detection of power supply failure by the detection means 50 and to close the lid of the automatic cultivation vessel 3 by actuating the lid opening means 10 when the lid of the automatic cultivation vessel is in opened state.
MACHIDA HIROYUKI
NUMATA KOEN
KINOSHITA TOMOYUKI
HIBINO HIROKI
Masatake Shiga
Masakazu Aoyama
Suzuki Mitsuyoshi
Tadao Takashiba
Kunio Ueda
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