Housing box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12515873-B2
Application number	US-202118273117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2021
Priority date	Mar 16, 2021
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

There is provided a housing box that prevents breakage of a rod-shaped member like a nozzle use for an automatic analyzer at the time of transportation. A housing box in which a rod-shaped member used for an automatic analyzer is housed, the housing box includes: a base provided with a housing part in a groove shape on which the rod-shaped member is placed; and a cover put on the base, wherein the housing part has a step on which a projection is caught, the projection being provided on a bottom of the rod-shaped member, the projection projecting in a radial direction, and a space between a tip end and an inner wall of the rod-shaped member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A housing box in which a rod-shaped member used for an automatic analyzer is housed, the housing box comprising:
a base provided with a housing part in a groove shape on which the rod-shaped member is disposed; and a cover connected to the base via a hinge, the cover covering the base, wherein the groove shape of the housing part includes: a first groove region, a second groove region, a third groove region and a fourth groove region, which each have different depths in a depth direction, the third groove region being between the fourth groove region and second groove region in a longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped member, and the second groove region having a depth deeper than respective depths of the first groove region, the third groove region and the fourth groove region; and a step, between the first groove region and the second groove region, on which a projection of the rod-shaped member is caught and which contacts the projection of the rod-shaped member, the projection of the rod-shaped member being in a radial direction with respect to a rod of the rod-shaped member and is provided on an opposite side of the rod-shaped member than a tip end of the rod-shaped member, wherein the housing part includes a space, within the fourth groove region, that is between the tip end of the rod-shaped member and an inner wall of the housing part within the fourth groove region, the contact of the projection of the rod-shaped member and the step preventing movement of the tip end of the rod-shaped member toward the inner wall of the housing part of the fourth groove region, wherein the cover has a projection that projects in the depth direction and which spans at least over the third groove region and contacts the rod-shaped member.

2 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cover has two fitting parts that fit in the base upon closing of the cover.

3 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein a height dimension of the step is greater than a radial dimension of the projection of the rod-shaped member.

4 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the housing part has a space confiqured to accommodate entering in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped member.

5 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base is provided with a plurality of the housing parts.

6 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cover is essentially rectangular having two long sides extending in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the cover is provided with a rib perpendicular to the longitudinal direction connecting the two long sides of the cover.

7 . The housing box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base and the cover are integrally formed by a vacuum forming method together with a hinge connecting the base to the cover.

Assignees

• Hitachi High Tech Corp

Inventors

• Shima Yuki
• Okusa Takenori
• SUENARI Tsukasa

Classifications

• G01N2035/103

  using disposable tips · CPC title

• G01N35/1002

  Reagent dispensers · CPC title

• B65D2543/00194

  square or rectangular · CPC title

• B65D85/24 Primary

  for needles, nails or like elongate small articles · CPC title

• B65D81/05

  maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents ({B65D81/022, B65D81/025, } B65D81/03 take precedence) · CPC title