Culture apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016186115-A1
Application number	US-201615065570-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 9, 2016
Priority date	Oct 11, 2013
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A culture apparatus includes an outer case, an inner case inside the outer case, shelves, where cultures are to be placed, arranged in a vertical direction inside the inner case, and a door, configured to open/close an opening formed in a front face of the inner cases, wherein side plates on both sides of the inner case include shelf rests, on which side ends on both sides of bottom surfaces of the shelves are to be placed, respectively, and stoppers provided to the shelf rests such that the respective upper shelf rests limit movement in the vertical direction of the respective shelves placed on the respective lower shelf rests respectively adjacent to the upper shelf rests, and the side ends are bent along a shape of the stoppers provided to the upper shelf rests, in a state where the shelves are placed on the lower shelf rests.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A culture apparatus comprising:
an outer case; an inner case arranged inside the outer case, the inner case including a left side plate, a right side plate, a bottom plate and a top plate; a plurality of shelves on which cultures are to be placed, the shelves being arranged in a vertical direction inside the inner case; and a door configured to open and close an opening formed in a front face of the inner case, wherein: each of the left and right side plates has shelf rests, one of the shelf rests formed on the left side plate and corresponding one of the shelf rests formed on the right side plate constitute a pair of shelf rests, on which side ends of a bottom surface of the shelf are to be placed, a stopper which limits movement in a vertical direction of a shelf placed on one of the plural pairs of shelf rests is provided to each of the shelf rests, and in a state where at least one of the plurality of shelves is placed on one of the plural pair of shelf rests, an end portion of the at least one of the plurality of shelves is bent along a shape of the stopper provided to an immediately upper pair of shelf rests.

2 . The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the shelf rests includes a placement surface, on which one of the plurality of shelves is to be placed, and the placement surface is inclined toward the bottom plate of the inner case as a distance from one of the left and right side plates, on which the each of the shelf rests are provided, increases.

3 . The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the shelf rests including the stopper are formed, by press working.

4 . The culture apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the shelf rests including the stopper are formed, by press working.

5 . The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the shelf rests includes a placement surface, on which one of the plurality of shelves is to be placed, and an inclined surface formed on underside of the placement surface, and the stopper is provided, below the placement surface, on the inclined surface.

6 . The culture apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
each of the shelf rests includes a placement surface, on which one of the plurality of shelves is to be placed, and an inclined surface formed on underside of the placement surface, and the stopper is provided, below the placement surface, on the inclined surfaces.

7 . The culture apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the shelf rests respectively include placement surfaces on which the shelves are to be respectively placed, and inclined surfaces formed on undersides of the placement surfaces, and the stoppers are provided, below the placement surfaces, on the inclined surfaces.

8 . The culture apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the shelf rests respectively include the placement surfaces and inclined surfaces formed on undersides of the placement surfaces, and the stoppers are provided, below the placement surfaces, on the inclined surfaces.

9 . The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the shelf rests is in a long shape, and plural stoppers are provided to each of the shelf rests along a longitudinal direction of the each of the shelf rests.

10 . The culture apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
each of the shelf rests is in a long shape, and plural stoppers are provided to each of the shelf rests, along a longitudinal direction of the each of the shelf rests.

11 . The culture apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the shelf rests each are in a long shape, and plural stoppers are provided to each of the shelf rests, along respective longitudinal directions of the shelf rests.

12 . The culture apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:
the shelf rests each are in a long shape, and plural stoppers are provided to each of the shelf rests, along respective longitudinal directions of the shelf rests.

13 . The culture apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:
the shelf rests each are in a long shape, and plural stoppers are provided to each of the shelf rests, along respective longitudinal directions of the shelf rests.

14 . The culture apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the left and right side plates has a rising portion on which the shelf rests are disposed.

Assignees

• Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tokumaru Tomoyoshi

Classifications

• B01L9/523

  for multisample carriers, e.g. used for microtitration plates · CPC title

• B01L2200/141

  Preventing contamination, tampering · CPC title

• C12M41/14

  Incubators; Climatic chambers (per se B01L1/00) · CPC title

• C12M23/48 Primary

  Holding appliances; Racks; Supports (holding devices for laboratory apparatus B01L9/00) · CPC title

• B01L1/025

  Environmental chambers · CPC title