Automated analyzer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016195562-A1
Application number	US-201414911912-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Priority date	Sep 2, 2013
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

To provide an automated analyzer with a built-in, user-friendly printer that can avoid contamination of printed paper of the printer by having a housing front wall 102 provided in a recessed manner from a front end 101 of a housing upper portion that has disposed thereon a sample disc 110 , a reagent disc 120 , a reaction disc, a sample dispensing mechanism, and a reagent dispensing mechanism, and by having a printer 200 and a paper receptacle 210 disposed on the housing front wall. The front end portion of the housing upper portion that projects beyond the housing front wall serves as eaves, thereby preventing a sample or a reagent that may be spilled on the housing upper portion from staining the printer or printing paper.

First claim

1 . An automated analyzer comprising:
a housing upper portion, the housing upper portion having disposed thereon a sample disc holding a plurality of samples, a reagent disc holding a plurality of types of reagents, a reaction disc holding a plurality of reaction cells, a sample dispensing mechanism for dispensing one of the samples into one of the reaction cells held on the reaction disc, and a reagent dispensing mechanism for dispending one of the reagents into the reaction cell held on the reaction disc; a housing front wall provided in a recessed manner from a front end of the housing upper portion; and a printer disposed on the housing front wall.

2 . The automated analyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the housing front wall has a paper receptacle disposed below the printer, the paper receptacle being adapted to receive paper ejected from the printer.

3 . The automated analyzer according to claim 2 , further comprising a front door provided in an openable/closable manner, the front door covering the housing front wall that has the printer and the paper receptacle disposed thereon, wherein the front door has an opening that allows paper ejected from the printer to pass therethrough in a state in which the front door is closed.

4 . The automated analyzer according to claim 3 , wherein
the front door has a window formed in a recessed manner from a door front face at a position corresponding to the printer, the window is defined by a bottom face, an upper face, right and left side faces, and a lower face, the bottom face being opposite the printer, and the upper face connecting the door front face with the bottom face, and the opening is provided across the bottom face and the lower face.

5 . The automated analyzer according to claim 4 , wherein the lower face is formed in a manner tilted downward from the bottom face toward the door front face, and has a frame shape in which the opening is surrounded from sides of the right and left side faces and the door front face.

6 . The automated analyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the printer includes means for switching an ejection direction in which paper is ejected from the printer.

7 . The automated analyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the printer includes a paper ejection unit that is located closer to a housing than is the front end of the housing upper portion.

Assignees

• Hitachi High Tech Corp

Inventors

• Oonuma Mitsuru
• Sato Yoko
• Yamamoto Takashi
• Setomaru Takeshi
• Chiba Hideyasu

Classifications

• G01N2035/00306

  Housings, cabinets, control panels (details) · CPC title

• G01N35/025 Primary

  having a carousel or turntable for reaction cells or cuvettes · CPC title

• G01N35/04

  Details of the conveyor system {(G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G01N2035/0496

  Other details · CPC title

• G01N35/00871

  Communications between instruments or with remote terminals · CPC title