Holder for transferring test tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9636681-B2
Application number	US-201514959575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	Dec 28, 2011
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A test tube holder holds various types of test tubes substantially perpendicular, and is structured to be durable against extraction and insertion of the test tubes. The test tube holder includes a housing part having a hollow portion, a holding part positioned on an upper side of the housing part and having an opening portion, which accepts a test tube, and a housing portion, which houses the accepted test tube. An elastic part is formed inside the holding part so as to abut on the housed test tube. The test tube holder has a weight housed inside the hollow portion. The holding part and the elastic part may be integrally formed. Inside the hollow portion of the housing part, besides the weight, an individual identification tag, an electromagnetic wave absorbent, and a support member for a tapered test tube can be housed in accordance with usage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A single specimen container holder, comprising:
a main body housing having a hollow portion therein and a round-shaped opening arranged above the hollow portion;
a holding part mounted on an upper side of the main body housing and having an opening portion, which accepts a specimen container, and a housing portion, which houses the accepted specimen container;
an elastic part formed inside the holding part so as to abut on the housed specimen container; and
a weight housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing and having a circular hole in the center thereof, a diameter of the circular hole is smaller than that of the round-shaped opening,
wherein, when a tip of the specimen container is inserted into the hollow portion through the round-shaped opening and the circular hole, an exterior wall of the tip of the specimen container is supported by an edge of the circular hole of the weight and an edge of the round-shaped opening.

2. The single specimen container holder of claim 1 , further comprising:
a support member housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing and which supports the tip of the specimen container.

3. The single specimen container holder of claim 2 , wherein,
the support member is a sheet made of silicon as a main material.

4. The single specimen container holder of claim 2 , wherein,
the support member is a sheet having an opening at a center that accommodates an outside diameter of the tip of the specimen container.

5. The single specimen container holder of claim 1 , wherein,
the holding part and the elastic part are formed of the same material.

6. The single specimen container holder of claim 1 , further comprising:
a non-contact type identification tag housed in the hollow portion.

7. The single specimen container holder of claim 6 , wherein,
the identification tag is a RFID tag.

8. A specimen container holder, comprising:
a main body housing having a hollow portion therein and a circular opening located above the hollow portion;
a holding part mounted on an upper side of the main body housing and having an opening portion, which accepts a specimen container, and a housing portion, which houses the specimen container;
an elastic part formed inside the holding part which abuts the specimen container in the housing portion; and
a weight housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing and having a circular hole in the center thereof, where a diameter of the circular hole is smaller than that of the circular opening,
wherein an exterior of the tip of the specimen container is supported by an edge of the circular hole of the weight and an edge of the circular opening when a tip of the specimen container is inserted through the circular opening and the circular hole.

9. The single specimen container holder of claim 8 , further comprising:
a support member housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing and which supports the tip of the specimen container.

10. The single specimen container holder of claim 9 , wherein,
the support member is a silicon sheet.

11. The single specimen container holder of claim 9 , wherein,
the support member is a sheet having a cross-shaped notch at the center thereof.

12. The single specimen container holder of claim 8 , wherein,
the holding part and the elastic part are the same material.

13. The single specimen container holder of claim 8 , further comprising:
a non-contact type identification tag housed in the hollow portion.

14. The single specimen container holder of claim 13 , wherein,
the identification tag is a RFID tag.

Assignees

• Hitachi High Tech Corp

Inventors

• Ohga Hiroshi
• Fukugaki Tatsuya
• Isobe Tetsuya
• Onizawa Kuniaki

Classifications

• B01L2300/12

  Specific details about materials · CPC title

• G01N2035/00801

  Holders for sample carriers, e.g. trays, caroussel, racks · CPC title

• B01L2300/123

  Flexible; Elastomeric · CPC title

• B01L2200/025

  Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other · CPC title

• B01L2300/0609

  Holders integrated in container to position an object · CPC title