US 12,360,015 B2
Sample removal apparatus and testing system
Kengo Fushiya, Machida (JP); Takahiro Hara, Tama (JP); and Hiroshi Morimoto, Akiruno (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,285.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-165262 (JP), filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110801 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/02 (2013.01) [G01N 2001/028 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample removal apparatus for removing a sample stored in a conical storage container, the sample removal apparatus comprising:
a storage container holder that holds said storage container, said storage container holder including a circular hole into which the conical storage container is fitted, said storage container holder being configured to be axially rotatable about a shaft-shaped member to one or more of a sample receiving section, a removal section, a disposal preparation section, and an installation section;
the removal section that removes said sample stored in said storage container from said storage container, said removal section includes covering an insertion port of the conical storage container with a lid and a discharge mechanism configured to remove the sample stored in the conical storage container through a discharge port on an apex side of the insertion port of the conical storage container to a predetermined place;
a housing that covers said storage container holder and said removal section; and
a supply section that allows for supply of said sample from outside of said housing to said storage container in said housing via an opening in the housing.