US 12,451,337 B2
Sample cartridge carrier apparatus and carrier base
Masashi Shimizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,310.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-209224 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0207287 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01J 37/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 37/32724 (2013.01) [H01J 37/20 (2013.01); H01J 37/32743 (2013.01); H01J 2237/002 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2001 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2007 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample cartridge carrier apparatus comprising:
a sub stage disposed away from a main stage in a processing apparatus;
a carrier base configured to be placed on the sub stage, the carrier base comprising a cooler block and a retainer mechanism disposed in the cooler block, the retainer mechanism configured to retain a sample cartridge received from a sample cartridge holder;
sub cooling equipment configured to cool the cooler block via the sub stage; and
a carrier mechanism configured to carry the carrier base that retains the sample cartridge between the sub stage and the main stage,
wherein the processing apparatus comprises main cooling equipment configured to cool the main stage,
the sample cartridge holder comprises portable cooling equipment configured to cool the sample cartridge, the portable cooling equipment being independent of the main cooling equipment, and
the sub cooling equipment is independent of the main cooling equipment and the portable cooling equipment.