US 12,465,918 B2
Cover member for sample container
Kenichi Yasunaga, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,414.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-017928 (JP), filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261787 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50825 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover member for covering an opening of a sample container in which a liquid sample is to be contained, wherein the cover member is made of an elastic sheet material and has:
a predetermined area through which a sample-collecting tool penetrates when collecting the liquid sample, and
slits located in a different area of the elastic sheet material from the predetermined area, wherein;
the elastic sheet material extends between the slits and between the predetermined area and the slits, such that:
the elastic sheet material deforms the slits when the collecting tool penetrates the predetermined area; and
the deformation of the slits acts as pressure for the sample container.