US 12,474,424 B2
Sample tube transport apparatus
Yuki Endo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,486.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-134803 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069129 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 33/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/307 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample tube transport apparatus, comprising:
a load unit configured to, before NMR measurement is performed with respect to a sample inside a sample tube, jet a load gas to a first position in a pathway between a sample tube container and a sample tube spinner, and thereby generate a first gas stream that transports the sample tube from the sample tube container to the sample tube spinner; and
an eject unit configured to, after NMR measurement is performed with respect to the sample, jet an eject gas to a second position in the pathway, and thereby generate a second gas stream that transports the sample tube from the sample tube spinner to the sample tube container,
wherein the load unit comprises a first slit which has a first outlet oriented toward the sample tube spinner and through which the load gas is jetted into the pathway, and
the eject unit comprises a second slit which has a second outlet oriented toward the sample tube container and through which the eject gas is jetted into the pathway.