US 11,851,313 B2
Cap attachment-detachment device and pre-processing device
Koji Numata, Kyoto (JP); and Tadanobu Shibabuki, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,853.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-019707 (JP), filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249956 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B67B 3/20 (2006.01); B67B 7/18 (2006.01); B67B 3/28 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 3/204 (2013.01) [B67B 3/2066 (2013.01); B67B 3/2073 (2013.01); B67B 3/28 (2013.01); B67B 7/182 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0405 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap attachment-detachment device comprising an operation portion that moves in an up-and-down direction, and grips and rotates a cap so as to attach the cap to or detach the cap from a container, wherein
the operation portion includes
a first grip claw and a second grip claw provided to be opposite to each other and configured to be capable of applying an obliquely upward force inwardly to an upper portion of a side surface of the cap, and
a pressing member configured to be capable of coming into contact with an upper surface of the cap.