Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autosampler
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Application No.: US17285532Application Date: 2018-10-23
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Publication No.: US11821878B2Publication Date: 2023-11-21
- Inventor: Shotaro Ando , Takashi Inoue
- Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/039391 2018.10.23
- International Announcement: WO2020/084696A 2020.04.30
- Date entered country: 2021-04-15
- Main IPC: G01N30/24
- IPC: G01N30/24 ; G01N35/10 ; G01N30/02

Abstract:
An autosampler includes an injection port for supplying a sample to an analysis device, a needle that collects the sample stored in a vial and injects the sample into the injection port, a cleaning unit that cleans the needle and a gas exhaust fan. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning container which stores a cleaning liquid and into which the needle is inserted, and a unit main body that has a space for storing the cleaning container and receiving the cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning container, and a unit gas exhaust passage for exhausting gas in the space outwardly of the cleaning unit. The unit main body has a unit opening through which the needle passes when accessing the cleaning container. The autosampler includes a boundary portion that separates a first region in which the injection port, the needle and the unit opening are arranged from a second region in which the gas exhaust fan is arranged, and a gas exhaust region which is connected to the unit gas exhaust passage via a gas exhaust opening provided at the boundary portion and into which gas exhausted from the space flows due to a negative pressure generated by the gas exhaust fan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210389283A1 AUTOSAMPLER Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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