摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate, in a dispensing device provided with a catching unit that catches liquid drips dropping from a dispensing nozzle, any state of liquid stagnation in a saucer-shaped member of the catching unit. <P>SOLUTION: After dispensation, an action to suck caught liquid is executed with a dispensation nozzle 10 on the way of horizontal carriage as denoted by sign 102; thus, in a state in which a cup 22 is positioned underneath the dispensation nozzle 10, a nozzle chip 14 to be discarded is utilized and an action to capture the caught liquid into the waste nozzle is executed (see sign 103); after that the nozzle chip 14 is removed at a removal station 36, and the caught liquid is discarded together with the nozzle chip 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |