| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply throw-away components such as probe tips to be distributed as occasion demands, in so large a number as enables execution of a consecutive operation, in an automatic analyzing apparatus. SOLUTION: In regard to equipment for replacing a probe tip fitted to a probe of an automatic fluid analyzing apparatus, equipment which puts a plurality of fresh probe tips 12 on a tray 10, supplies them and receives the tray 10 emptied, for scrapping. The tray 10 has a base part 14 and a cover 16 and supports the tips 12 in a plurality. This tray in stacked in a plurality and set in a chute 22. A pair of arms 24 are rotated from a practically vertical position to a horizontal position under the chute 22. A tray guide supporting the tray inside the chute 22 opens and drops the lowermost tray onto the arms 24 and, on the occasion, a latch engages with the cover of the lowermost tray. A delivery rack 32 makes a pair of clips engage with the base part of the tray and receives the base part from the arms. While the rack supplies the base part to the analyzing apparatus, the arms lower and drop the cover down for scrapping. The rack returns the base part emptied to the arms, which drop the base part down for scrapping. |
