Test strip pick-up mechanism in automated analyzer

摘要

A test strip pick-up mechanism in an automated analyzer, which comprises: a bottle holder removably holding a test strip bottle containing a plurality of test strips and having a pierced groove formed in the peripheral direction and a test strip pick-up portion connected to the groove and formed in the longitudinal direction; a bottle turning motor connected to the bottle holder; a guide member extended from the inner part of the bottle holder in parallel to the central axis of the test strip bottle and having a L-shaped guide portion formed over the entire length of the guide member with suction holes for adsorbing the test strips being formed on the guide portion which is adjacent to the test strip pick-up portion; claws engaged with the groove of the bottle holder; an air chuck having suction holes for drawing out the test strips contained in the test strip bottle; a movable member on which the air chuck is mounted; a test strip drawing out motor connected to the movable member via a guide bar; depressing arms for pushing the air chuck downward; and an air chuck depressing motor connected to the depressing arms via a shaft.