Patents by Inventor Kouichi OBARI

Kouichi OBARI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sample dispensing device and nozzle tip for sample dispensing device
    Patent number: 10451643
    Abstract: The sample dispensing device sucks a liquid sample from a predetermined container and then discharges the sample to another container. The sample dispensing device includes a nozzle tip that sucks and holds the sample; a dispensing nozzle to which the nozzle tip can be detachably attached via a fitting part; a dispensing nozzle position control means that controls the position of the dispensing nozzle with respect to the predetermined container and the other container; a nozzle tip removing means that removes the nozzle tip from the dispensing nozzle; and a discarding box into which water can be supplied, and in which the nozzle tip removed from the dispensing nozzle is discarded. The nozzle tip is made of a water-soluble material, and after being removed from the dispensing nozzle by the nozzle tip removing means, the nozzle tip is dissolved by water in the discarding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Obari, Eiji Takaya, Takashi Otsu
  • SAMPLE DISPENSING DEVICE AND NOZZLE TIP FOR SAMPLE DISPENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170059600
    Abstract: The sample dispensing device sucks a liquid sample from a predetermined container and then discharges the sample to another container. The sample dispensing device includes a nozzle tip that sucks and holds the sample; a dispensing nozzle to which the nozzle tip can be detachably attached via a fitting part; a dispensing nozzle position control means that controls the position of the dispensing nozzle with respect to the predetermined container and the other container; a nozzle tip removing means that removes the nozzle tip from the dispensing nozzle; and a discarding box into which water can be supplied, and in which the nozzle tip removed from the dispensing nozzle is discarded. The nozzle tip is made of a water-soluble material, and after being removed from the dispensing nozzle by the nozzle tip removing means, the nozzle tip is dissolved by water in the discarding box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kouichi OBARI, Eiji TAKAYA, Takashi OTSU