FLUID CONTAINING CARTRIDGE AND UTILIZATION OF THE SAME
First Claim
1. A fluid containing cartridge for containing fluids in an extractable manner, the fluid containing cartridge comprising:
- a plurality of container portions being able to contain the fluids and formed inside a housing in respective predetermined volumes that are determined depending on the fluids to be contained therein;
an atmosphere flowing portion for communicating the container portions with the outside, thus enabling the atmosphere to flow into the container portions; and
a plurality of connecting and communicating portions disposed at respective predetermined connecting positions where, by relatively moving a reaction vessel disposed in the outside and capable of containing the fluids and the fluid containing cartridge in a selective manner, the reaction vessel and any one of the container portions are connected to each other for fluid communication therebetween, the connecting and communicating portions enabling the fluids contained in the container portions to be supplied to the reaction vessel by differential pressure acting upon the fluids contained in the container portions.
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Abstract
In a state where liquids are contained in a plurality of liquid container portions which are formed in a first layer and a second layer of a cartridge and which have predetermined volumes determined depending on liquids to be contained, and where the reaction vessel is connected to any one of communicating ports, when pressure is applied to act upon one of the liquid container portions which is communicated with the communicating port connected to the reaction vessel, the atmosphere is supplied to the one liquid container portion through a atmosphere flowing passage communicating with the outside, and the liquid contained in the one liquid container portion is supplied to the reaction vessel. The cartridge is rotated to connect another communicating port to the reaction vessel such that plural liquids are eventually supplied to the reaction vessel. On that occasion, since the atmosphere supplied through the atmosphere flowing passage is further supplied to the reaction vessel through the communicating port connected to the reaction vessel and the one liquid container portion, the plural liquids contained in the reaction vessel are stirred by the inflow of the atmosphere.
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24 Claims
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1. A fluid containing cartridge for containing fluids in an extractable manner, the fluid containing cartridge comprising:
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a plurality of container portions being able to contain the fluids and formed inside a housing in respective predetermined volumes that are determined depending on the fluids to be contained therein; an atmosphere flowing portion for communicating the container portions with the outside, thus enabling the atmosphere to flow into the container portions; and a plurality of connecting and communicating portions disposed at respective predetermined connecting positions where, by relatively moving a reaction vessel disposed in the outside and capable of containing the fluids and the fluid containing cartridge in a selective manner, the reaction vessel and any one of the container portions are connected to each other for fluid communication therebetween, the connecting and communicating portions enabling the fluids contained in the container portions to be supplied to the reaction vessel by differential pressure acting upon the fluids contained in the container portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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