Inspection container

• US 7,838,857 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.), Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.), Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Ran, Longsong, Li, Yuanjing, Zhang, Li, Chen, Zhiqiang, Wang, Lian, Wang, Xuewu, Tang, Hu, Song, Quanwei, Yi, Yumin, Wu, Hongxin
• Primary Examiner(s): Vanore; David A
• Application Number:
  US12/202,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20090065707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 250/428, 250/522.1, 250/526
• US Class Current: 250/526
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0609 Holders integrated in container to position an object
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0832 cylindrical, tube shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/5085 for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/0382 Frustoconical, tapered cell
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/01 Arrangements or apparatus for facilitating the optical investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/90 in a container or its contents G01N21/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2201/04 Batch operation; multisample devices

Abstract

The present invention discloses an inspection container, comprising: a bottom and a sidewall, said bottom is coupled to one side of said sidewall to form a space, wherein, there are a plurality of protrudes set on the lower surface of said bottom. The inspection container further comprises a division part, which divides said space into a plurality of subspaces. With the solutions according to the present invention, it is possible to meet the requirement for inspecting a plurality of bottles at one time.

Claims

1. An inspection container for use in inspecting articles through rays radiated from a source, comprising:

a bottom and a sidewall, said bottom is coupled to one side of said sidewall to form a space for placing a plurality of articles, wherein there is one or a plurality of protrudes set on the lower surface of said bottom, and a strengthening bar is set on an outer surface of the sidewall to facilitate locating of an article in the space according to an angle of the article with respect to the strengthening bar set on the sidewall.

2. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, there is a flange set on the other side of the sidewall.

3. The inspection container according to claim 1, further comprising an elastic band, a bandage with buckles, and a gripper with springs, set on the inner surface of the sidewall.

4. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said plurality of protrudes are distributed along a circle.

5. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said sidewall is made from elastic materials.

6. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said sidewall is cone-shaped.

7. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said sidewall is column-shaped.

8. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said protrudes are cone-shaped.

9. The inspection container according to claim 1, wherein, said sidewall is solid or hollow.

10. The inspection container according to claim 1, further comprising a division part, which divides the space formed by the bottom and the sidewall into a plurality of subspaces.

11. The inspection container according to claim 10, further comprising a strengthening bar set on the outer surface of the sidewall.

12. The inspection container according to claim 10, wherein, said division part is detachable from the bottom and the sidewall or is integrated with the bottom and the sidewall.

13. The inspection container according to claim 10, wherein, said division part is made from elastic materials.

14. The inspection container according to claim 10, wherein, areas corresponding to said plurality of subspaces, on the upper surface of said bottom, are applied with distinct colors.

15. The inspection container according to claim 10, wherein, said division part has a plurality of branches.

16. The inspection container according to claim 15, wherein, a cross section of each branch of said plurality of branches is flat plate-shaped.