JPH06225753A - Device for automatically injecting medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device capable of perfectly automatically and successively injecting an agar medium into plural Petri dishes without requiring a labor. CONSTITUTION:A rotation table 28 rotating and receiving and holding an empty Petri dish in its holding hole 50 is disposed, the empty Petri dishes being separately taken out from a rotation carriage 14 receiving the Petri dishes 10 in a plurally piled state, and a fixed table 32 is disposed below the rotation table. The fixed table 32 has a penetrated hole 56 formed at a position corresponding to the position of the holding hole of the rotation table on its stoppage. The holding hole of the rotation table comprises a stepped hole whose lower side diameter is larger than the diameter of the container part of the Petri dish and smaller than the diameter of the lid of the Petri dish. When the Petri dish in the holding hole of the rotation table is supported on a support part 66 of a liftable support member 64 and subsequently transferred to a lower Petri dish-loading plate 58 through the penetrated hole of the fixed table, the lid of the Petri dish is automatically detached so as to leave on the upper side step of the holding hole.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic medium dispensing device for automatically dispensing agar medium into a plurality of petri dishes (petri dishes) in sequence. The automatic medium dispensing device of the present invention comprises: For example, when carrying out a microbial test such as an agar plate dilution method, which is one of the methods for testing the sensitivity of bacteria to chemotherapeutic agents, or a pour plate culture method, which is one of the viable cell count methods, bacteria are tested. Used to make agar plates for culturing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in the test by the agar plate dilution method used for a chemotherapeutic agent sensitivity test, a test drug solution is serially diluted, for example, 10- to 15-fold serially diluted 2-fold serially diluted drug with various concentrations. A liquid is prepared, and a fixed amount of each of the prepared diluted solutions and a fixed amount of agar in a fluidized state that has been heated are sequentially dispensed into a petri dish, and both are mixed in the petri dish to solidify the agar, After drying, make a series of medium containing serially diluted test drug, inoculate each plate medium with the test bacteria, store it in an incubator, incubation chamber, culture container, etc. for a predetermined time and store it. After culturing the test bacterium, by observing the presence or absence of growth of the test bacterium, the minimum concentration of the drug inhibiting the growth, that is, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is determined.

Further, the viable cell count is measured by the pour plate culture method by preparing a 10-fold serial dilution of the bacterial solution for which the bacterial count is to be determined, and a fixed amount of each diluted solution and a fixed amount of liquid agar. And to solidify the agar after pouring and pouring into a petri dish one after another and incubating them for a predetermined time in an incubator, an incubation chamber, a culture container, etc., in the series of the medium, for example, About 200 colonies were formed on the plate culture medium, and the number of colonies was counted, and the number of colonies was counted back based on the dilution ratio to obtain the number of viable bacteria in the original bacterial solution. There is.

Conventionally, in order to dispense an agar plate medium by dispensing liquid agar into a petri dish, a large number of empty petri dishes with lids are stacked on a work table to prepare several petri dish piles. The operator manually picks up the petri dishes with lids one by one from the piles of the petri dishes, removes the lids, and then dispenses a certain amount of liquid agar into the container using a pipette or the like, After shaking, the container was covered with a lid, and petri dishes with lids, which had been dispensed with agar, were sequentially stacked at predetermined positions.

[0005]

In a business such as a laboratory of a pharmaceutical company or a clinical test center where inspection work such as susceptibility test of bacteria to the chemotherapeutic agent and measurement of viable cell count are performed, a large amount of Because the medium is consumed,
Many plate media are prepared at one time. In a laboratory or the like in which a large number of plate media must be prepared at once, it is necessary to manually perform the above operation.
It takes a lot of effort and time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an agar plate medium is prepared by automatically dispensing an agar medium sequentially into a plurality of petri dishes without requiring any manual labor. It is a technical object to provide an automatic culture medium dispenser capable of performing.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic petri dish supply device which automatically takes out empty petri dishes one by one from a stocker which stores a plurality of horizontal empty petri dishes in a stacked state. A rotary table that stores and holds the petri dish supplied from the automatic petri dish supply device in the through-holding hole, and rotates the petri dish in the horizontal plane about the vertical axis to move the petri dish in the circumferential direction;
A rotary drive mechanism for intermittently rotating and rotating the rotary table, and a rotary drive mechanism which is arranged below the rotary table and in parallel therewith, and which is held by the holding hole on a horizontal smooth surface as an upper surface as the rotary table rotates. A fixed table having a through hole having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the container portion of the petri dish is formed at the position corresponding to the stop position of the holding hole in the stopped state of the rotary table, with the outer bottom surface of the container portion of the petri dish slidably contacting. And, arranged below the fixed table in parallel with it, a petri dish is placed and the petri dish is moved between the position directly below the through hole and the medium dispensing position, and an insertion hole is formed in the central portion. The petri dish mounting plate, a reciprocating drive mechanism that reciprocally drives the petri dish mounting plate, and a support part moves up and down through the insertion hole of the petri dish mounting plate and the through hole of the fixed table. A petri dish container elevating / lowering member for supporting the petri dish container portion held in the holding hole of the rotary table by the supporting portion, an elevating / lowering drive mechanism for vertically moving the petri dish container portion elevating / lowering member, and the petri dish mounting The automatic medium dispenser was configured with a medium dispenser that dispenses the medium into the container portion of the petri dish placed on the plate and transferred to the medium dispense position. And, the holding hole formed in the rotary table as a stepped hole,
The hole diameter on the upper side was made slightly larger than the diameter of the lid of the petri dish, and the hole diameter on the lower side was made slightly larger than the diameter of the container portion of the petri dish and smaller than the diameter of the lid of the petri dish.

The automatic petri dish supply device can be constructed as follows. That is, a plurality of holding holes into which a petri dish in a horizontal position is loosely fitted are formed equidistantly in the circumferential direction, and the holding holes are provided on the upper surface side of a horizontal holding plate rotatably supported in a horizontal plane. A rotary stocker having a holding member for holding a plurality of petri dishes in a stacked state, and a rotary drive mechanism for rotationally driving the rotary stocker are provided, and a guide table is provided below the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker in parallel therewith. The outer bottom surface of the bottom petri dish stored in the rotary stocker is brought into sliding contact with the horizontal guide smooth surface forming the upper surface of the rotary stocker. A part of the peripheral edge of the guide table is cut into an arc shape, and a part of the rotary table whose plane shape is circular and whose upper surface is a horizontal smooth surface is cut in the arc shape cut portion with the horizontal smooth surface and the horizontal surface. The guide smooth surface is arranged at the same height, and the holding holes of the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker and the holding holes of the rotary table are arranged so as to overlap with each other in the arcuate cutting portion. A through hole is formed in the fixed table at a position corresponding to the arcuate cut portion of the guide table, and the support portion moves up and down through the through hole of the fixed table, and the support portion moves the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker. A petri dish elevating and lowering support member for supporting the petri dish held in the holding hole and an elevating and lowering drive mechanism for vertically moving the petri dish elevating and lowering support member are provided.

Further, a through-hole for petri dish storage is formed in the fixed table at a position corresponding to the arcuate cut-out portion of the guide table, and the support portion moves up and down through the through-hole for petri dish storage in the fixed table. An elevating and lowering support member for accommodating the petri dish in which the medium is dispensed is supported by the support portion and pushed up into the holding hole of the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker, and an elevating and lowering drive for vertically moving the elevating and lowering support member for accommodating the petri dish. By providing the mechanism, a configuration including an automatic petri dish storage mechanism can be provided.

[0010]

In the automatic culture medium dispensing device according to the present invention configured as described above, empty petri dishes are sequentially supplied one by one by the automatic petri dish feeding device, and the empty petri dishes supplied one by one are rotated. The rotary table is housed and held in the holding hole of the table, and is driven to rotate by the rotary drive mechanism, so that the horizontal smooth surface of the fixed table is slidably brought into contact with the outer bottom surface of the container portion and is moved in the circumferential direction.
Then, the petri dish held in the holding hole of the rotary table is operated by the elevating drive mechanism to drive the petri dish container elevating / lowering member, and the container portion is raised by the bearing portion raised through the insertion hole of the petri dish mounting plate and the through hole of the fixed table. In the state where the bearing is supported, it stops at the position where the holding hole of the rotary table and the through hole of the fixed table overlap. Then, by lowering the support portion of the petri dish container lifting support member,
The container part of the petri dish supported by the supporting part descends through the holding hole of the rotary table and the through hole of the fixed table, and is placed on the petri dish mounting plate arranged below the fixed table. . At this time, since the holding hole of the rotary table is formed as a stepped hole and the hole diameter on the lower side is smaller than the diameter of the lid of the petri dish, the petri dish lid is left on the upper side of the holding hole of the rotary table. Then, the petri dish container part is placed on the petri dish placing plate with the lid removed. The petri dish container portion placed on the petri dish placement plate is transferred from the position directly below the through hole of the fixed table to the medium dispensing position by driving the petri dish placement plate by the reciprocating drive mechanism. And by the medium dispensing device,
The culture medium is dispensed into the petri dish container portion placed on the petri dish placing plate. The petri dish container into which the culture medium has been dispensed is returned from the culture medium dispensing position to a position directly below the through hole of the fixed table, and the support portion of the petri dish container lifting / lowering support member penetrates the through hole of the petri dish mounting plate and the fixed table. By rising through the hole, the lid is accommodated in the holding hole of the rotary table and is covered with the lid held on the upper side of the holding hole of the rotary table. The petri dish with this medium dispensed is
When the rotary table is rotationally driven again by the rotary drive mechanism, the rotary table is moved in the circumferential direction while the outer bottom surface of the container portion is in sliding contact with the horizontal smooth surface of the fixed table. Then, when the automatic petri dish storage mechanism is provided, the petri dishes in which the medium has been dispensed are sequentially stored in a state of being stacked in the rotary stocker by the automatic petri dish storage mechanism.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of an automatic culture medium dispensing device in a broken state, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the automatic culture medium dispensing device in a state in which a part thereof is schematically broken. Note that, in the vertical cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, for convenience of illustration, different cut surfaces are conveniently shown with the center of rotation of the rotary table as a boundary.

As shown in FIG. 3, this automatic culture medium dispensing device is equipped with an automatic petri dish supply device 12 for successively feeding empty petri dishes 10 with lids one by one. In the automatic petri dish supply device 12, each holding hole 18 is provided on the upper surface side of a horizontal holding plate 16 which is formed by equipping a plurality of holding holes 18 into which the empty petri dish 10 with a horizontal position is loosely fitted. The rotary stocker 14 is provided with a holding member 20 composed of a plurality of vertical rods for holding a plurality of petri dishes 10 in a stacked state at each position. The horizontal holding plate 16 is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane, and the rotary stocker 14 is rotationally driven intermittently by a rotary drive mechanism 22.
Below the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14, a guide table 24 is arranged in parallel therewith.
The upper surface of the is a horizontal guide smooth surface 26 with which the outer bottom surface of the petri dish 10 in the lowermost stage stored in the rotary stocker 14 is brought into sliding contact with the rotary stocker 14. A part of the peripheral edge of the guide table 24 is cut into an arc shape, and the arc-shaped cut portion has a circular planar shape and an upper surface that is a horizontal smooth surface 30.
A part of the turntable 28 that has been set in is disposed so as to enter. Horizontal smooth surface 30 of rotary table 28 and guide table 24
The horizontal guide smooth surface 26 is arranged at the same height. Below the rotary table 28, a fixed table 32 is arranged in parallel with the rotary table 28.
Two positions, a petri dish supply position A and a petri dish storage position B, in an arcuate cut portion of the guide table 24, that is, a portion where a part of the peripheral edge of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14 and a part of the rotary table 28 overlap. Through holes 34 and 36 are formed in each of the above. Further, at the petri dish supply position A and the petri dish storage position B, the through holes 34 of the fixed table 32,
Elevating support members 38, 42 having supporting portions 40, 44 that move up and down through 36 are arranged.
An elevating drive mechanism 46 for elevating and lowering is provided (the elevating drive mechanism for elevating and lowering the elevating support member 42 arranged at the petri dish storage position B is not shown).

The rotary table 28 is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, and a rotary drive mechanism 48 for intermittently rotating the rotary table 28 is disposed below the fixed table 32. ing. This turntable
The pair of holding holes 50, 50 for accommodating and holding the petri dish 10 supplied from the automatic petri dish supply device 12 are provided in the 28.
It is formed so as to penetrate each position forming an angle of 80 °. Each holding hole 50 has 50
A pair of bearing insertion holes 52 having a smaller diameter are formed so as to be connected to each other. Further, each holding hole 50 is formed at a position where it can overlap the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14 at the petri dish supply position A and the petri dish storage position B, respectively. And holding hole
50 is formed in a stepped hole, while making the hole diameter on the upper step side slightly larger than the diameter of the lid 10-2 of the petri dish 10,
The hole diameter on the lower side is made slightly larger than the diameter of the container portion 10-1 of the petri dish and smaller than the diameter of the lid 10-2 of the petri dish.

The fixed table 32 is a container portion of the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 as the rotary table 28 rotates.
It has a horizontal smooth surface 54 with which the outer bottom surface of 10-1 is in sliding contact. Further, a through hole 56 having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the container portion 10-1 of the petri dish 10 is formed at a position overlapping the holding hole 50 when the rotary table 28 is stopped.

Below the fixed table 32, a petri dish mounting plate 58 having an insertion hole 60 formed in the central portion is arranged parallel to the fixed table 32. The petri dish mounting plate 58 is movably supported between a position directly below the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32 and the medium dispensing position. As shown in FIG. 1, the petri dish mounting plate 58 reciprocates the petri dish mounting plate 58. A reciprocating drive mechanism 62 for driving is provided below the fixed table 32.

Below the fixed table 32, a petri dish container lifting / lowering support member 64 having a support portion 66 that moves up and down through the insertion hole 60 of the petri dish mounting plate 58 and the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32 is disposed. An elevating drive mechanism 68 for elevating and lowering the petri dish container elevating and lowering support member 64 is provided.

Further, at the medium dispensing position, as shown in a part of FIG. 3, a petri dish container portion placed on a petri dish placing plate 58 and transferred from a position directly below the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32. A medium dispenser 70 for dispensing an agar medium 72 into 10-1 is provided.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9, an operation of automatically dispensing agar medium into a plurality of petri dishes by using the automatic medium dispensing apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described. It should be noted that, in the vertical cross-sectional views of these drawings, for convenience of explanation, different cutting planes are shown with the rotation center axis of the rotary table as a boundary.

First, one support portion insertion hole 52 of the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 is located at the petri dish supply position A (see FIG. 1).
The rotating table 28 stops, and the supporting portion 40 of the elevating and lowering supporting member 38 rises through the through hole 34 of the fixed table 32 and one supporting portion insertion hole 52 of the holding hole 50 of the rotating table 28, and the supporting portion 40 When the upper end surface is raised to a position where it is flush with the horizontal smooth surface 30 of the rotary table 28, the rotary stocker 14 rotates by a predetermined angle to cause the horizontal holding plate 16 to rotate.
A plurality of empty petri dishes 10 stored in a stacked state at the position of the holding hole 18 of the petri dish container part 10 at the bottom of the petri dish 10
The outer bottom surface of -1 slides in contact with the horizontal guide smooth surface 26 of the guide table 24 while moving in the circumferential direction (FIG. 5 (A)), and the horizontal holding plate.
The 16 holding holes 18 overlap with the holding holes 50 of the rotary table 28, and a plurality of stacked petri dishes 10 are lifted and lowered as a supporting member 38.
The rotating stocker is supported by the bearing 40 of
14 stops (FIG. 5 (B)). Next, the supporting portion 40 of the elevating and lowering support member 38 descends through the through hole 34 of the fixed table 32, so that the petri dish 10 stacked in plurality descends,
One petri dish 10 is housed and held in the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 with the outer bottom surface of the container portion 10-1 of the lowermost petri dish 10 abutting the horizontal smooth surface 54 of the fixed table 32. (FIG. 5 (C)).

When one petri dish 10 is held in the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28, the rotary table 28 is rotated by a predetermined angle, so that the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50.
While moving in the circumferential direction while sliding the outer bottom surface of the container portion 10-1 to the horizontal smooth surface 54 of the fixed table 32,
The remaining petri dish 10 stacked at the position of the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14 is transferred onto the horizontal smooth surface 30 of the rotary table 28 (FIG. 6D). In the meantime, the support portion 66 of the petri dish container lifting / lowering support member 64 is attached to the petri dish mounting plate.
Ascending through the insertion hole 60 of 58 and the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32, the upper end surface rises to a position where it is flush with the horizontal smooth surface 54 of the fixed table 32, and the bearing 66 stops. Then, in the state where the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 overlaps with the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32 and the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 is supported by the support portion 66 of the petri dish container lifting / lowering support member 64, the rotary table. 28 stops (Fig. 6
(E)).

When the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 is stopped at a value just above the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32, the support portion 66 of the petri dish container lifting / lowering support member 64 is lowered. By this operation, the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 is formed as a stepped hole, and the hole diameter on the lower step side is the petri dish lid 10-2.
As shown in FIG. 4, the petri dish lid 10-2 remains on the upper side of the holding hole 50, while only the petri dish container portion 10-1 has the fixed table. The container portion 10-1 of the petri dish with the lid 10-2 removed is placed on the petri dish placement plate 58 by descending through the through holes 56 of 32 (FIG. 6 (F)).

When the petri dish container portion 10-1 is placed on the petri dish placing plate 58, the petri dish placing plate 58 is driven by the reciprocating drive mechanism 62 to fix the petri dish container portion 10-1 to the fixed table 32.
From the lower position to the medium dispensing position,
The agar medium 72 is dispensed by the 70 into the dish container portion 10-1 (FIG. 7 (G)). After the medium is dispensed, the dish container part 10-1 is inserted into the through hole of the fixed table 32 from the medium dispensing position.
It is returned to the position immediately below 56 (Fig. 7 (H)).

Petri dish container portion 10-1 in which agar medium is dispensed
Is returned to the position directly below the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32,
The supporting portion 66 of the petri dish container lifting / lowering support member 64 rises, the petri dish container portion 10-1 is supported by the supporting portion 66, and the petri dish container portion 10-1 holds the rotary table 28 through the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32. At the same time, the lid 10-2 held in the hole 50 and held on the upper side of the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 is put on the upper surface of the petri dish container 10-1 (FIG. 7 (I)).

When the petri dish 10 into which the agar medium 72 has been dispensed is returned into the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28, the rotary table 28
Is rotated by a predetermined angle, the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 moves in the circumferential direction while sliding the outer bottom surface of the container portion 10-1 to the horizontal smooth surface 54 of the fixed table 32. In the petri dish storage position B, the petri dish 10 in which the agar medium 72 has already been dispensed, which is held in the state of being stacked at the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14, has the horizontal smooth surface 30 of the rotary table 28. It is transferred to the top (Fig. 8 (J)). At this point, the support portion 66 of the petri dish container lift support member 64 descends through the through hole 56 of the fixed table 32 and the insertion hole 60 of the petri dish mounting plate 58. Then, the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 is stacked and held at the position of the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14, and the plurality of petri dishes with the medium dispensed are held.
The petri dish 10 inserted into the lower surface side of the petri dish 10 at the lowest position of the ten, and the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 has the upper surface of the lid 10-2 of the container portion 10-1 of the petri dish 10 at the lowest position. The holding hole 50 of the rotary table 28 overlaps with the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14 at the petri dish storage position B while sliding in contact with the outer bottom surface, and the petri dish 10 held in the holding hole 50 is located above it. The rotary table 28 stops when it completely overlaps the petri dish 10 stacked on the side (FIG. 8 (K)).

When the rotary table 28 is stopped, the supporting portion 44 of the elevating and lowering support member 42 rises through the through hole 36 of the fixed table 32, and the supporting portion 44 supports the outer bottom surface of the container portion of the petri dish 10 at the lowermost stage, and the rotary stocker. The plurality of petri dishes 10 stacked and held at the positions of the holding holes 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of 14 are lifted, and the outer bottom surface of the container portion of the bottom petri dish 10 is flush with the horizontal smooth surface 30 of the rotary table 28. Move a plurality of petri dishes 10 to the upper position (Fig. 8
(L)). Subsequently, the plurality of petri dishes 10 are rotated by rotating the rotary table 28 by a predetermined angle.
It is transferred onto the horizontal smooth surface 30 (FIG. 9 (M)).

By repeating a series of operations as described above, a plurality of empty petri dishes 10 stored in a stacked state at the holding hole 18 of the horizontal holding plate 16 of the rotary stocker 14 at the petri dish feed position A are stacked. The agar medium 72 is sequentially dispensed to and the petri dish 10 into which the agar medium 72 has been dispensed is stored in the holding hole 18 located in the petri dish storage position B adjacent to the petri dish supply position A in a state of being sequentially stacked. Go.
Then, when the empty petri dish 10 stored in the position of the holding hole 18 located at the petri dish supply position A disappears, the rotary stocker 14 is rotated by a predetermined angle, and a plurality of new empty petri dishes 10 are transferred to the petri dish supply position A. To move.

[0028]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is constructed and operates as described above, if this automatic medium dispensing device is used, the agar plate medium can be automatically and sequentially placed in a plurality of petri dishes without requiring manpower. Because you can create it,
Conventionally required in laboratories and clinical test centers of pharmaceutical companies, which consume a large amount of plate medium at one time and perform bacteria sensitivity test by agar plate dilution method and viable cell count measurement by pour plate method. The labor and time of such workers can be saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of an automatic culture medium dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a broken state.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the entire structure of the automatic culture medium dispensing device, with a part thereof broken away.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an enlarged part of the automatic culture medium dispensing device, for explaining the operation of removing the lid from the container portion of the petri dish.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part for explaining an operation of automatically dispensing an agar medium into a plurality of petri dishes sequentially by using the automatic medium dispensing device.

FIG. 6 is likewise a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part.

FIG. 7 is likewise a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part.

FIG. 8 is likewise a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part.

FIG. 9 is likewise a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Petri dish 10-1 Petri dish container 10-2 Petri dish lid 12 Automatic petri dish feeder 14 Rotary stocker 16 Horizontal holding plate 18 Holding hole for horizontal holding plate 20 Holding member for rotary stocker 22 Rotation drive mechanism 24 Guide table 26 Guide table Horizontal guide smooth surface 28 Rotary table 30 Horizontal smooth surface of rotary table 32 Fixed table 34, 36 Through hole of fixed table 38, 42 Lift support member 40, 44 Lift support member support 46 Lift drive mechanism 48 Rotation drive mechanism 50 Holding hole of rotary table 52 Bearing insertion hole 54 Horizontal smooth surface of fixed table 56 Through hole of fixed table 58 Petri dish mounting plate 60 Petri dish mounting plate insertion hole 62 Reciprocating drive mechanism 64 Petri dish container lifting support member 66 Petri dish container Part Lifting support member support 68 Lifting drive mechanism 70 Medium dispenser 72 Agar medium

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic petri dish supply device having a stocker for storing a plurality of horizontal empty petri dishes in a stacked state and having a petri dish discharge mechanism for sequentially taking out one empty petri dish from the stocker, A rotary table which is formed through a holding hole for accommodating and holding a petri dish supplied from an automatic petri dish supply device, and is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, and the rotary table is intermittently rotated. A rotary drive mechanism to be driven, and a horizontal smooth surface which is disposed below the rotary table in parallel with the rotary table and is in sliding contact with the outer bottom surface of the container portion of the petri dish held in the holding hole according to the rotary operation of the rotary table. A through hole having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the container portion of the petri dish at a position corresponding to the stop position of the holding hole in the stopped state of the rotary table. A fixed table in which a hole is formed, and a fixed table which is disposed below the fixed table and parallel to the fixed table and is movably supported between a position directly below the through hole and a medium dispensing position, and an insertion hole is formed in a central portion. The petri dish mounting plate, a reciprocating drive mechanism that reciprocally drives the petri dish mounting plate, an up-and-down movement through an insertion hole of the petri dish mounting plate and a through hole of the fixed table, and a holding hole of the rotary table. A petri dish container part elevating and lowering support member having a supporting part for supporting the petri dish container part, an elevating and lowering drive mechanism for elevating and lowering the petri dish container part elevating and lowering support member, and a medium dispensing position placed on the petri dish mounting plate And a holding device formed on the rotary table as a stepped hole, and the hole diameter on the upper side is set as a hole. With slightly larger than the diameter of Moltrasio lid, automatic media dispenser, characterized in that the smaller than slightly greater then and the petri dish lid diameter than the diameter of the container portion of the Petri dish the pore size of the lower side. 2. The automatic petri dish supply device has an upper surface side of a horizontal holding plate rotatably supported in a horizontal plane, in which a plurality of holding holes into which a petri dish in a horizontal position is loosely fitted are formed so as to be equidistantly arranged in the circumferential direction. The rotary stocker having a holding member for holding a plurality of petri dishes in a stacked state at the positions of the holding holes, a rotary drive mechanism for rotationally driving the rotary stocker, and a horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker. It has a horizontal guide smooth surface that is placed in parallel with it below, and the outer bottom surface of the bottom petri dish stored in the rotary stocker slides in contact with the rotation operation of the rotary stocker, and part of the peripheral edge is arcuate. A part of the rotary table that is cut off and has an arc-shaped cut-out portion, the plane shape of which is circular and the upper surface of which is a horizontal smooth surface, is such that the horizontal smooth surface and the horizontal guide smooth surface have the same height. Further, in the arcuate cutting portion, a guide table in which each holding hole of the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker and the holding hole of the rotary table are arranged so as to overlap with each other, and an arc shape of the guide table of the fixed table. A petri dish elevating and lowering support member having a through hole formed at a position corresponding to the cutout portion and a support portion for vertically moving through the through hole of the fixed table to support the petri dish held in the holding hole of the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker. 2. The automatic culture medium dispensing device according to claim 1, which comprises: an elevating and lowering drive mechanism for elevating and lowering the petri dish elevating and lowering support member. 3. A petri dish on which a culture medium is dispensed by forming a through-hole for petri dish storage on a fixed table at a position corresponding to the arcuate cut portion of the guide table and moving up and down through the through-hole for petri dish storage on the fixed table. 3. An elevating and lowering support member for storing a petri dish having a supporting portion for supporting and pushing up into the holding hole of the horizontal holding plate of the rotary stocker, and an elevating and lowering drive mechanism for vertically moving the elevating and lowering support member for storing a petri dish. Automatic medium dispenser.