PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood collection tube preparation device capable of appropriately transferring a blood collection tube of an accommodation device to an optionally selected one of a plurality of juxtaposed label printing and sticking devices.SOLUTION: A parallel transfer mechanism 21 and a vertical transfer mechanism 20 are disposed in a blood collection tube preparation device. The parallel transfer mechanism 21 includes: a conveyor 28 disposed to cross the vicinity of each label printing and sticking device to transfer a blood collection tube Y in the lateral direction and a stand-by part 26 provided at positions facing respective label printing and sticking devices on the conveyor 28. The vertical transfer mechanism 20 is configured to transfer the blood collection tube Y accommodated in an accommodation device 40 approximately in the vertical direction to be fed to the stand-by part 26. Each stand-by part 26 of the parallel transfer mechanism 21 has a movable wall member 27 capable of changing the position of the blood collection tube Y to a normal position α to hold the blood collection tube Y at the stand-by part 26 or to a discharge position β to drop the blood collection tube Y from the stand-by part 26 to be fed to an opposed label printing and sticking device. Further, the blood collection tube Y can be transferred from the stand-by part 26 to another stand-by part 26 by driving the conveyor 28 of the parallel transfer mechanism 21.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】複数並設された任意のラベル印字貼付装置に対し、収容装置の採血管を適切に移送可能な採血管準備装置を提供する。【解決手段】各ラベル印字貼付装置の近傍を横切るように配設され、採血管Yを左右方向に移送するコンベア28を備え、該コンベア28上の、各ラベル印字貼付装置と対向する位置に待機部26が設けられた平行移送機構21と、前記収容装置40に収容された採血管Yを略垂直方向に移送して待機部26に送出する垂直移送機構20とを配設し、平行移送機構21の各待機部26に、採血管Yを待機部26に保持する通常位置αと、採血管Yを待機部26から落下させて、該採血管Yを対向するラベル印字貼付装置に送出する排出位置βとに変換可能な可動壁部材27を配設し、さらに、平行移送機構21のコンベア28を駆動することで、待機部26から他の待機部26へ採血管Yを移送し得るよう構成する。【選択図】図12
