PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately fill a liquid chemical storage part with a liquid chemical without making a user perform troublesome operations.SOLUTION: By driving a sealing member 8 in the direction of widening an internal space 9 of a liquid chemical storage part 6, the inside of the liquid chemical storage part 6 is turned to a negative pressure, and the liquid chemical storage part 6 is filled with the liquid chemical from a liquid chemical container 31 connected to the liquid chemical storage part 6. Thereafter, by driving the sealing member 8 in the direction of narrowing the internal space 9 of the liquid chemical storage part 6, a pressure is applied to the liquid chemical, with which the liquid chemical storage part 6 is filled, and air inside the liquid chemical storage part 6 is discharged through an opening 6B of the liquid chemical storage part 6. Thus, without making a user perform the operation of filling with the liquid chemical using an injector for instance or discharging the air separately, the liquid chemical storage part 6 is filled with the liquid chemical and the air inside the liquid chemical storage part 6 is discharged. Thus, the liquid chemical storage part 6 is appropriately filled with the liquid chemical without making the user perform the troublesome operations.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、使用者に煩雑な操作を行わせることなく、薬液貯蔵部に適切に薬液を充填しうる。【解決手段】本発明は、薬液貯蔵部6の内部空間9を広げる方向に封止部材8を駆動させることにより、薬液貯蔵部6内を負圧にして薬液貯蔵部6に接続された薬液容器31から薬液貯蔵部6へ薬液を充填し、その後、薬液貯蔵部6の内部空間9を狭める方向に封止部材8を駆動させることにより、薬液貯蔵部6に充填された薬液に圧力をかけて薬液貯蔵部6の開口部6Bを通して薬液貯蔵部6内の空気を抜くので、使用者に、例えば注射器を用いて薬液を充填させたり、別途空気を抜いたりする操作を行わせることなく、薬液貯蔵部6に薬液を充填し且つ薬液貯蔵部6内の空気を抜くことができ、かくして、使用者に煩雑な操作を行わせることなく、薬液貯蔵部6に適切に薬液を充填することができる。【選択図】図1
