A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprises a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus. The sample sorting apparatus comprises a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the
A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprises a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus. The sample sorting apparatus comprises a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the sample supplying apparatus, a container conveyor configured to take out a sample container from the sample rack received through the first entrance and configured to set the taken out sample container on a sample rack, a first exit for sending the sample rack on which the sample container is set to the transporting apparatus, a second entrance for receiving the sample rack from the transporting apparatus, a second exit for sending the sample rack received through the second entrance to the sample supplying apparatus, and a transporter configured to transport the sample rack from the second entrance to the second exit.
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1. A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprising a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus, the sample sorting apparatus comprising: a first entrance for receiving a sample rack fr
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A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprising a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus, the sample sorting apparatus comprising: a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the sample supplying apparatus;a first exit for sending the sample rack received through the first entrance to the transporting apparatus;a first transporter configured to transport the sample rack from the first entrance to the first exit;a container conveyor configured to take out at least one sample container from the sample rack on the first transporter when transporting the sample rack from the first entrance to the first exit, and the container conveyor is configured to set at least a same one taken out or a different sample container back on the sample rack;a buffer rack having a plurality of holders to hold a plurality of sample containers, wherein the buffer rack is for holding the at least one sample container taken out from the sample rack before the at least one sample container is transferred to a different setting position in the sample rack from which the at least one sample container was taken out;a second entrance for receiving an incoming sample rack from the transporting apparatus;a second exit for sending the incoming sample rack received through the second entrance to the sample supplying apparatus; anda second transporter configured to transport the incoming sample rack from the second entrance to the second exit. 2. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first entrance and the second exit are provided in a first side face of a body of the sample sorting apparatus, and the first exit and the second entrance are provided in a second side face of the body of the sample sorting apparatus. 3. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second side face is arranged opposite to the first side face, relative to the body of the sample sorting apparatus. 4. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 1, comprising a container storage part for storing a portion from one or more sample containers which are not to be supplied to the sample processing apparatus. 5. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the container conveyor conveys, the portion from among one or more sample containers held in the sample rack which are not to be supplied to the sample processing apparatus, to the container storage part. 6. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the container storage part is configured to be able to be drawn from outside, and is arranged so as not to block transportation of sample container(s) on the transporter when the container storage part is drawn from the outside. 7. The sample sorting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the container storage part is arranged to overlap without touching from above or below, a transport path of the transporter. 8. A sample processing system comprising: a sample sorting apparatus;a sample supplying apparatus which supplies a sample rack to the sample sorting apparatus;a sample processing apparatus which processes a sample in a sample container held in the sample rack; anda transporting apparatus arranged between the sample sorting apparatus and the sample processing apparatus,wherein the sample sorting apparatus comprises:a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the sample supplying apparatus;a first exit for sending the sample rack received through the first entrance to the transporting apparatus;a first transporter configured to transport the sample rack from the first entrance to the first exit;a container conveyor configured to take out at least one sample container from the sample rack on the first transporter when transporting the sample rack from the first entrance to the first exit, and the container conveyor is configured to set at least a same one taken out or a different sample container back on the sample rack;a buffer rack having a plurality of holders to hold a plurality of sample containers, wherein the buffer rack is for holding the at least one sample container taken out from the sample rack before the at least one sample container is transferred to a different setting position in the sample rack from which the at least one sample container was taken out;a second entrance for receiving an incoming sample rack from the transporting apparatus;a second exit for sending the incoming sample rack received through the second entrance to the sample supplying apparatus; anda second transporter configured to transport the incoming sample rack from the second entrance to the second exit. 9. The sample processing system of claim 8, wherein the sample supplying apparatus comprises:a supply part continued to the first entrance of the sample sorting apparatus;a transport path for transporting the sample rack that has been fed thereto, to the supply part;a sending-out part which sends out the sample rack transported to the supply part, into the sample sorting apparatus through the first entrance; anda receiving part which is connected to the second exit of the sample sorting apparatus and guides the incoming sample rack sent through the second exit, to the transport path of the sample supplying apparatus. 10. The sample processing system of claim 8, wherein the transporting apparatus comprises a transport route for transporting the sample rack sent out through the first exit, to the second entrance without passing through the sample processing apparatus. 11. The sample processing system of claim 10, further comprising a rack housing apparatus arranged adjacent to the sample supplying apparatus for housing one or more sample racks, whereinthe sample supplying apparatus and the rack housing apparatus respectively comprise communication parts which are in communication with each other and which allow transportation of the one or more sample rack therethrough, andthe sample supplying apparatus further comprises a conveyor which conveys the incoming sample rack sent out through the second exit of the sample sorting apparatus, to the rack housing apparatus via the communication parts. 12. The sample processing system of claim 8, comprising a plurality of the sample sorting apparatuses, whereinthe plurality of the sample sorting apparatuses are arranged adjacent to each other, such that the first exit and the second entrance of each upstream sample sorting apparatus are respectively connected to the first entrance and the second exit of a downstream sample sorting apparatus thereof,the sample supplying apparatus is arranged adjacent to a most upstream sample sorting apparatus, sends out the sample rack into the most upstream sample sorting apparatus through the first entrance thereof, and receives the incoming sample rack sent out through the second exit of the most upstream sample sorting apparatus, andthe transporting apparatus is arranged adjacent to a most downstream sample sorting apparatus, transports the sample rack sent out through the first exit of the most downstream sample sorting apparatus, to the sample processing apparatus, and transports the incoming sample rack for which processing in the sample processing apparatus has been completed, to the second entrance of the most downstream sample sorting apparatus.
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