SAMPLE CONTAINER TRANSFER DEVICE

The present invention provides a specimen container transfer device using multiple racks that is capable of efficiently transferring specimen containers from a preprocessing system to carriers used inan analysis system and transferring specimen containers to a plurality of types of analysis system carriers. In the present invention, a plurality of types of racks, racks A and racks B, are held inan empty rack holding area 330. Racks A or racks B may be used for specimen container conveyance according to the purpose of the specimen. After a fixed number of specimen containers that have been separated according to purpose by a separation mechanism 301 are collected using stoppers 303a, 303b, the specimen containers are conveyed to a transfer start position 309 and transferred from a holderto a rack. As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a state in which there is no portion of the rack that does not have a sample placed thereon. 本发明实现一种对应多个支架的检体容器移载装置，其可高效率地将检体容器从前处理系统移载到在分析系统中使用的载体，并且能够将检体容器移