CHIP SAMPLE COLLECTING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a clip sample simply and rapidly. SOLUTION: A plurality of sample holders 12 each having a window portion and a pair of material positioning parts holding the window portion therebeween provided to one end thereof and also having an entrance and exit provided to the other end thereof are radially arranged on a turntable 11 and transferred to a clip collecting position by rotationally driving the turntable 11 to insert the rod part 151 of a rod cylinder mechanism 15 in each of the sample holders 12 from the entrance and exit thereof to press the sample material in each sample holder 12 to each of the material positioning parts to position the same. Then, the unnecessary part of the sample material is cut through the window portion of the sample holder 12 by the drill 141 of a ball plate 14 to be cleaned by a cleaning nozzle mechanism 20 and, again, the sample material is cut by the ball plate 14 to collect a clip sample in a collecting case 18.