COVER REMOVABLE DEVICE FOR CULTURE VESSEL AND CULTURE APPARATUS

A lid removable device includes a first transferring mechanism transferring a culture vessel in a horizontal direction, a second transferring mechanism raising or lowering the culture vessel, a lid removable plate having an insertion region into which a vessel body of the culture vessel is inserted and a lid placing part on which a lid of the culture vessel is placed, and a transporting control unit controlling the first transferring mechanism so that the vessel body is inserted into the insertion region when the lid is removed from the culture vessel and controlling the second transferring mechanism so that the vessel body is separated from the lid, and controlling the first transferring mechanism so that the vessel body is positioned below the insertion region when the lid is attached to the culture vessel and controlling the second transferring mechanism so that the vessel body is moved toward the lid.