IP Library Granted Patent US 12691451
Granted Patent B2
US 12691451 · App. 18/018,622 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Temperature control device

Inventors: Wataru Sato (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Isoshima (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuya Kobari (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Shibahara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
B01L7/52C12M1/00C12M41/12C12Q1/686B01L2200/147B01L2300/1822
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12691451
App. No.
18/018,622
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature control device ( 1 ) capable of changing the temperature of a temperature regulating block ( 2 ) rapidly and with high accuracy. A temperature control device ( 1 ) according to the present invention is provided with: the temperature regulating block ( 2 ), on which a container ( 5 ) accommodating a solution ( 6 ) can be placed; and a temperature regulating part ( 3 ) that is installed so as to contact the temperature regulating block ( 2 ) and that changes the temperature of the solution ( 6 ), wherein the temperature regulating block ( 2 ) is provided with, on the inside thereof, one or a plurality of hollow parts ( 7 ).

Claims (26)

1 . A temperature control device comprising:

a temperature regulating block on which a container accommodating a solution is able to be placed; and

a temperature regulating part that is installed to be in contact with the temperature regulating block and changes a temperature of the solution,

wherein the temperature regulating block is provided with a plurality of hollow parts on an inside thereof and is provided with a recess in which the container accommodating the solution is placed, at an upper portion, and

an arrangement density of the hollow parts varies depending on a distance from the recess.

2 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the temperature regulating block is provided with a plurality of the hollow parts, and

the plurality of the hollow parts communicate with each other.

3 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the temperature regulating block is provided with a plurality of the hollow parts and an opening on a surface, and

the plurality of the hollow parts communicate with each other, and communicate with an outside of the temperature regulating block from the opening.

4 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the arrangement density is different between a portion above and a portion below a predetermined position as a position of a liquid level of the solution accommodated in the container placed in the recess.

5 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the temperature regulating block is provided with a cylindrical hollow part on the inside thereof, and

the cylindrical hollow part surrounds a periphery of the recess.

6 . A temperature control device comprising:

a temperature regulating block on which a container accommodating a solution is able to be placed; and

a temperature regulating part that is installed to be in contact with the temperature regulating block and changes a temperature of the solution, wherein

the temperature regulating block is provided with a plurality of hollow parts on an inside thereof, the temperature regulating block is provided with a recess in which the container accommodating the solution is placed, at an upper portion,

an arrangement density at which the hollow parts are disposed varies depending on a distance from the recess,

the temperature regulating block is provided with a cylindrical hollow part on the inside thereof, and

the cylindrical hollow part surrounds a periphery of the recess.

7 . The temperature control device according to claim 6 , wherein

the temperature regulating block is provided with a plurality of the hollow parts between the temperature regulating part and the recess,

each of the hollow parts extends toward the recess from a portion of the temperature regulating block, the portion being in contact with the temperature regulating part, and

the hollow parts extend to connect the temperature regulating part and the recess.