IP Library Granted Patent US 11,512,274
Granted Patent B2
US 11,512,274 · App. 16/486,946 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Microorganism sampling device

Inventors: Keisuke Orihashi (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihisa Saita (Tokyo, JP); Shuji Miyai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATION
C12M29/04B01D29/23B01D29/908B01D29/92B01D29/94B01D35/30C12M23/38C12M27/10G01N1/04B01D2201/0415B01D2201/303B63J4/002
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Patent No.
US 11,512,274
App. No.
16/486,946
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microorganism sampling device includes: a head part that has a water supply channel to which a water supply pipe for supplying sample water can be connected; a housing part to an upper part of which the head part can be detachably attached; a frame-structured tube; a tubular filter that is arranged within the tubular body; a cup that communicates with the tubular filter and is attached to one end of the tube body; and a cap that has a channel communicating with the tubular filter and is attached to the other end of the tube body. The microorganism sampling device further includes a filter part housed in the housing part, in which a bottom part of the cup is supported by a bottom part of the housing part. The head part is attached to an upper part of the housing part.

Claims (34)

1. A microorganism sampling device for sampling microorganisms existing in water, comprising:

a lid part having a water supply channel allowing a water supply pipe to be connected thereto, the water supply pipe being for supplying sample water;

a housing part, the lid part being detachably attached to the housing part or the housing part being detachably attached to the lid part; and

a filter part housed in the housing part and filtering the microorganisms from the sample water, wherein

the lid part is a base part;

the housing part is detachably attached to an upper part of the base part;

the base part includes an opening for supplying to an inside of the filter part the sample water supplied to the base part;

the filter part has a tubular filter and a cup, the cup being attached so as to communicate with the tubular filter;

the cup has an opening at a bottom part of the cup and the bottom part of the cup is supported by the base part; and

the sample water is supplied from an opening provided on the base part to the inside of the filter part via the opening provided on the bottom part of the cup.

2. A portable microorganism sampling device comprising a frame with a stand provided on a back surface; wherein the microorganism sampling device according to claim 1 is fixed to the frame.

3. A microorganism sampling device for sampling microorganisms existing in water, comprising:

a lid part having a water supply channel allowing a water supply pipe to be connected thereto, the water supply pipe being for supplying sample water;

a housing part, the lid part being detachably attached to the housing part or the housing part being detachably attached to the lid part; and

a filter part housed in the housing part and filtering the microorganisms from the sample water, wherein

the lid part is a base part;

the housing part is detachably attached to an upper part of the base part,

the base part includes a pipe for supplying to an inside of the filter part the sample water supplied to the base part,

the filter part has a tubular filter and a cup, the cup being attached so as to communicate with the tubular filter; and

the cup has a through hole for inserting the pipe on a bottom part of the cup and the bottom part of the cup is supported by the base part.

4. The microorganism sampling device according to claim 3 , wherein

the base part further has a water discharge channel allowing a water discharge pipe to be connected thereto, the water discharge pipe being for discharging the sample water having passed through the filter part; and

the base part is attached to a lower part of the housing part so as to make the water discharge channel of the base part and a space outside the filter communicate with each other, thereby allowing the sample water having passed through the tubular filter of the filter part to be discharged from the water discharge channel of the base part.

5. The microorganism sampling device according to claim 4 , wherein

the pipe includes an outflow port so as to discharge concentrated water from the cup, the concentrated water being such that microorganisms too large to pass through the tubular filter are concentrated; and

the base part includes a concentrated water discharge part for discharging the concentrated water flowing out from the outflow port of the pipe.

6. The microorganism sampling device according to claim 4 , wherein

the filter part includes a frame-structured tubular body provided on an inside of the tubular filter and supporting the tubular filter.

7. The microorganism sampling device according to claim 3 , wherein

the pipe includes an outflow port so as to discharge concentrated water from the cup, the concentrated water being such that microorganisms too large to pass through the tubular filter are concentrated; and

the base part includes a concentrated water discharge part for discharging the concentrated water flowing out from the outflow port of the pipe.

8. The microorganism sampling device according to claim 3 , wherein

the filter part includes a frame-structured tubular body provided on an inside of the tubular filter and supporting the tubular filter.

9. A portable microorganism sampling device comprising a frame with a stand provided on a back surface; wherein the microorganism sampling device according to claim 3 is fixed to the frame.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2025
From: SATAKE CORPORATION
To: TECHNOS MIHARA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072490/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: MOL MARINE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
To: SATAKE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061465/0524 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 11, 2022
From: MOL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.; MOL MARINE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
To: MOL MARINE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061378/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2019
From: ORIHASHI, KEISUKE; SAITA, YOSHIHISA; MIYAI, SHUJI
To: SATAKE CORPORATION; MOL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050094/0575 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-029399 · Feb 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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