US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on Nov. 3 for "Cap attachment device and cap plate" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,636, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cap attachment device and cap plate" was invented by Kenta Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap attachment device includes a cap holder, a vial platform, a cap pushing rod and a driver. The cap holder is provided to be liftable and lowerable between a first height and a second height lower than the first height, and holds a cap plate holding a cap. The vial platform is provided below the cap holder. On the vial platform, a vial plate holding a snap vial corresponding to a cap is placed. The cap pushing rod is provided above the cap holder an...