Analysis apparatus and system

Claim 1

AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR PASSAGES FOR THE FLOW OF SPECIMEN LIQUIDS AND LIQUID REAGENTS FOR TREATING SAID SPECIMEN LIQUIDS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WITH RESPECT TO A KNOW INGREDIENT THEREOF, MEANS FOR PUMPING SAID SPECIMEN LIQUIDS AND SAID LIQUID REAGENTS THROUGH SAID PASSAGES IN PREDETERMINED PROPORTIONS DURING SUCCESSIVE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS OF THE APPARATUS, A FIRST MOTOR HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT OPERAIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PUMPING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUMPING MEANS, AND A SECOND MOTOR HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT OPERABLE AT HIGHER SPEED THAN THE DRIVE SHAFT OF SAID FIRST MOTOR AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT OF SAID FIRST MOTOR FOR PUMPING SAID SPECIMEN AND REAGENT LIQUIDS INTO SAID PASSAGES AT INTERVALS BETWEEN ANALYSIS OPERATIONS FOR DIFFERENT LIQUID SPECIMENS AT A HIGHER RATE OF FLOW THAN THE RATE OF FLOW OF SAID LIQUIDS DURING THE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS, MEANS INCLUDING SWITCHING MEANS IN A CIRCUIT FOR ENERGIZING AND DE-ENGERIZING SAID FIRST MOTOR, AND MEANS AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS TO ENERGIZE SAID SECOND MOTOR WHEN SAID FIRST MOTOR IS DE-ENGERGIZED AND TO DE-ENERGIZE SAID SECOND MOTOR WHEN SAID FIRST MOTOR IS ENERGIZED.