To provide a picking tool for a micro-tube capable of positively extracting a plurality of micro-tubes stored vertically in a rack partitioned in a lattice form in one batch.
A plurality of gripping pins 121 for gripping side faces of the micro-tubes from four directions are suspended from an under face of a grip 140 in two lines and multiple rows, wherein the length of the gripping pins 121 is shorter than that of the micro-tubes; tip end portions 121b are larger than the diameter of center portions 121a. The root portions of gripping pins 121 are disposed at partitions in external contact with head parts of the micro-tubes, and at the center of four gripping pins 121 gripping a micro-tube, the grip 140 has an insertion hole for inserting a push rod 160 which disengages engagement between the micro-tube and the gripping pins 121. The push rod 160 is longer than the added length of the gripping pin 121 and the grip 140, and fixed to a push handle 150 at an upper face side of the grip 140.
Masayuki Miyake
Atsuo Kawai
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