Incubation apparatus
US4011048A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1976 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/041
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An incubation apparatus for use in automated biochemical analyzer systems which comprises a block of thermoconductive material having rows of wells for the reception of sample carriers to be incubated with temperature control attached to the block; the block resting with well openings facing downward upon a pair of insulating plates so arranged that by movement of one of the plates, a row of wells is exposed so as to allow a number of sample carriers, equivalent in number to the number of wells in a row, to be loaded into that row of wells, the sample carriers being in alignment with and directly below the row of wells; and a means for lifting the sample carriers up into the wells or lowering sample carriers down out of the wells.
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