Sample feeding arrangement
US4387076A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N35/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sample feeding arrangement which receives sealed sample tubes, moves them one at at time to a seal piercing and sample aspiration station, and then discharges the used tubes. This sample feeding arrangement is mounted inside a sample analyzer of the type which previously had operated semiautomatically. Receipt of a sample tube at the infeed station of this feeding arrangement initiates the repositioning of the tube to an aspiration station, which thereat enables all other handling steps of the tube, sample aspiration, and the full system cycle of the analyzer.
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