Analysis system
US4708886A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/0448
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An analysis system has a first storage area in which sample and reagent materials are stored at an appropriate storage temperature and a second (analysis) area which is maintained at a controlled and stabilized higher temperature at which the analysis is to be performed. A plurality of analysis cuvettes of long thermal time constant material are stored adjacent the second storage area for time intervals sufficient for those analysis cuvettes to be equilibrated to the analysis temperature. A transport mechanism in the second storage area is adapted to transport the equilibrated analytical cuvettes sequentially from the supply station to a load station, then to an analysis station and then to a used cuvette station, and a transfer mechanism is arranged for movement between the first and second storage areas for transferring quantities of sample and reagent from the first storage for loading into the equilibrated analytical cuvette at the loading station in the second storage area.
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