Luminometer construction
US4755055A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/76
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A luminometer construction including means for supplying samples contained in respective cuvettes 20, in succession to be examined, the cuvettes being introduced into a carrier 10 having a cuvette gripper 19, the carrier 10 defining an examination chamber 21 into which the cuvettes are inserted, the carrier 10 being rotatable between a loading and a test position in which the examination chamber 21 is adjacent to a photo-multiplier device 25, whereby testing of a sample in a curvette 20 can be carried out, the examination chamber 21 having an edge in a plane inclined to the axis 11 of rotation of the carrier 10, and the photo-multiplier device 25 being arranged with its optical axis 26 perpendicular to such plane.
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