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Programmable automated inoculator/replicator

US5206171A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateDec 17, 1990
Grant dateApr 27, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/809
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Laboratory apparatus for performing repetitive tacks includes a table and first and second bearing ways below the table. First and second carriages are mounted on corresponding bearing ways for independent motion therealong, the second carrriage moving in a plane below and parallel to the first carriage. An independently operable transfer device moves objects between the table and a selected carriage or between the carriages, as desired, and apparatus is provided adjacent to the table for performing operations on objects located on the table or on the carriages, the transfer device, and the operating apparatus being capable of repetitive operation.

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