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Sample sorting apparatus

US5445037A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1994
Grant dateAug 29, 1995
Priority date—
Expiry dateJan 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/1076
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sample sorting apparatus includes a first conveying means for conveying a parent sample vessel along a first convey path, a means for taking up a parent sample from the parent sample vessel conveyed by the first conveying means, a sample recognition information reading means for reading sample recognition information attached to the parent sample vessel, a second conveying means for conveying child sample vessels along a second convey path, and a means, provided to the second convey path, for distributing the parent sample took up by the taking up means into a number of child sample vessels in accordance with the read sample recognition information.

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