Centrifuge with a plurality of individual centrifuge devices
US6033355A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K2201/18
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A centrifuge apparatus for use in the analysis of laboratory samples. The centrifuge apparatus includes a plurality of individual centrifuge devices and a robotic loading and/or unloading device. Each of the centrifuge devices may be loaded and unloaded without affecting the operation of the other centrifuge devices. The centrifuge devices include a plurality of rotors that are spaced apart and translated along a predetermined path. The rotors are rotatably mounted with respect to the predetermined path and the rotational planes of the rotors extend substantially at right angles to the predetermined path.
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