Deep well rack assembly for pipette tips and the like
US6098802A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2300/045
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A deep well rack assembly for pipette tips and the like includes an enclosure having a plurality of openings in a top wall thereof, a plurality of wells in the enclosure extending below the top wall and openings for receiving and retaining pipette tips, and a cover for overlying the top wall of the enclosure and the wells and pipette tips. The top wall of the enclosure either has a plurality of annular depressions formed therein and surrounding the openings or a plurality of raised annular rings formed thereon and surrounding the openings. The wells are disposed within an interior cavity of the enclosure. Each well has a continuous side wall attached at an open top end to the top wall and surrounding one of the openings therein. Each well is adapated to receive a pipette tip such that the pipette tip is disposable within the well and the respective annular depression or raised annular ring of the top wall of the enclosure. The cover can be in the form of a slidable lid or one or more layers of film applied over the top wall of the enclosure and covering the openings and wells and pipette tips therein as well as the annular depressions or raised annular rings of the top wall of the …
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