Patent · US Expired

Magazine for pipette tips

US6098819A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D25/108
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A magazine for pipette tip-shaped articles including a plurality of plates for holding the pipette tip-shaped articles and each having a plurality of bores for receiving the pipette tip-shaped articles in their entirety, a plurality of racks stacked over one another and adapted to each receive at least one holding plate, and complementary locking elements provided on the adjacent racks, respectively, and engageable with each other to form the at least one of a form-locking connection and a force-locking connection upon insertion of a holding plate in one of the adjacent racks and disengageable from each other upon removal of the holding plate.

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