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Laboratory primary sample distributor with distributing device

US6220451A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1999
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/0408
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laboratory primary sample distributor equipped with a sorter device removing receptacles containing lab samples fitted with destination coding and arriving on a conveyor belt after having code-reading, and with a sorter gripper that transfers the receptacles into one of several destination transport means intended for different destinations. The sorter gripper is designed to simultaneously pick up several receptacles.

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