Tube with special scale intended for tests which analyze somatic cell count in milk
US6261833A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2300/0832
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Tube with special scale intended for tests which analyze somatic cell count in milk, comprising a tube-shaped reservoir 130 mm high and 12.1 mm in diameter (inside).times.140 mm (height) (1), closed at its bottom (2) and completely open at its top (3), with a 3-mm hole at a height of 78 mm (4), and having a quickly adjustable and hermetically sealing lid or stopper (8), having a central hole with diameter of 1.09 to 1.10 mm (9), also made of high-density polyethylene plastic material, wherein because a scale graduated in thousands of somatic cells (5) is printed on said tube, for the purpose of indicating in an automatic fashion directly on the tube itself the results of the test for which the tube was intended, said scales starting 5 mm from the bottom of the tube, this being the scale of least value (140 thousand cells per milliliter of milk) (6), the other scales laid out every 5 mm, with the scale of greatest value (2,280 thousand cells per milliliter of milk ) (7), located 40 mm from the bottom of the tube. These divisions or scales are not linear and are the product of a correlation between residual volume and somatic cell count.
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