Patent · US Expired

Metering device and method for operating such

US7191917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

12Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brinz · Bissingen, DE
Jane Lewis · Wales, GB
Markus Tiefenbacher · Fellbach, DE
Thomas Geiger · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 2005
Grant date	Mar 20, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2200/0657
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A metering device or a metering element, in particular for metering substances in the compiling of combinatory material libraries, described as comprising a metering element having a supply vessel, open on one side, for holding the substances to be metered, and a plunger, which is axially displaceable and reversibly seals the opening of the supply vessel and which has at least one, preferably centered metering orifice for metering the substances provided in the supply vessel, the supply vessel and/or the plunger having an accommodation as contact point for a mechanical gripping device. Moreover, a metering method is described.

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