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Sample handling device for and methods of handling a sample

US8323588B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Assignee

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH · DE

Inventors

Olaf Hoyer · Westerburg, DE
Leander DITTMANN · Lausanne, CH
Giso Gessner · Mohlsdorf, DE
Andreas Vester · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 5, 2008
Grant date	Dec 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F31/22
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A sample handling device (100) for handling a sample, the sample handling device (100) comprising a drive shaft (101) being drivable by a drive unit (102), a base plate (103) mounted to follow a motion of the drive shaft (101) when being driven by the drive unit (102), wherein the base plate (103) is configured to receive a sample carrier block (104) mountable to follow a motion of the base plate (103), and a compensation weight (105, 106) mounted asymmetrically on the drive shaft (101) in a manner to at least partially compensate an unbalanced mass of the sample handling device (100) during the motion.

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