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Conveying device and sample processing method

US8329102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2006
Grant dateDec 11, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N35/026
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A conveying device, intended for use in conveying a rack, which holds a sample container, to a sample supplying position for supplying a sample in the sample container to a sample processing device for processing the sample, comprising a conveying section for conveying the rack in a conveying direction from a predetermined position on the conveying device to the sample supplying position along a path connecting the predetermined position and the sample supplying position, wherein the conveying section is adapted to convey the rack from the sample supplying position in a direction opposite to the conveying direction, is disclosed. A sample processing method is also disclosed.

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