Device for storing and providing objects having standardized dimensions

US8602715B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cybio AG · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Schoeppe · Jena, DE
• Sebastian Eck · Jena, DE
• Heiko Oehme · Jena, DE
• Swen Tyrasa · Eineborn, DE
• Patrick Hoost · Jena, DE
• Jochen Eckardt · Jena, DE
• Thomas Moore · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/0425
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for loading, storing and providing objects having standardized dimensions includes a storage unit with a carrier plate and four stackers. Each stacker includes a bottom surface disposed on top of the carrier plate. The stackers are configured to store objects stacked perpendicular to the carrier plate. The stackers are disposed symmetrically centered around a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the carrier plate and offset with respect to each other by an angle of 90°. A substructure is disposed underneath the carrier plate. An unloading device is configured to unload a selected object from a first of the stackers that is disposed in a transfer position. The storage unit is rotatable around the rotation axis so as to enable movement of each of the stackers into the transfer position.