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Pipette device having a throttle point in the pipette duct

US8656792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2011
Grant dateFeb 25, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01L2400/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pipette device including a metering liquid receptacle designed to be filled, at least in part, with working fluid and which has a pipette opening as a first tapering of cross-section of flow, a pressure change device which is designed to change the pressure of the working fluid in the metering liquid receptacle, and a throttle point in a pipette duct designed to be filled with working fluid as a further tapering of cross-section of flow. The throttle point is arranged fluid-mechanically between the metering liquid receptacle and the pressure change device and is dimensioned in such a way that a ratio of a flow resistance of the pipette opening for dispensed metering liquid to a flow resistance of the throttle point for working fluid, which flows through the throttle point when the metering fluid is dispensed, is less than 0.5.

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