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Device and method for dispensing a product into a petri dish

US9045723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 2010
Grant dateJun 2, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B43/60
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a prescribed material into a Petri dish, each Petri dish including a removable lid capable of being arranged on a bottom that is not as broad as the latter, bringing the Petri dish to a material-dispensing station. According to the disclosure, the device includes a piston comprising a plate for supporting the bottom at the material-dispensing station and a device for rotating the plate on itself relative to the dispensing head, arranged so as to rotate the bottom relative to dispensing head in the position for dispensing the material into the bottom, in which the material outlet tip is arranged relative to plate in order to dispense the material into the rotated bottom.

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