Transport unit comprising retaining plates and containers and working unit

US9352899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eppendorf AG · DE

Inventors

• Philip Muller · Mercerville, US
• Daniel Voss · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Kamps · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2013
• Grant date: May 31, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2300/0832
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport unit for carrying a plurality of lidded containers includes two parallel retaining plates, which have an arrangement of openings for retaining the lidded containers. The lidded containers are tubular containers with a closure lid at the top of the container which projects radially outward with respect to the container. Lidded containers of a group of lidded containers are held parallel to each other by the openings of one retaining plate, and lidded containers of another group of lidded containers are held parallel to each other by openings of the other retaining plate. The lidded containers of the one group are disposed oppositely aligned to the lidded containers of the other group and nested within each other.