Tecan Trading Ag

Beat Bolli

Michael J Kennedy

Harald Gebetsroither

Dominic Erb

Theo Meier

Johannes Posch

Gerald Zerza

Harald Gebethsroither

Claudio Isgrò

Torleif Björnson

A microplate processing device having at least one carriage with a first receptacle for microplates where the at least one carriage is movable in a first horizontal direction, and having at least one lift that is movable in a vertical direction, where the microplates can be removed from and supplied to the carriage, the carriage has a through-opening, the periphery, in the vertical projection, can at least in part be situated horizontally within the periphery of a microplate held in the carriage, and the lift has a second receptacle for microplates, the periphery, in the vertical projection, is situated within the periphery of the through-opening, where the second receptacle can be moved unhindered through the through-opening in the vertical direction.

Microplate processing device

The present invention defines a positioning assembly including a base part () and a holder part () for holding a device, whereby the assembly further includes a motor () for driving a displacement mechanism () mounted to the base part. The base part and the holder part are arranged parallel to each other and are connected via a displaceable slide link (), which is configured to slide on a first guide rail () provided on the base part and on a second guide rail () provided on the holder part, whereby each guide rail extends in longitudinal direction (z). The slide link () is coupled to the displacement mechanism (), which causes displacement of the slide link relative to the base part in longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the holder part () is moveably coupled to the base part () via a coupling arrangement which has a first element () provided on the base part, a second element () provided on the holder part and a third element provided on the slide link (). The first, second and third elements of the coupling arrangement are configured to engage with each other such that linear displacement of the slide link () relative to the base part () in one direction causes linear displacement of the holder part () relative to the slide link in the same linear direction.

Positioning assembly for a laboratory apparatus

Laboratory table with front and opposite rear frame parts, has replaceable tabletop elements positionable thereon. In a first variant, the laboratory table further has detent openings at regular distances on the front and/or rear frame parts, defining a modular grid. Each opening can receive a detent bolt of a modular tabletop element, each element having at least two detent bolts for the insertion into one of the detent openings. In a second variant, each tabletop element has at least one detent opening on a front and/or rear side of the tabletop element, for insertion of a detent bolt. The front and/or rear frame part of the laboratory table have detent bolts arranged at a regular distance defining a modular grid, each one of the detent bolts being for insertion into one of the detent openings of the tabletop elements positioned on these front and rear frame parts.

Laboratory table having tabletop elements

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