Corning Glass Works

Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp.

Henry J Rahn

John F Buchholz

Robert S Potts

David Edward Roche

Jack R Harkins

Apparatus and a method for orienting a reagent container in a rack so that the label on the container always points towards the user is provided. The container has an external surface at least a portion of which has an asymmetric perimeter which has mirror symmetry about at most one axis, said perimeter lying in a plane substantially parallel to the base of the container. The rack has an aperture having essentially the same asymmetric perimeter as the container and a size which permits the container to be received in the aperture in only one orientation. In certain preferred embodiments, the asymmetric perimeter is D-shaped, the container has a cavity with inwardly sloping sides and the container includes an integral sight glass by which its contents can be viewed.

Reagent container

Bottle or the like

Magnetic separator

Growing community of inventors

Sharon, MA, United States of America

Henry J Rahn