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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Marcel Kaeppeli, Merenschwand, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for mounting a plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame with support bars is provided. Each actuator module has a regular polygonal basic shape with three, four or six corners. The device comprises a plurality of support brackets mountable to the support bars. Each support bracket is provided with a support structure arranged at a node of the grid pattern and having a cross element adapted to support corner regions of neighboring actuator modules at the node. A transport device comprising a plurality of actuator modules and a device for mounting the plurality of actuator modules in a grid pattern to a support frame is also provided. A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system comprising a laboratory sample distribution system are also provided.