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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Jeffrey Musacchio, Sharon, MA (US);
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
Described is a method for loading a sample-vial carrier into a sample manager of a liquid chromatography system. The method includes placing a sample-vial carrier onto a transfer drawer having first and second drawer magnets. The transfer drawer is transported into a sample tray of a sample manager using a drawer drive system of a transfer drawer receiving apparatus. The drawer drive system has a drive magnet that is engaged with the first drawer magnet during transport. The transport of the transfer drawer is terminated when the second drawer magnet is engaged with a sample tray magnet on the sample tray. The sample tray is rotated about an axis substantially perpendicular to a direction of transport of the transfer drawer to provide a shear force to disengage the first drawer magnet from the drive magnet.