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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1976
John J Moran, Houston, TX (US);
Hycel, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In an automatic chemical testing apparatus, means are provided for dispensing aliquots of a sample to reaction containers. A carriage means housing a self-priming hydraulic circuit mounted for motion on a support arm housing drive means. During an operating cycle, control means operate the drive means to position a conduit communicating with the hydraulic circuit over a sample source and aspirate an amount of the serum into the hydraulic circuit. The carriage means is then moved, preferably at uniform rate over a row and dispensing means are pulsed to dispense samples into individual reaction containers while the carriage means is moving. The carriage means is then returned to its starting position.