The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest N Pellegrino, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Assignee:
Fisher Scientific Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422103 ; 7386373 ; 7386412 ; 251355 ;
Abstract
A rotary shear valve comprising two stators and a rotor is filled with specimen in a first rotary position. Movement of the rotor to a second rotary position divides the specimen into aliquots, one or more of which are dispensed in the second rotary position. A cleaning cycle is provided in which cleaning solution is introduced, with the rotor in a third rotary position, into circumferentially-extending arced grooves formed in the rotor faces, which contacts in the third rotary position those portions of the rotor faces likely to contain smeared specimen. The requirement for disassembly for cleaning is thereby reduced.