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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:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Christianson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mark R Bateman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B01L / ; B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 64 ; 422 63 ; 422 67 ; 422102 ; 422104 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for selecting a vial from a plurality of vials and for transporting the selected vial to a sampling device such as a capillary zone electrophoresis apparatus. The apparatus comprises a removable turret assembly for holding a plurality of vials, a drive for rotating the turret assembly and for aligning a selected vial with the sampling device, and a transport device for transporting the selected vial to the sampling device. The appratus may further comprise a device to supply a cooled gas to the turret assembly, and a control device for controlling the drive and the transport device.