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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Rodney S Markin, Omaha, NE (US);
Eldon L Tackett, Neola, IA (US);
Stephen J Hoskinson, Omaha, NE (US);
Board of Regents Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring a laboratory specimen carrier onto and off of a conveyor track includes a conveyor track with a moving transport surface and a support frame mounted adjacent the track. A cylinder with an extendable plunger is operably mounted on the support frame and located such that the plunger is movable in a direction transverse to the conveyor track transport surface. A housing, including a pair of spaced apart vertical side walls is mounted to the plunger for movement therewith, the side walls being oriented parallel to the direction of movement of the transport surface. The housing is movable with the plunger between a first position located over the track and permitting passage of a specimen carrier therebetween, and a second position moved transversely to one side of the track.