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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1994
Nelson S Hautea, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth L Aeschbacher, San Diego, CA (US);
William B Freese, San Diego, CA (US);
Synbiotics Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically removing well-strips from well-strip holders. The apparatus includes a frame and a base plate for receiving a plurality of well-strip holders, each holder having a plurality of well-receiving areas and corresponding apertures with the individual wells of the well-strips positioned in the areas so as to overlie the apertures. A pneumatically-operated movable drive member is attached to the frame so as to be movable in a substantially vertical direction toward and away from the base plate and well-strip holders. The movable member has a plurality of well-strip engaging portions secured to the underside thereof, each portion including a plurality of pegs that pass into the open end of the apertures formed in the well-strip holders to contact the well-strips and remove same from the holders.