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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:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel A Marquiss, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
LJL Biosystems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422104 ; 422 58 ; 422 63 ; 422 64 ; 422 65 ; 422102 ; 436 47 ; 206564 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for holding reagent and sample vessels. The apparatus has reagent and sample vessel racks, a carousel supporting the racks, guiding pins that serve to guide the racks as they are mounted on the carousel and also serve to attach the racks to the carousel. Each of the racks has a handle that is used to lift the racks from the carousel. The grip of the handle is located above the center of gravity of its corresponding rack when the rack is lifted by the grip.