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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Fassbind, Baar, CH;
Rolf Schnarwiler, Hochdorf, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically handling sample cups closed with a screwable cap is disclosed. The apparatus for automatically opening, closing and transporting sample cups comprises a transportable gripper (,) which includes a rotatable gripper tool (,) adapted to enter and engage with a recess (,) of said cap (,) to form a connection which can be locked by rotating the gripper tool (,) in a first sense with respect to said sample cup (,) and which can be unlocked by rotating the gripper tool (,) with respect to said sample cup (,) in a second sense opposite to the first.