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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
H. Charles Locke, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Drummond Scientific Company, Broomall, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 7/16 ;
Abstract
A single-hand apparatus for opening and closing the cap of a microcentrifuge tube. The apparatus comprises an elongate base having means on one end for mounting the base on a laboratory ring stand and means on the other end of the base for allowing a technician to hold the microcentrifuge tube in one hand and to open and close the cap without requiring a second hand.