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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. 01, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred Schinzel, Männedorf, CH;
Assignee:
Tecan Trading AG, Männedorf, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/502 ; B25J 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/502 ; B25J 1/500 ;
Abstract
A workstation has a transfer device with a gripper which is suitable for gripping sample tubes by a gripper clamp and for moving them from a sample tube rack to a sample tube bucket, for example for centrifuging. The transfer device has a receiving device ( ) which can be gripped on a cylindrical upper handling part ( ) by the gripper and removed from a holder ( ) in which it has been placed in a defined position. It has an intermediate part ( ) with, on its lower end, four hooks ( ) which are arranged at the apices of a rectangle and can engage eyes in the sample tube buckets. After use, the receiving device ( ) is replaced in the holder ( ).