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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Andreas Bombach, Stelle, DE;
Peter Scheffler, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Bombach, Stelle, DE;
Peter Scheffler, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for positioning a cuvette in an optical beam path of an optical measuring instrument, with a shaft for axially inserting a cuvette, and means for pressing a cuvette against at least one wall surface of the shaft, which comprise at least one arrangement of a magnet, stationarily arranged with respect to the shaft, and a magnet movable with respect to the same, which are oriented such that the movable magnet tends to occupy a certain position with respect to the stationary magnet, in which the movable magnet engages at least partially into the shaft.