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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Kurt Himmelsbach, Fehraltdorf, CH;
Beat Grossniklaus, Riedt, CH;
Kurt Himmelsbach, Fehraltdorf, CH;
Beat Grossniklaus, Riedt, CH;
Bruker BioSpin AG, Faellanden, CH;
Abstract
A sample frame () for preparing a plurality of sample vessels (), in particular sample tubes, having a plurality of retainers, in each of which a sample vessel () is situated, is characterized in that the sample vessels () each have a cap (), which is put over the open end of the sample vessel (), the cap () having a drilled hole (), through which the interior of the sample vessel () is accessible, the sample frame () has a removable cover plate (), whose bottom side faces toward the caps () of the sample vessels () in the put-on state of the cover plate (), and the cover plate () has an approximately funnel-shaped depression () on the top side for each retainer, in whose center a through opening () through the cover plate () is provided, the through opening () aligning with the drilled hole () of a cap () of a sample vessel () retained underneath when the cover plate () is put on. The sample frame according to the invention eases the closure of sample vessels, which have a cap with hole, in the context of an automated sample preparation.