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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Michael D. Manera, Clayton, NJ (US);
Martin P. Yankowy, Broomall, PA (US);
Michael Elefante, Williamstown, NJ (US);
H. William Busch, Jr., Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael D. Manera, Clayton, NJ (US);
Martin P. Yankowy, Broomall, PA (US);
Michael Elefante, Williamstown, NJ (US);
H. William Busch, Jr., Wilmington, DE (US);
Henry Troemner LLC, Thorofare, NJ (US);
Abstract
An orbital shaker which provides a shaking motion that is both stable and accurate to allow repeatability is provided, which allows for ease of cleaning of the shaking platform due to its mounting on a drive platform that keeps the entire drive system in an assembled state even if the shaking platform is removed for cleaning. A vibration sensor can also be provided that senses an unbalanced load on the orbital shaker and communicates with the orbital shaker controller to reduce the shaking speed in a pre-determined, trackable manner so that shaking of samples can be continued at a vibration level that is below a threshold value. Additionally, an incubating enclosure can also be provided in which a uniform heat is created throughout the entire incubating chamber in order to assure minimum temperature fluctuations between samples being processed regardless of their position on the shaking platform.