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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:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Gianandrea Pedrazzini, Paradiso, CH;
Gianandrea Pedrazzini, Paradiso, CH;
INPECO IP Ltd., Valletta, MT;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically closing test tubes containing biological material mounted to an automatic test tube conveyor is described, comprising a cap recruiting device () adapted to feed a curved channelizer () adapted to tip a cap () from a configuration with the opening upwards at the inlet of the channelizer () to a configuration with the opening downwards at the outlet of the channelizer () at a loading surface (). A horizontal pusher () moves the cap () from said loading surface () to a housing () in a channel () in which a stem () vertically slides and is adapted to move the cap () upwards in a test tube closing device () comprising a movable head () adapted to grip the cap () pushed by the stem () and to close the open test tube blocked at a working point of the conveyor.
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