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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Reinhold Kramer, Peissenberg, DE;
Stephan Sattler, Starnberg, DE;
Uwe Mertsch, Starnberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Decapping system for opening or closing reagent containers or cartridge systems closed by a lid which is removed and secured by a rotational movement and method thereof are disclosed. The decapping system has a centering unit at its lower end that provides a snap-in element which engages the lid, and a plurality of simultaneously driven and vertically movable screwing heads which compensates for variable heights and/or sizes of cartridge systems to be processed.