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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Rotaprep, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Horacio Kido, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rotaprep, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 17/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); B02C 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/286 (2013.01); B02C 17/00 (2013.01); B02C 17/14 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2866 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention is directed to a sample preparation apparatus for grinding or homogenizing test samples. More specifically, but without restriction to the particular embodiments hereinafter described in accordance with the best mode of practice, this invention relates to a reciprocating apparatus based upon a slider-crank mechanism for grinding or homogenizing of a sample within a sample vial attached to an oscillating connecting linkage that has an amplitude of oscillatory motion equal to or greater than the length of the sample processing chamber.