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Patent No.:

US 9796574 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2016

Automated bit exchange method and apparatus for laboratory sample tube capping and decapping machines

Applicant:

Hamilton Storage Technologies, Inc., Franklin, MA (US);

Inventors:

Martin Frey, Reichenburg, CH;

Beat Thöny, Grüsch, CH;

Beat Zahner, Kaltbrunn, CH;

Petra Tappe, Chur, CH;

Assignee:

Hamilton Storage Technologies, Inc., Franklin, MA (US);

Attorney:

Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stephen F Gerrity

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 3/20 (2006.01); B67B 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B23Q 3/157 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 3/208 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15506 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15786 (2013.01); B67B 3/2053 (2013.01); B67B 3/2066 (2013.01); B67B 7/182 (2013.01); B23Q 2003/15537 (2016.11); B67B 2201/10 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0405 (2013.01); Y10T 483/1845 (2015.01);
Abstract

A laboratory capper, decapper or combination capper/decapper includes a deck containing with a nest designed to hold an SBS-formatted tube storage rack, and a bit exchange magazine assembly containing one or more sets of adapter bits. The adapter bits are mounted on and unloaded from motor driven fittings, and are exchanged in order to cap or decap laboratory sample tubes or vials that have different head configurations. The bit exchange magazine assembly enables the bit to be exchanged robotically.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Frey, Martin. (2017). Automated bit exchange method and apparatus for laboratory sample tube capping and decapping machines (U.S. Patent No. 9796574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9796574

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