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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Christian Riether, Muehltal, DE;
Hans Schneider, Schwaikheim, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B66B 11/04 (2006.01); B65G 15/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2013.01); B66B 11/04 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 15/58 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0484 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vertical conveying device for the transport of sample container carriers having sample tubes received therein between a bottom level and a top level of a sample distribution system is presented. The vertical conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying surfaces which are movable along a circulating path. A sample distribution system having such a vertical conveying device and to a laboratory automation system having such a sample distribution system are also presented.