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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Heise, Marbach, DE;
George Teodorescu, Waiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 54/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/137 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 2203/046 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0491 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for transporting containers between different stations is presented. The containers are accommodated in container carriers. The system comprises a control unit for controlling the transport of the container carriers, a transport area divided into subareas and on which the container carriers can be movably arranged, and a drive. The drive is activated by the control unit and each subarea is assigned a respective drive. Each drive applies a drive force to an associated container carrier.