Recapper, laboratory automation system, and method of recapping a sample container

A recapper for placing foils on laboratory sample containers, the recapper comprises:

• a foil magazine;
• a sample container holder horizontally distant from the foil magazine, the sample container holder adapted to hold a sample container;
• a lever arrangement comprising a plurality of levers, each lever comprising a foil transport element, wherein each foil transport element is a through-hole extending vertically through a corresponding lever with a landing for holding the foil inside the through-hole;
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• a rotating device, wherein each lever is attached to the rotating device such that with rotation of the rotating device, each lever rotates horizontally between a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein in the first orientation, the foil transport element of the lever is positioned at the foil magazine for collecting a foil from the foil magazine, and wherein in the second orientation, the foil transport element of each lever is positioned at the sample container holder to place the foil on the sample container.