Mixing apparatus, mixing system and method for mixing substances in closed containers
AssigneeTecan Trading AG
InventorsDominic Erb, Philipp Riedel, Christian Strebel, Gero Fehr, Klaus Lun, Christoph Karthaus
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Abstract
A mixing apparatus containing a drive unit having a drive and a shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive. A pivotable receptacle is arranged on the shaft, where the pivot axis is oriented essentially horizontally, and the pivotable receptacle has a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, and the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in the direction of the pivot axis.
Claims18
A mixing apparatus, comprising:
- a drive unit having a drive and a shaft which is pivotable about an essentially horizontally aligned pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive,
- a pivotable receptacle, which is arranged on the shaft,
- wherein the pivotable receptacle comprises a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, wherein the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in a direction of the pivot axis, wherein the at least one retainer comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein a distance between the base plate and the first plate is bigger than a distance between the base plate and the second plate;
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- wherein the first plate has at least one first through-hole and the second plate has at least one second through-hole, wherein one of the at least one first through-holes on the first plate and one of the least one second through-holes on the second plate are arranged such that, when the holders are inserted, they are aligned with container receptacles formed in the holders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.