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AssigneeBlueCatBio GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Heimberg, Frank Feist, Wolfgang Mann
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The invention relates to a discharge device (30) for a reaction vessel unit (21) which has a plurality of reaction vessels (37), wherein the reaction vessels (37) each have an opening (38) which lie in a common opening plane (39), wherein the discharge device (30) has a discharge plate (31) which is designed in such a way that it can be arranged or is arranged opposite the openings (38) of the reaction vessels (37) in a centrifuge (1) and is designed such that it rotates with the reaction vessel unit (21) during centrifuging and liquid escaping from the reaction vessels (37) is collected and drained off by the discharge plate (31) due to the centrifugal acceleration. The invention also relates to a centrifuge (1) for cleaning a reaction vessel unit (21), having a drive, a rotor (20) which can be coupled or is coupled to the drive, wherein the rotor (20) is designed to receive the reaction vessel unit (21) with the discharge device (30). The invention further relates to a method for cleaning a reaction vessel unit (21), wherein the reaction vessel unit (21) is received on a rotor (20) of the centrifuge (1) with its openings (38) facing outwards from a rotation axis (11) of the rotor (20); and the rotor (20) with the reaction vessel unit (21) arranged thereon is rotated in the centrifuge (1), so that a liquid contained in the reaction vessels (37) is ejected, and wherein the ejected liquid is collected by a discharge device (30) with a discharge plate (31), which is arranged radially opposite the opening plane (39) of the reaction vessels (37) and rotates together with the reaction vessel unit (21), and is discharged along the discharge plate (31).
A discharge device for a reaction vessel unit, which has a plurality of reaction vessels, wherein the reaction vessels each have an opening, which lie in a common opening plane, wherein the discharge device has a discharge plate opposite the openings of the reaction vessels in a centrifuge to rotate with the reaction vessel unit during centrifuging and collect and drain off liquid emerging from the reaction vessels due to the centrifugal acceleration, wherein the discharge plate is oblique with respect to the opening plane in an axial direction of a rotation axis of a rotor of the centrifuge to discharge the collected liquid along the discharge plate in the axial direction of the rotation axis of the rotor of the centrifuge due to the centrifugal acceleration in the centrifuge, wherein at least one discharge opening is formed on an end face of the discharge device towards which the discharge plate rises, wherein the discharge opening has a spout which projects beyond the end face, and the spout is positioned to project into a collecting device arranged in a rotor chamber of the centrifuge and discharge the collected liquid into the collecting device, which is configured to receive the collected liquid from the spout and direct the received liquid to a drain.
A centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit, having a drive, a rotor which can be coupled or is coupled to the drive, wherein the rotor is designed to accommodate a reaction vessel unit with a discharge device, the reaction vessel unit having a plurality of reaction vessels, wherein the reaction vessels each have an opening, which lie in a common opening plane, wherein the discharge device has a discharge plate opposite the openings of the reaction vessels in the centrifuge to rotate with the reaction vessel unit during centrifuging and collect and drain off liquid emerging from the reaction vessels due to the centrifugal acceleration, wherein the discharge plate is oblique with respect to the opening plane in an axial direction of a rotation axis of the rotor to discharge the collected liquid along the discharge plate in the axial direction of the rotation axis of the rotor of the centrifuge due to the centrifugal acceleration in the centrifuge, wherein at least one discharge opening is formed on an end face of the discharge device towards which the discharge plate rises, wherein the discharge opening has a spout which projects beyond the end face.
A method for cleaning a reaction vessel unit which has a plurality of reaction vessels, wherein the reaction vessels each have an opening which lie in a common opening plane, wherein the reaction vessel unit is received on a rotor of the centrifuge with the openings of the plurality of reaction vessels facing outwards from a rotation axis of the rotor;
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