Gripping tool, dosage tool and tool support for an automatic laboratory machine
AssigneeEppendorf AG
InventorsMatthias Meinicke, Jens Wilmer
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Abstract
Gripping tool for automatic laboratory machines, with gripping appliances for gripping vessels, an appliance for converting and/or transferring of movements, the power take-off of which is coupled with the gripping appliances in order to drive them, a coupling appliance for detachable connection with a drive appliance of a tool support of an automatic laboratory machine, which is coupled with the drive of the appliance for converting and/or transferring in order to drive it, and a mounting appliance for detachable mounting of the gripping tool on the tool support of the automatic laboratory machine, while the coupling appliance is connected with the drive appliance of the tool support.
Claims35
Gripping tool for automatic laboratory machines, with gripping appliances (9, 10) for gripping vessels,
- an appliance for converting and/or transferring (42, 45) of movements, the power take-off of which is coupled with the gripping appliances (9, 10) in order to drive them,
- a coupling appliance (49) for detachable connection with a drive appliance (78) of a tool support (66) of an automatic laboratory machine, which is coupled with the drive of the appliance for converting and/or transferring (42, 45) in order to drive it, and
- a mounting appliance (35, 36) for detachable mounting of the gripping tool (1) on the tool support (66) of the automatic laboratory machine, while the coupling appliance (49) is connected with the drive appliance (78) of the tool support (66).
Dosage tool for automatic laboratory machines, with
- at least one piston-cylinder appliance (59, 60),
- an appliance for converting and/or transferring (42, 45) of movements, the power take-off of which is coupled with the piston-cylinder appliance (59, 60) in order to drive it,
- a coupling appliance (49) for detachable connection with a drive appliance (78) of a tool support (66) of an automatic laboratory machine, which is coupled with the drive of the appliance for converting and/or transferring (42, 45) in order to drive it,
- a mounting appliance (35, 36) for detachable mounting of the dosage tool (52) on the tool support (66) of the automatic laboratory machine, when the coupling appliance (49) is connected with the drive appliance (78) of the tool support (66).
- an appliance for indicating (50) the position of the piston (59) of the piston-cylinder appliance (59, 60), which is feelable by a sensor (84) of the tool support (66) while the dosage tool (52) is mounted on the tool support (66).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.