Shaking incubator
AssigneeThermo Electron LED GmbH
InventorsHubert Heeg, Stefan Betz, Achim Melching
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shaking incubator with at least one specimen storage device comprising several superposed specimen storage spaces. A shaking unit comprising a specimen storage position, a shaking platform and a base unit is arranged in at least one specimen storage space. The invention makes it possible to shake different specimens, located in the same specimen storage device, individually and independently of each other under incubator conditions.
Claims13
A shaking incubator with at least one specimen storage device comprising several superposed specimen storage spaces, characterized in that a shaking unit (4) comprising a specimen storage position (5), a shaking platform (6), and a base unit (7) is arranged in at least one specimen storage space (3).
The shaking incubator according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the specimen storage position (5) of the at least one shaking unit (4) is designed for a specimen (10) to be supplied by means of an automated transport system (19) and for a specimen (10) to be removed from the specimen storage position (5) by an automated transport system (19).
The shaking incubator according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the specimen storage position (5) of the at least one shaking unit (4) comprises at least one clamping element (9) arranged on the shaking platform (6) or on the spacer element (8).
The shaking incubator according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that at least one control unit (11) for controlling and supplying current to the at least one shaking unit (4) is arranged outside of the incubator workspace (20), from which control unit a control supply line (12) runs into the incubator workspace (20), this control supply line (12) having a line connector (13) in the incubator workspace (20).
The shaking incubator according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the shaking platform (6) of a shaking unit (4) is positioned automatically in a central zero position after the power has been turned off.
The shaking incubator according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that a shaking unit (4) is arranged in several specimen storage spaces (3) and that the shaking platforms (6) of these shaking units (4) can be controlled individually and independently of each other by the at least one control unit (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.