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US 2011/0085409 A1Published application
Storage device for laboratory samples having storage racks and a shaker
AssigneeLiconic AG
InventorCosmas MALIN
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Abstract
The invention provides a storage device with storage racks and a shaker where the undesired horizontal oscillations of the upper ends of the storage racks are small. In a first embodiment a vertical shaking motion is generated. In a second embodiment, a moving counterweight assembly is provided that counteracts the oscillations.
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A storage device for laboratory samples comprising
- a shaker drive,
- a rack carrier being driven by said shaker drive for performing a shaking motion with horizontal component,
- at least one storage rack arranged on the rack carrier, which storage rack comprises vertical side walls, each side wall having a plurality of ledges arranged vertically above each other and forming storage locations for a plurality of laboratory samples on top of each other, and
- a counterweight assembly connected to an upper end section of the storage rack and being driven to exert a force opposite to the shaking motion in order to counteract an oscillation of the upper end section of the storage rack.
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A storage device for laboratory samples comprising
- a shaker drive,
- a rack carrier driven by said shaker drive for performing a shaking motion, and
- at least one storage rack arranged on the rack carrier, said storage rack comprising a plurality of storage locations for laboratory samples on top of each other,
- wherein said shaker drive is adapted to shake the entire rack carrier in a vertical direction.
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A storage device for laboratory samples comprising
- a shaker drive,
- a rack carrier being driven by said shaker drive for performing a shaking motion with horizontal component,
- at least one storage rack arranged on the rack carrier, which storage rack comprises a plurality of storage locations arranged above each other for receiving laboratory samples and further comprising vertical side walls having a plurality of ledges forming said storage locations, and
- a counterweight assembly connected to an upper end section of the storage rack and being driven to exert a force opposite to the shaking motion in order to counteract an oscillation of the upper end section of the storage rack.
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