# US 2014/0193300 A1 · Device for transporting reaction vessels > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193300 A1 - Document ID: US20140193300A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/151,393 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH - Inventors: Joachim Bernhard; Joerg Filzinger; Hugo Wilmes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193300A1 ## CPC - G01N 35/025: {having a carousel or turntable for reaction cells or cuvettes} - B01L 9/06: Test-tube stands; Test-tube holders - G01N 35/04: Details of the conveyor system {(G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence)} - B01L 2200/16: Reagents, handling or storing thereof - G01N 2035/0439: {Rotary sample carriers, i.e. carousels} - G01N 2035/0444: {for cuvettes or reaction vessels} - G01N 2035/0451: {composed of interchangeable sectors} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE ## Abstract The invention relates to a rotatable device (1) for transporting reaction vessels in an automatic analysis apparatus, said device (1) comprising a circular base plate (16), and a number of holders (2) which are connected to the base plate (16), are preferably made of a plastic and comprise the receiving positions (4, 6) for the reaction vessels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circular device for transporting reaction vessels in an automatic analysis apparatus, said device having a large number of receiving positions for receiving in each case one reaction vessel, characterized in that the device has a toothed ring, for engaging in a motorized toothed wheel, and a circular base plate, and also a plurality of circular-ring-segment-shaped holders connected releasably to the base plate, wherein the circular-ring-segment-shaped holders comprise the receiving positions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toothed ring is formed by the fact that the circular-ring-segment-shaped holders connected releasably to the base plate have a toothed edge. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base plate has a peripheral knife edge which faces toward the center point and which engages in peripheral grooves of rotatably mounted cylinders. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base plate is made of metal, preferably of steel, and the circular-ring-segment-shaped holders are made of plastic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circular-ring-segment-shaped holders are connected releasably to the base plate by connection elements, preferably by screws. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein some or all of the holders are of identical shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of the circular-ring-segment-shaped holders is chosen such that the circular base plate is completely covered with circular-ring-segment-shaped holders. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving positions of the holders are arranged on different radii with respect to the circular device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the receiving positions arranged on a smaller radius are arranged higher than the receiving positions arranged on a larger radius. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An automatic analysis apparatus with a device for transporting reaction vessels as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is mounted rotatably. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the device has a toothed ring, and wherein the analysis apparatus also has at least one motorized toothed wheel for engaging in the toothed ring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the base plate of the device has a peripheral knife edge which faces toward the center point, and wherein the analysis apparatus also has at least two rotatably mounted cylinders with peripheral groves for engagement in the peripheral knife edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 12, comprising at least three rotatably mounted cylinders, wherein one of the cylinders is self-resetting by being pivotable in the direction of the center point of the device. ### Claim 14 A holder with a plurality of receiving positions for in each case one reaction vessel, characterized in that the holder has the shape of a circular-ring segment and has a toothed edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The holder as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that the holder is made of plastic. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The holder as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that the receiving positions of the holder are arranged concentrically on different radii of the circular-ring segment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The holder as claimed in claim 16, characterized in that the receiving positions arranged on a smaller radius are arranged higher than the receiving positions arranged on a larger radius.