Switch for a conveying line for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorsDavid Huber, Daniel Arnold
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Abstract
A switch for a conveying line for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is presented. The conveying line comprises a first line portion and a second line portion. The switch comprises a curved first guiding surface and a second guiding surface. The switch is moveable between a first position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is transportable along the curved first guiding surface from the first line portion to the second line portion, and a second position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is further transportable along the second guiding surface on the first line portion. A switch assembly and a conveying line are also disclosed.
Claims16
A switch for a conveying line for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier, wherein the conveying line comprising a first line portion and a second line portion, the switch comprising:
- a curved first guiding surface;
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- a second guiding surface, wherein the switch is moveable between a first position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is transportable along the curved first guiding surface from the first line portion to the second line portion, and a second position, in which the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier is further transportable along the second guiding surface on the first line portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.