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US 2019/0336979 A1Published application
Storage box for pipette tips
AssigneeTecan Trading AG
InventorMARINA KNOPPKE
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Abstract
A storage box for plastic pipette tips that has a frame part with two longitudinal walls and two transverse walls that enclose an interior space laterally. The storage box has a support plate arranged on the upper side of the frame part with a large number of bearing openings that plastic pipette tips can be inserted. The storage box also includes a pipette tip contact piece on the underside of the frame part for contacting a plastic pipette tip inserted into one of the bearing openings.
Claims21
Storage box (1) for storing plastic pipette tips (2) comprising:
- an electrically non-conductive frame part (4) which is formed from two longitudinal walls (5) and two transverse walls (6), wherein the longitudinal walls (5) and the transverse walls (6) laterally enclose an interior space and leave open a first opening on an upper side (25) of the frame part (4) and a second opening on an underside (26) of the frame part (4),
- an electrically non-conductive support plate (7) for plastic pipette tips (2), which is connected to the upper side (25) of the frame part (4) and substantially covers the first opening, wherein the support plate (7) comprises a plurality of bearing openings (8) for inserting plastic pipette tips (2);
- characterized in that
- the storage box (1) comprises an electrically conductive pipette tip contact piece (14) which is arranged on the underside (26) of the frame part (4), which extends parallel to the support plate (7) and which, for contacting at least one plastic pipette tip (2) inserted into one of the bearing openings (8), in addition extends by a height HK in the direction of the upper support plate (7).
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