Bead dispensers
OwnerJames Patrick Finn, IV, Matthew Samuel Finninventors
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Abstract
This document provides bead dispensing devices that can be configured to mount onto a container (e.g., a test tube containing sterile beads) and allow for a set number of beads (e.g., glass beads) to be dispensed.
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A bead dispenser, wherein said bead dispenser is adapted to mount onto a test tube containing beads of a uniform diameter and dispense a number of said beads from said test tube upon a single upright to inverted and rotated movement of said test tube containing said beads and said bead dispenser, wherein the number of said beads dispensed from each of a plurality of single upright to inverted and rotated movement cycles is the same.
A method for dispensing beads from a test tube comprising a plurality of beads of a uniform diameter and a bead dispenser attached to a top of said test tube, wherein said method comprising:
- (a) inverting and rotating said test tube over a first target vessel, wherein a first number of said beads is dispensed to said first target vessel, and
- (b) inverting and rotating said test tube over a second target vessel, wherein a second number of said beads is dispensed to said second target vessel, wherein said first number and said second number are the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.