Systems and methods for interfacing with a bottle
Assignee10x Genomics, Inc.
InventorsEric Evje, Hendricus Marindra, Xin Yao
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Abstract
A bottle connection assembly is configured to seal a bottle and provide a fluidic path between the interior of the bottle and its exterior for drawing fluids therefrom. The fluids can be reagents used for preparing a sample for the identification of target molecules. A bottle cap for capping the bottle is positioned below the bottle interface assembly and includes a female fitting configured to engage with a male fitting of the bottle interface assembly to form a sealed fluidic connection.
Claims21
-33. (canceled)
An assembly for interfacing with a bottle, the assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a release lever including a first lever section and a second lever section, the release lever rotatably hinged to the base;
- a brake bar, the brake bar coupled to the release lever;
- a straight shaft, the straight shaft extending through the brake bar;
- a gross alignment member fixedly connected to the base and configured to align the bottle, the gross alignment member having an opening;
- a male element including a first male element section and a second male element section, wherein the first male element section extends through the gross alignment member opening and the second male element section is disposed within the gross alignment member;
- and
- wherein in a resting configuration the second lever section of the release lever is spaced from a distal end of the base, limiting relative motion between the brake bar and the straight shaft, and in an actuated configuration the second lever section of the release lever is displaced toward the base to permit movement of the brake bar along the straight shaft.
An assembly for interfacing with a bottle, the assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a release lever including a first lever section and a second lever section, the release lever rotatably hinged to the base;
- a brake bar, the brake bar coupled to the release lever;
- a straight shaft, the straight shaft extending through the brake bar;
- a gross alignment member fixedly connected to the base and configured to align the bottle;
- and
- wherein in a resting configuration the second lever section of the release lever is spaced from a distal end of the base, and the brake bar forms a non-perpendicular angle with the straight shaft limiting relative motion between the brake bar and the straight shaft, and
- wherein in an actuated configuration the second lever section of the release lever is displaced toward the base fsi the brake bar forms a perpendicular angle with the straight shaft to permit movement of the brake bar along the straight shaft.
A method for interfacing a bottle interface assembly with a bottle capped by a bottle cap, the method comprising:
- providing the bottle interface assembly in a resting configuration;
- actuating the bottle interface assembly from the resting configuration to an actuated configuration by rotating a release lever toward a distal end of a base of the bottle interface assembly,
- wherein actuating causes a brake bar to change from a first angle with a straight shaft of the bottle interface assembly to a second angle with the straight shaft, the first angle limiting relative motion between the brake bar and the straight shaft, the second angle allowing the relative motion between the brake bar and the straight shaft;
- engaging a gross alignment member of the bottle interface assembly with the bottle cap to align a male element of the bottle interface assembly with a female fitting of the bottle cap;
- forming a sealed connection between the male element and the female fitting to establish a fluid path between an interior of the bottle and an exterior of the bottle interface assembly;
- and
- drawing a fluid from the interior of the bottle through the fluid path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.