Method and device (analysis machine) for simultaneous performance of a number of analyses, especially microanalyses, of standard type on chemical objects

An apparatus for the simultaneous performance of a series of analyses upon a multiplicity of samples comprising

• a support providing an array constituted by a multiplicity of cuvette receptacles in fixed vertical columns and horizontal planes to form a checkerboard configuration;
• at least one dispensing means providing a plurality of dispensing stations in a series of fixed vertical planes, said stations being individually displaceable, respectively, along the said vertical planes;
• said support and said dispensing means being in upright facial juxtaposition;
• and being relatively displaceable horizontally to simultaneously engage respective dispensing means in a series of vertical planes with a multiplicity of cuvette receptacles supported in a series of juxtaposed vertical columns;
• at least one analysis means providing a plurality of analysis stations capable of simultaneous engagement with the said cuvette receptacles at a plurality of the said fixed positions thereof,
• whereby upon relative horizontal or vertical displacement of sample receptacles dispensers and analysis means, a multiplicity of analytic sequences can be performed simultaneously.