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US 3,938,958 AGranted
Fluid dispensing device
AssigneeCorning Glass Works
InventorsTerry O. Lanier, Eugene F. Martha
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Abstract
A fluid dispensing device suitable for accepting one or more discrete quantities of test fluids and thereafter dispensing predetermined quantities of such fluid or fluids to a test vehicle. The device operates on a disposable applicator card containing one or more compressible tubes which are filled with such fluid or fluids from a sample tray by peristaltic-like action. The dispensing device permits proper alignment with respect to one another of the sample tray, disposable applicator card, test vehicle, and all components of the device itself.
Claims16
A fluid dispensing device comprising
- a base plate,
- support means operatively associated with said base plate suitable for operatively accommodating an applicator card having at least one compressible tube adhered to a backing, and
- means operatively associated with said support means suitable for filling each said compressible tube with a quantity of test fluid and dispensing a predetermined quantity of said test fluid from each said compressible tube to a test vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.