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US 4,113,436 AGranted
Automatic analysis apparatus
AssigneeMettler Instrumente AG
InventorsRoger Daniel Werder, Linus Meier, Karl Lang
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Abstract
Operating stations of an automatic analysis apparatus are arranged along a path in which a specimen to be analyzed is moved in a container on a carrier. The specimen is transferred from the carrier to a container supporting platform of each station where it is to be processed, thereby permitting another specimen to by-pass the same station. Different sequences of operations may be performed simultaneously on several specimens without interfering with each other.
Claims14
Analysis apparatus comprising, in combination:
- (a) track means defining an elongated path;
- (b) carrier means adapted to move on said track means in said path while carrying a container;
- (c) a plurality of station means spaced along said path, each station means including a container support adjacent said path;
- (d) drive means for moving said carrier means on said track means;
- p1 (e) transfer means adjacent said path for transferring a container between said carrier means and the container support of each of said station means when the carrier means is aligned with the station means transversely of said path,
- (1) said transfer means including means for moving a container from said carrier means to the container support of a predetermined station means, and for simultaneously moving another container from the container support of said predetermined station means to said carrier means,
- (2) one of said station means including dosing means for introducing a predetermined amount of liquid into a container supported on the container support of said one station means,
- (3) another station means including analyzing means for analyzing the contents of a container transferred to the container support of said other station means;
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- (f) control means for operating said drive means, said transfer means, said dosing means, and said analyzing means in timed sequence.
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Analysis apparatus comprising, in combination:
- (a) track means defining an elongated path extending in a closed loop;
- (b) a plurality of carriers evenly spaced on said track means along said loop;
- (c) a plurality of station means spaced along said path, each station means including a container support adjacent said path;
- (d) drive means for simultaneously moving said carriers in said path, each carrier including carrying means for carrying a container through each portion of said path;
- (e) transfer means adjacent said path for transferring a container between each carrier and the container support of each of said station means when the carrier is aligned with the station means transversely of said path,
- (1) one of said station means including dosing means for introducing a predetermined amount of liquid into a container supported on the container support of said one station means,
- (2) another station means including analyzing means for analyzing the contents of a container transferred from one of said carriers to the container support of said other station means;
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- (f) control means for operating said drive means, said transfer means, said dosing means, and said analyzing means in timed sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.