Centrifuge rotor adapted for use with centrifuge tube strips
AssigneeLabnet International, Inc.
InventorsWalter Demsia, H. Gerald Young
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Abstract
A centrifuge rotor having a top surface, a bottom surface, side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces, a centrally located bore for installing the rotor on a motor drive shaft of a centrifuge device, and at least one elongated aperture extending down and outwardly from the top surface of the rotor, the at least one elongated aperture for receiving a strip of interconnected centrifuge tubes. The rotor can also include an adapter for mounting the centrifuge tube strip in the at least one elongated aperture when the centrifuge tube strip is sized substantially smaller than the at least one elongated aperture.
Claims16
A centrifuge rotor comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a centrally located bore for installing the rotor on a motor drive shaft of a centrifuge device;
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- at least one elongated aperture for receiving a strip of interconnected centrifuge tubes, the at least one elongated aperture extending down and outwardly from the top surface of the rotor and defining an inclined reverse-scalloped outer surface.
A centrifuge rotor comprising:
- a circular top surface;
- a circular bottom surface;
- a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a centrally located bore for installing the rotor on a motor drive shaft of a centrifuge device;
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- a plurality of elongated apertures for receiving strips of interconnected centrifuge tubes, the apertures extending down and outwardly from the top surface of the rotor and each defining an inclined reverse-scalloped outer surface.
A centrifuge rotor comprising:
- an upper rotor section having a circular top surface, a circular bottom surface, a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces, a centrally located bore for installing the rotor on a motor drive shaft of a centrifuge device, and a plurality of elongated apertures for receiving strips of interconnected centrifuge tubes, the elongated apertures extending down and outwardly between the top and bottom surfaces thereof and defining an inclined reverse-scalloped outer surface;
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- a lower rotor section coupled to the upper rotor section, the lower rotor section having a disc member surrounded by annular well member which extends down and outwardly from the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.