Seed crusher
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsRhonda J. Feazel, John D. Hemphill, Sharon E. Malmberg, Craig Mierkowski, Tavis Aholt, Donald Sutter, Noel Harris
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Abstract
A seed crusher e.g. useful in methods for high throughput analysis of seeds, comprises a horizontal well plate with at least one well for receiving a tube; an open-topped tube for lining each well wherein each tube is oriented for receiving a vertical reciprocating pin; a horizontal die plate with a vertical pin located to reciprocate in each tube; a removable separator for use in each tube to separate a reciprocating pin from a seed at the bottom of said tube and a press for bringing together the die plate and well plate to allow a pin to enter each tube.
Claims8
A seed crusher, comprising
- (a) a horizontal well plate with at least one well for receiving a tube;
- (b) an open-topped tube for lining each well wherein each tube is oriented for receiving a vertical reciprocating pin;
- (c) a horizontal die plate with a vertical pin located to reciprocate in each tube;
- (d) a removable separator for use in each tube to separate a reciprocating pin from a seed at the bottom of said tube;
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- (e) a press for bringing together the die plate and well plate to allow a pin to enter each tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.