Laboratory mixer and vortexer
AssigneeEppendorf AG
InventorsManfred Ebers, Peter Schmidt
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for mixing laboratory vessel contents. The apparatus has an accommodating adapter with a holder for accommodating laboratory vessels, e.g., laboratory vessels in an exchangeable block module, and a drive for putting the accommodating adapter into a mixing movement which essentially oscillates in a circular and translatory manner in a horizontal plane. The accommodating adapter has a vortex adapter which is accessible from the outside and has a shoulder structure on a circumference. The shoulder structure has at least one shoulder which points toward the center of the circumference and is intended to drive a vessel, e.g., a test tube, which is held and placed from the outside, into the mixing movement in a form-fitting manner.
Claims19
An apparatus for mixing laboratory vessel contents, comprising:
- an accommodating adapter comprising a frame with spaced-apart sides enclosing an area configured to accommodate an exchangeable block module for holding one or more laboratory vessels, wherein the sides of the frames include one or more holders to hold in place the exchangeable block module during mixing;
- a drive configured to put the accommodating adapter into a mixing movement that oscillates in a circular and translatory manner in a horizontal plane;
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- a vortex adapter that is configured when subjected to a pressure force to drive a laboratory vessel into the mixing movement, wherein the vortex adapter is positioned within the area defined by the sides of the frames and is accessible from outside the apparatus, and wherein the vortex adapter includes a shoulder structure having a circumference and at least one shoulder that points to the center of the circumference.
An apparatus for mixing laboratory vessel contents, comprising:
- an accommodating adapter comprising a frame with spaced-apart sides enclosing an area configured to accommodate an exchangeable block module for holding one or more laboratory vessels, wherein the sides of the frames include one or more holders;
- and a drive configured to put the accommodating adapter into a mixing movement that oscillates in a circular and translatory manner in a horizontal plane,
- wherein the frame includes three U-shaped spring clamps which have been turned upside down and two of which are arranged centrally symmetrically on the accommodating adapter frame along a longitudinal inner flank and one of which is arranged on a transverse flank configured to hold the exchangeable block module in a force-fitting and frictional manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.