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US 9,005,542 B2Granted
Storage system for storing laboratory objects at low temperatures
AssigneeLiconic AG
InventorCosmas G. Malin
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Abstract
The storage arrangement has a chamber. Several Dewar flasks are arranged in the chamber and above them a picking device. The picking device has at least one cassette lift, with which storage cassettes can be removed from above from the Dewar flasks. This arrangement is suitable for storing laboratory objects at very low temperatures.
Claims14
A storage arrangement for storing laboratory objects comprising:
- a chamber;
- at least one Dewar flask positionable in the chamber that is structured and arranged to store the laboratory objects at a storage temperature Ts<Tc, in which Tc is a temperature of the chamber;
- a plurality of storage cassettes positionable in the at least one Dewar flask, each storage cassette including a plurality of storage sites arranged one above the other for accommodating the laboratory objects;
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- a picking device structured and arranged for movement in the chamber above the at least one Dewar flask and having at least one cassette lift structured and arranged to selectively remove storage cassettes from the at least one Dewar flask and to place storage cassettes into the at least one Dewar flask;
- at least one centering element comprising several guide openings, each opening for accommodating one storage cassette, the at least one centering element positioned in an opening of the at least one Dewar flask and structured and arranged to receive a selected storage cassette in order to horizontally align the storage cassette.
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