Storage cassette for laboratory objects
AssigneeLiconic AG
InventorCosmas Malin
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Abstract
A storage system (1) has a chamber (3). In the chamber (3), multiple storage tanks (5) are arranged, and a picking and placing device (8) is arranged above these tanks. Carrousels (8) are arranged in the storage tanks. These carrousels are suspended from a top pivot bearing (35) and laterally guided by a bottom pivot bearing (44). The top pivot bearing (35) is located outside the insulation (12) of the storage tanks and is thus protected from extreme temperatures. In the carrousel (18), storage cassettes (20) are arranged which are laterally held by guide elements (31).
Claims17
Storage tank for a low temperature storage of laboratory objects comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior space;
- an insulation arranged around the interior space;
- a cover area which upwardly closes the interior space;
- an opening in the cover area which provides an access to the interior space from outside;
- a carrousel arranged pivotably in the interior space with storage positions for the laboratory objects;
- a top pivot bearing which is located above the carrousel and from which the carrousel is pivotably suspended;
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- a neck section projecting vertically upwards past the cover area, wherein the insulation extends over the cover area and the neck section up to a top end of the neck section and wherein the top pivot bearing is arranged on the top region of the neck section.
Storage tank for a low temperature storage of laboratory objects comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior space;
- an insulation arranged around the interior space;
- a cover area which upwardly closes the interior space;
- an opening in the cover area which provides an access to the interior space from outside;
- a carrousel arranged pivotably in the interior space with storage positions for the laboratory objects;
- a top pivot bearing which is located above the carrousel and from which the carrousel is pivotably suspended;
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- a plurality of storage cassettes,
- wherein each storage cassette forms a multiple number of storage positions on top of one another, wherein each storage cassette can be removed from the storage tank through the opening, wherein the carrousel has a base element on which the storage cassettes rest, and wherein the carrousel has spaced from the base element at least one guide element which horizontally secures the storage cassettes resting on the base element but permits a vertical motion of the storage cassettes.
Storage tank for a low temperature storage of laboratory objects comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior space;
- an insulation arranged around the interior space;
- a cover area which upwardly closes the interior space;
- an opening in the cover area which provides an access to the interior space from outside;
- a carrousel arranged pivotably in the interior space with storage positions for the laboratory objects;
- a top pivot bearing which is located above the carrousel and from which the carrousel is pivotably suspended;
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- a door for sealing the opening and with a door drive for moving the door.
Storage tank for a low temperature storage of laboratory objects comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior space;
- an insulation arranged around the interior space;
- a cover area which upwardly closes the interior space;
- an opening in the cover area which provides an access to the interior space from outside;
- a carrousel arranged pivotably in the interior space with storage positions for the laboratory objects;
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- a top pivot bearing which is located above the carrousel and from which the carrousel is pivotably suspended,
- wherein a centering element is arranged at the opening, wherein the centering element has at least one vertical passage for guiding the storage cassettes during the insertion or removal, and
- wherein the centering element has multiple passages spaced at different distances from a pivot axis of the carrousel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.