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US 9,713,813 B2Granted
Centrifuge cup
AssigneeThermo Electron LED GmbH
InventorNorman Ballhause
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Abstract
The invention relates to a centrifuge cup, which has a container and a cover. The cover has a lever including a guide element in each case on opposing edge areas thereof. The guide elements are able to be introduced into an associated guide path of the container by pivoting the lever. The guide elements are implemented in such a way that in a closed state of the cover with the container, a clamping force (F) having vertical force component (Fy) and horizontal force component (Fx) is provided at a contact point or a contact line of the guide elements with the particular associated guide path.
Claims7
A centrifuge cup, comprising:
- a container having a side wall including an outer surface, a central axis and a cover having a lever, the lever having a rotational axis and a guide element on opposing edge areas, the guide elements being able to be introduced into an associated guide path formed in the side wall of the container by pivoting the lever,
- wherein the guide path comprises a groove extending inwardly from the outer surface and into the side wall of the container in a direction toward the central axis so as not to protrude outward of the outer surface of the container,
- wherein the guide elements are implemented so that, in a closed state of the cover with the container, a clamping force (F) having vertical force component (Fy) and horizontal force component (Fx) is provided at a contact point or a contact line of the guide elements with the associated guide path,
- wherein the guide elements extend radially inward toward each other,
- and further wherein the container has a constant cross-sectional width along a height of the side wall of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.