IP Library Granted Patent US 7,767,146
Granted Patent B2
US 7,767,146 · App. 11/217,599 · Granted Aug 3, 2010

Sample changer with balance

Assignee: Metrohm AG
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Patent No.
US 7,767,146
App. No.
11/217,599
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sample changer with a balance, with at least two sample carriers which can be delivered to the balance and which are located in a sample rack, the sample carrier being made and arranged in the sample rack relative to the balance such that the sample carrier can be conveyed onto a weighing surface of the balance by rotation and/or shifting of the sample rack and/or the balance. Preferably, the balance is integrated in the sample changer.

Claims (10)

1. A sample changer comprising

a balance having a weighing surface, and

at least two sample carriers which can be delivered to the balance and which are located in a sample rack, wherein each sample carrier can be moved in a direction orthogonally to the direction of rotation and/or displacement of the sample rack, and said sample carrier can be conveyed onto the weighing surface of the balance by rotation and/or shifting of the sample rack only.

2. A sample changer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the balance is integrated into the sample changer.

3. A sample changer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sample carriers are located in recesses of the sample rack.

4. A sample changer as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the recesses of the sample rack are in the rack bottom and optionally the rack top.

5. A sample changer as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the sample carriers are inserted or suspended in said recesses of the sample rack.

6. A sample changer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sample carriers in the operating state project at least partially out of the rack bottom.

7. A sample changer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sample carriers have lateral bevels.

8. An automatic metering device comprising the sample changer according to claim 1 , wherein a balance is integrated into the sample changer or is in mechanical interaction with the sample changer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2005
From: KIRSCHENBUHLER, PETER
To: METROHM AG
Reel/Frame 016564/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 04020823 · Sep 2, 2004 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060045805A1 · Mar 2, 2006