Sample changer with balance
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.
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.