EP0388159A2
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Apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities
Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-03-14
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities comprising a tray (20; 40; 60) a surface (20a; 40a; 60a) of which has cavities (21; 41; 61) therein for storing liquid (A), the cavities (21; 41; 61) having openings (8; 47; 57) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray (20; 40; 60); a flexible sealing member (9; 32; 67) which contacts the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a); and a pressure plate (29; 49; 51) for applying pressure to the sealing member (9; 32; 67) so as to force the latter against the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a) characterized in that the sealing member (9; 32; 67) is arranged to be forced by the pressure plate (29; 49; 51) into a position in which it seals each of the said openings (8; 47; 57) so as to prevent evaporation of liquid (A) in the said cavities (21; 41; 61).
Inventors
- 👤 Munechika Sakabe
- 👤 Osamu Segawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 13:47
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01L; B01L3/00; B01L3/50; B01L3/508; B01L3/5085; B01L3/50851; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/16; B01L3/50853; B01L7/00; B01L2200/00; B01L2200/06; B01L2200/0689; B01L2200/14; B01L2200/142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
Apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities comprising a tray (20; 40; 60) a surface (20a; 40a; 60a) of which has cavities (21; 41; 61) therein for storing liquid (A), the cavities (21; 41; 61) having openings (8; 47; 57) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray (20; 40; 60); a flexible sealing member (9; 32; 67) which contacts the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a); and a pressure plate (29; 49; 51) for applying pressure to the sealing member (9; 32; 67) so as to force the latter against the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a) characterized in that the sealing member (9; 32; 67) is arranged to be forced by the pressure plate (29; 49; 51) into a position in which it seals each of the said openings (8; 47; 57) so as to prevent evaporation of liquid (A) in the said cavities (21; 41; 61).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
Apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities comprising a tray (20; 40; 60) a surface (20a; 40a; 60a) of which has cavities (21; 41; 61) therein for storing liquid (A), the cavities (21; 41; 61) having openings (8; 47; 57) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray (20; 40; 60); a flexible sealing member (9; 32; 67) which contacts the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a); and a pressure plate (29; 49; 51) for applying pressure to the sealing member (9; 32; 67) so as to force the latter against the said surface (20a; 40a; 60a) characterized in that the sealing member (9; 32; 67) is arranged to be forced by the pressure plate (29; 49; 51) into a position in which it seals each of the said openings (8; 47; 57) so as to prevent evaporation of liquid (A) in the said cavities (21; 41; 61).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the sealing member (9) has a space therein which is filled with viscous fluid (10), the pressure plate (29) causing flow of the viscous fluid (10) so that the sealing member (9) is deformed locally so as to seal each of the openings (27).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the sealing member (32) has projections (31) thereon arranged in registration with the respective cavities (41), the pressure plate (49) contacting the projections (31) and applying pressure thereto which deforms the sealing member (32) locally so as to seal each of the openings (47).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the pressure plate (51) has projections (50) which contact the sealing member (67) and which are in registration with the respective cavities (61), whereby the sealing member (67) is deformed locally by the pressure plate (51) so as to seal each of the openings (57).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim characterized in that the apparatus is provided with heating means (23, 28; 43, 48; 63, 68) for heating liquid (A) in the cavities (21; 41; 61).
Claim 7
Independent Claim
121 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (20) having cavities (21) for storing therein liquid, the cavities (21) having openings (27) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; a planar sealing member (9) disposed on the tray (20) to cover the openings (27), and comprised of a pair of flexible sheets (11) and viscous fluid (10) filled between the flexible sheets (11); and a pressure plate (29) disposed above the planar sealing member (9) for applying thereto pressure effective to locally flow the viscous fluid (10) to enable the sealing member (9) to seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (27) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid stored in the cavities (21).
Claim 8
Independent Claim
121 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (20) having cavities (21) for storing therein liquid, the cavities (21) having openings (27) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; a planar sealing member (9) disposed on the tray (20) to cover the openings (27), and comprised of a pair of flexible sheets (11) and viscous fluid (10) filled between the flexible sheets (11); and a pressure plate (29) disposed above the planar sealing member (9) for applying thereto pressure effective to locally flow the viscous fluid (10) to enable the sealing member (9) to seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (27) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid stored in the cavities (21).
Claim 9
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (40) having cavities (41) for storing therein liquid (A), the cavities (41) having openings (47) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; an elastic sealing member (32) disposed on the tray (40) to cover the openings, and having thereon projections (31) arranged in registration with the respective cavities (41); and a pressure plate (49) disposed on the sealing member (32) in contact with the projections (31) for applying thereto pressure effective to deform locally the sealing member (32) through the projections (31) to enable the sealing member (32) to fittably seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (47) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid (A) stored in the cavities (41).
Claim 10
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (40) having cavities (41) for storing therein liquid (A), the cavities (41) having openings (47) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; an elastic sealing member (32) disposed on the tray (40) to cover the openings, and having thereon projections (31) arranged in registration with the respective cavities (41); and a pressure plate (49) disposed on the sealing member (32) in contact with the projections (31) for applying thereto pressure effective to deform locally the sealing member (32) through the projections (31) to enable the sealing member (32) to fittably seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (47) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid (A) stored in the cavities (41).
Claim 11
Independent Claim
138 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (60) having cavities (61) for storing therein liquid (A), the cavities (61) having openings (59) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; a planar sealing member (67) composed of elastic material and disposed on the tray (60) to cover the openings (59); and a pressure plate (51) disposed on the planar sealing member (67) and having projections (50) in contact with the planar sealing member (67) in registration with the respective cavities (61) for applying to the sealing member (67) pressure effective to deform locally the elastic sealing member (67) through the projections (50) to enable the sealing member (67) to fittably seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (59) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid (A) stored in the cavities (61).
Claim 12
Independent Claim
138 words
An apparatus for sealing liquid within cavities, comprising: a tray (60) having cavities (61) for storing therein liquid (A), the cavities (61) having openings (59) arranged at varying levels in the thickness direction of the tray; a planar sealing member (67) composed of elastic material and disposed on the tray (60) to cover the openings (59); and a pressure plate (51) disposed on the planar sealing member (67) and having projections (50) in contact with the planar sealing member (67) in registration with the respective cavities (61) for applying to the sealing member (67) pressure effective to deform locally the elastic sealing member (67) through the projections (50) to enable the sealing member (67) to fittably seal the varying levels of the cavity openings (59) to thereby prevent evaporation of the liquid (A) stored in the cavities (61).
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