Apparatus for sequential treatment and analysis of samples
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OR OTHER TERATMENT OF A SERIES OF SAMPLES AND HAVING A CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING THE SAMPLES IN SUCCESSION FROM A FIRST STATION IN WHICH REAGENTS ARE ADDED TO A SECOND STATION IN WHICH THE ANALYSIS RESULTS ARE ADDED TO A SECOND STATION IN WHICH THE ANALYSIS RESULTS ARE DETECTED. THE CONVEYOR INCLUDES A CHAIN OF RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTED LINKS WHICH SERVE TO HOLD ONE SAMPLE CONTAINER EACH. THE CHAIN IS FLEXIBLE AND RUNS BETWEEN THE STATIONS WITHOUT BEING GUIDED LATERALLY SO AS TO FOLLOW A PREDETERMINED PATH, AND THEREFORE THE LENGTH OF THE STRETCH OF THE CHAIN BETWEEN THE STATIONS AND THUS THE TIME FOR TRANSPORTING THE SAMPLES BETWEEN THE STATIONS MAY BE VARIED BY ADDING OR REMOVING LINKS. IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS ARE PORVIDED ON PREDETERMINED LINKS AND AN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IS PROVIDED FOR CORRELATING THE ANALYSIS RESULTS WITH THE RESPECTIVE SAMPLES.
Inventors
- 👤 Lars Erik Oehlin
- 👤 Jan Olof Loefvenmark
- 👤 Goesta Carlsson
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