Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
23 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 1 wherein said plurality of test tubular receptacles range from two to seven.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
25 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 1 wherein each test tubular receptacle ranges from a volume of 2 to 20 milliliters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 1 wherein a signal land area is disposed across said elongated line of symmetry adjacent to and being a minor fractional area of said rectangular planar area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 1 wherein a thermoplastic cover plate having indexing means coplanarly securing said cover to said rectangular planar area has a cover aperture disposed over each test tubular receptacle aperture, each said cover aperture formed of a plurality of thin, flexible, radial sector divisions flexibly hinged to the perimeter of said cover aperture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
260 words
In an integral, thin wall, thermoplastic chemical analysis tube module having an elongated rectangular planar area to which a plurality of test tubular receptacles of uniform apertures are normally secured along the elongated line of symmetry and having a thin wall frame which is supportively disposed around the planar area perimeter, the combination comprising: a first wall frame segment of uniform height, forming a major fractional segment perimeter of said planar area, a first uniform stiffener lip integrally secured to and disposed around the perimeter of said first frame segment, opposed to said planar area, an opposed pair of second wall frame segments, each one having a second uniform height, supportively oppositely disposed around a pair of minor fractional segment perimeters of said planar area, said second wall height precisely greater than said first wall height, a pair of second uniform stiffener lips integrally secured to and disposed around said pair of second frame segment perimeters opposed to said planar area, said first frame segment, first lip, pair of second frame segments, and pair of second lips providing a flexible hinge displacement of said opposed pair of second frame segments with respect to said first frame segment on application of compressive force to said pair of second segments, said hinge displacement suitable for an unclamping and a clamping movement of said lips in a configured cut-out aperture, and the lip height difference between said first and said second stiffener lips providing a precise jaw clamp, rigidly securing said tube module combination in said configured cut-out aperture in a supporting plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 6 wherein a signal land area is disposed across said elongated line of symmetry, adjacent to and being a minor fractional area of said rectangular planar area.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
A chemical analysis tube module as set forth in claim 6 wherein a thermoplastic cover plate having indexing means coplanarly securing said cover to said rectangular planar area has a cover aperture disposed over each test tubular receptacle aperture, each said cover aperture formed of a plurality of thin, flexible, radial sector divisions flexibly hinged to the perimeter of said cover aperture.