Fluorescence protein and peptide analyzer

Claim 1

AN ANALYZER SYSTEM WHICH IS ADAPTABLE TO THE FLUORESCENCE BASED ASSAY OF EITHER PROTEIN OR PEPTIDE CONTAINING SAMPLES WHICH SYSTEM COMPRISES IN COMBINATION: A. SAMPLE STREAM PROVIDING MEANS WHICH SAMPLE STREAM CONTAINS EITHER PROTEIN OR PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS TO BE ASSAYED, B. SAMPLE LOOPHOLDER MEANS ADAPTABLE TO BE IN A DIALYSIS OR HYDROLYSIS MODE, SAID SAMPLE LOOPHOLDER MEANS COMPRISING: I. AN OUTER ENCLOSURE DEFINING AN INTERNAL CHAMBER WHICH CHAMBER CONTAINS DIALYSIS SOLUTION IN SAID DIALYSIS MODE AND HEATING MEANS IN SAID HYDROLYSIS MODE, AND II. A SAMPLE LOOPHOLDER COMPONENT COMPRISING A STEPPING MOTOR MEANS, SHAFT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID STEPPING MOTOR MEANS, A STATOR ELEMENT HAVING TWO RADIALLY DISPOSED CHANNEL PAIRS AND A ROTATOR ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL PAIRS RADIALLY AND AND SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED ABOUT ITS CENTRAL AXIS, SAID PLURALITY OF CHANNEL PAIRS BEING SO ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED AS TO SERIALLY INDEX WITH EACH OF SAID CHANNEL PAIRS IN SAID STATOR ELEMENTS AS SAID ROTATOR IS ROTATED RELATIVE TO SAID STATOR, EACH OF SAID ROTATOR CHANNEL PAIRS FURTHER HAVING A SAMPLE LOOP BRINDING THE TWO CHANNELS IN EACH PAIR, SAID SAMPLE LOOP BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A SEMIPERMEABLE CELLULOSE TUBE FOR THE DIALYSIS MODE AND AN INERT, NON-POROUS, HEAT AND ALKALI STABLE PLASTIC FOR THE HYDROLYSIS MODE, SAID ROTATOR AND SAID STATOR BEING HELD TOGETHER TIGHTLY TO FORM A LIQUID TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN THEM WITH SAID ROTATOR BEING ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATOR, AND C. FLUORESCENCE DETECTION MEANS, WHEREIN SAID SAMPLE STREAM PROVIDING MEANS IS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE CHANNEL OF ONE OF SAID CHANNEL PAIRS OF SAID STATOR SO AS TO PROVIDE A SAMPLE STREAM TO SAID CHANNEL AND ANY CHANNEL OF SAID ROTATOR WHICH IS INDEXED THEREWITH AND SAID FLUORESCENCE DETECTION MEANS IS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE CHANNEL OF THE OTHER OF SAID CHANNEL PAIRS SO AS TO OBTAIN A DIALYZED OR HYDROLYZED SAMPLE STREAM FOR ASSAY.