Cuvette matrix tray

Claim 1

A cuvette matrix tray, comprising a frame (1) with two parallel carrying sides (2,3) having upper surfaces (8) and a plurality of strips (4) which are mounted between said carrying sides, each said strip (4) being a unitary row of microtitre wells (14), each strip having an undersurface, characterized in that on both carrying sides (2,3) of the frame (1) are formed inward projecting carrying shoulders (5), said carrying shoulders having undersides, and that on both ends of the strips is provided a locking member (6) comprising an outward projecting limiting member (7) disposed to rest against the upper surface (8) of the carrying side, and two locking shoulders (9) projecting at right angles relative to the longitudinal direction of the strip and in opposite directions to each other and disposed to be pressed in below two adjacent carrying shoulders and to rest against the undersides thereof when the strip is pushed from above between the carrying sides, said locking member further comprising a substantially vertical spring member (10), said limiting member (7) projecting outward therefrom, and said substantially vertical spring member being attached to said undersurface of said strip.