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公开(公告)号:US3578412A
公开(公告)日:1971-05-11
申请号:US3578412D
申请日:1968-01-22
Applicant: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC
Inventor: MARTIN DONALD N
CPC classification number: G01N35/026 , Y10T436/113332
Abstract: A TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR USE IN AN AUTOMATED CHEMICAL ANALYZER HAVING A PAIR OF HORIZONTAL RAILS ON WHICH A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE CAPSULES ARE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTER AND CONVEYED BY MEANS OF A PAIR OF SERRATED MEMBERS OR RACKS, IN INTERMITTENT STOP AND GO FASHION, PAST A SERIES OF PROCESSING STATIONS WHERE VARIOUS ANALYTICAL STEPS ARE PERFORMED, THE RAILS BEING MOUNTED FOR UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT BY MEANS OF A VERTICAL AIR CYLINDER, THE RACKS BEING MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCAL HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT BY A HORIZONTAL AIR CYLINDER, THE ACTION OF RAILS AND RACKS BEING SYNCHRONIZED OR COORDINATED SO THAT A CAPSULE ON THE RAILS IN THE DOWN POSITION THEREOF IS DISPOSED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH A PAIR OF TEETH ON THE RACKS WHICH THEN SLIDES THE CAPSULE ALONG THE RAILS A DISTANCE EQUAL TO ABOUT THE WIDTH OF A CAPSULE, AFTER WHICH THE VERTICAL AIR CYLINDER IS TRIGGERED TO RAISE THE RAILS AND TRIGGER RETURN OF THE RACKS, EACH CYCLED DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE RAILS ENGAGING THE CAPSULE WITH THE NEXT DOWNSTREAM PAIR OF TEETH OF THE RACKS DURING EACH SUCCEEDING CYCLE AND IN SUCH MANNER CONVEYING THE CAPSULE THE LENGTH OF THE RAILS.
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公开(公告)号:US3240070A
公开(公告)日:1966-03-15
申请号:US31433663
申请日:1963-10-07
Applicant: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC
Inventor: MARTIN DONALD N , JOHNSON CARLTON W
IPC: G01N1/00
CPC classification number: G01N35/1095 , Y10T74/19879
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公开(公告)号:US3540857A
公开(公告)日:1970-11-17
申请号:US3540857D
申请日:1968-01-22
Applicant: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC
Inventor: MARTIN DONALD N
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公开(公告)号:US3645690A
公开(公告)日:1972-02-29
申请号:US3645690D
申请日:1968-01-22
Applicant: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC
Inventor: ROCHTE JERRY E , MARTIN DONALD N , HOFFA JACK L , MOORE GEORGE V
CPC classification number: G01N35/02 , G01N35/1079 , Y10T436/114165
Abstract: A system employing individual sample capsules, each of inexpensive hollow body, open bottom construction with end tabs and cups formed in the body, a pair of horizontal rails on which the capsules are conveyed side-by-side past processing stations in stop and go fashion by the up-and-down action of the rails and to-and-fro movement of a pair of racks having teeth-engaging within the capsule body and moving the capsule in one direction when the rails are down, the teeth being free of the capsule to move in the opposite direction when the rails are up, with automatic means for dropping a capsule onto the rails, transferring a sample from a container to one of the cups in the capsule, adding reagents, filtering the reacted sample, transferring fluid from one cup to another, incubating the sample, performing a colorimetric reading and removing fluid from all cups prior to discard of the capsule, the system being essentially pneumatically operated using pneumatic logic controlled by triggers associated with the various components of the system.
Abstract translation: 采用单个样品胶囊的系统,每个便宜的中空体,具有末端突出部的开放底部结构和形成在体内的杯子,一对水平轨道,胶囊以并排方式传送过去处理站, 通过轨道的上下动作和具有齿接合在胶囊主体内的一对齿条的往复运动,并且当轨道向下时使胶囊沿一个方向移动,齿不含 胶囊在轨道向上移动时以相反的方向移动,具有用于将胶囊放置在轨道上的自动装置,将样品从容器转移到胶囊中的杯中的一个中,加入试剂,过滤反应的样品,将流体从 一个杯子到另一个,孵化样品,在丢弃胶囊之前执行比色读数和从所有杯子中除去流体,该系统基本上气动地使用由触发器控制的气动逻辑 s与系统的各种组件相关联。
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公开(公告)号:US3556731A
公开(公告)日:1971-01-19
申请号:US3556731D
申请日:1968-01-22
Applicant: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC
Inventor: MARTIN DONALD N
IPC: B01L7/00 , C12M1/26 , C12M1/34 , F04B43/12 , G01N21/86 , G01N33/483 , G01N33/49 , G01N33/52 , G01N35/00 , G01N1/00
CPC classification number: G01N33/4905 , B01L7/00 , B01L7/5255 , C12M23/12 , C12M41/18 , F04B43/1284 , F04B43/1292 , G01N21/8483 , G01N33/525 , G01N35/00009 , Y10S435/809 , Y10T436/110833
Abstract: AN INCUBATOR FOR USE IN AUTOMATED CHEMICAL ANALYZER SYSTEMS HAVING THE FORM OF A SERRATED BLOCK OF ALUMINUM OR THE LIKE, EACH SERRATION OR TOOTH BEING HOLLOWED OUT AND HAVING AN INNER SURFACE INTO WHICH THE OUTER SURFACE OF A CAPSULE CUP IS ADAPTED TO FIT SNUGLY, THE ALUMINUM BLOCK CONTAINING A HEATER CONTROLLED BY A THERMOSWITCH AND SERVING BY CONTACT WITH THE CAPSULE CUP TO HEAT LIQUID CONTAINED IN THE CUP FOR THE INCUBATION THEREOF, THE BLOCK BEING MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ADAPTED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO ENGAGE AROUND THE CUP OF THE CAPSULE.
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