Patent ID: 11897653
Assignee: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An applicator assembly for closing a sample container with a plug, the applicator assembly comprising:
a magazine configured to store a string comprising polymer-based material;
an insertion device configured to insert an end piece of the string at least partly into an opening of the sample container;
a drive system configured to supply at least a part of the string from the magazine to the insertion device and/or configured to drive at least a part of the insertion device to insert the end piece at least partly into the opening of the sample container; and
a separator configured to separate the end piece from the string, such that the end piece forms a plug closing the sample container, wherein the separator is configured to rotate at least a part of the insertion device along a circumferential direction of the end piece to shear off the end piece from the string.