Patent ID: 11940385
Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An apparatus of claim 4, wherein said plate handling subsystem comprises:
(a) a light-tight enclosure comprising:
(i) said one or more plate elevators with a plate lifting platform that can be raised and lowered;
(ii) a light-tight enclosure top having one or more plate introduction apertures positioned above said one or more plate elevators and an imaging aperture, wherein said light-tight enclosure top comprises a sliding light-tight door for sealing said one or more plate introduction apertures; and
(iii) a plate translation stage for translating a plate in one or more horizontal directions, wherein said stage comprises a plate carriage for supporting the plate, said plate carriage has an opening to allow said one or more plate elevators positioned below the plate carriage to access and lift the plate, and said plate translation stage is configured to position plates below said imaging aperture and to position said plates above said one or more plate elevators; and

(b) one or more plate stackers mounted on said light-tight enclosure top, above said one or more plate introduction apertures, wherein said one or more plate stackers are configured to receive or deliver plates to said one or more plate elevators,
wherein the light detector is mounted on said light-tight enclosure top and coupled to said imaging aperture with a light-tight seal.