Patent ID: 9506941
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B25J,C12M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. Device for the handling of Petri dishes that have a bottom and a cover, wherein the device is implemented so as to receive a Petri dish with underlying cover and at least inverting and delivering the bottom of the Petri dish, or vice versa, wherein the device comprises: a rotating holder having a rotatable body that is rotatable around a rotation axis; at least a first holder and second holder for respective Petri dishes arranged on the rotatable body; and a drive structured and arranged to rotate the rotatable body, wherein by rotating the rotatable body by approximately 180° the first holder can be brought from a lower position to an upper position and the second holder can be brought from the upper position to the lower position such that the respective Petri dishes held in the holders are invertable, wherein each of the first and second holder comprises: a cover holder structured and arranged for receiving the cover of a Petri dish, and a pressure element, wherein the pressure element and the cover holder are movable relative to one another radially with respect to the rotation axis so that the cover of the Petri dish can be pressed against the bottom of the Petri dish, and the device further comprising a common spread drive, wherein the pressure elements of both holders are movable radially outward by the common spread drive.