Patent ID: 6845881
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B01L,B65D,C03B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for a plurality of individual capillaries, each capillary having a capillary length and a capillary outer diameter, the plurality of capillaries bonded to an adhesive tape to be substantially parallel to each other, the capillaries disposed transverse to a longitudinal extension of the adhesive tape and projecting past the tape at both ends of the capillaries, the dispenser comprising: a bottom; a first side wall adjacent with adjacent to said bottom; a second side wall adjacent to said bottom and extending substantially parallel to and at a first separation from said first side wall, said first separation being larger than said capillary length; a top cooperating with said first and said second side walls and extending substantially parallel to and at a second separation from said bottom, said second separation being greater than said capillary outer diameter, said top having an elongated opening with a width greater than the width of the adhesive tape, wherein said first side wall, said second side wall, and said top are structured, dimensioned and disposed to define an elongated receptacle into which the capillaries can be inserted while in contact with the adhesive tape, wherein the adhesive tape can than be separated from the capillaries by removal through said elongated opening in said top; a resiliently biased slider configured to urge the capillaries in said elongated receptacle towards a dispensing location.