Patent ID: 8561376
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: C12M

Abstract:
1. A device for dispensing a prescribed product into at least one Petri dish, each Petri dish comprising a removable lid able to be arranged over a bottom part of smaller width than the lid, the device comprising on a base: (a) at least first and second columns adapted to vertically guide the Petri dishes, respectively capable of receiving first and second stacks of Petri dishes with the lids placed over the bottom part and capable of being positioned respectively above a first lower passageway for the Petri dishes and above a second lower passageway for the Petri dishes, the first and second passageways being provided on a fixed part relative to the base; (b) a system operably moving at least one of the Petri dishes from the first column to the second column, the system comprising: the transfer member being a shuttle with translational movement relative to the base in direct back and forth movement of the supporting openings between each of the first and second stop positions; and the dispensor being arranged to dispense the product above the lower opening and under the upper opening into the bottom part of the Petri dish when these openings lie in a selected one of the first and second stop positions.