Patent ID: 8846337
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B05B,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of spraying a reagent onto a support for the fast microbiological analysis of said support, said support being adapted to retain microorganisms on a predetermined surface, said method comprising: providing a spraying bell as well as a nozzle for emitting a jet of droplets of said reagent into a spraying chamber comprised by said bell; mounting an absorbent pad against said bell transversely to said jet and closing said chamber from the opposite side to said nozzle with the exception of a central opening provided in said pad, said central opening providing access to said support; emitting said jet of droplets from said nozzle towards said support, causing a portion of said jet, when said device faces said support and is at a predetermined distance therefrom, to pass through said central opening over its entire area and be deposited on the whole of said predetermined surface of said support.