Patent ID: 6416719
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B01J,B01L,C40B,G01N

Abstract:
A plate locator for positioning and holding a four sided plate having an array of sample containing wells, such as a microplate, on a work bed of a precision liquid handler having at least one probe for registration with at least one well of the plate, said plate locator apparatus comprising:a flat, planar locator bed adapted to be secured to the work bed of the precision liquid handler; a plate receiving nest on said locator bed, said nest having four sides corresponding to the four sides of the four sided plate; said nest including rigid stop members extending up from said bed on first and second sides of said nest; said nest including movably mounted holders extending up from said bed at third and fourth sides of said nest opposite said rigid stop members at said first and second sides of said nest; and resilient biasing elements connected between said bed and each of said movably mounted holders for urging said holders toward the center of said nest.