Patent ID: 6436262
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A pair of clamps for securing a parallel plate gel enclosure against a frame to form a liquid-retaining chamber for an electrophoresis buffer, each said clamp comprising a plate with a pair of flat extension members extending from one side of said plate with a gap between said extension members that is sized to receive said gel enclosure and said frame in a snug fit, said extension members extending substantially the full length of a lateral edge of said gel enclosure, each said extension member having an inner face terminating in a beveled edge to facilitate insertion of said lateral edge of said gel enclosure, each clamp pivotally mounted to said frame for rotation about a pivot axis between a clamping position in which said extension members compress said gel enclosure against a clamping surface on said frame, and an open position in which said extension members are displaced from said clamping surface to permit free insertion and removal of said gel enclosure to and from said frame, said clamp further comprising a protrusion positioned to engage a bottom edge of said gel enclosure and to urge said gel enclosure upward when said clamp is rotated into said clamping position.