Patent ID: 8968657
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B25J,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Transport and handling retention member comprising: an adapter ring having a central opening, a tubular container for receiving samples, the tubular container received in the adapter ring, two gripping members for gripping the adapter ring, a slotted guiding member having two slotted members retained in a central region of a housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, each slotted member includes a portion that extends from the pivot axis to a first end that includes a slot and portion that extends from the pivot axis to a second end that carries a gripping member; two sliding elements each configured to engage the slot in the slotted guiding member, respectively; a transfer head movable between a rest position and an operating position; a sliding member that carries at the lower end thereof the transfer head and the two sliding elements that engage each slot such that movement of the sliding member moves the sliding elements in the slots and the slotted members are pivoted about a pivot axis causing movement of the gripping members and movement of the sliding member causes the transfer head to move between the operational position in contact with the tubular container received in the adapter ring and the rest position not in contact with the tubular container received in the adapter ring.