Patent ID: 6134000
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B01J,B01L,G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for simultaneously monitoring reactions taking place in a plurality of reaction vessels, said apparatus comprising:a metallic vessel holder having a plurality of chambers with the side wall of each of said chambers being formed to hold in an upright position a removable and transparent reaction vessel, wherein said side wall of each of said chambers comprises two connectors with associated boreholes, said connectors having axes which, when seen from a top view of said chamber, form an angle, the longitudinal axis of one of said boreholes being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said chamber and the longitudinal axis of the other of said boreholes being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said chamber, the axial extensions of said boreholes meeting one another approximately at the same point of the longitudinal axis of said chamber;a plurality of first optic fiber light guides, wherein each of said optic fiber light guides connects the inside of the side wall of one of said chambers with a light source;a plurality of second optic fiber light guides, wherein each of said optic fiber light guides connects the inside of the side wall of one of said chambers with a light receiver; andsaid boreholes bearing the endpieces of said second and said first optic fiber light guides connect to said chambers, respectively.