Patent ID: 7041216
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B01D,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A chromatography column comprising a base plate, column tube, a bottom edge of the tube being attached in a liquid tight sealing arrangement to the base plate, the base plate having diameter greater than that of the tube, two stanchions, each having a lower end and an upper end, the lower ends being attached to the base plate external of the tube, a yoke connected to the two stanchions such that it spans the width and centerline of the tube, a central adjuster is formed on the yoke over the centerline of the tube, the adjuster being movably connected to a top surface of a column top end plate so that the top end plate may move into and out of the tube interior and wherein the yoke is selectively attached to the two stanchions such that it may be pivoted away from the centerline of the tube when the top plate has been retracted from the tube.