Patent ID: 6752479
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B01L,C12M

Abstract:
An object storage station having a front area for loading objects, a back, and two sidewalls arranged on opposite sides, and having object holding rails having edges facing the sidewalls, the object holding rails also having support surfaces arranged in pairs on opposite sides extending substantially horizontally along the sidewalls in the interior of the object storage station, characterized in that the sidewalls have a plurality of identical, horizontally extending openings arranged one above the other which are disposed in the two sidewalls in identical number and position and always at an identical distance from adjacent openings, wherein the number of the openings of each sidewall corresponds to the number of the object holding rails of the sidewall, and each opening is spaced at an identical distance from the closest object holding rail, the object storage station further characterized in that support strips are arranged along the edges of the objects holding rails facing the sidewalls, the support strips lying against a corresponding sidewall and extending at least above a support surface of the object holding rails, wherein the cross section of the support strips formed perpendicularly to the sidewall and perpendicularly to the support surface of the object holding rail is wider, as measured perpendicularly to the sidewall, at the junction to the object holding rail than at the end facing away from said junction.