Patent ID: 6058788
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A drive device for an automatic embedding machine having a plurality of containers which are arranged one beside the other and are each associated with at least one object holder, the at least one object holder being fastened on a lifting device over the containers, the lifting device having a turntable and a rotatably mounted guide rod, and the guide rod being moveable by a motor perpendicularly with respect to the direction of rotation of the turntable via the lifting device, the drive device comprising:an open-ended, flexible drive element which is arranged at a first end between two rollers of the motor and is connected fixedly at a second end to a housing of the automatic embedding machine, the second end of the drive element being guided over a deflection roller wherein a portion of the drive element between the second end and the deflection roller receives the guide rod.