Patent ID: 7054001
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A support for a microtiter plate or the like, having a base and a support plate, which is connected to the base via a fixable ball and socket joint so the support plate may be tipped and/or rotated in a limited way, a center of rotation of the ball and socket joint lying at the height of the upper side of the support plate, the ball and socket joint comprising: a socket which is connected to the base, a ball which is mounted in the socket and connected to the support plate, wherein the outer surface of the ball, shaped like a partial sphere and the correspondingly shaped inner surface of the socket are in permanent snug contact, a connecting piece shaped onto a lower side of the ball, which connecting piece projects through an opening of the socket and supports a stop and which connecting piece is an extension of the ball that is implemented in one piece together with the ball and that is shaped onto the ball's lower side, and a clamping part supported on said stop, which clamping part presses against the outside of the socket and is pressed against the socket to fix the ball and socket joint.