Patent ID: 6286678
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B01L,B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
An improved pipette tip support plate and organizing apparatus for use in pipette tip racks and refill packs for such racks, comprising:a plurality of pipette tips each having a relatively narrow and tapered distal end portion and a relatively large proximal end portion;a light weight pipette tip support plate having an array of holes extending there through, each hole being dimensioned to just receive the relatively narrow and tapered distal end portion of one of the plurality of pipette tips with the relatively large proximal end portion of the tip extending vertically from the support plate on a side opposite the distal end whereby the support plate laterally organizes and freely supports the plurality of tips for selective and free removal from the plate; andpipette tip lateral support means extending vertically from the pipette tip support plate with lateral support surfaces spaced from the holes in the support plate and from the proximal end portions of the pipette tips in the holes and shaped and dimensioned to only engage sides of the proximal end portions of the pipette tips upon a lateral rocking of such tips in such holes to maintain vertical alignment of the tips on the support plate.