Patent ID: 6767512
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
A thermostated block for laboratory thermostats, comprising:a body of thermally conductive material and having a wells side with a plurality of wells for receiving a plurality of sample liquid-containing vials provided between opposite end sides of the body, and a contact side extending opposite the wells side and parallel thereto; and at least two heat regulating devices spaced from each other and operable at different temperatures for providing a temperature gradient in one direction across the thermostated block and arranged at the contact side of the body in an area contact with the contact side; wherein at least one of the at least two heat regulating devices is opposed by at least two wells arranged one behind another in the direction of the temperature gradient; wherein the thermostated block comprises at least two heat regulating devices arranged behind one another in a direction transverse to the one direction for providing a temperature gradient in the transverse direction and operable at one of same temperatures and different temperatures.