Patent ID: 6098819
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B01L,B65D

Abstract:
A magazine for pipette tip-shaped articles, comprising:a plurality of plates for holding the pipette tip-shaped articles and each having a plurality of bores for receiving and retaining the pipette tip-shaped articles therein;a plurality of racks stacked over one another and adapted to each receive at least one holding plate; andmeans for formlockingly connecting adjacent racks and including complementary locking elements provided on the adjacent racks, respectively, and engageable with each other upon insertion of one of the holding plates in one of the adjacent racks and disengageable from each other upon removal of the holding plate,wherein each of the complementary locking elements is formed as a resilient tab having one end thereof connected with a respective one of the adjacent racks and formed as a hook receiver having an upper edge, another end thereof formed as a hook, and having an inclined surface,wherein upon connection of the adjacent racks, the hook of a resilient tab connected with one of the adjacent racks grips under the upper edge of the hook receiver of a resilient tab connected with another of the adjacent racks, andwherein the holding plates upon insertion in the one of the adjacent racks, slides along the inclined surface of the resilient tab connected with the one of the adjacent racks, resiliently deflecting the hook of the resilient tab into engagement with the hook receiver of the resilient tab connected with another of the adjacent racks.