Patent ID: 6098802
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
A deep well rack assembly for pipette tips, comprising:(a) an enclosure having a top wall with a plurality of openings defined in said top wall for receiving a plurality of pipette tips and a plurality of annular depressions formed in said top wall and surrounding said openings for receiving top annular flanges of the pipette tips; and(b) a plurality of wells disposed within said enclosure and extending below said top wall thereof, each of said wells including a continuous side wall having an open top end extending around a respective one of said openings in said top wall of said enclosure, each of said wells for receiving a pipette tip such that the pipette tip is disposed through said respective one of said openings in said top wall of said enclosure and within said well with the top annular flange of the pipette tip disposed in said annular depression in said top wall of said enclosures(c) said enclosure also having a bottom wall opposite from said top wall, opposite side walls and opposite end walls extending between said opposite top and bottom walls and attached to one another and to said opposite top and bottom walls so as to provide a substantially box-like configuration and together define an interior cavity, said wells being disposed within said interior cavity of said enclosure.