Patent ID: 8728413
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B01F,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reagent container pack comprising: a base for holding a plurality of reagent containers, said base comprising a bottom, a back wall, and a vertical slot extending from the bottom of said base along a portion of the back wall of said base; a cover comprising a horizontal slot extending from one end of the cover to the other end of the cover and a plurality of hollow tubes joined to said cover, said tubes comprising a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends comprising an opening; a lid comprising a plurality of holes, a free end, and a fixed end, wherein said lid is horizontal and reversibly slideable in the horizontal slot of the cover; and an elongated tab fixed at one end to said fixed end of said lid and slideably moveable in the vertical slot of the base, said elongated tab comprising an outer face, an inner face and a horizontal tab extending horizontally from said inner face toward said base back wall; wherein said elongated tab is capable of transitioning from a first relaxed position to a second biased position when force is applied to said outer face, whereby in said biased position of said elongated tab, said lid, fixed to said elongated tab, transitions from said first position in which the lid covers each of the hollow tubes and said second position in which the lid is uncovered from each of the hollow tubes.