Patent ID: 6033355
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B04B,H02K

Abstract:
Centrifuge apparatus comprising a plurality of individual centrifuge devices, at least one centrifuge loading and/or unloading device and control means for controlling the operation of said devices such that samples may be loaded and unloaded to and from individual ones of said centrifuge devices without interrupting the operation of the remainder of said centrifuge devices; wherein said apparatus comprises:a plurality of sample holders spaced along a predetermined path;means for translating said sample holders along said predetermined path;said sample holders each being rotatably mounted with respect to said predetermined path for rotation about respective rotational axes in respective rotational planes; andmeans for rotating said sample holders about their respective rotational axes; and wherein:said rotational planes of said sample holders extend substantially at right angles to said predetermined path.