Patent ID: 9156630
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B01L,B65G,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sample rack handling unit, the sampling rack handling unit comprising: a rack onload section for loading one or more sample racks that hold a sample container, the rack onload section comprising, wherein the onload rail has a cross-section comprising a triangular shaped base portion having a hypotenuse, wherein the hypotenuse of the triangular shaped base portion comprises an inclined onload rail side opposite to the rack onload edge, and a protrusion extending from an upper corner of the hypotenuse of the triangular shaped base portion, wherein the protrusion extends outwards towards the rack onload edge, such that the recess engages the onload rail when the rack is loaded on the rack receiving area from the rack onload edge transversely to the onload rail and the recess disengages from the onload rail by sliding the rack in the direction of the rack onload edge.