Patent ID: 8906324
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: B05C,C12M

Abstract:
1. An automatic inoculating system for depositing a sample on a substrate in a pattern, the system comprising: a turret rotatable about an axis of rotation; an arm retained by the turret wherein the arm is pivotable about a pivot axis in relation to the turret, a stylus for sucking up and dispensing the sample wherein the stylus is retained at a distal portion of the arm; a pumping system fluidically connected to and upstream of the stylus to suck up and dispense the sample through the stylus; a rotatable support for the substrate; and a cylinder extendable and retractable between bottom and top positions wherein the cylinder is disposed spaced from the pivot axis of the arm and wherein the arm rests on an upper end of the cylinder whereby an extension or retraction of the cylinder produces a raising or lowering of the arm; whereby the sample can be deposited on the substrate in a pattern by a dispensing of the sample from the stylus in combination with a rotation of the substrate by the rotatable support, a rotation of the turret, and a pivoting of the arm.