Patent ID: 6267256
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A61M,B01L

Abstract:
Apparatus for transferring syringes to and from a support rack, the support rack comprising a plurality of elongate fingers connected together at one end by a spine member, the fingers thereby defining parallel support channels open at one end, in which the syringes are located in the channels with their lips or wings resting on the elongate fingers, wherein the apparatus comprises:a loading channel for receiving syringes from or for a processing operation and along which individual syringes may be moved sequentially,means for transporting a support rack to a position where an open end of a channel of the support rack is in alignment with the loading channel,means for urging syringes from the loading channel into the support rack channel or vice versa,means for indexing the transporting means to bring the next free support rack channel into alignment with the loading channel.