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Timestamp: 2017-07-26 15:12:43
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 14', 'art 14', 'art 15', 'art 15', 'art 15', 'art 15']

Patent US6337053 - Multi-vessel container for testing fluids - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA multiple vessel container for testing fluids comprises a gap part formed to have a width smaller than the caliber of a front end portion of a liquid sucking/discharging line. The gap part has a shape capable of aspirating and discharging all liquid through the front end portion of the line, even when...http://www.google.com/patents/US6337053?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6337053 - Multi-vessel container for testing fluidsAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6337053 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/676,750Publication dateJan 8, 2002Filing dateOct 2, 2000Priority dateJul 31, 1995Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2226776A1, CA2226776C, EP0843176A1, EP0843176A4, EP0843176B1, EP2259070A2, EP2259070A3, EP2275821A1, US6143250, US6602474, WO1997005492A1Publication number09676750, 676750, US 6337053 B1, US 6337053B1, US-B1-6337053, US6337053 B1, US6337053B1InventorsHideji TajimaOriginal AssigneePrecision System Science Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (29), Referenced by (24), Classifications (13), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMulti-vessel container for testing fluids
Besides, the arrangement of the above measuring vessel 14 or the measuring hole part 14A is not limited to the case of this embodiment shown in figures. It is needless to say that the measuring vessel 14 or the measuring hole part 14A can be arranged at suitable positions according to the number of processing steps of measuring items. The above nine liquid storage vessels 13A to 13I are formed so as to be substantially elliptic in a horizontal section, and are formed so as to be substantially V-shape (the illustrated example is the case that the cross angle is 90°) in a vertical section of them. As shown in FIG. 1, in an inside bottom part 15 a of each bottom part 15, a ditch 16 whose vertical sectional shape is substantially concave, is mounted along an inclined surface of each inside bottom part 15 a. As is shown FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the size “d” of the width of this ditch 16 is formed to be smaller than the size “D” of the caliber of a front end portion 22 of the pipette tip 21 (D>d). Also, the length of the ditch 16 is formed to be longer than the caliber of the front end portion 22. Therefore, as is shown in FIG. 8, even if the front end portion 22 of the pipette tip 21 is disposed in contact with a surface of the inside bottom part 15 a, all of the quantity of samples and/or reagents contained in vessels 13A to 13I can be aspirated by flow along the ditch 16. Also, a high quantitative accuracy necessary to this kind of equipment can be surely guaranteed by this embodiment. And the waste of the amount of samples and/or reagents can be avoided.
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