Patent ID: 7267801

Claim:
A method for mounting a plurality of pipette tips positioned in a pipette tip box onto a plurality of mandrels of a multi-channel pipettor, the multi-channel pipettor having a shuck plate for contacting the plurality of pipette tips and removing the plurality of pipette tips from the plurality of mandrels, the method comprising the steps of: (A) moving the plurality of pipette tips and the plurality of mandrels relative to each other such that the pipette tips to become mounted on the mandrels; (B) moving the plurality of mandrels with the plurality of pipette tips mounted thereon in a direction away from the pipette tip box to attempt removal of the pipette tips from the pipette tip box; (C) applying a downward mechanical force to the pipette tip box using a means for applying a mechanical force, the means for applying a mechanical force including a surface of the multi-channel pipettor configured to contact the pipette tip box and move independent of the shuck plate, the downward mechanical force separating the pipette tip box from the pipette tips mounted on the mandrels.