Patent ID: 8323588

Claim:
A sample handling device for handling a sample, the sample handling device comprising: a drive shaft being drivable by a drive unit; a base plate mounted to follow a motion of the drive shaft when being driven by the drive unit, wherein the base plate is configured to receive a sample carrier block mountable to follow a motion of the base plate; a compensation weight mounted on the drive shaft in a manner to at least partially compensate an unbalanced mass of the sample handling device during the motion; a magnetic guide system adapted for converting an eccentric motion of the drive shaft into an orbital motion of the base plate; and a first guide plate and a second guide plate, wherein the first guide plate and the second guide plate are mounted to remain spatially fixed when the base plate is moving; and wherein the base plate is mounted between the first guide plate and the second guide plate to enable the base plate to move within a plane and to disable the base plate to move out of the plane.