Patent ID: 7462327

Claim:
Gripping tool for automatic laboratory machines, the gripping too comprising gripping appliances ( 9 , 10 ) for gripping vessels, the gripping appliances ( 9 , 10 ) comprising needles ( 15 , 16 ) and/or liners ( 21 , 22 ), directed towards each other, an appliance for converting and/or transferring ( 42 , 45 ) of rotational movements, which is coupled with the gripping appliances ( 9 , 10 ) in order to drive the gripping appliances ( 9 , 10 ), a coupling appliance ( 49 ) connectable with a tool support ( 66 ) of an automatic laboratory machine, which is coupled with a rotational drive of the appliance for converting and/or transferring ( 42 , 45 ) in order to drive the gripping tool, and a mounting appliance ( 35 , 36 ) by which the gripping tool ( 1 ) is mountable on the tool support ( 66 ) of the automatic laboratory machine, while the coupling appliance ( 49 ) is connected with the rotational drive appliance ( 78 ) of the tool support ( 66 ).