Patent ID: 7575676

Claim:
A device for holding a chromatography column, said chromatography column having a cylinder and two ends for receiving fittings, said device comprising: a first clip and a second clip, each of said first clip and said second clip having a body having a bar section and a column section, said bar section having bar affixing means for slidably gripping a bar, said bar having a length and a plurality of sides, and at least two of said sides comprising a first column receiving side and a second column receiving side, said bar affixing means having at least one bar alignment surface for being placed in abutting relationship with one of said column receiving sides, and encircling surfaces consisting of fingers constructed and arranged to grasp said support bar or a bar opening in said body, wherein each body can be slid along the length of said bar to accommodate different columns and columns held by additional groups of first clips and second clips, said first clip having a column section extending outward from said bar section perpendicular to one of said column receiving sides and having column receiving means constructed and arranged to affix at least one of a chromatography column along its cylinder and a fitting affixed at a first end of a chromatography column; said second clip constructed and arranged to secure said chromatography column at a second end or at one fitting at said second end in parallel alignment with respect to said bar at one end receiving side to allow additional groups of first and second clips to secure multiple columns to said bar on different column receiving sides and lengths of said bar.