Patent ID: 8361387

Claim:
A system for automatically processing of liquid samples involving mixing of the samples with fluids, comprising at least one storing and handling device for storing and handling of fluid containers, which includes: at least one storing member provided with a plurality of storing positions to accommodate said fluid containers, wherein each of said plurality of storing positions are defined by a pair of vertical mount plates each extending in a horizontal direction (X), and wherein said storing member having at least two storing levels, each of which extending in a plane (X, Y) and having multiple of said plurality of storing positions, which are being stacked in a direction (Z) orthogonally aligned to said plane (X, Y), a plurality of pallets slidingly engaged with said storing member and supporting said fluid containers, wherein each of said plurality of pallets slidingly engage one of said pair of vertical mount plates of said plurality of storing positions along said horizontal direction (X), and a handler comprising a transfer head that travels along two directions (Y, Z) and fittingly engages a bottom-side of the plurality of pallets to automatically transfer the fluid containers between said storing positions.