Patent ID: 8220617

Claim:
Device for feeding sample containers to a treating apparatus for treating said samples residing in said containers, comprising: an input station; a first conveyor; a transfer device; a second conveyor; a removal station; said treating apparatus is a centrifuge; said input station transfers each of said sample containers to said first conveyer; said first conveyor transports each of said sample containers to said transfer device; said transfer device removes each of said sample containers out of said first conveyer and transfers each of said sample containers to said treating apparatus; after treatment, said transfer device removes each of said sample containers out of said treating apparatus and transfers each of sample containers to said second conveyor; said second conveyer conveys each of said sample containers to said removal station for removing each of said sample containers out of said conveyer; an identification unit for identifying each of said sample containers; wherein said first and second conveyers are configured for receiving sample containers and form circulating endless conveyer tracks; and, wherein said input station is displaced obliquely with respect to said conveying direction of said first conveyer.