Patent ID: 6978689

Claim:
A system for simultaneously dispensing precise amounts of fluid into numerous receptacles, the system comprising: a head having a plurality of cylinders internal to the head extending at least substantially parallel to each other from an upper surface of the head to a lower surface of the head, each cylinder being configured to receive a plunger and to allow the plunger to move axially within the cylinder, each cylinder terminating at the lower surface of the head in a mouth; a plurality of pipette tips removably engaged with the head, each tip at least partially penetrating one of the cylinders in the head and sealingly engaging the corresponding mouth; and a stripping plate positioned between the head and a raised central portion of each of the pipette tips, the stripping plate having a plurality of holes therein, each hole being large enough to allow an upper portion of the corresponding pipette tip to pass therethrough unobstructed but being too small to allow the respective raised central portion to pass therethrough such that movement of the stripping plate away from the head will urge the pipette tips out of the head, the stripping plate being oriented at an angle with respect to the lower surface of the head such that the pipette tips will be removed from the head a few at a time as the stripping plate moves away from the head.