Patent ID: 7240565

Claim:
A strip ejector for the removal of an elongated test strip, which has at least one test field for wetting by a liquid, from a measuring device for optically or amperemetrically measuring such a test strip, comprising: a clamping jaw holder, at least two damping jaws arranged on the clamping jaw holder, each of the clamping jaws defining a damping surface, the clamping jaws being movable relative to one another between a freeing position in which the clamping surfaces are spaced apart a distance larger than the width of a test strip, and a clamping position in which the clamping surfaces are engageable with opposing edges of a test strip, and an actuating element movably supported on the clamping jaw holder, the actuating element having at least one control surface arranged at an angle to a movement direction of the actuating element, the at least one control surface cooperating with a countersurface formed on at least one of the clamping jaws to move the damping jaw from the freeing position to the clamping position upon a movement of the actuating element.