Patent ID: 7648679

Claim:
An electric pipette comprising a body having vertical and horizontal axes, a tip part for receiving and discharging a liquid, a hook part for stabilizing the pipette during use, a push-button part for actuating a piston for drawing liquid into and discharging liquid from the tip part, and a display part for monitoring a volume of liquid drawn into and/or discharged from the tip part, wherein the display part is rotatable about the horizontal axis of the pipette body so as to permit inclination thereof at an angle α relative to the vertical axis of the electric pipette body, and wherein the electric pipette includes at least two parts rotatable through angles φ 1 , φ 2 , and φ 3 about the vertical axis of the electric pipette body, wherein the rotatable parts are selected from the group consisting of the hook part, the push button part, and the display part.