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Transport carrier, laboratory cargo distribution system, and laboratory automation system

  • US 10,119,982 B2
  • Filed: 02/29/2016
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A laboratory cargo distribution system, the laboratory cargo distribution system comprising:

  • a transport plane;

    a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators stationary arranged relative to the transport plane; and

    a transport carrier, the transport carrier comprises;

    a first magnetically active device to interact with a first magnetic field generated by a first group of electro-magnetic actuators chosen from the plurality of electro-magnetic actuators such that a first magnetic move force is applied to the transport carrier;

    a second magnetically active device to interact with a second magnetic field generated by a second group of electro-magnetic actuators chosen from the plurality of electro-magnetic actuators such that a second magnetic move force is applied to the transport carrier; and

    a guidance comprising a groove, wherein the groove elongates parallel to a longitudinal extension of the transport carrier, wherein the first magnetically active device is arranged in the groove, wherein the guidance is adapted to guide the first magnetically active device during a rotational movement of the transport carrier on the transport plane such that a distance between the first magnetically active device and the second magnetically active device is variable parallel to the transport plane when the transport carrier is placed on the transport plane, wherein the transport carrier carries a laboratory cargo and moves over the transport plane.

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