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Container with article positioning element for dispensing reagent coated slides to an automated analyzer

  • US 4,187,077 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1978
  • Issued: 02/05/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An article container for dispensing reagent articles to apparatus having an extendable plunger and being adapted to use the articles to carry out quantitative chemical analysis of fluid samples;

  • said container comprising;

    wall structure forming a chamber having a dispensing station, said chamber being adapted to receive a stack of articles for movement toward, and sequential removal from, said dispensing station for delivery to the apparatus, said wall structure having an opening through which the plunger may extend into said chamber; and

    a stack positioning element separate from the plunger and captured in said chamber between a received article stack and said opening, said element being engageable and movable by the plunger extending through said opening, toward said dispensing station to urge a received article stack toward said dispensing station, whereby the articles are sequentially indexed into said dispensing station as preceding articles in the stack are removed from said container.

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