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Container for dispensing articles to an automated analyzer

  • US 4,190,420 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1978
  • Issued: 02/26/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A container for receiving and dispensing reagent articles of predetermined thickness to apparatus having a movable actuator and adapted to use the articles to carry out quantitative chemical analysis of fluid samples, said container comprising:

  • a casing having a chamber adapted to receive a stack of the articles and having an article dispensing station at which articles may be removed from said chamber for delivery to the apparatus;

    a movable stack positioning element in said chamber engageable with one end of a received article stack to urge the stack toward said dispensing station whereby the articles may be removed individually from the dispensing station and succeeding articles moved sequentially into alignment with the dispensing station, said stack positioning element being movable by the actuator a predetermined distance each time any but the last article is removed from said dispensing station; and

    means for causing said element to be moved a distance different from said predetermined distance when the last article is removed from said dispensing station.

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