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Apparatus for preserving liquid in automatic analyzer

  • US 4,455,280 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1982
  • Issued: 06/19/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for preserving and delivering liquids to be delivered by a delivery device including a probe for aspirating and discharging a given amount of liquid in an automatic chemical analyzer, each liquid being contained in respective liquid containers, comprising:

  • a compartment including a housing and an upper lid which is detachably fitted to the housing;

    a turntable arranged rotatably in said housing and having a plurality of positions for locating a plurality of said liquid containers;

    means for keeping a temperature inside the compartment at a desired temperature;

    means for rotating the turntable for indexing a desired one of said plurality of liquid containers at a liquid aspirating position;

    a hole formed in the upper lid at said liquid aspirating position, said probe of the delivery device being insertable through said hole;

    a plurality of movable plug assemblies provided on the turntable, each of the plug assemblies being movable between a closed position for closing an opening of a respective liquid container and an open position for exposing the opening of a respective liquid container; and

    removing means comprising a member movably secured to the upper lid and having an actuating end which is selectively engaged with a movable plug assembly for moving the movable plug assembly from the closed position to the open position, thereby exposing the opening of a liquid container indexed at the aspirating position.

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