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Automated feeder system and apparatus

  • US 5,628,428 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 05/13/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stick for holding a plurality of stacked dual cuvettes for loading into a cassette, each cuvette having a pair of adjacent vials attached to each other at one end by a bridge, there being a selected space between adjacent walls of said vials, the stick comprising:

  • an elongated substantially flat shaft;

    means, extending from said shaft along at least the length thereof to which cuvettes are to be mounted, for frictionally engaging the adjacent walls of each cuvette mounted on the stick, said means for frictionally engaging including at least one projection extending from each side of said shaft toward one of said adjacent walls;

    a handle at one end of said shaft; and

    a temporary restraining tip at the opposite end of said shaft.

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