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Rinsing tray for multipipetting device

  • US 5,866,825 A
  • Filed: 08/15/1997
  • Issued: 02/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rinsing tray system for a multipipetting device, comprising:

  • a first tray for receiving unused rinsing liquid; and

    a second tray for receiving used rinsing liquid;

    said first tray being arranged so as to be seated on top of the second tray;

    said first tray having a bottom in which there are openings in a matrix form, said matrix form corresponding to a matrix form of a matrix-shaped pipette tip arrangement of the multipipetting device;

    raised webs being provided around said opening of said first tray so that unused rinsing liquid is prevented from flowing out of said first tray through said openings;

    said webs being so dimension that pipette tips of the multipipetting device which are arranged in a matrix shape can be lowered, with respect to the openings for emptying the used rinsing liquid through these openings into the second tray, in at least one direction, offset by an amount corresponding to half a grid dimension, for receiving the unused rinsing liquid up to, at most, the bottom of the first tray.

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