Pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquids
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1. A pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquid, comprising:
- (a) a body portion;
(b) a shallow, single reservoir portion defined in an upper surface of said body portion;
(c) an inlet port defined in said body portion;
(d) a plurality of openings defined in said body portion and opening into, a bottom of said single reservoir portion;
(e) fluid-flow channels including feed lines defined in said body portion to deliver said particulate-containing liquid from said inlet port to said plurality of openings in said feed lines, said plurality of openings being arranged such as to agitate said particulate-containing liquid in said single reservoir portion to keep particulate matter in suspension therein; and
f) said fluid-flow channels are sized to maintaining approximately equal flow rates sufficient to keep said particulate matter in suspension and the total cross-sectional area of said feed lines is approximately equal to the cross-sectional area of said inlet port.
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In a preferred embodiment, a pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquid, including: a body portion; a shallow reservoir portion defined in an upper surface of the body portion; fluid-flow channels defined in the body portion to deliver the particulate-containing liquid from an inlet port to a plurality of openings defined in a bottom of the reservoir portion, the plurality of openings being arranged such as to agitate the particulate-containing liquid to keep particulate matter in suspension therein.
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1. A pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquid, comprising:
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(a) a body portion;
(b) a shallow, single reservoir portion defined in an upper surface of said body portion;
(c) an inlet port defined in said body portion;
(d) a plurality of openings defined in said body portion and opening into, a bottom of said single reservoir portion;
(e) fluid-flow channels including feed lines defined in said body portion to deliver said particulate-containing liquid from said inlet port to said plurality of openings in said feed lines, said plurality of openings being arranged such as to agitate said particulate-containing liquid in said single reservoir portion to keep particulate matter in suspension therein; and
f) said fluid-flow channels are sized to maintaining approximately equal flow rates sufficient to keep said particulate matter in suspension and the total cross-sectional area of said feed lines is approximately equal to the cross-sectional area of said inlet port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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