Internally activated sealing centrifuge test tube cap assembly
CA 1068656 A · Owner: Beckman Instruments · Inventors: Grilli, Victor J.; Chulay, Steven J.
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A centrifuge test tube cap assembly for sealing a thin walled test tube used primarily with a vertical tube rotor. The cap assembly is designed for convenient and easy removal from the test tube through the use of internal means which activates the direct sealing and unsealing of the cap with respect to the test tube. The mechanism of the tube cap provides for convenient removal of the cap assembly from the test tube which is necessary in order to insert or remove the liquid to be subjected to centrifugation.
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- Granted December 25, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 25, 1996.
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