Combination gel enclosure and upper buffer chamber for use in vertical gel slab electrophoresis

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An integrated plate structure provides a novel component for use in an electrophoretic sequencing cell. The integrated plate structure consists of a glass plate and a plastic plate bonded together along a raised edge of the latter, the edge extending along the sides and bottom of the plastic plate. The plates thus form a permanent enclosure for an upper buffer solution open, at the top for filling. The glass plate further serves as one of the two glass plates forming the gel enclosure.