Sample tube holder
CA 2603816 C · Owner: Knight, Byron J. · Inventors: Howard, Robert A.; Knight, Byron J.; Scalese, Robert F.
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A sample tube holder for restricting vertical and lateral movement of sample tubes. The sample tube holder has sample tube compartments with sets of finger springs for maintaining sample tubes in substantially vertical orientations and a retainer for limiting vertical mobility of the sample tubes. Fluid transfer devices access the sample tubes through openings in the retainer aligned above the sample tube compartments. A guide structure having openings formed therein is included to restrict lateral movement of caps associated with the sample tubes. Tabs at a base of the sample tube holder and hold-downs fixed to a stationary structure adjacent a conveyor restrict vertical movement …
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- Filed April 19, 2006 and granted July 15, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 2026.
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