Material or article handling – Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element... – Means to convey load back and forth between initial location...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-15
2005-03-15
Underwood, Donald W. (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element...
Means to convey load back and forth between initial location...
C422S063000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06866461
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a loading device for automating transfer of a plurality of probes between a cassette within which the plurality of probes are initially constrained and an analytical instrument, e.g., mass spectrometer. The loading device may be configured to accept a single or a plurality of cassettes each removably constraining a plurality of probes to be analyzed. The loading device may permit each of the plurality of cassettes to be independently interchanged with a separate cassette removably constraining a separate plurality of probes during mass spectrometric analysis, or for additional cassettes to be loaded into the device during analysis. In a useful embodiment, the loading device comprises a cassette transport assembly and a probe insertion assembly. The cassette transport assembly linearly translates one or more cassettes to align the cassette(s) with respect to the mass spectrometer so that a probe may be translated therebetween by the probe insertion assembly. The probe insertion assembly also provides means to rotatably engage said probe.
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