Supports: racks – Special article – Receptacle support
Reexamination Certificate
2009-05-15
2011-10-04
Novosad, Jennifer E. (Department: 3637)
Supports: racks
Special article
Receptacle support
Reexamination Certificate
active
08028843
ABSTRACT:
A shift and scan test tube rack apparatus and method comprised of an array of initially aligned racks each comprised of a row of spaced apart receptacles each having a receptacle window through which a barcode on a received barcode labeled test tube is viewable and each rack further comprised of a plurality of line of sight windows each interposed between two adjacent spaced apart receptacles, and a shifting device for individually shifting any one of the racks in the array of initially aligned racks to a shifted position that allows a plurality of the receptacle windows in the shifted rack to be viewed through the plurality of line of sight windows in the remaining aligned racks for reading barcodes on barcode labeled test tubes received in the shifted rack.
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Barresi Thomas John
Gulla Gregory
Guzman Jose Eduardo
Salika James Michael
DeBoo Dennis A.
Hamilton Company
Millemann Audrey A.
Novosad Jennifer E.
Weintraub Genshlea et al.
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