US 11,686,712 B2
Liquid fraction collector for liquid chromatography system
Stefan Dargy, Uppsala (SE); Olle Bjernulf, Uppsala (SE); and Mats Lundkvist, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed by CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,375.
Application 17/727,375 is a continuation of application No. 16/070,846, granted, now 11,333,641, previously published as PCT/EP2017/051867, filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1601667 (GB), filed on Jan. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244227 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 30/80 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/80 (2013.01) [G01N 35/025 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01N 2030/027 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0439 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fraction collector for dispensing liquids into plural receptacles arranged in a two dimensional array of rows, the fraction collector comprising:
a controller;
a table for supporting said receptacles, and
an arm supported above the table, in turn supporting a liquid dispenser,
wherein the arm is rotatable about an arm axis and the liquid dispenser is linearly movable along the arm, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the arm to reposition the dispenser to any possible dispensing position above the receptacles as a result of said rotation and as a result of said linear movement along the arm.