US 11,885,798 B2
Centrifuge and method for loading and centrifuging a reaction vessel unit
Zhaoqiang Wang, Yantai (CN); Wolfgang Mann, Neudrossenfeld (DE); and Wolfgang Heimberg, Ebersberg (DE)
Assigned to YANTAI AUSBIO LABORATORIES CO., LTD., Yantai (CN)
Filed by Yantai AusBio Laboratories Co., Ltd., Shandong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/243,644.
Application 16/243,644 is a continuation of application No. 14/910,681, granted, now 10,338,063, previously published as PCT/EP2014/066947, filed on Aug. 6, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 13179437 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0145968 A1, May 16, 2019
Int. Cl. G01N 33/543 (2006.01); B08B 3/10 (2006.01); B08B 9/00 (2006.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B03C 1/00 (2006.01); B03C 1/01 (2006.01); B03C 1/28 (2006.01); B03C 1/30 (2006.01); B04B 7/04 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B08B 3/06 (2006.01); B04B 11/04 (2006.01); B04B 15/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/54326 (2013.01) [B01L 9/523 (2013.01); B01L 13/02 (2019.08); B03C 1/002 (2013.01); B03C 1/01 (2013.01); B03C 1/288 (2013.01); B03C 1/30 (2013.01); B04B 5/0407 (2013.01); B04B 5/0414 (2013.01); B04B 7/04 (2013.01); B04B 15/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); B08B 3/06 (2013.01); B08B 3/10 (2013.01); B08B 9/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/54366 (2013.01); G01N 35/028 (2013.01); B01L 3/5085 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0409 (2013.01); B03C 2201/18 (2013.01); B03C 2201/26 (2013.01); B04B 2011/046 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0437 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A centrifuge for cleaning a reaction vessel unit with at least one opening, comprising:
a centrifuge section including a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing, wherein the rotor is configured to hold the reaction vessel unit with its at least one opening directed outwardly;
a motor for rotating the rotor around a horizontal rotation axis; and
a loading mechanism for loading and unloading the centrifuge with the reaction vessel unit, the loading mechanism including a beam and an actuator, wherein the beam is configured to couple with the reaction vessel unit and wherein the actuator is coupled with the beam to extend the beam to an extended state and to retract the beam to a retracted state, wherein the beam in the extended state extends through the centrifuge section and wherein the beam in the retracted state is removed from the centrifuge section so that the rotor can freely rotate,
wherein the rotor includes front and rear sides along the horizontal rotation axis, wherein the rear side of the rotor is disposed between the front side of the rotor and the beam in the retracted state, and wherein a stopper is provided at the rear side of the rotor.