US 12,239,923 B2
Mixer system for a liquid chromatography system
Florian Fischer, Ingelfingen (DE)
Assigned to BUERKERT WERKE GmbH & CO. KG, Ingelfingen (DE)
Filed by BUERKERT WERKE Gmbh & CO. KG, Ingelfingen (DE)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,283.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 129 050.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134253 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 30/34 (2006.01); B01D 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 30/26 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 15/14 (2013.01) [G01N 30/26 (2013.01); G01N 2030/347 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mixer system for a liquid chromatography system, comprising:
a mixer block,
a plurality of fluid inlets which are connected to a mixing chamber by a respective channel, and
a fluid outlet for mixed fluid,
wherein each channel has a valve assigned thereto which is adapted to control the fluid flow,
wherein an adapter which is attached to the mixer block and through which one of the channels passes is provided for each valve, the valve being attached to the appropriate adapter, and the valves being arranged in an annular shape around the mixer block,
wherein each adapter includes a side wall on which the valve is arranged,
wherein a valve inlet section and a valve outlet section for the valve are formed in the adapter, and
wherein the valve inlet section and the valve outlet section open onto the same side wall of the adapter on which the valve is arranged.