Title:
CASSETTE PULLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/033992
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A cassette puller for an automated storage and retrieval system that stores biological or chemical samples in freezers maintained at ultra-low temperature (e.g., -80°C) or cryogenic temperatures includes a vertical sleeve into which the selected cassette (24) is lifted. The cassette puller (30) is mounted to a traveling gantry and transports cassettes (24) from one freezer location to another and to the system input/output module. The cassette puller (30) comprises a sleeve (38) into which a cassette (24) from the freezer bay in the freezer chest is lifted, the sleeve (38) containing at least one access opening to allow removal of a selected tube storage rack or plate on a shelf in the lifted cassette (24). Other components such as a rack robot, a tube picking mechanism, a sample identification station, etc. are mounted on the traveling gantry as well.
Inventors:
HUNT FRANK (US)
ZANDI BRUCE (US)
WARHURST JULIAN (US)
CLOUTIER ROBERT (US)
ZANDI BRUCE (US)
WARHURST JULIAN (US)
CLOUTIER ROBERT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/050951
Publication Date:
April 18, 2013
Filing Date:
September 09, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HAMILTON STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
HUNT FRANK (US)
ZANDI BRUCE (US)
WARHURST JULIAN (US)
CLOUTIER ROBERT (US)
HUNT FRANK (US)
ZANDI BRUCE (US)
WARHURST JULIAN (US)
CLOUTIER ROBERT (US)
International Classes:
F25D25/00; G01N35/04; F25D25/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008024758A2 | 2008-02-28 | |||
| WO1985000422A1 | 1985-01-31 | |||
| WO2011047710A1 | 2011-04-28 |
Foreign References:
| US20030233842A1 | 2003-12-25 |
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