公开(公告)号：CA2693321A1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-12

申请号：CA2693321

申请日：2003-07-25

Applicant: ABBOTT LAB

Inventor： BARRY DOUGLAS ,  SIMMS DON R ,  ZEVAKINA INNA M

IPC: B65G29/00 ,  B25J18/04 ,  B65G13/06 ,  B65G21/22 ,  B65G23/08 ,  B65G23/12 ,  B65G23/30 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G37/02 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/76 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04

Abstract: A passive guide (50) positioned in a section of tangency between a first continuous lop conveyor (12) and a second continuous loop conveyor (14) for directing a specimen carrier (24) from the first conveyor to the second conveyor and from the second conveyor to the first conveyor. The guide has a horizontally oriented "H" shape with the upper legs (50a, 50b) and an upper portion of the cross-member (50e) forming one specimen carrier directing lane and the lower legs (50c, 50d) and lower portion of the cross member forming the second specimen carrier directing lane.