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1.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240173720A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-30
申请号：US18401140
申请日：2023-12-29
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Julian GROELI , Jin CHEN
Abstract: A scissors actuator is configured to translate a support platform in either of opposed lateral directions with respect to a base frame and includes a first arm, a second arm, wherein the first and second arms are rotatably connected at intermediate positions between their respective first and second ends, the first arm is pivotably attached at its first end to the base frame, and the second arm and is pivotably attached at its second end to the support platform. A first slide is disposed within a first linear track formed in the support platform and includes a bearing protruding from a side of the first slide for rolling contact with a side of the first linear track formed in the support platform. The first arm is pivotably and translatably attached at its second end to the support platform by the first slide. A second slide is disposed within a second linear track formed in the base frame and includes a bearing protruding from a side of the second slide for rolling contact with a side of the second linear track formed in the base frame. The second arm is pivotably and translatably attached at its first end to the base frame by the second slide.
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公开(公告)号：US20200282403A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-10
申请号：US16811772
申请日：2020-03-06
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： David H. COMBS , David A. BUSE , Norbert D. HAGEN , David OPALSKY , Jin CHEN
Abstract: A system and method provides a supply of consumables to a processing instrument that uses one or more of the consumables for each of a plurality of processes performed by the instrument. The system includes a loading drawer holding a carrier for receiving a plurality of consumables and an input module for holding a carrier supporting a plurality of consumables thereon and presenting the consumables for access by the instrument. A transporter includes a vertical elevator and a lateral actuator for moving a lift platform vertically and laterally and for transporting carriers on the lift platform with or without consumables supported thereon between the loading drawer and the input module, between the loading drawer and one or more holding shelves, or between the input module and one or more holding shelves. A carrier includes parallel support rails for holding multiple receptacle units and retainer tabs for retaining the units on the support rails.
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公开(公告)号：US20240131522A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-25
申请号：US18401108
申请日：2023-12-29
Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated
Inventor： Norbert D. HAGEN , David A. BUSE , Jin CHEN , David H. COMBS , Julian GROELI , David OPALSKY
Abstract: An input module includes a carrier shelf for supporting a receptacle carrier, a retrieval dock configured to receive one receptacle from a carrier supported on the carrier shelf and present the receptacle for removal by a receptacle transport apparatus, and a pusher configured to push receptacles on the carrier to one end of the carrier and to push one receptacle at a time off the end of the carrier and onto the retrieval dock. A method for determining a number of receptacles on a carrier includes placing the carrier on a carrier shelf, pushing receptacles on the carrier to one end of the carrier with a packer, detecting a position of the packer the receptacles have been pushed to the end of the carrier, and determining the number of receptacles on the carrier from the position of the packer. A method for packing receptacles supported by a carrier comprises placing the carrier on a carrier shelf, contacting an end-most one of the receptacles on the carrier with a packer comprising a packer carriage and a contact portion projecting from the packer carriage, and pushing the receptacles to one end of the carrier with the packer.
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4.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230146050A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-11
申请号：US18055385
申请日：2022-11-14
Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Inventor： David A. BUSE , Jin CHEN , David H. COMBS , Julian GROELI , Norbert D. HAGEN , David OPALSKY
Abstract: An apparatus for transporting groups of consumables between vertically spaced holding shelves that includes a support chassis laterally spaced from the holding shelves, a transport elevator coupled to the support chassis, a lift platform, and a scissors actuator connecting the lift platform to the support chassis and configured to laterally translate the lift platform between a first position laterally aligned with the support chassis and a second position laterally aligned with one of the holding shelves.
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