Abstract:
Incubation apparatus for use with a cuvette having a projecting processing control member and a plurality of chambers, at least one of which contains a stored chemical material includes a cuvette receptacle with adjacent heaters for incubating material in the cuvette, sensor circuitry responsive to the control member of the cuvette in the container receiving structure for producing an output signal as a function of the data provided by the control portion, and a timer responsive to the sensor circuitry for providing a control signal as an indication of the incubation of the cuvette. The receptacle also includes an interlock slot for receiving the projecting control member.
Abstract:
A CUVETTE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH PHOTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDES A BODY PORTION THAT DEFINES A PLURALITY OF SAMPLE CHAMBERS AND INCLUDES TWO SPACED PARALLEL WALLS. EACH SAMPLE CHAMBER IS DEFINED IN PART BY THE TWO SPACED WALLS AND EACH WALL HAS AN OPTICAL WINDOW ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CHAMBER SO THAT AN OPTICAL PATH THROUGH EACH CHAMBER IS DEFINED, AND THE LENGTHS OF THE OPTICAL PATHS THROUGH THE CHAMBERS ARE EQUAL.