Appeal No. 95-0526
Application No. 08/038,533
internal support plate having defined therein a
plurality of openings to frictionally engagingly
accommodate therein the proximal, narrower, ends of
said upper portions of a said micropipette tips; and
(d) corresponding pairs of said openings in said internal
support plate and said upper surface being vertically
aligned coaxially so that said micropipette tips can be
supported in a vertical position in said package and
releasably held therein by interference fits at said
upper surface and said internal support plate.
13. A pipettor system, comprising:
(a) a pipettor having a head portion with a plurality of
tip pins depending therefrom;
(b) a plurality of micropipette tips, said micropipette
tips being releasably held in a micropipette tip
package, said micropipette tips each having an upper,
hollow, tapered, generally cylindrical barrel portion
and a lower, hollow, generally cylindrical aspirating
tip portion, both lying along a common vertical axis
and being cojoined at a horizontal shoulder; and
(c) a horizontal pusher plate to simultaneously engage said
shoulder on each of said micropipette tips and to
simultaneously raise said micropipette tips for
insertion of said tip pins therein, with said
micropipette tip package remaining attached to said
micropipette tips.
15. A system, as defined in Claim 13, wherein said
micropipette tip package comprises:
(a) a generally hollow housing having four cojoined
sidewalls depending from a horizontal cojoining upper
surface to define an open skirt;
(b) upper surface having defined therein a plurality of
openings to frictionally engagingly accommodate therein
the distal, wider, ends of said upper portions of a
said micropipette tips;
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