Tape adaptor

摘要

A tape adaptor (8) includes a bottom plate (20) and a top plate (60) mounted to the bottom plate (20) with a space (40) defined between an upper side wall (26) of the bottom plate (20) and a lower face (68) of the top plate (60) for receiving a tape segment (100) remaining on or cut from a continuous array tape (10). The tape segment (100) includes an array of wells (54) between two edges (52). A slit (46) is formed between an end (62) of the top plate (60) and an end (22) of the bottom plate (20). The tape segment (100) is slideably extended through the slit (46) into the space (40) with the edges (52) sliding on two ridges (38) on two longitudinal edges (36) of the bottom plate (20). The bottom plate (20) can include at least one groove (30) to receive the array of wells (54) of the tape segment (100). The tape segment (100) is positioned relative to the tape adaptor (8) by the ridges (38) or the groove (30).

主权项

1. A microtiter plate comprising, in combination:
a bottom plate having first and second ends spaced in a first direction and upper and lower side walls extending between the first and second ends, with the upper and lower side walls spaced in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, with the bottom plate further including first and second longitudinal edges extending between the first and second ends and spaced in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a first ridge extending from the first longitudinal edge and extending away from the lower side wall of the bottom plate in the second direction, and extending substantially from the first end to the second end, and a second ridge extending from the second longitudinal edge and extending away from the lower side wall of the bottom plate in the second direction, and extending substantially from the first end to the second end, with the first and second ridges being spaced in the third direction; a top plate including first and second ends spaced in the first direction and upper and lower faces extending between the first and second ends of the top plate, with the upper and lower faces spaced in the second direction, with the top plate abutting with and mounted to the first and second ridges of the bottom plate, with a space defined between the upper side wall of the bottom plate and the lower face of the top plate, with a first slit formed between the first end of the top plate and the first end of the bottom plate and extending in the third direction between the first and second ridges; and a tape segment received in the space and including first and second ends spaced in the first direction, with the tape segment further including an array of wells between the first and second ends of the tape segment, with the array of wells including a plurality of columns spaced in the first direction and a plurality of rows spaced in the third direction, with the tape segment further including first and second edges on two sides of the array of wells and spaced from the array of wells in the third direction, with the tape segment positioned relative to at least one of the top and bottom plates with the first slit extending in the third direction for an extent generally equal to and for slideably receiving the first and second edges of the tape segment, with the first ridge extending along the first longitudinal edge substantially from the first end to the second end, with the second ridge extending along the second longitudinal edge substantially from the first end to the second end, and with the tape segment slideably extending through the first slit in the first direction into the space with the first and second edges of the tape segment slideable on the first and second ridges of the bottom plate.