HOMOGENIZER PROCESSING PLATE FOR SELF-SECURING OF SAMPLE TUBES

摘要

A processing plate assembly for mounting to a homogenizer and for holding tubes containing samples to be homogenized. The processing plate assembly includes a mounting structure and one or plural tube holders. The mounting structure removably or permanently mounts to the homogenizer and can be provided by for example a flat plate-like mounting structure. The tube holders are attached to the mounting structure and hold the tubes in generally tangential use positions with a centroid of each tube positioned along a longitudinal axis of the tube and axially offset from a radius line of the processing plate that is perpendicular to the tube axis. In this way, the homogenizer imparts sinusoidal swashing forces on the tubes that urge the tubes forward into securement in their tube holders and that produces improved homogenization in the tubes.

主权项

1. A processing plate assembly for mounting to a homogenizer and for holding at least one tube containing a sample to be homogenized, the processing plate assembly comprising:
a mounting structure that has a center axis and that mounts to the homogenizer about the center axis; and at least one tube holder attached to the mounting structure and holding the tube in a use position with the tube holder and the tube defining a longitudinal axis, with a radius line extending from the center axis of the mounting structure and intersecting the longitudinal axis of the tube, and with a centroid of the tube positioned offset from the radius line, wherein in use the homogenizer imparts sinusoidal swashing forces to the tubes that urge the tubes in the offset direction into securement in the tube holder and that produces improved homogenization of the sample in the tube.