VERTICAL CONVEYING DEVICE, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM

摘要

A vertical conveying device for the transport of sample container carriers having sample tubes received therein between a bottom level and a top level of a sample distribution system is presented. The vertical conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying surfaces which are movable along a circulating path. A sample distribution system having such a vertical conveying device and to a laboratory automation system having such a sample distribution system are also presented.

主权项

1. A vertical conveying device to transport sample containers contained in sample container carriers between a bottom level and a top level of a sample distribution system, wherein each sample container carrier comprises at least one magnetically active element to interact with a magnetic field generated by at least one electromagnetic actuator such that a driving force is applied to the sample container carrier, the vertical conveying device comprises:
a plurality of conveying elements having conveying surfaces for receiving at least one sample container carrier; a circulating device to circulate the conveying elements between the bottom level and the top level in operation such that the conveying surfaces continuously remain aligned horizontally during the circulation; and at least one electromagnetic actuator to apply a driving force to a sample container carrier to be driven on one of the conveying surfaces.