Device and method for dispensing a product into a petri dish

摘要

The disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a prescribed material into a Petri dish, each Petri dish including a removable lid capable of being arranged on a bottom that is not as broad as the latter, bringing the Petri dish to a material-dispensing station. According to the disclosure, the device includes a piston comprising a plate for supporting the bottom at the material-dispensing station and a device for rotating the plate on itself relative to the dispensing head, arranged so as to rotate the bottom relative to dispensing head in the position for dispensing the material into the bottom, in which the material outlet tip is arranged relative to plate in order to dispense the material into the rotated bottom.

主权项

1. A device for dispensing a prescribed product into at least one Petri dish, each Petri dish comprising a removable lid able to be placed over a bottom part of smaller width, the device comprising:
a transfer member operably transferring the Petri dish to a product dispensing station where the Petri dish is held with a space between its lid and bottom part to allow the dispensing of product via a product dispensing head comprising an outlet nozzle dispensing product into the bottom part when the outlet nozzle is in a product dispensing position a piston comprising a determined tray supporting the bottom part at the product dispensing station; a driver operably rotating the determined tray around itself relative to the product dispensing head arranged to cause the bottom part to rotate relative to the product dispensing head lying in the product dispensing position into the bottom part, wherein the outlet nozzle is arranged relative to the determined tray to dispense product into the bottom part set in rotation; the transfer member transferring the bottom part as far as a determined stop position at the product dispensing station, the transfer member having an upper supporting opening for supporting the lid of the Petri dish above a lower supporting opening for supporting the bottom part of the Petri dish, the determined tray being capable of passing through the openings to lift the bottom part of the Petri dish into the lid by passing through their respective supporting opening when the transfer member lies in the determined stop position at the product dispensing station; and the piston provided with the determined tray having the function of rotating the bottom part of the Petri dish during the dispensing of product into the bottom part in the product dispensing position, and having the function of lifting the bottom part of the Petri dish through the upper supporting opening to insert the bottom part into the lid of the Petri dish in the determined stop position.