APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A PLURALITY OF FLUIDS

摘要

An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, comprising a support, such as a turntable (2) or a linear table, a plurality of containers (3) for holding a fluid and mounted on the support, pumps (4) and valves (5) connected to respective containers, at least a common actuator (24) for sequentially operating the pumps and a common actuator (25) for sequentially operating the valves to dispense fluid and a drive mechanism for moving the support, and thus the containers, pumps, and valves on the one hand and the actuator on the other relative to each other. The common actuators (24, 25) for sequentially operating the pumps (4) and valves (5) and optionally the drive mechanism for relative motion of the support are integrated in a module (22), which module (22) is releasably mounted in the apparatus.