摘要 |
Apparatus including a vacuum chamber housing defining an opening sized and configured to receive, and be placed in sealed relationship with, a planar member having a bottom surface and a top surface. The top surface defines an array of recesses, each being configured to receive one of the objects. The planar member further defines a plurality of fluid passageways extending therethrough, each of the fluid passageways opening in one of the recesses and extending completely through the planar member to a passageway opening in the bottom surface. The apparatus also includes a support member pivotally attached to the vacuum chamber and configured to receive a sheet which forms an array of blister-like chambers for receiving at least some of the objects. A switch in the apparatus is connected to a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber, enabling a user to turn off the vacuum pump after the vacuum chamber is pivoted to a position in which the chamber opening and the planar member are above the support member and the sheet when the sheet is received by the support member and the array of chambers and the array of recesses are substantially aligned.
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