| 摘要 |
Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of test tubes (11) in a measuring system, the test tubes being carried by a test tube carrier (21) which comprises a plurality of compartments (22), each of which is adapted for receiving and holding a test tube. The apparatus comprises: (a) transport means (41) for moving a first test tube carrier (21) stepwise and substantially in a horizontal plane within the measuring system and for successively aligning a compartment (22) of the test tube carrier and thereby a test tube 11 that compartment with a receiving opening (31) of a measuring apparatus (32) which belongs to the measuring system, and (b) transfer means (51) for transferring one after the other a plurality of test tubes from the first test tube carrier (21) to a predetermined position in the measuring apparatus (32) , said transferring including displacing each test tube being transferred in a first sense along a vertical axis (Z), a compartment of the first test tube carrier (21) being aligned with the receiving opening (31) of the measuring apparatus for the transferring of said test tube and said test tube being introduced through the receiving opening (31) into the measuring, apparatus. The transfer means are adapted for transferring a test tube (11) from the predetermined position in the measuring apparatus to a compartment of the first test tube carrier or of a second test tube carrier (61) , the latter transferring including displacing the test tube along the vertical axis (Z) in a second sense opposite to the first sense.
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