AUTOMATED LIQUID OPERATING DEVICE AND PLURALITY OF TROUGH VESSEL FOR SAID DEVICE

摘要

An article of manufacture consisting of a vessel (49) formed as a rectangularly molded unit having a top support surface (50) and four integral vertical sidewalls (52-55) from which, inclined downward from the surface, are a plurality of parallel troughs (56-58) extending longitudinally between a pair of opposed walls and suspended from the top support surface (50). The troughs (56-58) so formed are of different widths so as to hold different liquid volumes. In a preferred form the troughs (56-58) are complemented with at least one elongated flat portion having a plurality of aligned socket or syringe holes (62) for mounting a plurality of replaceable pipette tips. The vessels (49) are designed to preferably be used with an automated liquid handling apparatus.