公开(公告)号：WO2022087257A2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：PCT/US2021/056039

申请日：2021-10-21

Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED

Inventor： BUSE, David A. ,  HAGEN, Norbert D. ,  OPALSKY, David

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G47/84 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B01L1/02 ,  B01L2300/021 ,  B01L3/52 ,  G01N2035/0439 ,  G01N2035/1025 ,  G01N35/0099

Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring containers (100) include or employ a container loading interface (200), a container storage module (400), and a container distributor (300) configured to transfer containers from the container loading interface to the container storage module. The container loading interface includes movable support platform (202) that is movable between accessible and a non-accessible positions and a container loading transport (214). The container storage module includes a housing (402) and a container storage transport (418). The container distributor includes a container gripper (320) configured to grasp a container on the container loading transport and to transfer the container to the container storage transport in the container storage module.