EP0143796B1 - Dosage pipette - Google Patents
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- EP0143796B1 EP0143796B1 EP84901351A EP84901351A EP0143796B1 EP 0143796 B1 EP0143796 B1 EP 0143796B1 EP 84901351 A EP84901351 A EP 84901351A EP 84901351 A EP84901351 A EP 84901351A EP 0143796 B1 EP0143796 B1 EP 0143796B1
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- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/021—Pipettes, i.e. with only one conduit for withdrawing and redistributing liquids
- B01L3/0217—Pipettes, i.e. with only one conduit for withdrawing and redistributing liquids of the plunger pump type
- B01L3/0234—Repeating pipettes, i.e. for dispensing multiple doses from a single charge
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- the invention described herein is concerned with a pipette which is provided with a piston and a cylinder and with two operating knobs, whereat, by means of one of the said knobs, the cylinder can be filled with liquid by depressing the knob once, and by means of the other one of the knobs, the cylinder can be emptied stepwise by means of successive depressions of the piston, of desired magnitude.
- a pipette which is provided with a piston and a cylinder and with two operating knobs, whereat, by means of one of the said knobs, the cylinder can be filled with liquid by depressing the knob once, and by means of the other one of the knobs, the cylinder can be emptied stepwise by means of successive depressions of the piston, of desired magnitude.
- the said prior-art pipettes often involve the drawback that the filling lever must be operated by lifting, whereby two hands are usually required.
- an error is often produced when, by mistake, the last dose is also dosed, in which case the piston can no longer be displaced over a sufficiently long distance.
- the pipette of DE-A-2926691 has a special device to prevent actuation of the piston when insufficient liquid remains.
- DE-A-3008346 discloses a dosage pipette has been piston mounted inside a cylinder.
- a toothed dosage rack is attached to the piston and a striking pin is engageable with the dosage toothing of the toothed dosage rack.
- the striking pin has coupled to it a dosage button so that when the dosage button is depressed the striking pin engages and displaces the toothed rack longitudinally.
- the toothed dosage rack is also provided with a second toothing engaged by a cog wheel. That cog wheel engages a second toothed rack which is provided with a filling pressing knob.
- a dosage pipette provided with a handle, a cylinder attached to the handle, a piston inside the cylinder, a toothed dosage rack attached to the piston, a striking pin engageable with the dosage toothing of the said rack, the said striking pin being mounted on a dosage lever so that, when the dosage lever is depressed, the striking pin engages and displaces the toothed rack longitudinally, characterised in that, at the side of the dosage toothing, there is pivoted lifting lever, whose pivot position in relation to the toothed rack can be adjusted longitudinally as desired by means of an adjusting device and which lever is provided at the end opposite its pivot with a cam disposed to lie laterally alongside the rack teeth, and which engages the striking pin to displace it from the dosage toothing during upward movement of the striking pin and disengages thereafter, and that the toothed dosage rack is additionally provided with a second toothing, with a cogwheel resting -against the said toothing and, at the opposite side, resting against
- the pipette is easy to operate, because it can be filled by one hand, while the other hand remains free, e.g., for the handling of test tubes.
- the lifting-lever system described here is of simple construction and reliable in operation. By means of the cam provided at the top end of the toothed rack, it is, moreover, possible to avoid the pipetting of the last, too little dose.
- Figure 1 is a sectional side view of an embodiment
- Figure 2 is a certain sectional view of same as viewed from the top
- Figure 3 shows a detail of the tip portion of a multi-tip pipette.
- the pipette comprises an oblong handle (1), at whose lower end there is a cylinder (2), and in the cylinder a piston (3).
- the cylinder may be attached to the handle, e.g., by means of a bayonet socket.
- a toothed rack (4) - parallel to the handle is attached, which rack is provided with two toothings (5) and (6).
- a striking pin (8) is pressed against the toothing (6) by the force of a spring (16), and the striking pin is mounted on a lever (9).
- the lever (9) is mounted on a shaft (15) located in the handle.
- the lever is connected with a spring (19), which attempts to keep the lever in its upper position. The movement of the striking pin (8) is stopped at the lower position by a limiter (18)
- a cogwheel 7 operates in contact with the toothing 5 on the toothed rack 4, which cogwheel is mounted on a shaft 10. At the other side, the cogwheel 7 operates in contact with a toothed rack 11, whose top end is provided with a press knob 12.
- a resilient lifting lever 20 At the side of the toothing 6 on the toothed rack 4, there is a resilient lifting lever 20 and, on the lever, a cam 21, which raises the striking pin 8 apart from the toothing 6 during the stage of upward movement of the lever 9.
- the top end of the lifting lever is provided with a guide pin 23, which is fitted into a guide groove 25 provided in the adjusting wheel 24.
- the adjusting wheel is mounted on a shaft 26.
- the top end of the toothed rack 4 is additionally provided with a cam 22, which, as the toothed rack approaches its lower position, shifts the lifting lever 20 towards the striking pin 8.
- the pipette operates so that, when the lever 9 is in its upper position and when the striking pin 8 is, consequently, apart from the toothing 6 and when the piston 3 is in the cylinder 2 in its lower position, the press knob 12 is depressed, whereat the cogwheel 7 starts revolving and lifts the toothed rack 4 and, along with the rack, the piston 3 in the cylinder 2 upwards. In this way, suction is generated in the cylinder 2, whereby the cylinder is filled with liquid 13.
- the dosage can be started by means of the lever 9.
- the spring 16 presses the striking pin 8 into the toothing 6, whereat the striking pin 8 starts pushing the toothed rack 4 and the piston 3 downwards until the striking pin 8 meets the limiter 18, against which the movement stops.
- the spring 19 restores the dosage lever 9 back to its upper position upon completion of the depressing.
- the striking pin 8 must jump over the toothing 6 until; near the upper position of the striking pin 8, the cam 21 of the resilient lifting lever 20 raises the striking pin 8 apart from the toothing 6.
- the dosage can be repeated until the toothed rack 4 and the piston 3 approach their lower position.
- the cam 22 at the top end of the toothed rack 4 meets the lifting lever 20 and raises it by the height of the toothing 6.
- the cam 21 of the lifting lever 20 raises the striking pin 8 to such an extent that the striking pin no longer reaches the toothing 6 when the lever 9 is depressed again for dosage.
- the guide groove 25 shifts the lifting lever 20 upwards or downwards by the intermediate of the pin 23, whereat, correspondingly, at the botton end of the lifting lever, the cam 21 is shifted and permits the striking pin 8 to move over the desired distance on the toothing 6, e.g. over 1, 2, 3, 4 or more teeth, per each depression of the dosage lever 9. In this way, a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-fold dose is obtained.
- toothings 5 and 6 are shown as located one after the other, but, if desired, they may also be very well placed side by side on the toothed rack 4.
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Description
- The invention described herein is concerned with a pipette which is provided with a piston and a cylinder and with two operating knobs, whereat, by means of one of the said knobs, the cylinder can be filled with liquid by depressing the knob once, and by means of the other one of the knobs, the cylinder can be emptied stepwise by means of successive depressions of the piston, of desired magnitude. There may be one or several piston- cylinder assemblies.
- Several types of such so-called step pipettes are known in prior art, e.g., a pipette in accordance with the published Finnish Patent Application Fl 802,403 orthe pipette as perthe German published Patent Application DE 2,926,691 (= GB 2,057,581). The said prior-art pipettes, however, often involve the drawback that the filling lever must be operated by lifting, whereby two hands are usually required. Moreover, when the prior-art apparatuses are used, an error is often produced when, by mistake, the last dose is also dosed, in which case the piston can no longer be displaced over a sufficiently long distance. The pipette of DE-A-2926691 has a special device to prevent actuation of the piston when insufficient liquid remains.
- DE-A-3008346 discloses a dosage pipette has been piston mounted inside a cylinder. A toothed dosage rack is attached to the piston and a striking pin is engageable with the dosage toothing of the toothed dosage rack. The striking pin has coupled to it a dosage button so that when the dosage button is depressed the striking pin engages and displaces the toothed rack longitudinally. The toothed dosage rack is also provided with a second toothing engaged by a cog wheel. That cog wheel engages a second toothed rack which is provided with a filling pressing knob.
- According to the present invention there is provided a dosage pipette, provided with a handle, a cylinder attached to the handle, a piston inside the cylinder, a toothed dosage rack attached to the piston, a striking pin engageable with the dosage toothing of the said rack, the said striking pin being mounted on a dosage lever so that, when the dosage lever is depressed, the striking pin engages and displaces the toothed rack longitudinally, characterised in that, at the side of the dosage toothing, there is pivoted lifting lever, whose pivot position in relation to the toothed rack can be adjusted longitudinally as desired by means of an adjusting device and which lever is provided at the end opposite its pivot with a cam disposed to lie laterally alongside the rack teeth, and which engages the striking pin to displace it from the dosage toothing during upward movement of the striking pin and disengages thereafter, and that the toothed dosage rack is additionally provided with a second toothing, with a cogwheel resting -against the said toothing and, at the opposite side, resting against a second toothed rack, which is provided with a filling press knob.
- - The pipette is easy to operate, because it can be filled by one hand, while the other hand remains free, e.g., for the handling of test tubes. Moreover, the lifting-lever system described here is of simple construction and reliable in operation. By means of the cam provided at the top end of the toothed rack, it is, moreover, possible to avoid the pipetting of the last, too little dose.
- The invention will be illustrated in more detail by means of the attached drawings. Figure 1 is a sectional side view of an embodiment, and Figure 2 is a certain sectional view of same as viewed from the top. Figure 3 shows a detail of the tip portion of a multi-tip pipette.
- The pipette comprises an oblong handle (1), at whose lower end there is a cylinder (2), and in the cylinder a piston (3). The cylinder may be attached to the handle, e.g., by means of a bayonet socket. To the top end of the piston, a toothed rack (4) - parallel to the handle is attached, which rack is provided with two toothings (5) and (6). A striking pin (8) is pressed against the toothing (6) by the force of a spring (16), and the striking pin is mounted on a lever (9). The lever (9) is mounted on a shaft (15) located in the handle. Moreover, the lever is connected with a spring (19), which attempts to keep the lever in its upper position. The movement of the striking pin (8) is stopped at the lower position by a limiter (18)
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cogwheel 7 operates in contact with the toothing 5 on thetoothed rack 4, which cogwheel is mounted on ashaft 10. At the other side, thecogwheel 7 operates in contact with atoothed rack 11, whose top end is provided with apress knob 12. - At the side of the
toothing 6 on thetoothed rack 4, there is aresilient lifting lever 20 and, on the lever, acam 21, which raises thestriking pin 8 apart from thetoothing 6 during the stage of upward movement of thelever 9. The top end of the lifting lever is provided with aguide pin 23, which is fitted into aguide groove 25 provided in the adjusting wheel 24. The adjusting wheel is mounted on ashaft 26. - The top end of the
toothed rack 4 is additionally provided with a cam 22, which, as the toothed rack approaches its lower position, shifts thelifting lever 20 towards thestriking pin 8. - The pipette operates so that, when the
lever 9 is in its upper position and when thestriking pin 8 is, consequently, apart from thetoothing 6 and when thepiston 3 is in thecylinder 2 in its lower position, thepress knob 12 is depressed, whereat thecogwheel 7 starts revolving and lifts thetoothed rack 4 and, along with the rack, thepiston 3 in thecylinder 2 upwards. In this way, suction is generated in thecylinder 2, whereby the cylinder is filled withliquid 13. - After the
cylinder 2 has been filled completely and thepress knob 12 is in its lower position 14, the dosage can be started by means of thelever 9. When thedosage lever 9 is depressed, thespring 16 presses thestriking pin 8 into thetoothing 6, whereat thestriking pin 8 starts pushing thetoothed rack 4 and thepiston 3 downwards until thestriking pin 8 meets thelimiter 18, against which the movement stops. Thespring 19 restores the dosage lever 9 back to its upper position upon completion of the depressing. Thereat, thestriking pin 8 must jump over the toothing 6 until; near the upper position of thestriking pin 8, thecam 21 of theresilient lifting lever 20 raises thestriking pin 8 apart from the toothing 6. - The dosage can be repeated until the toothed rack 4 and the
piston 3 approach their lower position. Thereat, the cam 22 at the top end of thetoothed rack 4 meets thelifting lever 20 and raises it by the height of thetoothing 6. Thereat, on the other hand, thecam 21 of thelifting lever 20 raises thestriking pin 8 to such an extent that the striking pin no longer reaches thetoothing 6 when thelever 9 is depressed again for dosage. Thereby, striking of thepiston 3 against the bottom of thecylinder 2 is prevented, which striking might make the last dose inaccurate. - When the adjusting wheel 24 is turned, the
guide groove 25 shifts the lifting lever 20 upwards or downwards by the intermediate of thepin 23, whereat, correspondingly, at the botton end of the lifting lever, thecam 21 is shifted and permits thestriking pin 8 to move over the desired distance on thetoothing 6, e.g. over 1, 2, 3, 4 or more teeth, per each depression of thedosage lever 9. In this way, a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-fold dose is obtained. - In Figures 1 and 2, the
toothings toothed rack 4.
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AT84901351T ATE31150T1 (en) | 1983-04-13 | 1984-03-29 | DOSING PIPETTE. |
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FI831239 | 1983-04-13 | ||
FI831239A FI831239A0 (en) | 1983-04-13 | 1983-04-13 | DOSERINGSPIPETT |
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EP0143796B1 true EP0143796B1 (en) | 1987-12-02 |
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EP (1) | EP0143796B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPS60501048A (en) |
DE (1) | DE3467860D1 (en) |
FI (1) | FI831239A0 (en) |
IT (1) | IT1178875B (en) |
SU (1) | SU1373300A3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1984004056A1 (en) |
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FI831239A0 (en) | 1983-04-13 |
EP0143796A1 (en) | 1985-06-12 |
IT8467229A0 (en) | 1984-03-12 |
IT8467229A1 (en) | 1985-09-12 |
IT1178875B (en) | 1987-09-16 |
JPS60501048A (en) | 1985-07-11 |
SU1373300A3 (en) | 1988-02-07 |
WO1984004056A1 (en) | 1984-10-25 |
DE3467860D1 (en) | 1988-01-14 |
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