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OT-2026-000001035

System and method for transporting and holding consumables in a processing instrument

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
BUSE DAVID A, CHEN Jin, COMBS DAVID H, HAGEN NORBERT D, OPALSKY DAVID
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GEN PROBE INC
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EP-4682545-A3, the European Patent Office, 8 April 2026
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Abstract

There is provided an input module comprising: a carrier shelf for receiving and supporting a carrier holding a plurality of receptacles; a retrieval dock adjacent the carrier shelf and configured to receive one receptacle from a carrier supported on the carrier shelf and present the receptacle for removal from the input module by a receptacle transport apparatus; and a pusher configured to push one or more receptacles held on the carrier supported on the carrier shelf to one end of the carrier and to push one receptacle at a time off the end of the carrier and onto the retrieval dock.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001035, “System and method for transporting and holding consumables in a processing instrument,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:03:46 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001035.

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