(19)
(11) EP 0 195 321 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.12.1986 Bulletin 1986/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.09.1986 Bulletin 1986/39

(21) Application number: 86102975

(22) Date of filing: 06.03.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR IT

(30) Priority: 19.03.1985 US 713515

(71) Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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(72) Inventor:
  • Holen, James Thomas
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(54) Automatic centrifugal balancing mechanism


(57) Apparatus for generating centrifugal forces, preferably used in carrying out chemical testing, which includes counterweight means on a rotating member of the apparatus which are displaced in response to centrifugal force when no article to be subjected to the centrifugal force is used with the apparatus, thereby to automatically balance the rotating member.







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