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(11) EP 0 186 863 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.07.1986 Bulletin 1986/28

(21) Application number: 85116225

(22) Date of filing: 19.12.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.12.1984 US 684946
21.12.1984 US 684936

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
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(72) Inventors:
  • Cole, Paul Morrison
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  • McConnell, Ronald Frank
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  • Johanson, William G.
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  • Popper, Peter
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  • Velvel, William Edward
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(54) A centrifuge rotor having a flexible carrier with restoring cap assembly


(57) A centrifuge rotor with a central hub (12) is characterized by a flexible carrier (38) formed from a plurality of fibers arranged in a predetermined textile structure. The carrier has a socket (48) formed at the radially outer end thereof by the interconnection of the fibers. The socket may receive a vessel (50) therein. A restoring cap assembly responds to centrifugal force to displace from its initial to final positions. As it returns, the cap acts against the flexible carrier (38) to assist the same to the first position.






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