(19)
(11) EP 0 718 039 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.06.1996 Bulletin 1996/26

(21) Application number: 96102779.4

(22) Date of filing: 07.11.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B04B 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 07.11.1989 US 432646
13.07.1990 US 552631

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
91900113.1 / 0500768

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Romanauskas, William Andrew
    Southbury, Connecticut 06488 (US)
  • Sheeran, Edward Thomas, Jr.
    Southbury, Connecticut 06488 (US)

(74) Representative: Selting, Günther, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte von Kreisler, Selting, Werner Postfach 10 22 41
50462 Köln
50462 Köln (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 24 - 02 - 1996 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Centrifuge tube adapter


(57) The adapter (10³) supports a closed centrifuge tube within a cavity of a vertical angle centrifuge rotor and comprises two adapter segments (12³,14³) forming a recess corresponding to the size and shape of the entire length of the centrifuge tube able to be disposed therein.







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