Dispensing volumes of liquids using a flap septum
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01L-003/02
B65D-005/50
B65D-001/24
B65D-001/22
B65D-025/04
B65D-051/20
B65D-051/18
출원번호
US-0757215
(2004-01-14)
등록번호
US-7473399
(2009-01-06)
우선권정보
EP-03011617(2003-05-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Dehmer,Bernhard
출원인 / 주소
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Bobys,Marc
인용정보
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3인용 특허 :
27
초록
For dispensing volumes of liquids, a hinged septum has a flap inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of a liquid channel. A deposition device deposits liquid on the flap, wherein the deposition device is arranged to contact the flap.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for dispensing volumes of liquids, comprising: a hinged septum installed on a liquid channel, the septum having a positionable flap with hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic pathways, said flap inclined at an inward angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of th
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for dispensing volumes of liquids, comprising: a hinged septum installed on a liquid channel, the septum having a positionable flap with hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic pathways, said flap inclined at an inward angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the liquid channel, and a deposition device that deposits liquid on the flap while in contact with the flap. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap includes a rim shaped to substantially match a contour of an inner wall of the liquid channel. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap includes a surface and the flap is positioned so that stream of the liquid terminates on the surface or droplets of the liquid breakaway on the surface. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap comprises an elastic foil. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap subdivides the liquid channel into a first chamber and a second chamber when the flap is positioned to seal the second chamber. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said septum hinge is attached to the liquid channel and the flap, wherein the hinge exerts an elastic restoring force on the flap directed toward the first chamber. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap comprises a surface at which the deposition device contacts the flap. 8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the flap comprises a surface that faces the first chamber and is contacted by the deposition device. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap includes a rim that contacts an inner wall of the liquid channel, forming a liquid-tight seal therewith, thereby forming a valve, such that, in the sealed state, the liquid channel will be blocked with respect to leakage of liquid from a second chamber into a first chamber, while leakage of liquid from the first chamber into the second chamber will be possible when the flap is swung to an opened position by an actuating device of the deposition device. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, including a single hinge attached to the flap near a rim of the flap. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the septum hinge comprises a leaf-spring. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the septum hinge and flap form a monolithic structure. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the septum hinge is fixed to a fastener fixed to the liquid channel. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the septum hinge is fixed to the liquid channel. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hinged septum includes a hinge and a gasket base; and a first end of the hinge is attached to the flap and a second end of the hinge is attached to the gasket base. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the septum hinge, flap, and the gasket base form a monolithic structure. 17. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the septum hinge and the flap are fabricated from a flexible elastic foil. 18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flap comprises a rim in the form of an ellipse. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the septum hinge is arranged along a major axis of the ellipse. 20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the foil has a thickness less than either a width of the flap or an inner diameter of the liquid channel. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the thickness of the foil is less than 1/50 of either the width of the flap or the inner diameter of the liquid channel. 22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the flap is configured such that it may swivel and/or twist and/or buckle when acted upon by the restoring force exerted by the hinge. 23. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the surface includes said pathways in the form of mutually parallel microchannels. 24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the surface has a sawtooth profiled cross section at an angle to the microchannels. 25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the microchannels extend away from the hinge. 26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the microchannels extend away from the hinge. 27. A method for dispensing volumes of liquids, comprising: installing into a liquid channel a hinged septum having a flap with hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic pathways, said flap inclined at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the liquid channel, and using a deposition device to contact the flap and deposit a liquid on a surface of the flap. 28. The method of claim 27, further comprising using the deposition device as an actuating device for swinging the flap from a closed position to an opened position.
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