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1312788 Sample carrier transport apparatus GILFORD INSTRUMENT LABORATORIES INC 9 April 1970 [15 April 1969] 16899/70 Heading B1X [Also in Division B8] Sample carrier transport apparatus which allows containers held in the carrier, e.g. 24, to be moved seriation to a sampling and testing position 30 comprises a rectangular table divided into two sections by a spacer 22 having a programme activating switch 36. Each carrier has a central notch in its base engagable by pins P 1 -P 6 located on the links of an endless sprocket chain which travels in a closed loop (broken line L 1 ) indented at positions 46, 48. The pins move the carriers through positions R 1 -R 12 whereupon at the sampling station 30 the switch 36 is engaged by indexing means on the carrier, e.g. a toothed rack section, Fig. 6 (not shown) each tooth corresponding to a container position, so that each container is halted individually at the sampling station.