CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING SMALL PRECISE AMOUNTS OF LIQUID REAGENTS

A precision volumetric liquid dispensing instrument is disclosed that includes two pressure sensors and a fluid passageway with a defined volume portion in communication with the two sensors for receiving and distributing liquid in relatively small volumes. One of the pressure sensors is positioned...

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Hauptverfasser:	Herman David L, Lambert Joseph J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CONTROLLING MEASURING MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METALLURGY METERING BY VOLUME ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A precision volumetric liquid dispensing instrument is disclosed that includes two pressure sensors and a fluid passageway with a defined volume portion in communication with the two sensors for receiving and distributing liquid in relatively small volumes. One of the pressure sensors is positioned to measure pressure at one portion of the defined volume portion of the fluid passageway and the other of the gas pressure sensors is positioned to measure gas pressure at a different portion of the defined volume portion of the passageway. At least one valve is in communication with the passageway for moving fluids into or out of the defined volume portion of the fluid passageway, and a processor carries out a step selected from the group consisting of (i) calculating the volume of the liquid based upon the measured pressure and (ii) metering a liquid into the defined volume portion of the fluid passageway until the measured pressure indicates that a desired volume of fluid is in the fluid passageway.