US3853217A - Pipette tip package - Google Patents

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US3853217A
US3853217A US00279259A US27925972A US3853217A US 3853217 A US3853217 A US 3853217A US 00279259 A US00279259 A US 00279259A US 27925972 A US27925972 A US 27925972A US 3853217 A US3853217 A US 3853217A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L9/00—Supporting devices; Holding devices
    • B01L9/54—Supports specially adapted for pipettes and burettes
    • B01L9/543—Supports specially adapted for pipettes and burettes for disposable pipette tips, e.g. racks or cassettes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
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  • the object of the present invention is to provide a package for disposable pipette tips which has the foregoing convenience features.
  • a disposable pipette tip having a plurality of circumferentially spaced supporting ribs that support the tips as they are stacked one inside another so that they do not wedge together, preferably without the walls of one tip contacting the interior of the tip into which it is stacked.
  • the tips are placed in apertured trays such that the tips project through the tray but are supported thereon by their supporting ribs.
  • the trays are provided with depending walls that support the tray above a surface a distance that slightly exceeds the length of the portion of the pipette tip projecting downwardly through the tray.
  • the tray walls are sloped and provided with a peripheral shoulder so that the trays may be stacked.
  • each tray When the trays are stacked one above another, each tray is supported by the shoulder of the wall of the tray below and the downwardly projecting portion of a pipette tip in one tray nests freely within the pipette tip stored in the tray next below.
  • One or more stacks of pipette tip loaded trays may be placed in a carton for shipment and distribution.
  • a tip removing member is provided for removing a tip from a pipette after it has been used and for depositing it in the original carton from which the stacked tip trays have been removed.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a disposable pipette tip
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the pipette tip tray
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the pipette tip trays
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 44 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged segmental detail view partly in section showing especially how the disposable tips nest one inside another;
  • FIG. 6 is an isometric exploded view showing a stack of pipette tip trays and the carton in which the trays are packed;
  • FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a cover for a stack of tip trays
  • FIG. 8 is an isometric exploded view showing a sleeve that may be used with an individual pipette tip tray;
  • FIG. 9 is an isometric view of the tip remover member; and a segment of the tray carton;
  • FIG. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the tip remover member in place in the tray carton.
  • FIG. 11 is a fragmentary side view of the carton showing the tip remover member in place.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pipette tip 10 of the disposable type which is wedge-fitted onto a manually operated pipette and into which a biological fluid is drawn.
  • the tips are conically shaped and are provided with external ribs 11 that serve to support the tips in their packaging trays.
  • the general configuration of the tips is well known in the art to which they pertain.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 show in various views a tray 12 in which the disposable pipette tips are stored.
  • the tray is of generally rectangular outline when viewed in plan and is seen to have side walls 13 and end walls 14 each of which comprises a lower vertical segment 15 and an upper tapered segment 16. Each sidewall is provided with a notch 18, the purpose ofwhich will be made clear hereinafter.
  • Below the top edge of the tray walls is a tip supporting surfacel7 which is provided with a plurality of apertures through which tips 10 project. The centers of the apertures are shown by crosses in FIG. 3 and several apertures 20 are illustrated.
  • the apertures are sized so that the tapered pipette tips will project through the apertures and be supported on surface 17 by the ribs 11 provided on the tips; the sidewalls of the tips will not contact the aperture sides so there is no possibility of the pipette tips becoming wedged in the apertures.
  • the pipette tips will always be freely removable from the tray by the laboratory technician using the same.
  • the apertures are arranged in a substantially honey comb pattern for maximum packing density. It will be observed (FIG. 4) that tray 12 will be self stand ing and the ends of the tips therein will be held out of contact with a supporting surface.
  • a plurality of strengthening ribs 21 extend from sidewall to sidewall of tray 12 to give rigidity to the tray which preferably is molded of a suitable plastic material.
  • tray 12 The wall configuration of tray 12 is explained with reference to FIG. 5 which illustrates how the trays can be stacked one above another even when loaded with pipette tips.
  • the lower segments 15 and the upper segments 16 of the tray walls, and the pipette tips 10 with their supporting ribs 11 are dimensioned such that when the trays with tips are stacked as shown, the tips in one tray will nest into the tips placed in the tray below, preferably with the outside surface of the upper tips not contacting the inside surface of the lower tips.
  • the trays are supported one on another by vertical segment 15 of one tray nesting on the shoulder 22 formed where the tapered upper segment 16 of the lower tray is connected to the vertical lower segment 15 of the same tray.
  • FIG. 6 shows a plurality of trays 12 containing pipette tips stacked one above another (the tips in the top tray are not shown since to do so would unnecessarily complicate the drawing) with a cover 23 (FIG. 7) placed over the top tray. The cover rests on shoulder 22 of the top tray. An adhesive band or tape 24 is placed on the stack of trays and cover 23 so that it runs down one side of the stack, across the bottom and up the other side of the stack. In this fashion the stack of trays and cover 23 are held together as a single unit.
  • a cardboard insert 28 is provided to close the bottom of the stack of trays and thus aid in keeping the pipette tips clean. Instead of a single tape running completely across the bottom of the stack, two separate pieces of tape can each run down one side of the stack and just sufficiently onto insert 28 to hold the latter in place.
  • the notches 18 provided in the sidewalls of trays l2 facilitate slitting tape 24 with a fingernail or knife to permit the separation of a tray from the stack.
  • the band 24 may be perforated or otherwise weakened (as at 25) where the lower edges of the sidewalls of the trays rest on the shoulders 22 of the tray below so that the adhesive band can be easily severed at that point and again enable one tray at a time to be removed from the bottom of the stack while leaving the remaining trays joined together as a unit. 7
  • the stack of joined trays are placed in a carton 26 which is fabricated in the conventional way.
  • An opening 27 is die cut in one upper edge of the carton; this opening is shown in more detail in FIG. 9.
  • a pair of slits 30 is also cut in one end flap of the carton in proximity to opening 27. The purpose of the slits and opening 27 will be disclosed hereinafter.
  • De-tipping element 31 is a molded plastic piece which is of a complex design that probably can best be understood by reference to the drawing. This element and sleeves 32 will further be referred to in the description of the use of the pipette tip package.
  • disposable pipette tips are packaged as shown in FIG. 6.
  • five trays, each containing two hundred pipette tips, would be stacked, a cover 23 placed over the top tray and the trays and the cover secured together by an adhesive band 25.
  • This unit, plus a number of sleeves 32 and a tip removing element 31 would be placed in a carton 26 for distribution to laboratories.
  • the joined together stack of I trays are removed from carton 26, and the tip removing element 31 is inserted in the carton as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • the pipette tips will remain clean outside of carton 26 since the walls of the trays, plus cover 24 make the stacked trays practically dust tight.
  • the bottom tray is removed first simply by severing the adhesive band at the shoulder 22 of the tray and lifting the remaining trays off the tray to be used.
  • the tray of pipette tips plus a sleeve 32 which can he slipped over the tray are then given to the technician.
  • the tips are then used by pressing a pipette into a tip which is thus wedged onto the pipette.
  • the pressure applied to the pipette tip in securing it to the pipette will not wedge the tip into the aperture of its tray because as previously noted the tips are supported in the trays by their external ribs 11.
  • the end of the pipette is placed in the slot formed in tip-removing element 31 with the disposable tip it) inside carton 26.
  • the tapered shape of element 31 wedges the tip from the pipette and permits the tip to fall into carton 26 which now serves as a receptacle for the used tips; no prying or wrenching motion is necessary to remove a tip, thus eliminating the need to secure the carton with the technicians sec- 0nd hand when removing a tip.
  • the disposable tips 10 are placed on pipette 33 and re moved from the pipette without the need for the technician to touch the tip. Thus the technician will not contaminate the tip before its use, nor be in danger of infection or illness due to touching the tip after its use.
  • a package of pipette tips comprising a first tray having a planar tip supporting surface provided with a through which pipette tips can project, each of said trays being provided with walls depending from the tip supporting surface of the tray a distance at least equal to the length of that portion of a pipette tip projecting through the tip supporting surface of the tray, each of said depending walls being provided with a shoulder below which the wall lies in a substantially vertical plane and above which the wall is inclined inwardly towards the tip supporting surface of the tray, said second tray being supported by the shoulders provided on the walls of said first tray, and a second group of tapered pipette tips projecting through the apertures of the tip supporting surface of said second tray, each of said tips having abutment means on the outside periphery of the tip for supporting the tip on the tip supporting surface of said second tray so that the lower part of said tip projects loosely through an aperture thereof, the position of the abutment means on said second group of pipette tips and the taper and the thickness
  • a package of pipette tips according to claim 1 including a cover for covering the pipette tips supported on the uppermost tray in a stack of trays of pipette tips, said cover resting on the shoulders provided on the walls of the uppermost tray.
  • a package of pipette'tips according to claim 3 including a cover for covering the pipette tips supported on the uppermost tray in a stack of trays of pipette tips, said cover resting on the shoulders provided on the uppermost tray and being secured to the stack of trays of pipette tips by the adhesive strip.
  • a package of pipette tips according to claim 2 including carton means in which said trays and pipette tips are stacked.
  • a package of pipette tips according to claim 5 including an adhesive strip securing a stack of trays of pipette tips and a cover together as a unit.
  • a package of pipette tips according to claim 5 including a plurality of sleeves into which trays of pipette tips separated from the stack of trays can be placed.
  • a package of pipette tips according to claim 8 wherein the carton means is provided with a pair of slits adjacent the openingin the carton means and wherein said de-tipping member is mounted on said cartor.

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JP48084828A JPS4993195A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-08-09 1973-07-26
CA177,403A CA988059A (en) 1972-08-09 1973-07-26 Pipette tip package
GB3707873A GB1415068A (en) 1972-08-09 1973-08-03 Pipette tip package
FR7328779A FR2195965A6 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-08-09 1973-08-07
IT51897/73A IT1046301B (it) 1972-08-09 1973-08-07 Perfezionamento nelle punte cave per pipette e simili e relativa confezione
DE19732340106 DE2340106A1 (de) 1972-08-09 1973-08-08 Verpackung von pipettenspitzen
BE134378A BE803378R (fr) 1972-08-09 1973-08-08 Emballage pour embouts de pipettes
CH1146773A CH583124A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-08-09 1973-08-08
JP56130848A JPS5912548B2 (ja) 1972-08-09 1981-08-20 ピペツト・チツプ包装体

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