AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR LOADING PIPETTE TIPS INTO A RACK AND A LOADING METHO THEREOF

摘要

The present invention discloses an automatic loading machine adapted to load laboratory pipette racks (8) with pipette's tips stored in a bulk comprising: collecting means (1) adapted to contain at least a portion of said bulk; orientating means (2) , comprising a plurality of conduits directing the tips to move wherein their sharp dispensing orifice is directed towards the moving direction; at least one funnel, adapted to force a series of oriented tips to move perpendicularly towards a loaded rack; said pipette tip rack (8), adapted to slide along a rack plate (5); and, vibrating means (4) adapted to simultaneously orient said tips, move them towards the descending funnel, and actuate the rack on top of its plate. The present invention also discloses a method of loading pipette tips rack such that another one or more column and/or line of the bores of said pipette tips rack with tips until all bores are accommodated with tips.