A mixing device has a plate that defines a cradle for receiving containers of various types capable of holding samples and reagents. The rectangular plate is mounted at its corners to mounts which in turn connect to motors. An adapter plate translates the rotational output of the motor to reciprocating vertical motion of the mounts. The motors can be controlled to sequentially drive the mounts up and down thereby creating three dimensional motion of the plate and inducing a vortex into the liquids with a container received into the nest plate.

A device for shaking aerosol spray cans (2) and spray paint containers that agitate and thoroughly mixes the contents contained therein by replicating the up-and-down and back-and-forth spinning motions an individual normally performs with his or her hand to shake a spray can. The spray can shaker (1) of the present invention is adaptable to multiple sizes and shapes and spray cans.

A machine (10) to automatically prepare a fluid coloring product inside a container (15), which can already contain a base product, comprises a loading station (26), a perforating device to make an aperture in the upper part of the container (15), a delivery device (21) configured to deliver coloring substances inside the container through such aperture, and a closing device configured to automatically closed such aperture with a closing element, after the delivery of the coloring substances.

The present disclosure relates to blood sample preparation devices and methods. In some embodiments, a method for preparing a blood sample comprises: receiving at a sample preparation machine a sample container containing the blood sample; scanning an identifier of the sample container, the identifier containing information indicative of a characteristic of at least one of the sample container or the blood sample contained therein, actuating, after the scanning, and based on the information, the sample container to repeatedly change a position of the sample container; determining, based on the information, whether the sample container should be centrifuged; and transporting the sample container to a centrifuge to be centrifuged and then to a storage compartment when the determining indicates that the sample container should be centrifuged, and to the storage compartment without entering the centrifuge when the determining indicates that the sample container should not be centrifuged.

A holding clamp for holding an angular bottle with flat side surfaces on a shaking platform of a laboratory shaking device, comprising a base plate having a fastening device for fastening the holding clamp on the shaking platform, at least two holding arms which protrude from the base plate and which form a vessel receiving space arranged between the holding arms, and at least one resilient tensile element which is stretched between the holding arms, wherein at least one flat contact surface designed for contact with the bottle is arranged on each of the holding arms, and in that the holding arms are designed in such a way that the flat contact surface can be brought into contact two-dimensionally with one of the flat side surfaces of the angular bottle.

A liquid storage apparatus including: a stirring portion including a storage unit configured to store liquid and a drive unit configured to drive the storage unit; and a storage portion configured to store the stirring portion, the storage portion being opened and closed by an opening and closing member, wherein in a case where a stop condition relating to a state of the opening and closing member is satisfied, rotation of the storage unit by the drive unit is stopped.

A liquid agitating apparatus includes a first storing container configured to store a first liquid, a first agitating mechanism configured to agitate the first liquid in the first storing container by causing the first storing container to undergo a first movement, a second storing container configured to store a second liquid different from the first liquid; and a second agitating mechanism configured to agitate the second liquid in the second storing container by causing the second storing container to undergo a second movement different from the first movement.

A liquid stirring apparatus comprises storage means for storing a liquid; and driving means for performing a rotation operation of rotating the storage unit. The rotation operation includes a stop operation of stopping rotation of the storage means at a plurality of stop positions. The plurality of stop positions include a first stop position at which a stop time is a first time, and a second stop position at which the stop time is a second time different from the first time.

The invention relates to a device which can be used as a drive, with which a container holder and a container fixed thereto can be driven and forcibly guided along a trajectory curve, and to a method for treating ingredients, in particular mixtures, in a container which is driven and forcibly guided along a trajectory curve by means of the device. The device has a pivot arm articulated to a first stationary pivot bearing, the pivot bearing being set up for pivoting along two axes which are arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm, a container receptacle attached to the end of the pivot arm opposite the pivot bearing, and a container holder mounted on the end of the pivot arm opposite the pivot bearing, a first lever driven for reciprocating movement, which is articulated to the pivot arm at a spacing from the pivot bearing, and a second lever driven for reciprocating movement, which is articulated to the first pivot arm at a spacing from the pivot joint, wherein the first lever and the second lever are arranged to move the first pivot arm about the two axes of the first pivot bearing.