DROP-IN NOZZLE

• Main Authors: BAILEY MIKE, MCLUEN GARY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.11.2012
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PUNCHING METAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

A drop-in nozzle system for use with a multi-well or multi-column synthesizer or other element distribution system. The drop-in nozzle system includes one or more insertable/removable and/or disposable nozzle inserts, a nozzle housing, an input tube and a fitting. The one or more nozzle inserts are able to vary in length and have ferrule assembly positioned at the top of the insert. As a result, the system enables a user to disconnect a fitting from a nozzle housing cavity thereby releasing the system's liquid-tight seal, replace the current nozzle insert with another insert, and then reconnect the fitting recreating the liquid-tight seal and enabling the system for operation with the new nozzle insert.