Alan N Vaughn

US Patent:

20160199800, Jul 14, 2016

Filed:

Jan 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/993912

Inventors:

- Kennesaw GA, US
Thomas GRAY - Canton GA, US
John HANCOCK - Atlanta GA, US
Spencer SMITH - Marietta GA, US
Alan VAUGHN - Dallas GA, US

Assignee:

OMNI INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

B01F 9/00
B01L 9/06

Abstract:

A processing plate assembly for mounting to a homogenizer and for holding tubes containing samples to be homogenized. The processing plate assembly includes a mounting structure and one or plural tube holders. The mounting structure removably or permanently mounts to the homogenizer and can be provided by for example a flat plate-like mounting structure. The tube holders are attached to the mounting structure and hold the tubes in generally tangential use positions with a centroid of each tube positioned along a longitudinal axis of the tube and axially offset from a radius line of the processing plate that is perpendicular to the tube axis. In this way, the homogenizer imparts sinusoidal swashing forces on the tubes that urge the tubes forward into securement in their tube holders and that produces improved homogenization in the tubes.