Phillip A Ray

US Patent:

55207901, May 28, 1996

Filed:

Apr 11, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/419949

Inventors:

Nicholas J. Chopas - Germantown MD
Charles A. Dutton - Chantilly VA
Arthur R. Haeffner - Eldersburg MD
Phillip E. Ray - Pasadena MD
Michael W. Schuette - Vienna VA
Steven N. Kutchi - Adelphi MD

Assignee:

Life Technologies, Inc. - Gaithersburg MD

International Classification:

G01N 2726
G01N 27447

US Classification:

204620

Abstract:

A gel casting system having a filling manifold and a gel casting clamp. The gel casting clamp is a U-shaped boot made of a flexible and resilient material and having a tapered channel disposed on its inner surface. The tapered channel secures a gel mold in the gel casting clamp. The gel casting clamp is disposed on top of the filling manifold, and an inlet in the bottom of the gel casting clamp mates with an outlet on the filling manifold to allow fluid to enter the gel mold from the filling manifold. The filling manifold includes two plates detachably connected to each other with a distribution system disposed between the plates. The filling manifold also includes an intake port through which fluid is supplied to the filling manifold from a supply means. In one embodiment, the supply means is a gradient former.