Claims
- 1. A reagent container for use in an automated assay analysis system comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- a tubular vertical side wall which defines an inner chamber;
- a top opening;
- a tubular outer skirt surrounding and attached to said side wall near a top of said side wall and extending downwardly spaced from said side wall and terminating in a free bottom edge, said skirt defining a tubular area surrounding said side wall and wherein the bottom edge of said skirt extends below said bottom wall; and
- at least one fin which is located in said chamber and extends from said bottom wall and from a substantial portion of said sidewall for agitating fluid within said chamber upon rotation of said container about a vertical axis.
- 2. A reagent container as recited in claim 1, wherein said side wall has an inner surface and an outer surface and there are two fins which extend toward each other from opposite sides of said inner surface, each fin having a terminal inner edge which is spaced from the inner terminal edge of the other of said fins.
- 3. A reagent container for use in an automated assay analysis system comprising:
- a bottom wall,
- a vertical side wall which defines an inner chamber;
- a top opening; and
- an outer skirt comprising:
- (a) a first flat side,
- (b) a second flat side which is parallel with said first flat side and is equal in length to said first flat side,
- (c) a third flat side which extends from one end of said first flat side to one end of said second flat side which is at a right angle to each of said first and second flat sides, and
- (d) an outwardly curving side which extends from the opposite end of said first flat side to the opposite end of said second flat side, said skirt being attached to said side wall near a top of said side wall and extending downwardly substantially spaced from said side wall and terminating in a free bottom edge, said skirt defining an area surrounding said vertical side wall.
- 4. A reagent container as recited in claim 3, wherein the bottom edge of said skirt extends below said bottom wall.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 08/222,559 filed on Apr. 1, 1994, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/665,196 filed Mar. 4, 1991, abandoned.
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