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TRANSFERRING ARTICLES IN AND OUT OF THE CABINET
TRANSFERRING ITEMS INTO THE INCUBATOR
The Workstation is supplied with two stainless steel Petri Dish Holders each capable of holding fourty Petri
Dishes together with four powder coated ten dish holders. These are used for transferring dishes into and
out of the cabinet and stacking them whilst they are being incubated.
To get dishes into the incubator simply load up the Holders and open the 0uter Door by turning the knob
and placing the holder inside the lock. When the door is re-closed, the atmosphere inside the lock is made
Anaerobic by pressing the "Start Lock Flush" button.
The atmosphere within the lock is automatically replaced several times until the oxygen content is
sufficiently low to allow the Inner Door to be opened. At the end of the flushing operation which takes five
minutes, the "Lock Anaerobic" Indicator on the Control Panel will become illuminated.
At this point place the hands inside the incubator using the glove ports (see Working inside the cabinet
with bare hands Page 15). Open the Inner Door and transfer the contents of the "Lock" into the incubator
section of the unit.
TRANSFERRING ITEMS OUT OF THE INCUBATOR
To unload the contents of the incubator check that the Neon Indicator inside the cabinet is not illuminated
then open the Inner Door, place the items into the Lock and re-close the Door. Withdraw the arms from
the glove ports and seal them. The items can now be removed from the cabinet by Opening the 0uter
Door.
SINGLE PLATE ENTRY
Single dishes can be placed into the incubator by opening the small door situated between the two glove
ports and pushing them into the cabinet with the bar provided. The positive pressure within the cabinet
ensures that no oxygen enters the unit during this operation.
CAUTION: TAKE CARE NOT TO DAMAGE THE DOOR SEAL WITH ANY SHARP
OBJECTS WHILST CARRYING OUT THE ABOVE OPERATIONS.
