1. A pipette for transferring a volume of liquid, wherein at least a portion of said pipette is formed from a material that is tinted with a color associated with the pipette volume of said pipette, facilitating the differentiation of said pipette from other pipettes of different volumes.
2. The pipette according to claim 1, wherein said portion comprises at least one pipette region selected from the list consisting of:
the pipette top;
the pipette body; and
the pipette tip.
3. The pipette according to claim 2, wherein said pipette tip is coupled to said pipette body by a process selected from the list consisting of:
melting;
gluing;
screwing; and
integrally forming using a single piece of material.
4. The pipette according to claim 2, wherein said pipette top is coupled to said pipette body by a process selected from the list consisting of:
melting;
gluing;
screwing; and
integrally forming using one piece of material.
5. The pipette according to claim 1, wherein said color corresponds to a color coding standard selected from the list consisting of:
ASTM E1273;
ASTM E1293;
ASTM E1157;
ASTM E943;
ASTM E1044; and
ISO 1769:1975.
6. The pipette according to claim 1, wherein said pipette is selected from the list consisting of:
volumetric pipette;
serologic pipette;
one-mark pipette;
graduated pipette;
Pasteur pipette;
open end pipette; and
wide tip pipette.
7. The pipette according to claim 1, further comprising an additional differentiation characteristic selected from the list consisting of:
the shape of said pipette;
the presence of at least one colored band on the surface of said pipette;
the presence of at least one colored material inserted, into the pipette top of said pipette; and
the presence of a solid colored pipette top.
8. The pipette according to claim 1, wherein said material is selected from the list consisting of:
glass; and
plastic.
9. A method for facilitating the differentiation of a pipette from other pipettes of different volumes, the method comprising the procedure of forming at least a portion of said pipette from a material that is tinted with a color associated with the pipette volume of said pipette.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said portion comprises at least one pipette region selected from the list consisting of:
the pipette top;
the pipette body; and
the pipette tip.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein method further comprises the procedure of coupling said pipette tip to said pipette body by a process selected from the list consisting of:
melting,
gluing,
screwing; and
integrally forming using a single piece of material.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein said method further comprises the procedure of coupling said pipette top to said pipette body by a process, selected from the list consisting of:
melting,
gluing,
screwing; and
integrally forming using a single piece of material.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein said color corresponds to a color coding standard selected from, the list consisting of:
ASTM E1273;
ASTM E1293;
ASTM E1157;
ASTM E943;
ASTM E1044; and
ISO 1769:1975.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein said pipette is selected from the list consisting of:
volumetric pipette;
serologic pipette;
one-mark pipette;
graduated pipette;
pasteur pipette;
open end pipette; and
wide tip pipette.
15. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the procedure of applying an additional differentiation characteristic to said pipette, said additional differentiation characteristic selected from the list consisting of:
the shape of said pipette;
the presence of at least one colored band on the surface of said pipette;
the presence of at least one colored material, inserted into the pipette top of said pipette; and
the presence of a solid colored pipette top.
16. The method according to claim 9, wherein said material is selected from the list consisting of:
glass, and
plastic.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A machine tool comprising:
a cutting tool holding means for holding a cutting tool for machining a workpiece;
a workpiece holding means for holding the workpiece;
the cutting tool holding means or the workpiece holding means being movable so as to feed the cutting tool relative to the workpiece in multiple axial directions; and
a control mechanism for controlling operation of the cutting tool holding means or the workpiece holding means, the control mechanism being operable to relatively synchronously move the workpiece and the cutting tool in multiple axial directions and to relatively vibrate them at a low frequency.
2. The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the cutting tool holding means is movable in multiple axial directions.
3. The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece holding means is movable in multiple axial directions.
4. The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the cutting tool holding means and the workpiece holding means are movable, and the cutting tool holding means and the workpiece holding means cooperatively move to feed the cutting tool relative to the workpiece in multiple axial directions.
5. The machine tool according to claim 1, further comprising a vibration cutting information storing means for prestoring data for vibrating the workpiece and the cutting tool at the low frequency, wherein the control mechanism exercises control based on the data stored in the vibration cutting information storing means.