Process for gel electrophoresis

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING MIXTURES BY GEL ELECTROPHORESIS COMPRISING: PROVIDING A CONFINED PASSAGE, PROVIDING RESERVOIRS TO RECEIVE BUFFER SOLUTIONS, PROVIDING OPENINGS FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIRS AND SAID PASSAGE; POSITIONING SAID PASSAGE HORIZONTALLY, POURING LIQUID GEL SOLUTION INTO SAID PASSAGE, CONTAINING SAID SOLUTION IN SAID PASSAGE AND ALLOWING IT TO SET AND GEL, POSITIONING SAID PASSAGE VERTICALLY, PLACING BUFFER SOLUTIONS IN SAID RESERVOIRS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID BUFFER SOLUTIONS DIRECTLY CONTACTING SAID GEL THROUGH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID OPENINGS, SAID GEL PREVENTING MASS FLOW OF SAID BUFFER SOLUTIONS BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIRS, APPLYING A MIXTURE OF SUBSTANCES TO BE SEPARATED TO THE GEL, AND PASSING DIRECT ELECTRICAL CURRENT THROUGH THE BUFFER SOLUTIONS AND THE GEL UNTIL SEPARATION IS EFFECTED.