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Transport device for an NMR MAS rotor in a probe head (“MAS shuttle”)

US10746823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRUKER SWITZERLAND AG · CH

Inventors

Jonathan de Vries · Zürich, CH
Sven Sieber · Rorschach, CH
Roger Meister · Fideriser Heuberge, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/307
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transport device for transporting an NMR sample to a probe head (16), having a shuttle (15) and a locking apparatus (3) for the rotor (5), which, when attaching the shuttle to the probe head, releases the rotor, and having a detecting apparatus for detecting the rotor in the shuttle. The probe head has a positioning apparatus (2), which holds the probe head in a defined measuring position relative to the shuttle. The detecting apparatus includes a sensor line, which transmits a signal dependent on the position of the probe head to the shuttle's end. A first portion (1a) of the sensor line is mounted inside the shuttle and extends from the rotor in a transport state to the end of the shuttle. A second portion (1b) of the sensor line is mounted inside the probe head and, in the measuring position, is directly adjacent to the first portion.

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