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Specimen immersing device

US4563883A · kind A · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

C. Reichert Optische Werke A.G. · AT

Inventor

Hellmuth Sitte · Laa an der Thaya, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 1984
Grant date	Jan 14, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N1/42
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for immersing a specimen into a cryogenic cooling liquid comprising an injector for carrying a specimen, means for accelerating the injector to a predetermined velocity vertically into the liquid, and means for rotating the injector, before the vertical movement ends, or at the moment it ends, to promote heat transfer from the specimen. Various means for effecting rotation of the injector are described.

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