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Closed and open tube sampling apparatus

US5216926A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1992
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/0479
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic sampling apparatus is constructed to use bang-bang fluid driven actuators whose control system is modified to permit accurate positioning over its range of motion. The actuators are positioned to aspirate liquid contents held within stoppered sample containers and equilibrate pressure in the sample containers to atmospheric prior to aspiration.

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