Heated sample container case and method
US6092519A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF17C2227/0302
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A case for heating sample containers during transport, where the case has a housing that containing thermal insulation and a disposable heating material that generates heat by chemical reaction with oxygen. Closeable apertures allow control over the access of oxygen to the heating material, and thereby over the rate of reaction. A method of portably heating a sample cylinder is also disclosed.
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