Method of sample delivery for a sample analyzer and liner handling system
US7127956B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N30/24
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of sample delivery for a sample analyser, which has a delivery device for samples which can be loaded with exchangeable liners, which are tubular at least at the inlet end and hold the sample, the liners, on which there is respectively fitted at the gas inlet end a transporting head which holds the liner by means of a seal hereby having a friction fit, being arranged such that they are inserted at predetermined locations in a magazine and/or in sample containers, a changing device, which is equipped with a gripper for the transporting heads of the liners, being used and on the basis of a predetermined program, the changing device gripping the respective liner at a predetermined place on its transporting head and inserting it into the delivery device in a sealing manner, the sample delivery being performed and, subsequently, the liner being removed from the delivery device by the changing device, by gripping its transporting head, and also to a liner handling system for this.
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