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Positive-displacement sampling apparatus

US7481124B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2006
Grant dateJan 27, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2001/205
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for withdrawing a liquid sample from a vessel, the apparatus affixed to the vessel and having (a) a plunger forming a sample-receiving space movable from the vessel interior to and beyond a sample-delivery site, and (b) a valve for closing the vessel when the plunger is beyond the sample-delivery site. In the sampling apparatus, the sample-delivery site is incorporated in the valve.

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