Sample introduction device
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorsAkira Aono, Isao Sawamura
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Abstract
A sample introduction device includes a tube holding unit 10, a tube heating unit 20, and a movement mechanism 30. The tube holding unit 10 holds a sample tube 1. The tube heating unit 20 comes into contact with the sample tube 1 held in the tube holding unit 10 and heats the sample tube 1 to desorb sample components in the sample tube 1. The tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20 are attached to the movement mechanism 30 so as to be able to move separately. The movement mechanism 30 includes a nut 32 which can be attached to and detached from the tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20, and a support shaft 31 which supports the nut 32 such that the nut 32 can move.
Claims7
A sample introduction device for heating a sample tube which contains a sample to desorb a sample component and to introduce the sample component to an analyzing unit, the device comprising:
- a tube holding unit which holds the sample tube;
- a tube heating unit which comes into contact with the sample tube held in the tube holding unit and heats the sample tube to desorb the sample component in the sample tube;
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- a movement mechanism to which the tube holding unit and the tube heating unit are attached such that the tube holding unit and the tube heating unit can move separately, wherein
- the movement mechanism includes
- a connecting member which can be attached to and detached from the tube holding unit and the tube heating unit, and
- a support portion which supports the connecting member such that the connecting member can move.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.