Time-of-flight mass spectrometry device
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorTomoya Kudo
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Abstract
A time-of-flight mass spectrometry device includes: an ion introduction unit; a vacuum chamber connected to the ion introduction unit; a support member provided inside the vacuum chamber; a flight tube having a part of the outer surface supported by the support member and provided inside the vacuum chamber; a temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of a connection portion with the support member of the vacuum chamber; a temperature adjustment element provided in the vicinity of the connection portion; and a temperature control unit that controls the temperature adjustment element based on a measurement result of the temperature sensor.
Claims13
A time-of-flight mass spectrometry device, comprising:
- an ion introducer;
- a vacuum chamber having an outer surface and an inner surface and connected to the ion introducer;
- a flight tube provided within the vacuum chamber;
- a support member that supports the flight tube within the vacuum chamber, wherein the support member is in contact with the flight tube and the inner surface of the vacuum chamber;
- a temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of a contact part between the vacuum chamber and the support member and on a side of the outer surface of the vacuum chamber;
- a temperature adjuster provided in the vicinity of the contact part and on the side of the outer surface of the vacuum chamber;
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- a temperature controller that controls the temperature adjuster based on a measurement result of the temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.