Sample pretreatment device
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorsKazuteru Takahashi, Kenta Terashima
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Abstract
Provided is a sample pretreatment device configured to apply, to the surface of a sample, a solution in which a predetermined substance is dissolved or dispersed. In order to properly and efficiently unclog a nozzle due to the deposition of the crystal of a matrix substance, the device includes a spray unit (3) including a solution tube (32) for the solution to pass through, a gas tube (33) for a spray gas to pass through, and a nozzle part (30) configured to spray the solution arriving at the terminal end of the solution tube by ejection of the spray gas through the gas tube, as well as a cleaning liquid supplier (4, 41) configured to put a cleaning liquid on an opening of the nozzle part from outside the spray unit.
Claims11
A sample pretreatment device configured to apply, to a surface of a sample, a solution in which a predetermined substance is dissolved or dispersed, comprising:
- a spray unit including a solution tube for the solution to pass through, a gas tube for a spray gas to pass through, and a nozzle part configured to spray the solution arriving at a terminal end of the solution tube by ejection of the spray gas through the gas tube;
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- a cleaning liquid supplier configured to put a cleaning liquid on an opening of the nozzle part from outside the spray unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.