Displaceable receptacle for test sample
AssigneeSpecac Limited
InventorsMichael Ramsay, George Harman, Ian Gaskin
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Abstract
A system for containing a sample for analysis by a spectrometer, comprising a sample receptacle unit with a well for containment of the sample, the well comprising a well inner wall and well floor, a floor aperture in the well floor, and comprising a first spectroscopy element, the first spectroscopy element spanning the opening of floor aperture, wherein the well further comprises a sealing material at the interface of the inner wall with the first spectroscopy element, wherein radiation is free to pass through the floor aperture to the first spectroscopy element.
Claims20
A system for containing a liquid sample for analysis by a spectrometer, comprising a removable injection moulded sample receptacle unit comprising:
- a cover comprising a cover aperture with inner walls, a portion of which is bonded with a sealing material, forming a single integral component with the inner walls, and
- a main body with a bay comprising a bay floor with a floor aperture in the bay floor and a first spectroscopy element spanning the floor aperture, the first spectroscopy element being one of a reflectance element for reflectance spectral analysis or a transmission window for transmission spectral analysis
- wherein the cover is displaceable between an open position and a closed position, and the bay of the main body is configured to receive, in the closed position, the displaceable cover, the cover aperture inner walls and the first spectroscopy element being configured to constitute, in the closed position, a well for containment of the sample;
- wherein in the closed position, a closure means is configured to retain the displaceable cover in the closed position on the floor of the main body and to force the sealing material into sealing contact with the first spectroscopy element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.