Sampling method and sampling device therefor
OwnerReggie Hakesinventor
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Abstract
An inline sampling device adapted to remove a representative sample drop-wise from a fluid flowing through a fluid line through a sampling probe disposed in the fluid line wherein the sampling probe has at least one fluid receiving, volume relief port adapted for receiving a multiplicity of drop-wise samples of fluid flowing through the fluid line and for discharging a portion of the volume of a sampling container. The device is particularly suitable for testing for mastitis in milking animals.
Claims20
An inline sampling device adapted to remove a representative sample drop-wise from a fluid flowing through a fluid line, said sampling device comprising a body, a sampling probe and a sampling container, said body having an inlet, an outlet, said sampling probe disposed in said body between said inlet and said outlet, said sampling probe having at least two fluid receiving, volume relief ports wherein said sampling probe is movably disposed in said body.
An inline sampling device adapted to remove a representative sample drop-wise from a fluid flowing through a fluid line, said sampling device comprising a body, a sampling probe and a sampling container, said body having an inlet, an outlet and said sampling probe fixedly disposed therein between said inlet and said outlet, said sampling probe having at least one fluid receiving, volume relief port adapted for receiving a multiplicity of drop-wise samples of said fluid flowing through said fluid line and for discharging a portion of the volume of said sampling container into said fluid line in exchange for each drop-wise sample received in said sampling container.
A method of sampling a fluid flowing through a fluid collection line comprises the steps of installing a sampling device in said fluid line, receiving representative samples of said fluid through a sampling probe disposed in a body of said sampling device and accumulating said representative samples in a sampling container associated with said sampling device.
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