Liquid sampling device
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsAndre Calame-Lonjean, Pierre Naujalis
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a liquid sampling device of the type having at least one hollow needle mounted on an end fitting, which is itself disposed on a support having a supply pipe and a discharge pipe of the liquid to be sampled and between which there is an intermediate tank. The device has a drainage duct connecting the lower part of the intermediate tank to the supply pipe, whilst the lower part of the end fitting is in the form of a sleeve, immersed in the intermediate tank and open at its lower end. The invention is useful for the sampling of radioactive liquids in the nuclear industry.
Claims12
A liquid sampling device comprising
- a support comprising a supply pipe for a liquid to be sampled, a discharge pipe for said liquid, an intermediate tank, and drainage means for said liquid connecting a lower part of said intermediate tank and said supply pipe,
- an end fitting held by said support, a lower portion of said end fitting comprising a sleeve immersed in said intermediate tank, a lower end of said sleeve being open, and
- at least one hollow needle held by said end fitting.
A liquid sampling bench for filling containers with a sampled liquid, said bench comprising
- at least one liquid sampling device, said liquid sampling device comprising a support comprising a supply pipe for a liquid to be sampled, a discharge pipe for said liquid, an intermediate tank, and drainage means for said liquid connecting a lower part of said intermediate tank and said supply pipe, an end fitting held by said support, a lower portion of said end fitting comprising a sleeve immersed in said intermediate tank, a lower end of said sleeve being open, and at least one hollow needle held by said end fitting,
- said liquid sampling bench further comprising movable arm means for positioning said containers above said liquid sampling device in operative engagement therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.