Sample holder for spectroscopic studies of optical film
AssigneeHoechst Celanese Corporation
InventorWilliam Sullivan
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Abstract
The invention disclosed is a sample holder support unit for holding an optical film sample securely and precisely within a spectroscopic device such as a spectrophotometer. The device of the instant invention is comprised of a base plate, connected thereto a back support and a removable sample holder which will slide over the back support to be held securely and accurately in place. The device permits the repositioning of an optical film sample repeatedly in the same place thus allowing for accurate and repetitive measurements of changes in the sample.
Claims17
A sample holder support unit for holding an optical film sample comprised of:
- a) a base plate;
- b) a back support secured to the base plate, said back support containing a back support groove and a back support view opening;
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- c) a removable sample holder connected to the back support, wherein said removable sample holder contains a back piece, said back piece containing a back piece slot adapted to slidably interconnect with the back support groove;
- a front piece having a slot for holding the optical film sample;
- and wherein there is a view opening running through the removable sample holder.
A sample holder support unit for spectroscopic study of optical film samples comprising
- a) a base plate;
- b) a back support secured to the base plate wherein said back support contains a pair of back support grooves and a back support view opening;
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- c) a removable sample holder connected to the back support comprised of a back piece containing back piece slots wherein contained within the side of at least one of the back piece slots is a back piece coil spring biasing means, a front piece secured to the back piece containing front piece slots, wherein contained within at least one side of the front piece slots is a front piece biasing means, a pair of support pins projecting from the surface of the front piece, and a view opening passing through both the front piece and the back piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.