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US 5,395,586 AGranted
Sample autoloader for use with an analytical combustion furnace
AssigneeLeco Corporation
InventorsWayne R. Hemzy, Thomas G. Knapp
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Abstract
A sample autoloader loads a sample into a furnace and removes a sample from the furnace. The sample autoloader includes a sealing plate for sealing the furnace. The sample autoloader also includes a mechanism for pushing a sample into the furnace and removing a sample from the furnace. The sample autoloader may include a hotel which stores sample containers for automatic loading and a container which receives spent sample containers.
Claims19
Sample loader for a horizontal analytical combustion furnace comprising:
- a frame for attachment to a horizontal combustion furnace;
- a first carriage movably supported on said frame, said carriage comprising a furnace sealing member having an aperture therein;
- a closure member for said aperture in said furnace sealing member;
- reversible means for moving said furnace sealing member into a sealing position sealing the horizontal combustion furnace and for moving said sealing member away from said sealing position to allow access to the combustion furnace;
- a boat retrieval rod carried on said frame extending through said closure member in said furnace seal member, said closure member forming a seal around said boat retrieval rod;
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- a motor mounted on said first carriage for reversibly moving said boat retrieval rod to push boats into, and remove boats from, the horizontal analytical combustion furnace.
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A sample loader for a horizontal analytical combustion furnace comprising:
- a frame for attachment to the horizontal combustion furnace;
- a furnace seal member having an aperture therein movably supported on said frame;
- a closure member for said aperture in said furnace seal member;
- a boat retrieval rod extending through said closure member in said furnace seal member;
- a motor for moving said boat retrieval rod;
- a hotel member for storing a plurality of combustion boats, said hotel member carried on said frame;
- a first actuator member pushing boats from said hotel member;
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- an elevator movably supported on said frame, said elevator receiving combustion boats pushed from said hotel member and moving combustion boats received on said elevator to a location where said combustion boats can be pushed into the furnace by said boat retrieval rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.