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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398161 | Sampling method and sampling device, and logD measuring method and logD measuring system A sampling method sampling a lower-layer liquid from a liquid body comprised of two layers of liquids, an upper-layer liquid (octanol) and the lower-layer liquid (buffer solution), without mixing the layers. An extracting device is provided with a tubular apical end... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7293477 | Disposable, pre-sterilized fluid receptacle sampling device The present invention provides a fluid sampling device comprising a port insert, a plurality of flexible conduits, and a plurality of sample containers. The port insert comprises a body having a plurality of shafts therethrough and sample gating means for individual... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267800 | Drainage system In a system for sucking and discharging a solution from a vessel (micro-plate assembly 6) by suction nozzles 2, processes for suction, discharge, separation, etc. can be carried out with use of a simple mechanism, including suction nozzle moving means ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7213474 | Sampling apparatus An apparatus for use in sampling material on-line in a process system, comprising a sample collector (1) for receiving a sample of material, an elongate shaft (10) defining a passageway (14) carrying a measurement probe (11) for taking me... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197952 | Testing method for ball mills The invention relates to a testing method for designing a semiautogenous or an autogenous grinding circuit with at least one ball mill for grinding ore. In the method the ore is tested in two separate testing steps using the same testing sample of ore. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168332 | Powder sampling device The powder sampling device comprises, next to a vertical channel (1) a drawer that is also vertical which may be lowered so that a groove (5) passes into a sampling mouth (12). A flap (15) may be extended to direct the powder towards the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160511 | Liquid pipetting apparatus and micro array manufacturing apparatus A liquid pipetting apparatus for dispensing liquid of minute volume for use in a survey instruments of a hemanalysis machine, a genetic screening, and a pharmaceutical screening, etc., is disclosed. The liquid pipetting apparatus comprises a liquid holding member fo... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155989 | Test port A test port assembly and method are utilized for returning air characteristics within a closed chamber. The test port assembly is positioned in an exterior wall or panel and as required the test port is opened by removing a threaded cap. A thermometer can then be in... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6997346 | Apparatus and method for reducing buildup of particulate matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing buildup of particulate-matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems. In some embodiments, a trough-shaped feeder is provided in which a rectangular-to-elliptical conduit extends from the trough-shaped feeder. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6843103 | Automatic system for collecting, weighing and releasing solid particles A automatic system for the capture, weighing and expulsion of solid particles, consisting of an airtight weighing chamber, inside which there is an inner container in which the particles entering the chamber through an entrance duct are collected. Said container tra... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6694830 | Sampling method and sampling device therefor 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 ada... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6589483 | Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser characterized by a dispensing head which is movable upward and downward as a whole and comprises a plurality of plungers supported by a plunger plate, drive means for moving the plunger plate upward and downward, a plurality of cylinder... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6551557 | Tip design and random access array for microfluidic transfer The present invention relates to a ceramic tip and a random access print head for the transfer of microfluidic quantities of fluid. The print head can randomly collect and deposit fluid samples to transfer the samples from a source plate to a target. The ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6520343 | Filtering device The present invention relates to a filtering device for preventing passing and blocking of unwanted particles in a suspension, which filtering device comprises an inlet and an outlet and a defined space between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the device... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6417008 | Tube bottom sensing for small fluid samples A pipetting station having a bottom sensing device is provided in conjunction with one of any known liquid level sensing devices. The bottom sensing device includes a pipetting probe spring mounted to a pipetting arm of the pipetting station. The bottom s... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6399029 | Chemical processing using a dual feeder system, a sample port assembly, and a fluid flow control system Components of a chemical processing system are disclosed. In particular, a chemical processing system is disclosed which includes a chemical mixing or reacting zone, an inlet to the zone, an outlet to the zone, and a vacuum or fluid flow source located do... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5604996 | Grain sampler and method for batch grain dryer Apparatus for drawing a sample of grain from a stream of grain flowing along a path is described in which a tube extends into the grain flow path for diverting a portion of the flowing grain along the path to a sample collection station. The diverter dive... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5585576 | Sampler for fluidized product A sampling apparatus is characterized by a housing having a bore communicating at one end with the interior of a vessel containing fluidized product. A plunger assembly in the bore has a sample chamber intermediate its ends and is reciprocated to project ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5385058 | Method and apparatus for sampling particulate material falling from a belt conveyor A sampler having a pneumatically actuated scoop closes an opening in the bottom of a pipe containing an auger. The scoop swings through particulate material, (especially granular and/or powdered coal) as it is discharged from a belt of a feeder at the tra... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5309773 | Powder and granule inspection apparatus A sample of powder granules flowing through an online conveyor is removed periodically and fed to a supply hopper where a predetermined amount of granules are stored. A small portion of the granules are removed from the supply hopper and continuously fed ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 4993273 | Wood chip sampling apparatus A wood chip sampling apparatus which includes a chip collecting tray. The tray moves to a first location where it collects a sample of downwardly flowing wood chips and then to a second location where it discharges the chips into a chip sample bin for lat... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4934201 | Method and apparatus for supplying samples from a melt to a rheometer A method and apparatus for removing samples from a plastic melt for measuring the rheological properties of the plastic melt in which melt samples are removed from melt in a melt channel through a hollow probe arranged transversely of the direction of flo... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4918999 | Sampler for solid materials A wood chip sampler is provided which is capable of extracting a repeatable and reliable sample of wood chips or similar particulate material from a product stream. The apparatus includes a sampling probe which has a slot which allows the product to enter... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4858477 | Dry materials sample collector improvements An improved dry material sample collector is provided which allows a cross-section of conveyed bulk material to be intermittently sampled. A collection head, mounted upon the piston of a pneumatic cylinder, is extended into a bulk material conveying line ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4771642 | Solids sampler Apparatus for collecting a sample of particulate matter from a pneumatic conveyer system. A sample cup is positioned in the stream of gas carrying the particulate matter with the opening of the cup facing the gas stream. A foreshortened hollow duct-shaped... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4702114 | Device for withdrawing and conditioning samples of materials in solid, liquid or gaseous form, for the purpose of analysis thereof A device for withdrawal of a fixed volume of powdered, liquid or gaseous material from a withdrawal zone and for conditioning the withdrawn materials for the purpose of analysis which comprises a retractable cylindrical probe in which there is provided a ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4682506 | Automatic material sampler An automatic material sampling apparatus includes a housing for receiving a positively or negatively pressurized flow of material to be sampled as the material flows through a conduit, wherein the housing is disposed in-line with the conduit. The apparatu... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4677864 | System for automatic sampling and sample conveyance for analysis A system for automatic sampling and sample conveyance for analysis, comprising a sampler having a slurry sampling member having a drain in the form of a flexible hose, a compressed air line, the flexible hose being connected, via a controlled valve, to a ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4587858 | Crosscut sampler with auger clean out A crosscut sampler with an auger cleanout comprising a housing insertable into a gravity feed flow duct containing a flowing stream of dry material, a pelican with a receiving slot movably mounted within the housing for transversely transversing the strea... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4562747 | Sampler for dry materials A sampler for communicating with the interior of a vessel containing dry granular or powder materials extracts a sample of the material and conveys it to a point of collection. The sampler includes a tubular probe having an inlet opening toward an inner e... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4433587 | Sampler for flowing pressurized dry material A sampler for dry material flowing under pressure in a flow duct including a tubular housing, mounting an air cylinder, the piston rod of which connects to a sample tube which is extendible from the housing and into the flow line, the sample tube having a... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4432674 | Method and device for analyzing the solid matter content in a hydraulic conveying stream of a carrier liquid with solid particles A method and apparatus for analyzing the solid matter content of a hydraulically conveyed stream in a conveyor pipeline to be monitored and controlled, comprising, taking of a representative sample of the material in the pipeline across the diameter of th... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4389905 | Cutter for collecting a representative sample A sampling cutter for a sampling machine to extract a representative sample of material directly from a conveyor's discharge trajectory stream by having a feed opening for sampling material cleaned off the conveyor and falling separately and distantly fro... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4165645 | Drive means for ore samplers and the like A drive means for a sampler such as is used to collect ore, slurries or other material discharged from a conveyor or other material transport device. The sampler includes a frame on which a support carriage having a cutter to sample the material as the cu... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4156507 | Apparatus for removing samples of stream of granular material and for preparing analytical samples therefrom Apparatus for removing samples from a stream of materials and for producing analytical samples therefrom comprising conveying a stream of granular material on a conveyor and discharging the material from the end of the conveyor through a hopper located in... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4120203 | Crosscut sampler for pneumatic conveying systems A crosscut sampler particularly useful for obtaining samples of flowing granular or particulate material in a pneumatic conveying system including a sample collecting head in a housing connected with the material conveying pipes, the head having a slot-sh... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4082004 | Crosscut sampler A crosscut sampler attachable into the conveying pipes of a pneumatic or gravity system and including an elongate sample collecting head having a slot-like entrance port and facing the entrance opening of the housing, the head being elongate and tapering ... | 04/04/1978 |
