Instrument for gravimetric moisture determination with temperature sensor

摘要

An instrument (10) for gravimetrically determining moisture content has a housing (20), with a weighing device (40) arranged inside. The weighing device (40) has a load receiver (60) onto which a sample (62) is placed. The housing has a lower, stationary housing part (21) and an upper, movable housing part (22), the movable housing part alternately occupying a measuring position and a loading position. In the loading position, the respective housing parts are spaced apart from each other, allowing a sample to be put on the load receiver. In the measuring position, the respective housing parts form an essentially enclosed testing compartment (30) that surrounds the load receiver. A temperature sensor (80) is arranged so that the temperature sensor is above the load receiver in the measuring position and is essentially to the side of the load receiver in the loading position.

主权项

1. An instrument for gravimetrically determining moisture content of a sample, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
a lower, stationary housing part; andan upper, movable housing part, movable between a measuring position and a loading position; and a weighing device, arranged inside the housing and comprising:
a load receiver, onto which the sample is placed when the movable housing part is in the loading position in which the stationary housing part and movable housing part are spaced apart from each other;a closed test compartment that surrounds the load receiver, formed by the stationary housing part and the movable housing part while in the measuring position; anda means for heating the sample, arranged in the testing compartment for heating the sample placed on the load receiver; and a temperature sensor, arranged to occupy a position above the load receiver when the respective housing parts are in the measuring position and to occupy a position to the side of the load receiver when the housing parts are in the loading position, the temperature sensor moving simultaneously upwards and to the side as the sensor moves from the measuring position to the loading position.