Crucible cassette for automatic apparatus for analyzing metals

摘要

A crucible cassette for use in feeding crucibles to an apparatus for loading and feeding crucibles to a combustion furnace, said cassette having at least one crucible receiving tube capable of receiving a plurality of crucibles stacked one above the other, an engaging member in the bottom of the tube for engaging with the lowermost crucible and supporting it in the receiving tube and a guide member for guiding the rise of the crucibles in the tube, and a pusher for pushing crucibles one by one up out of said tube to enable them to be carried one by one from the cassette means to a sample weighing position in the apparatus.