AUTOMATIC FLUID SAMPLING TRANSPORT SYSTEM

摘要

AN AUTOMATIC FLUID SAMPLING TRANSPORT SYSTEM There is described an automatic fluid sampling transport system for use in fields such as atomic absorption spectroscopy and liquid chromatography. The system described provides for circular tray sampling having an increased through-put capacity. This is accomplished by providing a system which allows the sampling of vials in concentric circles on the same carousel. The mechanism described synchronizes the raising and lowering of the sample probe to the incremental, rotational movement of the carousel and the rotational movement of the probe carrying means between successive sample vials in the various concentric circles. The mechanism is relatively sample and is adaptable to provide a plurality of such concentric circles of openings to expand the through-put capability of the system.