摘要 |
<p>1474798 Sample transfer device COULTER ELECTRONICS Inc 25 July 1974 [26 July 1973] 32934/74 Heading G1B [Also in Division F2] A pinch cock of the maker-before-break type operable upon a pair of flexible conduits 12, 14 is incorporated in apparatus for automated chemical analysis. As shown in Fig. 1 the conduits 12, 14 are connected at one end to a source of sample 16 and a delivery location 18 respectively and commonly at the other end to one side of a piston 26 in a chamber 24. The piston 26 is actuated to draw sample into the chamber while conduit 12 is open. This is achieved by having a common actuating system comprising a source of pressure 42 and a source of vacuum 43 and a valve 20'.</p> |