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|With heating or cooling
|Sample frame for preparation of a plurality of sample vessels, in particular NMR sample tubes - A sample frame (
|Separation Analyzer - A separation analyzer for transferring solutions, while changing mixing ratios of the solutions, wherein a flow passage from a first pump, a flow passage from a second pump, and a passage for sample introduction section, the flow passages being connected, which further comprises a flow switching means for temporarily storing the solutions, whereby the flow switching means alternatively makes a first state for pushing out the solutions in a second sampling loop to the sample introduction section by the second pump, while transferring the solutions to the first sampling loop; and a second state for pushing out the solutions in the first sampling loop by the second pump, while transferring the solutions from the first pump to the second sampling loop.
|NOy and Components of NOy by Gas Phase Titration and NO2 Analysis with Background Correction - A method for quantifying nitrogen-containing species from an atmospheric sample includes introducing the atmospheric sample into an NO
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an integrated measurement apparatus that may perform measurement of various material characteristics (e.g., thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, magnetic inductivity, etc.) and defects of a composite material in a non-destructive manner. The apparatus may include: a jig chamber having a door; a first jig device for measuring electrical characteristics, a second jig device for measuring magnetic characteristics, and a third jig device for measuring magnetic characteristics, the three jig devices interchangeably mounted in the jig chamber so that either the first, second, or third jig device may be used to measure a composite material sample.
|SAMPLING METHOD AND SAMPLING DEVICE - Disclosed is a sampling method which comprises the steps of: blowing airflow towards a center portion of a sampling surface through a blowing port; and sucking the blown airflow from periphery of the sampling surface through a sucking port, or a sampling method which comprises the steps of: providing a sampling device on a sampling surface, the sampling device being shaped to form a sampling space together with the sampling surface, and the sampling device including a blowing port arranged at the center portion of the sampling device and a sucking port arranged at periphery of the sampling device; blowing airflow towards the sampling surface through the blowing port; and sucking the airflow blown towards the sampling surface through the sucking port so as to collect samples. The present application also relates to a sampling device which comprises a housing which is shaped to form a sampling space together with a sampling surface; a blowing port which is provided at a center portion of the housing to blow airflow towards the sampling surface; a sucking port which is provided at periphery of the housing to suck the airflow blown towards the sampling surface. According to the present invention, a blowing airflow having a higher speed is obtained with a lower flow rate of the blowing airflow, and at the same time, raised particles move towards the periphery together with the airflow and are captured by the sucking device provided at the periphery, thus, a sampling efficiency is improved.
|SAMPLE ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sample encapsulation system includes a base, a chamber having an inlet and a chamber housing in which the chamber is housed. The chamber is fixedly mounted at least in part within the housing and the housing is movably mounted to the base. The system includes a cap, a first ram operably mounted to the cap for engaging the chamber inlet and a second ram positioned in the chamber opposite the inlet. The second ram is movable toward and away from the first ram. The chamber and housing are movable toward the cap for engaging the first ram with the chamber inlet during an encapsulation cycle and away from the cap, disengaging the first ram from the chamber inlet following an encapsulation cycle. The system includes heating and cooling assemblies and a temperature sensor located remotely from the chamber interior to automatically isolate cooling water to the system.
|SAMPLE PROCESSING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The present invention provides microfluidic sample processing systems and devices comprising a plurality chambers and channels in fluidic communication with a sample loading port, and methods of making and employing such systems and devices. Preferably, the systems and devices of the present invention are configured such that temperature changes in the chambers allows liquid sample in the sample loading port to be drawn into the channels.
|LNG SAMPLING CYLINDER AND METHOD - A sampling cylinder for LNG (liquefied natural gas) is provided. The sampling cylinder includes a piston cylinder arrangement having opposite end members closing the chamber inside the cylinder. Various porting arrangements are provided for allowing fluid to be fed into a chamber inside the cylinder on opposite sides of a piston. A sample chamber is provided at one end member of the cylinder. The end member containing the sample chamber is also provided with a heat exchanger that may be connected to a source of coolant and preferably the LNG to be sampled to effect cooling of the end member at least partially prior to the sample chamber having a sample of LNG injected thereinto.
|Sampling component, sampling device and ion mobility Spectrometer - The present invention discloses a sampling component comprising a sampling body that can be electrically heated and the outer surface of which has a wiping sampling area; and an insulated handle that is connected with one longitudinal end of the sampling body. The sampling component according to the present invention contacts directly the contacts of an external power supply after being disposed in a analysis chamber, the power supply is turned on to heat the sampling body so as to realize sample pyrolysis, and the power is turned off immediately after the sampling component is taken away. Thus, the power supply of the sampler can work discontinuously so that the power consumption of the system is reduced, meanwhile, the system malfunction caused by a long-term work of the sampling device under a high temperature can be avoided. The present invention further discloses a sampling device having said sampling component and an ion mobility spectrometer having the sampling device.
|INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION - The invention relates to a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process and a thermal cycler. In the process, biological samples are held in a sample carrier having a plurality of sample spaces each having upper and lower ends and the samples are sequentially heated and cooled. The thermal cycler according to the invention comprises heat transfer means for automatic heating and cooling of the samples in the sample carrier, heatable closure means above the upper ends of the samples spaces for preventing condensation of sample vapor during the process, and adjusting means for controlling one process parameter, preferably the temperature of the heatable closure means, depending on at least one other of said process parameters. The invention helps to decrease the number of failed PCR experiments, in particular due to changes in sample volume.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER ASSISTED SAMPLE TRANSFER TO SOLUTION FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are described for laser ablation of an analyte from a specimen and capturing of the analyte in a dispensed solvent to form a testing solution. A solvent dispensing and extraction system can form a liquid microjunction with the specimen. The solvent dispensing and extraction system can include a surface sampling probe. The laser beam can be directed through the surface sampling probe. The surface sampling probe can also serve as an atomic force microscopy probe. The surface sampling probe can form a seal with the specimen. The testing solution including the analyte can then be analyzed using an analytical instrument or undergo further processing.
|TRANSPORTABLE LIQUID PHASE LNG SAMPLE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transportable Sample Apparatus includes a vacuum flask (Dewar flask) and integral sample container. The Sample Apparatus may be used to capture a liquid phase LNG sample at a custody transfer point and to transport the sample to a laboratory for analysis. Vaporization of the liquid phase sample may take place at a variety of different locations. For example, vaporization may begin and/or be completed during transport from the collection point to the laboratory. In another example, vaporization may begin and be completed in the laboratory. In yet another example vaporization may begin during transport and be completed at the laboratory. The gas phase sample is typically analyzed by a gas chromatograph for Btu content, among other things. Prior to capture of the sample, the Sample Apparatus goes through a pre-cool cycle to chill a sample end cap and other components to a temperature compatible with capture of a cryogenic liquid sample which is about −250° F.
|Gas Probes - A thermowell or gas sampling probe comprising an elongated tube with one or more helical fins wound longitudinally along and around at least part of the outer surface of said tube where the width of the fin is in the range 0.005 D to 0.2 D; and the depth of the fin is in the range 0.05 D to 0.5 D; where D is the external diameter or width of the tube. The gas sampling probe comprising an elongate main tubular member having an inlet end and an outlet end and a sampling tube housed within said main tubular member extending from the inlet end to the outlet end.
|THERMOPHORETIC SAMPLER - A thermophoretic sampler includes a sample assembly into which a removable sample cartridge can be inserted. The sample cartridge holds a substrate that, upon insertion, is exposed to a sample chamber. Thermophoresis is induced in the sample chamber, causing nanoparticles to be deposited on the substrate.
|Device and Method for the Adjustment of a Temperature of a Liquid - A device and a method for the adjustment of a temperature of a liquid which is contained in one or more sample vessels are specified, a control unit and a temperature adjustment unit being provided, which acts on the liquid contained in the sample vessels. Furthermore, the control unit is operatively connected to the temperature adjustment unit. The liquid to be analyzed contains absorption elements in order to accelerate the temperature adjustment in the liquid to be analyzed.
|PROCESS FOR PUTTING INTO OPERATION AND FOR OPERATING A MEASURING DEVICE - A device and a process are provided for putting into operation and for operating a measuring device. A temperature regulating unit (
|DILUTING SAMPLER AND A METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND DILUTING A GASEOUS SAMPLE - In the method, for collecting and diluting a gaseous sample disposed at a temperature substantially higher than the normal temperature from a sample space (
|OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INTSTRUMENT - An optical measurement instrument includes: an excitation light source (
|PARTICULATE SAMPLING APPARATUS, PARTICULATE SAMPLING SUBSTRATE AND PARTICULATE SAMPLING METHOD - A particulate sampling apparatus configured to control the flow direction of a dispersion solvent for particulates, at a channel branching section of a channel includes an introduction channel capable of introducing the dispersion solvent, and a plurality of branch channels communicating with the introduction channel, so as to disperse desired ones of the particulates into a selected one of the branch channels, wherein the apparatus includes light irradiation means by which a bubble can be generated in the dispersion solvent by irradiation with a laser beam used as a heat source, and the flow direction of the dispersion solvent at the channel branching section is controlled by the bubble.
|ANALYTICAL SAMPLE DRYING METHOD AND DRYING APPARATUS - A soil for metal analysis having a high water content of 40% or more is dried up to 20% or less in water content within a short period of time.
|SAMPLE HANDLING DEVICE FOR AND METHODS OF HANDLING A SAMPLE - A sample handling device (
|SAMPLE PROCESSING METHODS - A method of processing a sample may include introducing a sample into a vessel, the vessel having proximal and distal ends, the sample being introduced into the proximal end of the vessel; incubating the sample in the vessel with a substance capable of specific binding to a preselected component of the sample; propelling components of the incubated sample, other than the preselected component, toward the proximal end of the vessel by clamping the vessel distal to the incubated sample and compressing the vessel where the incubated sample is contained; propelling the preselected component toward a distal segment of the vessel by clamping the vessel proximal to the preselected component and compressing the vessel where the preselected component is contained; and mixing the preselected component with a reagent in the distal segment of the vessel.
|DISPERSANT APPLICATION FOR CLEAN-UP OF RECIRCULATION PATHS OF A POWER PRODUCING FACILITY DURING START-UP - A method for reducing corrosion product transport in a power producing facility. The method includes the steps of selecting a chemical dispersant adapted to reduce the deposition of corrosion products in the recirculation path, and using at least one chemical injector to inject the chemical dispersant into a fluid contained in the recirculation path during recirculation path cleanup to increase corrosion product removal.
|SAMPLER FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS - A sampler for an elemental analyzer comprises a sample housing suitable to accommodate one or more samples, sealed in tin or silver capsules, to be analyzed, a closure mechanism suitable to reversibly seal the sample housing, a sample passage having a connection opening for the passage by gravity of the one or more samples from the sampler into the analyzer through the connection opening. The sampler further comprises a heater for heating the sample housing and a vacuum system or other means for pumping out environmental gases and vapors from the sample housing.
|Headspace Sample Introduction Device - A headspace sample introduction device which collects a sample gas from a sample container and introduces the gas into a predetermined analyzer is provided. The device includes a sample tray
|SWEAT COLLECTORS AND METHODS OF COLLECTING SWEAT - A sweat collector for application to a body part of a subject in order to collect sweat therefrom for purposes of analysis, includes a receptacle having an open side for application to the skin of the subject's body part from which the sweat is to be collected; and a port for the introduction of a fluid into the receptacle and into contact with the skin of the subject's body part for enhancing the removal and/or production of sweat thereat. The sweat collector further includes a syringe having an open end insertable into the port for introducing the fluid into the receptacle, and for removing the introduced fluid and the sweat collected therein for analysis. Several embodiments are described, illustrating various ways of attaching the sweat collector to various body parts. Also described is a method of collecting and analyzing sweat from a body part in order to provide information useful in determining the medical condition of a subject.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - Aspects of the invention are directed to a sample vial comprising a container configured to receive a sample, the container having a top portion and a cap configured to mate with the top portion of the container, the cap having a magnetic component. In some embodiments the sample vial is configured for storage of a biological sample in an ultralow temperature environment. In other embodiments, a sample vial is provided comprising a cylindrical body, having a first and second end, the first and second ends having a narrow aperture extending through the cylindrical body, wherein the cylindrical body has a long length relative to a diameter of the narrow aperture and a magnetic component. Further aspects are directed to retrieval of sample vials using the magnetic component, and fabrication of magnetic components for use with various sample vials. A magnetic retrieval rod can be used to couple the magnetic component.
|SENSOR SYSTEM WITH AN EXCHANGEABLE CARTRIDGE AND A READER - The invention relates to a sensor system (
|PARTICLE CAPTURE DEVICE - In example embodiments, particle collection efficiency in aerosol analyzers and other particle measuring instruments is improved by a particle capture device that employs multiple collisions to decrease momentum of particles until the particles are collected (e.g., vaporized or come to rest). The particle collection device includes an aperture through which a focused particle beam enters. A collection enclosure is coupled to the aperture and has one or more internal surfaces against which particles of the focused beam collide. One or more features are employed in the collection enclosure to promote particles to collide multiple times within the enclosure, and thereby be vaporized or come to rest, rather than escape through the aperture.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A REFRIGERANT SAMPLE - A system for preparing a refrigerant sample for analysis including a pressure regulator assembly including a pressure regulator and provisions for heating a refrigerant sample contained within an interior region of the pressure regulator. The pressure regulator defines an inlet through which the refrigerant sample is delivered and an outlet through which the refrigerant sample is expelled. The system also includes a filter assembly having an inlet that is fluidly connected to the outlet of the pressure regulator to receive the vaporized refrigerant sample from the pressure regulator, at least one filter for removing contaminants from the refrigerant sample, and an outlet that is configured to be coupled to a refrigerant analysis system for analyzing a composition of the refrigerant sample.
|DEVICE FOR DILUTING A GAS TO BE ANALYZED WITH A DILUTION GAS - A device for the dilution of a gas to be analyzed with a dilution gas has a sample gas tube (
|Sampling Device For Substance Detection Instrument - A sampling device for a substance detection instrument includes
|METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SAMPLING TRITIUM IN THE WATER VAPOR IN AIR - The invention relates to the measurement of the tritium concentration of the water vapour in air and more particularly the subject of the invention is a method of automatically sampling tritium in the water vapour of air using a cold trap, of the type comprising a first step of condensing the water vapour of the air by cooling over a cold trap and a second step of recovering the ice formed in the previous step in the form of condensation liquid, characterized in that the air is contained in a sampling chamber (
|Sample Collector and Sample Collecting Device for an Analysis Device and Method for the Operation Thereof - A sample collector for an analysis device for analyzing trace elements, including a wiping element on which sample material can be wiped from a surface to be tested and adsorbed thereon by a wiping process, including a support part with a convexly shaped surface to which the wiping element is attached, is provided. A sample collecting device using this sample collector and a method for taking samples are also provided.
|Method for Sampling Jointed Rock Mass - The present disclosure relates to a method for sampling rock mass, especially jointed rock mass. The present disclosure provides a simple and convenient method for sampling jointed rock mass to prevent the rock sample from being disturbed and damaged during sampling and accordingly resulting in opening of the weak structural planes, to therefore obtain rock specimen correctly reflecting the basic physical and mechanical characteristics of rock mass comprising integral fissure network. The method for sampling jointed rock mass of the present disclosure comprises the following steps: Step a: Siting; Step b: Drilling; Step c: Protecting; and Step d: Sampling. The method is suitable for determining the basic mechanical properties of the rock mass and for assessing the stability of caverns in jointed rock mass.
|PLANAR COIL, HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF HEATING - The invention provides a planar coil (
|Atmospheric sampling apparatus with flexible line and probe - Arrangements for withdrawing carefully controlled samples from an active flue gas source are disclosed. A testing assembly is provided for connection to downstream processing equipment to obtain a sample from a gas stream. Included is a probe, a flexible sample line and a coupler joining the probe and the flexible sample line. At least one externally controlled or self-regulating heating cable is put in heating communication with the flexible line. A receptacle engaging the coupler is also provided for positioning the probe with respect to the flue gas source.
|APPARATUS FOR SECTIONING HISTOLOGICAL SAMPLES HAVING A SPIRAL-SHAPED CAPILLARY TUBE - The invention relates to an apparatus (
|Apparatus and Method for Producing Specimens for Electron Microscopy - The invention provides methods and devices for preparing frozen vitrified samples for transmission electron microscopy. By reducing the volume of sample from microliter scale to picoliter scale, the requirement for blotting of excess fluid is minimized or eliminated.
|INDEPENDANT HEATING OF SAMPLES IN A SAMPLE HOLDER - There is described a method for heating a sample material in a sample holder, the method comprising receiving the sample holder in a heating chamber of a heating system, the sample holder having at least one sample recipient with the sample material therein; dynamically forming an individual mini microwave cavity around the sample recipient; and applying microwaves generated by at least one microwave generator directly to the sample.
|ISOTHERMAL SUBSEA SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for collecting a selected phase of a representative sample from a multiphase fluid flowing through a flowline, preferably located subsea. The system includes a multiphase sampling apparatus attachable to the flowline for sampling the representative sample; a vehicle sampling apparatus (e.g., ROV) locatable proximate the flowline having a power supply and a fluid sample collector for storing at least one selected phase of the representative sample; an interface for connecting the multiphase sampling apparatus and the vehicle sampling apparatus; and a temperature control arrangement disposed between the multiphase sampling apparatus and the vehicle sampling apparatus configured to minimize the temperature difference between the representative sample and the multiphase fluid flowing through the flowline.
|REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND/OR CONTROLLING PROPERTIES OF A COMPOSITION TRANSITIONING FROM LIQUID STATE TO SOLID STATE - A method of monitoring a composition in transition from liquid to solid state includes the steps of providing an apparatus having a temperature pyrometer, a drying element, a laser displacement sensor, and an electronic balance; providing a composition in a liquid state; converting the composition to a solid state; and measuring the a process condition during said step of converting. The apparatus can include a drying element, a temperature pyrometer, a laser displacement sensor, a platform for holding a composition, an electronic balance, and a spectral birefringence measurement system.
|MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE WITH SENSOR ARRAY - The invention relates to different designs of a microelectronic sensor device comprising an array of heating elements (HE) and an array of sensor elements (SE) that are aligned with respect to each other adjacent to a sample chamber (SC). By applying appropriate currents to the heating elements (HE), the sample chamber can be heated according to a desired temperature profile.
|SAMPLE COOLING DEVICE, AND AUTOSAMPLER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There are provided a sample cooling device capable of preventing air containing moisture from flowing into an accommodating chamber from outside the accommodating chamber, and of desirably dehumidifying air inside the accommodating chamber, and an autosampler provided with the same. Air is sent into an accommodating chamber
|Compact, integrated system for processing test samples - An integrated instrument processes fluid test samples using disposable test devices. The test devices are carried in a carrier. The instrument includes a vacuum station receiving the carrier for batch loading of the test devices with fluid samples to be tested. The user removes the carrier from the vacuum station and inserts it into a loading station of a separate carrier and test device processing subsystem. This subsystem includes a transport system moving the carrier through the instrument where various modules perform operations on the test devices, including sealing the test devices, loading the test devices into an incubation station, incubation of the test devices, test device reading, and test device disposal.
|TEST APPARATUS WITH DRY ENVIRONMENT - A test apparatus includes a test site, a buffer carrying device, a transport carrying device, a handling mechanism and a dry air flow guide mechanism. The test site performs a test procedure on the objects. The buffer carrying device is disposed close to a side of the test site, holds the objects and performs a temperature conditioning process. The transport carrying device is disposed close to another side of the test site, moves back and forth along a transporting direction, transports the objects into and out of the test site, and heats up the objects. The handling mechanism carries the objects among the buffer carrying device, the test site and the transport carrying device. The dry air flow guide mechanism guides a dry air to surround the test site, the buffer carrying device, the transport carrying device and the handling mechanism and generates a dry environment to prevent dew condensation.
|Soil Sampling Apparatus and Method - An apparatus automatically removes soil samples at intervals over a field of interest. The apparatus comprises a sampling assembly that rotates on a track. The probe of the sampler assembly is extended through the track and into the ground, then retracted on each revolution of the track. The sampler assembly is hinged and guided along a track in order to minimize soil compaction as the probe rotates around the rear wheel of the apparatus. Soil is ejected by means of a "rumble path" along the top of the track. The soil samples are pneumatically transferred to a bagging assembly located in the tractor pulling the apparatus.
|SAMPLE COOLING DEVICE, AUTOSAMPLER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND SAMPLE COOLING METHOD - There are provided a sample cooling device capable of effectively removing moisture in the air inside an accommodating chamber where a sample container is accommodated, and of preventing a problem caused by occurrence of frost, an autosampler provided with the same, and a sample cooling method. A first driving process of setting a set temperature of a dehumidifier section to at or below the freezing point, and a second driving process of stopping driving of the dehumidifier section or of raising the set temperature of the dehumidifier section to above the freezing point after the first driving process is performed over a predetermined period of time are performed. Thus, the set temperature of the dehumidifier section may be made to at or below the freezing point by the first driving process, and moisture in the air inside the accommodating chamber may be made to temporarily attach to the dehumidifier section as frost and then be melted by the second driving process and be collected as water.
|Sampler - sampler for automatic taking of liquid samples from a sample-taking location. The sampler includes: a housing with a door; an energy, or power, supply unit; a control/evaluation unit; a sample-taking unit, which, in a predeterminable time interval, takes a predetermined quantity of sample from the sample-taking location; a sample collecting unit arranged in a lower region of the housing of the sampler for storing taken samples; and a temperature-control unit, which controls at least the region of the sampler, in which the sample collecting unit is arranged, to a predetermined temperature, so that the sampler is applicable under any thermal conditions at the sample-taking location.
|SAMPLER AND SAMPLING METHOD - A sampler has a sample chamber for a sample forming from a molten material, at least one lower cooling body, at least one upper cooling body, at least one inner cooling body, and at least one filling part. The sample chamber is surrounded jointly at least by the lower cooling body and the inner cooling body, such that at least the sample chamber can be cooled by at least the lower and inner cooling bodies. The filling part merges into the sample chamber by a filling opening. Between a region of the outer surface of the inner cooling body and a region of the outer surface of the upper cooling body opposite the outer surface of the inner cooling body, the sampler has at least one gap for conducting at least one gas. The volume of the respective cooling bodies is larger than the volume of the gap.
|INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED HEATING AND/OR CHILLING BATH - A heating and/or chilling bath with an internally illuminated specimen container receptacle for enhanced specimen examination or monitoring. Internal illumination provided either directly from light sources or redirected via light propagations rods. The enhanced illumination may include ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, and/or other electromagnetic ranges useful for illuminating specimens observation with the naked eye, microscopy, CCD, and/or other device assisted observation methods.
|SAMPLE CHAMBER ADAPTER, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CRYOCONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - An adapter device includes a receptacle including at least one receiving element that detachably secures a sample chamber for cryoconservation of a biological sample, and a coupling device that connects the receptacle to a base section which can be secured in a cooling device, wherein the receiving element is 1) immobile in a holding state at a cryoconservation temperature and secures the sample chamber and 2) at least one of deformable and movable in a release state at a temperature above the cryoconservation temperature so that the sample chamber is detachable from the adapter device or can be inserted into the adapter device.
|Method and Apparatus For Testing Heavy Oil Production Processes - There is disclosed a method of testing oil extraction processes including the steps of: 1) placing a sample to be tested in a sample holder which has a configurable temperature profile; 2) placing the sample holder in a pressure vessel; 3) increasing the pressure in the pressure vessel to simulate an over burden pressure; 4) configuring the temperature profile of the sample holder to match a desired temperature profile; 5) applying an oil extraction process to the sample; 6) measuring one or more parameters of the oil extraction process; 7) measuring the temperature of the sample to which the process is being applied; 8) configuring the sample holder to match the measured temperature profile. A device to test oil extraction processes on samples is disclosed. The device has a temperature configurable sample holder having sufficient temperature control to provide a desired heat profile to the sample.
|SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ITS USE - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sampling device, system, and method. The sampling device includes a sample inlet nozzle fluidly coupled to a dilution body. A carrier fluid delivery conduit is also fluidly coupled to the dilution body. In one implementation, the carrier fluid delivery conduit is coupled to a source of heated carrier fluid. Carrier fluid is delivered around a perforated portion of the sample inlet nozzle, in one configuration. In some cases, the sampling device includes a mixing device configured to produce laminar flow of carrier fluid about a fluid sample. In other cases, the mixing device produces turbulent flow of carrier fluid and fluid sample. Systems including the sampling device include, in some implementations, a sample separator, such as an inertial droplet separator. In further implementations, systems including the sampling device further include an atmospheric dispersion simulator.
|Method and apparatus maintaining multi-component sample gas constituents in vapor phase during sample extraction and cooling - An apparatus and method for diluting and cooling that is extracted from high temperature and/or high pressure industrial processes. Through a feedback process, a specialized, CFD-modeled dilution cooler is employed along with real-time estimations of the point at which condensation will occur within the dilution cooler to define a level of dilution and diluted gas temperature that results in a gas that can be conveyed to standard gas analyzers that contains no condensed hydrocarbon compounds or condensed moisture.
|THERMOPHORETIC SAMPLER - A thermophoretic sampler includes a sample assembly into which a removable sample cartridge can be inserted. The sample cartridge holds a substrate that, upon insertion, is exposed to a sample chamber. Thermophoresis is induced in the sample chamber, causing nanoparticles to be deposited on the substrate.
|TESTER APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING FORMING LIMIT DIAGRAM - A tester apparatus capable of obtaining a forming limit diagram pertaining to a sample having a high degree of precision includes a fixing jig and a mobile jig installed at an upper side of the fixing jig so as to enable a vertical movement. The mobile jig may be configured to fix the sample in cooperation with the fixing jig, and a driving apparatus disposed at a lower side of the fixing jig may be configured to drive the vertical movement of the mobile jig. An interlocking apparatus provided in between the mobile jig and the driving apparatus may be configured to deliver a driving force of the driving apparatus to the mobile jig.
|SAMPLE CHAMBER FOR LASER ABLATION ANALYSIS OF FLUID INCLUSIONS AND ANALYZING DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sample chamber for laser ablation analysis of fluid inclusions, comprising a sample cell having a sample cell through-hole extending along the vertical direction and a sample channel extending through the sample cell in a direction transverse to the vertical direction and communicating with the sample cell through-hole. A transparent element is arranged on each of the top and bottom sides of the sample cell through-hole, and is fixed to the sample cell through a fixing ring. The sample chamber further comprises a base comprising a viewing hole and a receiving portion for receiving the sample cell, wherein the viewing hole is coaxially aligned with the sample cell through-hole when the sample cell is placed within the receiving portion. According to the sample chamber of the present invention, it is only necessary to change the sample cell during replacement of the sample chamber, which leads to a convenient operation. At the same time, light from the microscope can pass through the viewing hole, so that the effect of observation is improved.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAMPLES FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - A system for preparing samples for chemical analysis comprises at least one sample container, and a container receptacle apparatus for receiving the sample container. The sample container comprises an elongate tubular body having a crucible portion proximal to a closed end for receiving a sample therein, and an expansion portion proximal to an open end. The container receptacle apparatus comprising a housing having a heating compartment, a cooling compartment spaced apart from the heating compartment, and an insulating region located between the heating compartment and the cooling compartment. The heating compartment is shaped to receive the crucible portion of the sample container, and the cooling compartment is shaped to receive the expansion portion of the sample container. The apparatus also includes a heating mechanism for heating the sample within the crucible portion of the sample container, and a cooling mechanism for cooling the expansion portion of the sample container.
|GASOLINE BLEND SPOT SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gasoline blend spot sampling system and method including an adjustable volume mechanism for retaining an adjustable volume of gasoline for sampling, a coolant system integrated with the adjustable volume mechanism, and a sample collection assembly using a blunt-end tube for use with an open-mouthed bottle. Various three-way valves are actuated to route gasoline through various stages of a sampling process, from a gasoline fast loop to a purge loop to a gasoline capture stage to a sample bottling stage.
|TRACE SAMPLER - A position of an object moving through a region of interest is determined, and at least one source of an air stream is selectively activated based on the determined position. The air stream is capable of dislodging a particle from the object moving through the region of interest. The air stream is directed toward the region of interest. An air collector is selectively activated, based on the determined position, to draw air from the region of interest. The drawn air is deposited on a sample collector, and the sample collector is analyzed to determine whether the deposition of the air stream left particles of a material of interest on the sample collector.
|HEATING, SHAKING, AND MAGNETIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An apparatus for processing a liquid sample in a sample tube. The apparatus includes a base, a receptacle for receiving a sample tube, and a heating portion coupled to the base to selectively apply heat to the receptacle. A shaking portion is coupled to the base and supports the receptacle. The shaking portion selectively agitates the receptacle with respect to the base. A magnetizing portion is coupled to the base and movable to selectively change a magnetic field with respect to the receptacle.
|PORTABLE MULTI-TUBE AIR SAMPLER UNIT - A portable multi-tube air sampler device for capturing samples of trace elements in a suspected contaminated environment which includes a plurality of sample tubes for collecting sample trace elements, parallel inlet and outlet manifolds which minimize the length of the sample inlet path while utilizing short straight sample tubes, a hinged retainer bar mechanism which allows for easy removal and replacement of the various sample tubes, and a removably attachable controller unit which can be installed on the exterior portion of the carrying case for controlling the operation of the sampling protocol. Other embodiments include heated inlet manifold and sample intake paths to prevent contamination accumulation and carryover, a clean cycle option with a filter valved into the inlet flow path to enhance the purging cycle, and a mechanism for converting the present device to a desorbing auto sampler configuration. The present system likewise incorporates a purging cycle prior to each sampling cycle.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER ASSISTED SAMPLE TRANSFER TO SOLUTION FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are described for laser ablation of an analyte from a specimen and capturing of the analyte in a dispensed solvent to form a testing solution. A solvent dispensing and extraction system can form a liquid microjunction with the specimen. The solvent dispensing and extraction system can include a surface sampling probe. The laser beam can be directed through the surface sampling probe. The surface sampling probe can also serve as an atomic force microscopy probe. The surface sampling probe can form a seal with the specimen. The testing solution including the analyte can then be analyzed using an analytical instrument or undergo further processing.
|TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR THERMAL SOLIDIFICATION OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT BEADS - The present invention relates to a temperature adjustment device (
|Evacuating a Sample Chamber - In one general aspect, a sample is transferred into a mass spectrometer by capturing a sample on a collector, inserting the collector into a sample chamber coupled to the mass spectrometer and a vacuum pump, evacuating the sample chamber using the vacuum pump to reduce an internal pressure of the sample chamber to a level less than atmospheric pressure, heating the collector to release the sample from the collector, and introducing the sample into the mass spectrometer from the evacuated sample chamber.
|MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER - An air sampler device has a top plate and a bottom plate, and receives a Petri dish between the top plate and the bottom plate. The top plate includes 283 substantially small holes. The bottom plate has a deepened center well formed in the top surface. Elongated slots are formed in the top surface which extend out from the well. The slots have distal ends which extend beyond the Petri dish. Air is drawn into the sampler by a vacuum tube through an air port which communicates with the center well. Air is pulled into the 283 holes in the top plate and strikes the capture material in the Petri dish. The air then travels up over the sides of the dish, into the distal ends, through the slots, and into the center well, where it exits out of the vacuum air port.
|Temperature Controlled Container For Storing And Transporting Core Samples - A method of storing and/or transporting core samples in a temperature controlled container includes inserting a core sample into the container and inputting a temperature value into a control panel of the container. The container includes one or more reinforcement members and one or more strap guides coupled an exterior of the container. A temperature of a space within the container where the core samples are located is measured and compared to the temperature value. The space within the container where the core samples are located is heated or cooled until the temperature of the space is substantially equal to the temperature value. The container and the core samples located within the container can be transported from a drilling site to a testing facility.
|MATERIAL WITHDRAWAL APPARATUS AND METHODS OF REGULATING MATERIAL INVENTORY IN ONE OR MORE UNITS - Material withdrawal apparatus and methods and systems of regulating material inventory in one or more units are provided. A material withdrawal apparatus includes a heat exchanger and a sensor. The heat exchanger includes a material inlet, material outlet, cooling fluid inlet, and cooling fluid outlet. The material inlet is coupled to the unit and the sensor is coupled to the heat exchanger to provide a metric indicative of the temperature at the material inlet; material outlet; cooling fluid inlet and cooling fluid outlet. Another embodiment of a material withdrawal apparatus includes a vessel having an outer wall, liner, fill port, and a discharge port. The liner at least partially covers the inner surface of the outer wall. The fill port and discharge port are defined in the vessel and the fill port is configured to receive withdrawn material from at least a unit. Other embodiments provide methods of withdrawing or regulating material in a unit.
|Natural Gas Liquid Pressure Regulating Vaporizer Sampling System - System and method for natural gas liquid sample pressure regulating vaporizer system including a vented cabinet having a gas sample input, a pressure regulator, a single path vaporizer, a liquid block, a heated regulator and a gas sample outlet, and a communications assembly including a temperature controller, a communication outlet, and a power input electrically connected via appropriate secure feedthroughs to the cabinet.
|DETECTION OF CHEMICALS WITH INFRARED LIGHT - The present invention is directed to a method for non-contact or stand off chemical detection by selectively exciting one or more analytes of interest using an IR source tuned to at least one specific absorption band without significantly decomposing the analyte and determining if the analyte is present by comparing emitted photons with an IR detector signal made before and during or shortly after exciting the analyte. Another embodiment provides a method for non-contact or stand off chemical detection by selectively exciting one or more analytes of interest using an IR source tuned to at least one specific absorption band without significantly decomposing the analyte, wherein the analyte is excited sufficiently to generate a vapor plume, and wherein the plume is examined to detect the presence of the analyte. Additionally, the present invention provides for a system for non-contact or stand off chemical detection.
|THERMALLY MODULATED VARIABLE RESTRICTOR - Thermally modulated variable restrictors used in chromatography systems enable independent control of system pressure and linear velocity of a compressible mobile phase passing through a chromatographic column. The restrictors include a restrictor body having a fluidic channel with an inlet that receives the mobile phase from the column and an outlet through which the mobile phase leaves the fluidic channel. A restrictor tip, disposed adjacent the outlet of the fluidic channel, has an egress opening that is smaller than an internal diameter of the fluidic channel. A heating element, thermally coupled to a subsection of the fluidic channel between its inlet and outlet, heats the mobile phase passing through that subsection of the fluidic channel. The restriction produced by the restrictor tip in response to the heating of the mobile phase enables independent control of system pressure and linear velocity of the mobile phase within the column.
|VENTILATION ASSISTED PASSIVE CELL FREEZING DEVICE - A system and method for concurrently and uniformly removing thermal energy from clustered specimen samples.
|Sample extraction device - A device for the automatic extraction of chemical samples is provided. One or more chemical samples are extracted under automatic control for the controlled mixing, heating, cooling, shaking and dispensing thereof. The device includes a housing defining an open interior region. A rotating carousel is disposed within the housing, and a plurality of sample holders are mounted thereon. A plurality of sample storage tanks each contain a unique chemical sample, and a desired volume of at least one chemical sample is drawn from a respective one of the sample storage tanks to a respective at least one of the plurality of sample holders. The carousel is rotated so that the desired volume of the at least one chemical sample may be dispensed into a receptacle positioned adjacent the carousel. The at least one chemical sample may then be mixed, heated, cooled, shaken and/or vibrated within the receptacle prior to dispensing.
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|UNBURNED FLARE GAS SAMPLE SYSTEM - A sample system withdraws a sample of unburned flare gas from a feed line and delivers a liquid free sample to a high pressure gas chromatograph for analysis. In one embodiment, the sample system may be fitted with an automatic insertion system. In other embodiments, the sample system may be static or have manual insertion. The sample system includes a liquid separator to separate liquids from the sample. In one embodiment, the sample system is housed in an insulated and heated cabinet to prevent condensation of liquids as the sample moves through the sample system.
|PROBE ASSEMBLY - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a probe assembly comprising a flange assembly, a probe platform, a platform extension, an extension enclosure, and a fluid coupling assembly is provided. The fluid coupling assembly comprises a removable portion and a retained portion. An engaging interface of the retained portion cooperates with an engaging interface of the removable portion such that, with engagement of the removable and retained portions, respective fluid passages of the removable and retained portions form one or more integrated fluid channels configured to permit passage of fluid through the fluid coupling assembly. The probe assembly is configured such that the probe platform, the platform extension, and the removable portion of the fluid coupling assembly are interconnected and are configured to be withdrawn simultaneously from the probe assembly independent of the retained portion of the fluid coupling assembly.
|Atmospheric sampling apparatus with flexible line and probe - Arrangements for withdrawing carefully controlled samples from an active flue gas source are disclosed. A testing assembly is provided for connection to downstream processing equipment to obtain a sample from a gas stream. Included is a probe, a flexible sample line and a coupler joining the probe and the flexible sample line. At least one externally controlled or self-regulating heating cable is put in heating communication with the flexible line. A receptacle engaging the coupler is also provided for positioning the probe with respect to the flue gas source.
|SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICAL SAMPLING AND EXTRACTION TRANSFER METHOD AND APPARATI - One way of practicing the method of the invention is to follow these steps, not necessarily in the disclosed sequence: (
|ARTICLE SCANNER - A CTD and method of using a CTD for automatic sampling and analysis of target analytes, such as explosive materials, chemical warfare agents, and narcotics present on documents or other articles is provided. The CTD comprises an article processing mechanism, a swabbing medium, a thermal desorber, and a spectrometer.
|CONDENSATION COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides a monitoring device that includes a condensation unit and a detector, such as a proportional detector. The condensation unit includes a condensation surface, a cooler abutting the condensation surface, and a collection vessel in fluid communication with the condensation surface. The monitoring device may include a decomposition reactor, such as an electrolytic reactor or a reactor that includes an active metal, such as an alloy of sodium and potassium. Particular implementations include a housing that at least partially encloses the condensation unit. The housing may include an aperture, which may be covered by a screen, mesh, or filter. The housing may also include a fan. The fan is used, in some examples, to draw air through the aperture. The monitoring device is, in some implementations, configured for remote operation, such as including a power supply or transmitter.
|Liquid Natural Gas Conditioning Cabinet With Overpressure Relief Drain/Vent - A liquid natural gas sample conditioning cabinet structure with a covered vent disposed proximate to the cabinet floor for preventing pooling of and venting heavier-than-air hydrocarbon gases.
|Preconcentrator and Detector Apparatus - IMS apparatus has a preconcentrator (
|HAND-HELD TRACE VAPOR/PARTICLE SAMPLING SYSTEM - A sampling system that contains filter components for collecting and concentrating vapor and particles in high-volume flows. The sample is then vaporized and delivered to a detector at a low-volume flow. The invention also has a sampling probe that contains an air-jet to help dislodge particles from surfaces and a heating lamp to help vaporize compounds on surfaces or objects. The sampling system is especially useful for screening for explosives and other illicit chemicals and toxins on people, baggage, cargo, and other objects.
|DEVICES FOR SAMPLING AND CONFINING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATIONS, ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT DEVICE AND APPLICATION TO THE TRANSPORT OF CHEMICAL SAMPLES TO A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS UNIT - A method of sampling and confining chemical contaminations intended for the chemical analysis of contaminations in particulate and/or molecular form with prior adsorption by a support or trapping in a liquid. The adsorbent support or the contaminated liquid is then held in position in a closed box or sealed container having chemically inert walls. The outside of the closed box or sealed container is brought into contact with a gas at a higher pressure than the pressure inside the box or container and then the temperature inside the closed box or sealed container is regulated from an environment external to the gas.
|METHOD FOR ATTACHING A SAMPLE TO A MANIPULATOR - The invention relates to the extraction of a frozen hydrated sample for TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) inspection, such as a vitrified biological sample, from a substrate and the attaching of said sample to a manipulator. Such a hydrated sample should be held at a cryogenic temperature to avoid ice formation. By melting or sublimating a part of the sample material outside the area to be studied in the TEM and freezing the material to the manipulator (
|DEVICE FOR SAMPLING AND VAPORIZING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS - The device for sampling and vaporizing liquefied natural gas includes a circuit provided at one end with a device for collecting a sample of liquefied gas and conveying the sample to a measurement device. The circuit includes and passes through a device for vaporizing the sample. The device for vaporizing includes at least one vaporization chamber having a first convergent section portion and a second divergent section portion being consecutive along the circuit and shaped so as to vaporize all of the sample under supercritical conditions at a pressure of greater than 80 bar without fractionating. The vaporization chamber includes, at the entrance of the first convergent section portion, a port with a variable opening. The port is sized so as to limit the vaporization pressure to a maximum of 90 bar in conjunction with a fixed opening at the outlet of the second divergent section portion.
|DEVICES FOR COLLECTING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - A device for sampling chemical compounds from fixed surfaces and related methods are disclosed. The device may include a vacuum source, a chamber and a sorbent material. The device may utilize vacuum extraction to volatilize the chemical compounds from a fixed surface so that they may be sorbed by the sorbent material. The sorbent material may then be analyzed using conventional thermal desorption/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (TD/GC/MS) instrumentation to determine presence of the chemical compounds. The methods may include detecting release and presence of one or more chemical compounds and determining the efficacy of decontamination. The device may be useful in collection and analysis of a variety of chemical compounds, such as residual chemical warfare agent, chemical attribution signatures and toxic industrial chemicals.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILTERING SECTIONING WASTES OF A MICROTOME THAT ARE PRESENT IN AN AIR STREAM - An apparatus and a method for filtering sectioning wastes of a microtome that are present in an air stream are described. The apparatus has an aspiration device with which sectioning waste can be aspirated from a blade region of the microtome with an air stream. A main filter and a prefilter are provided. A valve is provided for opening and closing an opening so that the air stream so that if desired an air stream can be directed through a filter insert in the prefilter for emptying the prefilter into the main filter. According to the method, an air stream that is used for aspirating sectioning waste from a blade region of the microtome is shut off immediately before emptying the prefilter.
|APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING CARBON PARTICLE - Disclosed is an apparatus for sampling carbon particles emitted, for example, from a charcoal kiln, including: a sampling tube introducing samples including carbon particles from a carbon particle emission source; a first manifold collecting the samples introduced from the sampling tube; a first suction means transferring the samples from the carbon particle emission source to the first manifold through the sampling tube; a discharge tube discharging the samples from the first manifold; a second manifold collecting the samples introduced from the discharge tube and supplying them to a carbon particle collection unit; a second suction means transferring the samples introduced to the first manifold to the second manifold through the discharge tube; the carbon particle collection unit receiving the samples from the second manifold and collecting the carbon particles included in the samples; and a third suction means transferring the samples introduced to the second manifold to the carbon particle collection unit.
|METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED VAPOR AND PARTICULATE SAMPLING - A detection system for identifying an unknown substance includes a detector assembly configured to receive a particulate or vapor and determine a substance contained within the collected vapor or particulate sample, and at least one heater element operatively coupled in flow communication with the detector assembly. The heater element is configured to attract an airborne vapor when the detection system is in a vapor mode, and desorb at least a portion of the attracted particulate when the detection system is in a particulate mode.
|SURFACE SAMPLING MOBILE CHEMICAL DETECTION PROBE - A sampling device that contains a heated porous inlet and a transfer line. The device provides sample compounds present as vapor, liquid, or solid, in air, or on surfaces such as soil. The sample device can collect and deliver the sample to an analyzer in real time and can operate while in motion such as on a moving vehicle. The sampling device is especially useful to screen toxic and hazardous compounds that might be contaminating an inhabited area.
|Pre-concentrator and sample interface - This invention describes a multi-stage pre-concentrator device for use with a detector system. One pre-concentrator stage is detachable and may be used to collect sample remotely from the detection system. The detachable pre-concentrator stage mates with the detector system and can transfer its desorbed sample to another pre-concentrator stage which also incorporates the functions of a sample loop serving as an injection volume to the separation column of an analytical instrument. In one embodiment the fixed pre-concentrator stage serves as a sample loop that preferably integrates suitable valves with sorbent materials onto the same structure to minimise dead volume, maximise sensitivity, improving column loading efficiency, reducing duty cycles and minimising detection system response time.
|SAMPLING VESSEL FOR FLUIDIZED SOLIDS - A method, apparatus and system for obtaining a sample of a fluid solids, such as a coke and hydrocarbon mixture, from a fluid solids process is provided. A sample vessel is provided that contains a first end, a second end, an aperture in the first end and an interior cavity. A cooling device can be provided for cooling material in the interior cavity of the sampling vessel. In operation, fluid solids can be routed through the aperture and collected in the interior cavity. The collected sample material can then be cooled by the cooling device and used for testing.
|HAND-HELD TRACE VAPOR/PARTICLE SAMPLING SYSTEM - A sampling system that contains filter components for collecting and concentrating vapor and particles in high-volume flows. The sample is then vaporized and delivered to a detector at a low-volume flow. The invention also has a sampling probe that contains an air-jet to help dislodge particles from surfaces and a heating lamp to help vaporize compounds on surfaces or objects. The sampling system is especially useful for screening for explosives and other illicit chemicals and toxins on people, baggage, cargo, and other objects.
|SOLID PHASE MICRO EXTRACTION (SPME) VACUUM INLET - A sample introduction system configured for introducing analytes of a solid phase micro extraction (SPME) sample into an analytical instrument system (e.g., mass spectrometer) is described. The sample introduction system includes a pressure vessel configured with an inlet port via which a probe portion (e.g., SPME fiber) of a SPME assembly is received into a sealed volume of the pressure vessel. The probe portion of the SPME assembly is coated with an extracting phase material, the analytes being absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto the extracting phase material. The pressure vessel is configured for providing an environment in which desorption of the analytes from the extracting phase material occurs at a gaseous pressure which is substantially less than atmospheric pressure (e.g., less than 100 mTorr). The desorbed analytes are then directed to the vacuum chamber of the analytical instrument system via an outlet port of the pressure vessel.
|HIGH VOLUME SAMPLING FRONT END COLLECTION DEVICE - A device for sampling surfaces for the presence of compounds is provided, the device comprising a housing having a proximal end adapted to receive a negative pressure gradient and a distal end adapted to contact the surfaces; a heating element spaced medially from the distal end, the heating element positioned within the housing; a primary filter spaced medially from the heating element, the primary filter encased by the housing; and a secondary filter spaced medially from the primary filter, the secondary filter removably received by the housing. Also provided is a method for sampling a surface for the presence of compounds, the method comprising contacting the surface for a time and with a pressure to dislodge the compounds from the surface; capturing first fractions of the compounds with a primary filter while allowing second fractions of the compounds to pass through the primary filter; heating the primary filter for a time and at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the first fractions; capturing the volatized first fractions and the second fractions with a secondary filter; and analyzing the secondary filter for the identity of the compounds.
|PRE-COLUMN HEATING OF MOBILE PHASE SOLVENT IN CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEMS - An apparatus for heating a flowing fluid includes a tubing assembly, a heater block made of thermally conductive material, and a heater cartridge in thermal communication with the heater block. The heater cartridge is configured to provide heat to the heater block for transfer to fluid flowing through the tubing assembly. The apparatus also includes circuitry in electrical communication with the heater cartridge to control a temperature of the heater block by controlling operation of the heater cartridge. The heater block is die-cast about the tubing assembly.
|Apparatus and Method For Conditioning a Fluid Sample - The present invention as described herein provides a means to remove water vapor, entrained condensable liquids, and entrained condensable solids from an environmental fluid sample to prepare the vapor and/or condensate fractions of such fluid sample for chemical analyses. It substantially reduces equipment breakage risk from the fragile equipment required to be used in the current art, reduces differential pressure across the sample preparation system, avoids changes in chemical composition of the vapor and liquid samples while allowing direct analysis of the condensate stream or streams, allows for operation in a wider sample stream vacuum or pressure ranges, and reduces required maintenance downtime.
|ACTIVELY COOLED VAPOR PRECONCENTRATOR - An analyte collection system device includes an active area that includes a plurality of perforations extending therethrough. The plurality of perforations are arranged to permit passage of an analyte fluid flow through the microscale plate. A heating element is provided for heating the active area, and a thermal distribution layer is disposed over at least a portion of the active area. For cooling the active area at or below an ambient temperature, an active cooler is provided.
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We must give our CEO $11M and our workers $5,000 bonuses, so there is no dividend for you.
So sorry, Mr. Shareholder. Maybe next year. Come on; you KNEW this was GM when you bought the stock, didn't you?
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Thank You GM for giving me a more than 50% gain. Keep the dividends for further growth. Thank You Thank the Union and Thank Mr B.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The truth is what makes you think you deserve a dividend ? You are sitting on your butt in in your underwear while in front of your HP wiping bacon juice off your chin and picking the rest of your toast crumbs from the rolls in your belly . The CEO on the other hand is holding important meetings with the UAW who make sure that workers get every dime they deserve . Ooops , gotta go , another 2012 Toyota with a problem .
I don't think I really deserve a GM dividend since I don't own this smoldering, fetid mass of putrescent, rancid smegma.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Wake up common stock holders and kick out all of the leaches. You should be first in sharing the profits, not last. Greedy labor and mgt get their hands on it first and their will never be any left for a dividentk.
but they CAN afford phat bonuses for alll the union boyz! and at this time no taxatin, short this piggy, but dont be long. so long...
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WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A DIVIDEND- We? mo-clo-web, you are not part of the we crowd.You obviously have no irons in the fire, just a basher. You should be smart enough to know that good execs deserve good compensation,or have you forgotten how many times you said that? And profit sharing is a common way to compensate employees.There will be dividends, it is just a matter of time. Are you related to that iffydud? Big fat, golden, plastic Bowties for you!!
Nothing gets by you db. You figured out that I don't own GM all by yourself? Wow, impressive. Was it my continous Strong Sell rec on GM since 2005 that tipped you off? How do you do it? Regardless of what GM does, I will not miss a chance to mock GM Moron Longs since they have been snookered by GM.
They clearly are the red-headed stepchildren of the investment world.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
I only have sympathy for all of the common share holders, owners, of most companies. They just sit back and let greedy B of D's, labor and mgt grab all of a company's profit and hope a little will trickle down to them. Owners should be at the top of the list to enjoy a company's profit, not at the bottom of the list.
Wake up stock holders. GM CEO is going to get a humongous raise and you nothing. Where I sit it is a zillion dollars.
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Available for purchase is a VINTAGE USS BUDWEISER AB-1 Navy hat or cap. The cap has been in my fathers's collection at least 20 years, and are probably older than that. At one time his hat collection numbered over 7000 He had over 200 Naval caps. I will be listing the ones I have.The hats have been packaged away, some need reshaped, some need cleaned, some of the bill are broken from being package (on the inside under the material, can not be seen),some of the snap in back break very easy, some the inside foam has broken down to dust. I will list what I notice. I thought this was a joke, but I found it other places for sale, I could not find that it is really a naval vessel though. Hat is in good condition. The hat is all materail with adjustment strap in back, and scrabbled eggs on the bill. is a web site for information about the ship, after page loads enter the name on the left. /wiki/Ship_prefix READ DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY AND CHECK ALL OTHER INFORMATION BEFORE YOU BID. SHIPPING COST INCLUDES MATERIALS, TRANSPORTATION( GAS ), POSTAGE, and MAIL CONFIRMATION. Please e-mail if you have ANY questions before buying. Serious buyers only! Your clicking constitutes an agreement to buy. Non-payers will receive negative feedback. Discount for multiple purchases, send me an e-mail if you plan to buy more than one. Shipping will be calculated after done buying, and sent to you. Cost of shipping will only go up as the weight and size of box increases. Outside the U S payment will be with PayPal, and shipment cost will be sent to you. In the U S, I Prefer PayPal, will accept Money Orders. If you are paying by other than PayPal, PLEASE send me an email . Take a look at the other items I have up for bid and please take the time to visit our ebay store, we believe you will find something you will like. CLICK Thanks for viewing and good luck bidding!!!


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|VEHICULAR UPHOLSTERY POLYPROPYLENETEREPHTHALATE FIBER FABRIC - Vehicular upholstery fabric is woven by using chenille yarn and multi-fiber yarn for weft yarns. The weaving interval between chenille yarns is set up less than the apparent thickness of the chenille yarn, which is specified as an observed value of the thickness. The apparent thickness of the multi-fiber yarn is less than one-fifth of the apparent thickness of the chenille yarn. There are tight portions where a great number of warp yarns passes over the chenille yarn, and rough portions, where a small number of warp yarns passes over the chenille yarn that is formed on the surface of fabric. PPT-fibers are used for the pile of the chenille yarn and the warp yarn.
|VEHICULAR UPHOLSTERY POLYPROPYLENETEREPHTHALATE FIBER WOVEN FABRIC - The present invention teaches a_vehicular upholstery PPT-fiber fabric that is formed from a double woven fabric in which a face weaving textile design has a number of intersections, called warp up intersections where a warp yarn passes over a weft yarn, and these are more than the number of intersections, called weft up intersection, where a weft yarn passes over a warp yarn. The warp yarn is formed by twisting an intermingled yarn composed of a PPT-multi-filament yarn and a high heat shrinkable PET-multifilament yarn whose shrinkage percentage in boiling water is more than 15%. An intermingle ratio of the PPT-multifilament yarn of the warp yarn is more than the intermingle ratio of the PET-multifilament yarn of the warp yarn. In the warp yarn, the PET-multifilament yarn is shrunk by heating, so that the substantial length of the PET-multifilament yarn becomes shorter than the substantial length of the PPT-multifilament yarn. The weft yarn is composed of PPT-multifilament yarn.


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When a person is 100 pounds or more overweight, many health problems can arise.
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With the steady growth of self-publishing, do we need to redefine what scholarship is? This week on the Higher Education Network Wanda Wyporska explains why she is a 'secret academic'.
"Academics no longer have to be in an ivory tower lecturing, writing peer-reviewed articles, or even be attached to a university. There are historians who have abandoned PhDs but written books, enthusiastic amateur historians whose knowledge of their field would put dons to shame, and journalists who present TV series on history although they don't actually have a degree.
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Angela Pasquale invited me to her home in Beechview hoping I would be delighted by her latest art project, and she hoped right.
Renowned for her needlework sculpture and her blue-ribbon-winning jars of peaches, pears, hot peppers and tomato sauce, the native of Avellino, Italy delights in layers.
First she showed me her yard, where since last summer she has been placing tinted glass jars no longer safe for canning, 250 so far. A sunny day or a moonlit night sets off reflections that resemble a field of twinkling lights.
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as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the SenateVote Summary
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|Vote Date:
|July 18, 2006, 04:41 PM
|Required For Majority:
|Vote Result:
|Bill Passed
|Measure Number:
|H.R. 810 (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 )
|Measure Title:
|A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
|Vote Counts:
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
|Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Allen (R-VA), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burns (R-MT), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Chafee (R-RI), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Clinton (D-NY), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Coleman (R-MN), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Dayton (D-MN), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
DeWine (R-OH), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dole (R-NC), Nay
|Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Frist (R-TN), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Jeffords (I-VT), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
|McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Santorum (R-PA), Nay
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Talent (R-MO), Nay
Thomas (R-WY), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
|Vote Summary
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|By Vote Position
|By Home State
Grouped By Vote Position
|YEAs ---63
|Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
|Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Frist (R-TN)
Gregg (R-NH)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
|McCain (R-AZ)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Warner (R-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)
|NAYs ---37
|Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
|DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
|Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State
Grouped by Home State
|Sessions (R-AL), Nay
|Shelby (R-AL), Nay
|Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
|Stevens (R-AK), Yea
|Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
|McCain (R-AZ), Yea
|Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
|Pryor (D-AR), Yea
|Boxer (D-CA), Yea
|Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
|Allard (R-CO), Nay
|Salazar (D-CO), Yea
|Dodd (D-CT), Yea
|Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
|Biden (D-DE), Yea
|Carper (D-DE), Yea
|Martinez (R-FL), Nay
|Nelson (D-FL), Yea
|Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
|Isakson (R-GA), Nay
|Akaka (D-HI), Yea
|Inouye (D-HI), Yea
|Craig (R-ID), Nay
|Crapo (R-ID), Nay
|Durbin (D-IL), Yea
|Obama (D-IL), Yea
|Bayh (D-IN), Yea
|Lugar (R-IN), Yea
|Grassley (R-IA), Nay
|Harkin (D-IA), Yea
|Brownback (R-KS), Nay
|Roberts (R-KS), Nay
|Bunning (R-KY), Nay
|McConnell (R-KY), Nay
|Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
|Vitter (R-LA), Nay
|Collins (R-ME), Yea
|Snowe (R-ME), Yea
|Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
|Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
|Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
|Kerry (D-MA), Yea
|Levin (D-MI), Yea
|Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
|Coleman (R-MN), Nay
|Dayton (D-MN), Yea
|Cochran (R-MS), Yea
|Lott (R-MS), Yea
|Bond (R-MO), Nay
|Talent (R-MO), Nay
|Baucus (D-MT), Yea
|Burns (R-MT), Nay
|Hagel (R-NE), Nay
|Nelson (D-NE), Nay
|Ensign (R-NV), Nay
|Reid (D-NV), Yea
|New Hampshire:
|Gregg (R-NH), Yea
|Sununu (R-NH), Nay
|New Jersey:
|Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
|Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
|New Mexico:
|Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
|Domenici (R-NM), Nay
|New York:
|Clinton (D-NY), Yea
|Schumer (D-NY), Yea
|North Carolina:
|Burr (R-NC), Yea
|Dole (R-NC), Nay
|North Dakota:
|Conrad (D-ND), Yea
|Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
|DeWine (R-OH), Nay
|Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
|Coburn (R-OK), Nay
|Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
|Smith (R-OR), Yea
|Wyden (D-OR), Yea
|Santorum (R-PA), Nay
|Specter (R-PA), Yea
|Rhode Island:
|Chafee (R-RI), Yea
|Reed (D-RI), Yea
|South Carolina:
|DeMint (R-SC), Nay
|Graham (R-SC), Nay
|South Dakota:
|Johnson (D-SD), Yea
|Thune (R-SD), Nay
|Alexander (R-TN), Yea
|Frist (R-TN), Yea
|Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
|Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
|Bennett (R-UT), Yea
|Hatch (R-UT), Yea
|Jeffords (I-VT), Yea
|Leahy (D-VT), Yea
|Allen (R-VA), Nay
|Warner (R-VA), Yea
|Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
|Murray (D-WA), Yea
|West Virginia:
|Byrd (D-WV), Yea
|Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
|Feingold (D-WI), Yea
|Kohl (D-WI), Yea
|Enzi (R-WY), Nay
|Thomas (R-WY), Nay
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State