Patent ID: 11906489
Assignee: ENTECH INSTRUMENTS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An autosampler system comprising:
a sampling platform;
an x-axis rail;
a y-axis rail;
a z-axis rail;
a pickup tool coupled to one or more motors configured to traverse the x-axis rail, the y-axis rail, and the z-axis rail, wherein the pickup tool is configured to move a sample container from a sample tray to the sampling platform;
a sample wand configured to draw a known mass of a gas sample having a volume in a range of 1-2500 cc from the sample container without addition of another gas into a sample preconcentrator fluidly coupled to the sample wand using a vacuum reservoir, wherein the pickup tool is further configured to move the sample wand to the sample container and wherein the gas sample is at a pressure that is greater than, less than, or equal to atmospheric pressure while contained in the sample container;
a chemical analysis device fluidly coupled to the sample preconcentrator; and
a sampling wand cradle, the sampling wand cradle coupled to a vacuum source such that a vacuum is drawn in the sampling wand while the sampling wand is disposed in the sampling wand cradle.