Patent ID: 11955326
Assignee: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A sampler cone or a skimmer cone removal and installation tool comprising:
a device removal tool including a plurality of catch members engageable with an engagement face of a device to attach, upon engagement of the plurality of catch members with the engagement face, the device removal tool to the device,
wherein the device includes the sampler cone or the skimmer cone,
wherein the plurality of catch members engages the engagement face with a removal force that is sufficient to remove, upon engagement of the plurality of catch members with the engagement face, the device from an instrument that includes an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrument,
wherein the plurality of catch members includes at least three inverted L-shaped catch members that are spaced and disposed at circumferentially fixed positions from adjacently disposed catch members,
wherein the plurality of catch members is generally oriented toward a first direction of the device removal tool,
wherein the device removal tool includes a further plurality of inverted L-shaped catch members that is generally oriented toward a second direction that is generally opposite to the first direction,
wherein the further plurality of catch members is engageable with a further engagement face of a further device to attach, upon engagement of the further plurality of catch members with the further engagement face, the device removal tool to the further device,
wherein the further device includes the other of the sampler cone or the skimmer cone, and
wherein the further plurality of catch members engages the further engagement face with a further removal force that is sufficient to remove, upon engagement of the further plurality of catch members with the further engagement face, the further device from the instrument.