Patent ID: 9528744
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F25D

Claim Text:
1. A device for holding a sample to be cooled by a cooling body, the device comprising: a carrier body; and a contact assembly carried by the carrier body, the contact assembly being operably switched between a first mode, in which there is no thermal contact between the contact assembly and the cooling body, and a second mode in which there is thermal contact between the contact assembly and the cooling body; wherein the sample is cooled to a temperature in the millikelvin range, and the cooling body includes one or more walls of a vacuum space, and the contact assembly includes at least one pair of contact bodies having respective contact surfaces that are simultaneously brought into thermal contact with at least a portion of a respective wall of the vacuum space when the contact assembly is placed into the first mode, wherein each of the contact bodies is coupled to a respective coupling arm for pivoting movement relative to the coupling arm about a respective first pivot shaft, each coupling arm pivotally coupled to a coupling body for pivoting movement relative to the coupling body about a respective second pivot shaft, each respective first pivot shaft and second pivot shaft being parallel to one another, wherein the coupling body is displaceable relative to the carrier body in a direction transverse to the pivot shafts between a first position, in which the contact assemblies are in the first mode, and a second position in which the contact assemblies are in the second mode.