Patent ID: 9683952
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A supporting stand configured for supporting a handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, the analyzer having a housing including more than one housing parts, each with a predetermined external geometric configuration, a viewing screen, and an analyzer opening with an analyzer window through which the X-ray is made to pass through, and wherein the window is coupled with a test chamber encasing test material being radiated by the X-ray during the operation of the analyzer, the stand comprising, a stand base configured to have a bottom sitting on top of a substantially horizontal planar test platform, and, a side opposite to the bottom and shaped with receptors configured to match the external geometric configuration of the more than one housing parts, and to hold the analyzer at more than one testing positions, and wherein one of the more than one housing parts is a first housing part having a first external shape and one of the receptors is a first receptor which is correspondingly shaped to mate with the first external shape, thereby holding the analyzer in an optional horizontal testing position, wherein the chamber is attached to the analyzer in a way such that the analyzer window and the chamber opening are coupled to allow the X-ray pass through substantially horizontally, and, wherein one of the more than one housing parts is a second housing part having a second external shape, and one of the receptors is a second receptor which is opposite to the analyzer opening and wherein the second receptor is correspondingly shaped to mate with the second external shape, thereby holding the analyzer in an optional vertical testing position, and the test chamber is removably attached to the analyzer in a way such that the test chamber is sitting on top of the analyzer opening and the analyzer window and the chamber opening are coupled to allow the X-ray pass through.