Patent ID: 6739750
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G01K,G01N

Abstract:
A sampling vessel for thermal analysis of molten metal comprising:a cylindrical bottomed sample chamber having an opening in an upper end and a bottom wall; a runner formed adjacent to said sample chamber having an opened lower end communicating with said opening of said sample chamber; an exhaust passage communicating with said opening of said sample chamber having an opened upper end in a position higher than said opening of said sample chamber; a sensor holder formed above said sample chamber; a temperature sensor inserted into said sample chamber through said opening of said sample chamber; said temperature sensor being held by said sensor holder; said sample chamber having a diameter in a range of 16 to 24 mm and a depth of at least 36 mm; said temperature being sensor positioned away from the bottom wall of said sample chamber by 7 to 22 mm; and said vessel being configured by having shapes which are formed by dividing said vessel by a dividing plane that perpendicularly crosses a center axis of said vessel in a position which is above said sample chamber and not in said sample chamber, and said members being bonded together at the dividing plane.