Patent ID: 6764536
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An integrated sampling device with liquid eliminator, said device is adapted for connection to a conduit for directing a sample of fluid in the conduit to a sampler, said device including:a body with an inlet and first and second outlets, said body having a connector portion adapted for connection directly to a coupler portion of a conduit; a flow passage contained in the body connecting the inlet in flow communication with the first and second outlets; first and second shut off valves mounted in the body with the first valve cooperating with the flow passage downstream of the inlet and upstream of the first and second outlets and operable to selectively permit and prevent flow from the inlet to the first and second outlets, said second valve cooperating with the flow passage upstream of the second outlet and operable to selectively permit and prevent flow into and out of the second outlet; and a separation device positioned, flow wise, between the first valve and the first outlet and operable to separate liquid from gas in the fluid in the flow passage preventing liquid from flowing out of the first outlet and for discharge from the body through the second outlet.