Patent ID: 8061056
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B01D,B04B,F26B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sample drying system comprising: a centrifuge defining a central axis about which the sample carrier rotates; at lest one sample container, holding a sample to be dried, positioned radially with respect to the central axis, wherein the sample container defines an opening substantially facing the central axis; a drying gas, a flow pathway for the drying gas wherein the flow pathway includes an opening proximate the central axis and an exit adjacent to the at least one sample container opening; wherein when the sample carrier is rotating, the drying gas enters the flow pathway opening and is driven radially along the flow pathway to the opening of the at least one sample container; wherein the drying gas is driven to the sample to be dried; wherein the drying gas picks up volatile solvent molecules and carries them out of the sample container.