Patent ID: 6399026
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F17C

Abstract:
A sample holder apparatus for a cryostat insert, comprising:a vacuum flange having an air side and a vacuum side; a first group of at least three rod holders arranged in said vacuum flange on said vacuum side thereof to define a polygonal grid; a first group of at least three rods having respective first ends held by the rod holders of said first group and extending parallel to each other away from said vacuum flange and conformant to said polygonal grid to respective second ends thereof; a first sliding plate attached to said second ends of said first group of rods; a second slide plate releasably connected to said first slide plate; a second group of at least three rods having respective first ends attached to said second slide plate and arranged to extend beyond, and parallel to, said first group of rods to respective second ends thereof; a third sliding plate attached to said second ends of said second group of rods; a fourth slide plate releasably connected to said third slide plate; and a third group of at least three rods having respective first ends attached to said fourth slide plate and arranged to extend beyond, and parallel to, said second group of rods to respective second ends thereof.