Patent ID: 8347742
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A sampler for automatic taking of liquid samples from a sample-taking location, comprising: at least one housing with at least one door; an energy, or power, supply unit; and a control/evaluation unit; said energy, or power, supply unit and said control/evaluation unit being arranged in said at least one housing; a sample-taking unit, which, in a predeterminable time interval, takes a predetermined quantity of sample from said sample-taking location; a sample collecting unit arranged in a lower region of said at least one housing for storing taken samples; a temperature-control unit, which is arranged in a separate housing module, said temperature-control unit controlling at least the region of the housing, in which said sample collecting unit is arranged, to a predetermined temperature; and an adapter unit, with which said separate housing module with said temperature-control unit is adaptable to an outer surface of the housing, wherein: said separate housing module and said at least one housing are thermally insulated from one another.