Patent ID: 7191670
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of exposing sample containers to a gas sample, comprising: providing an air sampling system having a sampling enclosure and an atrium located within the sampling enclosure; automatically passing a sample container into the sampling enclosure; automatically exposing the sample container to a gas sample through the atrium; automatically passing the exposed sample container out of the sampling enclosure and into an outfeed sample container receiver for holding exposed sample containers; and supplying sample containers to the air sampling system and removing exposed sample containers from the outfeed sample container receiver wherein the first container supplied to the air sampling system is the first exposed container removed from the outfeed sample container receiver even if additional exposed sample containers are passed into the outfeed sample container receiver while the first exposed container is in the outfeed sample container receiver.