Patent ID: 6357306
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
Sampling apparatus, comprising:a fluid sampler operable to obtain discrete samples of fluid product, said fluid sampler including a sampler body having a bore with a forward opening from said bore at a forward end of said sampler body; plunger means in said sampler body bore, said plunger means having a fluid sample receiver therein; means for coupling said sampling apparatus to a process line containing a fluid product flow stream, in communication with an opening to the process line, and motor means for reciprocating said sampler body between a first position where said forward end of said sampler body is to the exterior of the flow stream and a second position where said forward end of said body is extended into the interior of the flow stream, and for reciprocating said plunger means in said bore between a sample obtaining position where said plunger means sample receiver is extended out of said forward bore opening and into the interior of the flow stream for obtaining in said sample receiver a sample of fluid product and a sample delivering position where said plunger means sample receiver is retracted to the exterior of the flow stream to a sample delivery position within said bore for delivering the sample of fluid product from said sample receiver.