Patent ID: 7140264

Claim:
A sampler for dispensing and cooling a sample of a fluid withdrawn at a sampling location, said sample of fluid to be stored at a selectable storage temperature, said fluid having an instantaneous sampling temperature greater than the storage temperature, said sampler comprising: a vessel assembly and a cooling assembly thermally coupled to said vessel assembly, said vessel assembly including a tubular intake vessel for conducting the withdrawn fluid and, said vessel assembly including a plurality of storage vessels for storing fluid samples to be dispensed in succession, one of said storage vessels adapted for storing said fluid sample withdrawn at said sampling location; and said cooling assembly including a first cooling volume being thermally coupled to said vessel assembly and being operable to cool the fluid samples to the storage temperature, and a second cooling volume being thermally coupled to said vessel assembly and being operable to cool the withdrawn fluid to a temperature below the sampling temperature wherein: said storage vessels are disposed in said first cooling volume, and at least a section of said vessel assembly is disposed in said second cooling volume.