Patent ID: 6891605

Claim:
An apparatus for introducing samples into a device used to determine one or more elements or compounds in such sample, comprising: an enclosed spray chamber; upper and lower conical tubes affixed to said spray chamber and oriented at a 180-degree angle to each other, and placed 1 to 5 mm apart from each other, with one end of each said tube terminating within the center portion of the spray chamber and the other end of each said tube protruding beyond the outside surface of the spray chamber; a first cylindrical projection opening into a side of the spray chamber at an angle of 90 degrees to an imaginary axis joining said conical tubes; a second cylindrical projection opening into a top surface of the spray chamber and oriented in parallel to the first cylindrical projection; and a third cylindrical projection with one end opening into a bottom surface of the spray chamber and the other end protruding downwardly beyond the outside surface of the spray chamber.