Patent ID: 7838298

Claim:
An apparatus for determining at least one of a fat content and an oil content of a sample, comprising: a microwave source for drying said sample, a magnetic system for generating a nuclear magnetic resonance magnetic field in said sample, a nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement for irradiating radio-frequency signals into said sample and for receiving excited nuclear magnetic response signals from said sample, said microwave source, said magnetic system and said nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement being connected to a common measuring chamber in which said sample is located, said microwave source further being connected to a microwave transmitting arrangement and said nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement being connected to a radiofrequency transmitting and receiving arrangement, said sample being tightly surrounded by said microwave transmitting arrangement and said nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement, wherein said microwave transmitting arrangement and said nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement are arranged in an air gap of said magnetic system.