Patent ID: 7851712

Claim:
A gravimetric measuring instrument for a sample, comprising: a housing, a test compartment arranged inside the housing and defined by a wall therewithin, at least a portion of which is a double wall that is configured to have a gaseous medium directed therethrough and into the test compartment, the wall of the test compartment having a passage opening therethrough; a weighing device installed in the housing in a side-by-side relationship relative to the test compartment, the weighing device comprising a sample receiver which is disposed inside the test compartment while performing a measurement; a connecting member, extending through the passage opening and connecting the weighing device to the sample receiver; a radiation source arranged in the test compartment and serving to heat the sample that is placed on the sample receiver during a measurement, and a suction device, arranged adjacent to the test compartment, for removing from the test compartment, in the gaseous medium, any moisture and/or volatile substances coming out of the sample during the measuring process.