Patent ID: 7121519

Claim:
A system for making a mounting or holder for a tablet-shaped sample which is to undergo analysis in an analytical instrument, said system comprising: (a) a moulding which defines a lower surface and a side wall or walls, said moulding having a hole that extends through it and said moulding being open opposite the lower surface it defines; (b) a pin which extends upwardly above the lower surface defined by the moulding and through the hole in the moulding; (c) a tablet having a lower surface and a side surface; (d) a mould cavity defined by said moulding, pin and tablet; and (e) a material that at a first point in time is mouldable and at a second point in time is substantially less mouldable, said material filling the mould cavity only up to a level along the side surface of said tablet and above the lower surface of said tablet, said material defining a mounting or holder when said material is substantially less mouldable.