Patent ID: 7631569

Claim:
An arrangement for moving a measuring head of a measuring device into and out of a process space, the arrangement comprising: a valve member to be attached to a wall of the process space; the measuring device to be attached to the valve member, the measuring device comprising a body part provided with an elongated portion which in turn has a measuring head at one end thereof; and a placement device arranged to seize the measuring device and to move it through the valve member into a first position in which the measuring head extends into the process space and, correspondingly, into a second position in which the measuring head is not in contact with the process space, wherein the placement device comprises a stop element configured to seize the measuring device and to form a sealed casing around the body part of the measuring device, and a housing part arranged to attach to the valve member and to form a sealed casing around the stop element, and in that the placement device is equipped with means for moving the stop element seizing the body part of the measuring device inside the housing part in such a manner that the measuring device moves between the first position and the second position.