Patent ID: 7869035

Claim:
A sample table for a food analyzing device for analyzing a sample of food, comprising a housing having a top side, a sample holder for holding the sample of food, said sample holder being adapted to rotatably slide on the top side of the housing and comprising at least one follower magnet or at least one ferromagnetic sample holder block, and a movement means for moving the sample holder, said movement means comprising an electric motor and a drive ring, said drive ring being rotatably arranged below the top side of the housing, carrying at least one drive magnet or at least one ferromagnetic material block and being coupled to the electric motor, wherein the housing surrounds (a) the electric motor, (b) the drive ring and (c) the at least one drive magnet or the at least one ferromagnetic drive ring block, and wherein the movement means and the sample holder are magnetically coupled so that the sample holder outside the housing can be rotated by a magnetic force between the sample holder and the drive ring.