Abstract:
A storage rack for flat-shaped stock (4) is provided having at least one rack unit (2) which has several rack compartments arranged above one another to receive the stock (4). A rack control unit controls placement of the stock in storage or its removal. The rack control unit is arranged to be vertically adjustable relative to the rack unit and has a lifting mechanism (6) for vertical adjustment. The lifting mechanism (6) has at least one bar (7, 8) extending generally in a vertical direction, allocated to the rack unit (2), and a drive wheel (9) allocated to the vertically adjustable rack control unit, and the drive wheel (9) interacts with the bar (7, 8) via a drive gear.
Abstract:
A muffler with a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and at least one chamber is provided with a cleaning member that is disposed in the chamber. The cleaning member is movable relative to the housing.
Abstract:
Non-aqueous ball point pen inks, which contain dyes, resins, solvents and additives which demonstrate improved rheological behavior under the most varied climatic conditions. Leaking and spotting are reliably avoided, and ink production is simplified. Alcohol-soluble cellulose derivatives are used as additives.
Abstract:
In a device for analyzing samples for mercury and/or hydride-forming elements by means of atomic absorption spectroscopy, a first arrangement for determining the mercury according to the amalgam method comprising passage throttling means in the form of a washing bottle and a tube connected downstream to a reaction vessel, the other end of which tube is connected to the measuring cell. The tube contains a gold net adapted to be heated and recooled according to the amalgam method. The second arrangement by which hydrides of the sample are directly connected to the measuring cell employs a conduit which leads directly to the measuring cell, bypassing the gold net by branching off from between the reaction vessel and washing bottle. The tube is connectable to a carrier gas source between the washing bottle and position of the gold net in the tube through a first shut-off valve. A second shut-off valve is arranged in the conduit directly leading to the measuring cell. The first and the second shut-off valves are interconnected so that opening the first shut-off valve causes the second shut-off valve to close.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for analyzing mercury by the atomic absorption spectrometry technique consisting of a quartz collecting tube containing a metallic net for collecting an amalgam of mercury sample, a heater for heating the collecting tube sufficiently to convert the mercury sample to an atomic state for appropriate analysis at another location, and a fluid cooling device for quickly cooling the collecting tube and metallic net to thereby prepare for the next sample analysis. The collecting tube is positioned and arranged such that in a first position it is inside of the heater and quickly after conversion of the mercury sample the tube is moved to a second position outside of the heater and adjacent to the cooling device.
Abstract:
A device for electrothermal atomization of a sample for spectroscopic purposes comprises a furnace (10) which is held between two contacts (54, 56). The contacts (54, 56) surround the furnace (10 ) and form a cavity (58) with an insulating gap (88) being formed between the contacts (54, 56). This gap (88) is closed by a seal (142) made of ceramic felt so that inert gas passed into the cavity (58) emerges only through a bore (14) of the furnace (10) and sample inlet ports (116, 120). Thereby, the inert gas consumption is reduced well-defined flow conditions also result for the inert gas in the cavity (58) which expands when the furnace (10) is heated.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a gas control device for controlling the fuel gas and the oxidizing agent supplied to a burner in an atomic absorption spectrometer. The device includes a pressure controller and a downstream flowmeter, connected to the aforesaid pressure controller in each of the device's supply conduits to an atomizer, oxidizing agent port and full gas port of the burner. Each flowmeter employed in the preferred embodiment of the invention is comprised of a turbine wheel which is exposed to the gas flowing through the flowmeter. By the rotation of the turbine wheel output, signals are generated depending on the angular rate thereof and thus as a function of the gas flow rate. These output signals are input into a control unit and a set of servomotors, each associated with one of said pressure controllers, are reproducibly adjusted under the control of said control unit, even under unstable pressure conditions, to selected gas flow rates.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a gas control device for controlling the fuel gas and the oxidizing agent supplied to a burner in an atomic absorption spectrometer, which includes a first restrictor and a first pressure regulator for the fuel gas line, and a second restrictor and a second pressure regulator of the oxidizing agent line, the regulators being connected upstream of the restrictors, respectively, and servomotors for reproducibly adjusting the pressure settings of the pressure regulators, respectively.
Abstract:
An apparatus for enriching a sought element from a solution for flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy includes a constant voltage current source. The solution is enriched by electrodepositing the sought element therefrom and integrating the current with respect to time.
Abstract:
A fluid activated pump that is particularly well suited for use in analytic machines of the type that need to accurately meter quantities of sample solutions. The pump, which includes a pump piston driven by a power piston, is powered either hydraulically or pneumatically. Also included in the pump is a displacement adjustment piston, which is either hydraulically or pneumatically controlled, and which, through a suitable shaft-type linkage, can adjust the length of the power piston's stroke, and thus permit either a large or small displacement of the pump piston. The fact that the pump piston's displacement can be changed means that the pump of the present invention can more efficiently meter solutions into various desired ratios, and can reduce the chance of cross-contamination of sample solutions by dispensing a large amount of rinsing solution after dispensing a relatively small amount of sample solution.