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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne R Hemzy, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Thomas G Knapp, Coloma, MI (US);
Assignee:
Leco Corporation, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B65G / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 63 ; 422 62 ; 422 65 ; 422 67 ; 422 78 ; 436155 ; 414176 ; 414198 ; 414940 ;
Abstract
A sample autoloader loads a sample into a furnace and removes a sample from the furnace. The sample autoloader includes a sealing plate for sealing the furnace. The sample autoloader also includes a mechanism for pushing a sample into the furnace and removing a sample from the furnace. The sample autoloader may include a hotel which stores sample containers for automatic loading and a container which receives spent sample containers.