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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Hiroshi Uchihara, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiko Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Uchihara, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiko Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Horiba, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 31/12 (2006.01); G01N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing the amount of gas in a solid sample such as a contained oxygen analyzing apparatus and method utilizing a preliminary reducing furnace which can be connected to an analyzing furnace by a transfer unit. A sample such as steel can be reduced in the preliminary reducing furnace and transferred to the analyzing furnace, for example, by a magnetic force, a gripping unit or a transporting sample body holder. A controller can control the application of heat and the mixing of a metal flux to provide discharge gas to an analyzer.