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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Philippe Christian Sarrazin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron Troy Baensch, Woy Woy Bay, AU;
Will M. Brunner, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Philippe Christian Sarrazin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron Troy Baensch, Woy Woy Bay, AU;
Will M. Brunner, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
OLYMPUS SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS AMERICAS INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a sample handling assembly facilitating a sample holding cell used for XRD analysis. The assembly holds the sample cell upright during sample loading and analysis phases. The sample handling assembly is vibrated, partly by a tuning fork, to allow the powder to flow into the sample cell. After the XRD analysis, a rotating arm holding the sample cell is rotated 180° to orient the sample cell completely upside down so that the sample can be emptied. Also disclosed are jets of air that are pulsed onto the sample cell, and/or into the sample cell funnel-tube assembly, to shake and clean the components.