Analysis device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10627355-B2
Application number	US-201615780514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Dec 7, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

In order to make it possible to remove dust produced in a heating furnace 10 more efficiently than ever before, the present invention is adapted to include: a dust discharge passage L that communicates with the inside of the heating furnace 10 and is for discharging dust produced by heating a sample X; a dust accommodating part 30 that accommodates the dust discharged from the dust discharge passage L; and a negative pressure generating mechanism 90 that is provided in the dust discharge passage L and generates negative pressure in the dust discharge passage, in which the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure generating mechanism 90 guides the dust from the heating furnace 10 to the dust discharge passage L.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An analysis device that is configured to heat a sample in a sample accommodating part and analyze resulting sample gas, the analysis device comprising:
a dust discharge passage that communicates with an inside of the sample accommodating part and discharges dust produced by heating the sample;
a dust accommodating part that accommodates the dust discharged from the dust discharge passage; and
a negative pressure generating mechanism that is provided in the dust discharge passage and generates negative pressure in the dust discharge passage, the negative pressure generating mechanism comprising a body having a through-hole forming a part of the dust discharge passage and a gas supply passage for supplying gas to the through-hole, wherein
the supplied gas flows through the through-hole from the sample accommodating part side of the dust discharge passage toward a dust accommodating part side of the dust discharge passage and generates a negative pressure in a sample accommodating part side of the dust discharge passage, and
the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure generating mechanism guides the dust from the sample accommodating part to the dust discharge passage.

2. The analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein
the negative pressure generating mechanism is arranged at an end part on the sample accommodating part side in the dust discharge passage.

3. The analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the gas supply passage is formed of:
an inclined groove that is opened in such a manner as to circle along an inner circumferential surface forming the through-hole, wherein a depth direction of the inclined groove is set to a direction from the dust accommodating part side toward the sample accommodating side with increasing distance from the through-hole; and
a communication hole whose one end is opened in the inclined groove and whose other end is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the body, and
a depth direction of the communication hole is inclined with respect to the depth direction of the inclined groove.

4. The analysis device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the body comprises a first element arranged on the sample accommodating part side and a second element arranged on the dust accommodating part side;
the first element and the second element are formed with the through-hole and include contact surfaces to be brought into contact with each other;
the first element further includes a protrusion part on an inner side of the contact surface, the protrusion part protruding toward the second element;
the second element is formed with a recess part on an inner side of the contact surface, the recess part being recessed toward a side opposite to the first element;
in a state where the contact surfaces of the first element and the second element are in contact with each other, the protrusion part is fitted into the recess part, and the inclined groove is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the protrusion part and an inner circumferential surface of the recess part; and
the communication hole is formed penetrating through a circumferential wall part of the first element or the second element.

5. The analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein
a portion of the dust discharge passage closer to the dust accommodating part than a joint part between the through-hole and the gas supply passage in the dust discharge passage is configured to be closable, and
when the portion of the dust discharge passage is closed, and thereby the gas supplied from the gas supply passage flows from the dust accommodating part side to the sample accommodating part side and flows into the sample accommodating part.

6. The analysis device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a gas species switching mechanism adapted to switch the gas to be supplied from the gas supply passage to the through-hole to inflammable gas or non-flammable gas.

Assignees

• Horiba Ltd

Inventors

• Inoue Takahito

Classifications

• F27B5/16

  Arrangements of air or gas supply devices · CPC title

• A47L9/106

  Dust removal · CPC title

• B01D46/4272

  Special valve constructions adapted to filters or filter elements · CPC title

• B01D46/12

  in multiple arrangements · CPC title

• B01D45/06

  by reversal of direction of flow · CPC title