IP Library Granted Patent US 8,474,337
Granted Patent B2
US 8,474,337 · App. 13/045,350 · Granted Jul 2, 2013

Extraction method, extraction vessel for use with the same, extraction kit and valve expansion member

Inventors: Yuzuru Ohtsuka (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Akira Ito (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Mitsuaki Uchida (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Tomonori Nishio (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Katsuya Inana (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Yasunori Ohta (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,474,337
App. No.
13/045,350
Granted
Jul 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is provided which is capable of efficiently taking most of a precious sample into an extraction vessel without wasting when the sample is extracted from a collection section of a sampling rod. The method includes the steps of collecting a sample using a sampling rod formed of a rod body and a collection section attached to the rod body, inserting the sampling rod into the extraction vessel, placing the rod body in a gap formed in a grappling hook section which is disposed in an insertion path of the sampling rod, the gap having a width smaller than a diameter of the collection section and being capable of receiving the rod body, withdrawing the rod body with the rod body being placed in the gap and detaching the collection section from the rod body by hooking the collection section to the grappling hook section.

Claims (11)

1. An extraction vessel for containing an extraction solution and extracting a sample, collected by a collection section of a sampling rod comprising a rod body and the collection section attached to the rod body, from the collection section into the extraction solution, the vessel comprising:

a vessel body for containing an extraction solution and a valve expansion member,

wherein the vessel body is provided with a body opening and a valve disposed in an insertion path of the sampling rod to be inserted from the body opening, the valve being provided with a valve opening having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the collection section and being capable of receiving the rod body, and

wherein the valve expansion member comprises a member structured to be inserted into the body opening and fitted to the vessel body, and provided with a member opening, which comprises a through aperture that allows the sampling rod to be inserted into the vessel body when the member is fitted to the vessel body, and a valve expansion section that expands the valve opening when the member is fitted to the vessel body.

2. The extraction vessel of claim 1 , wherein the valve has a shape which becomes narrower toward an inner side of the vessel body.

3. The extraction vessel of claim 1 , wherein the valve expansion member comprises a member capable of adjusting a fitted depth of the member to the vessel body and structured to expand the valve opening further as the fitted depth is increased.

4. An extraction kit, comprising:

the extraction vessel of claim 1 ;

a sampling rod comprising a rod body and a collection section attached to the rod body and used for collecting a sample; and

a lid member that is attachable to the extraction vessel,

wherein the lid member includes a filter disposed at a position to close an opening when the lid member is joined to the opening and a nozzle section that allows the extraction solution to be taken outside through the filter when the lid member is joined to the opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2011
From: OHTSUKA, YUZURU; ITO, AKIRA; UCHIDA, MITSUAKI; NISHIO, TOMONORI; INANA, KATSUYA; OHTA, YASUNORI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-083896 · Mar 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110239793A1 · Oct 6, 2011