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US2995037A
US2995037A US674962A US67496257A US2995037A US 2995037 A US2995037 A US 2995037A US 674962 A US674962 A US 674962A US 67496257 A US67496257 A US 67496257A US 2995037 A US2995037 A US 2995037A
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  • This invention relates to apparatus for sampling liquids, particularly radioactive liquids, and has for an object to provide inherently safe means for liquid sampling.
  • Apparatus comprises a vented container for holding a liquid to be sampled, a reservoir above the container, a vacuum vessel, a vessel providing a sampling cavity, a multiposition valve system, a pipe connection from the upper regions of the reservoir via the valve system to the vacuum vessel, two pipe connections from the lower regions of the reservoir, one to said container and the other to the sampling cavity, and an overflow pipe connection from the sampling cavity back to said container arranged to function so that with the valve system in its first position the vacuum vessel can be evacuated whilst disconnected from the reservoir, with the valve system in its second position the pressure in the vacuum vessel can be brought into equilibrium with the pressure in the reservoir so that the reservoir partly fills with liquid from said container, and with the valve system in a third position atmospheric pressure can be introduced in the reservoir to drive liquid back to said container both directly and via the sampling cavity to flush it.
  • a container 1 holding a liquid to be sampled, is connected by a pipe 2 with the lower end of a reservoir 3.
  • a vacuum vessel 4 is connected via a pipe 13, a four-port three-position cock 5 and a pipe 6 to the top end of the reservoir 3.
  • the cock 5 has a connection 7 to atmosphere and a connection -8 to a vacu um line, the plug of the cock being arranged to join any two adjacent ports together except, of course, ports associated with connections 7 and 8.
  • the valve is arranged to turn one way only by providing a suitable ratchet device.
  • a pipe 9 connects a thimble 17 at the lower end of the reservoir 3 with a sampling cavity 10 provided with a hypodermic-type sampling needle 14 having its unpointed end disposed in sump 16 and a removable sealing cap 15.
  • a pipe 11 acts as an overflow for the cavity 10 so that in the sump 16, liquid can remain in the cavity 10 after it is flushed.
  • the pipe 11 has a baflie pot 12 and then returns to below the liquid level in the container 1.
  • the cap 15 is put in place and the vessel 4 connected to the vacuum line 8 to evacuate the vessel.
  • the cock 5 is then operated to connect the vessel 4 with the reservoir 3 so that liquid in the container 1 is drawn along the pipe 2 to fill the reservoir '3 to about the half-way level.
  • the level cannot be exceeded as it represents pressure equilibrium between the vacuum vessel 4 and the reservoir 3.
  • Liquid 2,995,037 Patented Aug. 8, 1961 also rises up the pipe 11 and the increased cross-sectional area offered by the void of the bafile pot 12 causes this rising liquid to decrease its velocity and thus prevents liquid in the pipe 11 passing over into the reservoir 3 by virtue of its momentum.
  • the cock is moved to its third position so that atmospheric pressure is introduced into the reservoir 3. Atmospheric pressure drives part of the liquid in the reservoir 3 back into the container 1 via the pipe 2 and part along the pipe 9, through the sampling cavity 10 to flush it and introduce a new sample, and thence through the pipe 11 to the container 1.
  • the cap 15 is now removed and the sample taken by pressing the rubber cap of an evacuated sampling bottle over the needle .14, whereupon liquid is drawn up from the sump 16 and into the sampling bottle.
  • the height of the reservoir 3 is such that under extreme conditions of degree of vacuum in the vacuum vessel and specific gravity of liquid and head of liquid in the container 1, liquid will always rise above the pipe 2 in the reservoir 1 when the cock 5 is in its second position but will never rise as high as the pipe 6.
  • the thimble 17 in the bottom of the reservoir 3 ensures that only a very small quantity of an old sample is ever left in the apparatus.
  • Sampling apparatus comprising a. liquid container open to the atmosphere, a reservoir above said container, a four port cock, a conduit connected to the upper region of said reservoir and a first port of said four port cock, a vacuum vessel, a conduit connected to said vacuum vessel and a second port of said four port cock, a connection to atmosphere from a third port of said four port cock, an evacuating conduit connected to a fourth port of said four port cock, a sampling cavity, a removable sealing cover for said sampling cavity, a conduit connected to the lower region of said reservoir and said sampling cavity, a conduit for overflow from said sampling cavity connected to said container, the plug of said four port cock being movable to three positions to set up first, a connection between said evacuating conduit and said vacuum vessel to evacuate said vacuum vessel, second, a connection between said vacuum vessel and said reservoir so as to bring said vacuum vessel and said reservoir into pressure equilibrium to draw liquid from said container into said reservoir, and third, a connection between said reservoir and the atmosphere to expel liquid from said reservoir
  • Apparatus comprising a liquid container open to the atmosphere, a reservoir above said container, a conduit connected to said reservoir and said container, a vacuum vessel, a multi-ported cook, a conduit connected to said vacuum vessel and a first port of said multiported cock, an evacuating conduit connected to a second port of said multi-ported cock, a connection to atmosphere from a third port of said multi-ported cock, a sampling cavity above the lower region of said reservoir, a draw-off conduit connected to said sampling cavity and the lower region of said reservoir, and a conduit References Cited in the file of this patent U UNITED STATES PATENTS Hageline May 6,

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Aug. 8, 1961 H. F. PARKER ET AL 3 APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING LIQUIDS Filed July 29, 1957 HORACE FRANK PARKER DONALD BOARDMAN Attorneys United States Patent 2,995,037 APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING LIQUIDS Horace lh'ank Parker, Little London, Culcheth, Warrington, and Donald Boardman, Culcheth, Warrington,
England, assignors to United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, England Filed July 29, 1957, Ser. No. 674,962 Claims priority, application Great Britain Aug. '11, 1956 2 Claims. (Cl. 73-421) This invention relates to apparatus for sampling liquids, particularly radioactive liquids, and has for an object to provide inherently safe means for liquid sampling.
Apparatus according to the invention comprises a vented container for holding a liquid to be sampled, a reservoir above the container, a vacuum vessel, a vessel providing a sampling cavity, a multiposition valve system, a pipe connection from the upper regions of the reservoir via the valve system to the vacuum vessel, two pipe connections from the lower regions of the reservoir, one to said container and the other to the sampling cavity, and an overflow pipe connection from the sampling cavity back to said container arranged to function so that with the valve system in its first position the vacuum vessel can be evacuated whilst disconnected from the reservoir, with the valve system in its second position the pressure in the vacuum vessel can be brought into equilibrium with the pressure in the reservoir so that the reservoir partly fills with liquid from said container, and with the valve system in a third position atmospheric pressure can be introduced in the reservoir to drive liquid back to said container both directly and via the sampling cavity to flush it.
The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows a schematic representation of the apparatus.
In the drawing a container 1, holding a liquid to be sampled, is connected by a pipe 2 with the lower end of a reservoir 3. A vacuum vessel 4 is connected via a pipe 13, a four-port three-position cock 5 and a pipe 6 to the top end of the reservoir 3. The cock 5 has a connection 7 to atmosphere and a connection -8 to a vacu um line, the plug of the cock being arranged to join any two adjacent ports together except, of course, ports associated with connections 7 and 8. The valve is arranged to turn one way only by providing a suitable ratchet device. A pipe 9 connects a thimble 17 at the lower end of the reservoir 3 with a sampling cavity 10 provided with a hypodermic-type sampling needle 14 having its unpointed end disposed in sump 16 and a removable sealing cap 15. A pipe 11 acts as an overflow for the cavity 10 so that in the sump 16, liquid can remain in the cavity 10 after it is flushed. The pipe 11 has a baflie pot 12 and then returns to below the liquid level in the container 1.
In the operation of the apparatus, the cap 15 is put in place and the vessel 4 connected to the vacuum line 8 to evacuate the vessel. The cock 5 is then operated to connect the vessel 4 with the reservoir 3 so that liquid in the container 1 is drawn along the pipe 2 to fill the reservoir '3 to about the half-way level. The level cannot be exceeded as it represents pressure equilibrium between the vacuum vessel 4 and the reservoir 3. (Liquid 2,995,037 Patented Aug. 8, 1961 also rises up the pipe 11 and the increased cross-sectional area offered by the void of the bafile pot 12 causes this rising liquid to decrease its velocity and thus prevents liquid in the pipe 11 passing over into the reservoir 3 by virtue of its momentum.) The cock is moved to its third position so that atmospheric pressure is introduced into the reservoir 3. Atmospheric pressure drives part of the liquid in the reservoir 3 back into the container 1 via the pipe 2 and part along the pipe 9, through the sampling cavity 10 to flush it and introduce a new sample, and thence through the pipe 11 to the container 1.
The cap 15 is now removed and the sample taken by pressing the rubber cap of an evacuated sampling bottle over the needle .14, whereupon liquid is drawn up from the sump 16 and into the sampling bottle.
The height of the reservoir 3 is such that under extreme conditions of degree of vacuum in the vacuum vessel and specific gravity of liquid and head of liquid in the container 1, liquid will always rise above the pipe 2 in the reservoir 1 when the cock 5 is in its second position but will never rise as high as the pipe 6.
The thimble 17 in the bottom of the reservoir 3 ensures that only a very small quantity of an old sample is ever left in the apparatus.
We claim:
1. Sampling apparatus comprising a. liquid container open to the atmosphere, a reservoir above said container, a four port cock, a conduit connected to the upper region of said reservoir and a first port of said four port cock, a vacuum vessel, a conduit connected to said vacuum vessel and a second port of said four port cock, a connection to atmosphere from a third port of said four port cock, an evacuating conduit connected to a fourth port of said four port cock, a sampling cavity, a removable sealing cover for said sampling cavity, a conduit connected to the lower region of said reservoir and said sampling cavity, a conduit for overflow from said sampling cavity connected to said container, the plug of said four port cock being movable to three positions to set up first, a connection between said evacuating conduit and said vacuum vessel to evacuate said vacuum vessel, second, a connection between said vacuum vessel and said reservoir so as to bring said vacuum vessel and said reservoir into pressure equilibrium to draw liquid from said container into said reservoir, and third, a connection between said reservoir and the atmosphere to expel liquid from said reservoir into two directions, directly back into said container and through said sampling cavity to said container so as to first flush said sampling cavity and provide a residual sample below the level of said overflow conduit connected to said cavity.
2. Apparatus comprising a liquid container open to the atmosphere, a reservoir above said container, a conduit connected to said reservoir and said container, a vacuum vessel, a multi-ported cook, a conduit connected to said vacuum vessel and a first port of said multiported cock, an evacuating conduit connected to a second port of said multi-ported cock, a connection to atmosphere from a third port of said multi-ported cock, a sampling cavity above the lower region of said reservoir, a draw-off conduit connected to said sampling cavity and the lower region of said reservoir, and a conduit References Cited in the file of this patent U UNITED STATES PATENTS Hageline May 6,
Cierler Nov. 9,
Langsenkamp July 19,
Rigby June 25,
FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Dec. 5,
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