Appeal No. 1997-1734
Application No. 08/215,259
means for passing fluid at said supercritical
condition through the said selected sample container
and sample, thereby extracting an analyte from the
sample;
said means for heating including a recess in
which the said cartridge means is placed during the
said extraction;
the cartridge means being substantially enclosed
as a result of its said placement in the said
recess; and
receiving means for receiving extractant from
the sample.
29. Apparatus for automatic high-temperature
high-pressure extraction processing of a sample with
an extraction fluid comprising:
a plurality of sample containers;
more than two samples, each sample being in a
corresponding individual sealable sample container
located in a first transport means;
said sample containers insertable and removable
from the said first transport means;
said sample containers having a first flow port
and a second flow port, and the said sample disposed
between the said flow ports;
programming means for causing first transport
means to move a selected one of the said more than
two sample containers with its contained sample to a
location corresponding to a place of extraction;
means for heating the said selected sample
container and extraction fluid to a set temperature;
said means for heating including a recess in
which the said cartridge means is placed during the
said extraction;
the cartridge means being substantially enclosed
as a result of its said placement in the said
recess;
receiving means for receiving extractant from
the sample;
means for pressurizing said process of
extraction within a pressure vessel means;
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