Appeal No. 2004-1137
Application No. 09/734506
lowering the internal temperature of the vessel assembly
by means of the cooling assembly to a temperature value lower
than the initial internal temperature value of the vessel
assembly;
letting the withdrawn fluid flow through the intake
vessel; and
letting a partial volume of the withdrawn fluid flow into
the storage vessel to obtain the fluid sample.
24. A method of dispensing and cooling off a sample of a
liquid by means of a sampler, said sampler comprising a vessel
assembly being operable to conduct and to store said sample, said
method comprising steps of:
adjusting an internal temperature of the vessel assembly
to an initial mean temperature value;
lowering the internal temperature of the vessel assembly
to a mean temperature value lower than the initial mean
temperature value;
withdrawing liquid at a sampling location, said sampling
location having a liquid temperature value higher than the
initial mean temperature value;
letting the withdrawn liquid flow through an intake vessel
of said vessel assembly; and
obtaining said sample from said withdrawn liquid by
letting flow a partial volume of the withdrawn fluid into a
storage vessel of said vessel assembly, said storage vessel
having a variable storage vessel temperature;
adjusting said storage vessel temperature for storing said
sample at a storage temperature value lower than said liquid
sampling temperature value of the sampling location;
wherein said step of lowering the internal temperature of
the vessel assembly comprises the step of adjusting the storage
vessel temperature to a temperature value lower than the storage
temperature value.
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