US 11,852,617 B2
Thermal desorption tube collection system and method
Martin L. Spartz, Ellington, CT (US); Adam R. Klempner, Gardner, MA (US); and Kelly Renee McPartland, West Hartford, CT (US)
Assigned to MLS ACQ, Inc.
Filed by MLS ACQ, Inc., East Windsor, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,440.
Application 17/730,440 is a continuation of application No. 16/288,923, filed on Feb. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,346,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,628, filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,623, filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252554 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 30/12 (2006.01); G01N 30/74 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01); G01N 30/60 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 30/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/12 (2013.01) [F25B 21/02 (2013.01); G01N 1/2214 (2013.01); G01N 1/4022 (2013.01); G01N 30/08 (2013.01); G01N 30/6073 (2013.01); G01N 30/7206 (2013.01); G01N 30/74 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2282 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4033 (2013.01); G01N 2030/008 (2013.01); G01N 2030/025 (2013.01); G01N 2030/121 (2013.01); G01N 2030/123 (2013.01); G01N 2030/128 (2013.01); G01N 2030/743 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal desorption tube collection system comprising:
a first thermal desorption tube and a second thermal desorption tube;
a first heat sink in thermal contact with the first thermal desorption tube;
a second heat sink in thermal contact with the second thermal desorption tube; and
a thermoelectric cooler for cooling one of the first and second thermal desorption tubes while heating the other thermal desorption tube, wherein the first and second heat sinks are located on opposite sides of the thermoelectric cooler.