Variable chamber sampler and transference apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF FLUID SAMPLES AND THE TRANSFERENCE THEREOF FROM ONE FLUID STREAM TO ANOTHER FLUID STREAM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIXED SECTION AND A MOVABLE SECTION COMPRESSIVELY HELD IN SLIDING CONTACT; SAID FIXED SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF FIRST PASSAGE MEANS AND A PLURALITY OF CONDUIT CONNECTION MEANS ARRANGED TO FORM INLET AND OUTLET CONNECTIONS WITH AT LEAST TWO FLUID STREAMS; SAID MOVABLE SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SECOND PASSAGE MEANS AND A SAMPLE CHAMBER; SAID FIRST PASSAGE MEANS CONNECTING TO SAID CONDUIT CONNECTION MEANS AND BEING CAPABLE OF REGISTERING WITH SAID SECOND PASSAGE MEANS AND WITH SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER; SAID SECOND PASSAGE MEANS AND SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER SPACED AND DISPOSED IN SAID MOVABLE SECTION FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER TO ONE OF SAID FLUID STREAMS WHILE CONCURRENTLY CONNECTING CERTAIN OF SAID SECOND PASSAGE MEANS TO THE REMAINING FLUID STREAMS; SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH VOLUMETRIC ADJUSTMENT MEANS COMPRISING A PRECISELY-FITTED, RECIPROCALLY-MOVABLE PISTON WITHIN SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER AND MEANS FOR THE ACCURATE POSITIONING OF SAID PISTON WITHIN SAID CHAMBER; AND MEANS FOR SLIDEABLY POSITIONING SAID MOVABLE SECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXED SECTION TO SELECTIVELY CONNECT SAID SAMPLE CHAMBER TO ANY ONE OF SAID FLUID STREAMS.