Abstract: Sampler for drawing samples from melt comprising an inlet tube (1) and a sample container (3) and a sleeve (2) at least surrounding the sample container (3). The novelty features of the invention reside in the fact that the sleeve (2) has the shape of a truncated cone and in that the sample container (8) is located in the tapered sleeve (2) at its end with a smaller diameter.

Abstract: Disposable sampling apparatus for drawing samples from melts by lowering thereof into the melt and comprising a mold embedded in a sand body, a tube constituting an inlet for the molten material into the mold and projecting out of the sand body, and a tubular sleeve surrounding a portion of the sand body and at least a portion of the inlet tube to the mold. The novelty features of the invention reside in the fact that the sleeve is arranged on a portion of the sand body adjacent the inlet tube and extends therefrom outwards around the inlet tube, and that there is a gas flow path through said sand portion from the recess formed between the inlet tube and the sleeve to an open portion of the sand body.

Abstract: Sampling mould for drawing samples of molten material from pools of molten materials, e.g. steel samples, and consisting of two parts of which at least one is provided with a recess which forms a specimen, said two parts being located and fastened to each other, and an entrance passage which through a channel permits the molten metal to flow into the recess, wherein at least one cavity, which forms a hollow of a fixed size, is provided in at least one of said two parts, said cavity or cavities being connected to the hollow forming the specimen through a channel.