Patent 11143541 was granted and assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation on October, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A sample container of a thermal analyzer that performs thermogravimetry or calorimetry includes a bottomed cylindrical body portion and a cover portion abutting against an opening of the body portion and covering at least a part of the opening. The cover portion includes a first cover portion abutting against an edge portion of the opening and having a second opening in a part of the first cover portion, and a second cover portion separated from the first cover portion in an axial direction of the body portion so as to cover at least a part of the second opening.