Patent 7137286 was granted and assigned to Shimadzu Corp. on November, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A gas chromatograph set of the present invention comprises a plurality of gas chromatographs and a flow passage assembly. Each of the gas chromatographs includes a column for separating sample-components, a carrier gas supply unit for supplying a carrier gas to the column and a detector for detecting eluted components from the column. The carrier gas supply unit comprises a carrier gas passage, and a flow controller unit for controlling a flow-rate that is connected to the carrier gas passage. The flow passage assembly comprises a metal plate inside which the carrier gas passages of the gas chromatographs are formed.