An inverted bellows‐sealed vacuum valve was modified by replacing the Teflon pad on its stem by a stainless‐steel dish with a knife‐edge circumference and a capillary attached through its center. A Teflon cup for containing liquid air was threaded on top into the valve outlet. With the dish down, condensable gases could be frozen on a small surface area on the bottom of the cup. By pushing the dish upwards so the knife edge pushed into the Teflon, the gas was quantitatively transferred into the capillary upon warming.