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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7908935 | Feces collection container The inventors perfected the present invention upon finding that a conventional fecal sampling stick is given a hollow structure that has openings a certain distant apart, permitting in aspiration through the capillary tube phenomenon. That is, the present invention ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7472614 | Apparatus and method for linearly acquiring blended powder samples A sampler for acquiring a sample of blended powder from diverse locations within a bin is described. The sampler has a cylinder with a hollow chamber formed therein and is connected to a handle for rotation within a housing tube. Rotation causes the chamber to move ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7222546 | Method and apparatus for sediment characterization A method for characterizing contaminants within sediment comprising positioning a sampler in a continuous manner within the sediment, exposing the sampler to the sediment for a dwell time, retrieving the sampler, and analyzing the sampler. The sampler is exposed to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216725 | Soil sampling system and method that allow headspace screening at spaced intervals without disturbing soil sample A soil sampling system is provided that allows headspace screening of soil samples at spaced intervals along a soil sample liner without disturbing the soil samples to be collected and shipped to a laboratory for further testing. The soil sample liner includes a plu... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7029627 | Apparatus for sampling, storing, preserving and testing a specimen A multiple-chamber container for sampling, storing and preserving for later testing a sample. A swab having a foam tip is used to collect a sample (the sample must have some liquid component, e.g., saliva, urine, blood, etc.). After the foam tip is used to collect a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000491 | Aqueous vertical sampler A fluid sampling device is provided that can obtain both point and integrated samples of a body of fluid at various depths. The device includes an easy to use and reliable closure mechanism that does not rely on a traditional messenger mechanism. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6929393 | Asphalt production plant An asphalt production plant includes an asphalt binder storage tank, a mixer for mixing asphalt binder and aggregate materials, an asphalt binder pumping system for conveying asphalt binder to the mixer and an asphalt binder metering system for controlling the rate ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6862943 | Water filter media sampler A sampler for collecting vertically continuous media samples from aggregate liquid filtering systems. The sampler includes a sample collecting lower section have an inner member rotatably carried within an outer member. These lower members have slots which may be al... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6823749 | Sediment sampler for aquatic environs A sediment measuring device has a base that is fixed into the bottom of a body of water. A removable trap, having a retaining matrix, inserts into the fixed base to capture and retain moving sediment within the trap over a given period of time. The trap is removed f... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820507 | Apparatus for extracting a representative sample of water, oil and sediment from a container A method and apparatus for extracting a representative sample of water, oil and sediment from a container. The apparatus is a container closure having a tube extending therethrough, such that fluids can be extracted from any closed container through the tube when cl... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6742406 | Sediment sampler A sediment collecting device for collecting sediments in a body of liquid. The device includes a collecting container. The peripheral wall of the collecting container is provided with a plurality of collecting apertures. An obstructing is inserted into the collectin... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6706538 | Microvolume liquid dispensing array Devices and methods for integrated packaging, shipping, storage and precise dispensing of extremely small volumes of liquids such as aqueous solutions and compounds dissolved in organic solvents are disclosed. Devices of the invention include a sealed reservoir with... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6620383 | Microvolume liquid dispensing device Devices and methods for integrated packaging, shipping, storage and precise dispensing of extremely small volumes of liquids such as aqueous solutions and compounds dissolved in organic solvents are disclosed. Devices of the invention include a sealed res... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6585507 | Sampling die and press for compaction of powder sample A sampling die and press for compaction of a powder sample are disclosed. The die is designed to serve both as a mold for compacting a powder sample into a tablet or caplet and as a container for sampling the powder that is to be compacted. The die is mad... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6393926 | Front-loading precision material sampler with interchangeable retracting chamber A bulk material sampler comprising an elongated body having a first axial bore and an interior wall, a handle having a second axial bore and a finger grip, and a shaft assembly axially supported. inside the first and second bores. The bottom end of the ha... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6339966 | Bulk powder sampler with removable partitions and method of using A bulk sampling device for sampling mixtures of powder and semi-solid compositions. The sampling device comprises an apertured hollow outer tubular casing for receiving an inner receiving rod with adjacent non-communicating sample ports for holding sample... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6109118 | Parabolic proportioning liquid sampler for fluids in horizontal tanks to accommodate accurate chemical analysis A system and method of obtaining an accurate sample of a fluid in a container comprising providing a container for accommodating a fluid to be analyzed, providing a hollow vessel of predetermined varying internal volume dimensions from one end of the vess... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6094999 | Rotatable batch sampler with wedge-shaped cone A rotatable sampling device for obtaining at least one sample of a dry powder blended material from the powder blend matrix within a container. The sampling device includes a sample collection member, an insert rod member and a sampler extension member. T... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6062093 | Method and apparatus for sampling aggregate material A sample collector for aggregate material is provided. The collector includes a collector frame having a probe that is shaped so as to be insertable along a defined axis into a quantity of aggregate material. The collector also includes a plurality of elo... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6035727 | Remote control sampler for grain storage bins A remotely controllable grain sampling device mounted on the vertical outer wall of a grain storage bin and extending into the interior of the bin so as to extract a sample of grain to be tested, for example, for moisture content, protein content or disea... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5996426 | End-sampling thief probe This invention relates to an end-sampling thief probe and a method of using this probe. The thief probe of the invention is useful in extracting a sample with minimal disturbance and provides an improved method for end-sampling.... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5440941 | Multiple-sample segmented sampling device and method of use A multiple-sample sampling and measuring device which may be extended and a method of using the device. Dies defining sampling cavities of varying volumes nest within receiving rod segments which, in turn, nest in tubular casing segments. The casing segme... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5438884 | Flush mount fitting for gas emission sample container A gas emission sample container has a fitting mounted in an aperture formed in one side wall of an expansible body. The fitting includes a sleeve with a through bore and an enlarged diameter end collar. A ring member is mountable over the sleeve in surrou... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5408893 | Ground moisture probe A ground soil moisture probe is constructed of a solid cylindrical rod with a solid soil-piercing bottom conical tip end an inverse conic section hard facing protuberance extending from above the rod tip end and fairing into the rod tip end. A tangential ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5377551 | Probe for penetrating and displacing particularly into a mass of pulverulent material The invention relates to a probe assembly (1) adapted to penetrate and travel in a mass of material, comprising: a hull, a front striking zone (3) and/or a rear striking zone (4) axially opposite, for transmitting pulses to the hull, a striking piston (2) and ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5358057 | Modular device for collecting multiple fluid samples from soil using a cone penetrometer An improved module and assembly for sampling liquids and gases within the ground is characterized by module housings containing sampling cavities having lateral openings to the exterior of the housings. Within each lateral opening a removable insert and p... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5341692 | Device for taking, preserving and transporting a fluid sample for analysis A device made of non-contaminating inert material for taking and preserving a fluid sample containing volatile substances for analysis having a tubular body with gas tight valves at opposite end portions which are opened to allow fluid to pass into and ou... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5337620 | Sampling tool A sampling tool or sampling thief having a number of removable sampling dies that can be placed within a receiving rod. These dies have cavities disposed therein defining varying volumes. The receiving rod comes in sections that can be mutually engaged to... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5307884 | Multi-level sampling device Multi-level sampling device including compartmentalized longitudinal member for lowering into loose-material to be tested at multiple levels providing for individual containers to be simultaneously filled at each respective level through a retraction of c... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5289727 | Bulk material sampling device A sampling device comprising an outer tube and an inner tube that is eccentrically mounted for rotation within the outer tube, the inner and outer tubes being disposed in spaced, parallel relationship so that relative rotation therebetween cuts a sample o... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5209129 | Subsurface sampler A subsurface sampler including a cylindrical casing with portholes to provide access below ground to sample potentially hazardous substances without contaminating investigative probes that are inserted into the interior cavity of the casing. The sampler h... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5179859 | Method of sampling, and sampling device In sampling grain offered in bulk as shown at 40, a sampling device 10 is inserted vertically downwardly into the grain. The device 10 has an inner tube 12 having openings 18 in series along its length and a sleeve 14 which is open bottomed and axially sl... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5058674 | Wellbore fluid sampler and method A well fluid sampling apparatus provides a time delay after actuation of the tool and before a sample is taken. The tool is operated by well pressure acting on a piston. The piston is initially hydraulically blocked so that it cannot move. The time delay ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4979402 | Aliquoting of serial liquid samples An apparatus and process for obtaining an aliquot of serial liquid samples. A measured aliquot of each serial liquid sample is obtained and passed to an aliquot storage chamber with discard of the remainder of each liquid sample. A liquid collection conta... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4911026 | Grain probe A grain probe consists of an elongate hollow tube. The tube has a solid nose with a tapered end and a helical rib on its outside surface. The rib has a short radial extent, considerably less than the diameter of the tube. Immediately following the helical... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4903765 | Delayed opening fluid sampler A delayed opening fluid sampling tool comprises a body having three chambers and a port defined therein. The tool also comprises a metering device which is disposed in the body between two of the chambers, one of which chambers is for holding a metering f... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4866997 | Grain probe A grain probe for sampling and measuring the physical characteristics of stored grain in situ. The probe has a telescopic shaft with a meter fixedly attached to one end thereof and a novel grain probe tip fixedly attached to the opposite end thereof, a gr... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4854182 | Aliquoting of serial liquid samples An apparatus and process for obtaining an aliquot of serial liquid samples. A measured aliquot of each serial liquid sample is obtained and passed to an aliquot storage chamber with discard of the remainder of each liquid sample. A liquid collection conta... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4838094 | Grain sample apparatus The invention comprises a grain sampling device installed in a grain bin. The apparatus has a plurality of sleeves in concentric relation, with the upper ends of the sleeves adjacent the upper central portion of the bin so as to be beneath and close to th... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4800765 | Grain drill and probe mechanism A drill and probe mechanism is adapted for use in grain bins and extends down deep into the body of grain to either retrieve a grain sample or deposit fumigation pellets. The drill portion of the mechanism includes a hydraulic pump providing power for a r... | 01/31/1989 |
