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Crosscut sampler with auger clean out

US4587858A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1985
Grant dateMay 13, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N1/20
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A crosscut sampler with an auger cleanout comprising a housing insertable into a gravity feed flow duct containing a flowing stream of dry material, a pelican with a receiving slot movably mounted within the housing for transversely transversing the stream to collect a sample, and an auger on the bottom of the pelican for withdrawing all of the sample from the pelican.

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