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AssigneeSampling Systems Ltd.
InventorsSimon Jonathan Fenner, Jonathan Paul Fenner, Michael John Fenner
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A method of, and apparatus for sampling a solid or liquid sample using a sampling tool which has a sampling rod/tube that is configured to house a sampling pod, the apparatus comprising: a main body portion with at least one sample collecting cavity; and a removable/opening lid portion that in use fits/closes over at least part of said main body portion and thereby covers and the cavity; the method further comprising the following steps: Inserting said sampling pod main body portion within said sampling rod/tube and taking a solid or liquid sample from a vessel/container; removing sampling rod/tube from said vessel or container and covering said collecting cavity to seal said cavity; transporting said sample within said sampling pod to place of a analysis; and at place of analysis removing at least part of said covering from main body portion to expose sample for analysis.
A sampling tool comprising:
A sampling pod comprising a main body portion that during sampling is housed within a pod receiving cavity formed within a sampling rod and retained therein by a removable tubular outer sleeve that operably surrounds said sampling rod;
A sampling tool comprising a sampling pod, and a sampling rod with a removable outer sleeve that surrounds said sampling rod and has a sampling sleeve aperture and can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of said sampling rod, relative to said sampling rod:
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