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US 11,079,306 B1Granted
Variable soil sampling device
AssigneeSkc Co., Ltd.
InventorsDonald Lee Smith, Linda Coyne
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a variable soil sampling device which may be customized with respect to sampling rate and sorbent material used. Multiple variable sampling devices may be attached to each other to simultaneously sample different components or contaminants in the same time period.
Claims20
A variable soil sampling device comprising:
- a) a first sampling body having an opening and a space where a first sorbent is placed;
- b) a first barrier door removably connected to the first sampling body comprising one or more holes in said first barrier door, said barrier door having a first permeability;
- c) a second sampling body having an opening and a space where a second sorbent is placed;
- d) a second barrier door removably connected to the second sampling body having a second set of one or more holes, said barrier door having a second permeability;
- and
- e) a first connector on the second sampling body that connects the second sampling body to the first sampling body,
- wherein the first permeability and the second permeability are different.
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A method of sampling soil, comprising:
- a) providing a first sorbent and a first soil sampling device, the first soil sampling device comprising a first sampling body with a first opening and a first space;
- a first barrier door removably connected to the first sampling body, the first door having one or more holes and a first permeability;
- and at least one connector on the first sampling body that is used to connect the first sampling body to a second sampling body on a second soil sampling device;
- b) providing a second sorbent and the second soil sampling device, the second soil sampling device comprising the second sampling body with a second opening and a second space, a second barrier door removably connected to the second sampling body, and the second barrier door having one or more holes and a second permeability, and at least one connector on the second sampling body that is used to connect the second sampling body to the first sampling body on the first soil sampling device;
- c) removing said first barrier door to reveal the first space;
- d) inserting the first sorbent into the first space;
- e) replacing the first barrier door to its original position;
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- f) exposing the first and second soil sampling devices to soil,
- wherein the permeability of the first barrier door is different than the permeability of the second barrier door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.