# US 9,518,896 B2 · Gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,518,896 B2 - Document ID: US9518896B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/882,216 - Filed: 2013-01-09 - Published: 2014-06-19 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-14 - Assignees: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Applicants: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Inventors: Eddy Y. Zeng; Shiping Xu; Huihui Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518896B2 ## CPC - G01N 1/10: in the liquid or fluent state {(burettes, pipettes B01L3/02; sampling of ground water E02D1/06; metering by volume of fluids or fluent solid material G01F11/00, G01F13/00)} - G01N 33/1826: {Organic contamination in water} - G01N 2001/1025: {Liquid suspensions; Slurries; Mud; Sludge} - G01N 2001/1031: {Sampling from special places} - G01N 2001/4088: {filtration} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract The present invention discloses a gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic polutants, which comprises a sediment pore-water sampler and a water sampler arranged above the sediment pore-water sampler, wherein a plurality of sediment sampling units are vertically arranged in the sediment pore-water sampler, and the water sampler is provided with a plurality of water sampling units arranged transversely along the vertical direction in sequence. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants, characterized in that: it comprises a sediment pore-water sampler and a water sampler arranged above the sediment pore-water sampler, wherein a plurality of sediment sampling units are vertically arranged in the sediment pore-water sampler, and the water sampler is provided with a plurality of water sampling units arranged transversely along the vertical direction in sequence, wherein each of the plurality of sediment sampling units is a grid-shaped sediment sampling plate, wherein the sampling plate comprises a partition board, filter membranes arranged at two sides of the partition board respectively, and first porous clamping plates arranged outside the filter membrane, further wherein a plurality of long-striped openings are transversely formed in the partition board in a separated and parallel manner and adsorption films are arranged in the long-striped openings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sediment pore-water sampler comprises a plurality of sediment grid-shaped sampling plates which are spliced together and adjacent to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 1, characterized in that: each of the plurality of water sampling units comprises an adsorption film, filter membranes arranged at two sides of adsorption film respectively, and second porous clamping plates arranged outside the filter membrane respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 3, characterized in that: the water sampling units are spirally arranged within the water sampler in sequence upwardly, around a center of the water sampler. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 4, characterized in that: pitches between the water sampling units are arranged upwardly in sequence and increase gradually. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 4, characterized in that: the water sampler comprises a support member arranged at an upper end of the sediment pore-water sampler, a central support pillar arranged in a center of the support member and a side support pillar arranged at an end of the support member separately, and a fixing member arranged at an upper end of the central support pillar and the side support pillar; wherein the plurality of water sampling units are arranged between the central support pillar and side support pillar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 6, characterized in that: round holes are formed at two ends of a diagonal line of the second porous clamping plate and are fitted with the central support pillar and the side support pillar; spacer rings of different heights for supporting the second porous clamping plate are mounted on the central support pillar and the side support pillar; and the second porous clamping plates are clamped between adjacent spacer rings on the central support pillar and those on the side support pillar by means of the round hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The gradually-ascending spiraled passive sampler for measuring sediment-water diffusion flux of organic pollutants according to claim 3, characterized in that: the adsorption film is a polyethylene adsorption film, and the filter membrane is a fiberglass filter membrane.