Patent ID: 11911717
Assignee: FREMONTA CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  C  G | IPC B  C  G

Claim 30:
31. An aggregating sampler for microbial sampling of consumable products, the sampler comprising:
a mobile frame comprising an upper end and a lower end;
a guide coupled to the mobile frame and having a guide surface positioned such that the consumable products received upon the guide surface pass along the guide surface;
one or more sample sheets coupled to the guide and/or mobile frame and positioned along or adjacent a lower portion of the guide surface and extending along a first plane disposed at an angle between 1 degree and 89 degrees relative a horizontal plane such that the consumable products received from the guide surface pass along a sample surface of the sample sheet positioned along or adjacent the lower portion of the guide surface, wherein the sample sheet comprises a microbial sampling material to contact the consumable products that pass along the sample surface; and
a chute, the lower inside surface of which is the guide surface, wherein the one or more sampling sheets are attached to a discharge portion of the guide surface that extends distally of the chute.