Patent ID: 9340951
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: E02D,E02F,E21B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for collecting surface seabed sediment comprising: a cylindrical cover part connected to a trigger, the cylindrical cover part having (a) an open bottom end, (b) a pair of support members, where a first end of each of the support members is engaged with an inner surface of a top end of the cylindrical cover part and where the support members are spaced apart from a central portion of the cylindrical cover part and disposed in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cylindrical cover part, and (c) a position maintaining part disposed at a second end of each of the support members; a holder part coupled with the position maintaining part, the holder part having a longitudinal hollow space defined therein; a pipe-shaped sediment collecting part including (a) a first end detachably coupled with the position maintaining part via a holder part and arranged such that a longitudinal direction of the pipe-shaped sediment collecting part is in a direction of the force of gravity, and (b) a receiving space defined therein, the receiving space configured to receive seabed sediment; a head part including, (a) an end disposed on a second end of the pipe-shaped sediment collecting part, (b) a hollow space defined therein, and (c) an insert blade on a periphery of the head part, the insert blade configured to insert the head part into a surface of a seabed; and a catcher part on an inner circumference of the head part, the catcher part configured to allow seabed sediment to be received by the receiving space of the pipe-shaped sediment collecting part while preventing the collected seabed sediment from exiting the pipe-shaped collecting part.