Patent ID: 6393926
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
A bulk material sampler comprising:an elongated body having a top end, a bottom end, an axis, and a first axial bore therethrough, and an interior wall; handle coaxial with the body axis and having a second axial bore, a finger grip, a top end, and a bottom end, the handle bottom end connected to the body top end; a shaft assembly supported in the first and second bores coaxial with the body axis and having a top end and a bottom end, said shaft assembly comprising a removable tip at the shaft assembly bottom end and a button at the shaft assembly top end, the removable tip comprising a first threaded interface for attachment to a mating threaded interface on the shaft assembly, the button adapted to protrude from the handle top end, and the shaft assembly being axially moveable between a fully actuated position in which the button is maximally depressed within the handle and a resting position in which the button maximally protrudes from the handle, the tip having a fully actuated axial location relative to the body when the shaft assembly is in the fully actuated position, wherein the tip fully-actuated axial location is adjustable relative to the body; means for biasing the shaft in the resting position; and a sample collection chamber defined by a portion of the tip and a portion of the interior wall of the body.