Patent ID: 7216555
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: A01B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of sampling soil, comprising the steps of: providing a cutting shoe having a soil cutting edge arranged in a closed geometric shape, and a soil collection trough positioned behind the cutting shoe; moving the cutting shoe and soil collection trough through soil substantially horizontally with the closed geometric shape of the in cutting edge at a controlled depth beneath the soil surface to collect a first soil core sample from a desired sampling depth; raising the cutting shoe and soil collection trough out of the soil; moving the first soil sample contained in the soil collection trough into contact with a sensor for measuring a property of the soil; lowering the cutting shoe and soil collection trough back into the soil; and moving the cutting shoe and soil collection trough through the soil substantially horizontally to collect a second soil sample while causing the first soil sample to be ejected out of the sampler trough.