Patent ID: 6742406
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A sediment collecting device for collecting sediments in a body of liquid, said body of liquid defining a top surface and a bottom floor, said device comprising:a collecting container said collecting container defining a collecting container base wall and a collecting container peripheral wall extending from said collecting container base wall, said collecting container peripheral wall being provided with a collecting aperture extending therethrough; an obstructing means positioned substantially adjacent said collecting aperture for selectively obstructing said collecting aperture, said obstructing means being movable between an open configuration allowing said sediments to flow through said collecting aperture and a closed configuration preventing said sediments from flowing through said collecting aperture; an anchoring means attached to said collecting container for anchoring said collecting container to said bottom floor of said body of liquid; a carrying container configured and sized for receiving said collecting container, said carrying container defining a carrying container base wall and a carrying container peripheral wall extending from said carrying container base wall, said carrying container peripheral wall defining a carrying container peripheral edge; said device further including a carrying container lid, said carrying container lid being attachable to said carrying container upper peripheral edge for forming together with said collecting container a collecting enclosure, said carrying container lid being also attachable to said collecting container base wall for forming at least part of said anchoring means.