Patent ID: 7472614
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for linearly acquiring samples of blended powder from a bin, comprising: a. an elongate housing tube having a longitudinal axis; b. a cap formed with an aperture therethrough and being removably assembled to a first end of the housing tube; c. a handle rotatably mounted in a second end of the housing tube; d. a tip residing rotatably within the cap and formed with a channel therethrough oriented substantially parallel to the axis of the housing tube; e. a cylinder residing rotatably within the housing tube adjacent to the tip and formed with a chamber therethrough oriented substantially parallel to the axis of the housing tube; f. wherein the cylinder chamber is positioned in alignment with the tip channel; and g. first means connecting the handle to the cylinder and second means connecting the cylinder to the tip in a manner to cause the cylinder and tip to rotate when the handle is rotated, moving the tip channel into alignment with the cap aperture.