Patent ID: 8978491
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of sampling a material, the method comprising: providing a sample collecting element comprising a first sampling compartment and a second sampling compartment; placing the first sampling compartment in a passage comprising an inlet and an outlet, the first sampling compartment being placed between the inlet and the outlet of the passage; flowing the material through an entire length of the first sampling compartment, and through the passage from the inlet to the outlet; sampling substantially the entire cross-sectional flow of the material through the passage by closing a valve in the passage below the first sampling compartment thereby building up a column of material through the first sampling compartment thereby collecting a sample of the material in the first sampling compartment; shifting the sample collecting element thereby removing the first sampling compartment from the passage; placing the second sampling compartment in the passage; and weighing the sample of the material.