Patent ID: 8677841

Claim:
An apparatus ( 100 ) for carrying a plurality of samplers comprising: a first carrier housing ( 3 ) having a tubular shape defining first and second ends; a first crossover sub ( 20 ) connected to said first end of said first carrier housing; a first sampler ( 11 ) received and clamped within said first carrier housing, said first sampler having a pressure-activated trigger mechanism; and a first rupture disk housing ( 5 ) including therein a first rupture disk separating first and second ends of said first rupture disk housing, said first rupture disk housing disposed at least partially within a first exterior recess ( 4 ) formed within said first crossover sub, said first end of said first rupture disk housing being in fluid communication with the exterior of said apparatus, said second end of said first rupture disk housing being in fluid communication with said trigger mechanism of said first sampler; wherein a first predetermined pressure at said exterior of said apparatus will rupture said first rupture disk for triggering said first sampler and comprising, a second sampler ( 11 ) received and clamped within said first carrier housing ( 3 ) adjacent to said first sampler ( 11 ), said second sampler having a pressure-activated trigger mechanism, said second end of said first rupture disk housing ( 5 ) being in fluid communication with said trigger mechanism of second sampler; wherein said first predetermined pressure at said exterior of said apparatus will rupture said first rupture disk for triggering both said first and second samplers and further comprising, a first positioning insert ( 30 ) disposed in at least one from the group consisting of said first carrier housing ( 3 ) and said first crossover sub ( 20 ); a socket ( 48 ) formed in said first positioning insert, said second end of said first rupture disk housing being received within said socket; a recessed seat ( 47 ) formed in said first positioning insert, a first end of said first sampler ( 11 ) being received within said recessed seat; and a conduit ( 10 ) formed within said first positioning insert fluidly connecting said socket to said recessed seat.