Patent ID: 8549935

Claim:
A fluid sampling device comprising: (a) a body having a plurality of shafts therethrough; (b) each shaft having a front and a rear with the front of each shaft being positioned towards a fluid receptacle, the shafts each having an opening at the front to a passage which extends the length of each of the shafts; (c) each shaft having a sample gating means for opening and closing the shaft to the fluid receptacle to enable flow of fluid from the fluid receptacle to the device, the sample gating means comprising an elongate member positioned within each shaft, each elongate member having a front and a rear with the front of each elongate member being positioned adjacent the fluid receptacle, each elongate member having a cap at the front of the elongate member and an opening behind the cap, each opening being connected to a passageway formed in each elongate member from the opening to the rear of the elongate member, each elongate member being linearly displaceable between a “closed” and an “open” position such that fluid can flow from the fluid receptacle past the cap and into the opening when in the open position but not in the closed position; (d) a plurality of flexible conduits, equal in number to the number of elongate members, each flexible conduit in fluid communication with the rear of an individual elongate member; and (e) a plurality of sample containers, equal in number to the plurality of conduits, each sample container in fluid communication with an individual conduit.