Patent ID: 6979033

Claim:
A bailer, comprising: an elongate tubular body having a first end and a second end; a handle secured to said first end, said handle adapted to be engaged by a rope means to enable lowering and lifting of said bailer into and from a body of liquid fluid; a first imperforate cap adapted to releasably close said first end of said elongate tubular body; said first imperforate cap, when secured to said first end, preventing liquid fluid from flowing out of said first end of said elongate tubular body independently of the position of the bailer; said first imperforate cap adapted to receive said handle when said first imperforate cap is secured to said first end of said elongate tubular body so that said handle is not removed when said first imperforate cap is placed into closing relation to said first end of said elongate tubular body; said second end having a one-way valved opening so that liquid fluid flows into said elongate tubular body when said bailer is immersed in a body of liquid fluid and so that said liquid fluid is substantially prevented from flowing out of said elongate tubular body when said bailer is lifted from said body of liquid fluid; a second imperforate cap adapted to releasably close said second end of said elongate tubular body; said second imperforate cap, when secured to said second end, preventing liquid fluid from flowing out of said second end of said elongate tubular body independently of the position of the bailer.