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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Fernando J. Muzzio, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Albert Alexander, Somerset, NJ (US);
Dean Brone, Pomona, NY (US);
Michael Roddy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Fernando J. Muzzio, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Albert Alexander, Somerset, NJ (US);
Dean Brone, Pomona, NY (US);
Michael Roddy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
A powder sampling method and apparatus is provided for sampling powder from a mixer or a drum. An undisturbed column of powder is extracted from a vessel. The column of powder may then be sectioned into subunits, using a discharge device, providing up to dozens of samples per insertion. Larger number of representative samples of controlled size from a powder bed can be acquired.