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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2003
Gilbert Brassell, Golden, CO (US);
Terry J. Wickland, Evergreen, CO (US);
Darold M. Popish, Golden, CO (US);
Gilbert Brassell, Golden, CO (US);
Terry J. Wickland, Evergreen, CO (US);
Darold M. Popish, Golden, CO (US);
Nuclear Filter Technology, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
A probe with an integral filtered vent and sampling port has a hollow shaft configured as a drill bit which in use passes through the lid of a drum containing waste products within a liner. The hollow shaft has a penetrating tip and at lest two radial bores, one of which is positioned to open to the space within the liner and the other of which is positioned to open to the space above the liner and between the liner and drum lid. The shaft has a head with a pocket which contains a filter element, the head also having a radial sampling port with a septa seal. In order to sample head space gases, a hypodermic needle is pushed through the septa seal into the longitudinal bore of the hollow shaft, and then withdrawn, allowing the septa seal to close behind the needle. The probe is especially useful for sampling nuclear waste stored within drums having liners. This is because the probe has a first radial port adjacent the penetrating tip thereof which samples gas within the liner and a second radial port disposed between the liner and lid for sampling gas which has escaped past the liner.