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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Don A. Vroblesky, Columbia, SC (US);
Don A. Vroblesky, Columbia, SC (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Interior, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method and device for sampling pore water, including an elongated tubular outer body having a grid framework forming multiple perforations throughout the entire outer body. The grid framework surrounding the perforations has raised and beveled sides. An elongated, perforated tubular inner body is contained within the outer body. The inner body has a diameter less than a diameter of the outer body, which forms a cavity between the inner body and the outer body. The cavity is filled with an inert granular filler material. A first outer cap and a second outer cap cover respective ends of the outer body. A coupling is placed in fluid communication with the inner body and protrudes through the first outer cap. A tube is attached to the coupling protruding through the first outer cap to transfer a water sample to a sample collection site.