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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/mcgill University, Montreal, CA;
Viacheslav Adamchuk, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Nandkishor Dhawale, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Frédéric René-Laforest, Montreal, CA;
Shiv Prasher, Baie d'Urfé, CA;
Antoine Pouliot, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA;
Abstract
A soil analysis apparatus includes at least one sensor element for measuring a property of the soil; a blade assembly having at least one blade and being displaceable between a raised position and an excavation position, the at least one blade being operable to excavate the soil at a test location when the blade assembly is in the excavation position, the blade assembly being further operable to enter a sensor permitting configuration; and a first actuator operable to displace the at least one sensor element between an initial position and a sensing position along a sensor displacement path, the sensor element being proximate the soil at the test location when in the sensing position.