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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Gunther H. Rosen, San Diego, CA (US);
David Bart Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Brittney Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa G Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron B. Burmeister, La Mesa, CA (US);
Gunther H. Rosen, San Diego, CA (US);
David Bart Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Brittney Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa G Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron B. Burmeister, La Mesa, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A core catcher comprising: a cap configured to be secured to a first end of a core liner such that when the first end of the core liner is inserted into sediment a sample sediment core enters the core liner through the cap; a cross-beam coupled to the cap and mounted across the first end of the core liner such that a cross-section of the first end of the core liner is divided into two openings; a flexible member secured to the cross-beam such that the flexible member, the cross-beam, and the cap form a dual-flap valve designed to allow the sediment core to enter the core liner through the two openings and to prevent the sediment core from escaping the core liner through the cap.