APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING COAL IN SEA PORTS Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: sampling loose materials. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has devices for preparing different-size samples in the form of crushers. The latter are mounted at the same technological level and coupled with samplers through a system of chutes with flap gates. The gates are adapted for directing samples taken by each sampler into any crusher. The samplers are made in the form of pendulum buckets. The apparatus is provided with a conveyer for collecting and removing wastes from under the crushers. The smaplers are provided with a set of replaceable buckets with different opening width corresponding to dimensions of maximum lumps of coal being sampled and analyzed. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency, reliability. 3 cl, 1 dwg