PROBE FOR EXAMINATION OF SOIL PROPERTIES Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: construction; mining. SUBSTANCE: probe has nose part, body with recording equipment, detachable tail-stabilizer with transmitting radio equipment, and assembly of wire communication line. Body is made as truncated cone widening in direction from nose part to tail-stabilizer. Angle of inclination of cone generatrix to probe axis is determined by formula which includes empirical contacts depending on nose part form and relation of nose part length to diameter of its base. Form of body follows form of hollow in soil developed during introduction of probe. It promotes stability of probe movement in soil. EFFECT: higher results of analysis. 9 dwg