DEVICE FOR SOIL SAMPLING Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N1/04 G01N1/08 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device for soil sampling comprises a cylindrical tube with a sharpened cutting edge, a three-rod fork, and handles. The device is provided with an intake cylindrical cup 1 with the sharpened cutting edge 2 in its lower part and adapted to extract a sample, comprising a pusher 8 located inside of the intake cup 1, rigidly connected by the fork of three rods 9, freely passing through openings 12 of the cup lid, to the flange 10 with a hub 11 over the cup at an angle 120° relative to each other, having the ability to move along the rod 5 of the device. And mounting on the soil surface and extracting from it is carried out by the handles 7 of the impact tip 6 fastened to the upper part of the rod 5 of the device. Filling the intake cup 1 with the sample and its removal is carried out by impacts on the tip 6 of the rod 5 and the flange 10 of the device to extract the sample, fixed on the lower edge of its hub 11 relative to notches of the dimensional scale 13 applied to the rod 5 of the device.

EFFECT: improving quality of soil sample of undisturbed structure and simplification of design.

2 dwg