Acoustics – Geophysical or subsurface exploration – Well logging
Patent
1990-09-10
1991-12-31
Steinberger, Brian S.
Acoustics
Geophysical or subsurface exploration
Well logging
166 77, 175171, G01V 140
Patent
active
050763920
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for forcing a member or device, such as a sample tube or seismic or geological instrument, through a material such as soil along a selected line of action. The apparatus includes a derrick with first and second plates mounted thereto, the second plate having a locking dog extending through a hole therein for engaging a collar set in material, and the first plate being provided with a hydraulic cylinder or other device for forcing the member through the material. The first plate is also provided with an extruder head for releasably mounting the sample-containing sample tube thereto, and the hydraulic cylinder is provided with a plunger releasably mounted to the ram thereof, for extruding the sample from the sample tube.
The collar positively engages the material to provide an apparatus for transmitting the reactive forces resulting from forcing the member through the material to the material. The outer surface of the collar is shaped to approximate the shape of the hole and the collar is provided with a lip for engaging a discontinuity or groove in the wall of the hole to transmit the reactive force exerted by the force exerting apparatus to the material. The collar is also provided with a lip for engaging the locking dog. Also provided is an apparatus for removing material from the wall of the hole through the material and a method of sampling the material under a strata.
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