Grain probe with ratchet handle

Claim 1

A GRAIN SAMPLING PROBE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBE HAVING A LEADING END PROVIDED WITH A PENETRATING POINT AND AN AUGER COOPERABLE WITH AND CONSTITUTING A PART OF SAID PENETRATING POINT, SAID TUBE BEING OPEN AT ITS UPPER END AND PROVIDED ALONG ITS BODY PORTION WITH A PLURALITY OF HOLES PERMITTING GRAIN TO PASS THERETHROUGH INTO THE INNER HOLLOW CHAMBER PORTION OF SAID TUBE, A RIGID CAP REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON AND CLOSING SAID UPPER END, SAID CAP BEING PROVIDED WITH A FIXED UPSTANDING AXIALLY DISPOSED POST, A THRUST PRESSURE BUTTON AXIALLY ALINGED WITH AND SWIVELLY MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID POST, AND A REINFORCING MEMBER ENCOMPASSING THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID POST AND HAVING AN UPPER END FIXEDLY JOINED TO A MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID POST BELOW SAID PRESSURE EXERTING BUTTON AND HAVING A LOWER END PORTION FIXEDLY JOINED TO THE TOP SIDE OF SAID CAP, PAWL AND RATCHET MEANS MOUNTED ON AND ENCIRCLING AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID TUBE ADJACENT TO BUT SPACED SLIGHTLY BELOW SAID CAP, AND A TUBE TURNING HANDLE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID TUBE AND COOPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID SAID PAWL AND RATCHET MEANS.