Automatic drill cuttings sampler

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR OBTAINING REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF ENTRAINED PARTICULATE SOLIDS CONTAINED IN A FLOWING STREAM OF FLUID, COMPRISING A TUBULAR ELEMENT; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT FOR ADAPTING ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT TO BE INSERTED INTO AND ATTACHED TO A FLOW LINE THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE TO BE SAMPLED; FIRST HINGED VALVE MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT; MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID VALVE MEANS COMPRISING A RIGID ELONGATED ELEMENT AFFIXED THERETO AND EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING PROVIDED THEREFOR IN SAID ADAPTING MEANS, SEALING MOUNTED SLIDABLY ENGAGING SAID ELONGATED ELEMENT AND MOUNTED IN SAID OPENING; SECOND VALVE MEANS AFFIXED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT; FIRST VALVE ACTUATING MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID FIRST VALVE MEANS; SECOND VALVE ACTUATING MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID SECOND VALVE MEANS; AND AUTOMATIC TIMING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVE ACTUATING MEANS FOR COORDINATING THE OPERATION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVE ACTUATING MEANS.