Deep ocean environmental sampler

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SAMPLES OF WATER FROM A SURROUNDING BODY OF WATER AND MAINTAINING THE SAMPLE AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE OF THE WATER FROM WHICH THE SAMPLE IS TAKEN WHICH COMPRISES: A LINEAR CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS; RODS MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID CONTAINER COAXIAL WITH SAID CONTAINER; A FIRST PISTON ON ONE END OF SAID ROD MEANS; A SECOND PISTON ON SAID ROD MEANS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PISTON; SAID FIRST PISTON ADAPTED TO BE EXTENDED WITH SAID ROD MEANS FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER; SAID SECOND PISTON CONFINED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND MOVABLE WITH SAID ROD MEANS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN SAID LOWER END AND SAID UPPER END THEREOF; PUSHING AND PULLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ROD MEANS PROVIDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ROD AND SAID PISTONS RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER AND FOR MOVING SAID FIRST PISTON OUT OF AND INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PISTON BETWEEN SAID LOWER AND UPPER ENDS OF SAID CONTAINER, WHEREBY A SAMPLE OF WATER IS TRAPPED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PISTONS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BY MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PISTON FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER TO SAID UPPER END THEREOF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST PISTON EXTENDED FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER INTO SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID DEVICE IS LOCATED WITHIN A BODY OF SURROUNDING WATER; SEALING MEANS ON EACH OF SAID PISTONS WHICH PREVENT ANY OF THE TRAPPED WATER SAMPLE FROM LEAKING FROM SAID CONTAINER AND UPON ANY PRESSURE CHANGE LOCK SAID ROD AND PISTONS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, ORIFICE MEANS IN SAID SECOND PISTON WHICH PROVIDES A CONVENIENT MEANS OF EXTRACTING THE TRAPPED WATER SAMPLE FROM SAID CONTAINER FOR CLOSE STUDY; AND VALVE MEANS FOR CLOSING AND OPENING SAID ORIFICE AS DESIRED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SAMPLES OF WATER FROM A SURROUNDING BODY OF WATER AND MAINTAINING THE SAMPLE AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE OF THE WATER FROM WHICH THE SAMPLE IS TAKEN WHICH COMPRISES: A LINEAR CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS; RODS MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID CONTAINER COAXIAL WITH SAID CONTAINER; A FIRST PISTON ON ONE END OF SAID ROD MEANS; A SECOND PISTON ON SAID ROD MEANS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PISTON; SAID FIRST PISTON ADAPTED TO BE EXTENDED WITH SAID ROD MEANS FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER; SAID SECOND PISTON CONFINED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND MOVABLE WITH SAID ROD MEANS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN SAID LOWER END AND SAID UPPER END THEREOF; PUSHING AND PULLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ROD MEANS PROVIDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ROD AND SAID PISTONS RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER AND FOR MOVING SAID FIRST PISTON OUT OF AND INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PISTON BETWEEN SAID LOWER AND UPPER ENDS OF SAID CONTAINER, WHEREBY A SAMPLE OF WATER IS TRAPPED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PISTONS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BY MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND PISTON FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER TO SAID UPPER END THEREOF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST PISTON EXTENDED FROM SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER INTO SAID LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID DEVICE IS LOCATED WITHIN A BODY OF SURROUNDING WATER; SEALING MEANS ON EACH OF SAID PISTONS WHICH PREVENT ANY OF THE TRAPPED WATER SAMPLE FROM LEAKING FROM SAID CONTAINER AND UPON ANY PRESSURE CHANGE LOCK SAID ROD AND PISTONS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, ORIFICE MEANS IN SAID SECOND PISTON WHICH PROVIDES A CONVENIENT MEANS OF EXTRACTING THE TRAPPED WATER SAMPLE FROM SAID CONTAINER FOR CLOSE STUDY; AND VALVE MEANS FOR CLOSING AND OPENING SAID ORIFICE AS DESIRED.