Underwater drilling device and method for procuring and analyzing ground samples of a bed of a body of water

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PATENT NO 9909377
APP PUB NO 20170152719A1
SERIAL NO

15309912

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The invention relates to underwater drilling for procuring and analyzing ground samples of a bed of a body of water. An underwater drilling device placed onto a bed of the body of water. By a drill drive a drill rod composed of at least one tubular drill rod element is drilled into the bed of the body of water in a first drilling step, wherein a drill core is received in a receiving part in the tubular drill rod element. The receiving part with the drill core is deposited in a storage place of a storage area on the base frame. Subsequently, one further drilling step is carried out with a further drill rod element. By means of sensor means at least one physical and/or chemical property of the drill core is determined. data on the storage place of the drill core in the second storage area.

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BAUER MASCHINEN GMBHBAUER-STR 1 SCHROBENHAUSEN 86529
UNIVERSITAET BREMENBIBLIOTHEKSTRASSE 1 28359 BREMEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Finkenzeller, Stefan Michael Reichertshofen, DE 18 32
Freudenthal, Tim Ottersberg, DE 1 3
Weixler, Leonhard Thierhaupten, DE 19 130

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