US 12,140,583 B2
Lysimeter device
Asher Azenkot, Ramat Yishi (IL)
Appl. No. 17/767,967
Filed by Asher Azenkot, Ramat Yishi (IL)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/043982, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,208, filed on Aug. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280328 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/24 (2013.01) [G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 33/245 (2024.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lysimeter device for monitoring and measuring the concentration of water-soluble compounds in the soil comprising:
two tubes, the first tube inserted into the second tube,
a sealing plate,
a clogging prevention component (CPC),
the external tube is sealed by said sealing plate at one end of said external tube,
said external tube has the internal tube inserted into it so as have said internal tube not reaching nor touching said sealing plate,
said internal tube extends outward from said external tube from the open end of said external tube,
said external tube has an opening in the wall of said tube in a portion above said sealing plate,
said opening in said external tube is covered by said CPC and said CPC is fixated to the opening, said CPC comprises:
a stabilizing-bar component, a geotechnical textile fabric component, and inert material beads,
said geotechnical textile fabric component is wrapped and engulfs said stabilizing-bar component having said inert material beads packed between said stabilizing bar and said geotechnical textile fabric component.