<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hank,</div><div>Could you not just scrape the jug along the bottom, then let the lid</div><div>Close on the contents when you place them back in the rack?</div><div>You have other problems like the containers floating away when you </div><div>descend! Maybe metal containers with magnets on the base of their </div><div>storage rack.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 21/05/2019, at 9:15 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="ydpcc36dfc5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>Alan, </div><div>That is the concept I think. I was also thinking of spring clamps with cups in the jaws. My hand grabs and squeezes the clamp opening the cups. The hand releases then the clamp closes and grabs material. </div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, May 20, 2019, 3:12:39 PM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div>The tubes only need to hold 30 cc and the containers only have to hold the material from spilling out and possibly contaminating the sample next to it, and they will be full of water. Alan, I am looking for something ready made.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Monday, May 20, 2019, 2:57:55 PM MDT, irox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv5745314194"><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><div>HI Hank,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>what is inside the tubes before they are opened? (I'm worried that if they are empty - 1atm of air - they will be hard to open at depth)</div><div>Who sealed do they need to be before and afterwards? (E.g. like jam jars with loose lids, or something hermetically sealed)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Also, that size tubes are you looking to use?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Ian.</div><br clear="none"><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;">-----Original Message-----
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<div>Brian,</div><div>Yes the squeezing from the hand opens it and after its filled and the hand lets go the lid closes</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Monday, May 20, 2019, 2:12:28 PM MDT, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv5745314194"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><font size="2" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Do you want the lid to close back up by itself ?</font><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Brian</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] idea</span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 18:45:24 +0000 (UTC)</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5745314194yqt2435096837" id="yiv5745314194yqt90414"><div style="font-size:13px;"><div>Okay fellow submarine nerds, I need an idea. I need to find containers for taking samples off the bottom that when they are squeezed they open a lid. Ideally I would grab each container from a rack and when I grab it the lid opens from the force of grabbing it.</div><div>Hank</div></div></div><span style="font-size:10pt;">_______________________________________________
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