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All-terrain vehicle

  • US 10,076,938 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2016
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An all-terrain rover, comprising:

  • a. a ladder frame having one or more crosspieces;

    b. two drive units connected on opposite sides of the frame;

    c. first and second auger cylinders engaged with the drive units so as to be urged into rotation by the drive units, each cylinder comprising;

    d. a sealed hollow cylinder; and

    e. a spiral auger flange affixed to the exterior of the cylinder,wherein the drive units are in contact with axes of the auger cylinders and the flange of the first cylinder is wound in an opposite direction to the flange of the second cylinder, and wherein the cylinders are each counter-rotated to urge the rover forward, and wherein sampling equipment is mounted onto the rover, and wherein the sampling eqipment comprising a valved core sampler tip connected to a descent mechanism to lower the tip into a surface below the rover.

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