MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621029752 A) filed by Kartik Chauhan; Dr. Dolatsinh Zala; Dr. Rajeshkumar G. Chaudhari; and Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on March 12, for 'manually operated water sampling apparatus for variable depth and orientation sampling.'

Inventor(s) include Kartik Chauhan; Dr. Dolatsinh Zala; Dr. Rajeshkumar G. Chaudhari; Vijay Patel; Ashutosh Gupta; Mustufa Vohra; Dr. Vaibhav Bhatt; Sandip H. Bhatt; and Jigisha Thakkar.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Manually Operated Water Sampling Apparatus for Variable Depth and Orientation Sampling, in which the water sampling unit (1) includes a head assembly (2), an angled rod assembly (3), a straight rod (4), and a torch attachment (5). The head assembly (2) includes a connector (2 (a)), a rubber holding pin (2 (b)), a sample container mount (2 (c)), a sampling container (2 (d)), a rubber tightening pin (2 (e)), a rubber port (2 (f)), and a rubber strap (2 (g)) for removably securing the sampling container (2 (d)). The angled rod assembly (3) comprises a rotation pin (3 (a)), an angular adjustment pin (3 (b)), a locking or extension pin (3 (c)), a connecting part 1 (3 (d)), and a connecting part 2 (3 (e)), enabling angular orientation and depth adjustment. The straight rod (4) provides manual handling, while the torch attachment (5) illuminates the sampling area."

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