Punjab Type Silt Sampler

This is the most common type of suspended sediment Sampler it consists of a metallic one litre capacity bottle held vertically in the metallic frame at one of a adequate length of pipe with lever attached to the lower end and a flexible wire running with the help of one spring and lever for opening and closing the mouth of bottle fitted with rubber cock during sampling. The sampler has advantages, of low cost, simplicity in design and operation.