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<p id="pa01" num="0001">A ground penetrating device, comprising a housing, a locking arrangement (6) for locking the housing inside a borehole, a penetration member (5) arranged to move relative to the housing (20) in a penetration direction; and a force transmission element (9) provided movably relative to the housing (2), a conversion mechanism (10) for converting a movement of the force transmission element (9) in a direction different from the penetration direction to a movement of the penetration member (5) in the penetration direction.
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