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Method and device for operation of equipment installed in marine seismic tows

  • US 5,329,071 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1993
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for operating equipment provided in marine, seismic tows remote from a towing vessel and towed by towing cables, said equipment including at least one of adjusting mechanisms for deflectors on said towing cables, devices for lowering and raising seismic guns, devices for use in tailbuoys in streamers, and electronic equipment, comprising;

  • first sealed chamber means on said towing cable;

    second sealed chamber means on said towing cable separate and sealed from said first chamber means;

    low voltage chargeable power means in said first chamber means;

    charging means in said second chamber means operatively connected by electrical conduit means to said low voltage power means for charging said low voltage power means;

    electrically powered equipment operating means in said second chamber means electrically connected to said low voltage power means for operation thereby;

    control means in said second chamber means electrically connected to said charging means and equipment operating means for controlling operations of said means in said second chamber means and thereby controlling operation of said equipment; and

    central control means on said vessel for transmitting control signals to said control means in said second chamber means.

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