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Shuttle-in receiver for radio-imaging underground geologic structures

  • US 6,927,698 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2002
  • Issued: 08/09/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An underground coal-bed radio imaging system, comprising:

  • a radio transmitter for underground placement in a first location at one side of a coal deposit;

    a radio receiver for underground placement in a second location at another side of said coal deposit, and providing for measurements of radio signals from the transmitter that pass between said first and second locations; and

    a shuttle body in which the radio receiver is disposed and providing for changes in said second location;

    a plastic pipe for insertion into a borehole in said coal deposit and providing for a sliding pathway for the shuttle body to move between a plurality of said second locations; and

    a hydraulic-pressure means attached to one end of the plastic pipe and for providing a motivating means to push the shuttle body to a distal end.

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