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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Fairfield Industries, Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Roger L. Fyffe, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Etienne Marc, Houston, TX (US);
Magseis FF LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to loading a helical conveyor for underwater seismic exploration. The system includes a case and a first conveyor having a helix structure provided within the case to support one or more ocean bottom seismometer ('OBS') units. The case can include a first opening at a first end of the first conveyor and a second opening at a second end of the first conveyor. The system can include a base to receive at least a portion of the case. The system can include a second conveyor positioned external to the case that can move an OBS unit into the first opening at the first end of the first conveyor. The first conveyor can receive the OBS unit and direct the OBS unit towards the second opening at the second end of the first conveyor.