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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jimmy R Cole, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Syntron, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 1142 / ; 340 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus to control the depth in the water of a cable, such as a cable streamer of seismic geophones or hydrophones towed behind an exploration boat during seismic surveys of submerged formations, and maintain the cable at a desired depth while operating at reduced noise levels and with improved operating characteristics. The depth at which the cable is maintained may be adjusted for a range of selected depths.