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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1976
Filed:
May. 08, 1974
John Lloyd Paitson, Houston, TX (US);
Western Geophysical Company of America, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A depth controller whose streamlined body has only negative variable lift-producing means, such as a pair of vanes that can produce a controllable downward force. Embodied in the controller are also means providing an uncontrollable upward force. The vanes are preferably movable by translation or rotation in a single plane, inclined relative to the horizontal. Depth control means are operatively coupled to retract the vanes inward as the controller moves from the water surface down to a reference depth. The uncontrollable positive lift producing means return the controller to the desired depth should it fall below the reference depth. Each controller can be used to effectively maintain a seismic streamer cable section at or near the desired reference depth.