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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1980

Filed:

May. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jacques Cholet, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;

Jean Laurent, Saint Germain-en-Laye, FR;

Pierre Magneville, Vernouillet, FR;

Claude Duconge, Le Vesinet, FR;

Assignee:

Institute Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181120 ; 92 8 / ; 92129 ; 251 63 ; 251 634 ;
Abstract

This device comprises two movable elements of rigid material tightly interconnected by means of a deformable membrane forming therewith a tight internal enclosure, means for varying abruptly the volume of said enclosure by successively moving the two elements away from each other, maintaining them in spaced relationship and allowing them to be urged toward each other by the effect of the external hydrostatic pressure, in which the means for moving the two elements away from each other includes two cylinders and at least one piston slidable in one of said cylinders, associated to one of said movable elements and also to a push-member slidable in one of the cylinders and bearing on the other movable element and means for feeding said cylinder with pressurized fluid so as to maintain the elements in spaced relationship or to release them.


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