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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:
Feb. 09, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Geco Well Services A.S., Sandivika, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1141 / ; 367 16 ; 114230 ;
Abstract
An arrangement for spacing a floating body from a mother vessel during borehole-seismic measurements, wherein the floating body includes at least two buoyant bodies connected by a rigid framework and which supports the seismic equipment, the floating body is maintained in a correct position for transmitting seismic pulses by a crane or boom mounted on the mother vessel, a tube or hose system is mounted on the framework for ejecting a pressurized medium, preferably water, against the side of the vessel through nozzles, and the pressurized medium is transferred to the system through a hose coupled to a source of pressurized fluid on board the vessel.