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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Luscombe, Sugarland, TX (US);
Robert M Braham, Christchurch, Dorset, GB;
Michael L Maples, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 20 ; 1741015 ;
Abstract
A seismic marine streamer (10) including hydrophones (12) housed in elongate flexible tubes (11), a pair of load carrying rope members (25, 26), and a plurality of spacers (15) which substantially fill the internal cross-section of the tube (11), the internal void within the tube being filled by a liquid, the two rope carrying members (25, 26) interconnect end fittings (21, 22) located one at each end of a tube (11) and passing through each spacer (15) on diametrically opposite sides thereof.