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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Per Brinchmann-Hansen, Oslo, NO;
Petroleum Geo-Services AS, Lysaker, NO;
Abstract
A device (10) for connecting a towed seismic streamer (6) to a lead-in towing cable (7) and to a towing wire (8) is provided. The device (10) comprises a first connecting part (11) with coupling means (11A) for connecting to the foremost end of the streamer (6), a second connecting part (12) with coupling means (12A) for connecting to the end of the lead-in towing cable (7), and an intermediate part (15) having two connecting points (16, 17) for rotatable connection with the first and second connecting parts (11, 12), respectively. The device (10) also comprises a rotatable fastening member (20) for connecting to the towing wire (8) and a flexible conducting means (21) between the opposite ends of connecting parts (11, 12) for electric connection between streamer (6) and lead-in towing cable (7). The angles between the streamer (6), the lead-in towing cable (7), and the towing wire (8) are variable within limits.
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