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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jerry L. Laws, Huntsville, TX (US);
Larry E. Berges, New Iberia, LA (US);
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jerry L. Laws, Huntsville, TX (US);
Larry E. Berges, New Iberia, LA (US);
Fairfield Industries Incorporated, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deploying a plurality of seismic sensor units into a water column is provided. In one embodiment, a marine vessel is provided. The marine vessel includes a node storage and handling system disposed on a deck of the vessel. The node storage and handling system comprises a cable handler positioned adjacent a workstation proximate to a stern of the vessel, a node storage rack positioned between a bow and the stern of the vessel, the workstation being substantially parallel to a length of the node storage rack, and at least a first conveyor and a second conveyor positioned between the node storage rack and the workstation, wherein one of the first conveyor or the second conveyor is vertically movable relative to the node storage rack.