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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Andre′ W. Olivier, River Ridge, LA (US);
Inventor:
Andre′ W. Olivier, River Ridge, LA (US);
Assignee:
ION Geophysical Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3843 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for retrieving instrumented marine cables. The cable-handling apparatus comprises carriers that capture and pull on rigid elements in or on a marine cable to retrieve the cable hand-over-hand onto a deployment vessel. The carriers are spaced apart along an endless path on spacings matching the spacings of the rigid elements in the cable. A take-up mechanism allows manual adjustment of the relative spacings of the carriers to account for tolerances in the spacings of the rigid elements on the cable.