Towed line floater
CA 2379248 A1 · Owner: Geco As · Inventors: Boudet, Loic Pierre; Hocquet, Philippe
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The invention concerns a floater comprising a pod (6) similar to standard floaters, but in this particular case with a strut (7) mounted thereon such that the pod is entirely submerged. Such an arrangement combined with other , secondary ones, enables to reduce vertical oscillations of the floater caused by the swell while providing it with suitable stability towards other perturbations. Thus, a structure (1) suspended to the floater (5) and forming part of a line (2, 3) towed by a ship remains at a constant depth. The invention is applicable, for instance, to seismic tests at sea.
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- Filed July 13, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 13, 2020.
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