Towed line floater

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B

B63B 21/66 (2006.01) B63G 8/42 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2379248

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.

Ce flotteur comprend un fuseau (6) analogue à des flotteurs classiques, mais qui est ici surmonté par une jambe (7) de sorte que le fuseau (6) est entièrement immergé. Cette disposition, combinée à d'autres qui sont secondaires, permet de diminuer les oscillations verticales du flotteur que la houle produit tout en lui assurant une bonne tenue de route et une stabilité convenable aux autres perturbations. Ainsi, une structure (1) suspendue au flotteur (5) et qui fait partie d'une ligne (2, 3) touée par un navire reste à une profondeur constante. Cette invention s'applique par exemple aux essais sismiques en mer.

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