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  • Multiple-port, multiple-chamber, tuned air-powered subsea seismic source
    Patent number: 4648479
    Abstract: The invention is a multi-port, multi-chamber, tuned, air-powered subsea seismic source. It is suitable for producing a seismic wave in a subsea environment during seismic prospecting. Interconnected pressurized chambers are formed between plates located on a movable shuttle and cylinder walls extending inward from the source housing. The source is fired by moving the shuttle through a stroke and allowing the pressurized air within the air chambers to exit through ports into the surrounding water. A unique seal arrangement in also shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Exxon Production Research Co.
    Inventor: George A. Dolengowski