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Device for generating acoustic waves in a liquid medium

US3949831A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1974
Grant dateApr 13, 1976
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Expiry dateApr 29, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V1/135
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for generating acoustic waves in a liquid, comprising two hollow enclosures communicating through a narrow passageway, a valve interposed in said passage way for controlling said communication, means for feeding a first one of said enclosures, in free communication with the ambient liquid, with pressurized fluid and suction means for reducing the pressure in the second enclosure to a level considerably lower than that prevailing in the first one.

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