Transporter for low energy seismic source
US4334591A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S181/401
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved seismic energy source having a base with an opening therethrough and having a gun mounted on the base for firing a projectile to impact on the earth's surface and generate a seismic signal, the improvement including a spatter plate and a flexible diaphragm affixed at its periphery to the base lower end, the diaphragm having an opening through which the projectile fired by the gun passes, the diaphragm serving to keep the base chamber free of compacted soil kicked up when the projectile impacts the earth and to contain and quiet the muzzle blast.
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