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Apparatus for sensor installations in wells

US5804713A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1997
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C23/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for the installation of sensors (37) in channels (31), which apparatus comprises a first channel (31) containing at least one sensor location arrangement (35), the first channel (31) and the sensor location arrangement (35) being such that at least one sensor (37) is able to be pumped through the first channel (31) to the sensor location arrangement (35), the sensor location arrangement (35) being provided with at least one turn (3) such that the physical disposition of the sensor (37) after it has been pumped to the sensor location arrangement (35) is not linear, and the turn (3) being such that it comprises a loop of hydraulic conduit.

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