Container system for seismic cable and stations
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01V-001/38
F16L-001/12
F16L-001/20
B63B-025/28
B63B-038/00
출원번호
US-0234431
(2008-09-19)
등록번호
US-8942059
(2015-01-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Furuhaug, Roar
출원인 / 주소
Optoplan AS
대리인 / 주소
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
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10인용 특허 :
13
초록▼
Container systems used in storage, deployment or retrieval of a seismic cable array comprise a container, at least two coiling elements attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage means for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, a number of seismic stations and/or a numb
Container systems used in storage, deployment or retrieval of a seismic cable array comprise a container, at least two coiling elements attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage means for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, a number of seismic stations and/or a number of couplers/splices and/or other discontinuities which are being interconnected by sections of the seismic cable. Said storage means is arranged between said coiling elements and are attached to the bottom side of the container. The seismic cable is spooled or wound around said coiling elements. Corresponding methods of storing a seismic cable and deploying/retrieving the seismic cable are based on the use of at least two coiling elements and storage means for allocating or accommodating a number of seismic stations and/or a number of couplers/splices and/or a number of other discontinuities and arranged between said coiling elements.
대표청구항▼
1. A container system for use in storage, transportation, deployment and/or retrieval of a seismic cable comprising seismic stations, wherein the system comprises: a container, wherein said container is a standard 20′ or 40′ ISO container having an open top side or a detachable topside wall, at leas
1. A container system for use in storage, transportation, deployment and/or retrieval of a seismic cable comprising seismic stations, wherein the system comprises: a container, wherein said container is a standard 20′ or 40′ ISO container having an open top side or a detachable topside wall, at least two coiling elements for spooling of the seismic cable around them, each of said coiling elements having one end attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage device for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, at least one of: a number of seismic stations, a number of couplers/splices and a number of other discontinuities which are being interconnected by sections of the seismic cable; said storage device being arranged between said at least two coiling elements and attached to the bottom side of the container. 2. The container system according to claim 1, wherein on at least one side of the succession or group formed by said at least two coiling elements and said storage device in-between, there is space or room between said storage device and a side wall of the container, and wherein, when necessary or desired, said space or room allows the seismic cable, spooled or wound between said at least two coiling elements, to run there through and thus not only through said device for allocating or accommodating. 3. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the seismic stations have a substantially circular cross section in the direction of the seismic cable. 4. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the seismic stations have a substantially non-circular cross section in the direction of the seismic cable. 5. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the seismic stations have a substantially non-circular cross section in a direction perpendicular to the seismic cable direction. 6. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the seismic stations have a substantially circular cross section in a direction perpendicular to the seismic cable direction. 7. The container system according to claim 2, wherein the seismic cable is spooled or wound around said coiling elements and running in between through said storage device or said space with a twist of approximately 360 degrees for one closed round or loop or turn. 8. The container system according to claim 1, wherein said coiling elements are hollow. 9. The container system according to claim 1, wherein said container has at least one wall, e.g., its side walls and/or its top-side wall, being detachable. 10. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the cable is a lead-in cable comprising branch cables and Y-couplers, and wherein the branch cables from the other end of the Y-couplers are wound or spooled around a third coiling element, said third coiling element having one end attached to a bottom side of the container. 11. The container system according to claim 2, wherein the system is arranged for the seismic cable to be spooled or wound around the coiling elements and through said storage device or said space in a non-figure-8 pattern. 12. A method for loading and/or unloading of a seismic cable, comprising seismic stations and/or couplers/splices and/or other discontinuities, on top of and/or from top of a container system adapted for use in storage, transportation, deployment and/or retrieval of at least one seismic cable, the container system comprising a container being a standard 20′ or 40′ ISO container having an open top side or a detachable topside wall, the container system comprising at least two coiling elements for spooling seismic cable around them in a non-figure-8 pattern, each of said coiling elements having one end attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage device for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, seismic stations and/or couplers/splices and/or other discontinuities of the seismic cable said storage device being arranged between said at least two coiling elements and attached to the bottom side of the container, wherein the method comprises the following steps: loading/unloading the seismic cable around a first coiling element and through either storage device means when the respective cable length has a seismic station and/or coupler/splice and/or other discontinuity or at least one free space or room when the respective cable length does not have a seismic station and/or coupler/splice and/or other discontinuity, and around a second coiling element and back either through the storage device means when the respective cable length has a seismic station and/or coupler/splice and/or other discontinuity or through the free space or room when the respective cable length does not have a seismic station and/or coupler/splice and/or other discontinuity, and further around the first coiling element. 13. The method for loading and/or unloading according to claim 12, wherein the cable is a lead-in cable comprising branch cables and Y-couplers, and wherein the branch cables from the other end of the couplers are being wound or spooled around a third coiling element, said third coiling element having one end attached to a bottom side of the container. 14. The method for loading and/or unloading according to claim 12, wherein under loading the method further comprises the step of spooling or winding the seismic cable around said coiling elements and running in between through said storage device or said space with a twist of approximately 360 degrees for one closed round or loop or turn. 15. The method for loading and/or unloading according to claim 12, wherein the spooling or winding steps are repeated until the cable is completely loaded or unloaded. 16. A method of storing a seismic cable, comprising the steps of: providing a seismic cable array which comprises a number of seismic stations and/or couplers/splices and/or other discontinuities; andarranging said array in a container system, wherein the system comprises a container, said container being a standard 20′ or 40′ ISO container having an open top side or a detachable topside wall, and at least two coiling elements each having one end attached to a bottom side of the container and being adapted for spooling or coiling of the seismic cable array around them and storage device being adapted for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, at least one of: a number of seismic stations, a number of couplers/splices and a number of other discontinuities which are being interconnected by sections of the seismic cable; wherein said storage device is being arranged between said at least two coiling elements and attached to the bottom side of the container.
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