Abstract:
A device for generating acoustic pulses by driving suddenly into a body lowered in a well a piston having a face in contact with the liquid contained in the well and adapted for sliding inside said body. The device comprises a valve securely fixed to the piston, a second piston and a hydraulic system disposed completely in the body and comprising principally a pump, electro-valves, an equalizing cylinder, a low pressure reservoir and supply circuits, for moving the valve and the piston to a set position and for immobilizing it intermittently.
Abstract:
A sound wave receiving device associated with a probe lowered into a well at the end of a cable and applied against the wall of the well by opening anchorage arms. In the part of the probe in contact with the wall of the well there is disposed at least one receiver assembly comprising a sensor case connected by a resilient sheath and a sleeve, movable along a cylinder integral with the body, to the rod of a piston sliding in said cylinder. A hydraulic and/or pneumatic system is provided for placing the case in contact with the wall and increasing the force of application of said case.
Abstract:
Device for generating seismic impulses for, for example, seismic prospecting, inside a hole or drilling well by impact of a weight or mass falling onto a target element coupled with a wall of the hole or drilling well. The target element is bound up with a variable volume anchorage element capable of being expanded so that it strikes against the wall of the hole or drilling well and is surmounted by a guiding column along which slides a hammer or weight forming the mass. A cable lifting system and magnetic devices enable the hammer or weight to be hoisted to a particular height above the target element.
Abstract:
A device for generating sound pulses in a well by a mobile mass striking against a target element integral with an elongate body anchored in a well by retractable shoes actuated by hydraulic cylinders. The mobile mass which slides in a first chamber in the body is moved away by a piston moving in a second chamber of the body and intermittently locked in the moved away position by a valve. The piston, the valve and also the hydraulic cylinders acting on the anchorage shoes are actuated by a hydraulic system which may be remote controlled from the surface.
Abstract:
In order to display alternately various parameters in the same aperture (46) of a dial or possibly in distinct apertures, the watch is provided with a rotating display disc (51) which includes a series (60) of numbers, representing the dates (1-31) on one part of its circumference and, on the rest of the circumference, at least one image of a celestial body, for example the moon (62) and/or the sun, and optionally other symbols (64). Over time, this image is set in different positions in the aperture, to represent the phases of the moon or the rising and setting of the sun. In an electronic watch, the display disc is preferably driven by an electric motor (54) via a large reduction gear (56).
Abstract:
A retractable anchoring device for a sonde to be lowered into a well for logging purpose, is adapted to rigidly position the sonde at a preselected depth. The device comprises pivotable anchoring arms adapted to apply against the wall of the well a substantially constant force produced by associated jacks actuated by driving means so as to apply to the respective arms forces which are limited by specific valves therefor in the hydraulic circuit feeding of the jacks.
Abstract:
A plastic injection molding device comprises a fixed plate 5 and a movable plate 7 bearing the two halves of a mold 3, a fixed plate 10 forming a bed, and hydraulic jacks 15, 17, 20 for moving and locking the plate 7. The plates are fixed or slidably mounted within a plurality of parallel hollow rectangular frames 11 which evenly distribute the forces transmitted by the fixed plates.
Abstract:
An optical recording device comprising a rigid arm carrying an optical system generating a light beam whose characteristics are varied in response and in relationship to a signal to be recorded. The arm is driven in an oscillatory movement by a motor of circular movement associated to a crank. The device further comprises a recording support unrolled along a direction orthogonal to that of the arm oscillatory movement, and means for synchronizing the control of the optical system with the movement of the arm.
Abstract:
Device for embedding in the ground a line of seismic receivers, comprising handling means for unwinding said line from storage reels placed on a vehicle, means for digging a trench into the ground, including a vibrating tool hauled behind said vehicle, a guiding member for guiding the line to the bottom of the trench, associated to the vibrating tool through elastic means so as to substantially dampen the vibrations imparted to the guiding member and consequently to the receivers of the line guided therewith.
Abstract:
Shock absorber comprising a casing delimiting an inner recess having two portions of different diameters and containing a liquid, a piston assembly consisting of two pistons of slightly different diameters mounted on the same rod and slidable into said recess, the larger of said pistons being traversed by a channel for liquid passage, a liquid reservoir either inside the rod or outside the casing, in communication with the inner recess through a further channel, sealing structure tightening the recess from the external medium and an element in the reservoir which is compressed or expanded in response to a change in the pressure of the liquid contained in the reservoir.