Depth control device for an underwater cable

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1998-06-10

2000-01-18

Oda, Christine K.

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Seismic prospecting

Offshore prospecting

367 16, 114245, 118110, G01V 138

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060162864

ABSTRACT:
A depth control device for an underwater cable includes a rotary actuator having a rotating output shaft connected to a swash plate. Rotation of the swash plate by the actuator causes a rocker arm to pivot about an axis transverse to the axis of the output shaft. The rocker arm is drivingly connected to a drive shaft for rotating wings about their pitch axes. The pitch axes of the wings can be perpendicular to and intersecting the axis of the actuator output shaft, enabling the depth control device to be extremely compact.

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