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US 5,235,758 AGranted
Cable drier
OwnerW. B. Leonardinventor
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Abstract
A device for force-drying an instrumented, multi-strand cable such as a seismic marine cable, consists of a reel having a slotted core around which the carcass of a cable is wrapped. A source of warmed, dehumidified air is blown into the interior of the core. The air circulates through the slots in the core, to circulate through the wraps of the cable, thereby to dry the cable carcass.
Claims5
A cable drier, comprising:
- a winding drum means for receiving a plurality of wraps of a carcass of a streamer cable, said winding drum means including a hollow perforated core and a pair of oppositely-disposed flanges secured to the ends of said core;
- means for injecting a volume of air into said core and through said perforations, said volume of air providing means for force-drying the streamer cable carcass that is wrapped around said core;
- and
- means for de-humidifying said volume of injected air.
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A method for rapidly drying the carcass of a multi-strand, instrumented cable, comprising:
- providing a winding drum having a hollow core;
- securing a flange to each end of said core;
- perforating said core in a plurality of places;
- wrapping the carcass of a cable a plurality of times around said core;
- and
- injecting a high volume of low-pressure dehumidified air heated to a desired temperature into the interior of said hollow core and through the perforated places of said core and around the wraps of said carcass thereby rapidly to force-dry said carcass.
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A cable drier carcass assembly, comprising:
- a drum, said drum including an elongated hollow slotted cylindrical core means for receiving the carcass of a cable section therearound;
- a flange portion disposed at the opposite ends of said hollow core;
- a fixture means in one of said flange portions for providing fluid communication with the interior of said hollow core;
- a source of dehumidified air;
- and
- means for injecting a volume of dehumidified air from said source through said fixture into the interior of said hollow slotted core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.