| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/FR96/00912 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 17, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 17, 1998 PCT Filed Jun. 14, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/00513 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 3, 1997The invention relates to towed acoustic transmitters forming an underwater vehicle which is itself intended for towing a linear acoustic receiving array (105). It consists in placing the vertical faired acoustic array (303) of such a transmitter at the very rear of the underwater vehicle, and in balancing the weight of this array by a faired ballast (313) situated at the very front thereof. These two parts are joined by a girder (310) of small cross-section, and the center of gravity of the whole is situated at the front of this girder and beneath it. The vehicle is towed by a cable (101) fastened to the vehicle by a hook (314) fixed to a swivel joint (315) above the center of gravity. It makes it possible to facilitate the operations of submersion and fishing-out of the whole while also achieving a greater depth of submersion. |
