Marine geophysical equipment cleaner

摘要

Techniques are disclosed relating to an apparatus with scraping members for cleaning a geophysical equipment (e.g., a streamer) being towed behind a survey vessel. The apparatus may, in one embodiment, include a housing and a plurality of scraping members that are disposed at least partially outside of the housing. In another embodiment, when the geophysical equipment is being towed behind a survey vessel, portions of the geophysical equipment may be flattened or compressed due to the towing force exerted on the geophysical equipment, and the apparatus of this disclosure may still be used to clean the geophysical equipment. A method is disclosed related to operating an apparatus with a plurality of scraping members and removing debris from a geophysical equipment.

主权项

1. A scraping apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to move along a longitudinal axis of geophysical equipment; and a plurality of scraping members coupled to and disposed at least partially outside the housing, the plurality of scraping members including:
a body portion that is at least partially disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the geophysical equipment; anda tip portion coupled to the body portion, the tip portion extending inward toward the longitudinal axis of the geophysical equipment; wherein the plurality of scraping members are configured to scrape at least a portion of the geophysical equipment in response to movement of the housing along the longitudinal axis of the geophysical equipment.