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Accession Number:
ADD002217
Title:
Apparatus for Continuously Recording Sea-Floor Sediment Corer Operations.
Descriptive Note:
Patent,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C
Report Date:
1975-04-08
Pagination or Media Count:
6.0
Abstract:
The patent relates to an apparatus which provides a continuous, timed record of corer orientation data including corer declination, inclination, vertical acceleration. A compass, bubble levels, an accelerometer and a clock continuusly provide the data. Indicators for these mechanisms are disposed in the focal plane of a battery-driven motion picture camera coupled into a switching circuit which also includes camera lights. A switching mechanism using a magnetic reed switch energizes the camera, lights etcetera at the moment the corer is released to begin its free-fall into sediment penetration.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE