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Details

Inventors: Sayous, Leon;
Assignee: Societe Nationale des Petroles d'Aquitaine (Courbevoie, FR)
Primary Examiner: Sebastian; Leland A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brisebois & Kruger

This invention concerns a device for emitting mechanical waves in an external medium. This device comprises an annular or axial combustion chamber, shut by a valve, and comprising means of introducing fuel and oxidant, and an ignition system; the valve is composed of a differential piston, one side of which forms a mobile wall of a chamber containing fluid under pressure, and part of the other side of which forms a mobile wall of the combustion chamber. This device is used mainly to generate compression waves for the purpose of seismic exploration.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
In a device for emitting mechanical waves comprising a pneumatic chamber for holding a high-pressure fluid, a valve member, and an element having a seat cooperating with said valve member, said element and valve member being coaxial and defining a combustion chamber adjacent said pneumatic chamber and adapted to be opened and closed by axial movement of said valve member, said combustion chamber being equipped with means for admitting fuel and oxidant and with ignition means, the improvement according to which said valve member is a differential piston having a first side which defines a mobile wall of the pneumatic chamber and an opposite side which defines a mobile wall of said combustion chamber.
2.
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve seat comprises an annular projection adapted to cooperate with said valve member to define a hermetic seal.
3.
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve member comprises an annular projection adapted to cooperate with said valve seat to define a hermetic seal.
4.
A device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the surfaces of said valve seat and valve member facing each other and extending outwardly from said annular projection have an equal angle of inclination of at least several degrees to a common axis, the distance between said surfaces being equal to the height of said projection.
5.
A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the geometrical projection along the axis of the surfaces of said valve seat and valve facing each other and extending outwardly from said annular projection is equal to at least 25% of the geometrical projection along the axis of the surface of said mobile wall of said combustion chamber.
6.
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the combustion chamber is annular in shape.
7.
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve is arranged inside said element.
8.
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve is arranged outside said element.
9.
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said combustion chamber occupies an axial portion of said casing, said valve being slidably mounted in said element while vents are provided in the latter opposite and in register with said valve seat

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