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US2957083A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Radioactivity well logging system

Assignee: Pgac Dev Co
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Filing: 1958-06-30
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Granted: 1960-10-18
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Expires: 1978-06-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Serge A Scherbatskoy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 03:06
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01V; G01V11/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
A RADIOACTIVITY WELL LOGGING SYSTEM COMPRISING A SUBSURFACE UNIT, A SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE FOR LOWERING SAID UNIT INTO A BOREHOLE, RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID UNIT AND OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE PULSES IN RESPONSE TO RADIATIONS INTERCEPTED THEREBY, MEANS IN SAID UNIT FOR AMPLIFYING SAID PULSES AND FOR COUPLING SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES TO SAID SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE, COLLAR FINDER MEANS INDEPENDENT, OF SAID RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS AND POSITIONED WITHIN SAID UNIT, SAID COLLAR FINDER MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A METALLIC CASING WITHIN THE BOREHOLE, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID MAGNETIC SIGNAL TO SAID SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE, MEANS AT THE EARTH''S SURFACE FOR SEPARATING SAID PULSES FROM SAID MAGNETIC SIGNAL, MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID SEPARATED PULSES INTO A VOLTAGE HAVING AN AMPLITUDE PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF OCCURRENCE OF SAID
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 137 words
A RADIOACTIVITY WELL LOGGING SYSTEM COMPRISING A SUBSURFACE UNIT, A SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE FOR LOWERING SAID UNIT INTO A BOREHOLE, RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID UNIT AND OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE PULSES IN RESPONSE TO RADIATIONS INTERCEPTED THEREBY, MEANS IN SAID UNIT FOR AMPLIFYING SAID PULSES AND FOR COUPLING SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES TO SAID SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE, COLLAR FINDER MEANS INDEPENDENT, OF SAID RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS AND POSITIONED WITHIN SAID UNIT, SAID COLLAR FINDER MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A METALLIC CASING WITHIN THE BOREHOLE, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID MAGNETIC SIGNAL TO SAID SINGLE CONDUCTOR CABLE, MEANS AT THE EARTH''S SURFACE FOR SEPARATING SAID PULSES FROM SAID MAGNETIC SIGNAL, MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID SEPARATED PULSES INTO A VOLTAGE HAVING AN AMPLITUDE PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF OCCURRENCE OF SAID

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