Patent ID: 8228066
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. An electromagnetic signal detecting device, which comprises electromagnetic signal detecting instruments borne by arms, wherein each arm comprises a removable rod and a flexible conduit arranged to receive the rod, the device further comprising: a central housing; a data management system located within the housing; at least two arms, the arms extending outwards from the housing; wherein each arm comprises— a sensor head, the sensor head constituting at least part of the electromagnetic signal detecting instruments; a flexible elongate sheath attached to the housing, the flexible elongate sheath constituting at least part of the flexible conduit; a flexible electrical cable attached to the sheath and connecting the sensor head to the data management system; and the rod which is removably locatable within the sheath; wherein the rod is more rigid than the sheath and one end of the rod is connectable relative to the housing and one end of the rod remote from the housing is connectable relative to the sensor head, and wherein each rod is connected to a second similar rod at a point along said each rod which is remote from the housing, one end of the second rod being independently connectable relative to the housing.