Patent ID: 7142481

Claim:
An apparatus for making a marine seismic streamer, comprising: a conveyor for transporting assembled mechanical harness from a storage device therefor to a storage device for storing completed marine streamer, the assembled mechanical harness including at least one strength member, a plurality of seismic sensors positioned at spaced apart locations along the strength member, and a conductor harness having at least one conductor coupled to a respective signal output of each seismic sensor; a first extruder for filling the harness with a void fill material, the first extruder intermediate the storage device for the harness and the storage device for the completed streamer; means for causing a state change in the void fill material from liquid to gel disposed proximate an outlet of the first extruder; and a second extruder for depositing jacketing material onto the impregnated harness, the second extruder intermediate the storage device for the harness and the storage device for the completed streamer.