Submarine automatic oil well drilling machine

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR DRILLING EARTH UNDERLYING A BODY OF WATER, AN ELONGATED, WATER-TIGHT HULL, AN ELONGATED TANK UNDERLYING SAID HULL AND CRADLING THE SAME IN SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP, MEANS RELEASABLY LOCKING TOGETHER SAID HULL AND SAID ELONGATED TANK, SAID TANK HAVING AT LEAST ONE OIL STORAGE CHAMBER THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE OIL FROM A SUBMARINE OIL WELL, SAID TANK ALSO HAVING AT LEAST ONE BALLAST CHAMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE WATER TO ELEVATE AND SUBMERGE SAID HULL AND SAID TANK, SAID TANK INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED CYLINDERS RECESSED WITHIN THE LOWER WALL OF SAID ELONGATED TANK, SAID CYLINDERS HAVING PISTONS THEREIN EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, LEVELING PADS ON THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID PISTONS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH EARTH UNDERLYING A BODY OF WATER, MEANS TO ADJUST SAID PISTONS AND THEREBY LEVEL SAID HULL AND SAID TANK, MEANS FOR PROPELLING SAID HULL IN A FORE AND AFT MANNER AND MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID HULL IN A TRANSVERSE MANNER, ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HULL AND IN THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF SAID TANK, MEANS SEALING SAID OPENINGS AGAINST THE ENTRY OF SURROUNDING WATER, DRILLING EQUIPMENT HOUSED IN SAID HULL AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND A DRILL STRING IN DRILLING RELATION THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HULL AND IN SAID TANK TO PIERCE AN EARTH FORMATION UPON WHICH SAID TANK AND HULL ARE POSITIONED.