Device for connecting cables to geophones

Claim 1

IN A GEOPHONE HAVING A SEISMIC DETECTOR, A HOUSING ENCLOSING SAID DETECTOR AND HAVING A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED BORES FORMED ON OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS, SAID HOUSING BEING FORMED BY TWO SECTIONS HAVING ABUTTING SURFACES EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BORES, ONE OF SAID HOUSING SECTIONS HAVING AN ELONGATED EXTENSION PROJECTING FROM A CHAMBER WITHIN WHICH THE DETECTOR IS SEATED, THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSING SECTIONS CLOSING SAID CHAMBER AND BEING FORMED WITH AN ACCESS OPENING AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID ELONGATED EXTENSION, SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF THE HOUSING FORMING SPACES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DETECTOR IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID ACCESS OPENING, A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CONDUITS EXTENDING INTO THE HOUSING THROUGH SAID BORES HAVING KNOTTED PORTIONS DISPOSED IN THE SPACES FORMED BY SAID SIDE PORTIONS, A LEAD CONNECTION MOUNTED ON THE DETECTOR AND DISPOSED WITHIN THE OTHER HOUSING SECTION FOR EXPOSURE FROM SAID ONE HOUSING SECTION PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY OF THE OTHER HOUSING SECTION THEREON, LEAD PORTIONS OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUITS BEING BARED BEYOND THE KNOTTED PORTIONS AND CONNECTED TO THE LEAD CONNECTION ON THE DETECTOR, AND POTTING MATERIAL COMPLETELY FILLING SAID SPACES AND THE OTHER SECTION OF THE HOUSING IN SURROUNDING RELATION TO THE KNOTTED AND LEAD PORTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL CABLES, THE LEAD CONNECTION AND THE DETECTOR, SAID POTTING MATERIAL BEING INSERTED INTO THE ENCLOSED CHAMBER AND THE SPACES THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENING AFTER THE OTHER SECTION IS ASSEMBLED, AND BAND MEANS ENCLOSING SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF THE HOUSING FOR HOLDING THE HOUSING SECTIONS ASSEMBLED.