Underwater sound sources

Claim 1

A SUBMERSIBLE WATERTIGHT DEVICE FOR PRODUCING INTENSE UNDERWATER SOUND PULSES, WHICH COMPRISES AN OUTER WATERTIGHT VESSEL, A VIBRATABLE DIAPHRAGM FORMING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID OUTER VESSEL, AN INNER VESSEL MOUNTED IN CONCENTRIC SPACED RELATION WITHIN SAID OUTER VESSEL, AN ACCELERATABLE MASS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID INNER VESSEL FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, A REACTOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID INNER VESSEL, CIRCULATING MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID REACTOR FOR SUPPLYING A WATER COOLANT TO SAID REACTOR DURING THE OPERATION THEREOF SO THAT SAID REACTOR EFFECTS THE PRODUCTION OF A SUPPLY OF STEAM, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID REACTOR FOR GENERATING PNEUMATIC POWER FROM THE SUPPLY OF STEAM PRODUCED BY SAID OPERATING REACTOR TO PERIODICALLY ACCELERATE SAID MASS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DIAPHRAGM WHEREBY PERIODIC INTENSE LOW FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES ARE PRODUCED, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PNEUMATIC POWER GENERATING MEANS FOR RETURNING SAID MASS TO AN INITIAL POSITION WITHIN SAID VESSEL SUBSEQUENT TO EACH PERIODIC ACCELERATION THEREOF INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DIAPHRAGM, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID OUTER VESSEL AND DRIVEN BY A PORTION OF THE POWER DERIVED FROM THE SUPPLY OF STEAM FOR SELECTIVELY ORIENTING THE SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE DURING PRODUCTION OF SAID INTENSE LOW FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES.