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Constant volume buoyancy compensation system

US4068657A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 1976
Grant dateJan 17, 1978
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Expiry dateJun 28, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63C11/2245
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A diver's buoyancy compensator employs a constant volume chamber which is controllably pressurized with air from the diver's SCUBA tank, and water is admitted to or emitted from the tank by a manually operated valve.

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