Patent · US Expired

Safety submarine spherical air chamber

US4087980A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 1976
Grant dateMay 9, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 23, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63C11/38
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a safety submarine spherical air chamber made of a flexible material wherein persons are able to observe the undersea condition and the seabed from the scientific or recreational point of view by maintaining the atmospheric pressure of the above spherically expanded chamber approximately equivalent to the sea water pressure therearound, and then by floating therein a floating base on which they can stay.

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