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Constant volume buoyancy compensator

US4114389A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 1977
Grant dateSep 19, 1978
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Expiry dateJul 1, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63C2011/026
  • 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 one or the other of two manually operated valves.

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