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Process and devices for maintaining the gas contained in a submerged enclosure in pressure equilibrium with the outside

US4951698A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 12, 1989
Grant dateAug 28, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/2036
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for maintaining the gas contained in a submerged enclosure in pressure equilibrium with the outside, comprising a plurality of deformable bags which are immersed at the same time as said enclosure which are filled with gas compressed to different pressures and which communicate with said enclosure via a manifold on which they are connected by automatic three-way valves.

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