The
invention of Frank Knoff in 1906 does not have much to do with ADS. Knoff
designed a suit in dependable of the surface. The
invention relates to diver’s apparatus, and has for its object to provide means
for supplying a diver with air without the use of the ordinary pump operated by
other persons above the surface of the water. With this invention the diver
carries his own supply of air in a compressed-air tank upon his back. Means are
provided for supplying such air to the helmet and for exhausting the foul air
there from. The diver is thus not subject to the control or action of other
persons.