| Mr. Walter's invention has been
designed in order to provide an improved construction of diving
dress by which greater resistance to the water pressure will be
obtained, thereby enabling the diver to work at greater depth
than is possible with the ordinary dress. The invention consist
broadly in the construction of the dress with an inner and outer
liner each of witch is stayed or reinforced with metal bands or
rings encircling it throughout, and which two linings are so
disposed that an air space is provided between them, which when
the dress is used, is kept filled with compressed air from the
air pumps employed and the degree of compression of which is
varied automatically with the variations in outside pressure.
This method of construction provides a strong resistance to the
water's pressure. The air between the two linings of the dress
is governed automatically by valves of special construction
arranged to admit air from the outer to the inner lining and to
release it through the helmet into a pipe by which it is
conveyed to above the water level. Each of these two valves is
constructed to open to a more or less extent as the pressure of
the surrounding water diminishes or increases with the variation
in depth and thus to provide for a greater compression of the
air with in the envelop formed by the two linings as the depth
of water increases. This serves to support the pressure of the
water so that the diver may work freely |
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There are no leads to Mr.
Walters except the patent US 1226148. The suit is one of the
common systems applied with the use of bands and rings and does
not improve the atmospheric diving suit principle. In fact the
suit was a normal diving suit reinforced by the metal bands. |
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06-12-2010 |
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