EP1520780A1 - Ballastsystem für Tauchauftriebskompensatorweste - Google Patents

Ballastsystem für Tauchauftriebskompensatorweste Download PDF

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Publication number: EP1520780A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: sheath; blade; weight; handle; ballast
Prior art date: 2003-10-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP04358008A

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EP1520780B1 (de

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Marc Alvarez De Toledo

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Beuchat International SAS

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Beuchat International SAS

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2003-10-01

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2004-09-30

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2005-04-06

2004-09-30 Application filed by Beuchat International SAS filed Critical Beuchat International SAS

2005-04-06 Publication of EP1520780A1 publication Critical patent/EP1520780A1/de

2006-05-17 Application granted granted Critical

2006-05-17 Publication of EP1520780B1 publication Critical patent/EP1520780B1/de

2024-09-30 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
- B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
- B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
- B63C11/30—Ballast

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the present invention relates to a weight system for vests scuba diving.
Compensating vests are inflatable envelopes traditionally worn around the neck and serve to balance divers at during their immersion, ie to compensate for the variation of their weight according to the depth and fill level of their gas supply.
vests are usually inflated by an oral inflator or a gas source when the diver needs to increase his buoyancy because he tends to go to the bottom and deflated by means of appropriate purges when his buoyancy becomes too great and that the diver has a tendency to go up. The diver can thus if he wishes to seek a position of constant balance regardless of its variable weight.
the diver To compensate in part for this imbalance at the lift when the bottle is empty, the diver must use a lead belt whose weight is calculated so that the empty bottle does not attract the diver to the surface at the end of the dive nor towards the bottom too quickly at the beginning of this one.
This lead belt must however be able to be dropped at any time if safety requires, and especially if the diver runs out of air during a dive and is forced to reach the surface.
ballast pocket in the compartment of the buoy provided for this purpose and its securing by the combination of the flaps generate complicated maneuvers while especially when they have to be done in the water, on the surface before beginning of the dive.
the release maneuver is also easy in the measure or the superposition of flaps and "velcro strips" necessary for the holding of the assembly involves a significant traction force to perform the release. Plus ballast is important, the more it involves the strengthening of the closure system and more the release becomes difficult.
the system according to the present invention aims to remedy these disadvantages.
ballast sheath of which at least one of the faces is reinforced by a sufficiently rigid part and slightly longer than the sheath itself so that the restraint system has a leveraging effect to keep it in place in the pocket of the compensation vest that serves as housing.
the device consists of a ballast element content in a sheath 1 intended to fit into one or more pockets 2 of a vest of compensation 3 (FIGS. 1 and 2).
the sheath 1, made of textile or thermoplastic material or equivalent, is preferably of rectangular shape but may be in any other form suitable for application.
the ballast 4 will be maintained in the sheath by any means satisfactory, seam, flap or closure of any kind.
This sheath 1 is reinforced longitudinally at least on one side and possibly on two sides by a plate 5 rigid enough that the sheath can be introduced into the pocket 2 of the vest 3 provided for this purpose and dimensioned so that the sheath with ballast once in place, and whatever its loading, or substantially the same volume and requires the same effort to drop.
the reinforcing plate 5 of the sheath 1 to the ballast will be substantially more longer than the sheath itself on the side of the retaining straps so that a once it is in place in the pocket 2 provided for this purpose and then locked, this plate exerts a leverage effect contributing to firmly hold sheath 1 to the ballast in said poached.
the retaining strap consists of a flexible band 6 fixed with a side to the sheath 1 and, on the other side, substantially in the middle of a rigid blade 7 and flexible one end is tapered to facilitate its introduction into the housing of the specific holding loop 8 secured to the vest 3.
the rigid blade 7 will comprise at the end opposite the tapered portion a handle 9 or a shape allowing easy grip.
the holding loop 8 is equipped with an articulated lever arranged to ensure, in the closed position (FIG. blocking the rigid blade 7 with a notch 11 provided on the latter, and open by releasing the sheath 1 when one exerts a lateral traction T on the handle 9, so that the diver can operate it with one hand per action on the handle consisting of an external rotation movement and then a forward traction movement, these two combined movements to prevent inadvertent release due to traction on the handle by mistake ( Figures 6 and 7).

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EP20040358008 2003-10-01 2004-09-30 Ballastsystem für Tauchauftriebskompensatorweste Expired - Lifetime EP1520780B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
FR0311481		2003-10-01
FR0311481A FR2860492B1 (fr)	2003-10-01	2003-10-01	Systeme de lestage pour gilets de plongee sous-marine

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EP1520780A1 true EP1520780A1 (de)	2005-04-06
EP1520780B1 EP1520780B1 (de)	2006-05-17

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EP20040358008 Expired - Lifetime EP1520780B1 (de)	2003-10-01	2004-09-30	Ballastsystem für Tauchauftriebskompensatorweste

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DE (1)	DE602004000900D1 (de)
FR (1)	FR2860492B1 (de)

Cited By (3)

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WO2014064925A1 (en) *	2012-10-22	2014-05-01	Tabata Co., Ltd.	Buoyancy compensator having locking system
WO2016092484A1 (en)	2014-12-12	2016-06-16	Mares S.P.A.	Releasable connecting device
US10703851B2 (en)	2014-08-05	2020-07-07	Evonik Operations Gmbh	Nitrogen-containing compounds suitable for use in the production of polyurethanes

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US5913640A (en) *	1997-10-22	1999-06-22	Bortner; R. Blake	Weight drop pocket for SCUBA divers
FR2813767A1 (fr) *	2000-08-22	2002-03-15	Dominique Denis Step Morazzani	Boucle de ceinture de plongee
US20020067955A1 (en) *	2000-12-05	2002-06-06	Carmichael Robert Manuel	Active control releasable ballast system for use with dive equipment
US20020111096A1 (en) *	2001-02-15	2002-08-15	Haruo Kawashima	Buoyancy regulator for diving

2003
- 2003-10-01 FR FR0311481A patent/FR2860492B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
2004
- 2004-09-30 EP EP20040358008 patent/EP1520780B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2004-09-30 DE DE200460000900 patent/DE602004000900D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5913640A (en) *	1997-10-22	1999-06-22	Bortner; R. Blake	Weight drop pocket for SCUBA divers
FR2813767A1 (fr) *	2000-08-22	2002-03-15	Dominique Denis Step Morazzani	Boucle de ceinture de plongee
US20020067955A1 (en) *	2000-12-05	2002-06-06	Carmichael Robert Manuel	Active control releasable ballast system for use with dive equipment
US20020111096A1 (en) *	2001-02-15	2002-08-15	Haruo Kawashima	Buoyancy regulator for diving

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WO2014064925A1 (en) *	2012-10-22	2014-05-01	Tabata Co., Ltd.	Buoyancy compensator having locking system
CN104024102A (zh) *	2012-10-22	2014-09-03	田畑股份有限公司	具有锁定系统的浮力补偿器
JP2015532230A (ja) *	2012-10-22	2015-11-09	株式会社タバタ	ロックシステムを有する浮力調整器
EP2838787A4 (de) *	2012-10-22	2016-01-06	Tabata Co Ltd	Auftriebskompensator mit verriegelungssystem
US9290249B2 (en)	2012-10-22	2016-03-22	Tabata Co., Ltd.	Buoyancy compensator having locking system
US10703851B2 (en)	2014-08-05	2020-07-07	Evonik Operations Gmbh	Nitrogen-containing compounds suitable for use in the production of polyurethanes
WO2016092484A1 (en)	2014-12-12	2016-06-16	Mares S.P.A.	Releasable connecting device

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FR2860492A1 (fr)	2005-04-08
FR2860492B1 (fr)	2006-01-06

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