Anton Reznicek from Vienna patented his invention in 1911 as Austrian patent nr 50212. He described several ways to prevent the rubber cover of a diving armour to get entangled between the joints. By creating space in front of the joints and by using springs and cover plates covering the joints he claimed to have find a way to prevent the rubber to get between the joints.
Catherine Bond of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) – Faculty of Law wrote a paper ‘Through the Dreadful Circumstances of Fate, a Broken Man’: Anton Reznicek, War and Australian Law, 1911-1930 Date Written: January 1, 2017. The original article can be foundhere:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3018325
Professor Catherine Bond Kindly permitted me to publish her article here, thanks Catherine!
Therebreathersite was founded by Jan Willem Bech in 1999. After a diving career of many years, he decided to start technical diving in 1999. He immediately noticed that at that time there was almost no website that contained the history of closed breathing systems. The start for the website led to a huge collection that offered about 1,300 pages of information until 2019. In 2019, a fresh start was made with the website now freely available online for everyone. Therebreathersite is a source of information for divers, researchers, technicians and students. I hope you enjoy browsing the content!