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Return to 1916 in timeline 1916 Miller and Dunn Certainly not a atmospheric diving system, but more a “time” marker. William S. Dunn and William F. Miller patented a shallow water helmet in 1916 with their patent US 1195793. The helmets were...
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Return to 1916 in timeline 1916 William S. Boyd William S Boyd lived in Greatkills Richmond New York in 1916. He patented a new type watertight joint. The improvement against MacDuffee 989530 ‘s invention was a new type of submarine armor especially an...
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Return to 1915 in timeline 1915 Harry Bowdoin Bowdoin, 1915 (U.S.) – Harry L. Bowdoin of Bayonne, N.J., received a patent in 1915 for a new type of oil-filled rotary jointed armored diving suit. The joints had a small duct leading to the interior...
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Return to 1915 in timeline 1915 Benjamin Franklin Leavitt Benjamin Franklin Leavitt build another revival of spiral armouring like Buchanan and Gordon. The radius pieces of the flexible arms and legs add to the resemblance. In this case, however, the spirals form...
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Return to 1914 in timeline 1914 Jean F. Derey Jean F. Deray patented his Divers Suit in 1914.Mr. Deray lived in Sunnyvale Santa Clara USA.He designed a suit he claimed able to dive to 45 meter.In his patent Deray claims the suit was able to be resistant to 80 PSI...
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Return to 1914 in timeline 1914-1918 Ernest Niehoff Ernest Niehoff living in Roanoke Virginia patented his suit in 1914. He called it a diving apparatus that consists of a inner flexible not waterproof metal shell. The apparatus was completed with a helmet and in...
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Return to 1913 in timeline 1913-1940 Neufeldt und Kuhnke Neufeldt und Kuhnke, a German company from Kiel was the first large scale producer of atmospheric diving suits. The company obtained a number of patents and sold their suits during 27 years! I am very pleased...
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Return to 1912 in timeline 1912 Clay Anderson and Myron Silver Anderson and Silver patented their suit in 1912. Not mentioned in books I know of the invention did not offer much news. The suit was Attached to an air supply and was made of metal covered with an...
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Return to 1911 in timeline 1911 Chester E. MacDuffee Atmospheric Diving Suit The suit of Chester E. Macduffee is a fantastic suit to see. Although Macduffee patented 4 inventions and pictures of the actual diving suit are still available it is very strange nothing...
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Return to 1911 in timeline 1911 Charles Williamson and his Photosphere Charles Williamson was the father of John Ernest Williamson (1881-1966), an important cinematographer who made the first underwater films. Captain Charles Williamson was the inventor of a flexible...
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Return to 1911 in timeline 1911 Anton Reznicek 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...
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Return to 1911 in timeline 1911 Enos B. Petrie In 1911 Enos B. Petrie patented a sort of umbilical, in fact the air hose with communication integrated. After his inventions in 1902 – 1904 Petrie patented a US patent 984104 describing the following...
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Return to 1908 in timeline 1908 Sydney Hall and Oswald Rees Hall and Rees submarine escape apparatus. Although not directly related to atmospheric diving suits, the invention of a rebreather for escape purposes using Oxylithe is worth mentioning here. Submarine...
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Return to 1908 in timeline 1908 Giuseppe Restucci suits In 1904, the retired technical chief of the Regia Marina, produced a very interesting drawing of an armoured diving suit. His specification described two models that both showed an excellent knowledge of the...
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Return to 1906 in timeline 1906 FR Gall In 1906 Gall patented a dress of rather peculiar shape. Apart from this, it has no features of special interest, except that the diver was provided with armoured and jointed gloves. The main joints were of the...
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Return to 1906 in timeline 1906 Charles Pecourt and M. de Pluvy M. de Pluvy of France made one of the first regenerative type of atmospheric diving suits. Mr. Pluvy claimed to have made several dives to 100 meters with his suit. Although the joints were made of...
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Return to 1906 in timeline 1906 Frank Knoff 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...
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Return to 1904 in timeline 1904 Archibald McGregor McGregor built a suit from 3 dresses. No new features in this invention. The suit was simular to the Murray and Stuart suit. A patent taken out in 1906 by Archibald McGregor, of Queensland , recalls...
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Return to 1904 in timeline 1904 Giuseppe Restucci Giuseppe Restucci designed his first suit in 1904. The joints should be made watertight by means of overpressure. The patent he had in 1908 describes a more simple suit, mainly designed for salvaging small items...
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Return to 1856 in timeline 1856 Lodner D. Phillips submarine and ADS builder Lodner D. Philips was a man of varied talents. In his day and age he was known as one of the best under water engineers. He built a number of submarines and designed one that was...
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Return to 1867 in timeline 1867 Thomas Cato McKeen In 1863, the American, T. Cato McKeen, added a large back-mounted air reservoir and fabricated a rubber suit. A ingenious part of McKeen’s apparatus was the addition of a second air system to inflate the suit and...
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Return to 1875 in timeline Lafayette leather and metal suit Siebe Gorman declared that a diving armour made of metal and leather was build in 1875 by Lafayette. The hands are free and the legs were covered along the legs. From Deep Diving and Submarie Operations...
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Return to 1881 in timeline 1881 Stephan Tasker Atmospheric Suit Tasker proposed to use a metal dress articulated with bellow joints, and to cover the whole with an external waterproof flexible dress of the ordinary pattern. S.P.M. Tasker engineer and...
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Return to 1882 in timeline 1882 Carmagnolle Perhaps the most famous atmospheric diving suit in the world is on display in Paris. A patent is mentioned on many websites, but cannot be found in the regular patent search engines. My sister Brigitte Bech-Battais, however,...
