An underwater deployable and retractable reel to be used to deploy a delayed surface marker buoy that comprises of a reel mechanism 7, a trigger 3 and brake 4 mechanism, an operable compressed air cylinder 2, an air filling port 1 and a means of supplying air to an inflatable marker 5. The reel mechanism will preferably operate via a power/clock spring and may hold ten meters of safety line. The air cylinder will preferably be trigger operated and be pressured up to 232 bar/ 3200 psi. The brake mechanism can be locked off to stop the deployment or retraction of line at a decompression stop at a depth of five metres or fifteen feet.
Self contained underwater deploying and retracting reel (SCUDARR)
09.09.2015
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Reel mechanism, rope deploying and retracting mechanism and sweeping device
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