Fluid handling – Ambient condition change responsive – Underwater
Patent
1995-08-08
1996-08-06
Chambers, A. Michael
Fluid handling
Ambient condition change responsive
Underwater
12820214, 12820128, F16K 1736
Patent
active
055424465
ABSTRACT:
A buoyancy control valve assembly for maintaining a diver's neutral buoyancy as the diver descends or ascends by automatically admitting air to or releasing air from the diver's buoyancy compensator. The assembly includes a valve body having a reference air chamber and a piston communicating at one end with the air chamber and at the other end with the water. Annuluses on the piston provide connection of a port leading to the buoyancy compensator either with a source of pressurized air or with a vent port as the diver descends or ascends. At neutral buoyancy, the piston moves to a neutral position, blocking flow through the compensator port. A bleed line with a check valve connects the compensator port with the air chamber, and a vent port in the piston connects the air chamber with the piston vent annulus to permit the appropriate change in the air chamber pressure to allow return of the piston to its neutral position.
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