Fitting aid for diving suit - has curved frame supporting servo grips to hold neck of suit open

摘要

The neck of the flexible diving suit is held in a special rig in which servo operated grips (14, 16, 18) are spaced around the rig and hold open the neck to enable the diver to slide into the suit with ease. The rig has a curved tubular support and the servos are operated hydraulically or pneumatically by a control valve (1) accessible to the diver. The grips hold the neck section open with no danger of the suit tearing. The diver can opeate the rig single handed, with the servo force linked to the air/hydraulic lines of the ship.