Water-armed/air-safed release apparatus

An improved water-armed/air-safed release apparatus having an actuator device, a release device and a firing device for separating said firing device from said release device in a water environment and not in an air environment, said release device being operatively mated at a bottom end of said firing device and at a top end to said actuator device, said actuator device being configured to generate a predetermined gas pressure when actuated, wherein the improvement comprises:

• a water chamber configured coaxially in said release device and including, a water chamber shoulder, a plurality of upper entry/exit orifices and a plurality of lower entry/exit orifices;
• a valve sleeve slidable disposed in said water chamber;
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• a pusher piston operatively coupled at a lower end to a top end of said valve sleeve and operatively seated at a top end to an upper portion of said water chamber such that when said actuator device is actuated, the predetermined gas pressure is generated causing said pusher piston to translate forward pushing said valve sleeve forward against said water chamber shoulder, sealing off said lower entry/exit orifices and opening up said upper entry/exit orifices, thereby entrapping a column of water in a central bore of said valve sleeve and a central recess of said pusher piston, and providing an exit for the water in said upper portion of said water chamber, and such that when said pusher piston translates further forward within said central bore of said valve sleeve, the entrapped column of water therein is compressed to a predetermined water pressure, the water in said upper portion of said water chamber being forced out of said upper/exit orifices into the water environment.