US 6,718,977 B1Granted

Regulator for diving

AssigneeTabata Co., Ltd.

InventorMitsushiro Matsuoka

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Abstract

A regulator 1 for diving has a tubular housing 13 containing therein an air supply valve 72 and this tubular housing 13 is formed with cutouts 101, 102 extending orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the housing 13. A lever 17 interposed between the air supply valve 72 and a diaphragm 10 has its inner end 17B adapted to stride across the housing 13 and to be inserted into the cutouts 101, 102.

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A regulator for diving comprising:

a basic structure containing therein a diaphragm and adapted to be kept in substantially air-tight condition so long as a diver is actually using it,
a pressure-controllable air supply mechanism provided within said basic structure,
a lever interposed between said diaphragm and said air supply mechanism,
a mouthpiece connected to said basic structure and a check valve provided in said basic structure so as to be switched between opened and closed positions,
said regulator further comprising:
said air supply mechanism having a tubular housing connected to an air supply source lying outside said basic structure with a longitudinal axis of said tubular housing extending in a horizontal direction, a valve seal surface provided on said housing, a valve member adapted to be separably pressed against said valve seal surface and a biasing means biasing said valve member against said valve seal surface;
said lever further comprising:
an outer end portion adapted to be pressed against an inner surface of said diaphragm,
an inner end portion of said lever adapted to be engaged with said valve member within said housing to switch said valve member between opened and closed positions, and
a pair of intermediate portions extending in parallel to each other between said outer and inner end portions so that said outer end portion, said inner end portion and said intermediate portions forming a substantially rectangular frame-like structure, and
said housing being formed with a vertical groove in a peripheral wall of the housing, the groove crossing orthogonally to said longitudinal axis and being adapted to receive a part of said inner end portion when said part is vertically inserted into said groove so that said valve member serving as a wall movable in the direction of said longitudinal axis is pressed against one surface of said part inserted into said vertical groove under a biasing effect of said biasing means, while an opposite surface of said one surface of said part is pressed against a wall of said vertical groove serving as a stationary wall under the biasing effect of said biasing means such that said inserted part of said inner end portion of is held between said valve member and said wall of said vertical groove.

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Abstract

A regulator for diving comprising:

a basic structure containing therein a diaphragm and adapted to be kept in substantially air-tight condition so long as a diver is actually using it,
a pressure-controllable air supply mechanism provided within said basic structure,
a lever interposed between said diaphragm and said air supply mechanism,
a mouthpiece connected to said basic structure and a check valve provided in said basic structure so as to be switched between opened and closed positions,
said regulator further comprising:
said air supply mechanism having a tubular housing connected to an air supply source lying outside said basic structure with a longitudinal axis of said tubular housing extending in a horizontal direction, a valve seal surface provided on said housing, a valve member adapted to be separably pressed against said valve seal surface and a biasing means biasing said valve member against said valve seal surface;
said lever further comprising:
an outer end portion adapted to be pressed against an inner surface of said diaphragm,
an inner end portion of said lever adapted to be engaged with said valve member within said housing to switch said valve member between opened and closed positions, and
a pair of intermediate portions extending in parallel to each other between said outer and inner end portions so that said outer end portion, said inner end portion and said intermediate portions forming a substantially rectangular frame-like structure, and
said housing being formed with a vertical groove in a peripheral wall of the housing, the groove crossing orthogonally to said longitudinal axis and being adapted to receive a part of said inner end portion when said part is vertically inserted into said groove so that said valve member serving as a wall movable in the direction of said longitudinal axis is pressed against one surface of said part inserted into said vertical groove under a biasing effect of said biasing means, while an opposite surface of said one surface of said part is pressed against a wall of said vertical groove serving as a stationary wall under the biasing effect of said biasing means such that said inserted part of said inner end portion of is held between said valve member and said wall of said vertical groove.

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