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1898 – Diving Apparatus Patent by James E Holland.

Publication number US638335 A
Publication type Grant
Publication date Dec 5, 1899
Filing date Dec 20, 1898
Priority date Dec 20, 1898
 
Inventors James E Holland
Original Assignee Anton Lutz, James E Holland

My invention relates to diving apparatus, and has special reference to such apparatus as is used for deep-sea diving.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, safe, and effective diving apparatus which can be anchored and used by deep-sea divers in locating wrecks, grappling for objects and storing the same within the apparatus, and many other uses which the apparatus affords.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A diving apparatus comprising a watertight chamber or compartment having openings in the Walls thereof, metal balls fitting within water-tight connections in said openings and adapted to form universal joints therein, pipes fitting within openings in said metal balls by a threaded connection, grappling-hooks on the outer ends of said pipes, and means for raising and lowering said pipes and for opening and closing said hooks from the chamber or compartment.

2. A diving apparatus comprising a watertight chamber or compartment having openings in the walls thereof, metal balls fitting within water-tight connections in said openings and adapted to form universal joints therein, pipes fitting within openings in said metal balls by a threaded connection, grappling-hooks on the outer ends of said pipes, means within said chamber or compartment for raising and lowering said pipes to and from the same, and means within said chamber or compartment for opening and closing said grappling-hooks.

3. A diving apparatus comprising a watertight chamber or compartment having openings in the walls thereof, metal balls fitting within water-tight connections in said openings and adapted to form universal joints therein, pipes fitting within openings in said metal balls by a threaded connection, grappling-jaws supported on the outer ends of said pipes, a hand-nut keyed to a groove in said pipes within the chamber or compartment and having a threaded connection therewith for raising and lowering the same, and means within said chamber or compartment for opening and closing said jaws.

4. A diving apparatus comprising a watertight chamber or compartment having openings in the walls thereof, metal balls fitting within water-tight connections in said openings and adapted to form universal joints therein, pipes fitting within openings in said balls by a threaded connection, grappling jaws supported on the outer ends of pipes, a hand-nut keyed to a groove in said pipes within the chamber or compartment and having a threaded connection therewith for raising and lowering the same, a rod or bar within said pipes pivotally connected at its outer end to said grappling-jaws, and means connected to said rod for raising and lowering the same to open and close the said jaws.

5. A diving apparatus comprising a watertight chamber or compartment having openings within the walls thereof, metal balls fitting within water-tight connections in said openings and adapted to form universal joints therein, pipes fitting within openings in said jaws supported on the outer ends of said pipes, a hand-nut keyed to a groove in said pipes balls by a threaded connection, grappling' within the chamber or compartment and having a threaded connection therewith for raising and lowering the same, a rod or bar within said pipes pivotally connected by links at its outer end to said jaws, a stuffing-box on said pipes surrounding said rod or bar within the chamber or compartment, a gear-rack on said rod or bar within the chamber or compartment beyond said stuffing-box, and a gear-wheel supported on said stuffing-box engaging with said rack for raising and lowering said rod or bar to open and close said jaws.

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1923 – EPRON-1 Humidistat – E. G. Danilenko.

Гидростат Даниленко Е.Г. «ЭПРОН-1»

Source: here.

Original text by Alexey Rasshivalov, translated to English by Google translate.

The first domestic ( and second in the world) DHD humidistat , better known as " EPRON -1 ." Built in 1923, the project EG Danilenko .
Heavy machine to 5 divers with the maximum depth of 150 meters. I had the external lamp arm system and emergency ascent in case of cable break . Successfully exploited , but because of the weight of 10 tons require special vessel carrier .
For very young EPRON colleagues – is " underwater expedition special purpose ." It is a division of the OGPU (future NKVD , the KGB and current FSB) .
In EPRON were gathered talented and very workable enthusiasts. About such people in my time saying, "impossibly hardworking, devoted to the submarine to the extreme and Soviet power to the limit." Since the GPU was quite a well-deserved (and rather bloody) the reputation of the office, in principle, is not interested in "human rights", etc. heresy, then the work under her leadership were quickly and thoroughly. But, like any intelligence agency, the OGPU to classify all manner of suffering, so the materials of "EPRON-1" has remained very little.

Гидростат Евгения Даниленко готовится к погружению. 1923 г.
Hydrostat Eugene Danilenko preparing to dive . 1923

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Идею Гартмана развил российский инженер Е.Г. Даниленко. В 1923 г., по заданию ЭПРОНа он сконструировал и построил на одном из московских заводов гидростат на трех человек (рис. 53). Аппарат был рассчитан на глубину 120 м и имел систему жизнеобеспечения, телефон, светильники и выдвигающиеся манипуляторы для работ за бортом. С помощью гидростата Даниленко был найден легендарный «Принц» (названный в народе «Черным принцем»), был накоплен уникальный опыт применения подобных аппаратов для поиска и осмотра затонувших объектов. Именно из этого гидростата основоположник геологии моря Мария Васильевна Кленова впервые наблюдала дно моря и работу дистанционной трубки для взятия проб грунта, положив начало регулярным исследованиям из подводных аппаратов.Идею Гартмана развил российский инженер Е.Г. Даниленко. В 1923 г., по заданию ЭПРОНа он сконструировал и построил на одном из московских заводов гидростат на трех человек (рис. 53). Аппарат был рассчитан на глубину 120 м и имел систему жизнеобеспечения, телефон, светильники и выдвигающиеся манипуляторы для работ за бортом. С помощью гидростата Даниленко был найден легендарный «Принц» (названный в народе «Черным принцем»), был накоплен уникальный опыт применения подобных аппаратов для поиска и осмотра затонувших объектов. Именно из этого гидростата основоположник геологии моря Мария Васильевна Кленова впервые наблюдала дно моря и работу дистанционной трубки для взятия проб грунта, положив начало регулярным исследованиям из подводных аппаратов.

English translation via Google

Hartmann has developed the idea of ​​a Russian engineer EG Danilenko . In 1923 , on the instructions of EPRON he designed and built at a Moscow factory humidistat for three people (Fig . 53-see top ) .
The device was designed for 120 m depth and had a life-support system, telephone, lights and retractable handles to work behind. With hydrostatic Danilenko was found the legendary "Prince" (popularly called the "Black Prince"), it was a unique experience of using such devices for search and examination of wrecks. It is from this hydrostatic founder of marine geology Mariya Klenow first watched the sea bottom and work the remote pipes for soil sampling, initiating regular surveys of underwater vehicles.

Гидростат Даниленко Е.Г. «ЭПРОН-1» оказался слишком тяжёл и неудобен в работе, манипуляторное устройство было неработоспособно и мешало спуско-подъёмным работам.

Hydrostat EG Danilenko " EPRON -1 " was too heavy and uncomfortable to work Manipulative equipment has been inefficient and prevented the lowering and lifting works .

Гидростат ЭПРОН-1 Весной 1923 года инженер Даниленко Е.Г. представил в Научно-технический отдел ВСНХ проект гидростата, который он назвал своими инициалами – ЕГД, но впоследствии этот аппарат получил официальное название ЭПРОН-1. НТО, в течение месяца, выдало положительное заключение и к середине лета на заводе «Парострой» в Москве, под руководством инженера Шухова В.Г. был построен корпус гидростата и отправлен в Севастополь для окончательной сборки.

Hydrostat EPRON 1 Spring 1923 Engineer EG Danilenko submitted to the Scientific and Technical Department of the Supreme Economic Council draft humidistat , which he called his initials – DHD , but later this unit was officially named EPRON -1 . NTO , within a month , and issued a positive opinion to the middle of the summer at the " Parostroy " in Moscow , under the direction of engineer VG Shukhov It was built housing for hydrostatic and sent to Sevastopol for final assembly .

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1947 – Mechanical Lobster model by Harry Rieseberg and Charles Warren.

Source: Mechanix Illustrated, Nov 1947.
Mechanical “Lobster”

Deep undersea the claws of this tank will rip to the heart of rotting treasure ships.

THERE’S gold down on the ocean floor. Vast fortunes lie hidden in sunken caches, waiting the hand bold enough to stretch down through the dark pressure-packed waters and bring them to light. Now, with the new ultramodern equipment becoming available, treasure expeditions may become big business.

Treasure salvors know the authentic accounts of divers who have recovered immense treasure from sunken galleons, and know too of numerous other sunken craft that still retain great wealth within their rotting hulks. I myself have salvaged many sunken vessels, bringing to the surface much treasure; I, too, have attempted to recover some of the Spanish treasure that remains beneath the Silver Shoals, off Haiti; and I have walked in the sunken city of Port Royal, the fabulously wealthy “Pirates’ Babylon” off Jamaica.

I am positive that there are many more golden doubloons and pieces-of-eight to be had from numerous wrecks on which I have done intensive research; but I have long known, too, that to reach those riches, and others as well, there m

1940 – Diving Bell Arm With Grippers by Friedrich Gall
Working arm with grippers for diving chambers

Publication number    DE738760 C
Publication date    Aug 31, 1943
Filing date    Feb 6, 1940
Inventor    Friedrich Gall
Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (3), Classifications (3)
External Links: DPMA, Espacenet

See other related Friedrich Gall inventions here and here.

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1913 – Manipulator Arm For Diving Bell by Charles Petit.

Moving means for the Arbeitsgeraet of diving equipment

Publication number    DE321916 C
Publication date    Jun 15, 1920
Filing date    Mar 5, 1913
Applicant    Charles Petit

See German patent here.

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