EP0909702A1 - Warning device and sighting light for scuba divers - Google Patents

Warning device and sighting light for scuba divers Download PDF

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EP0909702A1
EP0909702A1 EP98118416A EP98118416A EP0909702A1 EP 0909702 A1 EP0909702 A1 EP 0909702A1 EP 98118416 A EP98118416 A EP 98118416A EP 98118416 A EP98118416 A EP 98118416A EP 0909702 A1 EP0909702 A1 EP 0909702A1
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filiform element
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warning device
electric current
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Giovanni Garofalo
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HTM Sport SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/26—Communication means, e.g. means for signalling the presence of divers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/004—Reflective safety signalling devices attached on persons

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  • the present invention relates to a warning device and sighting light that may be located on an underwater diving suit or on a balancing jacket (referred to also as "jacket"), so that the diver may be easy to detect and recognize during submersion by other divers.
  • a warning device and sighting light may be located on an underwater diving suit or on a balancing jacket (referred to also as "jacket"), so that the diver may be easy to detect and recognize during submersion by other divers.
  • the present invention thus envisages a warning device and warning light comprising basically a battery which supplies an electric current to a filiform semiconductor element (of the diameter of, for example, 1 or 2 mm) contained in a transparent plastic coating.
  • the said filiform element consists of an electroluminescent semiconductor material, i.e., one that has the property of lighting up if it is traversed and thus excited by an electric current.
  • This filiform element is then coated with a transparent plastic material so as to make the light signals emitted by this semiconductor visible.
  • the coated filiform element may be sewn or otherwise secured to a diving suit, or alternatively to a jacket, and is connected to a battery for supplying the current, for example a single storage cell.
  • the scuba diver may send light signals in the case where he is in difficulty, or anyway wants to make himself visible to other divers who are in submersion.
  • This warning light is also useful in the case where a scuba diver instructor wants to follow the squad of his pupils, recognizing them individually during diving
  • the coated filiform element fastened to the diving suit or jacket may in fact be given any form, such as a symbol (e.g., a letter) or a number, thus enabling recognition of the diver to whom the letter or number is associated.
  • the light warning device is fastened or sewn to a scuba diver balancing jacket, or simply jacket, 1.
  • the said warning device and sighting light basically comprises a battery 2 for supplying the electric current, a switch 3 of the circuit of said warning light, and a filiform element 4 consisting of semiconductor material (having a diameter of, for example, 1 or 2 mm) coated with transparent plastic material.
  • the switch 3 for supplying the circuit.
  • the filiform element takes the form of, for instance, a symbol (letter) 5, which enables recognition of the scuba diver to whom it is associated.
  • Figure 2 shows the warning device and sighting light according to another embodiment which presents a further example of the present invention, fastened or sewn directly to the diving suit 6 in the case, for example, of submersion without using breathing apparatus, whereby the balancing jacket is not used.
  • the warning device and sighting light is made up of the same elements previously described for Figure 1, with the exception of the filiform element 4 consisting of semiconductor material coated with transparent plastic material, which takes the form, for example, of a number 7.

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EP98118416A 1997-10-15 1998-09-29 Warning device and sighting light for scuba divers Withdrawn EP0909702A1 (en)

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ITGE970037 IT238460Y1 (it) 1997-10-15 1997-10-15 Dispositivo avvisatore ed avvistatore luminoso per subacquei.
ITGE970037U 1997-10-15

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JP2003040195A (ja) * 2001-07-25 2003-02-13 Central Sports Kk スクーバダイビング用タンク、スクーバダイビング用タンク群、タンク用の識別カバー

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US3148299A (en) * 1961-01-04 1964-09-08 Gen Electric Electroluminescent lamp having envelope of water-impermeable plastic having hydrophilic plastic liner
DE1516648A1 (de) * 1966-07-22 1969-09-25 Hermann Geiling Unterwasser-Ortungs- und Verstaendigungsgeraet,insbesondere fuer freischwimmende Taucher
DE2941245A1 (de) * 1978-10-13 1980-04-24 Midland Ross Corp Elektrolumineszente zelle und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung
WO1986002613A1 (en) * 1984-10-24 1986-05-09 William Lee Courtney Diver scuba gear
FR2626547A1 (fr) * 1988-01-28 1989-08-04 Fontanille Pierre Dispositif de reperage d'un homme tombe a la mer
DE9307469U1 (de) * 1993-05-17 1993-10-28 Klett, Peter, 69198 Schriesheim Vorrichtung zur Leuchtmarkierung von Personen und Gegenständen
US5370566A (en) * 1993-05-26 1994-12-06 Mitchell, Jr.; Kenneth C. Lighted life jacket
EP0648436A1 (de) * 1993-10-18 1995-04-19 Walpurga Mag. Brosch Leuchtsignalkleidung
DE29600047U1 (de) * 1996-01-03 1996-04-04 Hofmann, Andreas, 78467 Konstanz Optische Sicherheits- und Signaleinrichtung
US5613756A (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-25 Allen; Mary E. Clothing with pouch means for receiving an illuminating device
US5622422A (en) * 1993-06-07 1997-04-22 Rodgers; Nicholas A. Flashing snorkel and scuba device
GB2319164A (en) * 1996-11-08 1998-05-20 Miniflame Ltd Article of clothing comprising an electroluminescent strip of material

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3148299A (en) * 1961-01-04 1964-09-08 Gen Electric Electroluminescent lamp having envelope of water-impermeable plastic having hydrophilic plastic liner
DE1516648A1 (de) * 1966-07-22 1969-09-25 Hermann Geiling Unterwasser-Ortungs- und Verstaendigungsgeraet,insbesondere fuer freischwimmende Taucher
DE2941245A1 (de) * 1978-10-13 1980-04-24 Midland Ross Corp Elektrolumineszente zelle und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung
WO1986002613A1 (en) * 1984-10-24 1986-05-09 William Lee Courtney Diver scuba gear
FR2626547A1 (fr) * 1988-01-28 1989-08-04 Fontanille Pierre Dispositif de reperage d'un homme tombe a la mer
DE9307469U1 (de) * 1993-05-17 1993-10-28 Klett, Peter, 69198 Schriesheim Vorrichtung zur Leuchtmarkierung von Personen und Gegenständen
US5370566A (en) * 1993-05-26 1994-12-06 Mitchell, Jr.; Kenneth C. Lighted life jacket
US5622422A (en) * 1993-06-07 1997-04-22 Rodgers; Nicholas A. Flashing snorkel and scuba device
EP0648436A1 (de) * 1993-10-18 1995-04-19 Walpurga Mag. Brosch Leuchtsignalkleidung
US5613756A (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-25 Allen; Mary E. Clothing with pouch means for receiving an illuminating device
DE29600047U1 (de) * 1996-01-03 1996-04-04 Hofmann, Andreas, 78467 Konstanz Optische Sicherheits- und Signaleinrichtung
GB2319164A (en) * 1996-11-08 1998-05-20 Miniflame Ltd Article of clothing comprising an electroluminescent strip of material

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IT238460Y1 (it) 2000-11-13
JPH11192998A (ja) 1999-07-21

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