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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1975
James R Ligman, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
General Aquadyne, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
An underwater diver is provided with a video camera, light, and communications supplied with electrical current from the surface by a shipboard electrical circuit. The diver is protected from accidental excessive voltages and current by magnetically isolating the diver's current from the shipboard current and by employing optical feedback to control the voltages for the diver. Additionally, a standby battery is employed to energize this equipment when the shipboard power fails. The entire shipboard power supply is contained in a waterproof box upon which is also mounted a video monitor and a video recorder, both secured in watertight fashion to the box.