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What are these?

Thu Jun 16, 2016 12:48 pm

I am cleaning out a dive shoo and found these brass clamps and big brass ring with a fat oring on it. Help!
There was a few goodies that I found so far, KMB band masks, comm unit, mistral, and a RAM.
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Re: What are these?

Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:29 pm

I'm guessing the two with clamps are wrist cuff- to- glove sealing clamps to attach dry gloves to the the wrist seals on a heavy hard hat suit. That thought leads to the larger one being some kind of neck ring... maybe.
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Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:27 am

The smaller set are indeed for hard hat use. I have a set which I used with my Mark V helmet. They allow the tenders to fit dry gloves to the divers dress or to attach wrist seals as conditions change. The larger ring ...and i would just be guessing; perhaps to attach a constant volume drysuit hood.
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Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:14 am

Thanks guys! I am well versed in scuba but lack in Hard Hat equipment.
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Re: What are these?

Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:51 am

YankDownUnder wrote:The smaller set are indeed for hard hat use. I have a set which I used with my Mark V helmet. They allow the tenders to fit dry gloves to the divers dress or to attach wrist seals as conditions change. The larger ring ...and i would just be guessing; perhaps to attach a constant volume drysuit hood.
Steve
Steve may well be right about the ring without the adjusting screw being a constant volume suit neck ring. Here's a "La Spirotechnique" page about the "Phoque" Constant Volume Suit:
Spiro-Phoque_4.jpg
The image illustrates both a "collier de sécurité" (security collar) and an "anneau de cou" (neck ring) for Cousteau's patented "Phoque" (Seal) Constant Volume Suit.
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Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:11 am

You are so phoqued dude. :lol: 8)

Nice find.
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Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:56 pm

Thanks for the help!
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Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:50 pm

kgehring wrote:Thanks for the help!


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Re: What are these?

Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:52 pm

kgehring wrote:I am cleaning out a dive shoo and found these brass clamps and big brass ring with a fat oring on it. Help!
There was a few goodies that I found so far, KMB band masks, comm unit, mistral, and a RAM.
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The big brass ring with o-ring is for a DESCO air hat know as a pot. The other clamps are for an old canvas Drysuit wrist seals/gloves.

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Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:36 pm

Thanks
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