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>Hey y'all -- the December Scuba Times is all about cave diving and tech >diving hoo-hah -- exc. issue -- esp. useful for explaining to your friends, >relatives, therapist what's going on out there. Also, it'll be sure to >generate a lot of entertaining material from the RRT (Rabid-Response Team). > >The only thing missing? No new snorkel designs. Damn! > >Christopher A. Brown Obviously the following press release didn't reach them in time for publication. Strike The World's First Enriched Air Snorkel Launched At ADEC '96 Claimed by its designers, an international consortium of diving technologists, to be the world's first enriched air snorkel, the 'STOSTRI Super-Wet' attracted considerable interest among those in the technical diving community invited to the launch preview held at ADEC '96, in Singapore, in late May. Resembling the 1954, U.S. Divers model, the 'STOSTRI' features an eighteen-inch [45 cm] black graphite tube with one-inch [2.54 cm] bore; a reservoir well at the lower end, fitted with a non-return purge valve for easy clearing, and a soft, moulded mouthpiece for comfortable grip. Depending from the reservoir well a manually operated spindle valve activates a membrane adsorbent which is located in a canister midway along the stem of the snorkel. A device that serves to filter unwanted gases from the mix. Unlike modern conventional snorkels the top of the 'STOSTRI' curves downwards and is fitted, at its end, with an open sided 'cage' housing the micro-chip sensor device, a ping-pong ball shaped instrument that automatically switches the mix to 21% oxygen on the surface. Presently available in two models for use with 32% and 36% O2 mixes, the designers of the 'STOSTRI Super Wet' snorkel predict that there will be a full spectrum of models compatible with all Enriched Air Mixes up to 50 % available by the early part of 1997. "New techniques require new technologies," said David Strike, Marketing Director and co-designer of the 'STOSTRI Super Wet', "and we believe that this instrument will revolutionise the way in which many technical divers regard the snorkel." "The concept of a 'Nitrox' snorkel has sparked the imagination of many in the technical diving community," added Richard Nicholls, "and we are already well advanced in our design plans for a 'STOSTRI Super Wet' model, incorporating a twin-hose mouthpiece, for use with all rebreather models." The design company, Zymurgy Inc. - with offices located in Australia, the USA, and the U.K. - are believed to be presently involved in negotiations with a number of leading equipment manufacturers keen to negotiate the world-wide marketing rights to this exciting new product. For Further details contact:- Zymurgy Inc., Fax: +61 [2] 9981-2950
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