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Let me know when the trimix version is available. Rih On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, David Strike wrote: > >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 > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > Richard Pyle deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* ******************************************************************* "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" *******************************************************************
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