Patent ID: 6332464
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A scuba diving regulator, comprising:a casing including an alarm connector, a whistle connector, a mouth piece connector, and a chamber longitudinally located inside, the alarm connector being linearly aligned with the whistle connector;a mouth piece mounted on the mouth piece connector;a nozzle unit located in the casing including an air flow member with a longitudinal center hole;an air valve unit engaged with the alarm connector and including a push button, a first elastic member engaged with the push button and an alarm valve having one end engaged with the push button, the alarm valve extending into the air flow member transverse to the longitudinal center hole so as to be movable between open and closed positions, the first elastic member biasing the alarm valve to the closed position;an audio unit engaged with the whistle connector and including: a cylinder mounted in the whistle connector, a portion of the cylinder being spaced from the whistle connector so as to define a guide passage therebetween, the cylinder having an inner chamber; a piston mounted in the inner chamber so as to be movable between first and second positions, the piston dividing the inner chamber into front and rear air chambers and having a radial through hole in communication with an axial passage which, in turn, communicates with the rear air chamber, the piston having a front end; a fixing block having a plurality of grooves communicating with a central hole; an impact member adjacent to the fixing block and extending across the central hole such that the piston, when in the second position contacts the impact member thereby producing an audible sound; a discharge chamber including the central hole and plurality of grooves communicating with an exterior of the casing, whereby, when the alarm valve is moved to the open position, air from the center hole of the air flow member passes into the guide passage, through holes in the cylinder into the rear air chamber and, via the radial through hole and axial passage in the piston, into the front air chamber to move the piston to the second position in which the radial through hole communicates with the discharge chamber to reduce air pressure in the front air chamber, thereby enabling air in the rear air chamber to return the piston to the first position;an air charge unit mounted on the casing including a charge valve engaged with the air flow member, a charge button reciprocally movable in the casing and engaged with the charge valve for opening or closing the charge valve, and a second elastic member engaged with the charge button; anda discharge unit located in casing and including a discharge button reciprocally movable and a third elastic member engaged with the discharge button.