New Britain herald., 1929-05-28
Simon Lake, Bridgeport Inventor,
 Has ''Sub" Grew Saving Device
Apparatus Fastens to Hull by Suction Men Escape Under Normal Pressure From Craft.

Bridgeport. Conn.,, May :s (UP) After nearly two-score years of inventing. simon Lake, famous sub marine designer. has built what he believes is one of the most ingenious devices to his credit. it was learned here today.
 It is called the "Remora" and is an apparatus for rescuing trapped satl- ors from sunken submarines dry and It atmospheric pressure. A small scale model has already been tested 1t Brooklyn, N. Y.. navy yard and is understood to have been recom- mended to the navy department.
 Named After FSsh
 The Remora. Captain Sloan Dan- snhower. salvage expert and Lakes partner, explained. is q small fish that attaches itself to vessels or larger fishes by means of . vacuum protuberance on its head.
 This principle ii utilized in Lakes invention for the possible saving of human lives. The device is to. be used to establish connection between . sunken submersible and the res- cue submarine "Defender." Lakes rebuilt. 25-year-old craft. A joint resembling large, articulating pipe is to be attached to the under side of the Defenders diving compart- ment.
 By means of principles which may not be revealed at this time. the lower end of the pipe is capable of clamping itself by vacuum pressure over a hatch of a sunken submarine. Water is then pumped from the "Remora" and the air pressure made to correspond with that of the atmosphere at the surface. The hatch then may be opened and men be passed from the disabled craft to the rescue boat
 Brooklyn Tests Successful
 In the Brooklyn tests. Danenhow- CT said, tho small model developed a fve-ton vacuum pressure. The full-size model is expected to devol- op an S0-ton pressure. enough to hold the rescue submarine tight to tHO SuAANH FC6HCA uC6Plt0 tAV p0. feting of tides and currents.
 The "Remora" may be given navy tests late this summer. Danenhower said. First, however. the Defend CTS" deep sea diving ability ta scheduled to be tested before naval experts. By means of ! compressor chamber in the bow. divers can leave the "Defender" through . trap door while submerged near wreck. The tests are tentatively ret for June 2 near New London.
 Before tho S-4 disaster. Lake. who once built war submarines for sev- eral navies, was in retirement. The loss of 60 lives convinced the elderly inventor that if submarines were to reach their fullest development. safety devices would have to be de- veloped. Lake believeA the utility of submarines has not been fully appreciated.
 May Dive Under Ice
 Recently in a conversation with . correspondent. he foresaw the day when huge, cargocarrying sub mersibles would blow the ocean. skimming beneath the polar Ice to open up new territories now inac- cessible to surface craft. The abil- ity of . submarine to navigate un- der ice may be tested next year # Sir Hubert Wilkins' projected sub marine dash to the pole in the '.De- fender" materializes.
 Taking into partnership Danen- hover. who was test officer for the early Lake war boats. the inventor set out to develop the safety factor in the undersea craft to the perfec- ton of which he has devoted most of his life. The rebuilt Defender" was his first accomplishment. The "Remora" is his second. He Is still working.