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La Spirotechnique known for the commercialisation of the AQUALUNG designed by Cousteau and Gagnan. Funded by Air Liquide in 1945.
Web site of 'La Spirotechnique' : http://www.aqualung.com
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EIP 4
This picture comes from an article of l'Aventure Sous Marine number 90 of 1972. See the article.
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©copyrights for this object are held by Spirotechnique (Aqualung) http://www.aqualung.com
Prototype of the EIP 5 with a different breastplate and no chromed border on the top window.
The picture comes from a catalogue.
©copyrights for this object are held by Spirotechnique (Aqualung) http://www.aqualung.com
First version of the EIP 5 helmet designed for deep diving up to 300 meters with a gas recovery and diver heating with an under electric heated suit.
The helmet is composed of a upper part with two face ports and a pressure relief valve (as on hard hat helmets), and a lower part with two regulators, the dump valve and all the controls:
The first versions were meant to be used with an electric heated under-suit SVC.
An article from l'Aventure Sous Marine about the SVC suit.
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One of the first EIP 5 helmets, without any removable weight on the top of the helmet and with a different free flow
manifold on the breatsplate
©copyrights for this object are held by Dominique Breheret
The EIP 5 (Equipement Intégré de Plongée) is a deep diving helmet with an integrated reclaim gas system to recover the exhaled gas. It was used at the beginning of the 70's.
Picture that shows the breastplate version 1 and breastplate version 2. The breathing regulator free flow valve is different.
©copyrights for this object are held by Dominique Breheret
This very rare helmet like many others can be seen at the "Musée du Scaphandre" in l'Espalion in France
©copyrights for this object are held by Musée du Scaphandre à l'Espalion http://www.museeduscaphandre.com/
The removable round face port has been replaced by a fixed square face port. The suit deflation lever has disappeared.
Article from the magazine l'Aventure Sous Marine number 119 of May 1978
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Last version of the EIP 5 helmet.
The helmet has lost its chromed window borders and is used by a hot water suit.
"Volume Constant" dry suit with its full face mask.
This full face mask was used with the twin hose regulator Narghile.
Helmet from the 50's
©copyrights for this object are held by Dominique Breheret
Picture with a constant volume helmet
©copyrights for this object are held by Scaph 50 http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/scaphcinquante/