Title 46

SECTION 197.334

197.334 Open diving bells.

§ 197.334 Open diving bells.

Each open diving bell must -

(a) Have an upper section that provides an envelope capable of maintaining a bubble of breathing mixture available to a diver standing on the lower section of the platform with his body through the open bottom and his head in the bubble;

(b) Have lifting equipment capable of returning the occupied open bell to the dive location;

(c) Have an umbilical; and

(d) Be - (1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or

(2) Protected against and maintained free from injurious corrosion.

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