46 C.F.R. § 197.334

Open diving bells.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 83 wordsSubsections: 4Official source

Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 197.334 (2026)

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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