Kirby 77 Scuba Diving Equipment User Manual


 
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Although the diver must be capable of donning and removing the helmet himself, the tender must ensure that
the helmet is properly secured on the diver.
Both sealed pull pins must properly click
into position on the base of the helmet.
If the pins are not engaged correctly the
neck dam/ring assembly may not seal and
the helmet could flood. The diver could
drown as a result.
WARNING
Rotate the sealed pull pins into the locking posi-
tion.
under the hat on the diver’s shoulders. The diver
inserts the tongue on the neck dam/ring assembly
into the swing tongue catch on the bottom front of
the helmet.
Grasp the base of the helmet with your fingers and
push the neck dam/ring up into the neck ring on the
base of the helmet. The neck dam ring fits very snugly
in the neck ring.
The diver then tilts his head and the helmet forward
and swings the locking collar up over his shoulders.
Push the locking collar/neck pad assembly up into
position until it locks with the sealed pull pins.
If you have not positioned the sealed pull pins into
the locking position, do it now with the locking
collar/neck pad assembly in place.