Abstract: A flow rate control apparatus includes an adjustable valve receiving a flow of a gas. A conduit has a first end coupled to the valve. The conduit includes a translucent or transparent portion thereof whose longitudinal axis is adapted to be aligned with a force of gravity with a visual scale being disposed on the translucent/transparent portion. The visual scale is indicative of gas flow rates moving through the conduit. A ball disposed in the translucent/transparent portion has an outer diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the translucent/transparent portion. A tube support, coupled to the second end of the conduit, is adapted to hold a gas detection tube wherein the gas flow flowing around the ball is introduced into the gas detection tube from the second end of the conduit.

Abstract: A control pendant for raising and lowering an object in water by hoist machinery allows control by a diver viewing the submerged object. The pendant has an elongate sheath defining an elongate interior extending between bitter and distal ends. The bitter end is coupled to the hoist machinery and the sheath has a length to extend below to the object. Control lines extend within the length of the elongate sheath and a first end of each control line is connected to the hoist machinery. The remainder of the sheath is filled with filler material. A watertight control housing is connected to the sheath at the distal end and contains a pair of switches that are each connected to a separate one of second ends of the lines. Sealed control buttons extend from the switches for selectively raising and lowering of said object by a percipient diver.