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French inventor, diver and businessman
Georges Beuchat
Georges Beuchat in 1980.
Born (1910-02-11 ) 11 February 1910Died 20 October 1991(1991-10-20) (aged 81) Occupation(s) Inventor,
Diver , Businessman
Georges Beuchat (11 February 1910 – 20 October 1991) was a French inventor, underwater diver, businessman and emblematic pioneer of underwater activities and founder of
Beuchat . Throughout his lifetime, Beuchat never ceased developing products which have significantly enhanced underwater activity as we know it today. Many of his inventions and innovations have gone down in history, including the surface buoy in 1948, the first underwater camera housing in 1950, and the first vented fins (the
Jetfins in 1964).
Beuchat inventions
Georges Beuchat wearing the foam-rubber isothermic
wetsuit he invented
1947: Tarzan Speargun
1948: Surface Buoy
1950: Tarzan camera housing
1950: Tarzan calf sheath for diving knife
[1]
1953: First isothermic (foam rubber)
diving suit
[2]
[3]
[4]
1954: Split strap for diving mask.
[5]
1958: Compensator (single-window
mask )
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
1959: Tarzan
fin grips
[10] (3-way straps securing closed-heel fins on feet)
[11]
1960: Espadon nervure
fins
1960: Espadon Record fins with blades featuring parallel longitudinal ribs
[12]
1963: Tarzan wetsuit
1964:
Jetfins (1st vented fins. 100,000 units sold in the first few years)
[13]
1964: Souplair
regulator
1975: Marlin speargun
1978: Atmos regulator
Distinction
Georges Beuchat received the Exportation Award in 1961.
[14]
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