Dacor (scuba diving)

DACOR Corporation was a former American manufacturer of scuba diving equipment which was founded in 1954 by Sam Davison Jr. in Evanston, Illinois as "The Davison Corporation". Since its foundation. DACOR was one of the five early American diving equipment manufacturers.

Together, they were:


 * DACOR
 * U.S. Divers (Now Aqua-Lung)
 * Healthways (Sold to Scubapro in the early 60's)
 * Swimaster (Sold to Voit in the early 60's)
 * Voit (Sold to AMF somewhere in the late 50's to early 60's)

Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt around 1977 used a Dacor Dart scuba regulator to create the heavy breathing of the notorious antagonist Darth Vader.