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Respirator
Respirator Res"pi*ra`tor (r?s"p?*r?`t?r), n. [Cf. F.
respirateur.]
A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to
prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or
smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air
passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation
of medicated vapors.
Meaning of Respirators from wikipedia
- Air-purifying
respirators range from
relatively inexpensive, single-use,
disposable face masks,
known as
filtering facepiece respirators,
reusable models...
- N95
respirator is
marked with the text "NIOSH" or the
NIOSH logo, the
filter class ("N95"), and, for most
filtering facepiece respirators (
respirators with...
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inhalation and exhalation.
Devices like the Drinker, Emerson, and Both
respirators are
examples of iron lungs,
which can be
manually or
mechanically powered...
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Ventilators are
sometimes called "
respirators", a term
commonly used for them in the 1950s (particularly the "Bird
respirator"). However,
contemporary medical...
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Mechanical filters, a part of
particulate respirators, are a
class of
filter for air-purifying
respirators that
mechanically stops particulates from reaching...
- 1917.
Canadian troops began to
receive small box
respirators in late
November 1916.
While the
respirators acted as the
first line of
defence in some British...
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Elastomeric respirators, also
called reusable air-purifying
respirators, seal to the face with
elastomeric material,
which may be a
natural or synthetic...
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concentration of
harmful substances to a safe value,
workers must use
respirators.
These respirators must be
sufficiently effective, and they
should correspond to...
- supplied-air
respirator is
recommended instead.
PAPRs have the
advantage of
eliminating breathing resistance caused by
unpowered negative-pressure
respirators such...
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protective devices so
classified include air-purifying
respirators (APR) such as
filtering facepiece respirators and
chemical protective cartridges that have incorporated...
